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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-08-24
SOME STARTLING FIGURES.
Some Sections Seem to Get More
Than Their Share of Pensions.

In the house of representatives
when the senate amendment appropri-
ating $4,000 for continuing the work OF
compiling the confederate roster came
up, Mr. Grice of Pulaski county pre-.
sented some startling pension figures,
He showed that while Banks county
received $40, 465 in pensions Chatham
received only 1915. The entire fret
congressional district, with ten couns
ties, draws only S25, 700 for pensions,
while the thirty-third senatorial dis
trict, with three counties, draws $685.
425. The three counties of the thirty,
third district are Banks, $40, 465; Jacks
son $ll,165, and Hall $14, 795. The
second congressional district draws
S61, 825, while the ninth district draws
$118,4 35, and the eleventh draws $685.
S55. The difference in the figures are
such as to suggest the possibility that
some persons are on the rolls who
should not be.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-08-24
FRUIT GROWERS BIG PROFIT
Georgia Growers Net 81, 10000
from Banner Crop.

Reports from the Fruit Growers Elk
press Line, which handled the peach
crop out of the state OF Georgia, shows
that 5000 cars were shipped out of the
state this season. OF this number o.
100 cars were shipped out of the north
ern Georgia district, while the re-
mainder was shipped out of south
Georgia Placing the number of crates
for each car at 500 the number o:
crates handled was 100000.
According to the reports an average
of 81 was realized on the crop per
crate, which makes an income of
Sc, 200, 900. The growers are said to
have made a profit OF 70 cents per
crate, which makes $2,170,000.
This season was the banner one and
over as twice as many cars were shipp-
ed this year than during the year
1898, which was the banner year up to
the present year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-08-24

delicately nodded. Her features are
clear cut and her eyes of that gray
color that denotes unfinching deter
mination and fearless courage.
In a daintily cut bathing suit open at
the throat to show a deep, nut brown
tan, her hair done up in tight coil
and her arms swinging free at her side,
Long Beachs new life saver patrols
her section of the long stretch of sand
with a nonchalant ease that shows her
independence Of thought and her disre-
gard of what the Trailer Of her sex
may regard as a prodigiOus disregard
of the feminine conventions.
Before she was accepted in the role
of life saver Captain Billy Leggett
tried her out with a series of tests
which would have stumped the major
ity of men who belong to the summer
colony. When the surf was running
high she was asked to test her speed
In getting to a buoy well beyond the
line of breakers.
my eyes went popping" said Cap
tain Billy, when saw the way that
girl went through those waves. She
went over them like q catamaran driv-
en- by a forty horsepower engine, and
she's got a stroke that beats anything
In the feminine swimming line l have
ever seen. She can handle q boat like
a trained life saver, and l feel conf
dent that if she is ever called upon to
get real busy her work will be sort
of revelation"
Miss Hamilton is exceedingly modest
about her new endeavor; also she Won
ders that any one should think 1t
strange that she should wish to join in
so noble an effort as that of saving
lives.
Some may think it a bit out OF the
ordinary" she remarked, "but as long
as I am fitted for the work l think
that clincheS my argument as to why l
enlisted my services. Though l don't
call myself one of the modern ath'
letic girls Of the century, l nevertne-
less consider myself an athlete. can
swim rings around a great many OF
the men who do the same work
am doing now, and I see no reason
why l should not employ my ability In
a good cause"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-08-24
SHE KEPT THE LIGHT GOING
A Lighthouse Keepers Wife Shows
Devotion to Duty That Is
Full of PathOS.

Major w. B. Graybill, corps of engi-
neers, U. S. A., has brought to the
attention OF the lighthouse board at
Washington a case of devotion to duty
that is full of pathos, and the board is
now considering the question of ap-
pointing Mrs. Mccall, the heroine of
the story, lighthouse keeper as re.
ward for her conduct.
Mrs. McCall's husband, Daniel Nc
Call, was the keeper of the light on
Cat island, off the Mississippi coast, a
remote spot and seldom visited. A
few weeks ago Mrs. Mccall found her
husbands body on the boat wharf.
She tried to carry it into the house,
but was unable to do it. Night came
on, and realizing that the light must
be started she undertook to do it. 1t
is revolving light. After the match
had been applied and the fame shone
out on the waters Mrs. Mccall found
that the machinery for turning the big
lamp would not work. Knowing the
importance of making it revolve she
endeavored to keep it going by the use
of her own strength. This she did all
night, and all the following night also,
with her husbands body lying on the
wharf nearby. On the third day her
signal of distress was seen and assist.
ance sent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-08-24
HOLD FOR TWELVE CENTS.
That is the Advice Given Texas
Trainers by E. $. Peters.

