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The Summery ille . N ews.
VOL. XXII NO. 33.
GREAT DAMAGE DONE
BY HAIL STORM
Crops Almost Totally Destroyed
in the Path of the Storm.
The hall storm which swept through
this section Thursday of last week
was the most destructive in the his
tory of our county.
For a few minutes previous to the
bursting of the storm, the sky was
flushed with yellow tints and dark
clouds were being driven by swift
winds. Then came a heavy down- i
pour of rain and hail, which fell in
. torrents for a short time, but dur
ing that time the crops in the
southern portion of the county were
seriously damaged, and in many in
stances, were totally destroyed. Es
pecially is this true of the cotton
crops south of this place and south
of Menlo. In many fields not a
boll of cotton was left and the stalks
were beaten into the ground.
The Baptist, church at Lyerly was
blown dowm, a few houses were un
roofed, windows were smashed, trees
were uprooted and telephone lines
were blown down, but there was no
loss of life and we have great rea
son to be thankful that it was no
worse with us.
DIRTTOWN.
Rev. Mr. Pendley filled his ap
pointment at the Methodist church
Sunday night.
L. C. Moore spent Thursday night
in Rome.
The hail here Thursday was very
heavy and a lot of damage was done
Mr. Joe Jackson and sisters, Miss
Myrtle and Miss Nell, of Haywood,
attended services at Bethel Sunday
night.
Messrs. D. F. Gaskin, Homer Bar
ron and Robert Dawson spent Fri
day in Chattanooga.
Mr. J. W. Rush and family spent
Sunday the guest of relatives at
New.
Mr. G. T. Chappel of White, Ga.,
while en route to Chattanooga, stopp
ed here and visited relatives.
Messrs. J. E. Thomas and Willis
Phillips made a business trip to Romt
last week.
Mr. E. M. Marks and daughter,
Miss Laura, were among the shop
pers in Rome from here Thursday.
SEMINOLE
Mr. J. A. Floyd has been right
sick again with a back set from
chills.
I was in part of the hail storm
last Thursday and I am 67 years
old and I never saw anything half
so bad before in all my life. The
damage to property and cotton is
very great. From what I can hear
of the hail storm it was about 15
miles wide and reached over 100
miles in length. Good hands, who
could pick two hundred pounds of
cotton per day now can pick up off
the ground 50 pounds per day, and
it looks pretty bad, but maybe the
gin brush will take most of the dirt
out. But I am very thankful that
it was no worse. There were no
lives lost in this community nor any
houses blown away. This year seems
to be a year of disasters to the
farmers. Too much rain, then a
drouth, then storms. And then high
taxes. I see the point now where
they did not need to make our tax
es any higher on the thousand, but
the grand jury made more thous- I
| THE BANK OF MENLO |
| Desires to offer to its customers and friends its |
♦ sincerest sympathy in the m atter of their losses J
| and inconveniences as a result of the recent hail- *
| storm. We trust that they will soon recover, r
♦ and that a few months will find them again happy ’
| in their home and financial affairs.
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1909
ands to be paid on. I understand
that Chattooga county’s taxes was
raised over three hundred thousands
dollars in valuation. If the grand
jury intends to assess our tax we
had better do away with the asses
sor’s office and save paying him at
least.
We had a school meeting at the
school house last Saturday night
but did not come to any definite con
clusion. I hear if we can raise the -
supplement the public fnud enough
to make $75 per month, Prof. Chris
tian will teach for us next year.
The patrons and trustees are still
working to get the promise of the
supplement to the public fund enough
If we should fail to get him we
have another application from Gore,
that of Miss Mallie Lawrence. We
generally have a good school at
this place. Our general average is
about 80 for the 5 months public
school. We have about 200 in the
school age, but not more than half ■
of them ever go to school.
Well I am looking for Dave Hen
ley on the 25th inst. I believe 1 :
will not have my cotton picked up '
by that time. But Dave has to i
come two more times and tell us
what our taxes are. We thought we
knew but we do not.
Uncle Jim Fowler’s Boy says we
can’t eat beef, nor drink no milk
on account of the microbes, nor we ;
must not eat corn bread as it will ’
make us scally wagers, and no flour
for it is filled up with the Gophil
lips. We don’t know what these
things are or what they mean but
Joe Patterson, the grandson of the
Patterson that cornered the wheat,
and the old lady Fowler can tell us
what to do and what to eat to
keep the evils away spoken of.
G. A. RAGLAND.
SUBLIGNA
We had a real good Sunday school'
last Sunday. Seventy-four in at- j
tendance and it could be that good
all the time if not better, if all |
would come and take an interset.
