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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-05-07
TO COlTReL TOBACCO
MARKET OF THE WORLD
ANOTHER IMMENSE TRUST OCTOPUS
SOON TO BE IN EXISTENCE.
Gigantic Combination is willing to Lose
S5,O0O,OO0 in Order to Control
Sales of the British Empire.

An important move in the battle for
control of the tobacco market of the
world will soon be made, when the
giant Continental Tobacco Company
and the American Cigar Company
will, through a new arrangement, be-
come practically one. This is a long
stride in tie carrying out of President
Dukes imperial plan for the greater
tobacco trust. Control of the tobacco
output of Cuba is aimed at, and Presi-
dent Duke has been quoted as saying
that the trust could afford to lose S.
600 900 to get control of the market of
the British empire. That measures to
realize the latter are now under way
is indicated by the presence in New
York of the Ogdens, ]3ritain's greatest
manufacturers of cigarettes, iu whose
business the American Tobacco Com
pany has already bought a big inter-
est.
The new arrangement between the
Continental Tobacco Company and the
Amer lean Cigar Company as announced
by the officers is one by which the
Continental buys the entire manufact-
nred output OF the American Cigar
Company and disposes of it through its
own statesmen. Officers of the two
companies who made the announce
ment took occasion to announce point
eddy that the two concerns would con-
tinue to maintain separate organiza-
tions.
James B. Duke is president of the
Consolidated Tobacco Company, which
controls the American Tobacco Com
pany and the Continental Tobacco
Company. and he is president of both
the American and Continental compa-
MES.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-05-07
BIG DEBT FOR CUBA.
Uncle Sam Will Want Millions
for Bullying Spain.

In dispatch from Miami to the Sa-
vannah News Mr.. Root, the secretary
OF war. was quoted as saying that the
United States had as yet made no
claim for sums expended in freeing
Cuba from the Spanish yoke, but that
the matter would be taken up when
the Cuban government had been per-
fected.
On last Friday a number of those
who had served in the Cuban army
during the war with Spain called on
President-elect Palma and asked him
if he could give them any assurance
in regard to the payment OF the Cuban
army. He said that he could not dis
cuss that question at the present time
that he would first see what Cuba
could do towards raising money TO
meet the expenses of the government.
1t 10 not known of course what the
claim of the United States will be. II
it is what the United States actually
spent in Kidding Cuba of the Spaniards
it will be several hundreds of millions
of dollars. 1t is probable. however,
that the United States will deal gener-
ously with the new republic. But even
+ if they should present a bill of not
more than $4,000, 900 Cuba will have a
big debt to begin with if she gives the
Cuban army the full amount of its
claim.
President Palma has been told that
the mum Der of names on the list of the
Cuban army is about 10000 and that
the amount of the claim of the army is
fully $50, 100000. 1t seems, according
to the dispatches, that President
Palma was astonished at the amount.
Job work executed neatly and
promptly at this Office.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-05-07
SOCIETY GIRLS ORDER DRINKS
Smoke Cigarettes. Too, When by
Themselves.

The Rev. Floyd w. Tompkins, rec
tor of Holy Trinity, the most fashiona-
BILE Episcopal church in Philadelphia.
at a meeting of the Social Purity ALI
ance said:
"There is altogether too much CT
gazette smoking and liquor drinking
done nowadays by young girls in the
best class of Philadelphia society.
have never seen an American girl put
a cigarette TO her lips, thank God, but
[ knoN that they do smoke and other
wise initiate men when they get by
themselves.
"And | know the drink habit Is
growing among young society women.
Girls go to our country clubs and walk
ND and order drinks alone at the places
where they are sold. The same thing
happens in Atlantic City. 1t is not ac-
conuted unusual for young girls unes-
corted to indulge in cocktails or other
beverages.
'If the older women in society do not
take an interest in this question, which
so vitality affects their daughters, and
if they do not take a positive STAND
against these practices, we cannot
blame a jury of twelve moral Lillipu'
tians for bringing in a recommends
ton tending 10 encourage the SOCIAL
evil instead Of suppressing 1t.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-05-07
HE PUT FAMILY TO SLEEP.
Now the HypnOtist Is Unable to
Awaken Some of Them.

