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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-28

! The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
says:
Washington is great show town.
Visitors are occupied with the govern
ment buildings, the museums, the
Washington monument, the white
house and Arlington across the river:
they enjoy congress when it is in SEES
sion and hearing the giants OF de-
| bate They admire the streets OF as
phalt, which are said to be unrivaled
in the world, and as hot, in summer,
as TOphet. But a report OF ma
tiOnal committee on social and civic
conditions in America, now printed by
Charities. says:
" From the top of one of the See
ing Washington automobiles which
roll down Pennsylvania avenue the
average visitor exudes patriotism and
breathes great big breaths. Not I'M
til he starts to live there the year
round does he find such deficiencies as
these;
- No compulsory school attend
ance, and 10000 children last year
not attending school.
No laws against children work. ;
L" No special juvenile court.
I Ono all-the-year-round play
grounds.
No adequate housing laws, but
slum conditions as bad as those of
Chicago and New York, without the
excuse of being a great industrial cen
ter or being crammed between rivers.
The sIums of Washington have
long been notorious. President Roose-
welt attacked them in one of his an
nual messages. From this point of
view the national capital is a bad
smelling shanty town with a gorgeous
front of magnificent public buildings
and splendid private residences. No
water, no sewerage and some of the
worst conditions Of disease and dilap-
fdation characterize Chinch row,
three blocks from Dupont circle and
seven from the white house The ne
gro quarter is a shock to the average
visitor, its rows of tumble-dOwn shan
ties looking like a Rocky mountain
mining camp in decay. And over all
this bottomless degradation towers
the capital dome and the monument,
a contrast that rivals the conjunction
of dazzling splendOr and intolerable
filth which travellers so often confront
in the cities of India.
This is lamentable hearing, to be
sure. Our national egotism may be
extravagant, but the fact remains that
we are the fourth largest nation lin
Guiding semi-civilized China) the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-28
FIRE RACED; SURGEONS CUT.
Operation Performed on Woman I'm
der Sensational circumstances.

Operation Performed on Woman I'm
der Sensational Circumstances.
A surgical operation under peculiar
and sensational circumstances was
performed at Biddeford, Me-, the other
day. A woman had been put under
chloroform and put on the table for a
difficult operation in hospital when
it was discovered the building was on
fire. The woman's life depended on
the operation going forward promptly.
The fire was on the floor above the OPP
Grating room. The surgeons declined
to stop work, Notwithstanding the en-
gines began to throw water on the
floor over their heads. Umbrellas
were brought and held over the patient
to prevent the water from falling on
her, and the surgeons went on until
they had finished their task. 1t is a
pleasure to note that the fire was soon.
under control. the operation was a
success and the woman will live.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-28

B. Spiegel, 1904 N. Virginia street,
Evansville, Ind, writes: For over
five years I was troubled with kidney
and bladder troubles which caused me
much pain and worry. | lost flesh
and was all rundown, and q year ago
had to abandon work entirely | had
three of the best physicians. who did
me no good and | was practically Civ
en- up to die. Fojey's Kidney Cure
was recommended, and the first bottle
gave me great relief, and after taking
the second bottle I was entirely
cured" Sold by Hendricks Drug
Store, Dawson, and H. A Wall,
BrOnwOOd.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-28

is not located in one body, but is
scattered over about four districts
Reedv Springs, Pinetucky, Lowery
and Burch. 1t is of a gray pimple
soil, and while not the best land in
Laurens county by any means it is
good soil and worth all that the spin
ners will pay for it if they conclude
the negotiations.
Since it has been rumored that the
English spinners are negotiating for
this land there has been much specu-
lation as to the cause, etc. The spin
ners have been threatening for some
years to raise their own cotton, butnO
attention has been paid to the threat.
1t may be now that they are endeav-
oring to make their bluff good by buy
ing up cotton land. OF course, one
hundred and fortY-tive thousand acres
of land will not be a starter, but it
may be that agents are now travelling
all over the cotton country buying up
cotton land. 1t is said that cOnsid
cradle quantity of land has been re-
Gently purchased around Athens by
the English spinners. Land in the
neighborhood of Athens is not nearly
so we'll adapted to the growth of cot
ton as that in Laurens county.
1t is probable that within a few
weeks something definite will be known
concerning the probable purchase of
the Dodge lands and lands in other
sections of the cotton belt.-Dublin
DiSDatch
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-28
SPINNERS TO GROW COTTON


