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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-11-07

Government officials got a shock
this week when it was found that
the American Bank Note Company
had underbid the bureau of engraV-
ing and printing on the contract LOT
furnishing the postoffice department
with stamps and books for the four
Years beginning Feb. l, 1907. The
nrivate concern underbid the gov
eminent on almost every item. 1t
asked five and one-half cents per
Thousand for ordinary postage
stamns. while the government founu
Il could not do the work for less
than 81 cents; for special deilVe[y
stamps the company asked ten cents
ner thousand, while the government
figured the work down to URINE
over fifteen and one-half cents
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-11-07
NO TICKET; TOOK ELEPHANT.
Townsville Man Levied on Barnum
and Bailey's Circus.

When the Barnum & Baily circus
left brownsville it was without one
elephant, a hyena, four monkeys and
an African gnu, as these animals
were levied upon by DR.. T. M. Nc
Intosh, of that city, one of the most
prominent physicians in this part of
the state. DR.. Mcintosh had the at
tachment sworn out because he al
leges the circus people refused to
keep an agreement with him for al
lowing the placing of Autograph ad-
yertisements in one Of his vacant
stores on Broad street. DR.. Mcln-
tosh asserts that the advance agent
of the show gave him a card calling
for two tickets for this advertising,
and that when he presented his or
der for the tickets it was not hon
ored. DR.. Mcintosh would not be
bluffed. and Immediately had an at
tachment sworn out.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-11-07
SOCIETY BEER GARDEN.
Peachtree Street Lady Wanted to
Open One in Atlanta.

O3en One in Atlanta.
A howl of protest has been raised
in Atlanta against the proposed tea
and beer garden which Mrs. Mary
Grant Dickson, well-knOwn social
leader and resident Of Peachtree
street, desires to establish and oper-
ate on Piedmont avenue, opposite
Piedmont Park. Mrs. Dickson mas
an application before the city coun-
ci1 for license to establish this beer
garden, in which she proposes TO
cater only to the socially select, but
it seems the people living in that
section of the city do not want
beer garden in their midst, even
though it is proposed to conduct 1t
on a plane of eminent responsibility,
Residents of that section ana
number of ministers of the gospel
have taken the matter up, and they
will send a committee before the
notice committee of council at its
naxt meeting to protest against the
granting of the license.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-11-07
THE LONG SWEETNIN' PLANT
COL. BOB CRITTENDEN AND 9TH
ERS INSPECTED 1T.
Will Recommend That the State Ac-
cept 1t from the National Gov
eminent and Operate 1t.

eminent and Operate 1t.
State Commissioner of Agriculture
T. G. Hudson, DR.. l.. G. Hardeman
of Commerce, and Hon. R. F. Crit
tenden of Shellman, composing a
committee to look into the matter of
accepting from the government the
syrup plant which is located at Way
cross, have visited that place and in
spected the property.
BY a special act of congress this
plant is offered to the Georgia ex-
pertinent station, and the purpose of
this committee is to recommend
either the acceptance or rejection Of
it.
The syrup plant was established
by the government in 1904 for the
purpose of experimenting with the
making of can syrup Until this year
it was operated successfully and is
said to have been of some benefit to
the cane producing section of Geor-
gia. Owing to the fact that the state
has never taken any action in ac-
cepting or rejecting the plant it has
not been in operation this year. The
plant as it stands cost the govern
ment something like 100000, and it
was through the good work of Con-
gresham w G. Brantley that the
law was passed giving it to the
state absolutely free, the only con-
ditions attached to the gift being
that it must be operated and main
tanned at Waycross.
The committee has authorized the
statement that they will recommend
acceptance of the plant This means
that the plant will be operated in
Waycross as a branch experiment
station.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-11-07
busy SESSION OF CONGRESS DRAWS NEAR
MANY Matters of Vital Importance to the Country Are to
Be Given Attention. Pure Food and Railway
Acts Will Be Up for Doctoring

