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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-09-23

An Atlanta special to the Savannah
Press contributes the following inter
estfng article 10 the political talk of
the state:
VIII John Templc Graves ruH for
governor on the race issue? since the
recent speeches in favor OF coloalza-
,t,on Of the blacks and his defiant ut
terapce that negroes Will be lynched
as long as assaults on white women
continue he has.-eceived a great'C1any
aetters endorsing his position, num-
Der urging himttO become candidate
for governor in,erder that the people
1ofE,eorgia might have az opportunity
to show the outside world how they
stand on the negro question.
The result in Mississippi is pointed
to as an evidence that Colonel Graves
world win ia e similar Champaign in
Georgia.
For dozen years Col. Graves has
advocated putting negroes ina state to
themselves. Tits no new idea with
him, though it attracted 40 greet at
tention until Colonel Graves went
north and west and told the people to
theirsfaces that lynching would sc on
and if the NORTH didn't like it it'cenld
lump it.
Colonel Gravesis natural orator,
richly, endowed with the gift OF speech,
educated, extensively tray
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-09-23
CANCER CURED BY BLOOD BALM.
All Skin and Blood Diseases Also Cured.

All Skin and Blood diseases Also cured
Mrs. M. L. Adams, Fredonia, Ala.
took Botanic Blood Balm, which eff
feetually cured an eating cancer of
the nose aud face. The sores healed
up perfectly. MANY doctors had given
up her case as hopeless. Hundreds OF
cases of cancer, eating sores, suppur-
ating swellings, ere, have been cured
hy Blood Balm. Among others Mrs.
q. NJ. Guernev, Warrior Stand, Ala.
Her nose and lip were raw as beef,
with offensive discharge from the eat
ing sore Doctors advised cutting, but
il failed. Blood Balm healed the
sores, and Mrs. Guerney is as well as
ever. Botanic Blood Balm also cures
eczema, itching humors, scPb s and
scales, bone pains, ulcers, offensive
pmples, blood poison, carbuncles,
scrofula. risings and bumps on the
skin and all blood troubles. Improves
the digestion, strengthens the kidneys.
Druggists, 81 per large bottle, with
complete directions for home cure.
Sample free and prepaid by writing
Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe
| trouble and special medical advice
will be sent in sealed letter
When in need of any kind of job
| printing try The News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-09-23

When in need of any kind of job
printing try The News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-09-23
GRAVES FOR GOVERNOR ON RACE ISSUE
Atlanta Ede Before the People That Plat
FORM Endorsed by Many Correspondents.
Is Not Known He WIN DO About Next Race.

eIed, widely read, of poetic fancy aud
emotional temperament; he possesses
that fervid eloquence which charms,
captivates and s~ays those who hear
him.
Gn some respects his short speeches
resemble those of Grady, though
Grady, perhaps, took more serious
view of great problems, and was more
truly an optimist. If Graves runs for
governor three years 2ence, and he
he's said he would not run against Gov
ernor Terrell next year, it will be a
racy campaign. OF all the gentlemen
who have been mentioned there Is not
one who would care to meet Graves on
the stump. 1t would be like a fight
between game chicken and Shanghai
rooster, for hardly one could withstand
the keen points of Graves gaffs- Col
onel Graves is not much bigger than
ashantam chicken, and Joe Hill Hall
c0nld bite him in two, but he caR set
5000 people wild with enthusiasm by
the electrifying power of his elo.
Quence.
That Colonel Graves has heard the
buzzing of the gubernatorial bee is .un-
questionably true, but 1906 is q long
way off and lots of things can happen
between now and then. The colonel,
however, talks as though he would as
soon as not "take fall'' out of the
other,men who have been mentioned.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-09-23
Hector Mcdonald Fund.

The Hector Macdonald memorial
fund is now approaching $4,000 ($2O,-
900. and John Bannon of Glasgow IN
indorsing a check for $1,000 ($5'OOO)
renews his promise to contribute a sim
liar sum when the next $4,000 ($20,OOO)
Is subscribed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-09-23
Used for Pneumonia.

