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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-02-22
LIGHTNING RODS ARE PASSING OUT OF USE
Are Now Being Placed on Very Few Buildings in This
Country. Owners of Big Skyscrapers in Cities
Say Rods Are Actually Dangerous.

such stipulation, and adds that a
couple of years agO,a valuable testi-
mony to the uselessness and even dan
ger of the lightning rod was afforded
by case which came under his per-
sonal knowledge. A big building was
being erected in one of the great
American cities and as it neared COM
pletiOn the subject of lightning rod
came up for discussion. The con-
tractors asserted that no rod was nee
essary; in fact they said the building
would be safer without it. The firm
for whom the skyscraper was being
built, however, insisted that the usual
supposed safeguard against lightning
should be included. OF course the
contractor made no objection, and as
soon as the work was finished the
lightning rod was run up.
The next week terrific thunder
storm swept over the city, and the
first building to be struck was the
newly completed skyscraper. Almost
the whole of the roof was torn off,
while the flagstaff on which the light
ming conductor was erected remained
uniniured. The owners were astound-
ed at such curious coincidence, but
as they were fully covered by insur-
ance they suffered no great loss. The
insurance company, however, before
renewing the policy insisted on the
lightning conductor being removed.
which was done, and the building has
not been struck since.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-02-22
THIS MAN WANTS TEN BILLION.
Thinks He Has Created New Heav-
en- and New Earth.

Having in his possession bill
made out against America and the
Young Mems Christian Association
for 10000, OOO,0 for creating a new
heaven and new earth, Albert E.
Leighton. of As south 10Th. street
Philadelphia, has been arrested, tech
nically charged with carrying con-
cealed weapons. A loaded revolver
was found in his pOchet and also a
letter to Miss Helen Gould. The po-
lice say he has been sending letters to
Miss Gould proposing marriage.
The ambulance reported that Leigh
ton was suffering from religious mel
anchOlia.
A paper was found in his pocket
which read as follows:
America and the Y. M. c. A., in
account with Albert Leighton, to one
mountain discovered, $1,000, 900, 900;
to one new heaven und earth created,
S., 900, 900, 900; total $4,000, 900, 600.
Please remit. Long past due. "
The paper also contained many bib
lical references.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-02-22

Lightning rods, once believed to be
so necessary to the safety of building,
seem to have lost in popularity dur
ing the past decade, and its but sell
dom now that any new structure is fin
ished with this alleged safety guard.
The fact that during severe storm
which occurred one day last year no
less than 30 different buildings in one
city, nearly all of which were supplied
with lightning rods, were struck by
lightning is evidence that the rods are
far from being absolute protection.
In these instances the electric fluid APP
parently Scorned the conductor, and
instead Of running down it attacked
the flagstaff, splitting the poles into a
thousand fragments and scattering
them in all directions. Electricians
say that while the fOrked rod undoubt-
eddy attracts the lightning the cleo
tricity in nine cases out of ten does
not run down the wire and into the
ground, as is generally supposed, but
strikes, some other part of the build
ing near the rod. Some of the biggest
skyscrapers in the world are now
built without lightning rods and are
seldom struck.
A builder who has erected many
thousand dollars worth of buildings
says that while ten or fifteen years
ago every insurance company insisted
that each building for which they is
sued policy should be furnished with
lightning rod today they make no
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-02-22

An extreme case of railroad COM
pany carrying out its contract as
common carrier occurred on the Geor-
Eggfs railroad a few days ago.
Guy Spratling of Atlanta was pas
senger on the train, en- route to Au-
gusta, and relates the following expe-
rience:
Just before the train reached the un-
ion depot an old negro man rushed to
the ticket Office, purchased a ticket to
Barnett and hurried back to the plat
form to catch the train. AS he reach
ed the side of the platform near where
the train stops the old man fell dead,
one outstretched hand still grasping
the ticket.
When the train pulled up to the de-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-02-22
SCHEME TO CUT COTTON CROP
Texan Would Spread WeeViI All Over
the Southern States. Use of
the Mails Denied Him.

