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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-11-29

tributed to the district parsonage Dy
the church in Dawson. In addition
to these the regular work of pastoral
visitation, of the Sunday school, OF
the boards of stewards and trustees
of the Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society, of the Woman's Home Mis-
sion Society, of the Young Ladies
Missionary Society, of the Bessie
LANG Missionary Society, OF the
Epworth League and of the Parsonage
and Church Aid Society," has gone
forward with regularity and increased
efficiency. A special collection for the
poor has been taken every tlrSt sun
dav and wisely distributed. Every
wear every department has paid IN full
every claim, 50 that the church mas
been free from debt. The attendance
upon the preaching service ana the
regular meetings has increased. Cnlty
and harmony beautifully prevailed IN
the work of God.
A report was also rendered !or 'u0
wear 1905 which shows gratifying I'M
nrovement. The following are some
of the figures: Amount paid through
the conference collections alone lof
the benevolent interests of the church.
81. 1856. 90, which is an annual increase
of s615. 90 over the amount paid 1or
the same purposes four years ago.
ST., 100. 90 has been paid for the sup
port of the ministry in Dawson ana
this is an increase of S27O'oo; tne
Sunday school now has membership
Of 32l, an increase of 10; the Schooi
has raised 1898. 90, an increase OF
S242. 60; it has also a home oepars
ment with membership OF 10 ana
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-11-29

Bible study circle which meets once
each month. The Epworth League
has about 80 members, an increase of
IS, and clothes an orphan at the home
in Macon. The Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society has membership
of 40, and has raised S37l.72, an in
crease of 1922. 81. The young ladies
missionary society, new organiza-
ton, has raised $50 IS with member
ship of is. The Juvenile Missionary
Society has a membership of 70, and
has raised $l0l.35. The Woman 5
Home Mission Society has collected
$2l8.41, an increase Of $llL61, and
has a membership of 80; this society
also clothes one Orphan. The Par
sonage and Church Aid Society has
kept the property in good condition.
1884. 90 has been contributed for the
poor in the regular way, and in ad-
dition to this special offerings have
been made. The church gave to the or
phan's home in Macon this year
$3.50. 90, which is an increase Of S23l.OO
over the amount paid four years ago,
Rev. Osgood F, Cook, under whose
care and leadership the Methodist
church of Dawson has made such
wonderful strides the past four years,
is 30 years of age and is a son OF
Rev. J. O. A. Cook, who has been for
many years one of the ablest and
foremost ministers of the South Geor-
ola Conference. During his residence
here Mr.. Cook has gained hrm
place in the esteem and confidence OF
the people, and the regret that his pas
torate has come to a close is not con
fined to his denomination, but IS
shared by the entire community. has
worth as a man and citizen as we'll as
an able and Jealous christian minis
ter has been appreciated by every
one. and the friendship and best
wishes of all of Dawson will go with
him to his new home.
RI "a - ~oaI- C>f C11Dpnu1p AOn1e
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-11-29

China a christian empire. Mr.. Brock
man has already been there long
enough to witness not only progress
in study, but change in the character
of many students. The school has
won the favor of the Chinese, charac-
tiers are being formed to a new stand
ard, lives are being influenced by a
higher ideal, and broader and truer
view of both mans rights and man.
duties is being realized. In all this
work the good people of Dawson have
a share through their contributions to
the missionary cause.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-11-29
Retiring Pastor Gives Congrega-
ton an Account of His Stew
ardship Of Four Years.
s22.585.OO WAS RAISED
And Spent in Advancing the King
dam of God. Supports Special
Missionary in China. A Gen
eraI Review That Is Very
Interesting.

Dawson Methodism is in most
aourishing condition. The report
submitted by the pastor, Rev. Os-
GOOD f. Good, last Sunday just
before he preached his farewell
sermon indicated that decided pro-
gress had been made during the
cuadrennium of his pastorate.
The church now has not only a
local pastor, but a resident presid-
inc elder, Rev. w. F. Smith, and
a special missionary, Rev. w. w.
Brockman, of Soochow, China.
The church building. the local par
sonage and the district parsonage
buildings all make an impression,
even upon the stranger, Of pros
perity in religion.
The following facts and figures
are cleaned from fuller re-
port of Mr.. Cooks four years
pastorate, which must now end
by the statute of limitation:
Number of accessions to the
membership of the church, 285; nun
Der of accessions on profession {
faith, 1872; net gain in the membership
40: total amount raised from a
sources for all purposes to extend IL
kingdom of God, SO, $500; infant
babtized, 81; sermons preached, 36'
marriages performed, 40; funeral
conducted, 40; expended for parso1
age and church improvements, So, 303
%, about 50, 10000 of which was cor
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Ministers of Dawson Express High
Esteem for Rev. o. T.. Cook.

