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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-12-19
CHAMPION SNAKE HUNTER.
Pennsylvania Makes a Business of
Catching the Reptiles.


Snake skins are now used for a
variety of articles, and an unusual
demand has been created for the
cuticle of the reptiles. Perhaps the
most successful snake catcher in the
country is Griffith Jones, Welsh
man, who lives at Tobyhanna, Pa.
He has not only succeeded in bag
ging hundreds of rattlers, but has
formed a sort of company of snake
catchers, and has sometimes as many
as 80 men out catching every variety
of snake to be found in the Pennsyl-
vania rocks and woods.
The little Welshman, who has
lived in almost every country in the
world and knows snakes as the ordi-
nary man knows dogs, starts out in
the morning, wearing thigh boots
and carrying a long forked stick.
Also he has big bag, made of stout
canvas. He rarely returns without
as many living and dead snakes in
this bag as he can conveniently car
ry.
The snake skins net so cents and
rs cents up to 81 each, according
to size and quality. Among the
numerous articles made of snake
skin are pocketbooks, neckties, card
cases, ladies' purses, belts, hat bands
and money bags.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-12-19
GREAT VALUE OF DIAMONDS
HALF THE PRECIOUS GEMS IN
WORLD OWNED IN AMERICA.
Some Interesting Facts About the
Sparklers. Billion Dollars
Worth of Them.

Sparklers. Billion Dollars
Worth of Them.
The greatest thing in the world,
from material standpoint is a dia-
mond mine An ounce of pure gold
is worth about $40; an ounce of
fine one carat diamonds is valued at
from $4,000 to 100000!
There is a difference of scientific
opinion as to the original heat and
pressure and various processes by
which nature formed these beautiful
stones, but most modern biologists
agree that diamonds have been
forced by volcanic action from great
depths in the earth.
Geologically diamonds have no
kinship with the carbonaceous shale
or with the quartzite in which they
are usually found Had the stones
been sprinkled upon this planet from
the stars they would not be more
foreign, scientists say, to the vol
canic mud or rock in which they are
deposited. De Laanay, the French
geologist, contends, therefore, that
diamonds have their origin in the
center of the earth.
All the famous stones in the world
have been eclipsed by the Premier
diamond, discovered last year (1905)
in South Africa. Kunz, the diamond
expert, appraises the value of this
diamond at no less than $45,000,-
00O 1t weighs 1924 carats, or 1877
pounds ayoirdupois. There is
movement to sell it to the British
government at far less than the sum
named with the understanding that
it is not to be cut, and that it is to
be exhibited freely to the public.
This diamond is valued at several
times the capital stock of the COM
pany that owns the mine from which
it was taken
If this Premier diamond follows
the commercial stream in which
these valuable stones move today it
may find it's way to America. The
United States is now the leading dia
mond importing country in the
world. In 1905 we imported $780,
100000 worth of diamonds. That
sum-our annual wholesale bill for
diamonds-would pay the salary of
the president of the United States
for 600 years.
All the diamonds known to exist
today are valued at 000,000,000.
Of this amount $50O,000,000, or
one-half, is owned in America. Thus
in our brooches, scarf pins, tiaras,
etc., set with diamonds, we have
enough wealth to pay twice for the
digging of the Panama canal.
Formerly America bought only cut
diamonds abroad Antwerp and AM
sterdam enjoyed a monopoly in lap
idary skill. In 1896 the value of
uncut diamonds imported into the
United States was only $78,815.
Then we began to learn to cut these
precious stones, and in 1898 the
value of uncut diamonds imported
rose to $2,5O0,000. A year later the
value imported was over $4,500,000;
in 1901 it was $6,500,000; in 1902,
over $8,000,000; and last year the
imports of uncut diamonds amount
ed to more than $10,000,000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-12-19
A STORE FOR NEGROES ONLY
New York Will Have a Department
Emporium Exclusively for the
COIOred Race.