i The busiest short session for many
ears will be that of congress which
AEill convene next December.
B Two or three of the important
Jaws enacted at the last session will
4leed some improvements, such as
he pure food and the railway rate
pets, lame places in each having al
eady been discovered.
The Cuban situation will be one
4 the questions of gravest impor-
Rsnce The tide has turned strong
4 against annexation and the little
luTfy with Japan, has added to the
opposition to annexation, but how
~ this country can or ought to in
eyene in Cuban affairs is a ques-
Jon OF great gravity at this time,
lu whether any intervention should
Y taken on the motion of the pres
dent.
1t Is to this country a new and
@Flllng departure from old tradi-
'OnS to use the army and naval
OiCeS OF the government to preserve
'uer IN or to govern foreign coun-
~ and it is a precedent that may
0uSe trouble in the future, especial
as several European powers are
"Fady discussing the question as
whether or not the Monroe doc
'u7 IS still a vital force.
me trouble with Japan over the
francisco school matter will call
"Vlehtlon of congress to the con-
~" Oh our coast defenses, and to
real Weakness of our navy, and
VIII form one of the burdens of
A -, session. The currency question
also attract attention, but the
'"OlIltles are it will pass over to
- e" congress, as will the revision
IN, "e tariff. The ship subsidy bill
soa. occnpy good part of the at
'''on OF the house, as will the anti
k.r, 1'.lon measure favored by or
faAized labor.
IeSe are only a few of the i'm
.,ra ''' questions that will be before
d. . eSS' and as the session will
m. 0"'S TO March 3 the hands of
loo,. +a'lohal lawmakers will be well
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-11-07
But That Would Be Like Work.

A Mrs. Workman recently climbed
to the top of the highest peak of
the Himalayas, 23,150 feet above sea
level. A contemporary has figured
out that in performing the feat she
expended energy enough to do the
family wash for two weeks, to sweep
the floor from garrett to cellar, to
cook three meals and wash the dish
es, and then spank the baby.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-11-07
I7NDFPRID GOVERNMENT AND
SHOCKED CAPITAL OFFICIALS

While all this has furnished an I'M
expected surprise to government Off
cials, it has been a source of joy to
the opponents of government or mu-
nicipal ownership. Certainly it goes
far to prove the contention that pri-
waite enterprise can be trusted to
"nroduce the goods" as quickly and
much cheaper than government or
municipal concerns.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-11-07

Ont this out and take it to the
Dawson Drug Cos. drug store, Daw-
son. Ga, and get free sample of
Cbamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. For biliousness and cOnsti-
nation they are unequalled. They
iTnnrove the appetite, strengthen the
digestion and regulate the liver and
bowels
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-11-07
PICKED 1,135 POUNDS.

johnson Claims the Record as a
Cotton Gatherer.
'Zeb" Johnson, young man liV-
ing near Martin, Texas, claims TO
hold the worlds record in cotton
picking. In the presence of eleven
other pickers he gathered in one
day 1875 pounds of cotton, and in
the forenoon of the same day picked
over 700 pounds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25

due Of the apples after the Juice has been pressed
cut of them for cider. Starting with this cheap
Jelly stock. any flavor can be furnished by the
use Of chemicals. If the manufacturers wish
10 still further reduce the cost OF manufacture.
the apple stock is diluted with little starch
Taste. The addition OF trace of citric acid
causes the whole to hold together or Jelly.
These cheap tellies mostly harmless, but
they should be sold for what they are, not what
they are not. and the date OF manufacture
should be plainly marked on each can or glass.
CT course. these jellies and Jams Go not de-
teriOrate rapidly do the canned goods III
canned goods deteriCrate within a wear from the
date OF canning. and should not be used after
that length OF time. ThtS is especially true OF
tomatoes. the natural acid from which acts upon
the metal OF the tin in which they are packed.
producing a poison
"A cheap grade of currant jelly is made from
apple body or crushed apple. glucose. saccha-
cally made ether. 20 give il the flavor desired
The different others are used to give the favors
to these cheap jellies. such as pineapple ounce,
banana. etc.
The cheap essences on the market are all ar
tifctally made Take. for instance. pineapple
essence. Dissolve in alcohol a little butyric
ether. which possesses distinct pineapple flavor.
add little sulphuric acid and then shake the
whole together. and YOU have complete tInita-
tsCn OF ptDea Dple essence. Anlyl acetate and
butyric ether make excellent substitute for
banana essence. I venture 10 say that fully
nine-tenths Of the essences now on the market
ava srg4F V-a1a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25