DR.. C. ]. Bishop of Agnew, Mich,
saws: II have used Foley's Honey and
Tar in three very severe cases of pneu'
monia with good results in every
case" Refuse substitutes.
HENDRICKS DRUG STORE.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-02-19

y
County begun and held Skowhegn within
of Tuesday A
And fourth adjournment thereof
twenty third December D. the
Chapter the Revised
annual the month
D. and roads originally
townships and of land said County
Brighton having thereupon made of the
needed be and
have assessed upon the following described townships and
of
putting and keeping said roads in repair during the D.
addition Hurricane
the road in Dead River Plantation said
County, having become suddenly injured and the County Comm
immediate the
their
hereby add
plantation being the first such after said and
distinct column the
five hundred dollars
eighty eight cents, with Section Chapter
yisedS Maine.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-02-19

land bounded on the n.
by N. line Of plantation. f. by
land Of Bartlett and Plummer.
5. by two mile strip. w. by
land Of Somerset q Franklin
and & I.nmLer Cnmnanv
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-02-19

The foregoing expended highway in said Plantation
and John Sterling hereby appointed agent xpend lay
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-02-19

The foregoing be expended the highway SAID plantation
and Walter f. Kinds hereby appointed agent eNpend and lay the
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-02-19

The foregoing S35SI3 expended the highway said
plantation and VIM o. Wyman hereby appointed eNpend and lay
out the same The tax S5o 8S specially assessed repair sudden
to Hurricane bridge be expended but be collected cash.
thereof
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-02-19

he foregoing to be expended the highway said plantation
and Mason NJ Luce hereby appointed agent expnd
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
EDIsoN's FIRST INVENTION.
IL Caused Him to Give Up a Job anc
Seek Other Fields.

'NaN
Philadelphia Ledger: a statement
that has been going the rounds of the
press of late relative to the great num-
Der of inventions patented by Thomas
A. Edison makes no mention Of his
first labor-saving device, which
though it cost him dearly, was never
sent TO the patent Office or placed up
on the market, though 1t did the work
Tor which it was designed perfectly.
This invention, forgotten by all save
q few old telegraph operators and the
wizard himself, was thought out in the
lays when Mr.. Edison earned his daily
bread operating the Boston-New York
night wire of what is now the West
ern Union Telegraph company. The
pay was not particularly large, but the
work was light, so light tina New York
N order to make sure that the man
on the Hub end Of the wire was at
tending to business, arranged for him
to call up every hour after midnight,
give his official call and sign, it being
argued that this would keep him
awake, 1t did keep Edison awake for
a few weeks. Then he set about utiliz-
lng his spare time on a device which
would beat the smart ones" who ruled
She New York office.
The result was all that could be ex-
pected from Mr.. Edison's successes in
later life. 1t was an arrangement Of a
battery with q clock and q circuit
breaking instrument which at the prop
sr time would give New York the
!~ooked-for signals. Tor weeks II Yves
the marvel OF MIR. Edison's friends that
he got along with 30 little sleep. Then
the denouoment camo in the form Of q
call for Boston from New York with a
very important message. Though Bos-
ton had signaled but a few moments
before, 1t was found impossible to
raise" that city when 1t was necessary
to send h message. Nearly an hour
later the New York operator was
pounding away, when the circuit was
opened and the sounder gave Of "Bn.
H.. Q X" Immediately the call for
Boston was renewed, but no answer
came fro an hour, when the magic sig
nal was again repeated. All night long
the wire was watched, and when morn
Ing came the manager at Boston was
asked to explain tho mystery.
The manager, a canny Scot, knew a
thing or two, or at least he thought Ns
did, and without saying a word to any
body, examined the clock and Edison's
locker, finding there the tell-tale wires
and mechanism. That night, when the
future Wizard" showed up for work.
he found that the manager had decided
to give him "30"-whlch in the te!e-
grapher's talk spells discharge.
Edison knew well enough what he
discharged for, and so left the
next day for New York and the career
which has since made his name a
household word the world over.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
L.ife-Cost of Accidents,