Purchase was recently made by
the Metropolitan Mercantile and
Realty Company of the four-story
building at Forty-siXth street and
Eighth avenue, New York, which
will be renovated and have two
stories added to make it a depart
ment store exclusively for negroes
This is a part of the general scheme
on the part of the company to build
stores to aid the members of the ne
gro race in many parts of the coun-
try
While the experiment has been
carried on for several years, it has
only been for two years or more
that the fruits of the original en-
terprise began to ripen. The Met
ropolitan Mercantile and Realty
Company has among its officers and
its 6 900 stockholders some OF tne
prominent members of the race III
this country, and includes the mill
listers of a majority OF the negro
churches. In Plainfield, n. )" IS d
store run on this plan, and others
are located in Baltimore ana IN oa-
vannah. - a4noo+
and Eighth avenue will employ sew
eral hundred negroes, male and fe-
male. 1t will be conducted and 9th
ers will be organized to provide labor
for members of the negro race. j..
P. Sheridan Ball is president OF
the company. Ball said tne con con-
900 o The movement will not stop,
he said. until every negro, male and
female f., who cared to work shall have
amn1oyment. The new store will
omen o Nav l, the work of rebuilding
6eeginning at once, and will include
Departments from drug store 10
bank.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-12-19
Passed Examination successfully.

James Donahue, New Britain,
Conn. writes: 81 tried several kid
new remedies, and was treated by
our best physicians for diabetes, but
did not improve until 1 took Foley's
Kidney Cure. After the second bot
tie 1 showed improvement, and five
bottles cured me completely. l have
since passed a rigid examination for
life insurance" Foley's Kidney
Cure cures back-ache and all forms
of kidney and bladder trouble. Ken
bricks Drug Store, Dawson; H. A.
Wall Brentwood.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-12-19
The Riggist Gonrd.

A Columbus, Ohio, man claims
the distinction of growing and pos
sessing the largest gourd in the
United States if not the world This
giant of the gourd family is 51a
feet long, 80 inches around the body
and s inches around the stem.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-12-19
WITH THE SKYDWELLERS
THE FIRST STOP SANTA CLAUS REINDEER ROUTE.


To land a snorting reindeer six
INLAND on the roof of a New York
Skyscraper requires pretty skillful
handling of the lines, but Santa
Claus is the man who can do it with
out Earring a brick off the chimneys.
Why should he want to stop at such
a queer depot? you ask. Because
there are hundreds of little children
living right in the very center of
New York who have never pressed
their tender feet upon the brown
earth, climbed trees, played in the
grass or experienced the thousands
and one pleasures SO common to
everyday life. They live above the
clouds, twenty stories or more above
the real things of the world, but
nearer by those twenty stories to
the stars, the angels-and Santa
Claus. Their aerial dwellings are
his first stopping places on his an
nual Christmas journey through the
atmosphere
Born hundreds of feet above the
haunts of ordinary mortals, these lit
tie ones often pass years of their lives
in their dizzy homes without
thought of what is going on so far
below them. Their fathers are the
superintendents, engineers and jani-
tors of these lofty buildings. Upon
the very roofs of these great pillars
Of steel cozy, home breathing cot
tages have been erected.
Here, right up against the sky,
the children live and play from
morning until night. They never
miss the green fields and the tall
trees, for they have never known
them. Their Fairgrounds are the
expansive roofs of the big buildings,
and they are as free as the air.
While the smaller children pass
their early years at home with their
mothers twenty stories above every
body, their older brothers and sisters
attend school with the little ones liV-
Ing far down on the streets. In the
evenings they tell a gaping crowd
OF sky dwellers the sights they have
seen while going to and from school.
Inc sky scraper twins" who were
porn on top of one of New York's
highest buildings and who so far
nave gone through life together as
'ney started upon the journey, OFTEN
mink of the great day to come when |
Iney will go down the elevator ana
'e among the toy people they nave
seen so far below them crawling
'long the sidewalks.
These twins, who are the pride
VI course, of their father and moth-
e. have never been away from the
!oo1 on which they were born. Lie
las been one short and happy dream
" them. They do not know WnaC |
d street car really looks like, for
,ney have merely seen the shapeless'
uihgy roofs of the 81" trains as they
Squlrm along their crooked ways like
sumo short, thick snake with square
mead and tail. They are full OF
health and have rosy cheeks and Big
uancing, bright eyes.
Ihis means that they eat WELL
9eep we'll and enjoy life. There are
seeSaWs and swings high up among
ne clouds on some of the skyscrap-
us and the ever present little req
s4press wagon so dear to the small
OOy heart. Races are run on the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-12-19
No Opium in ChamberIain's Cough
Remedy.