..consistencie.r the old Scotch ballad writer
snelled the word. is not one Of the Jewels deco
,sting the management OF the hospital system
~ New-York City. Even that cautious state
,nsnt is perhaps inaccurate. for il is difficult TO
cod any system TO be managed This city has
8 GROUP Of forty-two private general, sixteen
,ublic and scores OF private special hospitals
ruuipr together about as efficiently a squad
op Of wild horses would do.
Al the present time hospitals are located indis-
,-'minately. without regard 10 possible eff
cssncv There is multiplicity Of special hospi-
,sas The ambulance service is not always TO be
6spended upon. And worst of all, sometimes
-.,isn,s in a dying condition are transferred,
often without thought Of the inhumanity Of it.
across town from private hospitals TO public in
s,,tu,ions This chaotic condition is productive
~ ,nbumanity and loss OF life and waste of
funss and energy. It is 10 cure these evils and
nrenare a scheme Of development for public
tosr3-al system for the whole city that the
.,avor recently appointed a commission, under
-. chairmanship OF former Controller Grout.
Private HOSPITALS are an outgrowth of the idea
-, nyhIIc institutions treat the sick with less
humanity than private ones do Yet one of the
Meas for a uniform public service in New-York
a. that n will introduce a greater degree OF hu-
,,anff,-. By law, private hospitals are permit
Ted 10 unload free cases upon Bellevue ana the
latter institution is required 10 receive them
According 10 Mr. Armstrong, the superintendent
~ Bellevue. one private hospital In one year
transferred more than eighteen hundred cases
or an average OF nearly six every day Two or
three others in the same year sent nine hundred
eseh. In many cases the patients were IN
diving condition when they were received ana
~ Armstrong was obliged TO send letters re-
garding the cases 10 the superintendent OF the
institutions from which they came
In similar fashion the hospitals Of the De-
r,ar+raent q Public Charities are obliged TO re-
ceive cases sent 10 them by Bellevue. The Off
Gals Of this department have also found occa-
sim 10 complain regarding the condition of some
n the patients from Bellevue when they were
rurned over 10 them. According 10 j. Mckee
Borden. secretary Of the Department Of Public
Charities. patients being transferred sometimes
even die on the boat while on their way TO
P9arkWelIs Island.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25
One Abuse Which Systematized Hospital Management
Would Allevate-Other Reforms Contemplated
by Newly Appointed Commission.

time, when its services are most needed, the
streets are crowded and life might depend
upon the promptness with which an ambulance
could reach a given spot.
The condition of excess Of hospitals is IL
Illustrated in the territory just north Of that
served by the Hudson Street Hospital. At 7th-
ave. 18th and 18th SITS, is st. Vincent's Hos
pital. private institution. In 15th-st, between
9th and 9th ayes, four blocks away. is the large
New-York Hospital. another private institution
both maintain ambulance services and several
ambulances. Neither of these is centrally To-
Gated in the district which it must serve, one
being at the northern end and the other at the
southern end.
The hospital next on the north is Roosevelt, at
29th-st and 9th-ave. nearly two miles away.
There is paucity of emergency hospitals from
this point. The next beyond the last named is
the ]. Hood Wright Hospital. at Amsterdam
away Until recently this hospital ex-
pected TO cover the territory between S6th-st.
and 219th-st. 1t is now relieved by new hos
pltal which has been opened at Washington
Heights, in 17Sth-st.
Gouverneur and Bellevue hospitals both sup
ported b. public funds, take of the East
Side above Catherine-st-, and south of 42d-st.
The streets between 42d and Goth SITS. are de-
batable ground between the Flower and Pres
byterian hospitals. These large privaue insti-
tutions are within a few blocks of one another.
the former at 63d-st- and Eastern Boulevard
and the latter at Madison-ave, 10th and list
SITS. In order to give each district in which
Its ambuances should have pre-eminence the
territory assigned to the Flower Hospital Is
that between 42d and 59th SITS, east of 5th-ave.,
the other hospital taking all the part of the
island east of Central Park
In one of these districts, however, there is no
emergency hospital, and in the other there are
two, a condition which is likely to cause fric-
ton at any time between the energetic ambu-
lance surgeons, for hospitals are not absolutely
confined TO their territory in responding calls.
The public hospital at the foot of East 120th-st.
takes care of the upper end of the island.
That Charles T. YeTkes realized where a hos
pitaI could be placed TO advantage is illustrated
by the fact that in The Bronx rapidly grow
ing borough almost twice as large as Manhat-
tan, the ambulance service is furnished by only
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25
PATIENTS OI7FD THROUGH STREETS CROWDED ANlANCfs -