What about the storm last Thurs
day night? Wasn’t it gloomy times?
We didn’t have a very bad storm j
here and were very thankful. There I
wasn’t very much damage done at
this place. Some of the cotton is,
right bad where it hand never been I
picked.
We have the telephone at last and
they say the railroad is coming real
soon. Ain’t that grand.
The Missionary Society met at
the home of Mrs. W. E. Dill last
Saturday. We hope it will increase |
in numbers and interest.
The entertainment given by the
Misses Lawrnece was nejoyed by
all present.
Hiram Hammond made his usual
trip to Subligna Sunday.
The Misses White of West Ar
muchee were visiting at this place
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. D. C. Fowler is having a
nice residence put up here, which
will be a great help to Subligna.
Mr. and Mrs. Dill made a busi
ness trip to Rome last Week.
Mr. and Mrs. Pruitt and daughter, j
Miss Gennie, went to Trion last Mon
day shopping.
Our people will attend the fair in
Summerville today and tomorrow.
I am requested to annonuce that ;
Bro. Mahan will preach at the Bap
tist church on the fifth Sunday in
this month.
SHANTY.
It has been estimated that less
exertion is necessary to ride 15 miles
' on a bycicle than to walk three miles
TRION
Mr. J. H. Thomas and two chil
dren, Ross and Beatrice, spent Mon
day in Chattanooga.
Mrs. Helen Harper visited rela
tives in Rome Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. S. R. Wyatt and two children
Milner and Ruth, spent a few days
last week in Chattanooga with Mr.
and Mrs. Nick Bush.
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Myers and chil;
I dren went down Lyerly Sunday in
I their handsome automobile to view
' the wreckage of the town caused by
the storm Thursday night.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Thomas at
tended the Con is iv Fair in Lafayette
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Wyatt and chil
dren spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Wheeler at Raccoon.
Mr. J. H. Hamilton of Nashville,
is in Trion on business.
Mr. Henry Powell of Cartersville
' spent Friday and Saturday with Mr. !
and Mrs. John Robinson.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Beavers and
i two children of Summerville spent
Sunday with Mrs. J. T. Fulmer.
Rev. W. M. Griffitt filled his reg- ■
i ular appointments at Sardis Satur-
■ day and Snuday.
I Mr. G. B. Myers is again able to
be out to the delight of his many [
friends.
Misses Mollie Hawkins and Maud
1 Funderburk spent Wednesday in
Chattanooga.
D. D. Wade of Summerville was i
in Trion Monday.
Mr. R. E. McWilliams spent Sun
day in Chattanooga.
Mr. H. A. Ross has been quite
ill the past week.
Mrs. Sarah Megginson of Summer
ville spent Monday with Mrs. M. G.
i Merritt.
Mr. Will Birsendine returned from
Atlanta and Rome Sunday.
: Messrs. G. T. Myers, C. P. Thoinp
' con, John Coker and Graves Myers
j went up to Chattanooga Monday in ;
: Mr. Myers’ automobile. /
Mrs. Charlie Merritt invited quite |
a crowd to go nutting with her to |
| Penn’s ridge Saturday and spend the |
! day. Among the crowd were Mrs
I Benn Gann, of Rome, Miss Minnie
Mary Merritt, Misses Lollie May j
I Thompson, Jessie Parris, Mary Lou
i Myers, Helen Myers, Laura Gra
ham, Bernice Mcßryant, Clara Wil
1 Hams, Scott Mcßryant, Henry Grady, I
; Starling Anderson, Ross and Sarah I
; Merritt.
Mr. W. M. Robinson is convales
cent after a two weeks illness.
Vance Smallwood has returned
! home after two weeks visit to Gay
lesville, Ala.
Mr. W. W. Hudson is quite ill
! this week.
i Mrs. R. F. Robinson is rapidly
improving after a continued illness j
of several weeks.
Quite a number of Trion people are i
attending the Chattooga County Fair
in Summerville today.
“I would have been a cripple for
life, from a terrible cut on my knee
cap,” writes Frank Disberry, Kelli
her, Minn., “without Bucklen’s Ar
! nica Salve, which soon cured me.”
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Drug Co.
I The cheapest thing in the world "is
! advice done up in a large package of
idle talk.
———
Just because a man is cornered
doesn’t necessarily prove that he is
( square.
■ Many a man has gone through life
pitably ignorant because he thought
’ he knew so much it wasn’t worth
> while to learn any more.
> How true it is that generally we
, are more ready to find faults in those
[ who displease us than to find the ex
• cellencies in those whom we esteem
> our friends.
■ Money Comes in Bunches
► to A. A. Chisholm, of Treadwell, N.
