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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-01-08
BRYAN's PAPER PROSPEROUS
1t Melted Him $4,000 the Past
Year.

William Jennings Bryan's Common
err will not cease publication, as has
been reported. The paid circulation
for last week was 10000, and as the
paper has good supply of advertise
ments at big rates it is not wrong to
say that Mr.. Bryan will clean up S40,'
coo the first year. Local publishers
say that his profits will not fall below
$4,000. Mr.. Bryan has no printing
outfit, but thirty persons are employed
in the business Office to handle the in
coming and departing mail
c. W. Bryan, the business manager,
said, in answer to an inquiry, that the
paper would be discontinued was a
foolish canard.
A small percentage of our subscrip'
tions, it is true, were for three and six
months, but there has not been sim
gle week in which the new subscri-
bers did not far exceed those discon-
tinued. We have local agents in most
cities in the country and find it a com,
paratiyelY easy undertaking to push
up our list. The year ends on January
%, and renewals are now daily coming
in by the hundreds"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-01-08
STEVENS TALKS OF
TERRELL COUNTY HOGS.
TELLS OF MEN WHO ARE MAKING FOR.
TUNES RAISING THEM.
c.w Two Hundred in One Pen Being Fat
tened for Market. They Will
Averaue $50 Pound Each.

The Macon Telegraph prints the fol-
lowing special from Atlanta which is
of local interest,"
Agricultural Commissioner o. B.
ctevens. who returned yesterday from
trip through south Georgia, brings
hack with him good hog story, 60
iro 10 show that the people OF that
,oction of the state are doing some
thing else besides raising cotton.
He saws he saw IN one pen 200 head
Of hogs being fattened for the market,
and that as as soon as they are ready
for shipment the hogs will be brought
TO Atlanta and .butchered. Mr.. Stew
ans saws the hogs are the property OF
Al Carver and Will Dillon of Daw-
con The former owns 118 and the lat
tor 50. Mr.. Stevens says these hogs
average now 200 pounds each, and that
when they are slaughtered, which will
he about the 18th of the present month,
thew will average 250 pounds. The
commissioner says that at Ga cents
ner mound the 200 hogs will bring to
their owners about $3.50. The hogs
are being fattened on corn meal, and
will. when they are ready to kill, have
been fed upon this material about
thirty days. The owners of them, he
saws. informed him that the hogs were
raised and fattened at cost of 3 cents
per pound, leaving clear profit of 81
cents. The commissioner says the
sight was a grand one to look upon,
and showed what this section OF the
state could do in this line of stock
raising.
Commissioner Stevens was enthu-
siastic on the subject. He believes
south Georgia is rapidly coming to the
front in cattle and hog raising, and
this, he says, is one of the best
illustrations of wha0 can be done and
of what is being done by some he has
seen in a long time. NOT only are
these hogs being raised in Georgia,
but they are going to a Georgia mar
ket. They will be slaughtered in
Georgia and consumed in Georgia, add
ing evidence to the assertion so often
made that the state has within itself
resources to supply the important
products which are now SO largely
brought in from the west.
The agricultural department is Anx-
ious to further this industry in every
possible way, and is always ready TO
supply the farmers of the state with
much valuable information relating to
cattle and hog raising.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-01-08
PARTED AT THE ALTAR.
An Aged Couple Changed Their
Minds Before the Preacher.

John F. Kell ar and Mrs. Sarah Can
field, of Pana, Ill, aged so and 63 re-
spectiYely, atonished their friends the
other day by announcing that they ex-
pected to be married on the second
day after Christmas. A number of
persons went Quito witness the cere-
mony. When the prospective bride
and groom faced the minister, who
was ready to tie the knot, Mr.. Kellar
said: Sarah, don't you think maybe
we are too old to get married." Eyes,
1 really do, replied the prospective
bride, land I think maybe we'd be
better friends if we didn't get mar
ried." Whereupon they shook hands,
and beamsd upon each other. Mr.. Kel-
lar gave Mrs. Garfield present of
81, 900 in cash and they parted at the
altar.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-01-08
A BIG LAND DEAL.
Colonel William Harris Sells All
of His Possessions.

