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The Snmmerville News Published Every Thursday. BY THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO. O. .1. Espy. Editoi and .Manager Terms of Sibscki ption: One Y»ar I'-W Six Months - Three Months 26c Advertising Rates will be Made Known on Application. Entered at the Summerville Post Office as Second Clavs Mail Matter. 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. * Tutt'sPills After eating, persons ot a bilious habit will derive great benefit by taking oac ot these pills. If you have been DRINKING TOO MICH, they will promptly relieve the cause SICK HEADACHE and nervousness* hlch f0110w... rc. to the appetite and remove gloomy n • lag*. Elegantly sugar touted. Take No Substitute. roiEYSiiex Qurae Onida' Prat*ai> 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. Children cry FOR FLETCHER’S CASTORIA PARKER’S hair balsam Cl?ansea and beautifies the hair. Wisi T 'ro»notes & luxuriant growth. J® Never Fails to B estore Gray Hair to its YoutbTul Color. * Cure* jrnip diseaaeft & hair failing Jrhysffiv »** .and si-00 a* Druggists Electric Bitters Succeed when everything else fails. In nervous prostration and female w eaknesses they are the supreme remedy, as thousands have testified. ; FOR KIDNEY, LIVER AND STOMACH TROUBLE it is the best medicine ever sold over a druggist’s counter.