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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-08-14
TROUBLE AHEAD.
Preparations for State Fair Are
Not Moving Smoothly in
Savannah.

A Savannah dispatch says the cru
SADIE of the Law and Order League is
having a bad effect on the state fair,
and some trouble has already been
caused.
The state fair privileges are for sale
now, but so far there has not been a
single bid for the privilege of selling
pools OF the races or for running
games of chance. 1t was.expected that
as much as $4,000 would be secured
from that source alone. The sporting
men say they are afraid of the Law
and Order League.
Another feature of this work of the
league is that the sporting fraternity
men, who wanted the fair here for the
sporting element it would bring, have
declined to pay their subscriptions to
the fair This is a large amount
At a meeting of the directors it
was decided to proceed against all par
ties who can be made to pay and make
them keep their agreement.
In this connection, President pope
Brown of the state agricultural socie-
ty has written a letter to the Savannah
directors concerning the report that a
prize fight was to be made d feature of
the fair.
He said he hoped the report that
there was to be prize fight as one Of
the attractions of the tair was a mis-
take, for if it was true that there was
to be an event Of that kind at the fair
the agricultural society would be com
PEELED to pull out of the whole bust
ness.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-08-14
GEORGIA'S FIRST BALE.
1T Was I1arketed in Albany by a
Negro Farmer.

Albany received the first bale of
Georgia'5 new cotton crop Tuesday. 1t
was carried to town by Deal Jackson,
d prosperous colored farmer, and was
sold to the Georgia Cotton Company
for ten cents a pound.
This makes the second time this
worthy negro has succeeded IN market
ing the first bale. The cotton was ex-
pressed to Savannah.
SAYS IT IS 4 FAKE.
The following special from Savannah
declares that the ''new" bale is a
fake :"Georgia's first bale of new cot
ten shipped from Albany to Savannah
yesterday turned out not to be all new
staple cotton. The classification CON-
mittee OF the Savannah Cotton Elk
change declared this morning that old
cotton was mixed with new crop and
the bale sent out as new one"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-08-14
HOW TO CHECK SCARLET FEVER.
Board Health Columbus Issues Address the Public With
Reference to the Disease. The Suggestions Offered.

In view of the fact that scarlet fever
seems to have become epidemic
throughout this section, the following
address with reference to the disease
issued TO the public by the Columbus
board of health, where it has ragged for
several months, is timely and interest
ing. The address follows
Just as soon as scarlet fever is sus-
pected the patient should be placed in
quiet room in the rear of the house
and preferably on the second floor. Be
fore the patient is placed in the room
it should be stripped of everything of
any value. Remove all carpets, rugs,
pictures, window shades, curtains, etc.
Leave nothing in the room but cheap
though comfortable bed, a couple of
cheap chairs and an inexpensive table.
Arrange for the same person to stay in
the room absolutely all the time to
nurse the patient.
Under no circumstances permit any
one to enter the sick room except the
attending physician. Neither the nurse
nor the patient should under any cir
.cumstances leave the sick room for
even minute.
do not under any circumstances
permit dog or cat, or any other pet,
to enter the sick room. Animals may
not only contract the disease them
selves and thus be a source of conta-
gion, but the germs or poison become
deposited on them and are thus depos-
tied on other animals with which they
come in contact, and in .this way con-
tagion is carried to persons who would
otherwise escape. Keep the door to the
room closed tight absolutely all the
time except when it is opened to re-
ceive necessary articles into the room
or to pass necessary articles out Of the
room. Keep the windows closed tight
at the bottom and open at the top for
purpose of ventilation.
Keep two or three ordinary porce-
lain wash bowls in the room and when
ever it is necessary to remove any ar
ticle, such as clothing, dishes, uncon-
sumed food, ETC., put the same in a
bowl and make it wet with a solution
of corrosive sublimate which is to be
kept in the room for that purpose, and
which may be made as follows: To one
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-08-14