Ministers of Dawson Express High
Esteem for Rev. o. T.. Cook
During the four years pastorate of
Rev. 0. f. Cook of the Methodist
church of this city he has become very
closely identified with every moral
and spiritual interest of our people,
While faithful and loyal to his own
church and its interests, he has also
shown a keen interest in the welfare of
the other churches in the city and the
cause of our Lord. He has heartily
co-operated with their pastors in their
special meetings, and in everything
that has looked to the upbuilding of
the cause Of righteousness.
The other pastors and preachers of
the city, through the Minister'S Con-
ference, take this opportunity of MAX
ing known to the public the high es-
TEEN and regard in which he is held
by them. He has been true yoke
fellow-considerate, kind, thoughtful,
sympathetic, child-like, true man
and a faithful minister of the gospel.
We sincerely regret his going from
among US, and our prayers and best
wishes go with him. We wish for him
and his faithful wife greater usefulness
in their new field wherever they may be
called to go. In our hearts there will
always be a large and affectionate
place for this true servant of God.
j. NJ. LONG, Secretary.
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Mans UnreasonabIeness

is often as great as woman's. But
Thos. S. Austin, Mgr of the ''Repub-
lican, F." of Leavenworth, Ind, was not
when he refused to al
low the doctors to operate on his
wife for female trouble. Instead" he
says, 1--WE concluded to try Electric
Bitters. My wife was then so sick
she could hardly leave her bed, and
five (5) physicians had failed to re-
lieve her. After taking Electric Bit
ters she was perfectly cured. and can
now perform all her household du-
ties" Guaranteed by Dawson Drug
Co., price Soc
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REV. w. w. BROCKMAN.
What One Of DawsOn's Pastors in a
Foreign Field Is Doing.

Rev. w. w. Brockman, who serves
the Dawson Methodist church as spe-
cial missionary. is engaged in teach
ing and preaching in Soochow China.
He is a member of the faculty of 500
chow University, and in that capacity
has an exceptional opportunity for
the accomplishment OF much good.
He is a Georgian, and a brother of
Rev. Fletcher S. Brockman, who has
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-11-29

Ifyou find sack of Supreme -four
wrong take it back and get your
money
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
OUT IN The SIXTH
Anti Reeder Movement Is at
Talk Stage.
Claimed That Half Editors Have
Joined Opposition.
BLAIR HASN'T RETIRED
VIII Ask to Be ReappOinted
Register at Colby.
John Dawson Is About to Retire
From Politics.
BLAIR HASN'T RETIRED

Some Of the papers who are opposing
the denomination of Congressman
Reeder. in 1906. claim that about one
half of the newspaper men in the Sixth
district are against the congressman for
another term. The Hays City Republf-
can makes this claim. At one time.
says one of Reeders friends, it was
thought that about one-half of the edi-
tors Of the Sixth district were holding
either postohices or state appointments.
and the reason that the other half of
the editors couldn't get positions was
because there were not enough offices to
go around. Congressman Reeder ought
not to be blamed for this.
It is said there win be a new paper
started in Stockton, Rocks county, and
that it will be friendly to Congressman
Reeder. The organ which formerly
favored him is now Democratic.
The rumOr has already been printed
that A. ii. Blair, register of the Colby
land office. had stated that he wouldn' t
be an applicant for reappointment- Mr..
Blair says he doesn't know where the
rumor started, and claims that he has
never opened his mouth on the subject.
Frank Lockard, of Norton, put in his
application for Mr.. Blair's position
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COOLEY AS A HuMoB1sr.
An Incident at Boston in Which To.
peka Boy Figured.

