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The Summerville News Tl ” Crop Be l3r
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Summerville, Ga., Sep. 9, 1909
The Chattooga County Fair.
At an enthusiastic meeting of ft
number of our citizens Mon
day, it was agreed to
have a County Fair in October, and
the Finance Committee is at work
soliciting funds, to make it the big
gest and best fair we have ever bad.
This Chattooga Comity Fair Is
one thing that brings all the people
<:f the county together for two or
three days of recreation nnd pleasure
to be enjoyed not only by Chattoo
gans exclusively, but they come from
other counties as well, for the rea
son that ours Is the best fair of all
the fairs within the
State, including the State fair,
(taking into consideration our size,
ability, previous and present condi
tion, etc.)
Whatever our people decide to do,
they generally do to the best of their
ability. So If we are to have the
fair let each man. woman and child
In lite county determine to try to
help make It the best fair we have
ever had.
It has been decided to hold the
fair only two days this year. Thurs
day and Friday, October 21 and 22,
ar< the dates agreed upon.
The premium list will be made up
nnd announced as soon as the finance
committee completes Its work.
On September 24 the fortieth an
niversary of the Prohibition party
will be celebrated with appropriate
functions In Chicago, and, in view of
the recent victories which have been
IM lileved for temperance in many
states of the Union, It is easy to un
derstand the enthusiasm which the
prospective event is arousing among
prohibitionists. With legitimate pride
attention is called to the fact that of
all the political parties which this
country has known only three have
numbered two-score years, viz the
Democratic, the Republican ami the
Prohibition. Says the Springfield Re
publican: "The Whig party was much
Inferior In longevity to the Prohibi
tion party, altho. like some other par
ties of short life, it polled in. its best
estate a far greater number of votes.
Founded In 1869, the Prohibition par
ty is but fourteen years younger
than the Republican party, and all
must concede that in ability to
withstand the assaults of time with
such a small voting strength this or
ganization easily surpasses all oth
ers in American history. There are
no signs of an early death, either for
the Prohibitionists have as much
reason to felicitate themselves today
upon the outlook as they had 20 or
30 years ago. The fact that they
stand for a principle which is rooted
tn moral and social conduct doubt
less explains the singular vitality of
the party."
Man is not necessarily free be- [
cause he lives under a free govern
ment. He may be the slave of evil
passions and a man is free only as
he is master of himself.
The ingenuity and perserverance:
which some people show in trying to I
live by wrong methods would, if
rightly applied, make them happy and
prosperous.
The total value of the property re
turned for taxation in Georgia for
the year 1909. is *725.867.404. This
is an increase of *20.241,879 over
last year.
A FACT
A JUT THE “BLUES”
V hat is known as the ••Blues”
k tn occasioned by actual exist
i.; < t . mal conditions, but in the
great majority of cases by a dis*
•rear 4 LIS ER I—
THIS IS A FACT
which may be demonstra
ted by trying a course et
T Wills
1 troland regulate the LIVER.
JV -its; '•opeand bouyancy to the
mi b-ing health and elastic*
Ity dy.
TAKs NO SUBSTITUTE.
New Orleans, Ha. —Statistics show- |
ing that morec otton was handled dur-
Ing the commercial year ending Sept. j
1, than ever before, and that all re
cords had been broken in the mat-:
ter of the amount, of cotton conaum
<<l by the Southern mills, were the
features of the annual crop statement
of Secretary Hester, of the New Or
leans Cotton Exchange. The document'
forms the preliminary report of
Secretary Hester's annual review of
the commercial year. It proved one of
tiie most remarkable reports the local
cotton trade has ever received.
The count of the commercial crop
showed it to be the largest on record
13,825,457 bales. The previous lar
gest commercial crop was 13,565,885,
marketed in 1904-5. The only other
crop that stands with these two crops
in size was that of J 906-7, when It I
counted up to 13,510,982 bales. Last
season's total was only 11,571,966.
The very large total for this year’s ,
crop was a surprise to the trade, in- i
eluding both the bulls and the bears.
The highest guesses were around 13,-
700,000, while not a few were below |
13,600,000, and some traders were of
the opinion that no record would be
broken in point of the size of the!
crop marketed.
The most important feature in the
report, next to the size of the crop
itself, was the statement, on the I
amount of cotton consumed by South- !
ern mills during the season closed [
today. Here all the records were
again broken, the total being 2,559,- [
873 bales. This is approximately 60,- i
<»2o bales more than were consumed j
by Northern mills. This point was re- [
1 gtirded by the "bulls" as being even j
ot more importance than the size j
of the crop itself, it was taken as
an official confirmation of the many j
stories flouting in connection with
the great expansion of cotton man
ufacturing in the South. The figures
on consumption compared with 2,193,-
000 last season, 2,439,000 two seasons
ago, and 2,374.000 three seasons ago.
