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Summerville, Ga., Sep. Ifi, 1909.
Mayor Arthur, of McKeesport, Pa.,
has decided that men convicted of
intoxication must sign a paper per
mitting their wives to draw their wag
es for at least one year. In the case
of an unmarried man, his next of
kin, man or woman, is to draw his
wages. The alternative is a term of
six months In the workhouse.
Over 65,000 enumerators will be
engaged in the census work next
April, and supervisors will be pro
vided in every congressional district
These officials will be selected by
the director of the census but the
appointment of all other employes
must, be through competitive civil ser
vice examinations. This arrange
ment will prevent pressure upon con
gressmen by persons looking for cen
sus appointments.
It is easy to get an exaggerated
idea of business corruption and mora
wrong doing. If a man defaults in
business, accepts a bribe, or is in
volved in a scandal the news is pub
lished throughout the land and ev
erybody reads It and talks about It.
But the quiet, honest, upright, mind
liig-oneH-businesß life of the gnat
majority of people is not reported.
Yet it exists all the same and is the
very bedrock of the nation.
Parents can do much to make or
mar the school life of their children.
Nothing will spoil a child's future ca
reer so readily as unfair criticism of
n teacher, and nothing will do more
to help make the teacher's work a
success than the knowledge that she
has the good will and cooperation
of the parents. Every sensible fath
er and mother knows this and acts
accordingly.
Senator Cummins of lowa an
nounces that he is preparing a bill
which will seek to give the inter
state commreee commission supreme
power over the railroads of the coun
try. The commission will be au
thorized to establish a schedule of
freight rates and their order will be
final except that an appeal would
lie In case the constitutional question
of confiscation of property be involv
ed.
So long as class distinctions based
upon wealth and accident of birth
continue the ideal relation between
man and man will never lie realized.
For a man because he is wealthy to
look down upon the poor man who
tolls with his hands, or for the poor
man to harbor resentment against
the man who by honest effort and
ability has amassed a fortune, is all
wrong. The ideal social relation will
come when false class distinctions
are obliterated and the one difference
between man and man bo personal
worth. This condition today is more
nearly approached in rural districts
and small cities than in great popu
lous centers where artificial distinc
tions are so numerous.
An Atlanta insurance company has
been formed that will insure teeto
talers only, which means that only
women can secure policies. Not
enough men teetotalers can be found
to fill the offices. —Golden Age.
Don’t look for flaws tn the life of
others. Everybody has enough in his
own that need looking after and if \
lie honestly tries to remedy them he
will have no time left to hunt out
those of other people.
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Dedication of Chattooga’s Court House
The dedication of our new court
house was witnessed by a large and
enthusiastic audience .Monday morn
ing at 10 o’clock.
Judge J. M. Bellah was master of
!ceremonies. The invocation was
made by Rev. Jesse O. Brand, pastor
of the Methodist church.
Col. Jesse T. Jolly, Chairman of
Board of Roads and Revenues, in
brief, impressive and appropriate
words, presented the building.
Col. Wesley Shropshire responded
for the people, in an eloquent, soul
thrilling speech.
Judge Moses Wright of Rome was
at his best in response for the court,
and its officers.
The occasion was graced by the
presence of a number of ladles, who
were enthusiastic in praise of the
magnificent structure.
What Discovery Means.
For the first time in the history of i
Hie world an accurate chart of the I
globe may now be made. Dr. Cook's)
discovery will finally settle the ques- j
tfon of the earth's eliptlcity— whether )
or not there is a flattening of the ;
surface at, the poles.
A vast field for meteorological, tl- |
dal and magnetic research is opened )
by the discovery of the pole. Ob-1
'nervations must be made there before |
a. full comprehension of nature’s lows!
and processes can be had. The pre
valent. view among phillsophers has |
been that there was no land at the
i pole. Dr. Cook's effort has disproved
this theory. The value of the dis
covery in terms of money probably
is nothing. As a scientific achieve
ment its value is Incalculably great.
And finally, that the great goal that
had defied the efforts of cxpolrers
! through the centuries and whose path
i way was strewn with the bones of
the most fnterpid travelers of all the
I great nations of the world, should be
j first reached by an American* is a
, triumph that will be patriotically
) aclalmcd from the St. Lawrence to
the Rio Grande and from ocean to
ocean.
Put More Bagging on Your Cotton
Again we would urge our cotton
(growers to put on bagging and ties
i to the full 6 percent limit tills season.
■ls you put on less than 6 per cent
that is to say 30 pounds on a 500
| pound bale, 26 on a 450-pound bale,
etc., —it is matter of giving the cot
ton buyer goods wortli 12 1-2 cents
a pound when he is pa v ing you only
for liagglng and ties averaging about
3 1-2 cents a pound. This is a mat
ter our farmers have been entirely
| too slow to understand says the
' Progressive Farmer.