The Boston Post publishes the fol-
lowing story on a Topeka ball mag
nate:
Dick Cooley's presence in town re-
calls to a few hundred local fans one
of the funniest incidents ever seen at
the South End.
If memory serves one right, the
Quakers were the attraction at the
South End. At Huntington avenue a
big crowd was present, while at the
South End there were only a few hum
dred. AS Cooley retired the Quaker
side in the seventh inning by catching
the easiest kind of a pop fly, a ire
mendous cheer was waited across the
railroad tracks, Parent having smash
ed out home run which put the Col
Inns team in the lead.
The cheering lasted for a couple of
minutes and as Cooley walked to the
bench he DOTTED his cap several times
as if the applause was intended for
him.
The few hundred rooters at the
South End enjoyed the incident more
than the game itself They figured
Cooley was really fooled. Cooley never
denied that he was, but when asked
about it he Winks his eye and smiles.
Cooley is a humorist, and the laugh
was really on the fans, for Cooley was
wise" that the cheers came from
Hunting avenue and not for his easy
catch which any school boy could
have made.
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GAS TURNED ON.
Topeka Now Furnished With
Natural Product.
Mayor Davis Performs the Act
This Morning.
THREE CHEERS GIVEN.
Councilman c. X. Holiday Led
the Demonstration.
Will Require Several Hours to
Force Out That in Mains.

Natural gas was turned on at 10.l
this morning Mayor ". H. Davis per-
formed the ceremony in the presence Of
a group of interested spectators includ-
ing Councilmen c. K. Holiday and
Joseph Griley, P. J. Dielmann, manager
Of the gas company, John Williamson,
president of the Williamson Construc-
ton company which is laying the mains
in the city, and Major T. J. Anderson,
secretary of the Commercial club.
The gas was turned on from the regu-
Iating station at the corner of Tenth
and Kansas avenues. The mayor took
hold of the wheel which released the
gas with a hesitating grip as if he ex-
pected momentarily to be blown into a
thousand atoms bv the force of the gas.
He was treasured and edging back into
his courage, swung around the wheel
with q dizzying whirl which would
have done credit to brakeman upon
a red ball freight.
Gentlemen, she is onl'' called out c.
K. Holiday. Il propose three cheers.
The cheers were given with a vim.
NY that was hard work" gaSped the
mayor as he clambered out of the regu-
lating station and wiped the persplra-
ton from his forehead with hand
kerchief. The crowd agreed with him.
It will take from twelve to twenty
four hours before the natural gas VIII
have forced out the manufactured gas
which is now in the mains. It win take
about that duration of time before all
the manufactured gas viii have been
consumed. In the down town districts
consumers will be burning natural gas
this evening; in the residence districts it
viii not be until some time Tuesday
noon.
For that length of time consumers
win therefore be securing s1.25 manu-
featured gas for Is cents
A small stand pipe will be erected
close to the regulating station at Tenth
and Kansas avenues and large Jet OF
the natural gas will be turned loose
and set ablaze this evening.
Leavenworth will enjoy the use Of
natural gas next week Monday at which
time the gas will be turned on; that at
Atchison fifteen days from now.
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WHERE'S
City Salaries Increased Nearly
S., 900 a Year.
Another Boost of $500 About
to Be Made.
MAYOR In DEEP WATER
He Wonders Where Money Is
Coming From.
MAYOR IN DEEP WATER
Started With Raise in Police
Department Says Mr.. Green.

