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The
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O. J. ESPY, Editor-Manager
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Do all things moderately. Your life
will probably be longer.
If you read too much you will be
surprised how little you know.
What the country really needs is
clean minds and clean fun.
Speaking of faith and confidence.'
how about the June brides?
Those who owe most are the advo
cates of debt cancellation.
There are not many people in the I
world who eat too little, through I
choice.
Don’t become so intelligent that
you feel like solving all the problems
of the w’orld.
In the course of human events man
kind realizes that monkeys are much
like men.
Religion is your private business;
don’t attend too much to other peo- ■
pie’s business.
Summerville is your town and if
you are not its servant you ought to I
pack up and move on.
Every child is entitled to an even
chance in life, even if its parents for
got to give it a good start.
Limit your wants and you avoid,
necessities, and if you practice long*;
enough, you won’t need much money, I
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Nearly everybody celebrated Moth
ers’ Day but this doesn’t mean that
there will be anything done about the
thousands of mothers who die from j
neglect every year.
Even the experts now admit that
hydrogen is dangerous in dirigibles.
If the automobile drivers will now '
admit that railroad crossings are ■
dangerous, the world will be making |
progress.
“SCHOOL’S OUT.”
For nearly twenty million Ameri-1
can children this is an important
time of the year. School’s out—every
where, and the long Summer vacation
is beginning.
Much criticism has been levelled I
lately at our school system. It is I
charged with not fitting the children ,
to find jobs when they are through |
school. Without stopping to debate |
the question whether or not that is !
the prime purpose of any school ex
cept a farm or trade school. Let us
look at another side of the picture, I
What do American children definite-1
ly get out of their schools besides
book-learning ?
It seems pretty clear that they get!
a social outlook on life as a whole i
which the unfortunate children of
the rich, educated by private tutors or !
in “select” private schools never get. i
In the give-and-take of association
with children of their own age, of all)
social and economic strata, it is a
stupid youngster indeed who does not
learn that human nature is the same '
whether one’s father is a banker or i
a bootblack. In the public school ev
ery child finds his or her own level,
regardless of pedigree. And that is
probably the most valuable education i
the children of a democracy can have.
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lake in the world, has no connection
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MARRIED; DROWNED IN 45
MINUTES
Greenville, Miss.—Mr. and Mrs.
John L. Wynn, of Pickens. Miss.,
were married at Leland. Miss. Forty
five minutes after the ceremony,
their automobile plunged through
guard chains of a garage moon d at
Slater’s ferry, and both were disowned.
A HOLIDAY?
A novel suggestion comes from
Senator George W. Norris, of Nebras
ka, who proposes that congress take
a recess from late June or early July
until Oct. 1. This would avoid the
summer heat, but the chances are
that the session will continue without
interruption until its end.
$15,000 JEWELS LOST.
GREAT NECK, L. I.—Workmen
sifted debris at the township ineene
rator for several days in an effort to
find a diamond and emerald platinum
bracelet, valued at $7,500; a platinum
chain drop necklace, a platinum soli
taire ring and a brooch with three
rubies and three emeralds, each arti
cle valued at about $2,500, the prop
erty of Mrs. Edith King. A hat box
in which the jewels had been placed
during house-cleaning, was placed
outside the house by mistake and cart
ed off by a garbage collector.
TRION THEATER
Thursday—Stage Show
“WHEN’S YOUR BIRTHDAY?”
Joe E. Brown, Marian Marsh, Fred
Keating. A third rate fighter laboring
under astrological illusions occupies
a series of odd jobs until the position
of the moon provides him with the
strength to become champion.
On the Stage: Al Hendershot and his
Dixie Ramblers, Radio Artists.
Friday
“TIME OUT FOR ROMANCE”
On the trail to trouble.—gay days
—romantic nights—thrilling mix-ups
with a coast-to-coast car caravan. A,
picture on the same order of “It
Happened One Night.” Starring Claire
Trevor, Michael Whalen, Chick Chan
dler, Joan Davis, Douglas Fowley.
“Dick Tracy”—chapter 2.
Saturday
“WILD BRIAN KENT”
A playboy polo star is thrown into
his first serious situation and makes
good by pulling two women ranch
owners out of financial difficulties
and foul play. Ralph Bellamy, Mae
Clarke and Helen Lowell.
“CRACK-UP”
America’s most daring flyer—Eu
rope’s cleverest spy—fighting it out
in mid-Atlantic—in a mighty bundle
of dramatic dynamite. Peter Lorre,
Brian Donlevy. Helen Wood, Thomas
Beck, Ralph Morgan, Kay Linaker.
Monday and Tuesday
“DODSWORTH”
A superlatively fine picture. Flaw
less in every department, this Sam
uel Goldwyn production is a smash
hit. Starring Walter Huston, Ruth
Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Mary Astor,
etc. Afraid of growing old, this wo
man flirted with younger men—and
expected her husband to stay home.