Has Agents i'm Georgia Who Are En-
deavoring TO Get Control of Hum
dred and Fifty Thousands Acres.
1t is entirely possible that the En-
glish spmners will engage in the cot
ton raising industry in this country.
In fact, men supposed to be repre-
senting the English spinners are en-
deavoring to purchase twenty-five
thousand acres of Laurens county
land. In Lamens, Dodge, MontgOm-
cry and Telfair there are one hundred
and forty-fve thousand acres of land
which the English spinners are said to
be endeavoring to purchase.
This land is the property of Mr..
Norman w Dodge of New York. 1t
is said that agents Of the spinners are
now in New York negotiating with
Mr.. Dodge for the purchase OF this
land. This information has been OBJ
tanned from one in position to know,
and he asserts it as a fact. He says
that these men approached the Geor-
gia agent of Mir. Dodge, and then
went to New York to see him per-
sonally and conclude the negotia-
tons.
The land in question IS not in Guilt
walton. 1t is land from which the tim
Der has been cut, but is said that there
is enough timber on the land for fenc-
ing, etc. The land is fertile, and is
we'll suited for cotton raising. In
fact there is not better cotton land in
The state for the purpose desired than
this property.
The Dodge land in Laurens county
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-28
CALoMEL FOR PEAR TREES.
Fitzgerald Men Think the Drug Will
Cure Blight.

That calomel will cure blight in pear
trees is the remarkable discovery that
his set Fitzgerald orchardists to won
dering, for the efficiency of the drug
seems to have been proven by some
experiments made by G. S. Smiley.
He had some trees so badly affected
that he had decided to dig them up.
when the cal0mel remedy was suggest
ed by \. S. Field, and the medicine
was administered by boring 4 small
augur hole in the trunk of the tree, in
serting fifteen grains of calomel to
each tree and plugging up the holes
1t is claimed that the trees bore some
fruit the year following treatment, and
that they are loaded with blooms this
year, and have apparently recovered
from the disease.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-28
NIareh For Bntteries Across RocIzies.

A forced march Of 500 miles across
the Rocky mountains is soon to be
made by two batteries of the United
States army from Salt Lake City to the
fort at Cheyenne, Wyo., says a dis
patch from that place. The start will
be made early in March, and it will be
a race against time across the noun
tains. The batteries will bring their
cannon, camp equipment and accouter-
ments and will be expected to make at
least twenty-five miles every day. The
greater part Of the trip will be through
mountain ranges and passes, and prob
ably a hundred miles will be through
snow.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-28
WASHINGTON A "WHITED SBPULCHRB?"

greatest and most populous republic,
and in all probability the wealthiest
country in the world. Such being the
case, we are assuredly entitled to a
"show' capital, one that, though not
so large as many, is at least more
nearly perfect.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-28

The greatest ''snakeologist' in
Pennsylvania is believed to be Prof.
j. X. Owen. who is connected with the
State University. Prof. Owen says
that the ensuing yearis going to be one
of the greatest seasons for snakes that
was ever known. The mild winter has
been exceptionally favorable for
snakes and an early spring will make
them as plentiful as grasshOppers in
June
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-28

OrinO Laxative Fruit Syrup is a
new remedy, an improvement on the
laxatives of former years, as it does
not grippe or nauseate and is pleasant
to take. 1t is guaranteed. Sold by
Hendricks Drug Store, Dawson, and
H. A. Wall, Bronwood.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-28
Has Stood the Test % Yenrs.

The old, original Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic. You know what you are
taking. 1t is iron and quinine in
tasteless form. No cure, nc pay. SOC.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-13

 herein unsatisfactory for reason whatsoever Every article in E5 only Starts II hNfsday February af O
Arizona republican., 1906-04-06
THE SOUVENIR.

The tourist halls from East and West, From Maine to the Rio Grande, And the souvenir that each likes best Is Donofrio's Cactus Candy.
Arizona republican., 1906-04-06

cancies in the county school work but if he would leave his address. he would inform him as soon as he could do any thing for him. Dr. Jordan replied that letter addressed to him at Palo Alto. Calif., would no doubt reach him.
 This is the same superintendent of whom another story, perhaps a fanci- full one was told by Senator Beveridge after his hurried tour of the two ter ritories three years ago. He said that in conversation with the superinten- dent, after having discovered his gen eral lack of information he asked him if he knew Columbus. The super intendent replied that he knew him only by reputation. He had never met him personally. The senator then told him that Columbus was dead. where at the superintendent expressed min gled surprise and regret.
Arizona republican., 1906-04-06
SURVEYS APPRovEp-rhe snr-