Speaking of the cotton situation, e..
S. Peters, president of the Texas Cot
ton Growers Association, says:
The crop as a whole in Texas ap-
pears to be in good condition. The
Weld is likely to reach 5000, 600 bales.
My advice to the cotton grower is
not to be in a hurry about marketing
his crop. Prices are sure to go much
higher than they are pow. Twelve
cents per pound can be gotten for the
bulk of the Texas crop, if the cotton
growers will act intclligentlY about
selling. There is more need for crop
.Of eleven and half million bales this
year than vhere was for ten and half
million bales last year. The man who
sells his cotton this year, in my iudg-
|ment, for less than y cents a pound
gives part of it away.
Natural demand, and not anything
that the boil weevil is likely to do,
will make the price. British and con-
dnental mills were never before so
prosperous. They need all the cotton
that there is in sight. | consider
Morse, Sully and Brown true friends
Of the southern cotton planters"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-08-24
YOUNG WOMAN JOINS LIFE SAVING CREW
Hamilton Is Splendid Swimmer and Handles Boat
With a Master Hand. Is Handsome and Wealthy.

The summer colony at Long Beach,
N. Y, has received a thrill that should
keep it titillating for the remainder
of the season, says the New York Even
ing World.
A young woman has joined the life
saving corps at the beach, and it is
said she is the first of her sex to I'M
dertake the heroic task of rescue work
from the line of dangerous breakers
that pound the sands of Long Islands
southern shore.
The young woman life saver is Miss
Norma Hamilton. She is nineteen
years old and a graduate Of Nassar.
She is spending the summer at Lyn-
brook. In the winter she lives with
her mother in fashionable part OF
New York. 1t is said by her friends
that she has made this departure in
the line of feminine effort simply to
proye what a woman can do in difficult
emergencies. AS she is wealthy, the
remuneration means nothing to her
Her qualifications for the job Of life
saving are beyond question. Captain
Billy Leggett of the corps declares she
is a wonderful swimmer and can han
die a Hfeboat with a master hand. She
can go through a line Of breakers like
a scared shark, and she has outdistanc-
ed the strongest men swimmers on the
beach in a half mile sprint
ITS really true that l am member
Of the life saving corps" said Miss
Hamilton, who is as brown as berry
and 1.-the and graceful of figure. Il
have been, able to swim ever since
can remember and don't see any
thing wonderful about it. When l was
a little bit of a girl, we spent our sum-
mers in Maine and 1 learned to swim
in the lakes. OF course fresh water
swimming is much harder than salt
water, so it seems strange to me that
more women do not swim at Long
Beach.
81 swim at Long Beach all the time
and sometimes stay in the water all
day"
Strange to say, there is nothing Of
the Amazon type in Miss Hamilton's
makeup. She has broad shoulders that
spread out on the shapely Gibson lines,
but withal her figure is willowy and
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-08-24
FOUL MURDER IN WEBSTER
Joe PHILLIPS SHOT TO DEATH At
CAMPMEETING NEAR PRESTON.
Was Important Witness for the State In
the Case of Morgan and HarrelI,
Charged With Arson.

Another sensational crime has ocS
Cured in Webster county.
While attending big negro Damn
meeting near Preston Joe Phillips, 8
well-known negro, was shot to death
by Bill Ellis. The shooting, it is said,
was without cause.
After shooting his victim dead, Ellis
waved his pistol about his head and
a white citizen .of the county, he gave
up.
Particular interest attaches to the
killing of Phillips. At the April term
Of court he was an important witness
for the state in the case of Henry
Morgan and sid Harrell, the white
men charged with burning the town Of
Preston in April last Henry Morgan
was convicted and is now in the state
penitentiary.
Harrell's trial, presumably, will take
place at the October term of Webster
superior court. The dead negro tests
fed against Morgan. But he cannot
now testify against Harrell.
Phillips was killed at the instigas
tion of others, it is believed by MANY,
and fearing that the prisoner might
be liberated by supposed confederates
he was taken by Sheriff Montgomery
IF Wahstar oOuptv IN tho Sl1ntnr nnunz
ty Jail for safe keeping.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-08-24
A TRAMP'S TREASURE.
A Big Roll of Bills Found i'm His
Ragged Clothes.