A Washington dispatch says the
offer of Texan to scatter the boil
weevil throughout the entire cotton
section of the south in order to effect
the next crop prompted the house
committee on agriculture to report
favorably a bill by Mr.. Lowering of
Massachusetts to prohibit the inter-
state transportation of insect pests
and the use of the mail for that pur-
pose.
Some time ago a prominent cotton
firm in New York received a letter
from man in Dallas Offering to I'M
dertake the spread of the pest for the
purpose of affecting the cotton crop
in sections outside the present boil
weevil area.
This letter was turned over to the
OF agriculture, and Scores
tary Wilson put Come of the~aepart-
ment ssetectives on the track of the
writer. He was found to be a man of
some prominence in Dallas.
No Punishment Possible.
There was no way of reaching him
for punishment. SO the matter was
presented in confidence to the members
of the agricultural committee, and
Mr.. Lowering drew a bill providing
for the punishment for any such at
tempt as he had suggested.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-02-22
PROTECTION AGAINST GERMS.
People With Weak Stomachs Most
Liable to Catch Disease.

Liable to Catch Disease.
When the stomach and digestive or
gans are weak the food does not dl-
gest, and there is a sour, Shiny, fer
menting mass, making it an ideal spot
for the disease germs to multiply. The
only way to protect yourself against
diseage germs is to strengthen the
stomach and digestive organs, and
Mona is the only agent, so far as
is known, that will accomplish this.
The ordinary medicine that is taken
for Indigestion and stomach troubles
is advertised to act upon the food
alone, and hence can give no more
than temporary relief. Mi-o-na is a
certain cure in all cases of stomach
troubles, excepting cancer, because it
enables the stomach and digestive or
CANS to act in the way nature intend
ed they should. Drugs cannot digest
the food; they simply decompose it.
If YOU suffer with distress after eat
ing, pains in the head, chest, sides
and back, belching of gases and I'M
digested food, bad taste in the mouth,
dizziness or vertigo, heartburn, vari-
able appetite, sick headaches, spots
before the eyes, and have a general
feeling of dependency, weakness and
debility you should at once strength
en- the stomach and digestive system
by the use of Mi-o-na. There is no
liquid, no alcohol, no spoonful doses
with Mi-o-na. just one simple tablet
out of 80 cent box before eating,
and your stomach will soon become
so strong and healthy that you will
be germ proof. Ask Bell Bros. to
show you the guarantee upon which
they sell Mona: costs nothing unless
it cures.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-02-22
A MOST REMARKABLE YIELD
WHAT GOVERNMENT HAS DONE
IN TERRELL COUNTY, TEXAS.
Experiment Showing How to Greatly
Increase the Crop Without
Additional Outlay

DR.. B. I. Galloway, the chief of the
bureau of plant industry of the de-
partment of agriculture, is of the
opinion that the south will always re-
main the chief source of the cotton
supply, no matter what efforts are
made by European governments to de-,
velOp 4 cotton growing industry in
their own possessions. Atpresent too
many of the cotton farmers stick to
the one crop system, with the result
that they quickly take out of the land
that which is essential to the growth
of cotton, says the Savannah News
The agricultural department has
stations in various parts of the south
for the purpose of showing the cotton
farmers how they can greatly increase
the yield of cotton, and, that too, with
out any additional outlay.
Now the average yield is only about
100 pounds per acre. DR.. Galloway
says that it is an easy matter to in
crease the average yield three or four
times by proper cultivation, seed Sc
lection and fertilization. According to
his statement he is doing a great
work in this direction for cotton far
merS.
One statement he made recently to- q
Washington correspondent was that
last year, farmer of Terrell county,
Texas, under his direction planted
twenty acres in cotton. Before he
would consent, however, to plant UNI
der the direction of the department OF
AGRICULTURAL he had to be insured
against loss. He said if the season
were a good one he would make S7G0
on his twenty acres, if planted in his
own way Farmers and others who
wanted to see the experiment tried,
made up the S700 The farmer planted
under DR.. Galloway's direction with
the result that he made profit of 3d.
200 He did 81, 500 better than if he had
planted in his own way. And this far
mer lives in the boil weevil section of
Texas.
By scientific seed selection, fertiliZa-
ton and cultivation the present OUT
put of cotton could be obtained on
half the present acreage.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-02-22
A CARD FROM G. V. PACE
To Those of His Customers Who Hold
Cotton Seed Meal Tickets.