American Medicine: 1t is strange
how negligent we are as a profession,
and especially as a nation. Of the loss
OF life and the cost of accidents. 1t is
calculated that more disability is
caused by them than by consumption,
pneumonia and cardiac diseases COM
bined. Compare this fact with the
space taken up in medical and other
literature by the consideration of ac-
cidents. Has there been a single paper
read in the last two national medical
conventions on accidents? And yet is
1t not certain that careful attention to
the prevention OF accidents would re-
suit in as much saving Of life and ex-
pense to the community as the same
amount given to the three diseases
named? Statisticians reckon tina TO-
10000 accidents occur in the United
States each year, killing 1000 persons.
This number, says DIR. ID. j. Mcmahon
OF New York city, is greater than thai
Of all the casualties of the seventeen
years NGpoleonic wars. In all 6S, 900
working people are annually disabled
for life. IN u country, $4,000 for more
than three months and 400,0 900 incapa-
Citated for less than three months.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15

oh" I replied, perhaps IL VIII get
setter SOON"
NO" said lie. decisively, at shall go
worse and worse through the day. I
nm sur OF IL. But no matter. ] will
ind you a coat.
He said a few words I'm Welsh, and
ais little boy ran out of the house, TO
return in five minutes laden with a
great -blue-gray homespun coat, quite
new, M OF q texture to Withstand the
hercest storm that ever blew. He ex-
planned that II Was borrowed from his
shepherd, who would not be going from
home that day.
At once, upon seeing II, i formed a
design of purchasing It, as / knew not
now when ] should see my cloak again,
n the shepherd was fetched to strike
a bargain. This was easily lone TO mis-
great satisfaction. n I rode away
that morning across the hills, fenced
as securely from the biting, driving
SECT as If had been in q castle.
Our progress was very slow, since ii
was timed TO the pace of the slowest
sheep, and when we came to the ham
let where my guide was to deliver his
flock, the dusk was falling.
There was no inn at the place, but
one of the houses provided some ac-
commodation for travellers, and / de-
termined TO stay rather than push for
Nant-y-Bryn In the darkness. My kind
friend spent the night there also, and
the next morning we parted. with
hearty expressions Of goodwill on both
sides. he had given me such partic-
ular directions for finding my way that
l doubted not but an hours ride woui;
see the end Of my Journey.
l had gone some two miles on my
way and was crossing Il patch of bro
ken, healthy land, when / saw an
other horseman some distance away TO
my left. He vas following n road
which gradually ran to meet mine, and
step by step we drew nearer, like men
marching down the arms of n great ".
He was a young man. looking much
of my own age. riding q tall. thin,
black horse, of no great quality, hand
somely dressed, and carrying q sword,
but, so far as j could see, no pistols.
He looked me over with an air OF great
superiority, for which / could see ne
grounds. TIL l remembered myself OF
the coarse gray coat l was wearing.
We reached the meeting place of the
two roads within half-a-dozen yards of
each other, he in front. He spoke to
I me In Welsh, and / bade him good
morning.
You are English, then" said he
coldly.
Il am" said I, and have no Welsh
All the time his eye was running over
my mare, and he drew his horse away
to put the whole width Of the road be-
tween us.
Does he take me for q highway
MANI" I thought, and ! smiled, for my
combination of coarse graz coat and a
nag under me fit for a prince certainly
pointed in that direction, had we been
on q more travelled route.
In this smile | managed to displease
him, for it timed with a false step of
his sorry horse, and he thought |
laughed at him.
The color shot up into his thin, dark,
handsome face, and his big black eyes
flashed at me 1ercely. I looked before
me, as If I had observed nothing, and
now saw In front, a large house stand
ing half way up & steep slope.
CONTINUED Next Weekly
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
"Geoffrey Heathcote, Esq"
BY JOHN fiNNiMoRE. Copyright 1899, by s. s. Mcclure CO..

