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The Summer ville News Published Every '1 hursday. BY THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO. 0. J. Espy. Editoi and Manager Tehms of Hi.’BSCßlFtion: OnoY.ar * IOO Six Months Thr-« Montlis Advertising Rate* will b« Madr Known on Application. Entered at the Sunsmervilk Font Office aa Second Cl*»« Mail Matter. Summerville, Gi., Oct. 21. 19J9 Hon. Boykin Wright says of the new registration law: “The greatest evil developed by experience in ev ery section of the state was the padding of the registry list with illegal and fraudulent voters and purchasable floaters in heated cam paigns as the election grew to an end. Usually in the excitement and passion of these heated campaigns both sides would be tempted to do things, which in cooler moments. I none could countenance or approve of. The buyers and sellers of votes usually do not come Into the mar ket until the campaign is nearing the end. It was thought, therefore, that if the voters’ book be closed be fore this market opened up, one of the greatest curses to pure elections would be obviated and at t.he same time the rights of no citizen be in the slightest degree abridged. For a person who would not exercise his right and duty to register, after six months' warning by solemn provision of law, should not have his neglient omission stand in the way of an hon est electorate and pure elections." The popular Idea that the Ameri can Indians are decreasing in num bers Is dissipated by official figures showing that there are more than 300,000 in the United States, says a Washington dispatch. The Increase In population of about 40,000 during tile last two decades Is attributed to the government’s constant effort to uplift the Indian to the level of modern civilization. Business men of the country gon erally are Ignorant of the fact that Congress has outlawed chocks for less than 11. Nevertheless, it is a fact. The penal code adopted at the last session of Congress puts a ban on the small checks, and it becomes operative on January 1, 1910. The new law forbids the making, is suance, circulation or paying out of any note, check memorandum, token or other obligation for less than $1 The law* appears to have bene pass ed without discussion or considera tion by either house of Congress, and it Is said that the treasury depart ment disclaims responsibility for it. It was probably intended to stimulate the sale of postage stamps and pos tai money orders. Whatever the cause, it is well to remember that it will be a violation of tile Federal penal code to draw a check for less than one dollar after the first of January next. Business men and free American citizens will regard this new law as a piece of unwar ranted interefrenee with civil govern ment. Still the law cannot be ignor ed nor will it be safe to violate it so long as it remains upon the Feder al statutes.—Albany Herald. England has just launched another dreadnaught which is said to be "the best ever.” Germany will probably respond with another ship at the earliest possible moment, in the meantime the people foot the bills and stagger under the increased taxa tion. The woman's nine hour law has been signed by Governor Hadley, of Missouri. It limits the employment of women and girls in factories, res taurants and such places to nine hours a day. between 5 a. nt. and 10 p. m. F'FALTH LILRANCE I e man who insure* hl* life te w se for hi* family. The man who insures hi* health b wise both for hi* family and henseif. You may insure health by guard* i,it. It is worth guarding. At t h e first attack of disease, which generally approaches through the LIVER and mant i' sts itself in innumerable way* 1 AK - Wills Ana save your health. A Trying Year Upon Farmers, ! This has been an unusual year in I weather conditions, and the most un- I propitious for farmers and farm op- I orations I have ever known. In the (spring and far into the summer it was excessively wet —necessitating ! some plantings to be done over the third or fourth time as to corn and considerable acreage left out entire ly. Following this, came a severe drouth, which caught the crops with their surface roots in poor condition to receive it. Finally came terlffic i hail storm which left devastation lin its wake. The worst by far the oldest natives have ever witnessed ! It looked more like the trail of Sher man’s army than anything else. It ; seems incredulous to state that it ! knocked windows sash out of houses, ! beat holes through the roofs, beat green cotton stalks into the earth, 'cut large green corn stalks into gib lets. shredded them and shucked and shelled corn, killed birds, rabbits chickens, hogs and yearlings. Yet nevertheless, all of this it did and more. This has certainly been a trying year upon farmers. Yet we can still be optimists and look upon the bright side of the panorama and be grate ful that our houses and lives have : been spared. Which is more than , some sections can say. God visited I his people with calamities when they | went out after other gods, whether j we have been doing the same and ■ this is a visitation of Providence or our destruction of the forests or a disarrangement of natural laws I'm unable to say. I believe some times calamities come by natural disorders, sometimes by man’s neglect of duty and abuse of opportunities, and sometimes by a direct visitation from God for our meanness. In