This is to notify all persons holding
meal tickets given by me on the South
ern Cotton Oil Co. of Dawson to pre-
sent the same to the Office of the com
pany for their meal, and all who hold
tickets on the Farmers Oil Company
will please mail them to me at Airing
ton and [ will give them tickets on
the Southern Cotton Oil Co., who owe
the meal. which was left with them by
me subject to your order. | am i'm
formed, however that these tickets
are being turned down, so present
them and let the meal either be deliv-
cred or refused that l may begin suit
in the criminal court for your rights.
This is harsh notice, I'll admit, but it
is no more than Justice to myself as a
man and public ginner who has enjoy
ed the patronage and confidence of the
planters of this section so long. The
Southern Cotton Oil Co. has your
seed, put there by me upon your order,
and expect your cooperation by
testifying in the courts.
They are due you the meal, yet they
see fit to turn down your meal tickets.
do not mean to blame any one, but
cannot afford for my reputation to
be trampled on by corporation for
their gain and to force me into meas
ures. If [ am too plain l hope my
friends will forgive me. 1t is an i'm
position on the part of the company
in an effort to make me pay
them something they claim [ owe
them, but the courts will show
that they owe me, or 1 am badly
fooled. While [ feel Inundated, l
hope my friends will not blame me,
for l assure them that it is not my
fault. Thanking all for their patron
ace, [ am, G. V. PACE.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-02-22
vi FvDlD HOME COMPANY
,,1,I Union LIFE ASSOCIA'
SOLID. SAFE AND CHEAP.
,,emen in Charge Among Terrell
,.y. Most Prominent Citizens.
uoy the Company Operates.

unNU he
ws take pleasure in calling atten-
4ho National Union Life Asso-
:. This company appeals specially
: orr people-it is home company
money is kept at homeland the
.+ronar in charge are among our
. ,,.rr hest and wealthiest citizens who
ra the interest of the people at
.r When the division is full 1t
III mean a saving to the people OF
q,nco7I county of over 5000 a year,
,o3 this kept in their pockets.
By noticing the benefits that men,
5srsbip provides it will be seen at
ooce that our people are getting them
I what it actually costs-thus OBJ
+,irirc the largest possible benefits at
Eba least possible expense. Every
u anne man should become a member
once. for he gets a paid up policy
II twenty wears. Every man and his
ni+a should Join, because nowhere can
tbev secure protection at anything
H. the cost. This company will
move GREAT blessing to our people,
Ind should receive their prompt sup
hort, One of the beautiful features OF
Ebis company is the provision that it
makes for the little ones who may be
oft without father and mother to care
fOr them.
This is the first time when any fra
4pnal order insurance company or
Hike institution has ever furnished life
Insurance, on a safe basis, at practi-
bal cost and at the same time build for
lis members a permanent home where
It's orphan children can be tenderly
Reared under christian and elevating
Influence. where their education will
be the best, and where they will be
prepared to fill any sphere in life in
which high moral character and intel
pctual Development form the stand
Rrd. The people will favor it, not on
y for the good to themselves, bqt4 al
10 to nave part in building up so
noble cause.
Mr. W. H. Gurr will actively push
orward the building up of the divis-
ION, and with his we'll known energy
ind that Of the men associated with
him will soon have the division full.
Fhen no more can join until vacancy
occurs, and only then in the order
Rpplying.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-02-22
NAVY FOUGHT BY COWBOY
when We Play Bully Somebody Will
Fight" United States Most Ex-
travaqant Nation on Earth.

During consideration of the naval
appropriation bill Friday Congress
man Beall of Texas, in opposing
large appropriations for the army
and navy, declared that the United
States had gone mad over the spirit
of militarism, which was sapping the
substance of the people.
The government was paying as
much attention to ceremonies, pomp
and power" as any government on
earth. and he said it was the most eX-
travagant government in the world.
He compared the heavy army and
navy expenditures of this country
with those of other nations, and in
referring to Russia said that she spent
more, but Russia lis a despotlSm, a
Government hated by it's own people
and despised by the people of the
world" and that she maintained her
existence by the power of her arms.
Mr.. Beall referred to the presidents
speech in New York Monday night, in
which it maintained that while the
United States had at all times culti-
waited friendly relations with other
people and talked pleasantly to them
the upbuilding of the navy must go
Bully Always Gets Fight.
There was never nation that play
ed the bully amongst other nations of
the world, Mr.. Beall remarked in that
connection, that there was not some
other nation ready to engage in
death struggle with it, and he predict
ed "history will repeat itself with US. ?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-02-22
FERTILIZERS.