gallon of hot water add 64 grains of
corrosive sublimate. I he above should
be used unless some other solution is
suggested by the attending physician.
Wipe the bowl on the outside with a
wet cloth Immediately before passing
it from the sick room. The party on
the outside who receives the bowl
should at once boil its contents thor
Oughly in order to be doubly certain
that all germs or poison are DESTROYED.
The undiluted corrosive sublimate So
tuition is poison and should be ham
died with great care. L. will further
more corrode metallic substances,
hence articles made of metal should be
immersed in carbolic solution, one
part to twenty parts of water, at the
time of their removal from the room. "
The committee then proceeded TO
tell what should be done after the pa
! tient has reached the period of conva-
lescence, which is always serious
time. They say
CATER the patient is well and the
skin smooth and free from desquama-
ton, and no particles of dead skin are
to be found between the toes or fingers,
the hair, toe nails and finger nails
should be trimmed close by the nurse.
The patient should then be thoroughly
washed, including the head, with
warm water and tincture of green soap:
then in solution of corrosive subli-
mate l to 1000; and then with plain
water. The child should be taken i'm
mediately after the third bath. with
out touching anything in the SICK
room, to another adjoining room to be
wiped and dressed in fresh clothes that
room. The same precautions as to
bathing. ETC., should be observed by
the person who has nursed the pa
tieat.
THE scarlet fever room should now
be closed tight and notice sent to the
sanitary inspector, who will call and
fumigate the sick room and its con-
tents. In case of death from scarlet
fever, or when the patient is very crit
ically i'll, the above precautionary
measures are to be as nearly as posi-
BILE carried out In the event OF death
due To scarlet fever, the funeral should
be private.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-08-14

'uOunt Of money paid to the ma
%erhment in revenue by the
J 1'eOrgia during the fiscal year
s''Ae 30, 1901, was 1924, 379.l7, a
Rrios.
ot r"'''''aInary report of the opera
'ue Office of the commissioner
!. 'al revenue during the past fis-
H. ua' Just been received. giving
s'ooYe figures.
sports from all sources of in
'cnue for the entire country
H. ''ar aggregated $3O6, S71, 669.42,
Included $6SO,487.64 tax on
H.. %uers turned over by the post
f,i.. 'sueral to the collector for the
,sD ~ VI Maryland, and for which no
h.. 'Or collections was incurred,
/, ~ an Increase of s11.555, SIS. IS
led In. 'eceipts for the fiscal year
uiIIio slpt' from Illinois were by
Err 6i..-: larger than that of any
''Ict In the canton, $50. 4O7. O33,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-08-14
MILLION A DAY.
Interesting Figures as to the
Value of Cotton Exports of
the United States.

The figures of the national treasury
bureau OF statistics show that the value
of the raw cotton exported in the fiscal
year 1901 was more than in any pre-
vious year in the history Of the coun-
try, and that the total value of cotton
and its products averaged 100000 for
every day in the year. The total value
of 4raw cotton exported in 1901 was
1913, $50, 443, against $500, 1880 in the
best year ever before known-l89l-
and the total value of cotton, cotton
goods, cotton seed oil and meal and
other products of that plant exported
was 1865, 405, 707.
In quantity the exports of the year
were not so great as in 1895, 1898 or
1899, but the price was so much better
that the value exceeded by many mil
lions that of the years Of the greatest
movement as measured in pounds.
This brings the export value of cot
ton and its products above that of all
breadstuffs or all classes of provisions.
and only about 100000 900 less than
bread5tuffs and provisions combined,
the years exports Of breadstufs being
$275, 1918, and of provisions $780,
958, SIS. The aggregate value Of the
cotton exports in the past decade is
over 81. 600 600. 0OO
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-08-14
S50O,OOO STOLEN.
One of the Most Extraordinary
RObberies in History.

News has been received at. San
Francisco from the Selby smelling
works at Vallejo that half a million
dollars worth of gold bullion had been
stolen during the night.
The thieves tunneled under the
works and gained access to the strong
room where the bullion was stored
The works are located close to San
Francisco Bay and the tunnel extend
ed from the waters edge under the
buildings.
1t is supposed the thieves took the
plumber away by boat.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-08-14

p. T. Thomas, Sumterville, Ala:
II was suffering from dyspepsia when
I commenced taking Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure. | took several bottles and can
digest anything" Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure is the only preparation contain
ing all the natural digestive fluids 1t
giyes weak stomachs entire rest, re-
Storing their natural condition.
DAWSON DRUG Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-08-14
Slaves Kept as SO Many Animals.

are likely to run away, nor are adult
female slaves desired unless they have
children, who are depended upon to
prevent their escape. Thee slaves are
regarded as property and are kept aud
cared for as horses and other farm ami
mails are.
In view of the fact that the republic
can party boasts that it gave liberty to
the slaves of the south, would it not be
a good thing as soon as some of our
troops can be spared from Luzon to
send them to the Sultan and notify him
that slavery must cease or he would be
adjudged guilty of being in rebellion
against the United States. 1t is quite
true that General Bates, of the reg
ular army, acting as the representa-
tive of this government, signed a
treaty with the sultan recognizing
slavery and polygamy in Sulu, but the
administration at Washington does not
hesitate to violate treaties and pledges
when it is convenient to get them on
/ of the way.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-08-14
For WhOOling Cough.