going over this hail-stricken section nothing was more demonstra tive of ttie fact that the man who kept up with his crop was the least hurt. You frequnetly see farmers in the summer through fancy prices be ing offered to quit their own crops and hire to their neighbors to clean their crops out and the same process in the fall in gathering crops. They don’t seem to realize that while they are making a dollar by working for their neighbor they are at the same time losing five at "home. I never saw a good farmer who ever found time to hire to any one else but himself during crop season Whenever you show me a fellow who is engaged in farming that is contin aully on the road with his wagon, or i;i professional well digger or a Jack legged carpenter, then I will show you a very inferior crop of such a person. Farming won't mix with other avocations. If it is a success It requires a person’s whole time, thought and attention. 1 have heard it stated that some men in this hail storm section had been engag ed in other occupations other than their crops and had lost all. Maybe this will cause us to realize that there is as much in gathering a crop as there is in making one, and let us be like Uncle Jesse Williams used to say of himself during hard fought battles of the late war: “You always found me there.’’ The farmers have been hard hit this year, but just give them a toe hold and they will come. J. V. W. Janies R. Walsh, former bank pres ident and then bank wreeker, has I been denied a release by the court of appeals from his five year sen tennice to a federal prison. People will applaud or condemn that docis ion according to the light in which they regard the original sentence. Hut certain it is that when some rich or prominent man is put behind pris on bars every effort is made by his friends to have him set at liberty without regard to his guilt or inno cence, and sooner or later they gen erally succeed. It is all wrong and creates discontent because of the feeling that the law and clemency are stretched in favor of wealthy crim inal and denied the poor one. In the eye of the law there should be equal ity in practice as well as in theory. The pleasant purgative effect ex perienced by all who use Chamber lain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets, and the healthy condition of the bo dy and mind which they create, makes one feel joyful. Sold by Summerville Drug Co. Now is the time for you to be | putting something aside for another year. The proper place to put this! ' :s .n a good bank, and you owe it to i yourself and family to put it in the . best bank. The Bank of Lyerly is a clean up-to-date bank, and it IN-1 SURFS YOUR DEPOSITS. Do busi ness with the bank that gives you | PROTECTION. WAGONS, WAGONS, WAGONS. * If you want a good wagon, come to see us. We will make you a low i ‘price for cash or if you wish, we will make easy terms. TAYLOR fc ESPY. THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1909. A BOY’S CHANCE ‘ I It is a great thing to take a boy into one’s confidence; to find out his tendency and help develop it. Ev-, ery boy has some inclination to-'' ward some right thing. To discover | that and give it force is doing more I good in the world than one usually; has the opportunity of doing. The ' way to do this is to take an inter-1 est in the boy, talk to him, encour- ] age him , give him a book that j touches upon his tendency. There is too much lack of faith in 1 a boy. This comes from a lack of understanding him; from not look ing into him and seeing what the outlook is. There is more chance of doing good in'the world, right ; here on this boy proposition, than | there is in all enterprises that one may concoct. Very often a man will see some untoward impulse in a boy, and he forthwith makes up his mind that there is no good in him. i God doesn’t turn out such boys. He gives every one of them an advan tage if it is taken hold of in the right spirit. Next to a womanly girl the best thing God ever gave the world is a manly boy. But he must have a chance; he must see his way; he I must have sympathy and friendship. , The ruin that is done for the lack of these is amazing. There are even fath [ ers who never think of these things; who love their boys, but never get on the inside of their hearts. It is a great mistake.—Ex. Right Cultivation Needed Alarmists tlel us that in time the population of this world will be so great that there will not be food enough to sustain it. That day, ev en if it should come, is so far in the distance that the prediction does not worry people. On the other hand there are optimists who assure us that the food supply will always be abundant. Probably the truth lies between the two statements. If imperfect methods of cultivation are followed so that the soil is worn out it will not take long to get face to face with starvation. Some ancient coun tries have been ruined by such meth ods and today in our own land there are large tracts of worn out soil, made so by bad farming. But where good farming is follow ed the soil retains and even increase; its fertility. In England centuries of bad farming so impoverished the soil that 200 years ago the yield of wheat was but eight bushels to the acre. Improved farming has now brought the yield up to thirty-two bushels. Here in our own land bet ter cultivation, the irrigation of the semi-arid soils of the west and the draining of swamp