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The Summerville News Published Every Thursday. BY THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO. O. J. Espy. Editor and Manager Terms of Subscription: One Year #I.OO Six Months 60< : Three Months 25c Advertising Rates will be Made Known on Application. Entered at the Summerville Post Office as Second Claw Mail Matter. Summerville, Ga.., Sep. 30, 19C9 SOUTHERN COTTON MILLS There was once a theory up New England way, fifty or so years ago, that providence had so arranged the Industrial scheme In this coun try that the Southern States would continuously grow the raw materials and that New England would turn the raw materials into manufactured prod ucts and resell them to the South at a large profit, says the Baltimore American. It was a reciprocal scheme which has worked to the satisfaction of New England through more than three quarters of a century. The sys tem of shipping cotton northward to be turned into yarns and textiles is working yet, but with striking modifi cations. The annual reports showing the out put of American cotton mills have in dicated from year to year during the past decade that the South has been rapidly gaining upon the non-growing States in the manufacture of cotton, and last year and this the reports show that more raw material has beet turned into fabrics In the South than in the North. According to the sta tistical information gathered by the secretary of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange for the commercial year which ended August 31. 1909. South ern mills consumed 2,560,600 bales of cotton, as compared with 2,500,000 bales consumed by the Northern mills But during the same period foreign mills used 8,056,000 bales of cotton or about 3,000,000 bales more than all the mills in this country. It is there fore apparent that there Is still abun dant opportunity for the expansion of the cotton manufacturing industry In the United States. The rebel yell resounded through- ! out Athens Tuesday, when more than i 1500 Georgia veterans of the Con . ft-deracy gathered for their annual state reunion. An amaclable compromise has been reached whereby tile authorities of the Berry School will grant rights of way through their property to tho i Rome and Northern railroad, now building north from Romo to Gore. . The compromise was reached while the board of assessors, summoned to fix the damages to the school prop erty, was In session. Under the terms of the agreement, the railroad win run through the rear portion of the farm belonging to the school and will not pass through that section of the grounds where Miss Berry con templates the erection of a settlement school and the carrying on a work for the girls similar to the industrial training now given boys in the famous institution. Congressman Lee Visits Dade County Hon. Gordon Lee has been spend ing several days in Dade county, where his friends are numerous and always delighted to see him. He is one of the few public men who fill an office because his citizenship de mands it. and his record is one which makes the people proud of their rep resentative. His personality is such that he may be approached by any man, any time, any where and in Washington or elsewhere his treat ment of his most humble constitu ent would be of that easy courtesy and cordially which marks a man of worth and character. Mr. Lee declined to discuss politics, however, he is being importuned by his many friends in Dade to again enter the congressional race, and in case he decides to do so. he will find no doubt, that his friends in Dade have not diminished in numbers. — Dade County Times. Tutt’sPills will Mve the dyspeptic from many da> * of misery, and enable him to vat whatever he wishes. 1 hey prevent SICK HEADACHE, cause the food to assimilate and nee-- lab the body, give keen appcttl-, DEVELOP ELESH and solid muscle. Elegantly si>;‘ coated —— Take No Substitute. Hon. W. H. Felton. News of the death of W. H. Fel ton whs received with sadness by many friends in Chattooga county who gave him their sympathy and support in 1874, during his memora ble race for congress in the Seventh • district, as an Independent candidate. It has been said of Dr. Felton, “As minister, physician, congressman orator, he filled many roles, but he filled them all with brilliant dis tinction,” It was due largely to the Hercu lean energies of this statesman from the mountains, that the Western & Atlantic railroad was saved to the state of Georgia, and leased for an- • other term of years at an increas ed rental. The result was an ex tra #120,000 per annum for the : common schools. The brilliant woman who for more than fifty years had been his loyal helpmeet and companion, who had shared his warfares, who had divided his laurels, was at his side when the end came. And the tenderest sympathies of the entire state are hers in this hour of grief i and loneliness. Mrs. Rebecca Latimer Felton is remembered here with gratitude and affection for her helpful service ren dered the cause of