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The Sumniti ?ille News Published Every Thursday BY THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO. O. .1 Espy, Editor and Manager IF.HMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: 0 e Y< nr sl-00 Six Months d>Oc T:r'O Months 25c ,<!s< ri sing Rates will be Made Knowii on Application. ■jt<i<«l at the Summerville Post Office as Second Clavi ilail Matter. Summerville, Ga., Ddfc. 30, 1909. THE CLOSE Or THE YEAR. The dose of the year is always a tl.ue for serious thought nd reflection T.i‘ past crowds upon ns at such a time with far more than itsatil Intend ty and especially forces upon our at tention our faults, failures and mis takes. Let us look them squarely in the face and profit by them. The vine man always does this, but the so il never. The latter goes on com mittin;- the same follies and making the same mistakes, never profiting by Ills experience, to say nothing of Mie experience of others. Everyman makes mistakes. It may not !>.• his fault the first. time, but it is if he makes the same mistakes a second time. We believe that the secret of success with tiiose who succeed, and the cause of failure with those who fall, will be found largely in the ability and disposition to study the causes of both success and failure, not only In one’s own experience but in that o. others. Tlie farmer now iias lels tire to review the operations of the year, and he should do It candidly aid critically. Make a complete ana) y ; is of every important operation, i nd tlm weak places In it and trace them to their origin. Nothing will p ep.ire one so thoroughly for the operations of the year to come as tl is kind of searching investigation. And while we are about this bust le ss we should look just as carefully into our record of moral responsibili ty. We should be far more anxious to improve character, mind and mor als than to improve our farms. Se rious study of our weak points and •f means to strengthen them Is a vry profitable business at any time, and if pursued assiduously will strengthen and develop all that Is good and admirable tn our natures, and make us bettor, stronger, nob ler men tint! women as the years go by. And the time will come in the life of every one when such a re cord of honest, earnest, persistent ef fort to improve will afford far great er satisfaction than'anything else in hla account with this world. We can wish no better thing for all our read ers than that they begin the new year animated by a firm resolve to turn all its experience into profit for themselves, mentally, morally social ly and materially, and then to faith fully carry out the resolution. That man is not necesarlly a ‘'knocker" who finds fault with cer tain conditions existing in the town in which he lives. So far from be ing one of that class he may be doing the place good service. This is as suredlv the fact If he wisely and per sistently strikes at evils which lower the moral tone and make the town a less desirable place in which to live. It requires no argument to prove that the best interest of a community can never be advanced by anything that breeds disrespect for law and order, and that weakens the moral and social fibre of its citizens. The days, weeks and years slip a way like water in a running stream. Time's great dock never loses a moment. Relentlessly, surely the moments pass, and our eager hands are not able to detain them. We can not keep back the flying years, but we can and should keep the blessings they bring. Hold fast to the lessons they have taught. Keep the memory of their joys. Enrich every day of life with the garnered wealth of the days behind. The years pass, but they leave their treasure with us, if our hands and hearts are open to re ceive them, so as with one hand we shake farewell to 1909 let us stretch out the other hand to warmly greet and welcome 1910. Tlie wise man considers wherein the old year was unprofitable to him that he may do better in the new year. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the y / , ,** Signature of THE COUNTRY’S GROWTH. Shown In the Increase of Mall Matter Handled Annually. The growth of our country and the '. increase in the volume of business can be realized no better than by a r comparison of the number of pieces of mail matter handled annually. The total for 1889 was 3,860,200,- 000 pieces, including letters, postal * and packages of every sort. Twenty ' years later the total was four times ’ as great and reached 13,173,340,329. The advance has been remarkably: . regular year after year and at the ‘ rate of about 100 per cent, every five: ! years. In 1847, the year when post- - ' age stamps were first issued, the to tai number of pieces that passed through the mails was 114,175,480. i I A considerable part of the increase ; during the last 10 years lias been due ■ to rural delivery. Farmers are now I able to receive newspapers, letters - ! and other mail matter at their door-1 i steps without leaving their plows or j their harvest fields and driving into : ■ i town. There are now nearly 40,000 rural delivery carriers who are paid $35,- ■ j 000,000 a year for carrying the let ters and newspapers to the country homes in the United States, and to i gether they traveled last year more : 'than 1,000,000 miles a day. The: ! rural delivery service is now 13 years ’ old, and it has been the greatest sue-' ’ cess of any new idea that has been introduced into the adminstration of: ( our government. New Federal Law After January 1, express compa-1 8 nies, railroad companies and other| i common carriers will have to be [ ’ very careful about accepting liquor 1 for shipment Into prohibition states ’ and local option counties where li quor is under the ban, says a Wash -1 ington dispatch. In the act to codify, revise and to ’ amend the penal laws of the United ’’ States, which becomes effective Jan -1 uary 1, there is a provision which imposes a fine of not more than $5,- I 000 on any officer, agent or employee of any railroad, express company or 3 other common carrier who "knowing ly” delivers to any person other than the person to whom the liquor i has been consigned unless upon the I written order, In each instance of I the bona fido consignee, in states 8 where prohibition prevails. In addi tion to the fine the offender may be imprisoned for not more than two 1 years. The act also imposes a fine 1 of not more than $5,000 if the rail ’ road company, express company, or • other common carrier, "or any per- J son, who shall in any manner act as : , the agent of the buyer or seller of | - any liquor.” And all liquor shipped j > into prohibition states must be plain-1 ■ ly marked with the name of the con- I signee, the nature of the contents | of the package and the quanity con-1 tallied. A failure to do this makes' i the offender subject to a fine of not i more than $5,000, and the liquor will be seized and condemned by the gov- : eminent. > ■■ ’HOW'S THIS? We offer One Hundred Hollars Re . ward for any case of Catarrh that : cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, | Ohio. 1 We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, : 1 ami believe him perfectly honorable, in all business transactions and fl-I 1 naneially able to carry out any obli gations made by his firm. Wahling, Kinnan & Marvin. Wholesale Druggist, Toledo, O ' 1 Hall's Catarrh is taken internally, ' acting directly upon the blood and ' mucous surfaces of the system. Tes timonials sent free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall’s Family Pills for con ' st i pat ion. 250 Thrilling Stories. In every family there is a constant demand for stories —good, thrilling stories of adventure and heroism. That The Youth's Companion sup plies this demand is attested in more than half a million homes. The serial stories for 1910 alone are well worth The Youth's Companion subscription price. These include stories of Arthur Stanwood Pier. C. A Stephens, (’.race Richmond. Charles I Miner Thompson and Winifred Kirk land. Send for full Prospectus of the 1910 Volume and see what an a mount of the best reading has been secured for The Youth's Companion family for 1910. If $1.75 for the 1910 Volume is sent no*. the new subscriber will be entitled to all the remaining issues of 1909. in addition to the 52 issues of 1910; also the “Venetian'' Calen der. lithographed in thirteen colors and gold. Any one making a gift of The Youth’s Companion receives an extra copy of the Calendar, in addi tion to the copy for the subscriber. THE YOUTH'S COMPANION Companion Building. Boston. Mass. New Subscriptions Received at this Office. New Year's calls will never go out of fashion while there are bill-collec tors to make them. THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1909. LOCAL NEWS. Miss Evelyn Henry of Chlckamagua I visited Miss Ruth Henry this week. Mr. Richardson of Knoxville, enn., was here Monday. Mrs. Vastiti Lowe returned Tues day afternoon from a visit to rela tives in Rome and Acworth. