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The Summerville News Published Every Thursday BY THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO. O. J. Espy, Editor and Manager I ti-hms of Subscription: Oil Y-ar M-00 Six Months Three Months 25c Advert sing Rates will be Made Known on Application. l-.nt<r<-l at the Summerville Post (.flh ■ as Second Class Mail Matter. Summerville, Ga., IB c 23, 1909. It i.i sad to note that the average Christmas stocking is longer than most, purses. .. . —< »•- ♦- ■■ - Gift giving at. Christmas time is, or ought to be, nothing more than a manifestation of the Christmas spirit, whic h is un. Illi h, sc king only to make others happy. Every one who lias been moved by this spirit has realized Hie truth of the saying, "It is mere blessed to give than to re ceive.” ——— • -<• ►- • Tlie credit for the governim nt. ac tivity against the New York Cotton Exchange is given to the farmers by I’resldi nt Charles 8. Barrett of the National Farmers' (Inion. Mr. Bar rett points out that tire fight started when tlio Farmers’ I nion sent a large delegation of its most proml n< nt members to Washington last spring. President Barrett says that another delegation will go to Wash ington next month. It is understood that the fight will bo kept up with the hope that the exchange will be forced to cease its gambling, which It is stated has begun to effect the south’s big Industry. • -4 • ——- 'ldle parlfnientiiry struggle in Eng land is naturally watched with deep Interest in this country because the principle at stake is the same that l"d to the revolt of the thirteen colo nies from Great Britain- the princi ple of no taxation without represen tation. The lords, which represent no one, want io dictate what taxes shall lie raised and the method of raising them; while the commons, as the direct representatives of the people, assert that by virtue of that position they alone have the right to imp 'so aud collect the tuxes. In such a contest tho sympathies of A inericans are naturally with the com luons. —- ♦ ■ -—■ It is an old custom, and a source o unfailing pleasure to most of us to send gifts to friends and loved ones on Christmas Pay, says the Albany Herald. Such giving, however, as fords no such enduring satisfaction ns follows the sending of gifts to the poor, who are ever beside our path and whose condition ought to appeti! to the best that is in ns. Christ uno is a season of solemn Joy. The spir it of the day is lost to millions who think they celebrate it, but there art other millions who strive to find in it all for which it stands, and to live more after the way of Him of whose birth our great festival is an aunt versary. He taught us what we owe to tlie poor at all times, ami least ol all should we forget that obligation when Christmas bells are ringing. ■I > Old New Year Customs. In age most of tlie holidays we keep through the year are young as compared with tho new year. From the time of the Julian reformation of the calendar, tlie old Romans kept the first of January as a holiday dedi eating It and the whole of tlie fol lowing month to Janus who opened and closed the gates of the year. Sacrifices were offered to him on twelve alters corresponding to the months of the year, and people were careful to be on their best behavior that day that it might prove a propi tious augury for the whole year. It was a day of visiting, of family gatherings, and of exchanging of gifts, and also of the reconciling of differences between friends and rela tives. These observances in our day are associated with Christmas rather than witli New Year, but the more fully they are observed, whether at the one season er the other, the more blessed the result. T utt’ sP ills stimulate the TORPID LIVER, strengthen the digestive vegans, regulate the bowels, ami are un equaled as an ANTI-BILKHS MEDICINE, In malarial districts their virtues are widely recognized, as they pos sess peculiar prvpertie* in treeing the system from that poison. Ele gantly sugar coated. Take No Substitute. GREAT NATIONAL PROBLEM. One need not share J. J. Hill’s gloomy view that “high cost of liv ing Is the beginning of every nation al decline” to agree with him that it is now and here in America a ■ great and grave national issue, says ■ the New York World. There is no question as to the facts. Bradstreets ’"index figure’ 'of ' commodity prices shows an average *;rise of 56 per cent, in thirteen years in the price of the necessaries of life. Rent has in many cases risen in even greater ratio. Wages have G generally risen not nearly so much, i | We must wait for the 1910 cen ' sub to show how the workingman I; now shares in the division of his I product, but already in 1900 the ‘ } wage fund in manufacture was shown to be growing only half as fast, as capital, and only one-third as fast as miscellaneous expenses. In 1890 the workingman, clerk, or profession- * al toiler could buy more food, shel ter, clothing and other necessities and comforts with his wages, salary ■ or fees than at any time since the 1 1 civil war. Today the man of moder- ■ I ate means can buy less with his in -11 come than in 1896. For him the u I wheels of progress have turned back- * , ward, and he is deeply dissatisfied 1 i lie is ready to wreak political ven " ' geance upon whatever or whoever is responsible. What Is doing the country this ill •- turn? Some may say the trusts; it n is a coincidence that the tendency y began about tlie time the trusts did. e Some say the tariff. Some say the ■ 1 middle man. Some blame the in- . d j creased production of gold since the a jinvention of tile cyanide process and I- ' the end of tlie Boer war. Some say it living costs more because we have ( reached tlie end of our free hoiue i- stead land—though Mr. Hill and his ; d j railroad friends are right in urging li that bettor farming would double our e yearly yield. h The cause and cure, whatever they e may be, it behooves statesmen and 1 leaders of thought to discover. The conditions of which Mr. Hill speaks, and which are known of all men, can p no' continue without most far-reach ,. Ing social consequence ami political t, upheavals in what Americans have j > long been proud to call I hi' lies! I country on earth for the average man. t H SOUTH SUMMERVILLE f ’> The merry holidays approach and *’ soon the year 1909 will have passed t into the annals of history. With 0 some it lias been a year of Joy and II plenty, others have drank the dregs ‘ j from Hie bitterest cup of sorrow. We * I wish all a merry Christmas and a | happy and prosperous New Year. J. I'. Dillard and Mesdanies W. L. >l! Pullen and Roy I’enley of Trion, o I were tlie guests of J. A. Leaugue's s 1 Saturday. y j Paul and Sam Maloney went down f I to Atlanta Saturday on a pleasure n ! trip and returned Monday. e i Mrs. D. G. Ellenberg and little son. j Albert Harlow of Douglassville are tl jon a several days visit to relatives .s at tills place. r-! Paul Scoggins and Walter Smith o spent the week end in Cedartown. >■ Charlie Harlow Ims almost recov it ered from liis recent attack of ly e phoid. e T. 11. Scoggins and family left i Tuesday for Anniston. Ain., to spend e the holidays witli relatives and will if i then go to Gadsden to make their n tut ure home. J. A. League and family and . Earl Creamer will visit the latter's mothers, Mrs. Creamer of near La ifayette during Xmas. Miss Lillie and Earnest Mahan, of s near Raccoon spent Tuesday here n I witli relatives, and left Wednesday if I for different points in East Tenn., to ,t spend the holidays with friends and j It I relatives. | j Tom Johnson spent Wednesday in '■ ii Chattanooga. The cotton mill ceased operation n I Tuesday afternoon, ami will not re e sume till Monday, thus giving its employees four days to enjoy Xmas, r Miss Lizzie Garrett of Cedartown. is expected lo arrive today and will be the guest of her aunt, Mrs. W. i- L. Farrow lor several days. I Miss Wilton and Toni Johnson will f visit relatives near Gaylesville, Ala., the remainder ot this week. . Tlie young people enjoyed a candy r breaking at W. H. Floyd’s Saturday ■ night and a pleasant sociable at W. t E. Bynums Tuesday night. There is visiting at W. E. Byunm’s his sister from Texas. Letter to Santa Clause. i Summerville, Ga.. Dec. 21, 1909. — Dear Santa Clause: It is nearly Christmas again and 1 thought 1 would write you what 1 wanted for Xmas. Will you please bring me an air- ; rifle and some shot, aud a rocky horse, a toy train, pack of fire crack ers. toy pistol and some caps and : some candies and nuts. Be sure and I ring these things to your loving friend. Arney Hendrix. THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1909. SECRETARY WILSON HONORS THE BOYS Prize Winners in the Boys’ Corn j Club Contests. < Washington, D. C. —There was an interesting occasion in the office of < the Secretary of Agriculture Decern her 14, 1909, at 9:30 o’clock. Secre tary Wilson presented diplomas to Bascomb Usher of South Carolina, ( DeWitt Lundy of Mississippi, Elmer Halter of Arkanas, and Ralph Bell wood of Virginia. These boys were among the 12,500 , in the Boys’ Demonstration Work in the South who planted one acre of j corn apiece and worked it under in structions from the United States Department of Agriculture. Dr. S. A. Knapp, who has charge of the Farm Demonstration Work, offered a trip to Washington to the boy in Mississippi who should get the best: results. The State Bankers’ Asso ' j elation in Arkanas offered a similar prize in that state. Citizens of South ■ Carolina and Virgina duplicated the ■ offers there. The above named boys, all under j eighteen years of age, visited the De-1 partment of Agriculture and other in teresting sights of the Capital, and were received by the President. Thousands of dollars’ worth of: ■ prizes have been offered this year to j the Boys' Clubs in the South by mer chants, Boards of Trade and public j spirited citizens generally, under reg-' illations furnished by the United . States Department of Agriculture, j These regulations do not encourage: freak yields, but are drawn to en- I courage profitable farming The j basis of awards rests on showing of profits, written records, exhibits of ears and stalks, and yield per acre. : Tlie greatest yield does not get the : prize in every case. Still there were some fine yields this year. The prize winner from South Caroli na made 152 1-2 bushels per I acre; a boy in Mississippi made j 147 bushels; a boy in North ! Carolina made 135 bushels, and ; the Virginia winner 122 bushels. More than fifty boys made over 100 bushels per acre. In sev : eral counties no boy fell below 50 bushels per acre, and the club aver age was about. 