prohibition in our county several years ago, while we struggled against the power of the legalized sale of liquor. She is a noble woman and was a fitting helpmeet for the “grand man of eloquence” who has been called ■ up higher. The war department has awarded to a Granite Co., of Boston, a con- I tract for the erection ol a monument at Times Point. National cemetery, | New Jersey, to the memory of Con federate prisoners who died at Fort Deleware during the Civil war. The shaft will be of Pennsylvania mar ble, 83 feet high, and will cost $83,- 500. ■ 1 Commissioner T. G. Hudson of the State Agricultural department, has just issued his new fertilizer bulle tin, for this season, and all farmers , who had their guano inspected last season, will soon get 6ne of these bulletins, and they can see the true ■ analysis of the guano they bought. J The amount of guano tags sold rep resented 884,295 tons of fertilizer and cotton seed meal, which repre- ■ sents an income to the department of ! SBB,OOO. The season just closing has ( been unusually heavy, as there were 2,264 brands of fertilizer inspected I during this season, as against 1,822 . last season, and made the heaviest I labratory work of any one year in ! the history of the department. Mr. Hudson makes a splendid address in 'the bulletin, and congratulates the ! farmers of the state on improved i conditions all along the line. He makes a patriotic appeal to the larm iers to place their farms on a busi -1 ness like and self-sustaining basis. ! Some 20,000 bulletins have been is sued to be distributed among the farmers of the state. Atlanta, Ga.—The question of re ciprocal demurrage—upheld by the supremo court of Georgia in an opin ion handed down Saturday in which the state raillroad commission was ! sustained—blds fair to furnish the basis of one of the greatest legal bat tles ever waged by the railroad in terests against state authority. Al ready preparations are being made to take the matter into the federal courts and not until the United States supreme court passes upon the question will the contest be con sidered ended. If the decision of the Georgia supreme court is upheld in the federal tribunals, the railroads will have to pay claims in this state aggregating $20,000. But the decls i ion is more far reaching and under it the railroads will be compelled to furnish cars to shippers upon demand or suffer penalties in the way of de murrages charges. It is customary for the railroads to charge demurrage of $1 per day per car after being placed at the shipper’s disposal and before it is loaded. For years the shippers of this and border states have fought for a reciprocal demur rage. The order of the Georgia rail road commission reqires the railroads to pay the same rate of demurrage as ter demand for cars is required of the shippers. DIRTTONWN L. C. Moore spent Thursday in Rome. Bryant Rush came up from Rome Saturday to visit homefolks. Cotton picking and pulling fodder is the order of the day. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Hawkins pass ed through here Sunday en route to their home from Trion, where they had been visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. J. T Wade of Sum mrveille passed through here Sun day en route to Floyd Springs. P. A. Morgan spent Thursday in Rome on business. THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1008. CHATTOOGA SUPERIOR COURT . Adjourned Thursday After a Session of Nearly Two Weeks , —— I The regular September term of . Chattooga Superior Court adjourned i last Thursday afternoon, after a ses sion of nearly two weeks. A large amount of business was disposed of during the session, but there are still a number of cases on the dockets and It is probable that an adjourned term of court will be held sometime this fall. The case of the State against Bob Lightsy, on trial for murder, result | ed in the acquittal of the defendant. The case went to the jury Wednes- ■ day night and a verdict was reached about 8 o’clock Thursday morning. There were no other jury cases tried at Thursday’s session, the time of the court being taken up in hearing motions, etc. SOUTH SUMMERVILLE J. N. Alexander of Trion is having a neat cottage erected on South ’ Main street and when complete will move his family here. ’ We welcome these good people to our town. 1 Rev. J. O. Brand held a series of 1 meetings last week in the new store building recently erected by H. D. Mallicoat. Mr. Brand is a faithful soldier of the Cross, ever pushing God’s work on. Many conversions resulted from this meeting and eternity alone can reveal the real good accomplished there. Miss Wilton Johnson is at home again after spending the summer very pleasantly with relatives in Ala bama. Misses Kittie Mae and Nona By num and Sam Maloney and L. R. Mc- Conkey were among those who attend ed the foot-washing at Lyerly Sun day. A large number of our people went 'up to Trion Sunday afternoon to witness the baptising. Mr. John McLeod of near Atlanta spent a few days here last week with his mother, who is not as well as usual. D. W. Mahan and family and G. P. Mahan and family visited relatives in Trion Sunday. The sad news reached here Sunday evening of the sad death of another one of Mr. M. L. Blair’s daughters, Miss Cliffie Blair, just 13 years of age. Her death resulted from a se vere attack of diptheria and occurr ed just 11 days after that of her sister. We deeply sympathize with all her relatives in this double be reavement and humbly ask God's richest blessings to rest on all. He breaks the family circle here on earth and with an effort on our part He re unites us in heaven never more to part but to enjoy eternal happiness. 