There is not the least danger IN
giving Chamberlain Cough Remedy
n small children. as it contains no
opium or other harmful drug l.
has an established reputation OF
more than thirty years as the mos
successful medicine in use for colus'
croun and whooping cough. II al
wavs cures and is pleasant to TAKE.
children like it. Sold by DAWSON
Drug Company.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-12-19
WASTING STRENGTH

Women who suffer from unnecessary, disagreeable,
painful, weakening, female complaints, will find that
Wine of Cardui is safe and pleasant remedy for all
their ills 1t acts directly upon all the delicate, nflamed
tissues, purifying the blood throwing off the clogging
matter and relieving female disorders such as irregular,
scanty, profuse, painful catamenia, proapse, etc.
Also relieves headache, backache, dizziness,
cramps, dragging pains, nervousness, irrtabily etc.
If you need advice, write US letter, telling US all
your symptoms We will send free advice Tin plain
sealed envelope). Address: Ladies' Advisory Dept,
The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.
ALL DRUGGISTS SELL IT IN $1.00 BOTTLES
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-12-23
Stolen Diamond Reeoversa

Utica, N. z, Dec. ga man
who gave his name as Franz Niedslel-
glti and woman who claims the name
of Madeline Kreiger, were arrested
on a train arriving here Friday and
are held by the police on the charge
Of having robbed G. v. stein. Of Chi
cage, OF q large quantity Of jewell
ry and silyerwafe. Their trunk,
which IS supposed 10 contain most OF
the loct, was captured by the SYRIA
cuse police. Waen searched Ell the
station house, the man was found
to have from 81 600 TO $40 900 worth
OF diamonds and .jewelry in his pos
session. There were II diamonds
and about 30 pearls. a magnificent
solitaire ring, gold coins and many
gems az various kinds. The prison
err claimed that all the articles be-
ionged to his companion. who. he
says was woman he met in the old
country aud with whom he had been
living about a year.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-12-23
Drained VIC Win al Ar.

Butler, Pa, Dec. 22-Mak Katie,
a Russian, killed his wife by strik-
ing her on her head with an ak. and
also injured a young daughter and a
boarder. The arrival OF a squad OF
police saved Katie from violence u
the hands Of a crowd which had sur
rounded his home. When asked by
the police why he had killed his wife,
Katie said: 81 have a righs TO kill
my wife: IFS Dobody's business but
my own" Fellow countrymen who
knew Katie in Russia. informed the
police that he is wanted for murder
there. asserting that he killed sew
eral wives. and that there is stand
Ing reward for his arrest and return
20 Russia.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-12-23
ROOSEVELT RAPED
BY SAN FRANCISCAN
Thev Also Roughly Handle s.
rotary Mstcalf.
SAY MErcALF SOUGHT FAyU