The gist of the whole matter is
sirtply this: The price of cotton is
fixed by manufactures who buy on
! basis of 6 per cent deduction for bag
ging and ties. That is to say, they
I figure on 30 pounds tare for each
500-pound bale, and on each 500-
pound bale, therefore, they allow a
(price for the gross bale sufficent to
I pay for only 470 pounds net of lint
I cotton. In other words, the price
; paid per pound for the whole 500
• pounds is lowered so as to allow for
30 pounds tare.
Now. the average farmer instead
jof putting 470 pounds of lint cotton
j and 30 pounds of bagging into a 50- j
j pound bale, puts in 478 pounds of
cotton and 22 pounds of bagging—.
I thereby putting in 8 extra pounds of
, 12 1-2 cent cotton worth $1 Instead ,
of 8 pounds of bagging and ties
I worth 28 cents.
Moreover, all the evidence goes to
show that if the farmer does not put
on full 30 pounds to each 500-
pound bale, tile exporter adds the
extra 8 or 10 pounds in second-hand
bagging and makes the extra dollar
that really belongs to the fanner. At
a meeting of foreign manufacturers
with representatives of the Farmers'
' Union in Washington City a year or
two ago. the manufacturers inquired:
"Why is it that when cotton leaves,
the farmer's gin it has only 20 to
22 pounds of tare, but has 31 pounds
by the time it reaches us?" This
is the explanation. -
Put on flagging to the full 6 per
cent limit. Mr. Ransom Hinton, a
well known North Carolina cotton
grower. Illustrates the matter very
clearly when he says: " Suppose I
you were carrying a box of meat
and you knew they would knock off
thirty pounds from the gross weight
for the weight of the box; wouldn't
you be foolish to use only a 20-
pound box instead —give them 10
pounds of meat instead of 10 pounds
of box?"
Even so it is with the farmer who
gets pay for cotton on a basis of
30 pounds deduction for bagging and
ties while he puts on only 20 pounds.
Put on all the bagging and ties
that you can buy for 3 1-2 cents a
pound and sell for 12 1-2 cents.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER’S
CASTORIA
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1909.
OUR TAX LAWS
There being at present a shortage
in the state treasury as well as a
large number of the counties through
out the state, has naturally brought
about considerable discussion and ag
itation of the tax problem. The leg
islature had at its last session a bill
before it recommending for each
’ county a board of equalizers, but
it was never acted upon. The troub
le about most of the remedies sug
gested would fall to reach that class
of property that is going scott free,
; and only add burdens to that class
I that are already paying more near
<‘s and that is men of limited means
jly their just proportion of the tax
and the small farmer. A merchant
remarked to me recently that there
' were some of as big frauds among
i the farmers along this line as in
• any other profession. I say “‘profes
! sions” and I speak advertent-
I ly. Because any man who can farm
I successfully with the odds against
i him is fully capable of following any
) other avocation. The field is larger
) and broader than most any other,
I and no special teaching or set of
) rules can be followed. The seasons
I climatic conditions, the weather and
I soil conditions makes it impossible
(to have fixed rules, and so success
depends largely upon a man’s abili
ty for deep thought and correct rea
) soning. I will admit the gentleman’s
I accusation is true in isolated cases,
j but I speak in a general way when
(I say they are carrying the burdens.
We have already proof of the plan
of equalizers being a failure. Be
cause we already have a board of
"23” which meet twice a year and
you only have to go over their work
upon the tax digest to discover some
; of the most glaring errors and over-
■ sights, if the legislature would en
j act a law requiring all notes and ob
ligations to be stamped by the tax
collector with the value placed upon
said papers and not collectible by
law except when so stamped and on
ly to the extent of the valuation so
plact d upon them, it would reduce
the rate of tax in 12 months 50 per
cent. There is an other cause of
these deficits. That is state and
county wanton extravagance and ap
propriations granted for almost ev
erything asked for. Then too, large
expense could be lopped of by hav
ing only biennial sessions of the
legislature, and quadriennial sessions
would even be better. It is not the
multiplicity of laws we have that
does good, but a few and their thor
ough enforcement. A law without
enforcement is worse than no law
at all. In my judgment the "stai\p
act” is the remedy, and will be ful
ly adequate. You take a board of
Equalizers and they can climb a hill
and take a bird's eye view of some
' poor fellow’s little farm and they
j won't miss its value SIOO. But march
j them into a large mercantile house
or most any other large business and
i they will have about as much judg
| ment of the value of the same as a
cat does about aeroplanes.
J. V. W.
The Point of the Pin.