An old and noted landmark about
Georgetown changes hands. Col. VIM.
Harrison, the noble veteran attorney
and politician of Quitman county,
Georgia, disposed of his entire hold
ings to Mr.. F. Nj. Gay, over 700 acres
in ALL The colonel says he has passed
his three score and ten and wanted to
rid himself of the trouble of looking
after his property, so he sells it all,
the river bottom and the uplauds
around Georgetown, including the old
homestead. 1t was cash transaction
and the price paid was $40 per acre,
and he has certainly turned it oyer TO
one who has demonstrated his ability
to handle it proftably. This is no new
thing with Mr.. Gay; he has been buy
ing plantations from year to year, UNI
til his holdings are now very large,
and he makes and sells more cotton in
Eufaula than any other individual far
mer that trades in our market. -Eu-
faula Times.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-01-08
EXPERIMENTS WITH PINES.
New Work for the South Under
taken by Forestry Bureau.

DR.. G.. A. Herty has been appoint
ed to position in the United States
Forestry Bureau, and mas resigned his
position as adjunct professor of chem
istry in the University of Georgia to
accept it. The appointment has grown
out of the careful study of pine trees
made by DR.. Herty, according to the
Savannah Morning News.
Last summer DIR. Herty was in Sa-
yannah to begin his study of the pine.
He secured aid from Mr.. John r.
Young, Mr.. w. G. Powell and Mr.. J.
B. Chestnut, all of whom are in the
, naval stores business and practical ex-
perts in everything appertaining to
the pine tree. The people in Wash
ington grew so interested in the par
tial results obtained through Dr. Her
ty's Investigations and experiments
that they made him an offer to carry
on the work on larger scale and de-
vote all his time to it.
1t is probable that an experimental
station will be established somewhere
in the southern pine belt. The Fores-
try Bureau regards the work in con-
nection with the pine forests of the
south as one of the most important
problems now under its considera-
tion.
DR.. HertY will probably be in Saw
annah this week for a conference with
gentlemen in the naval stores business
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-01-08
BOER PATRIOT IN ALBANY.
Now Has a Wife and Child in
British Detention Camp.

Mr.. Louis Wohlman reached Albany
few days ago., coming to this piece
from New York, where he landed on a
steamer from the old world. Mr..
Wohlman was born and raised in the
Transvaal Republic and speaks Eng
glish with strong Dutch accent. He
is an intelligent man, and talks inter-
estingly of South Africa and the Boer
war. When the war broke out more
than three years ago Mr.. Wohlman
was prosperous farmer in one of the
most fertile regions of the Transvaal.
He owned large tract of land, sever
al thousand sheep and other property,
besides having several thousand
pounds to his credit in bank. He was
among the first to join the Boer army
in she field, and for thirteen months
participated in the stirring campaigns
in which the Beers won the admira-
tion of the world by their valorous
struggle against overwhelming num-
bers. He was finally captured and
sent to Cape Town. At the latter
place he was kept in prison for six
months, and was finally released after
taking an oath not to again bear arms
against the British Empire. Having
come to America, Mr.. Wolhman finds
himself with Ibut few dollars, the
remnant of his little fortune. He lief
a wife and two children in South AT
RIGA, and tears come into his eyes when
he speaks of them. He longs to be
able to get to work so as to earn money
with which to bring them to this side,
for now they are in a British detention
camp with hundreds of other women
and children of Boer sympathizers.-
Albany Herald.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-01-08
SCHLEY TO VISIT SAVANNAH.
He Will Arrive in the Georgia
City Today.

On January 8 Admiral Schley will
go to Savannah, Ga, for ten days vis-
it with General William w. Gordon.
On the 18th, Goth, and 9th of JAM
,uary he will be the guest of the Ham
i.ton club of Chicago; January 10Th
and Both he will visit Louisville as the
guest OF he board of trade and the
Knights Templar of the citv; Febru-
airy l, 2 and he will be the guest of
the board of trade aud knights Tenn
plar.
He will visit Knoxville on February
5 and 6 as the guest of the city. The
Memphis trip has been arranged fnal-
ly for the last week of April.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-01-08
GEORGIA PINE NEWS.
Cuthbert Paper Says Work Is
Being Rapidly Pushed.