lands north and south will result in such an increas ed productivity of the land that the fear of food shortage will cease and the farmers, orchardists and stock raisers receive greater returns for their labor. TAKE HIS MEASURE. The all important question of the hour in politics is not who has ambi tion for honors but where is the man fitted to wear the honors he seeks. The trained politician is gifted in the art of throwing his best side be fore you and by a studied manner will catch the unwary in a snare set for such. No man asking for public office of trust and honor at the hands of the people should be allowed to es cape the most rigid test of fitness for the place he seeks. Take his measure! Is he broad, tall, strong? Does he live among great thoughts and with pure emotions? Is he thinking and planning for the good of the people or promotion of self? Does he handle the weighty ques tions of state with a show of ease indicative of brain power and self control? Whatever be the social qualities of a candidate there are other things to be considered before your vote is cast. Does he represent himself well? If not he would not be a credit able represenative of the people. When men join the army they are required to measure up to a pre scribed standard. Suppose we try the measurement plan on candidates when they come j before us for office. Take his measure and see if he is "big'’ enough for the place he wants. —Cartersville News. Contentment is not always a desi-' rable thing or an evidence of wisdom Some people are content to live in a ■ hovel and to lead an idle shiftless life day in and day out the whole year i through. They would better have a spirit of discontent that will not be I , appeased until the hovel is discarded for a neat comfortable dwelling, and I idle shiftlessness gives way to in dustry and order. J MANUFACTURERS BLUFFING I Declaring that the threatened cur tailment of output by cotton mills' ,on account of high-priced cotton is ■ a “humerous bluff,” Charles S. Bar j rett, president of the Farmers’ Un : ion, has issued a statement calling on j the members of that order to hold their product for a higher figure than . I that now prevailing. Mr. Barrett takes no stock in the I assertion that the mills cannot op j erate at the present prices. He : i maintains that for years they have ; been making enormous dividends on low priced and moderate priced cotton Why they should complain and threat en to curtail when cotton operates according to the laws of supply and I demand, and when they can still make a reasonable dividend, he pro fesses inability to understand. President Barrett also states that the farmers, having sold enough cot ton to meet their pressing debts, are [ in a better position to hold for a better price than at any time in j their history. “It is probable we will have the: shortest crop, in proportion to de- j mand. since we have been raising cotton,” declared Mr. Barrett, “and I am convinced our people are deter mined to get a fair return for their labor, even if that necessitates hold ing for several months.” President Barrett’s statement is as follows: To the members of the Farmers’ Union: The South is producing this year probably the shortest crop in proportion to demand, since this section began to raise cotton. As we advance in the season all interests are more thoroughly convinced of this fact. At the final accounting, the crop may be shown to be much shorter than even the present es timates of the extreme pessimists. “Your ability to hold is stronger because you have been raising your foodstuffs at home. You no longer have to buy of the necessities of life as heavily as in former years. Next year I look to see this advan tage materially furthreed. To that end, I call on you to put yet more in practice the doctrines of diverfi cation and raising of home supplies. "The laws of supply and demand, so glibly quoted to us in the past, are such that cotton is worth more than it is now bringing. The world needs our product. The mills in the United States and in Europe need it. | They are abie to pay a higher price than is now being offered. They will pay it if we exhibit the ordina ry business sagacity to hold our staple until they become convinced of our intention to secure a fair price. “Do not be alarmed by the hu morous bluff to the effect that mills in this country and Europe are threat ening to curtail productions because of present prices. They cannot af ford to do so. About the . most ex pensive piece of machinery to lie idle is a modern cotton mill. And the ones in America and Europe are not going to lie idle, so long as the demand for cotton cloth and weaves is as steady and as difficult to satis fy as it is today. “In past years the mills have made | enormous and swollen dividends on' low-priced cotton. They may make ■ less on cotton this year, but they can buy all the cotton needed for their purposes at 15 cents a pound and still declare reasonable profits. I confidnetly assert that the cloth market will follow the cotton market with sufficient fidelity to bear cut these statements. “Your cotton is worth a higher price than it is now bringing. The welfare of yourselves, your wives and your children, the commercial inter-1 ests generally of the South, dictate that you resist the impulse to put more cotton on the market. In so do ing, you are simply playing into the hands of the speculative element, the