, Y., now. His reason is well worth
’ reading: “For a long time I suffer
t ed from indigestion, torpid liver, con-
► stipation, nervousness, and general
L debility,” he writes. ‘“I couldn’t
f sleep, had no appetite, nor ambition,
I grew weaker every day In spite of
all medical treatment. Then used
Electric Bitters. Twelve bottles re
stored all my old-time health and
vigor. Now I can attend to busi
ness every day. It’s a wonderful
medicine.” Infallible for Stomach,
Liver, Kidneys, Blood and Nerves.
► 50c at Summerville Drug Co.
MENLO
The worst hail storm passed
through this section last Thursday '
and Thursday night that was ever
witnessed in the county. Tons of
water fell, the gutters were running
over and the cellars were full. The
hail was severe. A number of glass
windows were broken out in places
The hail drifted up eighteen inches
deep in some places. Out near Al
pine they said the hail stones were
as large as turkey eggs and went ;
through the tops of houses and
crops were considerably damaged.
S. F. Polk was in Chattanooga last
Friday on business.
James Moseley and wife of James
town, Ala., were in Menlo last week.
Our clever agent., C. A. Land, went
'to Chattanooga Friday, returning
Saturday.
Henry Agnew of Chattanooga is i
spending a few days in Menlo.
The entertainment given by the i
School Improvement Club last Sat
urday was a grand success in every
respect. There were several good
: speeches made by good speakers.
T. E. Majors has bought his farm
back near Alpine and Early Thack-
I er bought the farm recently purchas
:ed by Mr. Majors.
Cotton is bringing 1.3 1-1, but the
most of it is sold.
W. M. Jennings and wife of Okla
; homa are here on an extended visit
| to friends and relatives.
Quite a crowd from this place
attended the show in Chattanooga
last Monday.
G. W. Welch was in Chattanooga
last week on business.
Menlo has mceived about eight hun
dr«d bales of cotton up to date.
M. F. BALLARD.
THE CHATTOOGA SCHOOL
IMPROVEMENT CLUBS.
Held a Very Interesting Meeting at
Menlo Last Saturday.
The Chattooga School Improve
| ment Clubs met in Menlo Oct. 16.
The meeting was opened with ex
I ercises by the school. Mrs. 11. J.
: Garvin, president of Menlo local club,
delivered the address of welcome,
i which was responded to by Mrs.
Pink Holland, of Holland, Ga.
Prof. Ransom delivered a most beau
tiful address on “Woman’s Work,”
Humble at this end of the Line fnay
i be, but Divine at the Other, being
i his theme.
Prof. Jones “cheered us .on the'
I way” by telling of what the clubs'
i were doing for his work throughout
, the county.
j Rev. J. O. Brand made a mostl
; splendid talk on Exterior Improve
ment as touching the life and char
acter of every boy and girl; and
I later he spoke in brief but profound
! words, on self-culture. His words
I left an imprint upon us as did those
of Robert Burns when he said, “A
man’s a man, for a’ that.”
Mrs. Tiney Agnew led a general
discussion on Interior Improvement,
which was pleasant to hear. Mrs.
Agnew said, “I am not a patriarch :
by any means but would like to speak
of the difference between now and ;
when I was a girl, ” Then in her
own pleasing manner she turned the
tables of time backward and gave us
I a glimpse into days agone.
Mrs. Arnold Tompkins then read;
la paper on Self Culture, which will
Ibe published in next week’s paper, j
; and will speak for itself.
General discussions followed the
leading talks and papers which show
ed the clubs alive to their work.
A most profitable day was spent
■on the whole. The good people of
Menlo as is their custom, feasted us I
on the “fat of their land,” and de
lighted us with their presence.
Reports were read from Holland,
Summerville, Lyerly, Bethel and
| Menlo. These reports showed much
good none in the various districts
. by furnishings and improved grounds.
Mrs. J. L. Pollock was elected
president for another year, and Mrs.
H. C. Anderson secretary.
Hughie C. Anderson, Sec.
CONGRESS WILL BE ASKED TO
PROTECT DRY STATES.
Washington, D. C. —Congress at
Its next meeting will be brought face
I to face with a bill electing to make
. prohibition prohibit and having as
, its ultimate object the protection
’ of dry states from the shipment of
I liquor across their borders from wet
■ states.
I A bill of a far-reaching character
• on this subject was introduced lasi
I May by Representative Bowers, of
, Mississippi. Mr. Bower’S who stands
. high as a lawyer, has given much
time and thought to the subject, and
A
I when here the other day said he felt
| confident that congress would re-
■ spond to the public sentiment and en
act a law to enforce the statute of
a state to keep from within its bor
ders intoxicating liquors.