But you saw the leader OF them. He
vas sitting In that cottage when you
.ppeared in the doorway, and the
lwarf rogue, who was one of the party
1ttackins you. was seated between
IS"
And we're you thcre?'' she said. "I
aw some figures about the fire, but the
ight was so bad that i could distin-
uish nothing clearly
nd both listened attentively. We had
y this time reached the road, and were
larching steadily forward. The place
Or which l was bound lay a days
quincy beyond the inn which / had
ltely left. 1t was clear. however, that
ny companions knew the country well,
nd doubtless they were pushing OF
low for other and safer quarters, so ]
aoved contentedly with them.
There is some noise" said Siani. In
Ter o~dd-sounding English.
We drew rein at once, and heard the
latter OF hoofs pounding along the
Dad behind us.
1T sounds as II we were pursued
aid I. Ride quickly on and ] will
heck them and then follow you"
Nay" said the young lady, "let US
'ide faster"
You cannot ride fast enough 10 es-
ipe, Sdlu i. InOSe NOTSeS are IfeSD
~ the salloping, and your horses are
Hearty used up now"
And you also have been travelling al
day." she said.
you do not know W~hitesock," ]
laughed, pattins the good mares neck,
Besides, I am quite safe. Do not
Fear on h a score. LIDO not believe
they have pistols, and I will take care
they do not close with me-"
They may have mine" said the
young lady.
And II they have" / returned. mine
carry twice as far, and a heavier ball,
| can turn them easily enough. But
pray ride on. We are losing precious
time. II any accident should happen
you VIII have but n poor start as II L..
Slant now added her e~ntreaties &c
mine, and at the same time flung her
cloak about her young mistress. I ther
saw for the first time that the lady had
lost her cloak.
mo, no." she said. "Siani-"
stay" / broke in; "the matter Is
easily arranged. "Siani shall wrap her,
self In my cloak, and leave me the freeI
for my work"
l stripped off my cloak, tossed 1t tc
the waiting woman, who wrapped II
9nugly round her in q couple of turns
and away they went.
The moonlight shone in the bright
dark eyes, the pale, beautiful face
turned back toward me as they rode
off, and l waved my hat in gay conf,
dence.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
He Was Far Out in the Country

So ono morning, when the animal.
keeper opened the barred door to feed
the hon, old Leo gave one spring,
knocked over the keeper and did not stop
running until he was far out In the coun-
try, tired, thirsty and hungry. The next
morning he started out to look for part
nerS. but no sooner than any Of the 9TH
er animals saw him they would run away
In terror, never giving Leo the opportuni-
~ to tell Of his wonderful plans.
After wandering about 10. several days
without being able to and anything 70
eat, he determined to 20 back 10 the cir
cuE, but when he reached the town tia
circus had left and AZ every emo E-as
afraid OF Leo, some men formed a som
pany, armed themselves and shot him on
sight
Moral: Don't 10 too ambitious,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
She Didn't Care

Maplehill, Iowa, Aug. 1O.-"I felt a.
though l didn't care whether l lived OF
died, | was so miserable all the time
In these words does Miss Nellie Bar
foot of this place describe her condl
ton. Every woman who Is, or has
been sick and suffering will understand
and appreciate just how Miss Barfoot
felt, and there are no doubt MANY
thousands of similar cases.
1t Is truly an awful thing when a
woman gets SO low that she can ga
i don't care whether I live or die"
But Miss Barefoot tells a different
story to-day, and her words should
guide every suffering oma to the
path OF health and happiness.
Il used Dodd's Kidney Pills, and ]
am cured. | feel like a new person,
and | would say to every woman SUI.
fering as l did, give Dodd's Kidney
Pills a trial and you will not be dIsap.
pointed. They are worthy of the high.
est praise"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
The Trouble With the English Lam