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lee came down from Chattanooga last week and spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. E. Bryant. Family Reunion. A most pleasant social event of the week was a family reunion at. the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Bryant Tuesday. Those invited were Dr. Jim Bryant: of Lyerly, Mrs. Phelps of Shelbyville, J Tenn., Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Henry and family, Miss Sallie Allen and Mrs. Will Elder and Master Tom Elder of : : Birmingham, Ala. A Spend The Day Party One among the most enjoyable fes five occasions of the week was the party given by little Miss Mary Jones Neal on the anniversity of her ninth birthday, Dec. 26, 1909. The dinning room was decorated in the holiday colors, the scheme be ing carried out in nine green tapers | placed in red apples, each one being . lighted by a guest as she entered ; I the room, the nine candles represent-I ing the number of beautiful years in I the life of the charming little hostess ' | The dinner was delightfully served,, I and included, among many other: ’ good things, a twenty pound turkey, j ! which was the birthday gift of Mr. : : Charles Kellett to his little niece. j The guests were: Elsie and Robie j Joe Hardin, Nera Belle and Irene ■ Hanson, Alene Allen, Eva Belle Hen- ; ley and Sara Neal. The afternoon was profitably and appropriately spent in reading Bible stories by the grown ups, and answer ing questions on the stories by the little people. NOTICE A tribe of Red Men will be instit uted at the Masonic Hall in Summer ville on Saturday night, January 15, j 1910. All who have made application for ' membership are requested to be on hand promptly at 7 o’clock. A num ber of Red Men from other Tribes are expected and a good time is an ticipated.—W. S. Wright. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Foster enter tained a number of friends at an elab orate dinner Monday, at their pleas ant home near Taliaferr. Those invited were Dr. and Mrs. B. 'F. Shamblin and Mr. and Mrs. Ike , Williams of Lyerly, Mrs. Anna Lee I Bolling, Miss Naomi Bolling, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Taylor and sons, Alfred ' I and Robert, Miss Fannie Dickson and j Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Ruch of this I place. The Christmas box supper and en- 1 tertainment which was to have been | held at the new Haywood school ■ building on December the 24, was called in until the second Saturday night in January. * # • Ed Penn, colored, who had the mis- j fortune to have his hand crushed in ' the machinery of the Oil Mill some time since has had two amputations. The first did not heal well, and a I second amputation became necessary, i which was made Thursday and hope is entertained for his recovery. The rural carriers of the county request The News to ask the pat i rons of the various routes to pro j vide themselves with postage stamps during the winter and place them [ on their letters instead of dropping ’ pennies in the mail boxes for the car- j tiers to fish out. A little consideration on the part of the people served by the rural routes will relieve the carriers 4of the necessity of pulling off gloves in the cold anil rain, and having their fingers benumbed and chilled while: trying to pick up the pennies. Each carrier is supplied with stamps for i the benefit of his patrons, and it : will be but little trouble to secure : a supply in advance, and thus give these faithful public servants a good deal of comfort and save them from lots of annoyance in cold, rainy weather. While sitting by your warm, com fortable fireside think of the car riers out in the weather, and do them this little favor. Sale Notice Georgia Chattooga County: By virtue and order of the court of Ordinary in and for said county pass ed on the 29tfi day of Decembre 1909. for the purpose of paying debts and destribution, will be sold within the legal hours of sale on Saturday the 15th day of January to the high est bidder for cash the following per sonal perishable property to wit: One bay horse, one black horse, one mower, one wagon and harness, lot of farm tools, and lot of other per sonal and perishable property. This December 29th. 1909. J. N, Rush, Admr. of Lee Shropshire. Notice to Debtors arid Creditors Georgia Chattooga County: The creditors of Lee Shropshire late of said county deceased will file their claims with me and the debtors of said estate will be requested to pay at once. - This December 29. 