Mechanically the interviewer
droned out his well worn questions.
“And how, Sir William, did you
get your start in life?”
“I got my start in life, young
) man,” said the pork merchant,
■ “through picking up a pin rn the
street. I had been refused em
ployment by a butcher, and on my
way out 1 saw a pin. I”
“Quite co!" chimed in the sea
, soned interviewer. “You pickedit
up, the butcher was impressed by
your carefulness, called you back
and took you into partnership. I
know that pin so well!”
“Excuse me,” broke in the pork
vender, “but you proceed too fast.
I saw the pin and picked it up—
quite true. But I sold it for £IOO.
It was a diamond pin.”—London
Mail.
The Jeb He Wanted.
“Dear Sir,” said an applicant for
a position to the secretary of the
treasury, according to the Satur
day Evening Post, “I am very anx
ious to obtain remunerative em
ployment in the treasury depart
ment. While my educational ad
vantages do not qualify me for any
of the higher places, I could till
one of th£ minor places to advan
tage. and 1 respectfully apply for
the position of chief cuspidorian
of the department.”
The letter went to the assistant
secretary for reply, and he wrote as
follows:
“Dear Sir—l regret very much
that nothing can be done for you.
There is no such place as chief cus
pidorian. You have coined the
word, but I cannot coin the job.”
Take care of your stomach. Let
Kodol digest all the food you eat. for
that is what Kodol does. Every ta
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.
COMMENDS GOV. BROWN
Editor News:
I have been scanning your paper,
looking for a favorable comment ed
itorially on Governor Jos. M. Brown
in refusing to commute the sentence
of W. H. Mitchell of Thomasville,
Ga., who was convicted of assault
and sentenced to twelve months in
the chain gang, but it Is as barren
of that comment as the Arctic Circle
is of the comforts of human life.
W. H. Mitchell is a man of wealth,
of great influence and of high fami
ly connections in South Georgia. His
case was carried to the Court of Ap
peals, but thaf court sustained the
judgement of the lower court. It was
then carried to the prison commission
The prison commission recommended
that he be sent to the prison farm,
as a last recort his case was carried
to Gov. Joseph M. Brown. Governor
Brown refused to pardon him or to
commute his sentence or to allow
him to pay a fine, but he allowed
the judgement of the lower court to
stand, which means that he must
don the stripes and work in the
chain gang.
Great pressure was brought to bear
on Gov. Brown to commute his sen
tence or to allow him to pay a fine.
Various delegations of citizens, men
of influence and wealth called upon
him, a great many of whom were
Gov. Brown’s friends and supporters,
and urged him to commute his sen
tence or allow him to pay a fine,
besides streams of telegrams poured
in to him all day, but Gov. Brown
with a will and nerve of iron, re
fused them all.
Gov. Brown in refusing this says
in substance, “I would that this
was not upon me. My heart bleeds
with sympathy for his worthy fam
ily, but to do this would be a menace
to Georgia womanhood, the dangers
of which would be beyond compare,
iWe must have one law for the rich
I and for the poor, for the education an
i the illiterate.” Gov. Brown also re
i fused to pardon a bank cashier who
was convicted of embezzling' fifteen
thousand dollars.
Educate the boys and girls of our
country, uphold honor and protect
womanhood in Georgia. These are
the great essentials in life. Herein
lies the greatness of our nation
without these we as a nation would
retrogate, and deadness would set in.
All honor to Gov. Brown, a man of
I iron will, a man that cannot be sway
ed by politicians, a man that has
the courage of his convictions. Wel
come, thrice welcome the day that
gave us a Joseph M. Brown. All
I hail the day that made him govern
'or of this great state. He will shed
) lustre on her name. An author, a
! scholarly gentleman, a scion of the
old school, his name will go upon the
I tablet of fame and he will go down
I in history as one of Georgia’s great
i est governors.
The Man From Town.
THE SAWMILL’S BOOKS.
i They Needed Not an Auditor, but a
Mathematical Carpenter.
Biffkins froze me with a stare. “I
remember," be went on. calmly ignor
ing my interruption, "one time when I
i was hired to keep books for a saw-
I mill way up north. ’Twas six days
: by log wagon from ever' place except
: in’ the infernal regions, the same bein’
a quarter of a mile away, straight
' down. The durned simpleton they sent
I down to Nigger Wool settlement after
me bad so much business with a rou
lette dealer that he forgot to tell me
to get some office supplies, so when we
got to camp I found that the principal
equipment of my palatial -6 by 8 busi
ness apartment consisted of three lum
ber crayons, slightly shop worn, and
a last year's almanac. I got some
smooth pine boards and kept my books
on them with chalk.”
“How did it work” 1 asked, inter
ested in spite of myself.