A raise in the salaries of the city en-
ployes all along the line seems to be the
battle cry which has swept the coun-
ell within the past six months and
which has been responsible for total
increase in the city pay roll in all de-
partments of $4,58O per year and con-
templates a further increase of $500 a
year in the sanitary department, maxi
ing a grand total of $3.50.
The tack which the council has TAX
en- is a seemingly peculiar one. The ball
was started rolling with the increase in
the pay of the members of the police
department, and since that time there
has scarcely a council meeting been
called but what registers some new Pc
tition for an increase in salary APP
parently the city has fallen heir to an
estate in Holland.
Il think that it is high time that we
were putting a stop to this business of
increasing the salaries said Mayor W.
H. Davis. Il don't know where the end
will be. really can't imagine what the
council intends to do with all this
salary increase coming up before them
The city should be run on business
principles. The same careful attention
should be exerted IN determining an
increase for the eitys employees that IS
spent by a private employer IN 1ncreas-
ing the salary of his employees. The
great trouble is that people seem to
think that if they want to secure an
easy job in which there Is not much
work they should apply to the city.
The citys business cannot be run upon
the plan of a charitable institution
have men come to NE and say; 1 want
something easy; something that dor,
have to work hard upon
eThe city can't afford to have that
class of labor. What rs more l cant
see how the city can anord TO meet
these raises in salaries
THE council brought 1t upon ltself,
said Councilman William Green The
thing started with the raise in the sal
aries of the police force and It has
kept up ever since. I fully expected II
and said so at the time. that II the
police secured a raise that It would
be extended all along the line. There
was no reason why the remaining city
employees should not get raise II The
police got theirs; there is as much JUS
tice in the one case as there is IN the
others You cant make nsh OF one
and bird of another"
s'In my mind there is no more de-
| serving instance of a raise than thai
/ of the sanitary department, said
| Councilman S. T. Howe, chairman q
the ways and means coEnrnltree-
! voted against the increase IN the salary
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young men and two young women. had
q thrilling experience.
They were haunted by the fear of
ghosts and imagined that they were
doomed to stay there till next morning.
One Of the young men finally climbed
the narrow staircase to the balcony
which overloOks the cemetery. 1t was
as dark as a dungeon inside the mem
orial. The party had not heard the bell
which gave the signal that the tomb
was to be closed for the night. The
man climbed on and on through the
balcony. Then he began to yell at the
top of his voice crying for help.
Some one in the vicinity heard the
cries and reported the matter to the
police of the Doan street station. Pa
trOlmen McGaw and Lamp were de-
tailed on the case to = custodian.
A. N. Stowell, 81 Cutler street, who had
the keys to the memorial. He was final
~ located and FASTENED to the ceme-
terry, releasing the ~~isoners.
All the imprisoned visitors were
much fatigued by the long wait. They
had had visions of ghosts and other
things of a grewsome nature. None of
the members of the ~orty would dis
close their identity. Thew simply said
they were from Youngstown. They were
so badly frightened as the result of
their experience that they declared they
would never visit a cemetery again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
ST HOmeSpunS, Soc

This Is assorted lot OF dress materials-an de-
sirable fabrics-45-nch homespuns wool crash
mannish suitings and black nuns veiling-worth ST.
never less outside of this store-come tomorrow
SOC a yard-thats this cash stores price-not al
ways SO cheap-that's why better get here while
the price is reduced-$1 dress materials 6nn
ydIo wv
Also 45-INCH MOHAIRs in white and cream-the
two most desirable colors-worth $1-you never
bought it for less-that is, a quality good you
buy for SOC tomorrow-sutable material EOn
for waists and suits-s1 mohair Tuesday, yard Jul
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
HURRAH. THE FIRES START.
After Today the street Cars VIII Be
Heated.

It costs ten cents a day to heat one
of the street cars. A bod of coal can
be bought for ten cents and thar is suffi-
cient to furnish enough heat for the en-
tire days run. The Street Railway
company has decided that it has saved
enough money and today commenced
starting up the fires A number Of the
cars were heated this morning. but
those that weren't had a temperature
that lowered about the u degrees above
zero mark.
1--WE are heating up the cars just as
fast as we can and think that before
evening we will have the heating ap-
paratus in all the cars a going" said
Albert Patton, the superintendent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
rockefeller DODCES.
Failure to Serve Papers on Him
Causes POstpOnement of Case.

New York. Dec. 4-Postponement of
the examination of John D. Rockefeller,
H. H. Rogers and other Standard Oil
men in the matter of ousting the Stand
ard Oil trust from Missouri has become
necessary because Of the failure to get
service on Mr.. Rockefeller and others
The hearing was to have begun to-
day. Postponement has been taken IN
til January 4. Mr.. Rogers was recently
served with a subpoena, but it is said
the service is void and that he will have
to be served again. Among others for
whom process servers have been looking
are Henry NJ. Flagler, John D. Archi-
bald, Wade Hampton, James A. Aoffatt
and Walter Jennings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
LEAVES SANTA FE FOR BANK.
Joseph Taggart VIII Take Position
With Merchants National.

