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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
HOBsON TOMORROW NIGHT
Man of 'MerrimaC Fame Will Deliver
Lecture in Dawson Under
Auspices of Woodmen.

Captain Richmond p. Hobson will
lecture at the opera house in Dawson
tomorrow Thursday night under the
auspices of the local Woodmen of the
World.
Captain Hobson, who won world
wide fame by his heroic deed in sink
ing the Merrimac and sealing up Adj
miral Cervera S fleet in Santiago, har-
Dor, has been on the lecture platform
for several years, and no one who has
ever heard him has been known to ex-
press regret. He is said to possess
keen logic and rare eloquence. The
following is high testimonial to his
ability and success as lecturer:
"WAsHINGToN, D. c., Oct. %, 1902.
Dear Major Pond: | don't wonder
that you have been attracted by Cap
tain Richmond Pearson Hobson's
splendid work, and | congratulate you
on securing him. Yellow journals of
the country tried to ruin him, and the
people in many sections came to look
upon him as a freak, but he has dem
onstrated everywhere he has been
the fact that he is a modest Christian
gentleman and q lecturer of much more
than ordinary ability. | gave him his
first Chatauqua engagement, and last
summer controlled his time absolutely.
l gave him thirty-four chatauqua en-
gagements in two months at 5000 a
lecture. This leads all records on the
lyceum platform. Yours very truly,
"W. L. DAVIDSON"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR SUIT
Colonel Dillingham; of Plant Juice
Fame Has 1t on Hand
at Townsville.

Colonel Dillingham;, the proprietor
of Plant Juice and other medicinal
preparations, and who has frequently
visited Dawson and is well-known here,
has &c., damage suit on hand.
The last issue of the Quitman Adver-
tiser contained the following in regard
to the effort to recover so large an
amount from the jovial medicine man:
"A suit to recover damages to the
amount of ten thousand dollars,
brought by parties in Quitman, has
been filed in Thomas superior court.
The suit is brought by j. DeLoach,
and r. A. Griffin against Col. Dilling-
ham of Plant Juice fame.
"The ground upon which they seek
to recover is the use of their names
without permission in newspaper adj
vertisement which Col. Dillingham;
published in Thomasville, Quitman
and Valdosta. Coils. Branch and
Rodenberry represent the plaintiffs and
Col. S. S. Bennett the defendant The
suit will be watched with interest,
owing to the prominence Of all parties
concerned"
The suit was brought in Thomas
county, where Colonel Dillingham; now
is, and when interviewed about the
matter he said:
eyes, the suit has been brought, but
[ am not worrying about it. In fact,
had paid but little attention to the
matter. There is only one point of
difference between Messrs. DeLoach
and Griffin and myself. They do not
dispute that they were benefited by
Plant Juice. They stated to me that
it had cured them. They have written
letters to that effect. [ used their
names on the platform every night for
weeks. They simply claim | had not
permission to use their names in news
paper advertisements.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
Mr.. Perry's Fast Work.

A subscriber at Styx, Ala, sends
the following to The News; "While
Georgia can boast of her cotton pick
ing experts she can also boast of fast
work done by j. E. Perry and his 10
year-old son of Styx, Ala. They
took from an open bank and stripped
shucks from 107. 428 stalks of cane in
16a days. This work was contracted
for from the S. T. A. cane plantation at
81 per thousand by Mr.. Perry. 1t will
be remembered that Mr.. Perry was
miller four years for Hass, Harris.
Brim & McLain at Herod, and made
that business success for them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29

Reese Johnson, a negro hey about
town, is in Jail on the charge of at
tempting to burglarize a building
hack of Lewis Bros store in which
Mr.. T. C. Geise has a lot of hay and
corn stored. The crime was committed
Saturday night, and Johnson was
arrested Sunday by Sheriff Oxford.
The bow has a bad reputation as a
thief, having been in several stealing
Scrapes before.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
HONOR ROLL
of Dawson Public Schools for the
Past Month.