'Tis a glorious thought and ought to gladden the saddened hearts. Mrs. W. L. Farrow has been slight ly indisposed for several days but is improving now. Mrs. John League spent Sunday in Trion. Mrs. Mat Johnson was quite sick last week but is convalescing. A large amount of work is being carried on near the cotton mill, grad ing, erecting a new warehouse and other improvements. In a newspaper interview sent out 1 from Atlanta it is predicted by Hon. Harvey Jordon that more than SIOO,- 000,006 in cash will he distributed among the people of Georgia during* I the next six months through the mars I keting of the cotton crop. Mr. Jor- Idon is very optimistic, taking the [view that the south is on the eve i of the greatest prosperity it has ever , known. “With spot cotton selling 1 at 12 1-2 cents at interior points and (cotton seed at sl9 per ton, the fall season is opening with a tidal wave of prosperity that should make glad the hearts of every farmer in Geor gia, says Mr. Jordon. ‘“A bale of cotton with the seed will now sell for more than S7O, one-fourth more than the price commanded a year ago. The staple is being sold at these prices, debts are being liquid ated and the money put into circu lation is rapidly finding its way into the trade. While crops may be short er than last year’s yield the differ ence in price will far more than make up for the deficiency in yield. A Hurry Up Call. Quick! Mr. Druggist—Quick!—A box of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve—Here is a quarter —For the love of Moaes, hurry! Baby's burned himself, terri -1 bly—Johnnie cut his foot with the axe —Mamie's scalded —Pa can’t walk for • piles—Billie has boils—and my corns ache. She got it and soon cured all ’ the family. Its the greatest healer on earth Sold by Summerville Drug ' Co. > 'The Baptist church at Chattsworth. Murray county, Ga.. has just closed ' the greatest meeting in the history ■ of the county. There were 95 ad ditions to the membership. Rev. Mc- ’ Cutchen of Atlanta and Rev. Butts, the pastor, did the preaching. STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. i Tho annual meeting of the stock holders and directors of the Sum mreville Cotton Mills was held at f the court house yesterday. 1 A large number of the stockholders - were present, about ninety-five per cent of the stock being represented. s Al] the old directors were re-elect t ed with the exception of G. W. Dav i enport. The directors are, W. H. t Penn, J. C. Hutchens, T. M. Ballen : ger, R. A. McWhorter, J. R. Hender son, A. D. Davenport, Cornelius Ter- > hune, A. S. Hinton, Jno. D. Taylor, ■ E. W. Sturdivant, C. A. Lyerly, and G. H. Miller. At a meeting of the directors held I just after the stockholders meeting, all the old officers were re-elected ! i as follows: Jno. D. Taylor, presi ’ ■ dent and treasurer, E. W. Sturdi- ; vant, vice president; E. N. Martin, ( secretary. The report of the president and ! treasurer showed that the total , earnings of the mill for the past j , year was $20,271.35. ] A dividend of 10 per cent was de , dared, payable as follows, 5 per cent not later than Jan. 1, 1910, and p per Cent not later than July, 1 j 3 1910. It was decided to sell $35,000 of I additional stock, which will increase i , the capital stock to $185,000. The i funds derived from the sale of this I additional stock will be expended in j I enlarging the plant. The mill has had a very prosper- | . ous year and the officers are . to be congratulated on the splendid . showing made. Among the out-of-town stockhold . era present were, J. H. Hawkins, C. i Terhune, Thompson Hiles, of Rome; I j Luther Blevins, of Dalton; C. A. Ly . erly, H. H. Henson, A. D. Daven port, of Chattanooga; Hon. Gordon Lee, of Chickamauga; J. G. Hunt, of , Atlanta; G. W. Welch, R. A. Mc- Whorter, of Menlo; W. J. Lowry, G. T. Myers, D. C. R. Myers, J. H. Thomas, W. H. Penn, J. L. Ham- I rnond, of Trion; W. H. Owings, T. M. Ballenger, of Gore; J. R. Hender son, Geo. Russell, of Gaylesville, Ala. , J. D. Story, J. C. Neal, of Broom town; W. B. Anderson, of Lyerly. CITATION Georgia, Chattooga county. To all whom It may concern: Mrs. Laura Housch having In prop er form applied to me for permanent letters of administration on the es tate of H. A. J. Housch, late of said county. This is to cite all and sin gular, the creditors and next of kin of H. A. J. Housch, to be and appear At my office within the time allow ed by law and