A number of young men in an Ohio
town recently thought they would
have good time with tramp if good
specimen could be discovered. The
right sort finally came looming up out
of the space and was captured. He
was given bath, shave and hair cut,
and was then decorated with a new
suit OF clothes. A fire was started,
and the young men told the tramp
that they were going to burn his old
clothes. He had undergone the previ-
Gus painful operation with a worldly
wise smile, but at this announcement
he began to fight. The reason was dis
covered by the police, who found 81, 400
in bills sewed in the lining of the old
coat.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-08-24
APATHY IN NEW YORK STATE
The Democrats Are Tagging in
the Presidential Campaign.

The democrats throughout the coun-
try are surprised at the reports that
come out from the tate of New York
concerning the apathy of the leaders
of the party in that state. 1t was said
to the country that the democrats OF
the state of New York would get to-
gether and give the ticket large ma-
iority if the party would nominate the
choice of New York for the presi-
dency. The party nominated the
choice of New York, and now they ex-
pected return is the delivery of New
York's electoral vote to the ticket in
November.
1t is said that the democrats in that
state are not getting down to work for
the ticket as they should and as the
balance of the country has right to
expect. The republicans have had
their organization perfected and in
working order for more than a month
in that state. The democrats have
the organization, but thus far it has
done nothing. 1t seems that the dem
ocrats of New York were wasting very
valuable time, and in large measure
endangering the success of the ticket
in November.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-08-24
USED FORTY GALLONS OF OIL
Statesboro Negroes Were Soaked in
Kerosene Before Being Burn
ed at the Stake.

With clothing saturated with kero-
sene, writhing and twisting in their
agony, screaming to heaven for mercy
the mob would not show, Paul Reed
and Will Cato, negroes, two of the
principals in the dastardly murder and
burning of Henry Hodges and wife and
their three children six miles from
Statesboro three weeks ago, were
burned at the stake Tuesday.
At 1:2l o'clock determined mob
charged upon the court house, over
powered the military guard, secured
Cato and Reed, who had been found
guilty after legal trial and sentenced
to be hanged, took them two miles
from Statesboro and there enacted the
fearful penalty.
The trial of Paul Reed, the ring
leader in the murder, had just been
concluded and a verdict of guilty rem
dered. Sentenced was imposed upon
both him and Will Cato, convicted the
day before, and September 9 was fixed
as the day of execution.
Five hundred men carried them two
miles from the town and applied the
torch. They expired in short time
after the pile of faggots, saturated
with kerosene, had been fired. While
the flames we're licking bis trembling
flesh Reed confessed to his part in the
murders.
The mob used forty gallons of kero-
Sene.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-08-24
THE REWARD NOT EARNED,
Boil WeeviI Commission Out OF
Existence.

Nobody will get the reward of $780,
900 offered by the state of Texas for a
sure cure for the boil weevil evil. The
commission that was created at the
time the reward was offered has passed
out of existence by the termination of
the period for which it was appointed
In it's report, which was filed a day or
two ago, it says there has been no dis
covery, SO far as it learned, of meau2
or remedy for getting rid of the boil
weevil, but it thinks the!harm done by
the weevil can be partially overcome
by early planting and intense cultural
methods.
The agricultural department. at
Washington will no doubt continue lts
experiments with the Guatemalan ant,
and will strive to find other means OF
successfully fighting the pest.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-08-24
,OTIOy CROP Is NOT GOOD
r,uwIssioNER STEVENS GIVES THE
CONDITION OF PLANT.
,.ossions of Commissioners of Agri'
on,,ure All Over the South. Has
geen Too Much Rain.