of Dawson Public Schools for the
Past Month.
A. j. Baldwin, Will Crouch, Clark
Lewis, Annie Lora Davis, Dewey
Melton, Louise Marlin, Give Moore,
Ben Leslie Torrey, Mozelle Jennings,
George Dozier, George Farrar, Annie
Hill Geise, Jesse Chambless, Haygood
Smith, Johnnie Will Kelly Gladys
Crowell, Susie Christie, Mamie Little
ton, Mary Yeomans, Foster Hankins,
Willis Jordan, Howard Smith, Ruth
Cheatham, Ida Christie, Estelle Dis
nuke, Elizabeth Patterson, Maggie
Hood, Mary Marshall, Carswell Hind,
Clarence Raglan, Edmund Hart, Alice
Patterson, Gertrude Rauch, Estelle
Melton, jamie May Hatcher, Louise
Haigler, Nellie Fargason, Annie May
Christie, Sarah English, Johnnie Will
McClelland, May Tweedy, Tryphosa
Black, Pauline Lark, Steve Kenyon,
Perry Cooke, Stephen Pace, Charlie
Paschal, Count Gibson, j. w. Patter-
son, John Turner.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
TO THIN PEOPLE.
Valuable information Given by Bell
Bros, the Druggists.


Druggists Bell Bros. give the fol-
lowing advice to those who want to
gain flesh, and it should be of value
to everybody in Dawson:
"The quickest, surest and safest
way for thin people to gain aesh is to
take Vinol, our cod liver oil prepara-
ton, and the reason that Vinol is so
far superior to anything else to Gre
ate flesh and strength is becauseit does
actually contain all of the medicinal,
curative elements actually taken from
genuine fresh Gods livers, which no
other cod liver oil preparation does,
and being without oil or grease to up
set the stomach and retard its work it
is a great Improvement over old
fashioned cod liver oil and emissions.
prominent physicians agree that
this new cod liver oil preparation,
Vinol, is certainly the greatest tissue
builder, flesh creator and strength
producer on the market. They pre-
scribe it for their patients who are IN
need of tonic reconstruction, ana to
those who want to gain flesh.
"Vinol acts upon the stomach in a
beneficial way, enabling it to obtain
the necessary ingredients from the
daily food eaten to make pure, rich,
red blood, create flesh and strength,
and so sure are we of it's action that
we freely offer to return the money
paid for Vinol in every case where 1T
fails" BELL BROS, Druggists.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
Letter to L. c. Hill, Dawson, Ga.

Letter to l.. C. Hill, Dawson, Ga.
Dear Sir: A big mill-owner, Spar
tanburg, S. c., wanted 500 gallons OF
paint, and bought by price; paid )
cents less than ours; got ''lead-and-
zinc" paint; but the lead was sulphate
of lead, not carbonate. Sulphate costs
about half and covers about half.
That paint was adulterated about
six times as much as the 5 cents paid
for. He "saved' cents and it cost
him 30.
Oh, no: it cost him more than that;
we forgot the labor. Can't work it
out exactly; don't know how long it'll
wear.
Short measure besides; that alone
was twice as much as his saving" 5
cents.
1t was thin, too; some loss there;
don't know how much.
There was too much drier in it. The
maker made something on that; he
didn't.
Taking it altogether, he didn't make
much by that cents.
Go by the name; and the name is
Devoe lead-and-zinc, Yours truly,
40 F. w. DEvOE & Co., New York.
P. S Bell Bros, sell our paint.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
The Coloners Waterloo.

Colonel John M. Fuller of Honey
Grove, Texas, nearly met his Water
loo from liver and kidney trouble. In
a recent letter, he says: II was nearly
dead of these complaints, and al
though 1 tried my family doctor, he
did me no good; so I got soc bottle
of your great Electric Bitters, which
cured me. | consider them the best
medicine on earth, and thank GOD who
gave YOU the knowledge to make
them.' Sold and guaranteed to cure
dyspepsia, billiousness and kidney
disease by Dawson Drug Co., at soc a
bottle.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
COMES WITH YOUNG VINES.

