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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-29
DREAD THE HEADLIGHT LAW
WOULD COST THE RAILROADS
MANY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

The Southern Alone Would Have to
Spend Hundred and Seventy-five
Thousand to Install Them.
Until the senate passes or turns
down the electric headlight bill rail-
road officials in Georgia will have
sleepless nights. For they can not
help thinking about what it means
if the state insists on every engine
doing business in the state being
equipped in this manner.
Although many of the passenger
engines doing business on the big
roads have these headlights the rail-
roads will, under the law proposed,
be compelled to equip all engines,
freight, passenger and switching
locomotives.
The bill will hit the Southern rail-
way harder than any other line in
the state and the officials say it will
necessitate an expenditure of about
900 to install these headlights
on the remainder of the engines do
ing business in Georgia. 1t is esti-
mated that 700 locomotives must be
equipped, and that in addition to the
first cost there will be an increased
cost Of maintenance of over $4,000
a year.
These headlights are made by one
company, and the railroad officials
say this company will get nearly
100000 out of the railroads in
Georgia if the bill becomes a law.
In addition to the heavy expense
railroad officials insist that these
headlights are Objectionable and that
they have been tried and abandoned
on many of the big roads of the
country. 1t is declared that the
bright light peneuates the thin coat
ing of red on the glasses of the Mig
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-29
A SIMPLE REMEDY
FOR DYSPEPSIA
Make it up for Yourself from a
Specialists Formula.

We publish below the formula OF
an expert stomach specialist, whose
fee for diagnosis and prescription is
$500.
Anyone is free to use this formula
and make the medicine up for him
self at home. 1t is said to be marvel
Susly curative in severe cases of in
digestion and dyspepsia, especially
where there is an excess of gas on
the stomach. On the other hand it is
free from harmful ingredients and
will not injure the most delicate lis
sues. While immediate relief is To be
expected, it is recommended that the
treatment be continued fer three
weeks in order to guarantee a com.
plete cure.
Get from our druggist u OF. So
Gium phosphate, OF. essence seal
8Iant. Take an ounce ~ pint)
Sottle with a good cork, fill it nearly
full Of hot water; then put the p or.
sodium phosphate in and add 1h tea.
spoonful of good baking soda. Let
stand until cool, and add 1 OF. es-
sence sealmint, and shake well. Take
Ro teaspoonfuls before each meal.
1t is said that nearly 80 per cent
of all indigestion and dyspepsia is
due to fermentation Of food in the
stomach. This prescription is de.
signed to counteract that, to stimu-
late the digestive secretions, and tt
regulate the movements Of the bow.
els. Certainly, unless it possessed
remarkable virtue it would have beer
impossible for the originator of it tc
have won such high reputation il
his profession, for he uses it in nine
tenths Of the cases that come before
him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-29
INCREASE IN HORSES EATEN.
Building for Their Slaughter Erected
at Cost of 100000.

Building for Their Slaughter Erected
at a Cost of 100000.
Owing to the steady increase in
the consumption of hOrsefesh in vi
emma the municipal authorities have
erected new slaughter houses for
horses. They comprise fine block
of brick buildings, covering an area
of $500 square yards. Land and
buildings together have cost over
$500, 900. There is stabling for 200
horses. The principal building is the
great slaughter hall, more than 800
feet in length and so feet in width
and equipped with the most modern
machinery. There are stalls for kill
ing 50 animals, each fitted with hoist
ing apparatus. There is also a large
double lift, with a capacity of 1000
pounds, for conveying the meat to
the cooling house. Last year 20,225
horses were slaughtered in Vienna
for food. Most of it is converted into
sausages of various brands and fla
vors.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-29