show cause, if any they can, why permanent administra tion should not be granted to Mrs. Laura Housch on H. A. J. Housch’s estate. Witness my hand and official sig nature, this 6th day of September, 1909. J. P. JOHNSON, Ordinary. TAX LEVY FOR 1909, Office of Board Commissioners Roads and Revenues. Regular Sep tember meeting, 1909. Ordered that a tax rate of 6 mills or $6.00 per SIOOO.OO be levied and collected by the tax collector on all property in the county subject to taxation returned by or assessed against each tax payer for County * purposes, divided as follows: -■on all property subject to taxation 50 per cent for General fund. 20 per cent for Pauper fund. 20'per cent for Bridge fund. 10 per cent for Jail fund. < It is also ordered that a tax rate of one-tenth of one per cent be levi l ed and collected by the tax collector ■ or assessed against each tax payer I for road purposes. And also that a tax rate as follows be levied and collected by the tax collector for the , I following school districts: s | Summerville School district, $3.00 • per SIOOO.OO. ‘ Lyerly school district, $4.00 per SIOOO.OO. Holland school district, $4.00 per > SIOOO.OO. Chelsea school district, $4.00 per ‘ - SIOOO.OO. i J. T. JOLLY, Cbm. E. N. MARTIN, Clerk. CITATION t Georgia, Chattooga county. Laura Housch having made applica . tion for twelve months' support out , of the estate of H. A. J. Housch, and e appraisers duly appointed to set r apart the same having filed their s return, all persons concerned are 1 hereby required to show cause be- ■ i fore the Court of Ordinary of saM ; county on the first Monday in Octo- , , ber, 1909. This 6th day of September, 1909. J. P. JOHNSTON, Ordinary. 1 SSgfsgOa hair PE-RU-HA USER FDR KIONEICMBB. ‘ 7. '■ Gen. A. F. Hawley, of Washing- 7 ton, D. C., writes: “I have usedPe ' runa and find it very beneficial K kidney trouble, and especially good for coughs, colds and catarrh al troub ,eS' ” Gen. A. F. Hawley. Kidney Trouble for Nearly Thirty Years. ;( William Bailey, Past Col. Enc. No. 69, Union Veteran Legion, and prom / / inently identified with many of the great labor protective associations in b (Chicago and New York, and secretary of one of the largest associations? ; la the former city, had for nearly thirty years been afflicted with kidney , \ troubles. 'i Withia a short period he has been persuaded to try Peruna, and his present healthy condition is attributed to his judicious use of that great remedy. Washington climate is notoriously bad for kidney and liver ; troubles, yet by a judicious use of tho remedy he is now quite cured and in / excellent physical condition. ? 1 ' This brief statement of facts, without exaggeration or hyperbole, appears ,; ; - to tell the whole story, which the Peruna Company is authorized to use, if ], < it so chooses, believing, as I do, that by so doing it will be for the general / b good, William Bailey, 581 St., N. E., Washington, D.C. KKmys Affected—Back Weak. Mr. M. Broderick, Secretary and Treasurer Local Union No. 406, Inter national Brotherhood of Teamsters, writes from 435 E. 4©th St., Chicago, 111., as follows: “1 have been suffering from a weak back and kidney trouble for some time, and have been able to find relief only through the use of Peruna. “During the winter season I usually keep a bottle of your medicine in the house, and by taking a dose at night I am feeling fine the next morning. “Some of my friends assure me that Peruna is equally as good for their var ious ailments as it is for my complaint; but I do know that for kidney trouble and suffering from a weak back it has no equal.” field Settled In Kidneys. Mr. Joseph Klee, 215 East 4th St., Topeka, Kas., writes: “My wife took Perunafor iiver trouble and a run-down condition incident to We Will Have Our MILLINERY OPENING Thursday and Friday, October 7th and Bth We will have one of the most up to date lines of Millinery this season we have ever shown. We have spent consider able time and study select ing this stock, and believe we have the best values we have ever offered. We want you to come and ex amine our stock, whether you purchase or not. We also carry a very large line of Dry Goods, Shoes, etc. W. B. MOSESEY & SON MENLO, GA. the same. A few bottles built up her health and strength. “I took Pernna for a cold which set tled In my kidneys, giving me much pain. In two weeks I was much better, and in a few months I was well.” For Liver and Kidneys. , Mr. W. H. Armistead, Cumberland, ' C. H., Va., writes: “Your Peruna has cured me of chronic ' catarrh of long standing I thank you > so much for your adviee. I think It is t a great medicine. It will do all that yon recommend it to do. Besides, I can t recommend It to cure all liver and kid ■ ney troubles.” Chronic Kidney Trouble, > Judge C. J. Park, R. S’. D. 1, Buckhead, i Ga., writes: “For a long time I was troubled with catarrh of the kidneys, and after taking , Peruna I feel like a new man. I think it the greatest catarrh medicine of the > age, and believe it will cure any case of > catarrh on record.”