beas than the private hospitals do for surgical
cases the transfer of patients, with it's accom-
panying inhumanity. could be obvated in
great degree.
The confused condition is easily understood
when one recalls that large majority of the
hospitals Of the city. general as we'll as special
are under private direction and that three de-
partments are mixed up in the operation of the
sixteen public institutions. The latter include
eight general and eight special hospitals for the
care OF women and children, the insane con-
sumptives and of persons suffering from con-
tagious diseases After much inquiry one dis
covers that the four hospitals in Manhattan
and The Bronx known as the Bellevue and AL
lied Hospitals-which. while public institutions
are directed by a board of unpaid trustees-are
expected TO care for acute cases, such as acct
dents alcoholism. insanity and diseases which
may terminate fatally in a short time That
those cases which are chronic and those patients
who are convalescent may be turned over to the
Department Of Public Charities for care at its
ancient hospitals Blackwelrs Island and
that on the theory that the duty of the Depart
ment of Health is that OF protecting the public
health this department takes charge of all cases
Of contagious diseases and of consumption in the
last stages when It is considered dangerous to
9th
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25

Now that the Senate has passed the Pure
Food bill, after years of agitation. the manu-
facturers Of adulterated eatables are likely 10
start campaign for educating the public up
10 the idea that the adulterants they employ are
not really harmful after all 70 those VINO eat
them. Last week Professor Thomas B. StilI-
man. Ph D. director Of the chemical laboratories
o. Stevens Institute, in Hoboken, gave dinner
a. the Hotel Aston. in this city. which incl
cental!y. upheld this contention He created
from various chemicals and under the very eyes
o. his guests wines sauces, salads ana other
foods 81 every resrect as tempting TO the palate
as II they had been made at the expense OF
much tine and labor from the products OF the
vine or The garden Then the guests ate then'
Ene al survived.
Il must not be inagined however that Pro-
,essor stiuulan holds any brief for the manu-
.scturers OF sdulterated food. His views are In
accord with those Of many who have been in
strumsntal IN securing the passage OF this Pure
Food bill by the Senate. BY these workers III
The interests OF pure food. II has all along oeen
pointed out that the real evil OF adulterateo
FOODS exists not so much IN the comparatively
Insignificant amount OF poisons they contain
az IN the plain swindling OF the public by SELL
Ing these substitutes al enormous profits FOR the
real thing. once they are properly labelled ana
dated, according 10 the intent Of the Pure FOOD
bil, say workers In the interests Of pure food.
the substitutes must stand Gall their own
merits
Opponents OF the pure food legislation have
declared all along that the bin passed the other
Az By the Senate would interfere with the
rights OF the States to regulate the standards
OF the food products in their own territory; that
would vest the Secretary Of Agriculture with
authority arbitrarily 20 declare any food product
Injurious and 20 prohibit it's sale, and that il
would also make necessary the publication OF
secret formulas. These things. supporters OF the
measure declare. Will not and can not result from
Us passage and they declare that it's only effect
as law Will be 10 place substitutes on fair and
square footing with the real food products.
leaving IL 20 the public 20 decide which they pre-
Yer II is argued that there are now many prod
ucts sold for what they not. fer which there
VIII probably be Just as much OF demand when,
~ compliance with a pure food law. they are
aid for plainly what they Others. ot course.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25
JEALOUSY OF SURGEONS.