Civil Engineer Scott, of the Georgia,
Florida and Alabama road, was in the
city last week.
He reports that grading has pro-
crossed satisfactorily from Arlington
in the direction of Edison, four miles
having been completed. The right
of-waY has been cleared off about two
miles this side of Edison.
On the southern extension there yet
remains to be laid about twenty miles
Of track, but shipment of rails is.ex-
pected within few days.
Within few weeks we may expect
to hear that big grading force is at
work on the northern extension, and
no long time. will be required to get
the roadbed to Cuthbert ready for
the rails.-Cuthbert Leader.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-01-08
POPULTST STATE TICKET.
Ticket Will Be Named During
the Spring.

the Spring.
About thirty apostles of the popu-
list party held conference a few days
ago, which was presided over by S. j.
Mcknight of Dalton. The attendance
was not as large as was expected in
view of the fact that all populists were
invited to attend the meeting.
1t was announced that convention
would be held some time in the spring
for the purpose of placing ticket in
the field for state house officers. Who
the candidates would likely be none of
the populists were able to say, some of
them expressing considerable doubt
of their ability to secure candidates
for the several Offices to be voted tor.
The call for the convention will be is
sued by Chairman Midnight, who pub
fishes populist paper at Dalton.
1t was developed during the progress
of the meeting that of the forty popu-
list papers that were published in
Georgia year ago only four are now
in existence. A committee was ap-
pointed to prepare and issue an adj
dress to the pOpulists. An issue OF
100000 copies of the address will be
printed so it is announced, and sent
out to the populists of the state
through the mails.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-01-08
CUTS CAPITAL, ONE HALF.
The Am circus Grocery Company
Saves Taxes.

The Americus Grocery Company,
capitalized at 100000, has reduced its
capital stock oneh half on account of
the onerous city tax rate, thereby eff
fecting considerable saving annually,
as herafter taxes will be paid upon $50,
600. The company does an enormous
business, and since it's establishment
ten years ago has paid to stockhold-
ers in cash dividends considerable
more than the amount of the original
capital stock, besides accommodating q
surplus fund of $4,000 cash, which was
distributed among the stockholders of
the company.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-01-08

in the same manner as other like
branches are in said schools.
"Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty of
county and city superintendent of
schools receiving aid from the state
to report to the state school commits
sioner any failures or neglect on the
part of the board of education to make
provision for the instruction of all pu-
pills in any and all of the schools under
their jurisdiction, in physiology and
hygiene physiology which include
with other hygiene the nature and eff
fects of alcoholic drinks and other
narcotics upon sthe human system. }
And the board of education of each
county of this state shall adopt proper
rules to carry the provisions of this
law into effect.
"Sec. 3. No license shall be grant
ed any person to teach in the public
schools, receiving money from the
state, after the first Monday in JAN
uary, 1903, who has not passed salts
factory examination in physiology and
hygiene physiology which shall in
clude with other hygiene the nature
and effect of alcoholic drinks with
narcotics upon the human system.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted that
all laws and parts of laws in conflict
with this act are hereby repealed"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-01-08
A NEW CURE FAD.
ST. Louis People Eating Dirt
for Indigestion.

A new tcure" fad has broken out in
ST. Louis. 1t is the eating of dirt as a
specific for indigestion and other all
ments. The dirt eaters take every
day spoonful Eof sand. They believe
that grit is necessary to every animal,
and that indigestion is caused entirely
nv the absence of grit in the stomach.
They point to the fact that the beasts
of the field, who do not share in man 5
aversion to dirt, are not troubled with
indigestion. If 'the theory is good,
why should not the dirt eaters carry it
further? The digestion of the pig is
probably about as near perfect as that
of any living thing; then why should
not the dirt eaters, in imitation of
pigs, live in sites and take their food
from trough?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-01-08
Free Blood Cure.

We recommend Botanic Blood Balm
(B. B. b. for all blood troubles, such
as ulcers, eating sores, scrofula, ecze-
ma, itching humors, pimples, boils,
carbuncles, blood poison, aching bones,
fostering sores, cancer, catarrh, rheu-
matism. Botanic Blood Balm cures
all malignant blood or skin diseases,
especially advised for old, deep-seated
cases. 1t cures when all else fails.
Heals every sore or pimple, stops all
aches and pains by giving a healthy
blood supply. Thoroughly tested for
80 years. Thousands cured. At drug
stores, 81. per large bottle. Our read
ers will receive a trial treatment
free by writing DR.. CLAN. 2l3 Mitch
ell ST., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble
and free medical advice will be given
Medicine sent at once, prepaid.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-01-08
TEDDY'S "MARK HANNA"
Senator Lodge Seems to Be Direc-
tor General.