professional price depressors with whom we have been at war for many years. “By exercising business foresight at this time, you simply reap ad ' ditional money to yourselves, addi tional millions to the South. Your duty is clear, your duty as well as your self-interest.” —Atlanta Consti tution. The Bed-Rock of Success lies in a keen, clear brain, backed by indomitable will and resistless en i ergy. Such power comes from the splendid health that Dr. King's New Life Pills impart. They vitalize ev ery organ and build up brain and - body. J. A. Harmon, Lizemore, W., fVa., writes: “'They are the best pills I ever used.” 25c at Summer ville Drug Co. QUALITY SUPREME. Every ounce of material that goe* into Weber or Columbus wagon* have the reputation and guarantee of the maker* behind them. Come In, let; u* tell you more about them.. TAYLOR A ESPY. IN THE DIAMOND FIELDS. Editor News:— It may be of interest to some to say a few things about the diamond mines in Arkansas. Located about 130 miles from the city of Little Rock in a south easterly direction, in Pike county, Ark., is a spot which , has aroused the interest of several 1 nations. And being in reach of the place I took advantage of the oppor tunity and made a visit there last Saturday, the 16th. Murfresboro, Ark., is the nearest railroad point, i being a couple of miles from the pipe of the prehistoric volcano which is traced by the perodetite for a mile or more around. Passing between two hills and coming to a level place which was partly formed by nature and partly by plowing and dragging off the blue ground which was once a moltering mass in the depths of I the earth and was forced up [by the eruption of the volca ■ no. Supposedly by steam pressure This space is about 150 feet square i lor octagon shape and is the sup- I posed funnel or pipe of the volcano. ! According to reports many diamonds ! of small size have been found here, i The largest weighing about 7 1-2 c. ! and would cut about 2 1-2 to 3 ! c finished diamonds. I saw lots of the crystal which have bene taken from those mines among which were some very pretty little diamonds in the rough. I was permitted to go over the mines with out restriction, accompanied by one, Mr. E. L. Parker, who told me that many thousand dollars had been spent in buying adjoining lands. The main mines being owned by Little Rock men. He also said that a great deal had been said about the delay of the work of development, showing me the machinery that has just been installed and stated that same was (unlike most machinery) very hard to get as it is very little needed, but that they now have in one washing outfit they expect to work up a few yards of the perod tite and determine the paying possi bilities of the mines and if same proved a paying proposition a suf ficient outfit for working the mines rapidly will be installed and work will be begun in earnest stating that a large number of diamonds are in demand at a higher price since all the mines of the world are now practically exhausted, except the South African mines. While there lis lots of doubt expressed by out- I aiders all the people of Murfresboro I seem perfectly confident as to the genuineness of the mines. Yours truly, A. L. MURPHY. ROAD NOTICE. GEORGIA, Chattooga county. All persons are hereby notified that if no good cause is shown to the con- j trary, an order will be granted by ! the Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said coun- j ty, at the regular November term, I 1909, establishing a change in public road. Rome and Summerville road, I as marked out by the Superintend ent of roads for Coldwater district, commencing at the Van Pelt place i and running in a northern direction ' ! about 300 yards and intersecting the main road near the residence of M. S. Henderson, also leaving main road again about 400 yards above M. S. Henderson residence and running in a northern direction about 1-4 mile intersecting the main road again near the line between Holland and Hender sons. Running through lands of Van Pelt, M. S. Henderson, Holland Bros. Given under hand and seal this 18 day of October, 1909. J. T. JOLLY, Chairman. E. N. 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Balance time at office. All work guaran teed. Prices reasonable. CITATION Georgia, Chattooga -county. To all whom it may concern: Mrs. Jane Hendon, having in proper form, applied to me for permanent letters of administration on the estate of L. M. Hendon, late of said county, this is to cite all and singular, the credi tors and next of kin of L. M. Hen ' don, to be and appear at my office 1 within the tinfe allowed by law, and ■ show cause, if any they can, why permanent administration should not be granted to Mrs. Jane Hendon on : L. M. Hendon’s estate. j Witness my hand and official sig nature, this 4th day of Oct., 1909. J. P. JOHNSTON, Ordinary. The entire road-bed of the Central tral of Georgia railway between Ray mond and Chattanooga has been laid with heavy 80-lb steel rails, with the exception of a short strip between Newnan and Sargent, and this gap will be closed in a few days About forty miles of the track south of Chattanooga has been ballasted and the work is being extended as rapidly as possible. This division of the Central has an able and efficient superintendent in the person of Capt. J. J. Cotter, under whose supervis ion the road has been put in first class condition. —Newnan Herald.