SURVEYS APPROVED-The sur veyor general has approved the fol- lowing official mineral surveys: Sur vey No. 2179. Concord lode. situate in the Saddle Mountain mining district, Pinal county. claimed by the Saddle Mountain Mining company. Survey No. 21S1 Bridgeport, Buffalo. Philadel- phia. Sleeper. Side Show No. 1 and Side Show No. ? lode claims. situate in the Saddle Mountain Mining district, Pinal county, claimed by tho Saddle Mountain Mining company. Survey No. 21S2, Big Rock and Pittsburg lodes. situate in the same county and district and claimed by the Saddle Mountain Mining company
 A SAVING OF STATIONERY-No- tice was filed in the office of the coun- ty recorder yesterday of an amendment of the articles of the Kentucky-Arizo ma Consolidated Smelling. Mining and Development company. The amend ment consists in the shortening of the name to ''The Kentucky-ArizOna Cop per company" Thus has been effected a great saving of time and stationery. Articles were filed of the Gold Noun tain Bullfrog Mining company with %. capital stock of $1.OOO.0OO. The incor- porators gre w. H. Sears. O. F. Mat kin and F. Lightfoot. Articles were al- so filed of the Bullfrog Gold Center Water and Mills company. capital stock. S1.500O0O incOrpOratOrs. w. D. Lawton, L. NJ. Long. F. c. Lawton and NJ K. Barrett.
Arizona republican., 1906-04-06
DAVID STARR JORDAN
 WAS NEXT IN LINE
For a Position in the Public Schools
 of fAlbuquerque-

Ed Farr, the Albuquerque butcher and cattlebuyer is in the city He re- lated a funny thing which perhaps never before got into the papers. It was in connection with the superin- tendent of the county schools, whose information of affairs outside of his own bailiwick was not very ex- tensive.
 One day, said MT. Farr. Dr. David Starr Jordan, the head of Stanford University. was laid out in Albuquer- que by a deranged train schedule and he naturally sought to employ his time in an investigation of the educational conditions in the city.
 He asked the way to the court house and asked to be presented to the coun- ty superintendent. That functionary who was busy when pr. Jordan an nounced his name and position, told him that there were just then no Va
Arizona republican., 1906-04-06

The secret of the big rush for feather
 goods at the Pearson Ostrich Farm Is out. They are making a 25 per cent reduction on everything made of feath- ~.
Arizona republican., 1906-04-06

Factory Smokers The best sc Cigar
Arizona republican., 1906-04-06

Best and purest-Old Rutledge Whisky.
Arizona republican., 1906-04-06

De- "The Diamond Jo." for Wickenburg. Congress Junction, P r s c ott, Jerome Junction, Ash | Ork ....-.-.-....-. ''The Daylight Express" for Wickenburg, Con gress Junction. Pres colt. Jerome Junction. Ash Fork .......... For Wenden, Salome... For Tempe, Mesa. Flor ence. Kelvin. Wrinkle man ....-... ........... ]
Arizona republican., 1906-04-06
Of LocalY
 Interest. A4e
v SANTA FEE TIME TABLE.

CITY TIME aparture Arrival 12:SO am 2:4O am 7:45 am APO pm 7:45 am 2:40 am 11:31 am 1920 pm
Arizona republican., 1906-04-06
WOOL BUYERS COMING WEST.

Boston. April -CSpeciaD- Next week will witness the departure of a small army of Boston wool buyers for the principal western shearing centers and competition for shorn wools sure to be active. New Arizona wool is selling here at 26 cents to cost S6 to 70 cents secured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20

'Tis the week before Christmas, and all
through the place
Each woman goes shopping, with worn,
weary face;
And held in her hand is a long, fearsome
list
OF names that could simply by no means
be missed
So shopping, and shopping, and shopping
Bumped, showed, pushed, and tangled in
squad and in row.
This the week before Christmas, and father
is sad
Though mother and sisters are all of them
glad.
Poor father reflects on the state of his
And broods on expenses that tell on hi
health
But once in the year come the glad Christ
The rest of the years for poor father to
pay.
'Tis the week before Christmas-and now
Puts on her glad garments. adjusts her
cute curl
And sends for the lover with whom she has
fused,
To tell him she knows he's the one she
should trust,
And he-he forgives her. The gas is turned
and-this is the week before Christmas,
yOu hhO".
IT'S the week before Christmas, and Z
through the home
The children are watched as they aimless-
ly roam,
And when they approach any wardrobe
or chest
They are told they must stop-and o.
the behest;
And O.. the sweet children, So fat:
are they
At Sunday school-Santa will come Christ
mas Day.
It's the week before Christmas, and all
through the land
Each poet is toiling with pen in his hand
At work on the parody based on the
rhyme
That somebody jingled out once on a time
But where is the prophet who wishes to
sing
The row that the week after Christmas
will bring?
w. D.. Nesbit. in Chicago Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
Timothy or Clover.