That life is jeopardized by system In which
each unit governs itself, leaving the way
omen for overzealous rivalry at the expense o.
the patient, is shown in the case of an accident
in Brooklyn Three men were injured. two OF
them so seriously that they were in danger OF
CURED within short distance OF a hospital II
so happened that the ambulance owned by that
hospital was out case, and as two anou-
Iances would be needed. call was sent 10 a
neighboring hospital also. The ambulance OF
the latter after driving about a mile. reached
the scene first. The man most seriously IN
1ured was taken out and was claimed as the
case of the more distant hospital because us
surgeon had been the ground first instead
Of taking the badly injured man TO the rlVai
hospital, only a few blocks away, the surgeon
insisted on driving with him over mile TO MS
own institution The man died IT was asserted
nv some that could attention have Deen gwen
him Immediately he might have lived
The opportunities for disputes as 10 the Jurls-
diction where there is divided authority are m
dictate in the case Of a man who was round IN
the Brooklyn streets too weak TO move An
ambulance was called from private hospital
in whose district ne found. When II ar
rived the surgeon discovered that the man was
weak from starvation. AS he required neither
medical nor surgical assistance. the surgeon de-
clined TO take the case. saying that IL was one
for the hospital Of the Department OF Public
Charities to care for. Before the man could re-
ceiye the attention he needed he was dead.
If a person is injured Staten Island he Is
taken bv train to the north end OF the island.
where there are two private hospitals An am
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25
HARMLESS. But FRAUDULENT.

LAS I have said. most Of these substitutes are
in themselves harmless. bur remember. I do rot
want 70 be understood as favoring them TO The
exclusion of the real article agree with Pro-
feSsor Wylie that they should be marked as sub
stitUtes. Then people can exercise their ju6s-
nent In the matter"
While he is emphatic IN his belief that ths
chemical possibilities In the artificial eonstruc-
tion OF foods has by 40 means been reached.
Professor Stillrnan says that no prediction along
that line be safely made at the present time.
There Is however. he saws. little doubt that all
such artificial foods can be made and sold at
cost much below that for which the natural food
products can be marketed
Professor Stillman Is a member OF the Chenl-
cal Society OF Paris and Is widely known in this
country as authority in chemical matters
He has been experimenting for time in his
laboratories in the Stevens Institute IN the
production OF artificial foods and liquids His
efforts In this direction have long been the won
der and admiration OF his force of assistants and
laboratory helpers. several OF whom have offered
themselves as martyrs ON the altar or science in
the preliminary tests OF some Of the professor .
products
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25
DANGER OF OVERLAPPING.

This looks Ike system, but as a matter of
fact the departments are all encroaching on one
another's territory. Each of them is plan
ming sanatorium for consumptives. and in one
case also for other classes of convalescents The
Health Department has acquired about 500 of
the 1900 acres of land which it is expected will
be required at Otisville, y. Y, for such a sana-
torium- 1t is expected that the of $4,000
will be used Immediately in the construction
Of buildings The Department of Public Chart
ties is about TO begin work on a tuberculosis
hospital on Staten Island. to cost about $1,000
600. On January % bill introduced into
theIegislature providing for a cOnvalescent and
recreation seashore colony. to cost in the neigh
borhood of S250o.000. This is the sanatorium
for the location of which Long Beach
toned This will be used by tuberculOus patients
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-25
A SYNTHETIC DINNER.

Professor Stillman called his spread a syn
thetic dinner because practically all of the
dishes served were synthetically constructed or
buiIt I'D before the eyes of those who afterward
ate them. and he was prompted to It's undertake
ing partly because his guests had doubted his
claim TO the ability to create artificial food as
good as real, but principally because or DE-
sire TO demonstrate the possibilities Of chemis-
try in this field.
Il gave the dinner" said the professor, in
Speaking of the affair yesterday. Just to show
what chemistry can do I do not wish TO be IN
derstood as favoring the indscriminate manu-
facture and sale OF food substitutes, for / be-
lieve as does Professor WyIie, Of the Depart
raent of Agriculture. that while there are GER
tain of these substitutes that perfectly harm
less. they should not as they are now, be sold
for the real article but should be plainly marked
in such a manner as to show that ;hey are SUBJ
stitutes.
81 could have added more than ] did 10 the
menu. For instance could have given my guests
a SOUP composed entirely OF chemicals while
they waited, but, II was, l think the menu
WAS sufficient 10 convince one OF the wonders
that can be chemically evolved in this line"
The dinner not large one. Tor PROFESSOR
stflluaan limited his guests 10 Two close Itlehus,
Henry w Goodrich, OF Manhattan ana James
= Howell of Newark. Had he desired. ne cou!d
have filled the hotels main dining room Win
guests for when 1t was announced that ne was
10 Give such a dinner he was beset win requests
froyn far and near for permission 10 atleAu
.syou would be surprised" said the professor
"iP 7 should tell you some OF the names ci HoSo
who wrote me for permission to attend that