The Washington correspondent OF the
New York Id says: Sedate sena-
tors are very much wrought up over
the apparent ascendancy of Senator
Cabot Lodge in the white house. 1t is
clear to them that Senator Lodge IS
the one member of the upper house OF
congress who is really close to the
president. This results from intimate
friendship extending over many years,
during which Senator Lodge was, per-
haps, the only member of congress who
had confidence in Theodore Roose-
velt's political star.
Not day passes that Senator Lodge
is not at the white houseseveral times.
He goes in and out of the cabinet room
with all the freedom of a cabinet minis
ter. He uses the white house telegraph
and the long distance telephone when
ever he wants to. He rides, walks,
dimes, lunches, jokes, advises, eXults
and grieves with the president. He
has apparently become the indispensi-
Bile man in the presidents councils. He
is the Mark Hanna of the administra-
ton, with the exception that he is
seen at the white house oftener and is
leaned upon more oy the president
than ever Mark Hanna was by Will
lam Mckinley.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-01-08
RECEIVE ON SUNDAY.
Two Macon Society Ladies Issue
Cards ThuSIy.

Dawson's smart set will be interest
ed in the announcement from Macon OF
a social innovation there. A news
special gives the sensation. 1t states
that Mrs. FL. Mediation and Mrs. l.. y.
Stevens, society women, have issued
cards to an informal reception to be
given Sunday afternoon in honor OF
Mrs. Henry Tompkins of Atlanta and
Miss Ethel Goddard of st. Louis.
Receptions on Sunday are new in Ma
con. but it is said that they will be-
come popular.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-01-08
$4,000 GALLONS OF SYRUP.
That's What a Georgia Cane
Grower Made This Season.

Capt. I. j. James of Adrian, one of
the largest planters and lumber manu-
facturers of middle Georgia, was in
Savannah Yesterday, guests of the
Pulaski. Capt. James place was
among those visited by DR.. w. II.
Wiley of Washington on his recent
trip through Georgia in the interest
OF the syrup industry. Capt. James
stated yesterday that he had finished
making his syrup, and that from the
100 acres planted he had secured not
only $4,000 gallons of syrup, but also
enough seed cane to plant $50 acres
next year. He has sold none of his
syrup Yet, and will hold it for the
spring market.-Savannah News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-01-08

Il. Yancy, Paducah, KY, writes:
81 had a severe case of kidney disease
and three of the best physicians in
southern Kentucky treated me without
success. l was induced to try Foley's
Kidney Cure. The first bottle gave
Immediate relief and three bottles
cured me permanently. / gladly rec
ommend this wonderful remedy. =
Take no substitute.
DAVIDSON & KENDRIcK.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-01-08
For Pneumonia.

DR.. G. ]. Bishop, Agnew, Mich.
says: Il have used Foley's Honey and
Tar in three very severe cases of
pneumonia with good results in every
case" Beware OF substitutes.
DAVIDSON & KENDRFfK.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-01-08
A Cure For LumhagQ.

w. c. Williamson, of Amherst, Va,
says: For more than year suffered
from lumbago. l finally tried Cham
oerlain's Pain Balm and it gave me
entire relief. which all other remedies
failed to do" Sold by.
FARRAR & HARRIS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-01-08

Cut this out and take tito Farrar &
Harris drug store and get free sam
pie of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets, the best physic. They
also cure disorders of the stomach,
biliousness and headache.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-01-08
Sick Headache

is the bane of woman. What is want
ed IS not relief alone, but relieve and
DIR. Loyal Ford's Dyspepticide will
cure sick headache for all time. I
makes the stomach right.
DAVIDSON s. KENDRICK.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-01-08

Daniels specialties are cleaning and
pressing-both done right.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-05-22
Popular Weather Notions.

How often do we hear the remark.
1--WE shall have rain. the atmosphere
Is so heavy" The reverse is true
When one sees smoke hanging from n
chimney. with a tendency to sink u
the ground. it indicates that the at.
mosphere is light-in fact. too light "a
float the smoke When the smoke
rises from the chimney. IL indicates n
heavy atmosphere \ column OF smoke
Is not bad barometer. for IA barometer
simply records the pressure OF the at
mOsphere When the atmosphere is
light and the smoke settles. the pres
sure on the mercury Is light, and the
column falls indicating storm When
the atmosphere is heavy and the smoke
rises, the pressure is greater and the
column rises indicating fair weather
Pleasure seekers and others before
starting out should therefore watch
the smoke.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-05-22
Hiring the Ends Together.