"Both my children were taken with
whooping cough" writes Mrs. o. Z.
Dutton of Danville. Ill. ga small
bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar cured
the cough and saved me doctors bill.
DAVIDSON g. KENDRICK.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-08-14
NOT STARVING; EXPERIMENTING.
Mjnder Writes Lengthy Letter 10 Friend
in EufauIa.

A lengthy private letter to a friend
in this city from Isadore Minder, dated
,Tulv 30. states the reason of his TWEEN
weight days fast was not an attempt
to starve himself to death, but merely
IN experiment. He says he suffered no
uncomfortable feelings or pangs OF
hunger after the first three or tour
DAYS and would have gone through the
fifty days easily but for the fact that
his smoking tobacco gave out, and ne
grew very weak from the need OF his
consoling weed. The noise in the jail
unneryes him, otherwise he is dong
well.
He also told of his resolve to begin
his fast again on August |, and feels
confident he will fast the fifty days
this time, sure. :,
He feels very kindly towards several
friends in Eufaula who have sent him
A substantial remembrance now ana
then. The unfortunate man has many
svmpathizers in this city. This letter
.bows a clearer mind than a recent
previous zone, but through 1T Is a
thread that reveals whatal Eufaullans
he is unbalanced.-Eu
la Times.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-08-14
widows viii Give a Picnic.

The widows of the towns of Harding
and Ferrel, n. j., are shrewd. They
have planned big basket picnic to be
held in the near future, to which all
of the widowers Of the two places have
been invited. 1t is confidently ex
pected that number of weddings will
be the outcome.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-08-14

Where the digestion is good and the
general powers of the system in
healthy state worms can find no taoi-
tation in the human body. White
Cream Vermifuge not only destroys
every worm but corrects all derange-
ments of the digestive organs. Prlce
SOC. DAWSON DhC" w.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-08-14
|lJIy HIRES ARE
|r1lcE TO AGRICULTURE.
,ucprAsE RAPIDLY, AND ARE
|, =, ACHE IN SOME SECTIONS,
!, &C s25o.OOO,OOO a Year Has
poi. as a Bonus to Persons
MIN Killed Them. Caused
abandonment of Land.

ABANDONMENT VI
WORE than a year ago the
|. NV !. lid rabbit, under the name
~ pa1~isn hare. was introduced
\ oi,v 1t had previously been
VI" n southern California for
a., Years. The daily papers
|s,,ad the strangers and assisted
' -aortars in working up an excite
~ ,ninals for eating were readl
= for s. a piece, and the price on
IN ,;,nans for breeding purposes
saveral hundred dollars. Al
,!uao the Argonaut alone pointed
.s- danger Of the introduction OF
.oimal. They multiply with great
|stv and are large eaters Bv the
|M.bed figures of increase it was
that one pair of rabbits would
a...anted at the end of the first
r., tventv-two, and at the end
j, Years the defendants of this
oqir would number $780,
,ooa as toe rabbits were kept in
I,yity these figures would not seri-
/, affect anybody but the owner
cos called upon to feed them
.sonIi they escape or be turned
/ ,bo resrrt would seriously effect
4 ,,,ire community. How serious
ronrd be can be gathered from
i .,.rionce of Australia, into which
I,rr ,they had been imported to
Ill., game for men OF leasure VINO
On interest in sport. They in
L. 50 rapidly that they began to
.,isre with stock raising and agrl-
mol nursuits. They consumed the
p5,ga IN to the very doors OF the
bmses, destroyed orchards and
|p3sm and caused the abandonment
and that had formerly produced
rv bushels of wheat and sixty
lsbeso Of barley TO the acre.
nOi determination against the
wa tnaugurated. Wire fences
re 5git-one of them between four
fire Kindred miles long, and cost
about 1850 Q00-to retain them in
lrj: but the burrowed underneath.
rng three successive years $13O,0 600,
LD0lJ and S2.500,000 were paid as
gD persons who killed them OIL
Bis represented more than thirty
million scalps, but still the plague
tmed. They were shot, trapped
hunted with ferrets, poisoned and
ested with chichen cholera. Even
:e measures failed and nature had
Zone to the rescue of the farmers.
year before was one of drought.
ies and watercourses were fenced
land the rabbits, shut off from the
fer, died of thirst by thousands,
many remain ard the plague
8 again visit Australia when vigil
be srelaxed
be English rabbit which caused all
distraction differs from his de-
ldant, the Belgian hare, only in the
that the latter is larger and
llger as a result Of a generation OF
elng and development. The Ar
autone year ago warned the peo-
dtLe danger of allowing them to
d large through the state. very
w afterwards a number escaped
acramento county. Now the state
~ Of Horticulture estimates that
gtaI thousand of them are at large
I'm the boundaries OF the state.
secretary of agriculture calls at
lOn to the danger in this report
le federal government. Though
eOsfa OF horticulture is alive to
idc' (nat the pest is gaining a foot
u The state, it does not appear to
rYe to the fact that now is the
stamp it out.-San Frisco Ar
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-08-14