little as possible. They believe that
after a person progresses in the faith
far enough he will be able to do with
out food and drink entirely AS to
the other tenets of their faith, the
starvationists will not reveal any
thing. Thompson, who has disap-
peared, was the founder.
The Demon Drivers.
The development of religious ia
naticism in Zion City since DoWie' S
death passes belief. Every few days
a new and extravagant cult springs
up. One of the most weird is that
of the Demon Drivers, the founder of
which appears to have been Harold
Mitchell.
This cult was broken up after the
tragic death last. fall of Mrs. John
Samuels. The woman was confined
to her bed with a serious illness.
She and her husband, both members
of the drivers" decided that in
keeping with the swine of old she
was possessed of devils, and that her
only hope of recovery in soul and
body lay in driving them out. Mitch
ell was called in and incantatiOns
were used, but in vain. Then beat
ing was resorted to, during which
the woman died. That ended the
cult in Zion City.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-29
WHY HE SHAVED.
Senator Johnston Had Signed Life
Contract With His Wife.

% HltoT JplHSton Hau signed Life
Contract With His Wife.
Senator Johnston Of Alabama
owns beautiful home surrounded
by several acres in Birmingham and
takes great delight in donning a pair
of overalls and a split hickory hat
and working in the garden. One
day fashionably dressed woman.
who had resided in Birmingham only
short time and had never seen
Johnston, called on his wife. No
one answered the bell, so she walked
out among the flower beds, where the
ex-governor was hoeing some gera-
NUNS.
He bowed and she asked him how
long he had worked for the John
stons. "A good many years, mad
am he replied. do they pay YOU
well?' About all l get out of it is
my clothes and keep" 'Why. come
and work for me-" she said. "TD
90 that and pay you so much a month
beside" -
l thank you, madam" he replied
bowling very low, but l signed IN
with Mrs. Johnson for life" 'Why
no such contract is binding. That is
peonage. Some may call it that.
put have always called it marriage. "
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-29
"WHITE' NEGRO TURNS BLACK.
Did Not Reckon With Nature When
He Had His Color Changed.

Did Not Reckon With Nature When
He Had His Color Changed.
A Paris cable to the Philadelphia
Ledger says; Several years ago a
Philadelphia negro came to Paris to
study art. The man arrived at the
conclusion that the only beautiful
people were those with white skins.
He was a descendant of one of the
West African races that was deport-
ed to America $50 years ago After
studying for two years the negro de-
cided to return to the United States
and have his skin bleached.
He found a student of photography
who promised to turn the negro into
a white man. The artist began OPP
erations with a photographic lantern,
and the negro continued the course
until he thought he was white
enough.
Then he came back to his studies
in Paris. The man. however, had
not reckoned with nature And then
his skin began to change colors. In
some places it is gray, and in others
the gray is darkening into black. So
that, at the present moment, the ne
gro is full of cOntrition for having
tried to desert his race.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-29
AS PASSPORT TO GLORY
Starvation Practiced by One
Of the Zion City Cults,
TASTED FOR ELEVEN DAYS