60. Arrangements are being made in all of the Southern states to send the prize winners to Washington next year. In a brief address to the boys, Sec retary Wilson declared that they and the boys engaged in like work are “the only hope we have for the con tinued greatness and prosperity of the country.” He pointed out that the South now, in agriculture and in manufac turing, was prospering as never be fore, because the men and women of the South had put into the work theii energy and ability aud in no sense were dependent upon the capital or the industry of people from other parts of the country. "These diplomas,” he concluded, “are unique. No boys ever have re ceived a similar recognition of their merit. Nothing 1 have done since 1 have been Secretary of Agriculture 1 Ims given me more pleasure than to I present them to you. You have earn jed them. You have begun right. I You are in line to achieve the high- ' cat honors of your respective states." j MONTVALE. 1 am requested to announce that j there will be a Christmas tree at Hie school house on Sand Mountain , next Friday the 24, at one o'clock. Everybody is invited to attend. Remember our singing here Sunday Everybody come, don’t stand back because it’s a little cold. We espi j daily invite the leaders. Our school here is very good. According to the census report the number of bales of cotton ginn :ed from the growth of 1909 to De cember 13, was 9,362.222. This is nearly two millions bales less than was ginned up to the same time last year. President Taft lias appointed Hugh L. McGee as postmaster of Atlanta to succeed Edwin F. Blodgett, whose , term expires in February. HOW'S THIS? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall s Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY’ Ac CO., Toledo. Ohio. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and fi nancially able to carry out any obli gations made by his firm. Waiding. Kinnau A Marvin. Wholesale Druggist, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood aud mucous surfaces of the system. Tes timonials sent free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. CORN FOR SALE. About January Ist we will have a car of fine shucked I ear corn on railroad track. 70 pounds to the bushel, 90c cash. Anyone wanting corn write us about how much, etc. When the car arrives we will notify you to come for it. HINTON & COMPANY J Election of Mayor and Councilmen. It Is hereby ordered that an elec- : tion be held in the city of Summer ville, Ga., on Saturday, January Ist, j 1910, for the purpose of electing a j Mayor and one councilman from each j of the four Wards in said city of Summerville, Ga., for the year 1910. C. D. RIVERS, Mayor. B. H. EDMONDSON, Recorder. This December Bth, 1909. Lyceum Entertainment Hon. Joseph G. Camp was intro duced Friday evening to an assemb- . ly in the auditorium of the court i ; house, by Prof. A. O. Rogers, as the | j eloquent Georgia orator and the most ! ■ popular platform speaker in the I ■ south, and yet perhaps the audience was fully expecting to hear the real- ;ly fine lecture given by Mr. Camp, : j who, as Col. Ham says, "Can lift! > you into the empyrean blue and sail : 'on steady pinion amid the stars, or | pluck daises with deft and dainty touch from pasture, lands of earth, with equal grace.” While it is true that Mr. Camp | possesses, in a marked degree, the ■ qualifications given him by the press ( and personals friends, as “scholarly, eloquent, graceful and magnetic ora- j tor with a most pleasing southern ac j cent,” yet his ability and success as j a lecturer should be estimated by the real worth of the lecture and its ef' feet for good upon his audience. Mr. Camp's subject, truth and I shams, was well presented, and was discussed for an hour and thirty min utes. A most earnest and timely ap peal was made to young men to find their proper places in the world and fill them with noble service, there by giving to our country that which it most needs—a better citizenship. liis argument was clear, logical and convincing. Among many of those he mentioned as fearless advo cates of that which is good and true in politics, were the names of Abra ham Lincoln, Wm. McKinley and Thomas Watson. Byway of contrast the shams pre sented, were the college boys who in trying to shirk work and divorce brain from muscle, are posing