o.nrnissiouer of Agriculture 0. b.
"a in a symposium of answers
,h,fsbed in this weeks Manutac-
' y Record, gives the condition OF
W.. .sI cotton crop in Georgia as follows;
~Tbe present condition of the cot
nlont is far from favorable, owing
O,bo excessive rains and want of sun
'siro for the past 10 days. Rain and
Ianav weather is still on. The out
,.o, nm TO 10 days ago was 1attering
hr a good crop. We cannot count on
NOVA than an average crop In Georgia.
on satisfied that Georgia will not
.a,o more cotton than she can gather.
mbo farmers will be in better condi-
ann IN hold their cotton crop this
year"
sypressions from commissioners OF ag'
,ionIure all over the south. The Ala
hama commissioner thinks his state
viii produce, l, 100, 900 bales. The Tex
q. commissioner looks for the lone star
state to produce 100000. No unusual
WELD is promised by North Carolina.
Arkansas reports bottom lands badly
3amaped bv rains. Oklahoma reports
s. per cent increase in The acreage
with prospects for a normal yield
Florida reports black root, rust aDd
shedding. The commissioner says
most of the farmers will hold their cot
ton if it goes below 10 cents. South
Carolina looks to produce a good crop,
though the cotton is being damaged by
wet weather and wilt. The Mississippi
commissioner says the rains have
rniDed the finest crop the state has
ever had.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-08-24

President Roosevelt's friends at
Washington assert that his formal let
ter of acceptance will be full of "genu-
inc Roosevelt ginger" They say that
his letter given out the day of his noti-
fcation was intentionally tame. Hav-
ing taken the political measure of
Judge Parker, and regarding him as a
calm, deliberative body, the president
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-08-24
TOO GOOD TO HIS WIFE.
Husband Had No Backbone and
She Sued for Divorce.

Because Howard Bryning of Kansas
|Clty was too fond of his wife and &C.
guessed in everything she did Mrs.
bryning has secured a divorce.
My husband had no backbone"
said Mrs. Bryning, in talking over the
strange reason for divorce. when
ever l asked for anything 1 always got
i without question. There is no sat
sfaction in that kind of humdrum ex-
stence for me-"
Mr.. Bryning is travelling passenger
agent for the Northern Pacific rail-
FoaQ with headquarters in Kansas City.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-08-24
NEGRO TROOPS CAN'T VISIT GEORGIA

Acting Adjutant General Scott re-
Gently received request from the ad-
lutant general of South Carolina ask
ing permission for company of negro
troops to visit Savannah on an excur-
sion and to be armed with ball cart
ridges. Permission was refused.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-08-24

proposes to cut loose and shy few
strenuous bricks over into the judges
back yard. 1t is further said that
President Roosevelt, observing that
Parker is now swimming In the river
of public opinion, intends to do the
naughty bov act and tie some hard
knots in the judges political clothes
left on the shore.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-08-24
CHARRED BONES PRESENTED JUDGE DALEY

those who participated in the execu-
uon OF the negroes at Statesboro last
week seem to have no fear of after
results or that there will be any steps
70 bring those implicated in the affair
to Justice.
Va the afternoon after the lynching,
while walking down the streets Of
'Stesboro with Solicitor Rawlings,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-08-24

Judge Daley was met by two young
men who stopped him. One of them
extended number of charred boDes
with the remark:
"Well, we have finished it, and here
is all that ls left of them"
Judge Daley shuddered and walk
ed on. lie knew neither Of the young
men.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-08-24

Twenty-Five per cent saved on jewell
ry. Biggest and best line in the city.
DAWSON DRUG Co,
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1904-06-03
THE OBSCENTY LAW.
Postmaster General Payne Makes
a Statement.
Complaints Being Made Against the
Mails Being Used to Circulate
Newspapers Containing OBJ
jectionabIe Advertisements.