To the Planters of Terrell and Surrounding
Counties:
We beg to announce to the farmers Of this
section that we are now prepared to offer
them Fertilizers and Fertilizer Materials for
the coming season at prices that will meet
competition and with goods that are surpass-
ed by none.
WE CALL YOUR ATTENTION to
the following for your perusal Plain Acid
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-02-22

Ladies muslin underwear on sale at
J. 1. Roberts
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-02-22
HAVE TO WAIT FOR PENSIONS.
State Fund for Confederates Twenty
Thousand Dollars Short.

An Atlanta dispatch says the con-
federate pension fund is $40, 900 short
of requirements and many old soldiers
and widows will not get their money
until the legislature meets and sup
plaments the appropriation.
Commissioner Lindsay is i'll and
the pension Office has been tempo
rarily closed. About half the coun-
ties have been paid. Payments will
be resumed as soon as Mr.. Lindsay
RECEIVERS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-02-22
CUT DOWN COTTON ACREAGE.
Growers of Clay County Join the Ma
tionaI Cotton Association.

FORT GAINES, GA, Feb. 20.-The
cotton acreage in Clay county will be
cut down as the result of a mass meet
ing of growers, at which a county
branch of the National Cotton Asso-
citation was organized.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-02-22
PAID High for Il.

Atlanta gets the state fair next time
by Offering S45, 900 for it. 1t comes
high, but it is necessary in her bust
ness.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
TAKES SECRET
TO The GRAVE
Special Dispatch to The Call

TACOMA, Feb. 6.-With the death of
John Smith, well-known character OF
Tacoma, on Saturday night, the secret
location of placer gold mine said to
be fabulously rich has been lost.
Smith was an old man, with few
friends and no family. Once each year
he has made a solitary pilgrimage into
the Cascade Mountains. Just where or
how he went no one knows, but after
an absence of only few weeks each
summer he would return with from one
to two thousand dollars worth of gold
dust. Friends tried unsuccessfully to
learn the secret of his riches from the
old man and several have tried to fol-
low him into the rocky Businesses Of
the foothills.
Soon after his return from the noun
tains last summer Smith was taken
sick and for long time occupied a
room in hospital. Saturday night he
was taken with hemorrhage of the
lungs, and realizing that he was about
to die he started to tell friend who
was with him the location of his mine.
Before he could give full directions
how to reach the place he died, and his
secret will be buried with his body.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
Will Be New Freight
Traffic Manager of
Santa FG Road.

The local office of the Santa Fe road
yesterday received official confirmation
Of the appointment of James E. Cor
man to the position of freight traffic
manager to succeed w. B. Biddle, who
recently resigned to accept the third
vice presidency of the Rock Island
Railroad German, who NOW holds the
position of assistant freight traffic
manager of the Santa F'e, will enter
upon his new duties on March 1. His
appointment came as a pleasant piece
of news to local traffic men. who know
him we'll and regard him as capable
man for the position.
Germans career as a railroad man
dates back to 1887, when ne entered the
employ of the Burlington. He later
became an attache of the Rock Island,
the Northwestern and the Illinois roads
and gradually rose in the railroad
world. His early training was under
Paul Morton, when the latter was head
of the traffic department of the Bur
lington system. In the employ of the
Santa Fe Company he was first chief
clerk to the assistant general freight
agent, later assistant general freight
agent, then a general freight agent,
and finally, in January, 1904, he was
appointed assistant freight traffic man
ager with headquarters in Chicago.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BUY
IMPERIAL WATER SYSTEM
Reclamation Bureau Reaches Decision
Concerning Southern California
Irrigation Works.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6.-President
A. II. Heber of the California Develop
ment Company. who lately returned
from Washington, d. c., where he had
gone in an endeavor to dispose of the
property of his company to the Ma
tional Government, to-day received
dispatches from his attorneys in
Washington stating that the law de-
partment of the Reclamation Land
Bureau had ruled that the Govern
ment could not acquire the property
of this company.
The company owns the irrigation
system of the Imperial Valley, in
Southern California, part of which
consists of canals in Mexico. The
property is valued at about $3,000,-
900. For some time negotiations have
been on between representatives of the
development company, the National
Government and the settlers in the
valley affected, looking toward the ac-
quirement of the property by the Fed
eral Government for operation in con-
nection with other extensive irriga-
ton projects along the Colorado
River.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
ACCUSES LEGISLATORS
OF "WHITEWASH" PLOT
Illinois Representative Attempts to
Add TO the Details of Alleged
Boodling.

