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The Summerville News Tl ” Crop Be l3r Published Every Thursday. BY THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO. O. J. Espy, Editoi and .Manager. Thumb of Hi bsckii-tion: One Year 11.00 Six Months 50c Three Months 25c Advertising Rates will be Made Known on Application. Entered at the Summerville Post Office as Second Cla»s Mail Matter. 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. |||l W- ■ j ...l- i— ..-x-d 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