The laws of health require that the
bowels move once each day, and one OF
the penalties for violating this law Is
niles. Keep your bowels regular by
tolying a dose of Chamberlain's Stom-
ooh and Liver Tablets when necessary
and YOU will never have that severe
punishment inflicted upon you. Price
BIC For sale by Farrar & Harris.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-08-14
POrqia Paid Uncle Sam a Million

S8 heinp the amount of revenue .palu
bv that state during the past fiscal
wear. View York comes second with
$40 7S9. Cos. 30. Hawaii came in with
the smallest amount of any dlstrlct,
SlO2. 1928. New Mexico was seconu
to the lowest, with $l2O,2OS.27.
Nearly every district made gains
during the past gear over the previous
fiscal year.
Georgia pays $1,000 or more to 1ne
United States every year for postage
s,anns for official correspondence EV-
erv day the governor signs warrant
for some of the officials to purchase
stamps. cod IN
The state pays for all stamps uSeu ."
official correspondence, and each year
the correspondence grows. The stamp
hill for the executive, tax ana eou
tionaI departments is probably heavier
than any of the others , ooo
stamps are generally purchased ''0OO
at one time.
The times., 1901-03-31
A YOUNG WOMAN FOUND DEAD.
Northern Scw York Authorities at
work on IL Mystery.

POTSDAM. y. Y. March 30.-The sud
den death of young woman, Olivia
Goodnow, of NicholviIle. last Monday
night at the home of her employer. is
surrounded with much mystery and 50
many circumstances that point to a mur-
der that the girls death is exciting the
comment of all northern New York. Dis
trict Attorney Hurlbut, assisted by a
large number OF detectives is diligently
at work endeavoring to locate the missing
man in Ihe case. IL is known that ne left
for New York city a few days ago. and
detectives are now in the metropolis,
where they have not yet located him.
on Monday evening Mrs Brush. the
wife of Olivias employer was not feel
ing well. and in order to help entertain
his wife Mr. Brush called Olivia 10 join
him and his wife in a game of pedro. This
was about o. clock. soon after the game
began John CRIES. u young man, vino had
been attentive TO DlINld Tor about two
wears. called 70 see her, and he was asked
To ioiu jhe game. AT 9.-J MI ana MIS-.
Brush went 10 bed.
A. that time olivia was cheerful and
apparent!v in the best of spirits.
On TUESDAY morning Nh Brush arose
~ 20 and went to the kitchen, where he
s4vy olivia living on the lounge apparently
asleep "a lighted lamp stood on a table
i'm the kitchen He called loudly to the
girl several times. put, getting no
response, he proceeded to hndie the ire
ard then attempted TO rouse the girl. He
f6uud that she was dead Mr.. Brush inn
mediately notified his family. and DIR.
Flood. physician who lives near by.
was called in.
The health officer came soon after and
The coroner and District Attorney were
notified An autopsy was held, and the
girl was buried in the village cemetery.
The contents of her stomach were sent
10 New York for analysis Learning of
several matters the authorities began
search for John Gritls
Griffis drove into POtsdam on Tuesday
morning. about 4:30. and went TO liv-
cry stable. where ne left his horse He
attempted to get a check cdshed al the
Albion House, and left POtsdam on the
a m train for New York. having
bought a ticket through to New York.
and the last seen or heard Of him was
when he changed cars at Philadelphia,
n. Y.
The times., 1901-03-31
BURIED IN AN EXCAVATION.
Missing Boy Dug Out of the Ground
by His Father.