After an experiment in fattening
horses the Illinois Experiment Station
says in effect about timothy hay for
horses that will be surprising to many
horsemen:
A feature of the experiment was the
demonstration of the worthleSsneSs Of
timothy hay, something that horse flesh
ers will do well to keep in mind. Tim
othy is good to haul to town and sell
to the other fellow. Glover beats it all
around. In the experiment horses fed
on corn, oats and clover gained 277
pounds each in ninety-two days. The
lot fed On the same ration except tim
othy was substituted for clover, the
gain was 142 pounds and the timothy
ration cost more than clover.
From this it is plain that timothy Is
an Improbable raw material for farm
feeding operations. If you must grow
it, sell to the man in town. Corn, oats
and clover hay, with a little bran and
oil meal, constitute an ideal ration for
fattening horses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20

1T1-Battle of Chestnut Hill, Pa.
11S3-Washington babe farewell to his
officers.
li9o-Timothy Pickering of Massachu-
settS became Secretary of State.
1SOO-Austrians defeated the French at
the battle of Hohenlinden.
1S15-Execution of Marshal Ncy.
1S1S-Illinois admitted as a State of the
Union.
1S31-John Bishop and Thomas Williams
executed at the Old Bailey for the
murder of a poor Italian boy for
dissecting purposes.
1S61-Engagement between Confederate
gunboats apd Federal vessels at
Cape Hatteras. John C. Brecken-
ridge expelled from the United
States Senate.
1S62-Gen. Banks expedition sailed for
for New Orleans.
1S65-Leopold II. assembled throne OF
Belgium.
1S67-Resolution of judiciary committee
to impeach President Johnson voted
down in the House-lN2 to 81.
1S69-National Colored La6or convention
met in Washington.
1S71-Seventeen immigrants frozen to
death in Saline county, Nebraska.
Court house and many other build
ings destroyed in fire at Hagerstown,
Md.
1S74-Destructive fire at Charlestown,
w. Va.
1S75-Steamship Deutschland wrecked
on the Galloper Sands 80 lives lost.
1SS9-The explorer Stanley reached the
eastern coast of Africa at Bagamoyo.
1S9O-King Kalakaua of Hawaii landed
at San Francisco.
1S91-Norcross attempted to assassinate
Russell Sage by exploding a bomb.
1S93-Trial of DR.. Meyer, the alleged
murderer by poison, began in New
York City.
1S94-Financial panic in Newfoundland;
government resigned. e..
1S96-Gen. Maceo, Cuban leader, killed
in a skirmish.
1S99-British lost heavily in unsuccess-
full attempt to carry Boer positions
at ~Spytfontein.
1900-Gen. MERCER, in the Senate of
France, projected the invasion of
England by arms. Tension between
Portugal and the Netherlands over
South African affairs caused sever
ance of diplomatic relations.
1901-Industrial arbitration bill passed
by Parliament of New South Wales.
1902-British and German fleets seized
custom house at La Guayra, Venez-
uela.
1904-Bad break in market caused part
ly by attack on Amalgamated Cop
per by Thomas w. Lawson, a Boston
stock broker. Mrs. Cassie Chad
wick, millionaire swindler, impris-
oned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
lights during Christmas night

ing lights during Christmas night. The
English yule log is a faint survival of this
festival. But it is beyond these that I
wish to draw FOUR attention, back further
even than the Druid mysteries of the Gal
lie forests. 1t is to China, that home of
all wonders and of all history. 1t has
been shown that as long ago as PAT B. G.
a tree with a hundred lamps and flowers
was placed on the steps of the audience
hall. This appears again in the records
of Princess Yang, who lived 1875 A.
D., and who caused a hundred-lamp tree
eighty feet high TO be erected on a noun
tain. 1t was lighted during New Years
night. and the illumination was seen for
hundreds of miles, eclipsing the light of
the moon. This candle tree is no longer
lighted in China, being replaced by an
unusual number of lanterns, which are
hung everywhere. A suggestion of the
tree, however, still survives in Japan. At
the New Year two evergreen trees are
placed without, on either side Of the door.
Their tops are tied together with the
sacred band of straw, and various objects,
dried Holsters and oranges are fastened to
their branches.-Woman's Home Com
Danion-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20
in z ~ HELL
Yl