The Latest Freak Development in
the Disintegrating City Founded
by DOWie. The Demon Drivers,
Through Whom Woman Lost Her
Life, the Most Wierd.
Starving herself in order that she
might be sure of an entrance into
heaven, according to her strange be
lief, was the experience of Chica-
go woman, Mrs. Mary Hunter, who
for II days steadfastly refused to
take food or drink of any kind Her
case was called to the attention of
the police, who arrested her and who
under medical direction crammed
food down her throat, thereby ward
ing off death temporarily.
Mrs. Hunter is the vlctim of re-
ligious zeal. She is a member of one
of the numerous Zion City cults
which have sprung up following the
death of John Alexander Dowie and
in her efforts to starve herself to
death she was following the example
of Mrs. Adam Thompson, another
member of the cult, who died recent
ly of voluntary starvation.
The starvationists call themselves
the Pilgrim Brotherhood, and be-
lieVe that at certain times when they
receive vision" they must not par
take of any food until ordered to by
Divine agency
When taken in charge by the po-
lice Mrs. Hunter said in weak but
pious voice THE Lord has prom
ised us mama from heaven. He
tells US to look to him for food. Mrs.
Thompson died saints death. She
is an angel of light now, and If |
can die with the look | saw in her
eyes as she was passing away / shall
be satisfied. | am in the Lords
hands. No evil can befall me and
| am not afraid"
One Woman Starved to Death.
The authorities have DEGREES that
the practice of the Pilgrim Broth
erhood must be ended, at least in
so far as starving is concerned. To
this end they are hunting for Adam
Thompson, the fugitive leader of the
brotherhood, who disappeared last
week while an investigation regard
ing the death of his wife was in
progress. Thompson is charged with
starving his wife to death. 1t is said
the woman at first was unwilling to
undergo the tortures her husband
mapped out for her, but his will was
so strong that she yielded. For Al
days she did not eat and then died.
The death of Mrs. Thompson is
said by witnesses to have been one
of the most pitiable ever happening
in Zion City-that mecca of freak
religions. While steadfastly believ-
ing it was right that she should have
no food, the members of her family
shed bitter tears when they told of
the evident tOrtures she suffered.
But she is safe in glory now"
said one, and she wouldn't have
been had she yielded to the devil and
eaten food when she was ILL., The
Lord knows best about these things.
and we all will fast when our time
comes, as it will come to all of us"
The Pilgrim Brotherhood is about
the smallest of the fanatical bands
organized in Zion City since Dowfe
has gone The chief tenet of the or
ganiZation seems to be that food even
at the best is an evil to be taken as
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-29
IN PARAGUAY.
Where Gentle, BarefOOted Women
Dress Always in White.

Dress Always in White.
Paraguay is rich in local color,
says a writer in the Boston Trans
script. The picturesque character of
the native population with tkeir
quaint Indian features and habits of
everyday life are interesting to any
body fond of observing strange
phases of human life. BY nature
these people are patient and gentle,
seldom complaining, chattering and
laughing from sunrise to sunset and
taking small thought of what the
morrow may have in store for them.
1t is hard to imagine how Lopez
could have drilled them into fighting
material of stength enough to keep
in check the combined forces of Ar
gentina, Brazil and Uruguay for five
long weary years, and it speaks vol
umes for the indOmitable energy of
the man that he was able to sustain
his position for SO prOtracted a time.
Clothing is very much of a super
fluffy in Paraguay. The attire of
the women is a cotton chemise with
a long sheetlike shawl, or mantua.
passed over the head and around the
body in Moorish fashion. The dress
OF the Dlen is equally simple, consist
ing only of cotton shirt and trousers.
Both sexes are guiltless of foot COW
ersng. At times an almost uncanny
feeling arises when a group of these
white ROBBED, dark-haired maidens
pass suddenly with the silent tread
of unshOd feet.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-29

nal lights and makes them show
white to the engineers.
The bill was passed by the house
last year, and has been discussed in
committee in the senate this year.
1t is expected to come up for passage
within a few days.
On the other hand the bill is ia
vored by railroad engineers, and a
committee appeared before the SEN
ate committee and urged it's passage.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-29
They Now Admit 1t.
rom the Rome Tribune.

from the Rome Tribune.
Tom Watson carried Georgia for
Hoke Smith for governor, he carried
1t for Joe Brown for governor. Can
ne carry it for himself for president.
Herald.
So far as we know this is the first
admission by a Hoke Smith organ
that Tom Watson carried Georgia for
Hoke when he was elected governor
We are glad to see it at last We
90 not believe that Mr. Watson ex-
poets to carry Georgia for himself
Tor president as the candidate on the
populist ticket.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-29

The function of the kidneys is to
strain out the impurities of the blood
which is constantly passing through
them. Foley's Kidney Remedy
makes the kidneys healthy. They
will strain out all waste matter from
the blood. Take Foleys Kidney
Remedy and it will make you we'll.
Dawson Drug Co. and Peoples Drug
Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-29

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is
good for cuts, burns, bruises and
scratches 1t is especially good for
pies. Recommended and sold bv
Dawson Drug Co.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-20
n Personal Appeal to Subscribers of
the Cumberland Telephone Company
Mr.. HArTIessuRcAN:


TEE
s
AR
FuRNusHED TO-
WIGHT HAsF
SEND THEM Now
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-20
TOINVADE THE
FORE|GNFIELD
Hearst News Service.