Board Of Education Says Both RoO,
welt and Nj stealf Have Misata,,d :.
Faets--lt is Declared that c., Vi
Never Recede.
San Francico, Cal, De. -
Flora b. Harris, nov .e-..u- l
Toxic. and widely known d.. d d
sionary recently addres-oI O. ,.aai
nication TO the San F.aIc..,o II
OF education, in when sac ..7.wI
San Francisco's attitude towards Il
Japanese in public schools, ana ed
iclzed what she termed the .g..lal
clal spirl." Of the local Officials "a
deprecated the attempt 10 c.4.slI
the Japanese as "orienta,s," AID a
pressed surprise that the ca....ea 4
any foreign resident should b. tx
Guided from the public schools
The board of education a-s Ind
a reply, which will be ma!'el
Harris. This reply assegs
Japanese have not been "a- 4
from the public schools, "d.g.e 4
tact taat 40 less per-ou.-e aaI
the president OF the UGuv sad
has instigated q siu-lar assertion 4
framing a message to col-ryss. sai
Notwithstanding the Wholly -l.Gi
report made OF the scdol. .ac iEI
by the secre airy OF commerce aoI
labor. Victor IL. Metcalt. CONTINUING.
the reply says:
The fact that the pres.dent o. %
United States baslng arguments apoa
erroneous assumptions, l-ame'
against a loyal people scathiug Cit
icisms regarding a matter vicA Z
purely one OF local concern, does zo'
In the least deter the people u ~
Pacific coast, who, after al, an
Countless the best judges Of their 0s'
immediate needs End welfare.
Neither DO the misleading deiN-
tons and recommendation OF Po.'
itlclan high In authority, when vooe,
blrough a document wh.cl p.aiaI
sought the light Of favor, and %
from truth. impress the people u nii
locality with any sense Of doa@ =
70 their rights as free bora Anfa'
Caus. or as 90 the justice Of lae -As'
they have taken,
The board OF education Si4 %
recede from its position, Wheeler ~
president OF the United States ~
been led into error, and noa aP2la
emphatic language TO he pe0gs =
this state. or whether amb.to1s go
retarias distort plain facts AL 60
documents that may perhaps b. ~
midab.e In q political sense
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-12-23

New York, Doc. 2i,-The eenien-
NAL anniversary - General Robert
Y. Lee will DO celebrated By WASH
ington and lee University, the insti.
tuition a. Lexington. % which he vas
president FOR Eve years before his
dcath, Graduates Of the university
with prominent men from the north
and south. have been invited 10 the
virginia town on the 18th q January 1.
1907. Charles Frauols Adams, n
Massachusc,p win deliver the prin-
elpal address IN the day ceremonies
asa there viii be q banquet AZ night
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-12-23

jackson. Miss, Dec. 2 A -
cal 20 tne News from Mc.o1' ~
SAYS that an early hour Fr.a4. n'
ing George Moore. his vie Ard -
claldren were caught bosses =
track and the freight depot Hl.i''-
BY a passing switch engine haa =.
woman Instantly kiIled. ulls ~
Moore and his sons were re'I
Ouaiy hurt. The little BABY
arms OF So mogher. was ise 'a' :
Gaping iniuTy TIE family %,
ralto 10 New orlcans. usf-f A
vas p1nE in che hosgl'A
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-12-23
coal Prices Increase .

Pittsburg, Dec. 2i.--An increase
OF from 10 10 20 per cent In the price
OF coal product OF the Monongahela
valley Coal company will be made In
the next few days Vice President
and General Manager George Thels,
OF the company. Is In New Orleans,
which city win be affected by the
rulse. lie will return 20 Pittsburg
Saturday. when arrangements for TIE
exact amount OF the increase will be
made. II IL said NJ the compny's
once yesterday that The demand for
Pltisburg Coal has Increased more
than usual az this season due to the
coal famine IN the west,
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-12-23
Ennlne an osorn. AII.n