Rudolph Bartag, his wife and five
children were found in a comatose con-
dition in their home at Ticona, Ill.
Leo Lenzer, an amateur hypnotlst,
confessed that he put the entire family
to sleep four days ago, and that he mad
been trying to awaken them ever
since.
A physician was summoned, and az
Ter careful examination said that the
victims of Lenzer's hypnotism still are
in normal state as far as heart action
is concerned. They are simply asleep
The villagers at first threatened Len
ger with violence, but contented them
selves with mounting guard over MIN
and his victims, are compelling him to
continue his efforts Ito arouse the
Bartag family. After finally succeed
ing ia awakening two of the children
he collapsed himself under the nervous
strain. He partly recovered later and
saws that be has been under so great a
nervous strain for the last four days
that he lost control of his will power
He is confident that as soon as he re-
covers his normal temperament he can
restore them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-05-07
FOUND MICE NESTS.
Maine Farmers Sheep Were
Serving a Unique Purpose.

A farmer ia the town of Urbana,
Me-, noticed the other day black
spot on the back of one of his sheep,
says the Brooklyn Times. When he
went to look at it the spot instantly
disappeared. Then another black
spot appeared for an instant on the
sleeps back, and as quickly went out
of sight. This time the farmer saw
that the black spot was mouse, and
while he was looking at the place
where it had been third black spot
came into sight at the same place on
the sleeps back, and disappeared as
the others had. Then Farmer Baily
thrust his hand down into the sleeps
thick coat of wool. and found three
snug and coy mouse nests, each with
a new born litter of Young ones in IT.
He lost no time in breaking up those
old mouse colonies, and then looked
over others of his sheep, with the re-
sult that ten nests were found in all,
containing an aggregate of eighty
Young mice. The sheep seemed not
only not TO mind the presence OF the
mouse nests in their fieeces, but acted
as If they were not pleased with their
removal and the destru stion of their
contents.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-05-07
UNCLE SANS BIRTHPLACE SOLD AT AUCTION

It was the Wilson's idea to label
their beef and pork packings u. ) .
and as Samuel Wilson was generally
called"U ncle Sam" the army referred
ed to the supplies as Uncle Sans. "
This title was quickly applied to the
government andafter the war was used
everywhere in that sense.
The farm was sold because of the
death of the last member of the fami-
ly. 1t was owned by Wilson for l22
years.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-05-07
CONTRACT TO PICK COTTON BY MACHINERY

claims that the device has been mod
elled on a practical working basis and
fells confident that he will revolution
ize the cotton picking Industry in the
sonth. The machine, be admits, is
valueless except on the level upiands,
low valleys aud prairie grounds. but
even if it should prove unsuccessful
with this limit its effect on the labor
question in the south will be very
marked.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-05-07

At Mason, N. H., tie Wilson home
stead, said to be the birthplace of the
original Uncle Sam" has just been
sold atauction for 81 500. The purchas-
er was Captain Orren A. Hamblett. OF
Washington. Uncle Sam" was Sam
uel Wilson, the eldest of twelve chill
dren born on this farm. During the
second war with England, as the story
goes, he and his brother, Edward,
were contractors for government sup
plies at Troy, N. Y
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-05-07

seemed to be the desire OF owners OF
property abutting on the roads to cut
down all the trees on its border instead
of preserving them. whereas If they
had followed the latter course the
roads. both from an aesthetic and a
practical view would have been much
improved
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-05-07
Stand Like q Stone Wall

between your children and the tor
lures of Itching and burning eczema,
scaldhead or other skin diseases.
How? Why, by using Bucklen's Ar
MICA SaIve, earth's greatest healer.
Quickest cure for ulcers, fever sores,
salt rheum. cuts, burns or bruises. In
fallible for piles. % cents at Dawson
Drug Cos.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-05-07
AMERICAN OFFICERS IN LIMBO.

A gang of drunken American officers
aud marines are being successfully
treated for the whiskey habit in an
Italian prison. Howling drunk, thew
tried to take the the town, smashing
things right and left and injuring citi
zens as we'll. Why not apply the
"harmless" water cure.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-05-07

The attendance of confederate vet
Grams at the Dallas reunion was estl'
mated at 125, 000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-05-07

Job work executed neatly and
promptly at this Office.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
What Children Should Be Taught.

Merely what is contained in the
textbooks is not what children should
be taught at schools. They should
learn justice and right and fairness
and the principles of right living. If
justice is done they are sure to real
lie it, and 1t will have a bad effect
upon them. Character is formed at
school. An unjust rule will not tend
to make just men and women out OF
the boys and girls who are compelled
to observe it.-Toledo Bee.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
Aids 70 PhotouraphX.

One can scarcely keep track Of the
inventions and devices for the ad-
vancement Of photography, so rapidly
are they brought to our notice. The
latest is liquid lens that by its use
instantaneous photographs may be
made by gaslight, and a one-minute
exposure will be sufficient for moon
light scene. A certain oil is intro
duced between the parts of rectili-
near lens, and thus the refraction is
greatly increased.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28

to those well-remembered scenes.
We are better men and women to-
day for our attendance at those home
ly Thanksgiving services. The graft
tude of full hearts was thus poured
out for the manifold blessings OF the
year. Happy the man who can to-
day with "a. lowly and contrite heart"
reverently return thanks for the good
gifts of God.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
Horse Soon to GO.