NEW YORK, March 30.-Walter King.
ten years old, who lives at Il Avenue c.
Newark was missing from his home at
supper time on Thursday night. An hour
elapsed and then his father started in
search of him, but failed IN the quest
Neighbors and friends joined in the
search. The stationhouse was visited, but
no trace Of the boy could be found.
Then a neighbor suggested that perhaps
Walter might have been caught in an ex-
caVation which had been made alongside
the house by a contractor for a new build
ing. Proceeding to the excavation the ia
ther and ncighbor noticed that there had
been cave-in Of the earth and they pro-
cured ShOVeis to remove the earth when
the father saw the end Of white string
sticking ont of the ground. 1t looked
like a string his boy had attached TO the
collar of his pet dog.
The two men started to dig and finally
they uncovered an arm ana then broke in
to a cavity in the bank, in which lay the
missing boy. He was hastily removed and
taken TO his home, where physician at
tended him. No bones were broken and
the boy soon recovered. Walter said he
had gone into the excavation with his dog
and Was at play when the earth suddenly
cayed in on him The dog was tied To the
string which he had in his hand and broke
Il when the earth fen. Fortunately the
crust Of the earth fell across him and the
iDuose earth was piled up behind It IN such
ii way as 10 protect him and enable him
to breathe
The times., 1901-03-31
AN ODD CLAUSE IN A WILL.
George II. Bliss Leaves $4,000 for 6
purnose Not stated.

NEW YORK. March 30-The Will Of
George T. Bliss. of Morton, Bliss & Co,
bankers. who died at his residence. S6t
Fifth Avenue, last Sunday. was offered
for probate in the Surrogate's Office yes
terday.
To Yale University Mr.. Bliss bequeaths
$4,000 He bequeaths TO his widow jean
nette Dwight Bliss, $4,000 in cash, to be
paid to her Immediately, with the request
that she expend it for purposes concern
ing which she knows my wishes" This
bequest. however Mr.. Bliss says, snail
not be taken to be binding ON her nor to
be considered as creating a trust.
To Mrs Bliss he leaves all the house
hold furniture. silverware. jewelry paint
ings. engravings, and horses and car
ages of the Fifth Avenue house for life,
and also the stable property at 120 West
Twenty Street, and a cash bequast
of $50o,000 absolutely.
A trust fund of 100000 is also created
for the benefit of his daughter, Susan
Dwight Bliss, TO be paid TO her after she
attains her majority, in such sums as
may seeem to be proper TO the executors.
The rcsiduary estate is to be held in
trust for life for the benefit OF the widow,
and after her death the income is 20 be
paid to the daughter Tor life. Upon her
death the estate is to go 70 her issue. IL
she has no children il is to go to the
brothers and sisters of Mr. Bliss. The in
terest of Mr.. Bliss in the firm of Morton.
Bliss & Co is to remain until the termf-
nation of the co-partnership.
The executors are Mrs Jeannette
Dwight Bliss. Richard James Cross, his
partner: John Harsen RhoadeS. and
George Bliss Aguew nephew. The peti-
ton for the probate of the will places the
value of the real estate ''at least $25, 600, "
and states that the value of the personal
property has not Yet been aSCerJained.
Mrs. Bliss declines to make any eNpIa-
nation Of the $50 0W bequeSt.
Rolled Down
The times., 1901-03-31
COPPER IN NEW JERSEY.
An Extensive Vein Discovered at
Snake Hill.

JERSEY CITY, y. j., March 30.-A vein
% copper believed to be Of considerable
extent has been discovered at Snake Hin,
Hudson County. y J. This vein is near
the old Arlington copper mines, which
after an idleness Of nearly half a century
viii soon resume. Mr. Holmes and Free
holder Finke made the discovery in the
rear Of Mr. Holmes Insane Asylum
Prisoner in the county Jail will be en-
plOyed TO uncover the ground, 10 gain an
idea whether IL will pay TO mine the met
al. Hudson county owns ali of Snake
Hill. The first property was purchased by
the county about forty years ago and the
greater part Of the remainder was bought
for about $4,000 twelve years ago. The
county's penal and charitable Institutions
arc there.