Atlanta. Dec. 2s.-George r. AL
len, an employe OF The Gould Con-
structlon company, was struck by a
switch engine OF the Louisville and
Nashville railroad and instantly kill
ed II il not known exactly how
the accident occurred. some think
he started from behind the end OF
freight train 10 cross parallel
track. and before the oucoming en-
CINE could be stopped. the man was
ground 20 death. The deceased was
about % years OF age. and came 10
this city to work on the construction
OF the Louisville and Nashville road
into Atlanta He was a resident OF
Livingston. Ky.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-12-23

w. jenkins, who was shot by his
nephew, Henry w. Jenkins, propri-
etor OF the Marshall house, in this
city, several days ago. died Thurs
day morning in the hospital. He
survived longer than his physicians
thought possible. Not until some
few hours after the death OF Jen-
kins was HIS slayer informed Of II
Its pretty bad. isn't it7' he remark
ed. The body of the slain man will
be taken to Emanuel county, where
the funeral viii take place. His slay-
err viii be tried for murder next
month.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-12-23
Russla Gives Death 70 soy a. ~.

Radon. Russian Poland. Dec. %.
"A youth named Werner, II years
old. and a student AZ the technical
school was tried BY drumhead court
martial here. convicted and shot 10
death Cor having killed Colonel Plot
"a. commander o. the genderamerie
% the government Of Radon. wer-
ner threw a bomb % Colonel Plotta.
Dec. 16. and the colonel died the
next day OF bis injuries When the
Workmen Of this vicinity learned Of
he execution OF Werner. they de-
eiared a general strike.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-12-23
q .cea .oot nales ulnnse

wasAinEtoa, Dec. - Absorbing
10 hullesln issued BY me census ea-
roau there hsd bcoa ginncd up -
Dec. rs u this years eOtiOs erop,
n eas o0i hales. aEalup, s.sss as a,
tails tine asl year TOE nulnbrF ~
ginneuea reported "a opersrioa this
peasoa prior 90 nsc l Wa sN.S1s
me rerore showed 70 .e9i ses bales
rlnnea to nee. 3 A balie,in ieued
by the agricultural apgartmcnt ahoYs
me totAi proaacsloa m bushels tn
isee % eora % ~ .Rss tls. %:
winter wheat tss SO ses basheiA
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-12-23
Patrick No. satlsl

osslning, n, y, Dc. TAT
rlck announced that he vas !, sat-
laaed with commuiation and wdeld az
onca hogin bic nsht tor frocdoiA A
writ ~ habeas corpus VIII be- hpplied
for, 4 4 said. Ia ne United Sta1es
eourl. maklnG wardsn Johnson the
defendant. TIE ara uews x the
action az 0oNernog nigrins Vas sak-
e. 10 the prisoners cell, In the death
honse "a Slng alas prlson b. HE
wife. MFs. Patrick leN Nes York
Immediately on roceip, ~ The rev.
IRON Albany. and uPon her arrival
here she Was permitied % sc 81 oapoe
10 her husbands cell laiFiek seeh.
ea 20, a. an surprised g learn that
ne goywnog bad integtened g have
nis eie saved
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-12-23

and nremen during a nre IA three
story wooden block in the Brighton
district Friday. The police rushed
up through the smoke filled Railways
OF the two upper floors, previous 10
the arrival of the fremen, but be-
fore they could carry the unconscious
inmates out Of the structure their
exit was cut of and they had TO
await the arrival OF the ladders. The
loss will not exceed S25 900.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-12-23
Good Cotton In Great Demand

Providence. r. I. Dec. 22.-Lo-
cal cotton goods manufacturers re-
ported that they were unable to get
sufficient quantities OF the right Kind
OF raw material to meet the demand
which the market Is making upon
them for their product They say
they will not be able 20 manufacture
on the basis OF the present price OF
cotton until the middle Of February
Manufacturers here consider that
much OF the cotton which is coming
out Of the feld Is wholly unfit for
their business and that eventually
II will find its way to the producers
OF paper stock and those who manu-
facture the cheaper grades OF carpets.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-12-23