New York has 1928 fewer stables
and $3.50 fewer horses than in Deem
Der, 1896. The decrease is attributed
to the disappearance of horse cars
en- surface lines. Expert observers
think that the automobile, at the
present rate of Improvement, will
Danish the horse from business traffic
within four or five years.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
The Oldest and Most
Real American Festival.

American his WT1h
tory was revealed WI, MI
when, at Fullhame pal W. N
ace, Gov. Bradford's man
uscript of the History Of rs
the Voltage of the Pilgrim NJ,
Fathers in the Mayflower and
the Foundation of the Plymouth
Plantation" was discovered. In that
manuscript truth was given to the ira
dition that the Pilgrims ate roast tur-
keys at their first Thanksgiving din
ner. What wonder the poet was In
spired to say:
Dear old Thanksgiving.
Whose arms are a turkey roasted!
And it has come to be distinctively
the one turkey day of all the year.
Then he dies for his country. He can
proudly say to the American eagle,
my friend, fly away off to the noun
tain tree tops and sit down; to-day
reign in the hearts of Americans"
But despite the truth given the old
Yankee legend Thanksgiving day has
become the most ulSllHCllNS VI Jul uA-
tional festivals. 1t is the Oldest, too,
for it antedates the Fourth of July a
century and half. The American
does not look back to ancestral halls,
rich in noble tradition, but to a birth
place of which every true citizen feels
proud a birthplace savoring of the
soil of new continent and telling of
conditions surrounding the infancy OF
a great people, now S0,000,000 in num-
Der. Through the mists of time he
looks back and sees the brave New
England pioneers, the Virginia settlers
and PENIS daring followers facing ter
rible hardships, and through them ere
ating the national spirit of America
a spirit of self-rellarce, of enterprise,
OF patriotism; spirit to meet emer-
gencies as they arise. If for no other
blessing the man is thankful for the
memories of those hardy ancestors,
and shows this feeling of gratitude on
Thanksgiving day.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
New England Claims
The Day As Her Own.


pumpkin; with traditions of Y
brick ovens and steaming puddings
and pies and apples galore; with the
Westinghouse sermon for young and
old; with the shedding party and nut
crackings-
when the gray-haired New Englander
sees round his board
The old broken ties of affections re-
stored" =,
is it a marvel that Thanksgiving Is
traced nowhere else than to the early
Yankee colonies? And, however much
the celebration has spread to other To-
calities, especially to the Western Re-
serve, it is difficult to interpret its full
meaning to the uninitiated. THE
proof of the pudding is the eating In
this case especially. and good diges-
ton often must wait on appetite In
the proving.
Still in all sections Of the country
the day will be more or less observed
after the fashion of the Puritan fore
fathers. John will come home from
college, Charles from the Office In the
city, and Daniel from the far West,
where he has gained fortune. The
old bachelor uncle, noted attorney,
will be at the homestead, and there
will grace the great white-cloth table
on that day all the children and grand
children, winsome maidens and hearty
youths.
Thus will Thanksgiving day pass in
the country life of America. 1t is diff
ficult, indeed, to interpret the meaning
of it to the city-bred man and woman,
girl and boy. unlearned in its suprem-
est Joys. But withal. instead of the
days observance being confined to
New England, its spirit will spread to
all the corners of the States and to
| the islands of the far-away seas, where
dear ones look homewerd. 1t will be
a grand day, and people will be. CRATE
full for the privilege of living in such a
| goodly land. The features of the day
| itself, the children and the profound
tranquility of peace will tend to make
the occasion one of sweetness and
enjoyment for boys and girls of to-day
and of yesterday.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
Novelist In Poor Health.

Private letters from Sorrento bring
the information that F. Marion Craw'
ford's health is giving his family
much anxiety. The novelist recently
had serious hemorrhage, it is said,
that left him in a weak condition. He
recuperated rapidly, however, and
since his condition has been more sat.
is factory.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
Scarcity of Naval Officers.