The Bowers bill, now pending be-
I fore the house judiciary committee, is
endorsed by leading prohibitionists
and those who have examined it
say it is clearly constitutional. This
; bill should it. be enacted into law. 1
would take thousands of dollars from 1
internal revenue receipts. 1
The bill is entitled “an act to :
subject intoxicating liquors transferr- '
led from one state into another for 1
delivery or sale to the laws and reg- 1
i ulations of such latter state and to 1
prohibit the issuance of Federal li- •
: cense to sell same in such localities
where such is prohibited by the 1
laws or regulations of such state or <
locality.”
; The effect of the bill would be to
i make prohibition prohibit, and it (
i would prevent express companies act
ing as agents in wet states for con !
: sumers in dry states. There would 1
be a marked decrease in the num
her of Federal liquor licenses issued. !
The Bowers bill is only one of many I
pending before the judiciary commit-
i tee. The bill will be pressed next 1
winter.
Prohibition is stronger in the
| South today than it has ever been
in recent years, and the Democrats ,
representing districts where prohlbi-i
tionists are numerically strong ad-1
mit that they are in danger of fail I
ure of renomination should they hes
itate to make an effort to secure leg
islation that will stop the issuance
of Federal licenses to citizens in
; communities where the majority has
I declared against intoxicating liquors.
I As an illustration of the strength
lof the prohibit ion sentiment in the
South, it may be stated that the
Democratic state of Texas is now
greatly agitated by the question, the
southern half favoring libreal liquor
laws, while the northern part, wants
straight-out prohibition. The ques
tion, it Is said here, is being push
ed and may be submitted to the
I people of Texas next year. It. was
voted on about twenty years ago
and the state then declared against
it.
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ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
LYERLY BAPTIST GHURGH
WRECKED BY STORM
Store Buildings Damaged to the Ex
tent of Several Hundred Dollars
Lyerly, Ga., October 20.
The hail and wind storm Thurs
day afternoon did considerable dam
age to property here. The Baptist
church was completely wrecked, while
seVeral of the store buildings were
injured to the extent of several hun
dred dollars. Nearly every resi
dence in Lyerly was damaged and
it. will take weeks to repair roofs,
and broken windows.
Mrs. A. C. Powell and Mrs. J. L.
Pollock attended the annual meeting
of the Ladies Improvement Club at
Menlo Saturday.
Mrs. J. A. O’Bryant has been very
sick since Thursday.
Mr. Audreson from Raccoon spent
Sunday with his son, Mr. Bob An
derson.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Perry spent
Sunday in Rome.
Misses Alice Hendreson and Sarah
Leo were in Summerville Saturday
afternoon.
Messrs. A. E. Doster, A. E. Ham
mond and J. L. Pollock were in Rome
Friday,
list this week.
Miss Lucile Pollock is on he sick
list, this week.
Quito a number of people were In
town Sunday to view the ruins of
tho storm.
Messrs. Joe Crumley and Walter
Perry went to Holland Sunday.
Mr. Alfred Bryant, salesman for
Rosenberg,, in Rome, spent Sunday
with his parents here.
Miss Ida Mostoller has returned
from a weeks visit to relatives in
Rome.
Mr. ami Mrs. A. C. Powell and
children were visiting in Raccoon
Sunday.
Mrs. Emma Rheucienberg from
Holland spent Monday with Mr. J,
A. Mosteller's family.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wheeler were
shopping in Chattanooga Wednesday
Dr. Ben Stark is on an extend
ed trip to South Georgia.
Mrs. Joe Bryant has returned from
a pleasant visit to her mother in
Chattanooga.
Mrs. A. M. Laster of Rome spent
Tuesday with her daughter here.
Those who attended the meeting of
the Ladies’ improvement Club in
Menlo last Saturday report a most
entertaining and enthusiastic meet
ing and are loud in their praise of
the hospitality of the Menlo people. .
Mrs. Will Lawson came up from
Rome Monday to visit her mother,
Mrs. J. A. O’Bryant who has been
quite sick for several days.
Mrs. Jeff Johnson and daughter,
Miss Edna Johnson, are guests at
the Lee Hsuse.
Mr. J. G. King has the contract
to repair the school house, which
was badly damaged by the storm
Thursday.
Master Samuel Pollock spent last
Friday in Rome.
Mr. Joe Hollis and daughter, Miss
Sallie, attended services in Trion
Sunday.
Worry usually consists of a job
lot of troubles that never happens.
The man who can make himself do
what he doesn't want to do because
lie knows it is right, and who can re
frain from doing what he does want?
j to do because he knows it is wrong
lis educated in the highest sent
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