Joseph Taggart, who has been an
assistant bookkeeper in the Office of
the auditor of disbursements of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, has re-
signed this position to take place
with the Merchants National bank.
The vacancy created by his resignation
has been filed by the promotion OF
John K. Blair.
Mr.. Taggart has been in the auditor
of disburseme nts' Office for four years
and is popular with the many en-
pIoyes there. His successor, Mr.. Blair.
has been in the department for five
years,
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Council Grove Church Burns.

Council Grove, Dec. 4.=The First
Presbyterian church here was COM
pletely destroyed by a fire Sunday
evening which started in the church
just before the time for the regular
evening services. The fire was caused
by the church lighting system, the
church lights exploding. Burning
gasoline was scattered all over the
building, which was soon burning in
many places. Fortunately there were
but few people present at the time of
the fire and all of these escaped with
out harm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
Tourist cars PonnIar

The idea that an Inferior class -
peopIe patronize the tourist sleepers IL
an error. On many trips only the hest
class of travellers are found. Thev re
merely men and women of good sersS
who would rather travel to CaIffo7v.fs
in this manner and save a snug s11To
of money to be used elsewhere. # -
beginning to be understood that it Is
by no means necessary for the fravels-
to spend a large sum of money III ~
der to enjoy a trip to the Pacific eoss+
If you cross the continent in one ~
the tourist sleepers OF the Union psI
cidc you win enjoy your trip and ssya
considerable money.
It's the little things that count, like
the ifs and butts.
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of the police because recognized the
fact that just this thing would come
about, that we would have to raise
others and that an increase in wages
must come.
Il believe, however, that we will
have sufficient money in the city treas
ury to meet this additional expense
and still have a surplus left. The fact
is that the city is in better condition
now than it has been for three years
past. We will secure about $1,000
more in the two general funds of the
city from the tax levy than I had
counted, this is due to the raise in the
valuation of the taxable property of
the city. Barring any extraordinary
expense I believe that we will be able
to meet the increase in the salaries in
good shape.
81 can't see why the council should
continue to raise salaries upon de-
mand just because they raised the sal
aries of the police department. If a
mistake had been made would you go
on making mistakeS?" said the mayor.
the old one compare. The increase in the
police and city engineers department
goes into effect with the first of Decem-
Der;
Chief of police ................S1,2 200 $1,000
Sergeants % .....;;;;,.---.---.. goo goo ESQ
Patrolmen (22) .......-......... $50 720
Total Increase in police department. 81
480
city Engineers Department
Assistant city engineer $1,000 800
DraughtSnan- 49,. ............. $40 l2O
Total increase in the city engineers de-
partment, $3.50.
Street Department
Iaborers, per day .........-... 1.50 1-60
Estimated increase, $1,000 for street de-
partment.
Waterworks Department
Cashier ...... ..-...............S1,200 900
Second chief engineer ........ 1,020 $40
FOREMAN -. ......-..........-. 569 S4y
clerk ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS bVU 4oU
Total increase in waterworks depart
ment, s720.
The total increase in salaries with that
of the proposed raise in the sanitary de-
partment will be IS, $50.
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TTood DANGER Ts Over.

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 4.-The flood
caused by the sudden rise in the Allie
gheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers
which threatened much damage to
the cities of Pittsburg, Allegheny and
McKeesport and vicinity passed OF to-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
IN GARFIELD's TOMB.
Two Young Couples Have Grewsome
Experience at Cleveland.

Cleveland, O., Dec. 4-Locked up in
the Garfield memorial, in Lake View
cemetery. for two hours, at night, four
YOUNGSTOWN young people. who refused
to give their names to the police. tive
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CHICAGO AND RETURN $1,000
via santa Fe Account international
Live Stock Exposition

Tickets on sale December 18th to 18th
Inclusive Final livr,sa returning. Deem
Der Path, T. L. KING. c. P. & T. A.,
Topeka, kansas.
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Tickets on sale December 18th to 18th
inclusive. Final limit returning. Deem
Der oath. E. I. KING. c. p. & T. A.,
Topeka, Kansas.
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CHICAGO AND RETURN $4,000

Via Santa Fe Account of international
Live Stock Exposition.