New York, July 2O.-The American
Bankers Association is planning to ek-
tend its money order business abroad.
1t is the intention of the association
to compete with the express companies
who, up to the present, have carroed
on an extensive business in money
orders. 1t will arrange to have the
Associations money orders accepted
everywhere, as express money orders
are now.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-20
Sporting Calendar
For Coming Week.

Tuesday.
Decennial exhibition of Atlantic
City Horse Show Association.
Friday.
International Marathon run of Brit
ish Olympic games.
Saturday.
Western championship tennis begins
at Chicago.
Regatta of New York Canoe Club at
Gravesend Bay.
Central States rowing regatta at
Quincy, Ill.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-20
Hearst News Service.

Hearst News service.
New York, July '20.-Among the
snortine events on the calendar for
this week are the following:
Today.
Great Western Circuit harness meet
Ebegins at Libertyville, Ill.
Ardennes Circuit races, Automopiie
Club at Belgium.
South Atlantic tennis tournament De-
gins at Augusta, Ga.
New York state tennis champion
ship at Travers Island.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-20

If you have doubts about store ad-
vertising being profitable drop into
one of the big department stores in
any city on the morning after spec
ial sale has been advertised and see
the buyers scrambling for the goods.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-20
Boys Life Saved.

My little boy, four years old, had
severe attack of dysentery. We had
two physicians; both of them gave
him up. We then gave him Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
remedy which cured him and believe
that it saved his life-William Stroll
ing, Carbon Hill, Ala. There is no
doubt but this remedy saves the lives
of many children each year. Give it
with castor oil according to the plain
printed directions and cure is GER
tain. For sale by Hays & Field and
Yellow Pine Pharmacy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-20

Smith now has to tell what prices he
asks for his merchandise and what
prices he will pay for produce, and il
he doesn't those who wish to buy or
to sell will go to the man who does
tell.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-20

Glittering generalities are not bus
mess getters. Better be specific in
your ads and tell in as few words as
possible and in good size type just
what you wish to. sell and give the
price.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-20

A good store ad is one that tells
something and appeals to reason. The
time when John Smith could get trade
by announcing that he dealt in gener-
al merchandise and paid the highest
price for country produce, is past. Mr..
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-20
SOME ADVERTISING
HINTS and HELPS

Put as much thought in the prepa-
ration of your newspaper advertise
ment as you devote to other details
Of your business and you will get bet
ter results:
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-20

People have faith in the ads of a
store that always advertises what it
has to sell and sells what it adver-
tises at the prices quoted. The best
advertising is the sincere and truthful
kind
Painting advertisements on other
wise clean sidewalks doesn't help the
appearance of the sidewalk.
Circulars in small cities are good
to start off big sale, but it is the
advertisement in the local paper that
keeps the people interested in the
sale.
Large department stores spend hun.
| dreds of thousands of dollars every
year in newspaper advertising. They
have proven by test that money spent
in newspaper advertising is a good
and safe investment.
The man who advertises judiciously
advertises more when business is dull
than when it is brisk. 1t is common
sense to do so, for advertising make:
business and that is what merchan
wants in the dull season.
Advertising in the Daily News il
good advertising, because News adj
are read by the people who buy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-20

Boosting of their strong points is a
weakness of some people.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-20

Pay as you go but try to save
enough to get back on.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-20

Painting advertisements on other
wise clean sidewalks doesn't help tn,
of the sidewalk.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-20

Advertising in the Daily News is
good advertising, because News ads
are read by the people who buy.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-01-11