New Orleans. Dec. % --Dlspatch-
es from Baton ROUGE say that re-
plying to questions about freight car
shortage In this state. the Louisiana
railroad commission has informed the
interstate commerce commission that
the rules the state commission has
been able 20 formulate have given
only small relief to shippers. The
statement says "a remarkable fact
connected Nth the Investigations was
that Immediately preceding the hear
ings the largest shippers--those who
had made most frequent complaint
withdrew their demand for car SER
vice rule under which they might
demand and receive cars, and aCtu-
ally appealed 10 the commission 20
pass no such rule, urging that they
felt sure that they would receive bet
tor treatment from the railroads II
no such rule were adopted"
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-12-23

Mobile. Ala. De- S.
parsles % EDcd anasr.a.
- - ,--,.s go o. gu
souiheru League frasehiss as I,
caancps are tat ne c.aa -
Transferred 20 ths eRy
40 trsfh 81 30 stury rrai 90
Moatrumery several aays AZ -
private parties In Moair -
purrhased the frhanhtts az 'ai. i
Maiartry vusik @ar2Ee t'f CO.
1857.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-12-23
PATRICK NOT PLEASED
AT HIGGINS ACTION
Not Satisfied With Commute.
tion Sentence.
"a MAY Be OEcLAREO oRAzY

apvernor Nat satIshsd as to the Prls.
onsra Mental condItIOn--FOr Five
Ysars Patrick Has Been in the
Death Cell.
Albany, N. Y, Dec. 22.--Aibert
Patrick was saved by Governor
fikgans from the death chair in the
shadow Of which he stood for nearly
ave years. He was convicted In
Mar8h, 1902, OF the murder Of VIII
liam Marsh Rice, tho aged New York
city millionaire in brief laying stress
upon the dissenting opinions Of the
Judges OF the court OF appeals, which
Affirmed Patr1ck's conviction by
vote OF 4 10 8, the governor announced
"a that he had commuted the death
sentence TO Imprisonment for life.
Later the governor strongly indmat-
"a doubt OF patricks entire sanity,
attributing his mental state 10 the
strain undcT which the condemned
lawyer has iabored all these years IN
the death cell at Sing Sing.
TIE governor was shown a dispatch
from New York newspaper TO a cor
respondent, In which It was asserted
thar Patrick denied having cent the
goyegppr an appeal for clemency,
would refuse to accept the commuta-
tlon and insist upon his right TO die. "
Patrick cannot determine what
his punishment shall be said Gov
orn0r HleQina. "Ile IL mlnaken II
he says he sent me no application;
IN fact, I have several; one in par
iicular asking Tor q pardon. He
win have to be careful or he may
ind himself IN Matteawan. TIE long
strain seems 10 have been too much
for him"
Matteawan, referred TO by the gov
ernor, a. the state hospital for In
sane criminals The governor said
be had nothing further 70 say as TO
Ms reasons for committing the sem
tenoe; there was nothing further for
hm 20 consider, he declared.
( The case o. Albert r. Patrick IL
81 many respect unparalleled Il y
doubtful n ever before convicted
man has played 20 large a part In
tho conduct OF his own case even
turning his narrow quarters IN the
death celr' OF a state prison prac-
ticaliy into a law ONCE Rice died
on September SO. 1890; Patrick and
Jones we're arrested oct 4, Jones
al apst declared that Patrick himself
had chloToformed Rice, but IN other
coafcssions which varied materially he
said ne KILLED bis master az Patrick's
insliEaton The statement was the
principal evidence 70 sustain the muir
der charge agalntA Patrick, Jones
vac never tried either as prlncl-
pal or a. accomplioe; he was releas-
a. and q said TO be LIVING "a Texas.
Patrick was convicted March 81.
iD0s. and sentenced 10 death. Since
men bis nght has been continuous,
10 every court In tho state open 20
hlm he has made his appeal. but al
waya ia vain. Paaleks hrosher-ln-
law. John r. Mfniken, ~ =, Louis.
Is said 10 have financed his battle az
great cost II l. kn0wn here thar
Patrick Intends 20 CONTINUE hls Of-
forts 10 ss,Abtsh hh inH yneee,