1909. J. N. Rush Admr. of Lee Shropshire. Mr. J. F. Hudgins of Coldwater dis trict spent Tuesday in town. Mrs. Robert Evans Dead. Friends and relatives here of Mrs. Robert Evans were pained to hear of her death wic occurred at her home in Chattanooga, Wednesday nigh tof lase week, after an illness of several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Evans resided in Summerville for a number of years before their removal to Chattanooga. The funeral was conducted here, Friday morning, -by Rev. B. F. Hunt in the Baptist church, of which she was a faithful member. The inter ment was in the Summerville ceme tery. Mrs. Evans is survived by her hus band and five children who have the sympathy of a large number of friends here, in their bereavement. * - 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, 1910, for the purpose of electing a Mayor and one councilman from each lof 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. Mr. Walter McCamy, of Dalton Ala., came up last week, and spent several days with home folks at Te loga. ______ Scrub yourself daily, you are not clean inside. This means clean stom ach, bowels, blood, liver, clean, heal- I thy tissue in every organ. Moral: I Take Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea ' a thorough cleanser. Try it tonight. ’ Summerville Drug Co. Messrs. Ed and Lake McCamy of Spring Place, Ga., after spending ' several days with their uncle, Mr. I James McCamy, and family at Telo i ga, have returned to their home, ac | companied by their' cousins, James McCamy Jr. and Charley Quails, who ' will spend the holidays with relatives and friends in Murray County. Box Supper There will be a box supper at Pine Grove school house Monday night, ' January 3, 1910. The public is cordi ally invited to attend. The symptoms of kidney trouble | are urinary disorders, weak back and i backache, rheumatism and rheumatic ■ pains and twinges, pains in the I groin, etc. There is nothing as good I for kidney and bladder trouble as De- Witt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills. You may depend upon them to give entire satisfaction. They are antiseptic, act promptly and soothe pain. Sold by all druggists. TTrTTTFi iii»» Hi i ii H 111 ri! i m :-x x -i-i-i-x i m-wivw'iti , pm-n-rrr;;.. I With Eyes Wide Awake | •H > • • | To the times we are always adding i| II to our stock, Now listen: we are just g f if fortunate enough to land a large I stock of Cut Glass and Silverware and i| I are going to offer for the next thirty i| days the following: - :f X A few 8 inch Bowls $3.00 _ Boheman Vaces, worth $2.00 .... $1.50 ;4 .... 6 inch Nappys 1-50 Boheinan Vaces, worth $1 25 -75 c 6 inch Nappys with handles 1.75 ~ , ~ .o ka A big lot of China 1 3 off lit • 6 in. Nappys with handles extry cut 2.50 " ..I 1111 5 inch Vanity Pieces 1.50 1847 Rogers Tea Spoons 1.63 .... sineh Nappy 1-5 Rogers Table Spoons 3.15 ;;J ;;;; 10-pieee Toilet Sets, reduced from 1 ■ qq 325 1847 Rogers Knives and Forks... 3.68 • :::: ’J L ■ , ■ 4 J = = = g This is just a starting point to the g g many things we have bought. So we g S can sell you at the bottom price, in g || fact one=third belowthe bottom. g | ■ —g I Murphy <& Henderson l| ft * 4 | Summerville, Georgia. j| Hi ii i :iH Hll ii H i Ti-i-i-i-:-:::: •■■i-w??- TTh"' gCold after cold; cou-h r cough! Troubled with f taking-cold habit? Better break it up. We have greet I confidence in Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral for this work. Lo 9 medicine like it for weak throats and weak lungs. Ask 4 ' your doctor for his opinion. He. knows all about it. ? a His approval is valuable. Follow his advice at all times, g |No alcohol in this cough medicine. JC. Ayer Co., Lowell, Always keep a good laxative in thchou e. Takeadosewhen your cold first comes on. Jf>a. is the best laxative fur thi;? Ayrr’s P'lb. Ask your doctor his opinion. Let him decide. m. t. 8. sTUKmI raERINABY SWEira From Gadsden, Ala. j Will Be in Summerville January 5, 1910, for 39 I Days, Where He will Treat ail Diseases of I HORSES and CATTLE | Cures Ring Bone Spavin, Splints and Curbs. Poll | Evil Fistula, Weak Eyes, Hip and Shoulder I ameness and al! other Diseases of Horses. 8 Will take off Warts and Tumors of all kinds. Cure String Hauit and ! Horses Walking upon their Toes-=set flat down and be as good as ever. j Ailk Fever in Cow, Bad Quarters and Spoiled Teatsg made good. The Doctor is up to his business | and prices reasonable. Give him a call at jßitting & Broom’s StableJ | For 30 Days Only. J |Wili be at Menlo, Jan, 3rd, One day| liwill be at Chelsea, Jan. 4, Oneddyl