The Irish Potato Bug Is Already Get
ting in Its Destructive Work.
The destructive Irish potato bug has
already made its appearance in some
of the gardens of Dawson. In fact, the
bug arrives with the young vines, and
as soon as the latter peep above the
ground he is on hand waiting to de-
stroy them. Friday gentleman
picked two handsfull of the bugs from
a few rows of potatoes that were only
about half up. A gentleman who
has tried the remedy requests The
News to state Stacked lime sprinkled
on the vines will protect them from
the nest
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
Caught Young Offers.

Mr.. H. N. Bailey brought to the city
Saturday two young offers that were
caught on Brantly creek near his
home. They were 'treed" in a hol-
low log by some dogs, and third
one was killed in being captured. The
little animals attracted much attention
on the streets, and large crowds view
ed them with great interest. DIR.
Jesse Bell bought them for 500
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
CAUGHT ON THE CUR8STONE.

Scientists now tell us that Wo-
mans waist is located anywhere be-
tween her chin and her knees, accord
ing to her dressmaker's taste.
Mr.. Charles Cannon, who has
been critically i'll at the home of Mr..
F. Nasworthy, is reported to be con-
siderably better.
In few days the farmers will all
be busy planting cotton. Some will
reduce their acreage and some Will
not.
The city council will be in regular
session next Tuesday night, and will
probably take up the waterworks
question.
Next Tuesday will be public sale
day, but as usual the sheriff will have
nothing to offer to the highest bidder.
Sheriff oxford has begun summon
ing the Jurors that were drawn for
the May term of court.
The town was full of beggars Fri
day, and as usual they did a good
business.
Columbia salmon 1Oc. can at
Kaigler's.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
Tax ROCKS Omen saturday.

Receiver L. G. Pinkston will open
the tax books Saturday for the pur-
pose of receiving returns for the pres
ent wear. He will be in his Office at
the court house on that day, and on
Monday will begin his rounds,
schedule of which can be seen else
where in this paper.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
seeds for News Subscribers.

The News has received through
Congressman Griggs a quantity of
Garden seeds for distribution. Sub
scribers to this paper who desire some
of these seed can get them by Gaining
at our Office at once.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
Every Church Member

lgbt to belong to the Sunday school.
he longer you've been out the
ore YOU need to be in the school.
bats where you learned what you
now about the Bible.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
Capt. whitchard Dangerously Sick

Capt. John Whitchard, one of Daw-
sons Oldest and most highly respected
citizens, is critically i'll at his home
on Church street. He was taken with
a severe case of the grip, which has
since developed into pneumonia, and
there is now but little if any hope of
his recovery.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
I Don't Know

a.+ We have what you want, but if
\ have let us sell you now.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
Begin Now

the Sunday school with the sec
hi quarter. Get, a lesson paper
,on Hornady.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
The Bill

h. some more Edwin Clapp's bluch-
bottles reached US Monday.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29

There's nothing under the sun like
Sunlight-Flour.
c.. G. LEWIS & BRO.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
Did You Ever

iss the very shoe you wanted by
waiting awhile?''
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
YES,

|, ,ood YOU, we want you in the
.d,r school. and you need the
nndar school.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29

Best sweet and sour pickles for 10c.
a bottle at Kaigler's.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29

Have Your Stock Clipped.
Have your horses and mules clipp-
ed. Take them to Hickey's stable,
and have it done right.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
No. Need Money

i ,,o1 need shoes, so there is
'r ,sason why we can't get up a
- for we have the finest goods
~ .ror sold. and they are going.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-03-29
If You Suffer

18th your feet go to DR.. Hornady.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-11-29
An orialnaI PunIsher.