The Macon News, noting the con
dition of the state treasury at this
Limo says: “The state treasury is
1 temporarily embarrassed, it is true,
nut no blame for it attaches to eith
er Hoke Smith or Joseph M. Brown.
It is due to conditions which have
long been accumulating and have fi
nally reached the culmination in the
levy of the five mill tax limit. The
truth is that the state has outgrown
the constitution of 1877 and the crude
and insufficient tax collecting system
[that has obtained unchanged since
the beginning of its history as a
commonwealth. Speaking of the const
t-itiun of 1877, with the making of
whii h he had so much to do, Robert
Toombs said: T have locked the
treasury door and turned the key
lever to the people.’ The best evi
dence of the truth of this boast lies
In the fact that two items alone, the
appropriations to the public schools
and the pensions paid to the confed
j rte veterans, aggregate nearly two
thirds of the state's total expenditure
something like two million five hun
[ fired thousand dollars out of four
millions, leaving the smaller portion
for the liquidation of current admin
istration expenditures. The constitu
tional tax limit having been reached
and the power to issue bonds denied
the state is confronted with a situa
tion that calls for patriotic co-oper
ation rather than factional vituper
ation. The machinery of government
is not elastic enough for our present
[ state of development and growing
' needs."
Guardian Sale.
Under and by virtue of an order
granted at the September term. 1909.
of the Court of Ordinary of Chat
tooga county, will be sold on the fiisi
Tuesday in October. 1909, within the
legal hours of sale the following de
scribed property: One undivided
twelfth interest in and to parts of
lots of land No. and 4 and 140 acres
of lot No. 33. all in one body con
taining 390 acres more or less, known
as the Bolling place on what is know
as the Bolling Ford public road south
of Chattooga river, bound on north
_y lands of Joe Maxey, Chattooga riv
er and the Sturdivant farm. on
east by lands of T. Hiles and Chat
tooga Fruit Co., on south by lands
of J. W. Rivers and on west by lands
iot Joe Maxey. The terms of sale are
as follows: First the same will be
sold for cash. Second, on time as
follows: A cash payment of *41.67
and the balance in eleven equal an
nual payments with interest at 8
per cent per annum. The highest
bid will be taken. This property is
sold as the property of Naomi Bol
ling by her guardian.
This Sept. 7th, 1909.
ANN A BOLLING, Guardian.
Take care of your stomach. Let
Kodol digest all the food you eat, for
that is what Kodvl does. Every ta
i blespoonful of Kodol digests 2 1-4
pounds of food. Try it today. It is
guaranteed to relieve you or your
money back. Sold by all druggists.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1909.
COVER CROPS.
Press Buuletin No. 18 State College
of Agriculture
Cover or catch crops are those I
seeded between the ordinary crops, |
either for the protection of the land
from loss by erosion or to be used :
as green manure. Oftentimes both I
of these objects are combined. The
use of cover crops should be sys
tematic. A rotation .should be estab
lished and cover crops seeded at dif
ferent intervals so that the land j
vyil] be properly protected. If the ’
use of cover crops is not sys
tematic the land will be more often
left bare than otheryise. There seem
! to be only two reasons for not keep
ing the land covered in the winter.
The first is that it often leaves too
much work to be done during the
early spring months; the other that
fall plowed land will be benefitted
in a mechanical way by freezing and
thawing. This is especially true of
the heavier clay lands.
The labor problem is the more se
rious one and the rotation will have
to be carefully planned or else the
cover crops will be abandoned as a
failure. Under present conditions
[these cover crops should be plowed
under in the spring as humus will
Ido more to put Georgia soils in the
I proper condition for profitable crop
production than any other one thing.
| Thfe great objection to turning under
I green crops is that it will sour the
laud. This, in the writer's experience
[ lias been an unfounded preju
| dice. However, the ground should be
thoroughly plowed and the soil com-'
I pacted well after the green crop is
I turned under by the use of a roller,
and the cover crop should not be al
| lowed to grow too long as there is
[danger of losing much moisture.