Washington, June 2.-Postmaster
General Payne Wednesday gave out a
statement regarding the attitude of the
department toward worthless nos
trums and the newspaper publication
of obscene advertisements The state
ment follows:
"a large number of complaints hav-
ing been received by the first assist
ant postmaster general protesting Wig
Orously against the United States
mails being used for the purpose of
circulating newspapers and other lit
erature containing advertisements Of
alleged cures for loss of manhood. Vi
tally, ETC., the acting postmaster gen.
eral transmitted number of these adj
yertisements to the assistant attorney
general for the post Office department
with the request for an opinion as to
whether or not their transmittal
through the mails constituted a viola
tion of law. Mr. Robb, the then assist
ant attorney general for the post office
department, rendered an opinion hold
ing such advertisements a violation Of
what is known as the obscene law
The only intention which has ever
been entertained by the administrative
officers has been to suppress the adver-
tisements which the law officer of the
department has held to be obscene. OF
course the post Office department has
never had any intention of starting a
crusade upon patent medicines or of
establishing a censorship upon adver-
tisements printed in newspapers.
There has been no change in the pol
icy or practice of the department; the
facts simply are that certain abuses
having been called to it's attention it
has acted thereon as required by law.
In the regular course of business IN
the Office of the assistant attorney gen.
eral number of cases were presented
in which so-called cures for lost man.
hood and lost vitality were complained
of as being worthless, as we'll as the
literature of the company selling the
article being obscene. Analysis Of
these so-called remedies developed the
fact that in most instances the ingredi-
ents were simply starch and sugar. In
a number of instances the pills and
drugs contained ingredients injurious
to the system and forbidden by law to
be sold. 1t having thus appeared that
these companies are defrauding the
public by means of false and fraudu-
lent representations, made through the
mails, the issuance Of fraud orders
was recommended to the postmaster
general and accordingly issued by him.
No action has been contemplated by
the department save in these cases Of
obscenity and fraud
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1904-06-03
YOUNG RUSSIANS MISSION.
IL Is to Kill Five Fat and Prosperous
Looking Men.

Chicago, June 2.-Abel Gabiniska, a
Russian, "a years of age, was arrested
Wednesday night after he had attempt
ed to shoot man named Frank Ad-
ans. whom he had never seen before.
He made a desperate fight against be
ing placed under arrest and fired sew
eral shots at the police officers who
took him to the station.
He declared to the police after be-
ing arrested that he had been sent to
Chicago by a society in st. Louis with
instructions to kill fat and prosperous
looking men" A paper found in his
pocket contained the names of Mayor
Carter H. Harrison and Alderman
Honore H. Palmer. He would not adj
nit that he intended to assassinate
these two men, but said that his in
structions made it necessary for him
to kill five "fat and prosperous men"
1t could not be definitely ascertain
ed Wednesday night whether the man
is demented or an anarchist. The po
lice, however, are of the opinion that
there is some truth in his story.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1904-06-03
THE LOST ISLAND.
On Her Return Trip From Honolulu
Cruiser Denver Will Hunt For 1t.

Washington, June 2.-On her return
trip from Honolulu the cruiser Denver
will search for the Lost Island of the
Pacific" This island is supposed to
be somewhere between Honolulu and
California bay. 1t appears on the old
Spanish maps, but on American maps
it is put down as doubtful. 1t has long
been a theory that the American sloop
of war Levant, which disappeared iE
1859 on its way from Honolulu to Pan
ANA and was never heard of again.
was wrecked off this island. American
men-of-war have been in search of the
island before but no trace Of it has
been found. 1t is supposed its location
is in an unfrequented part of the Pa
cific, off the line of travel.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1904-06-03
A Happy Mother.

Maple Hill, Ia, May 3O.-A very remark
able case occurred here recently. The
people here have never seen anything like
it and it may interest many others.
From his infancy, Verne, the little five
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Barefoot,
of this place, has been sickly. His moth
er consulted a doctor, but he did not be-
GIN to improve till some one suggested that
she try a remedy called Dodd's Kidney
Pills. From unmistakable symptoms she
had always believed that his Kidneys were
the first cause of all the trouble, so she
bought box of Dodd's Kidney Pills and
began giving little Verne two pills "a day.
In two or three days she noticed an i'm
provement and she kept on till he had
used about two boxes when to her great
joy, he was all right. Everybody remarks
how much better Verne looks and Mrs
Barfoot always explains: 'Dodd's Kidney
Pills saved his life.''
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1904-06-03
EXTRA PAY FOR OFFICERS.
The Court of Claims Acted on Sixty
Four Cases.

Washington, June 2.-The court of
claims has rendered judgment for ex-
ira pay in GA cases of officers who
served in the volunteer army during
the war with Spain. The amount in
volved is between $4,000 and $4,000
Congress provided for this extra pay
to volunteers mustered out of service
with furloughs, but through rulings of
the treasury department many officers
who were held to military duty during
the entire period of the furlough were
deprived of the benefits The court Of
claims did not accept the decision Of
the controller of the treasury.