Wednesday
“DON’T TELL THE WIFE”
Una Merkey and Lynne Overman
in a roaring comedy.
THURSDAY—ON STAGE
Al Hendershot and his Dixie Ram
blers, radio artists from the Radio
Playhouse in Chattanooga. Plenty of
music and dancing,
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: THURSDAY. MAY 27, 1937.
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The Statute of Limitations simply
means suits must be instituted or be
gun within a certain period of time
from the due date or maturity of an
account, note or other Obligation or
liability to pay. The laws of the sev
eral states vary considerably as to the
lifferent periods of time in reference
:o different types of obligations.
Georgia law will serve as an example
of the general average.
At Common Law, contracts, agree
ments, or covenants entered into un
der seal, w-ere considered more soe
amnly binding on the parties than or
dinary contracts. Some two or three
hundred years ago when very few
people could even sign their names, it
was customary for business men, and
even kings, to use signet rings as a
means of signing business and gov
ernmental documents. This practice
was later followed by the use of the
seal such as corporations or notary
publics use today. We are all famil
iar with the great seal of our country.
As a result of custom and practice,
• ealed instruments are given greater
dignity at law even today. The period
of time within which such actions or
.suits must be begun on these instru
ments, documents, contracts or agree
ments usually is from ten to twenty
years from the due date —twenty
years in Georgia. The reader must
bear in mind that there are often
facts, circumstances, and conditions
under which the law will impose an
extension of this period of limita
tions; however, a problem of this
character is generally so involved as
to require the careful consideration of
Wednesday Afternoon
closing during June, July and August will
be observed by the majority of Rome
Merchants, starting Wednesday, June 2.
Come to Rome for your "out-of-town”
shopping at all other times.
Rome Retail Merchants
Asssciation
ROME, GEORGIA
YOUR BUSINESS
LAW TODAY
By
. W. C. CANTRELL
Attorney and Professor of
Law, Atlanta.
a competent attorney.
Courts are not in agreement as to
what constitutes a contract under
seal. One commonly sees notes with
the word “seal” or the letters “L.S.”
at the -end of the signature. This may
or may not constitute a contract “un
der seal,” depending on the law of
the state where signed or executed,
and where the obligation is to be per
formed or paid. The letters “L.S.” at
the end of the signature stand for a
Latin phrase, “locus sigilli” and
means “the place of the seal.” To
constitute a contract or agreement
under seal in all states, there should
be expressed in the body of the instru
ment, contract or agreement words as
follows: “In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my
seal this the day and year above writ
ten,” or “Given under the hand and
seal of each party,” followed by the
word “Seal” or “L.S.” after the sig
nature.
In dealing with corporations, one
should always insist on the corporate
seal being impressed on the document,
contract or instrument as the use of
the seal creates a presumption of law
as to valid corporate execution of the
contract and places the burden of
proof on a complainant to prove oth
erwise. The same rule applies to deeds,
mortgages and other sealed instru
ments, as to attestation, and for this
reason one should always have the
notary public or other attesting officer
impress his seal on the document.
Our next article will discuss open
accounts, judgments, and ordinary
contracts not under seal.
(Copyright, 1937, by W. C. Cantrell)
PROTECTION
by a simple Device
When you come into our bank and change
your travel money into
AMERICAN EXPRESS
TRAVELERS CHEQUES
you have, by the simple device of a signa
ture, made these Cheques your “personal
funds” —spendable all over the world but
only by you and protected against loss or
• theft by a refund feature.
This protection costs only 75c. for each
SIOO in Cheques purchased ■. . available in
denominations of $lO, S2O, SSO and SIOO.
FARMERS & MERCHANTS
OPEN 8:30 A. M. BANK CLOSE 3:00 P. M.
Make Our Bank Your Bank—Use Blue Checks
Member: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
State - County - City - Depository
Taylor Mercantile Co.
JUST ARRIVED!
New shipment of Sheer Tubabiers,
sizes 12 to 44. Also a variety of Beau
tiful materials.
Headquarters For
Nice Underwear and Flattering Hose
SEE OUR GIFTS FOR THE GIRL
GRADUATE
SLACKS AND POLO SHIRTS FOR
. THE OUTDOOR GIRL
White Shoes and Tu-Tone Combina
tions for men, boys $1.98 to $5
This week we are showing fifteen new
styles in Ladies’ Sandals---
$1.98, $2.25 and $2.45
Hundreds of new Shirts arrived this
week sl, $1.35 and $1.65
New Arrow Shirts $2.00
New Arrow Ties SI.OO
New Cheney Ties SI.OO
Beautiful new Suits for Men, Young
Men, priced from $6.95 to $25
Taylor Mercantile Co.
Summerville, Ga.
The Store of Dependable Merchandise
TWO POUNDS OF
THAT GOOD
COFFEE
For 35 cents
A. F. WILLIAMS & SONS
PHONE 415 WE DELIVER
The Meat Makes the Meal
Duke M. Espy Market
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