Rye \i used more often than the
other cereals largely because it will
i give better growth on thin land than
[ the others. Unfortunately, rye does
i not leave the ground In very good
I shape for the succeeding crop. Every
tiling else being equal, a legume
should have preference over the oth
er crops in that it will add some ni
trogen to the soil. An acre of fair
ly grown legume will probably add
from 50 to 150 pounds of nitrogen per
acre, which at the regular price for
nitrogen would be worth from *B.OO
to *22.50. Os the legumes, crimson
clover, burr clover and vetch can be
used. Crimson clover makes an ex
cellent crop, but It Is rather hard
to secure a stand. The burr clover
grows as a volunteer crop along the
roadside, and can be used to excellent
advantage in seeding at the last cul
tivation of corn and cotton. Hairy
vetch is probably the best winter le
gume that can be used. Common Vetch
is not quite hardy enough to stand
the harder freezes, but the hairy
vetch is quite hardy. Seeded with
rye it makes an excellent crop that
is easily handled and one that will
I gather a considerable amount of ni
trogen. Probably the best results
can be had by a combination of
crops such as rye, vetch, and either
burr or crimson clover or both. The
protecting of the laud during the
winter and the addition of organic
matter to the soil are undoubtedly
tw< lines of work that will build up
tiie crop-producing power of Geor
gia soil more than anything else—
John 11. Fain. Prof, of Agronomy.
DIRTTOWN
Quite a lot of grading has been
done in this section for the last week
More than *2OO is being spent daily
• for w’ork on the Rome & Northern
I railroad. When completed this will
I be one of the best roads in the state.
I As a result of it already, land has
: advanced in price.
Mr. Olin Reynolds of Floyd Springs
was here recently.
Mr. Roy Hall of Armuchee was here
last week.
The Dirttown base ball team went
over and crossed bats with High
Point Saturday afternoon. The re
sult was a victory for Dirttown, the
score being 15 to 5. This is good
for the boys as they have just re
cently organized. High Point will
[come over next Saturday to play
Dirttown. The games will be play
ed at Holland Fish Pond.
Mr. Joe Alexander of near Sum
merville was here last week.
Miss Mary Lou Gaines is on an
! extended visit to relatives near
[ Rome.
Sevral from here attended the Bap
tist Association at Trion Sunday.
Mr. Horace Hall and sister. Miss
Sadie, returned home Saturday af
ter a pleasant visit here.
L. C. Moore spent Thursday in
Rome.
P. H. Whitehead made a business
trip to Rome recently.
Come to the ball game next Sat
urday evening.
Wanting what you can't get is
about as much fun as getting what
you don’t want.
One Minute Cough Cure
For Goughs, Coris and Croup.
SOUTH SUMMERVILLE.
Mrs. C. P. Cash is rapidly recover
ing from her recent attack of ty
phoid.
Miss Susie Harlow is at home agair
after a pleasant visit to relatives at
Douglasville.
Miss Lucy Pullen and Mrs. A. F.
Mahan of Trion were visiting here
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Sharpe, of Alabama City, was
the guest of relatives here last
week.
Mr. A. L. Scoggins and family of
| Trion are visiting relatives here this
i week.
j Ab Peppers and wife are the proud
parents of another little boy which
came into their home Sunday.
Miss Alice Henderson, after a
pleasant week’s visit to her sister,
Mrs. H. A. Mathis, returned to her
home in Rome Sunday.
Adolphus Parham, of Fish Creek,
Ga., Polk county, was the guset of
his uncle, D. M. Parham, the first [
of the week.
Paul Maloney made a business!?) [
trip to Rome Sunday.
A number of our people went to
Trion Sunday to attend the Associa
tion and had a most enjoyable time.
We will be glad to welcome the asso-'
ciation here next year.
Mrs. J. A. League and children
will attend the marriage of the for- j
mer's niece, Miss Sallie Pullen, in
Trion Wednesday.
Miss Mattie Dennis, after a pleas
ant visit here returned to her home
in Lindale last week.
Why Druggists Recommend Chamber
lain’s Colic, Cholera and Di
arrhoea Remedy.
Mr. Frank C. Harahan, a prominent
druggist of Portsmouth, Va., says:
“For the past six years I have sold
and recommended Chamberlain’s Col
ic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It
is a great remedy and one of the best
patent medicines on the market. I
handle some others for the same pur
pose that pay me a larger profit, but
this remedy is so sure to effect a
cure and my customers are so certain
to appreciate my recommending it to
them, that I give it the preference.”
For sale by Summerville Drug Co.,
Summerville, Ga.
Nigerian Superstitions.
"The natives of southern Nigeria
Africa,” says a traveler, “are extreme
ly superstitious. Most of the people
wear some kind of charm around their
neck or waist in the belief that they
nre thus protected from illness or
death from their enemies. When, how
ever. the talisman has lost its sup
posed power and its wearer feels the
hand of death upon him he submits to
his fate—he is wanted by the fetich.