as lawyers, doctors and editors, dishon oring their professions and making failures of their lives, when they might reach success in some busi ness for which they were fitted. He paid a glowing tribute to the farmers of our commonwealth —the sturdy sons of the soil on whose vo cation, all other professions, and mechanical occupations depend for success, and said that Washington I and Cromwell were farmers. In regard to truth and shams as : applied to the daughters of Eve, he contrasted the college girl who de votes her time to embroidering flow | trs and butterflies, painting poor pictures drumming silly sonets on the j piano and reading trashy novels, and ! who is too sweet and dainty to do housework, too delicate to eat any thing but rose leaves and a little chocolate and too modest to pass a pile of lumber, fearing the sight of an undressed plank, with the sensi ble, useful girl who returns from col i lege to her home properly educated and fitted for the duties of life, and who can. with deft fingers, put the stuffing into a big fat hen and has ' the appetite to eat her share of the same, the girl who can make bread, "the staff of life,” light and flaky, beautiful browned and with no indi gestion in it. and whenever and wherever necessary, is able to place a triangular patch on a pair of pants. An important truth was presented :by Mr. Camp when he stated that the life of every woman was a fail ! ure unless it reflected the light giv en by the star of Bethlehem. The lecture was interspersed with humorous anecdotes especially suited for the intense enjoyment of the sons of Adam who were present and who knew enough to know when to cheer the speeker at the proper time. Where one lives, makes his domes tic home rears his family and follows his calling—there is his civic home. It is his duty to be true to that home even as he is to his domestic home. He is in duty bound to promote its interests, to cheerfully perform the duties cf citizenship, and to re joice in seeing it grow and prosper. ' ——- A poet sings, “Oh, what will the Christmas bring? Bills, sir, bills. LOCAL NEWS. Miss Lois McWhorter spent Tues day in Chattanooga. J. M. Lawrence of Menlo was in town Tuesday. Mr. Charles Bitner of Rome spent Tuesday in Summerville. Mr. A. G. Winkle, a prosperous farmer of Dirttown was here Wednes day on business. Mr. and Mrs. Will Montgomery of Tennessee were guests of Mr. and ; Mrs. Lee McWhorter last week. Rev. H. M. Strozier came down : from Trion Tuesday and spent a few j hours in town. Mr. Jno. W. Rush of near Subli j gna, spent Wednesday in Summer : ville. Mr. A. G. Gaylor of Gore was in town Monday on business. I Mr. W. M. Tucker who has been i visiting relatives in East Tenn., for ■ some time returned home Saturday. Mrs. Gordon Kellett and little daughter, Evelyn, spent Friday in I town with relatives. Among those from here who spent i Tuesday in Chattanooga were, Mr. ; and Mrs. N. K. Bitting, Mrs. E. N. ; Martin and Miss Essie Martin. ' During the visit of Hon. J. G. Camp to our town, he was entertained in | the pleasant home of Dr. and Mrs. O. jA. Selman. Mr. Joe Hunt is expected to ar rive from Rome today to spend the holidays with home folks. Mrs. Bartinfield was among those ■ from here who spent Tuesday in Rome. Mrs. J. A. Branner charmingly en ! tertained at dinner Sunday in honor of Miss Fox. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Heath, Mr. Albert How e" of Atlanta, Wr. Woodrow of Shackleton, Prof. A. O. Rogers and Miss Eva Fox. Since the weather man has turned on the cold waves, Dr. Jack Bryant has had an extra ’phone placed up stairs in his sanctum sanctorium where he can talk to his friends with out freezing in the hall below as he has heretofore done. Rev. and Mrs. B. F. Hunt were the happy recipients, this week, of a fine fat turkey for Christmas, which was presented by Mr. C. P. Gaines of Gore. Mr. Gaines has a large circle of apprreciative friends on this side of the Ridge who would no doubt, like to be remembered in the same way, just any time in the year. CHRISTMAS TREE AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH There will be a Christmas tree at the Presbyterian church Friday night and the Hearts cf many of the lit tle people will be made happy there by. cordial invitation is extended tiic tublic to attend. All who ex pect to put presents on the tree are requested to bring or send them to the church not later than 2 o’clock Friday afternoon. When you come to town be sure to get our prices before you buy. We will save you money. PITTS & ESPY. Christmas Family Advice. To Papa—Remember the myth of Santa Claus, to keep it holy. To Mamma—Don’t worry about the molasses candy getting on the parlor rug. Christmas comes but once a year, and the stores will sell you a parlor rug any day. To Miss Belle—lt is not necessary to stand under a V unell of mistletoe If you look at him the right way. To Little Willy—Don’t be envious of Jimmy Jones because Santa brought him a cannon. Next year you may got a disappearing