Every young man should look forward to and
work for the day when he will own a home. a
rented home is only half home. One who has any
ambition and love for his home would do many
little things from time to time. that would i'm
prove his own home and make II better as a place
to live. II he is in n rented home, he does not
feel that he would get the benefit OF improve
ments he might make; and they are not made.
His rented home does not look like a home and
he does not feel that it is truly home to him and
his family.
1t is cheaper TO use your own home than II Ia
to rent a place from somebody else. When ono
lives long on a place he adapts II TO hs needs.
That is what makes a place a home. The young
farmer more than anybody else will gain from
owning the place he works on. since he will have
a better opportunity TO put the soil In tho right
condition and keep Il so. TO say nothing OF max
ing the dwelling q better place TO live In. \ little
piece OF land kept in good condition will make a
better living than n large piece that Ia In poor
condition, Rented land Is alinos, suro TO DO In
poor condition. The landlord and tho ,cnan, each
feels that II he docs this or that To improve the
property. the other will get too much Of Tho proat.
and improvements are not made III tho man who
works tho land owns the property. No matter
from what side We look at the question. 1t always
comes out that before one can live in n real home
be must own It.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-01-11
Not MUST FEED YOUR LAND OR 1T WILL
WEAR OFT.

ON tho rich pralrtos ot lliuoia. where they
useI 10 aay that the soil had no bottom. they
once claimed that tho aoil would never wear out:
hat growing the same crops on n" same land year
at"r year cut down the yield Ill u change In
methods ~aa absolutely necessary. III" rico grow
era ot Iouin!ana aud Texas. WORKING on their Hat
land. "hcrs washing ~aa hardly 10 DO thought OF.
a, on" tlno claimed tha, their soil Was rich
enough from n rice grower standpoint 10 go on
Raising rice forever. bat experience showed they
aero wrong, To-day the prosr"aalvn rico grower
Is hcekius incthoda 10 un" his land for something
else than rico a part OF The Time. just AZ tho corn
growers on tho rich Illinois prairiea aim 10 do
something clsc no~ than raise corn. Tho Missia-
s!ppl Delta has been nali Ia have soil that Is 40
fertile tha; +, would never wear out. but like the
Northern corn grower" and tho Gulf coast rte"
growers. tho Delta planters have found that under
tho one crop Hyntrm their Yields viii decrease.
Tho rich prairica OF the North and the wonder
tal rico prairios OF Louisiana and Texas and the
marvcloualy rich MisAiaatppi Delta had soil that
~as 30 conn;itu,cd that +, "aa reasonable TO hope
/, would stand abuse. but In every instance abuse
haa meant diminishing profits. Ahuso-snd tho
ono-crup syn,om Ia always abuse OF land will
have n bad cncc, much quicker IN lcas favored
regions.
When humus han been destroyed. soil cannot
auppor; plant life ns II did when humus abound
cd. For practical farming. humua may BE- de-
acrlbed An decay cd scgrtabl" matter II may con
tain decayeh animal matter. but Ia such II small
degree that hunus and dccay.d vegetable matter
generally mean tho same thing. Vegetable matter
Is got into the soil by blowing under the leaves
or nteinH or roots OF plants. OF whatever kind. or
by applying barn manure. Manure has the ud-
vantage OF having gone to build up some animal
body to supply meat. TO perform work. 10 pro-
ducc milk. wool or cgss, and after IL haB perform
ed this service the manure. when Well cared for.
should have NJ leaa, three tourths OF ita original
f"rtIltking value. II IL for this reason that II Is
80 often said that good farming must include
stock farming.
The beat place for IL dog that Is 80 restless and
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-01-11

Show us q farm without fences, and we win
show you a farm that IS not being allowed to do
its best. Good farming cannot be done without
fences. The Kind Of farm management that keeps
the soil in good condition or that puts II In good
condition when II has been put out OF condition.
requires fences 10 hold stock.