To many places and things they at
tach n superstitious veneration. The
rock found at the source of the river
Imo is considered sacred and as such
is safely guarded. Every village has
Its sacred grove, surrounded by human
skulls, chatties and rotten eggshells on
sticks.
"They believe that a spirit haunts
the locality of a murder or the sacred
grove at night, and no native would
pass near such a place during the
darkness. Any unusual phenomenon
is by them attributed to a supernatural
agency. Not only has a village its
good spirit, but also its evil spirit, and
when any misfortune of any kind over
takes a village a process of driving out
the latter is indulged in with the help
I of much noise and every one beating
the walls of the huts with sticks.”
Couldn't Turn It.
The eye of little Willie's teacher was
■ sad and sorry, for, notwithstanding
I that he was her favorite pupil, he stood
before her convicted of the heinous
[ charge of a theft of candy from a fel
low pupil. It was a first offense, how-
I ever, and she did not desire to inflict
corporal punishment. A moral lecture,
she thought, would fit the ease.
"Bear in mind. Willie,” she conclud
; ed, “that these temptations can be re
[ sisted if determination is used. Al
‘ ways turn a deaf ear to temptation.”
Little Willie’s lip trembled.
“But. teacher,” he answered, "I ain’t
' got a deaf ear.”
CITATION
Georgia, Chattooga county.
Laura Housch having made applica
tion for twelve months’ support out
of the estate of H. A. J. Housch, and
appraisers duly- appointed to set
apart the same having filed their
1 return, all persons concerned are
hereby required to show cause be
[ fore the Court of Ordinary of said
county on the first Monday in Octo
ber, 1909.
This 6th day of September, 1909.
J. P. JOHNSTON, Ordinary.
George Robinson, colored, was ar
rested and lodged in jail here Mon
day by Deputy Sheriff Kellett on a
charge of burglary. He is charged
with entering the residence of Mrs.
Denson, two miles below town, and
stealing a small sum of money. He
waived preliminary hearing and will
await the action of the grand jury.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER’S
CASTO RIA
SEMINOLE
———
We had a nice shower of rain Tues
day.
Dallas Berry and family have mov
ed away from the pond for awhile
to see if they can break up the chills
Our crops look some better since
the recent showers. The weather is
a great deal cooler than we have
had. We had some very hot days
in August and hot dry winds that
damaged the cotton crop to a con
siderable extent. But it looks some
better now. We can not tell much
about cotton or what it will do.
If frost stays off till late we may
come out pretty well yet. I hope
the price will be good. Should the
price of cotton be low and a short
crop too we will be badly hurt that
is the farmers and I guess all others
as well as the farmres. If the farm
[ ers fail all other businesses fail. But
when the farmers swim all others
do well. I see flour has got down
i again in reach, if we have the money
[to pay for it. I would say to all who
[ have been thinking of sowing some
wheat to never give it out for some
millionaire can easily corner on the
wheat again and give us high flour.
And while flour is some cheaper,
what are you who do not raise your
meat at home paying? You certain
ly are paying an enormous price
the highest you have ever paid in
five years. And if you do not raise
i your meat at home you will pay more
and more for it. The wastage from
the kitchen and barn lot will keep
I two hogs growing all the time. Get
some good stock of hogs and try
it. We do not need a whole drove
of hogs just about from two to four
to the family well taken care of
will save you paying a big price and
a great many trips to town after
meat. Try it and see how it will
work. It will soon be time now to
sow fall oats and clover and grass.
Let us work to make our living on
the farm and try to build up the land
i Let all who can buy a little farm, if
it is not but 20 acres, and then build
a nice house and a good orchard and
garden and he will have nearly a
living at home. If you have not the
money buy on time and you can af
ter a while pay for it. Then you
have a home of your own.
G. A. RAGLAND.
Geo. Ray, colored, was arrested at
Sprite Monday by Deputy Sheriff
Kellett and brought here and lodged
in jail. He was arrested on a charge
of stealing a valise and some cloth
ing from a railroad camp in Dirt
town valley.
Rev. J. H. Morton of Tennessee is
holding an interesting meeting at
Holland this week.
PETITION FOR CHARTER.
i
, Georgia, Chattooga County.
1 The petition of D. G. Crabtree, L.
S. Colyar of Hamilton county, Tenn.,
' and J. M. Bellah of Chattooga coun
j ty, Ga., respectfully shows:
First. That they desire for them
, selves, their associates and succes
-1 sors, to be incorporated and made a
i j body politic under the name and style
lof TAYLOR’S RIDGE MINING
COMPANY, for a period of twenty
• years with the privilege of renewal at.
' the expiration of said term.
’ Second. That the object of said
corporation is pecuniary gain to Its
stockholders.