OF Captain Harry Graham, who i
to marry Miss Ethel Barrymore, thf
following story is told;
81 knew Graham well in London
He often entertained me in his beau
tiful apartment overlooking the
Thames. Sometimes he read me his
poetry, which was execrable; some
times he sang comic songs in pleas
ant tenor voice, and that was better.
"During one Of my visits some
guardsmen called, and over the spir-
it case and the soda water they told
stories of Graham's military life
with the Coldstreams.
"He was always an ingenious
man at a punishment, said a tall
youth. Some of his punishments
are still remembered, they were so
original and odd.
""There was a private one day
who had misbehaved, and Graham
ordered him to be put on bread and
water for three days.
"But the sergeant, saluting, said
that such a punishment would make
no difference to the culprit, because
he was a vegetarian.
"'"0h, vegetarian, is hep" said
Graham. "Then put him for three
days on meat and soupp "-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-11-29

Do the real needs of the body de,
mand such quantities of food each
day as the ordinary dietary stand
ards call for or as man from his &C,
CURED habits has become accustom,
ed top A slight excess of food be.
yond the true physiological require.
ment is no doubt desirable as tend.
ing to prevent any danger of under
nutrition, but any great excess must
OF necessity be detrimental. The
ideal diet is that which suffices to
meet all the wants of the body. e.,
the maintenance of body weight, nj
trogen equilibrium, health, strength,
yigor and endurance-and in the
period of adolescence to supply ma
terial for the growth and develop
ment of the tissues of the body,
Anything beyond this quantity is
just so much of an excess which
must inevitably do harm if contin-
ued indefinitely and detract in some
at least from that high de-
gree of efficiency which every en-.
lightened man desires to attain
Russell H. Chittenden in Century.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-11-29
A Continual Strain

Many men and women are con-
stantly subjected to what they COM
monty term "a continual strain" be-
cause OF some financial or family
trouble. 1t wears and distresses
them both mentally and physically,
affecting their nerves badly and
bringing on liver aud kidney all
ments, with the attendant evils Of
constipation, loss OF appetite, sleep
lessness. low vitality and despond-
ENJOY. They cannot, as a rule, get
rid OF this continual strain" but
they can remedy its health-destroy ing
effects by taking frequent doses Of
Green's August Flower. 1t tones up
the liver, stimulates the kidneys. in.
sures healthy bodily functions. gives
vim and spirit to ones whole being,
and eventually dIspels the physical
or mental distress caused by that
continual strain" Trial size, ESQ,
regular bottle. zoo For sale by B. b.
0orrell's druggist.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-11-29
THE REAL SAHARA.
HasV the Vast Desert Appears to the
Caravan Traveller.

HaV the vsst Desert Appears to thu
Caravan Traveller.
The Sahara is not at all as pop
ular belief pictures it, vast plain
of moving sand, dotted here and
there with fertile GASES, somewhat
like a leopard'S ekin. From Tunis
westward it is a vast depression Of
sand and clay not much above sea
level, in some parts perfectly level,
in others hilly, with low depressionS
containing water saItier than the
sea, which generally evaporates,
leaving a coating of brilliant crys-
tails which appear like snow in the
distance. The rivers from the Aures
mountains on the north serve to ir.
rigate the GASES of the Eban. Some
times they flow above the surface,
but often below it. There is a fasci-
nation about the desert that is in
deseribable and that none can un=
derstand unless they have spent sew
eral weeks with a caravan. At times
the heat is very great, but, being
perfectly dry, it does not eneryate
as our humid atmosphere does at a
temperature 40 degrees lower. Near
midday the desert appears to be a
molten sea of dazzling, vibrating
light. Now and then the mirage
appears, and the tired eyes of the
stranger are refreshed with visions
of beautiful lakes near the horizon,
even sometimes of trees and moving
caravans. Alas This is a case
where seeing is not believing, After
many Disappointment of this kind
the camels suddenly raise their
heads and snuff the air through
their curiously formed nostrils and
move at a quicker pace, instinct tell
ing them that water is near. In the
far distance a low black line indicat-
ed palm trees, and in a few hours
the oasis of Sid Okba appeared, dis
tinctly relieving the doubts of those
who feared it was only a mirage.
Our dragoman kicked off his slip
pers and climbed very nimbly up
fine palm to get some of the luscious
fruit growing at the top.-D. F.
in Scribner's.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-11-29
Decoy for Squirrels