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, Feb. 6.-Rep-
resentative Frank d. Comerford, au-
thor of the charges of corruption that
precipitated the legislative investiga-
ton now in progress, gave his fellow
lawmakers to-day still greater
shock. He attempted to read what he
called a bill of particulars, reinforcing
his attack and giving charges in de-
tail far more sweeping. The commit
tee declined to hear the document
read. After half-hour's deliberation
the committee announced that full
investigation would be made of every
thing touched upon in the bill. A
heated wrangle ensued. Co1nerford in
timatcd that there was bad faith and
an attempt to whitewash.
Representative Lurton testified be-
fore the House Investigating Commit
tee this afternoon that an attempt
had been made to bribe him in con-
nection with the Democratic leader
ship in the House. He named Rich
ard Kinsella, prominent Democratic
political leader of Sangamon County,
as the man who made the attempt.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
PRINCE To VISIT
UNITED STATES
Louis of Battenberg Will
Command British Cruiser
Squadron on a Voyage
ADMIRER OF AMERICA
Opportunity Afforded to Re-
pay His Courtesies to
Uncle Sans Naval Men

LONDON, Feb. s. = No British
cruiser squadron will leave England at
the end of February on a cruise
around the world under the COM
mand of the Prince of Wales. The
Admiralty official who gave this de-
nial of the story added that no prepa>
rations were being made at present
for any cruise by the Prince of Wales.
The second cruiser squadron, COM
manded by Rear Admiral Prince Louis
of Battenberg, will be inspected by the
King off Portsmouth at the end of
the month and it will then start on a
cruise of several months with the OBJ
ject OF showing the British flag in dis
tant waters. The squadron will visit
American ports.
The exact date and details Of the
squadron's cruise in American waters
have not yet been decided. but it will
follow a three months cruise in the
Mediterranean Captain Stockton, the
American naval attache, expects to
receive shortly the itinerary from the
Admiralty and after that will take up
the matter with the Navy Department
in Washington. Captain Stockton, who
is personal friend of Prince Louis
of Battenberg. said to-day:
There is none worthier than Prince Louis Of
Battenburg Of a hearty reception by the Amer
lean navy and people He is most stanch
admirer and friend OF America and his visit
will afford an opportunity for the return OF
naval officers on the occasion Of their visits TO
England.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
PRIVATE LINES DISCUSSED.
Case Argued For and Against Before
House Committee.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-Opposi-
ton to Federal control of private car
lines was presented to-day before the
subcommittee of the House Commit
tee on Interstate and Foreign Com
merce by President Reichman of
Streets Western Stable Car Lines. He
detailed the operations of his COM
pany to support the contention that
it was not engaged in interstate COM
merce.
Z. NJ Ferguson of Duluth, Mimi,
representing a number of jobbing as
sociations, was before the committee.
Ferguson said that in order to get
around the requirement to publish
rates, the Santa Fe operates about
5000 cars under a separate system or
corporation distinct from the railroad
corporation. During the hearings
Ferguson referred repeatedly to the
Pere Marquette Railroad, and Sena-
tor Newlands asked why reference to
that road was so frequent.
Because we have been able to get
hold of a contract between that line
and the Armour Car Company and it
is of that contract I am speaking %
said Ferguson. He concluded with a
demand for the determination of the
private car line companies. He said
he believed the majority Of railroads
viii favor such elimination.