The principal office of said Com
’ pany shall be Summerville, State and
j County aforesaid, but petitioners de
, sire the right to establish such branch
. [ offices either in this state or else-
■ where, as may seem expedient to the
: stockholders and directors of said
■ [ Company.
Fourth. The business to be car
ried on by said Corporation is mining
iron ore, shipping and selling the
same, buying and selling and leasing
mineral lands and to deal generally
: [ in the sale and purchase of lands for
all purposes; to manufacture lumber,
buy and operate saw-mills, build
houses, to build and operate tram rail
[ roads and dirt roads and areial rail
roads for the purpose of mining and
hauling timber or ores. To carry on
a general merchandising, to buy
goods and operate general store or
. stores in connection with said busi
. ness.
Fifth. The capital stock of said
Corporation shall be Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars with the privilege
of increasing the same to Three Hun
dred Thousand Dollars, said
stock to be divided into
shares of One Hundred Dollars each,
10 per cent of said capital stock has
been paid in. Petitioners further de
sire the right to issue both common
and preferred stock in such propor
tion as the stockholders may deter
mine.
Sixth. Petitioners desire the right
to mortgage their holdings of real
estate cr such interests as they may
. have therein for the purpose of se
curing such bonds as they may desire
Ito issue, .not to exceed in amount
the authorized capital stock of said
Corporation. . under such con
ditions and , regulations as
Very Bad Cough.
Pe-ru-na Stopped It.
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DAUGHTER OF MRS. J. M. BROWN.
Mrs. J. M. Brown, Dunnegan, Mo,
writes: “My little daughter, three
years old, was troubled with a very bad
cough which remained after an attack
of catarrhal fever, which was a great
deal worse at night.
“She would wake up out of her sleep
and cough until I feared she could not
stand it.
“Nothing that we gave her seemed to
do her any good. I then concluded to
Bend for Dr. Hartman’s book entitled
‘The Ills of Life,’ which I promptly
received.
“I at the same time commenced giving
her Peruna. She has taken one bottle
in all, through which she has obtained
a complete cure.
"She also since her birth was troubled
with indigestion, but since she has
taken Peruna she can eat almost any
kind of food without any bad results.
“She is now as well and happy as any
little girl can be. When our friends
say how well she looks, I tell them
Peruna did it.
“I shall always be a friend of Peruna,
as I consider it the best medicine for
coughsand indigestion we have ever
tried, and will recommend it to any one
similarly afflicted.”
MRS. LYDIA J. SPOONER, Santa
Monica, Cal., writes that they are
never without Penina in the home, that
they find it the finest family remedy
they have ever used.
may seem proper and to the inter
ests of said Company, to be deter
mined by all of said stockholders in
such way and manner as njpy be
adopted by said stockholders at a
regularly called meeting.
Seventh. Petitioners desire the
right to sue and be sued, to plead
and be impleaded; to have and use
a common seal, to make all by-laws
and regulations, and to do any and
all things that may be necessary for
the successful carrying on of said
business; to do any and all acts that
an individual could do, including the
right to buy, hold and sell real-estate
and personal property, and execute
notes and bonds and secure the same
by mortgage security, deeds or other
wise, according to law.
Eighth. 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 of the pow
ers, privileges and immunities herein
set forth and Is now allowed or may
hereafter be allowed a Corporation
of simiiai cnarter, under the laws
of Georgia.
This August 23, 1909.
J. M. BELLAH,
Attorney for Petitioners.
Georgia, Chattooga county.
I, J. N. Rush, Clerk of the Supe
rior Court of Chattooga County, here
by certify that the above and fore
going is a true and correct copy of
the application for charter of the
Taylor’s Ridge Mining Company, as
the same appears on file in this of
fice.
Witness my hand and seal, this the
23rd day of August, 1909.
’ J. N. RUSH,
Clerk Superior Court C. C. Ga.,
Road Notice.
Georgia, Chattooga county.
All persons interested are hereby
notified that if no good cause is
shown to the contrary, an order will
be granted by the Board of County
Commissioners of Roads and Revenues
of said county, at the regular Septem
ber term, 1909, establishing a change
in public road as marked out by the
Superintendent of roads for Summer
ville district, commencing at the
crossing-es the Central R. Ry., on the
Summerville and Trion road leaving
the present road near a barn on
the land of W. J. Bryant and running
parallel with the present road through
W. j. Bryant’s field intersecting a
street in the town of Summerville.
The object of this change is to
get the road further from the railroad
and to get it on land more suited for
the road.
Given under hand and seal this 16th
day of August, 1909.
J. T. Jolly, Chm.
E. N. Martin, Clerk.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER’S
O ASTORIA