Squirrels this year are more
plentiful than ever known before,
Gays the Richmond Times-Dis.
patch. One man, Mr.. Williams, is
known to have killed more than
any other two huntsmen. He has
already killed 1876. He had three
cheap watches. He would get into
the woods and go to two hickory
trees where the squirrels feed.
He would wind the watches up,
put them in small tin can
and to each can a string. Then
each was tied to the limb of tree.
Then he would get in some recluded
spot.
AS the watches would tick away
the noise was like that of a squirrel
cutting a nut and could be heard
for q great distance. Every
squirrel in the neighbOrhOod would
be drawn to the trees, where they
supposed their companions were
having big feast. In this way
every squirrel has been killed by
being decoyed in those two trees
by this new device. Mr.. Will
lisms says he has seen as many as
six at time running around the
limbs whore the watches were
fastened.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-11-29
CONDENSED STORIES.
Grants High Opinion Of sherman's
Ability as a Soldier.

Grants High Opinion Of sherman's
Ability as a Soldier.
A graphic account of how he car
ried to Grant before Richmond the
news of General Sherman's advance
through North Carolina on his
march to the sea in 1866 is told in
a recent issue of Harper's Weekly
by Adjutant S. H. NJ. ByerS Of the
Fifth Iowa infantry. After a peril
Gus trip he finally reached Grants
headquarters at City Point.
II ripped open my clothing, hand
ed him my dispatches and excitedly
watched the pleased changes on his
flushed face while he hurriedly read
the great news | had brought from
Sherman" says Mr.. ByerS, "Gen-
eral Ord happened in at the mo-
ment, and the good news was re-
peated to him. Ord elanked his
spurs together, rubbed his hands
and manifested JOY, 4 had my
fears, / had my fears he muttered,
and ] not a Bit said Grant, spring
ing from his seat by the window, 4
knew Sherman knew my man.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-11-29
osttIuo at the Facts,

The census taker raped at the
door of the little farmhouse and
opened his long book. A plump
girl Of about eighteen came to the
door and blinked at him stupidity.
"How many people live here?" he
began.
Nobody lives here. We are only
staying through the hop season."
"How many of you are there
here?"
"I'm here. Fathers in the wood
shed, and Bill is"-
"See here, my girl, l want to
know how many inmates there are
in this house, How many people
slept here last nightY"
Nobody slept here, sir. had
the toothache dreadful, and my lit
tie brother had the stomach ache,
and the new hand that's helping US
got sunburned so on his back that
he has blisters the size of eggs, and
We all took on so that nobody slept
q wink all night long"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-11-29
Wanted Hanalna.

Douglas Jerrold, the famous hui
morist and satirist, and Henry
Compton, the well known comedian,
figure in a capital story told in
a memoir of the latter celebrity,
The two men were on intimate
terms of friendship and one morn
ing went to view the pictures in a
certain gallery. On entering the
anteroom they found themselves OPP
posite a number of very long look
ing glasses. Pausing before one of
these, Compton remarked to Jer-
rold:
"You've come here to admire
works of art. Very well, feast your
eyes on that work of naturew point
ing to his own figure reflected in the
glass. 'Iook at it, there's picture
for youp
eyes," said Jerrold, regarding it
intently, Every fine indeed Wants
hanging, thought
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-11-29

People in Breakdown were used I,
Uncle Randolph Green's way Of
talking and enjoyed it. But at las
there came as a member of the sum,
mer colony a man who had a desire
to set everything and everybody
straight, according to his ideas.
"What is the sense Of your refer.
ring to that animal Of yours as a
'coltY" demanded this person one
day. "How old is be?"
"Well, he's going on eleven
years." said Uncle Randolph mildly.
"Eleyen yearsw sneered the man.
"Well, we should call that pretty an
cient for a colt-in New York."
II think likely you would" said
Uncle Randolph, without rancor,
but with considerable firmness in his
soft, old voice, ''but perhaps 'twould
be well to consider, mister, that this
colt o. mine resides in Breakdown,
where eleven years Is pretty young
for a horse"