“Like a charm.” grinned Biffkins,
"until the foreman of gang 1 got
on a drunk one night an' slept in
the office an' used up fourteen pages
of the general ledger fer kindlin' wood
the next mornin’. The company sent
up an auditor to check over my books,
but he went back plumb disgusted.
Told ’em they didn't need an auditor—
what they wanted was a carpenter
who was handy at Aggers. An’ that
reminds me"— —Bookkeeper.
Engraved Gems of the Ancients.
Engraved gems are among the most
interesting objects of art inherited by
us from the ancients. Though many
of the cameos and intaglios were en
graved on precious stones over 2.000
years ago, they are still as clear and
fine as if they were cut yesterday.
The designs engraved on these stones
indicate that the old Greeks and Ro
mans regarded them as charms against
accident or misfortune. This super
stition generally took the form of a
fondness for representation of certain
animals. Sailors affected the dolphin
because it was believed to be the mari
ner's friend. Women, so far as fishes
were concerned, preferred the repre
sentation of the prolific aringa of the
Adriatic, which was a symbol of fruit
fulness because of the groat number
of its eggs. The ant was worn as an
emblem of industry. By the frog was
Indicated the idea of resurrection, be
cause that interesting batraehiau re
news its youth each spring by shed
ding its old akin.
DISPATCH SAYS
WALKER FOR LEE
The Chattanooga Times, in its is
sue of Monday, prints the following
dispatch:
Lafayette, Ga., Sept. 11 —There is
an almost unanimous desire among
the people of Walker county that
Gordon Lee be induced to make the
race for congress again next year,
and while Mr. Lee has stated that
he will not be a candidate, it is prob
able that petitions will be circulated
asking him to reconsider and again
make the race for representative in
the federal congress from the Sev
' enth Georgia district.
i Walker county has always given
j Mr. Lee an almost solid vote, and
because of his successful efforts in
j congress to secure government roads
in different sections of the county
and the probability that owing to
his important committee assignments
' he would be able to do still more for
this county as well as for the entire
district, the people of his home coun
' ty are loathe to see him retire from
; their service. Business men, farm
ers and all classes are of the opinion
that a change of congressman would
be a distinct loss to the district, and
they do not look with pleasure on
the prospect of seeing their able rep
resentative retire to private life.
PETITION FOR CHARTER.
Georgia, Chattooga County.
The petition of D. G. Crabtree, L.
S. Colyar of Hamilton county, Tenn.,
and J. M. Bellah of Chattooga coun
ty, Ga., respectfully 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 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
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
Con.pany.
Fourth. The business to be car
ried on by said Corporation is mining
iron ore, shipping and selling the
same, baying 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
I stock to be divided into
shares of One Hundred Dollars each,
I 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 or such interests as they may
have therein for the purpose of se
curing such bonds as they may desire
to issue, not to exceed in amount
the authorized capital stock of said
i Corporation, under such con
) ditions and regulations as
I 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 may be
adopted by said stockholders at a
I 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 simuai cnarter, under the laws
of Georgia.
This August 23, 1909.
J. M. BELLAH,
Attorney for Petitioners.
Georgia, Chattooga county.
I. J. X. Rush, Clerk of the Supe
nor Court of Chattooga County, here-
SYSTEMIC CATARRH.
One ot
many
cases f
where W ;
Peruna aMI 1)
has I||| / Jy
done
what W®
other v
reme-
dies
failed
to do.
MR. c. A. LANDGRABE.
Mr. C. A. Landgrabe, Box 25, Coal
burg, Ohio, writes: “1 had been a slight
sufferer for a number of years, but paid
little or no attention to it, until the
spring of this year, when my suffer
ings became very severe.
“I had pain in the head, back, spine,
liver, chest, and various parts of my
body, besides indigestion that caused
me much trouble and anxiety. I often
thought when I retired at night I would
not live through it. I tried medical aid,
but to no purpose.
“Not knowing what was my main
trouble I wrote to Dr. Hartman, after
reading of his treatment, for advice,
telling him of my various ailments, and
he notified me at once that I had sys
temic catarrh.
“After using the first bottle of Peruna
I felt relief, so I continued to use it
until I had taken four bottles, when I
felt entirely cured. I recommend it to
all others, believing that they will ex
perience the relief that I did.”
Pe-ru-na as a Tonic.
Mr. William F. Hawkins, 12 West BL,
Westerly, R. 1., writes:
“I wish to give my testimony in favor
of Peruna as a tonic. I have used the
same for catarrh, and can recommend
it to ail who are troubled in that way.”
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. A
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 i
in public road as marked out by the j
Superintendent of roads for Summer-9
ville district, commencing at the| |
crossing of 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 rail
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.
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
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.
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