gun. (It will disappear mysteriously shortly after you begin to make a noise with it, and maybe mamma can explain.) To Baby—Be good, dear child, and let who will be clever. Old Folk at Home Remembered. A good many hundred thousand dol lars have beeu shipped home to Europe for Christmas, through the banks, by foreigners employed iu America. This year, probably because of the high rates of wages, the banks have beeu busier with this class .if exchange than usual. The bulk of the drafts go to England and Ireland. Servants send most of this money, and none is ap parently so poor or ragged that he or she has not at least the equivalent of a pound sterling to send home to the old folks. Peacocks For Turkeys. Peacocks formerly took the place of turkeys on the Christmas table. 130 YEARS OLD. Grandma Sanderson, of DeWitt, Mo., Has Lived a Long and Useful Life. Grandma Sanderson is a wonderful woman. She is in as good health to day as ever in her life, although she is over one hundred years old. In a letter to the Peruna Drug Mfg. Co., she gives the highest credit to Pe nina for her excellent health and ex treme old age. Read what she says. Surely the evidence presented by such cases as these ought not only to dispel prejudice against Peruna, but inspire confidence in it. “I will send yon a picture that was taken a few weeks before my hun dredth birthday. “I am a true friend of the Peruna Company. I have derived great ben efit from Peruna many times. I can say I regard Peruna a very great med icine. I found out the merit of it a good many years ago. “A little more than two years ago I contracted a very severe cold, which resulted in la grippe. Owing to the severity of the disease, and my ex treme age, my case was considered to I be very critical I employed no doc tor, but Peruna was the remedy I used, and to-day my health is as good as it ever was in my life. “However, I still continue to take 1 Peruna, a spoonful every night before retiring.” Penina is an ideal tonic for old people. It is a compound of herbal . remedies that has been known to the medical profession for many years. Peruna operates as a tonic by cleans ing and invigorating the mucous mem- 1 branes. This explains why Peruna 1 has become so extensively known as a catarrh remedy. Catarrh is simply a condition of depraved mucous mem branes. Peruna changes this deprav ity into healthful vigor. A great many old people use Peruna, and would not be deprived of it for any consideration. People who object to liquid medi- 1 cines can now secure Peruna tablets. Christmas comes but once a year • to make our pocketbooks feel queer. It is more blessed to give than to f receive. It is likewise more expen -1 sive. Sad is the heart that cannot re -1 joice at Christmas time. t j If in making New Year resolutions ! we would be careful to study our in ! dividual faults and limitations, and > make such resolutions as would tend to correct them, there would be less failure in keeping them. Alone in Saw Mill at Mid Night. 3 unmindful of dampness, drafts, f storms or cold, W. J. Atkins worked as Night Watchman, at Banner Springs, Tenn. Such exposure gave ■ him a severe cold that settled on his 3 lungs. At last he had to give up work. He tried many remedies but all failed till he used Dr. King’s New Discovery. “After using one bottle” I he writes, “I went back to work as well as ever.” Severe Colds, stub ( born Coughs, inflamed throats and t sore lungs, Hemorrhages, Croup and Whooping Cough get quick relief and prompt cure from this glorious medi ! cine. 50c and SI.OO. Trial bottle free, guaranteed by Summerville Drug Co. The government will take entire charge of the telephone system of L Great Britain in 1911. Mrs. S. Joyee, Claremont, N. H., writes: “About a year ago I bought ! two bottles of Foley’s Kidney Remedj It cured me of a severe case of kid ney trouble of several years standing. It certainly is a grand, good medi cine, and I heartily recommend it.” ■ Sold by all druggists. ■ The person who shall do the most to cheer the hearts of the needy poor • will have the merriest Christmas and the happiest New Year. Try it ( and see. Cleanliness is the first law of health, inside as well as outside. : Let Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea be your internal e’eanser, then your organs will be pure and clean, your ' health good, your system right. Start tonight.—Summerville Drug Co. I I The best pills is DeWitt’s Little Early Risers—the safe, easy, pleas ant and sure little liver pills. De- Witt’s Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is the original. Good for cuts, burns or bruises, and especially for piles. ’ Sold by all druggists. Notice to Debtors and Creditors All persons having demands against the estate of W. F. Henry, late of Chattooga county, deceased, are here by notified to render in their de mands to the undersigned according to law and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make im mediate payment. This 26th day of October, 1909. MRS. DORA HENRY, Admr.