A certain colonel somewhere in the
south tho matter where) was In the
habit of telling yarns and greatly ex-
aggerating. He had a negro servant
who corroborated everything his mas.
ter told. One day the colonel had
some gentlemen TO dinner, and they
were enjoying some fine venison very
much. The colonel said: Eyes, | went
hunting the other day and saw a fine
buck. took good sight at him and
shot him through the head. and the
bullet went through his hind leg"
The gentlemen looked at each other
a little mystified. The negro scratched
his head and at last said, 'Yes, indeed,
gemmen; just as massa raised the gun
to shoot de buck he raise his hind leg
and scratch his ear. and the bullet
went through the head and right
through de hind leg" The gentlemen
looked more satisfied.
After the guests had gone the negro
said to his master, CORY mighty, mas.
sa. next time you tell one of dem yarns
do get the ends closter togedder. |
had hard work to make both ends
meet."-New Orleans Times Democrat
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-05-22
The Wrong Room.

"While spending n vacation at Bed
ford Springs, Pa, some years ago,
said Baltimore lawyer the other day
81 went late one night TO my room. ms
| supposed, unlocked the door and was
startled by woman's screams. re
allied at once that had got into the
wrong room You may be sure did
not waste any time getting out into
the corridor. locking the door again
and entering my room, which happen
ed to be the next one
while | was doing this the woman
continued screaming. alarming the
whole hotel. crowd soon gathered
and when the woman could be per
suaded to open the door she declared
there was man In her room. Oh
course no intruder was found. and. as
the door was locked when the crowd
gathered. the lady was told that she
must have had a nightmare and imag
ined she saw man in her room
kept quiet. and every one else in the
hotel was convinced that the lady's i'm
agination had worked upon her fears
Baltimore Sun.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-05-22
Patti Made HIs ReputatiOn.

Adelina Patti was not always such a
gold mine" to managers as some may
suppose. says Leslie's Weekly. When
she visited New York in 1880. her man
agcr. Sicnor Lugo overreached himself
by starting out on ten dollar admis-
sion basis, and the venture was finan.
cial failure. Notwithstanding PATHS
great artistic success. She sang to a
fourteen hundred dollar house on the
first night and on the second to $500.
She got discouraged as ii was her own
venture. and gave it up.
The late Henry Il. Abbey. who was
bold in his speculations. then engaged
her and her company at $1,000 per con-
cert He began at Wallack's old thea
ter at Thirteenth street. giving scenes
Of opera. and the concerts there aver
aged over s. 900 a performance. but he
lost in the out Of town concerts $50.
900.
A little later. being asked by De Vivo
to take Patti to San Francisco. Abbey
replied: MY dear De Vivo. have got
enough of Patti. lost $4,000. but
made reputation"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-05-22
A Costly Finger.

A Dresden paper relates an amusing
anecdote. An old gentleman, mem
Der OF the landtag. lately slightly hurt
his finger. Not troubling to go to his
doctor he asked medical colleague
what he ought to do and was told to
give his finger soap bath" On the
following day he was much surprised
to receive from his friend a note for
medical consultation; the amount, 10
marks"
He then spoke 10 another colleague.
u lawyer. complaining. His legal
friend said II was strange conduct:
but. should II come to a legal question,
he would be obliged to pay and had
better do so at once The day after
the old gentleman's establishment was
still greater on receiving from this
friend note claiming 10 marks for
legal advice"
Quite angry. he appealed to the com.
mission, body which settles all per
sonal disputes OF the members Of the
landtaG What was his disgust when
the commission found that he had be
haved badly in refusing just demands
and condemned him to make amends
by paying the fine OF basket OF cham
payne! The finger which was mean
time perfectly healed. had cost him
dear
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-05-22
The Three D's.

"Down in Greensboro" said a citizen
of that North Carolina town, II knew
three 'drummers. They seemed TO be
boon companions. The first one travel
ed for large brewing company in Bal
timore, and the second represented a
wholesale drughouse in the west.
These two men. while going through
the south, fell in with man who was
selling collins to underwriters In the
country towns. When the trio reached
Greensboro to spend Sunday-you
know all the 'drummers come into
already been christened the three D's-
Drinks. Drugs aud Death. New York
Press