In Harper's Magazine for August,
BTander Matthews voices the need for the
development Of a purely English language,
and criticiEes some Of the present charac-
teristics Of the language:
AT the beginning OF the nineteenth CEN
fury English was spoken as a native
tongue by a few more than twenty mil
lions OF men and women; and at the end
OF the century It was spoken by very near
ly n hundred and thirty millions. Prob
ably the English-speaking race cannot
possibly %quintuple itself again or even
quadruple itself In the twentieth century;
but 1t will pretty certainly double and 1t
may very likely treble itself within tho
next hundred years. Before the year 1000
the number CT those who use English as
their natural speech will be between two
hundred and fifty millions and five hum
dred millions. Before the year 1000, Eng
fish will have outstripped all It's rivals
excepting only the Russian. which repre-
sents another civilization In a more or
less remote part Of the globe. Before tho
year 1000, English Will have forced a rec
ognition Of It's right 10 be considered a
world-langusgs .
And In what condition is the language
Itself to undertake tho vast work thus
laid upon Tito serve as a medium of
communication for so many hundreds of
millions Of men an women. Fortunately
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15

A man called Major Prentiss was ono
Of the wealthiest and haughtiest citi-
zens OF q certain small eastern city.
Like most naughty men ne Was pretty
generally hated. but, like most wealthy
men. he was pretty generally praised
to his face. The two Of
the town were especially given TO say
ing pleasant things about him, possibly
because he held a past-due mortgage
on each Of them. Indeed Major Prem
tiss was q sort of zone OF contention
between the two editors, each, perhaps,
hoping the mortgage would foreclose
one without q rival. Anyway, neither
newspaper ever lost an opportunity to
construe the others utterances as un-
friendly to the major.
Once, in the course Of q heated dis
cussion, In which each was trying TO
prove the others position to be inimical
10 the majors financial interests, one
OF the editors undertook to break down
the others argument by Analysing his
logic. After ~learnedly stating the
broader clause of the syllogism, he
wrote:
This major premise is, as usual. all
wrong"
l will not attempt to describe that
writer's disgust when duplicate proof
slips were laid upon his desk and he
read in type the following sentence in
stead of his own:
This Major Prentiss is, as usual, all
whong."
OF course he expected the proof
reader to correct the error, but he could
not resist the temptation to express his
opinion Of the stupidity Of the printer
who had made it. So ne snatched UP a
pen and wrote in Circling parenthaSis
on the margin OF the proof slips as fol-
lows, save hat where | use dashes he
used big, plain letters:
cod id fool.")
That was several years ego, blu,
there are still many good, pious people
In that town who treasure copies OF the
paper Of that day and smile over II
when they tell the story Of how the
printer mistook the EDITORS duplicate
for the corrected proof slip and the pa
per went to press with the sentence re-
yised TO read:
This Major Prentiss cd id FOOD
is, as usual, all wrong"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
His vse,tIor.

Judge: The summer tourist, being en-
gagged In some n~aturalistic pursuits,
came upon a bee which sat ~leisurely
on a blade Of grass and seemed per-
fectly u~nconcerned.
How now?" quoth the summer tour
list. This bellies all I have read about
the busy bee."
What does?" asked the guide.
why, that bee OF that blade of
grass has been sitting there all morn
ing evidently and still gives no sign
OF intending to go to work"
"Oh, he doesn't have to go to work
for some time yet" explained the
guide.
He doesn't7 What variety of bee
Is hep"
That's what they call the husking
bee. He won't have anything to do
until next fall"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15

TO PREVENT BURGLARY.
Safe Opening Tools jealousy Guarded
Day and Night.

New York Times: I'VE have tools for
opening Safes" said the foreman OF the
machine room Of a safe factory, that
no burglar could initiate even If he got
them But 1t would be one of the most
difficult things in the world for him to
set even a sight of them. The tool
room is guarded as closely as a bank
vault. A Waterman stays in IL all
night. We are very careful about en-
ploying our men. They must give
bonds and have the hest OF references.
The chances of n burglar getting into
u employ for the purpose Of learning
our methods is scarcely worth think
ing about.
Very frequently we have hurry calls
for a man to open q safe where the
timelOck has gone askew or where the
clerk has forgotten the combination.
You can readily imagine that with q
bank or trust company 1t is an essen
tial thing to have safe open before the
business begins. When we send q
mar out he takes q w~agonload OF tools,
for he must open the safe without ruin
ing the lock and he does not know
precisely what the trouble is. He car
ries q photograph of himself with u
credentials on It. Nor will he open the