Belmont, Ohio, was wiped out almost
completely by fire. Loss over 100000.
The reports of the illness of King
Menelik of Abyssinia are reported I'M
founded.
w. E. Dodge is said to be the donor of
100000 for a lodging house for friend
less boys in New York.
Brig. Gen. Otis II. Marion died at his
home in .Allston. Mass, from pneumonia,
a the age of 80 years.
An earthquake shock lasting two sec
onds was felt at Milazo, on the north
coast of the island of Sicily.
The Canadian government has decided
to establish life-ssving stations along the
Prince Edward island coast.
The safe in the postoffice at Gallman,
Miss, was blown open and several hun
dred dollars in cash and stamps taken.
4 Paris street car dashed into a wag-
or loaded with $1,000 eggs. The wagon
driver was hat drowned in broken eggs.
Thomas Stout, a negro, was hanged at
Lexington, KY, for the murder of Sam
Lee, another negro, eighteen months ago.
The Iong-standing coal strike in Al
berta, Northwest Territory, is over. the
operators and men having come to terms.
The dreaded San Jose scale has been
discovered in ~Seve,al fruit orchards in
Massachusetts by Tree Warden Walker.
Stewart NJ. Brice. son Of the late
Senator Calvin s. Brice, aud Mrs. Cath
crime Mount of indianapolis we're married
in New York.
Ethel Smith, the 1J-year-old girl of
Thornton, Ohio, who shot and killed Ell
mer Briggs. will be tried on a charge of
manslaughter.
Robert A. Ammon. convicted for con-
nection with the Frankl,a syndicate fraud
in 1903. was released from Sing Sing
prison Monday.
James Donnall, Central American mer-
chant, who arrived in San Francisco re-
Gently, brought the news of the complete
destruction of the town of Tutupec. on
tht Isthmus of T~ehuantepec, during a ter
rife hurricane a few weeks ago. Fifty
lives were lost.
The Spanish gunboat AIvayado, captur-
ed during the war with Spain, has been
transferred to the naval militia of the
Louisiana.
Keel plates of another D~readnought
were laid at Portsmouth, England. The
new battleship will be larger than the
first D~readnought.
Fire in a Pi-tsburg automobile garage
caused a loss Of about $4,000. The fire
was started by the dropping of an incan-
descent light bulb.
Arthur May Knapp. editor of the Daily
Advertiser of Yokohama, says Japan
looks upon the trouble in San Francisco
as a local affair.
Alfred G. Smith, secretary of the Ward
line of steamers, denies a report that
Charles w. Morse is negotiating for the
purchase of The line.
Donate Milanetti of Midland, Ohio,
fred two shots into his wife's breast. kill
ing her instantly, and then shot himself
twice. He is IN a hospital.
The annual report of the commissioner
Of internal revenue for the last fiscal year
shows that Illinois ontributed more than
one-ffth of the total revenue collected.
Will johnson, a negro of Atlanta, Ga,
has been found guilty of attacking Mrs.
Georgia Hembree, a white woman, and
has been sentenced TO be hanged Jan. !.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-20

cling to a happy myth or destroy your
boys faith in Santa Claus, and, incident
ally in a good many other things he be-
lieves in. but doesn't understand?
why discuss the matter at all?' is a
natural question. Because it is a ques-
ton that always arises at Christmas time.
An Eastern preacher IS discussing it from
the pulpit and holds that deceit is sin and
that the truth ard only the truth is the
best steady diet for both young and old.
The man or woman who would take
from a child his sublime faith in a Mys-
terious Being, who rewards all the good
children and skips the bad ones on his
annual tour of countless chimneys, has a
shriveled heart. We want more happi-
ness not less. We need more good infu-
ences in the lives of our children, not
fewer. Nothing but good ever came from
the Santa Claus Myth. He is a glorious
ghost, a delicious impossibility, is this
friend of the children. He teaches kind
ness, charity, goodness. He inspires and
encourages. He brightens the lives of
millions of little ones with the joy of an
ticipation and the gladness of receiving.
He is a companion of brownies and elves
and fairies, and flowers that speak.
When we abolish Merry Old st. Nick
lets burn all the story books, the fairy
tales, and all the make-believes that WELD
an influence for good in the lives of chill
dren. But Santa Claus is in no danger,
for if the children love him, so do the
parents. Memory of happy days Of long
ago protects him. A century hence he
will be making his rounds and laughing,