Secretary Moody faces considerable
difficulty in keeping necessary num-
Der of commissioned officers in the
navy. This is because of the con-
tinued ap ications for retirement I'M
der the provisions Of the navy per-
sonnet act There is no way to pre-
vent these retirements with advanced
rank.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
In May, 1873, Was Held
First Thanksgiving Day.

the day in thanksgiving for
miraculous delivery. In the autumn
Of 1921, ten months after they had
landed, the colonists of Plymouth held
the celebration to which is generally
traced the American custom.
Two years LATER the people held a
!: Somewhat different celebration. In
/, July, 1923, they were on the point of
starvatjon'because of a great drought,
but true to The incentive that caused
them to cross the sea and endure
hardships they resolved to look to the
Giver of all good and to hold day Of
fasting and prayer. Rain came as they
prayed-whether because of the length
of the incantations is not told in the
records-and their spirits and the
crops were refreshed. The same thing
occurred again in 1881, when they
prayed to be saved from starvation.
The Massachusetts Bay colony had a
similar experience in 1880. On July 8
the colonists resorted to prayer for
delivery, and turned the prayer meet
ing into one Of thanksgiving. lin view
of the relief afforded by the immi-
grants to their brethren in distress,
and of the preservation experienced
by the former on the ocean," Again,
on February 90, 1881, a thanksgiving
day was held, and there are records
of thanksgivings in the colony, days
set apart officially, in 1888, 1884, 1887,
1888 and 1889. The spirit had spread
to the Connecticut settlers and there
were days of grateful significance at
intervals from 1859 to 1716, and regu-
larly thereafter.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28

Thousands of people have catarrh who
would be surprised to know it, because
it has been called some other name than
catarrh. The fact is catarrh is catarrh
wherever located and another fact
which is of equally great Importance. is
that Peruna cures catarrh wherever
Socated.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
Just a "Reminiscences
of Happy Childhood.

Who among us does not re-
member with pleasure the
meeting house" services on
Thanksgiving day morning.
now. alas, many years ago.
Anticipation Of the feast to
follow the solemn ceremonies
of formal thanksgiving may
have detracted somewhat from
our attention to the words of
the preacher, but our hearts
turn now with grateful warmth
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28

many who find the worlds pathway
stony and the way long, should be IN
our thoughts rather than the gratif-
cation of our own pleasures. The
ever toothsome turkey will be a little
more succulent If we sit at table with
the knowledge that others less for
tunate than ourselves have been COM
forted and their heavy burdens for
a time lightened.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28

Ten thousand demons gnawing away at
ones vitals couldn't be much worse than
the tortures of itching piles. Yet there's .
cure. Doan's Ointment never fails.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28

r What nice old world this would
be if everybody were as polite as po-
litical candidates!
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
WHY IT Is THE BEST

Is because made by an entirely different
process. Defiance Starch Is unlike any
other. better and one-third more for 10
cents.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28

lam sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-Mrs. THos. ROBBINS
Maple Street, Norwich, N Y, Feb. IL, 1900
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28

Any girl who induces a young man
to propose begs the question.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28

"Cure the cough and save the life" DR..
Woods Norway Pine Syrup cures coughs
and colds, down to the very verge of con-
sumption.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
Let Us Remember
the Poor and Needy,

The personal attributes OF
"Old King Cole" have been
celebrated in song for many
years, and at this festive sea-
son it Is to be feared that too
many copy after the immortal
"jolly old soul" Celebration OF
the mercies vouchsafed to us
is right and proper, but a too
prolonged feasting is not the
best form of that celebration.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28

When a locomotive goes off on a
foot the engineer is generally car
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28

DON'T SPOIL YOUR CLOTHES.
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them
white as snow. All grocers. DC. a package.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28

Beauty is only skin deep, and a
lot of people are pretty thin-skinned
at that.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28
Luscious Pumpkin Pie
Crowns the Dinner.

or conqueror is the king of the
barnyard, supplemented with tooth
some pumpkin pie. How much OF
dignities. wealth and worldly ad-
vancement would many of us re-
sign could we sit down to the feast
with the appetite of Boyhood! Alas!
the pies may be the same, but the
years have robbed us of the healthy
zest with which at one time we at
tackled the golden brown delicacies
that mother used TO make"
The apple, king of the orchard, has
all seasons for its own; no special
occasion is needed for the serving OF
that delicacy, beloved alike by the
epicure and the small boy. The
mince pie is associated forever with
the thoughts of Christmas and Its
Joys, with wassail and with feasting,
with holly-decked halls and the state
ly Sirloin, but the pumpkin is the pie
par excellence to grace the Thanks
giving dinner table. The feast would
have an air of incompleteness without
that tempting dessert.
The unfortunates of our race whose
lot it must be to spend the season in
some foreign country, where the be-
nighted inhabitants know not ths
dish, will suffer keenly. The turkey
and other appropriate delicacies may
be procured, but in vain may the chef
concoct masterpieces Of gastronomy.
In vain the wine sparkles In the cost
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-11-28

If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman; President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0.