davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-11-11
290OD,OOO A MONTH MORE THAN ITSNCOMF
S THE EXPENDITURE OF THE GOVERNMENT
SINCE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL, YEAR

Observation-Disclosures a riot
t-,,.agance President Roosevelt
p nc at this late day to bolster
49, funds of the government so
ny ba may leave office March 4th
10. record that, financially, at
Wv may be fairly clear. At the
GU .,+ moment the deficit is more
sqe 100000 in the less than
-' Months that have elapsed since
noginDing of the fiscal year on
,, 1st This means that under
H.. Roosevelts guidance the admin
4 ration has spent on an average
ana o00 more each month than it
as taken in.
Ar RooseYelt's plan to economic
Characteristic. He called in his
.rira+ and had a heart to heart talk
.;+b them. In fact, he has had sew
.o1 of these talks, and the burden
bis argument has been Retrench,
inch retrench!' He has damned
& ~ postmaster general, scOlded Sec
ntory of War Wright and has fright
nod Secretary of the Navy Metcalf
40 something resembling a depart
Mental miser.
III There have been few of his official
on,iIv who have escaped criticism or
he imperial frown.
Secretary MetcaIf's Trouble.
As q result of this plan Secretary
latcalf has announced openly that
NOT only will refuse to advocate
aDproDriation by the coming ses-
ion of congress to enable the navy
enlist enough men to serve the
bns but that he will personally
rotest against such appropriation
efore the naval committees Of both
houses. He is in a state of terror.
is face is dark in the shadow of
be Big Stick.
Having the secretary of the navy
line the president this week shows
hat consistency that always has
barked him best from other men.
houung economy from the house
bps and depriying the navy of a
nance to get men enough to operate
be vessels now in commission the
ccupant Of the white house has de-
ded to place in his annual message
demand for the adoption of the
neutrality-suspicious. policy on which
e was defeated at the last session.
Furthermore, it is reported on re-
able authority that he will embody
his extraordinary message a de-
land that congress pass a bill sub
y dizing ocean liners, such as the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-11-11
Why They Used a Private Car.

! Chairman McLendon did not see
anything wrong in accepting a pri-
Vate car for the purpose of making
Official inspection. He felt that it
ought to be done and this was the
best way to do it. Then. too. it
would cut a good slice out of a rail
] road commissioners salary to have
to pay railroad fare and the expenses
Of a private car besides.
Again, why should not railroad
i transportation be used free of cost
J in the public service? 1t was done
/ when the demonstration train of the
State Agricultural College was per-
mitted to travel over the state dis
penslng information among the farm
Iers without expense to the dispen-
sers.
But the Journal pretends not to
believe in the use of free transporta-
ton for this or any other purpose.
There are some who have been I'M
kind enough to say that the chair
man has been, Of late, getting little
lukewarm in his allegiance to the
Hoke Smith policies, and that there
is an effort on that account to get
even with him.
However that may be, it is a well
known fact that Chairman McLendon
has occupied a far more liberal atti-
tude toward the corporations than
was attributed to him when he first
went into Office
The criticism of his use Of Presi-
dent Wickersham's private car in
making his inspection of the West
Point route has apparently nettled
the chairman no little, for in state
ment in reply to the Journals at
tacks he announces that hereafter
he and the other mem bers of the
board in making inspection trips will
pay their fares out of their own pock-
! eta
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-11-11

Made Enemies in Naval Fight.
The president made powerful enc
mics in his own party during the
naval fight last spring. He made
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-11-11
The Fellows Who Stole the Letters

From the Savannah News.
The fellows who stole the letters
from the letter files of the Standard
Oil Company and sold them to Mr..
Hearst are, according to the story
told in Golfers, Of that weak, worth
less type that is ever ready to COM
nit minor crimes to raise a little
money. 1t seems, however, that they
raised pretty big sum from the let
ters-$12,000-- and it is possible
that they got something for the in
formation on which the story Col
Hers published is based. So they
made money out of their theft and
also by giving up information about
it, They must have been pretty
needy before they concluded to tell
on themselves.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-11-11
McLendOn's Statement.

In conclusion Chairman McLendon
says:
THE source of the Journals pro-
found perturbation on this subject
does not seem to be so much the
fact that inspections are being made
as the fact that no fares are paid.
Its nervous agitation upon this sub
ject reminds me of the lady whose
modesty was so great that she put
pantalets on the legs of her piano.
| want to say that rather than have
any domestic unhappiness about the
matter, and rather than have the
world shift its axis, or have the legs
OF the piano exposed, in the future
| and such other members of the COM
mission as see proper to go with me
will pay our Georgia railroad COM
mission standard tariff on the road
over which we are travelling But
have not the slightest idea or in
tentiOn of abandoning these inspec-
ton trips. l believe it is to the
general prosperity and welfare Of
this state to have the railroads and
the people adjust their differences
to the end that business may move
forward without unnecessary dis
turbance. l am going on each trip
to be accompanied by an officer of
each railroad who can deal directly
with the people For the life of me
I cannot see how anybody can OBJ
ject or discover the slightest impro-
priety in an effort to bring shipper
and carrier face to face, and all Of
these things I say in the spirit of
utmost Kindness and amiability."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-11-11

If you suffer from constipation and
liver trouble Foleys Orino Laxative
will cure you permanently by stimu-
lating the digestive organs so they
will act naturally. Foley's Orino
Laxative does not grippe, is pleasant
to take and you do not have to take
laxatives continually after taking
IOrino. Why continue to be the slave
of pills and tablets? Dawson Drug
Co. and Peoples Drug Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-11-11
USE Of Thai PRIVATE CAR
SHARP CONTROVERSY BETWEEN
MLENDON AND THE JOURNAL.
The Chairman Says 1t Was Not
Wrong. But He Has Decided to
Pay Railroad Faro in Eutnre.

The Chairman Says 1t Was Not
Wrong. But He Has Decided to
Pay Railroad Fare in Future.
The ethics of the free pass have
again been brought prominently into
public notice as the result of a re-
cent inspection trip made by Chair
man S. G. McLendon and Mr.. o. B.
Stevens of the state railroad com
mission over the Atlanta and West
Point railroad.
On this trip, an official inspection
trip, Chairman McLendon and others
of the commission travelled in the
private car of President C. A. Wick
ersham, which was rendered for the
purpose and as courtesy by Mr..
Wickersham.
The Atlanta Journal, which sup
ported Gov Hoke Smith and incl
dentally the anti-pass crusade, which,
in fact, met with general favor, has
written several editorials criticising
1.-THE railroad commission and the
chairman in particular for accepting
courtesies from the railroads, after
having passed an order prohibiting
the Issuance and use of free passes
and franks within the state
The question has resolved itself
INTO this: If the railroad commission
sees fit to make personal inspections
OF railroad property as it is empow-
cred, but not required to do under
the law, can its members depart from
the rule forbidding free transporta-
ton, or must they. in the absence of
state appropriation for the purpose.
go into their pockets and pay their
own railroad fare?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-11-11
ECHoLs COUNTY SNAKE STORY.
Shot His Arm of Trying TO Shoot
Dead Snake.

Lewis Wright, cotton picker who
has been at work in Echols county,
had his arm shot off while making
ready to shoot a rattlesnake, which
later investigation showed had al
ready been hanged Wright and two
other negroes were in boat on the
Alapahoochee river when they saw
huge rattlesnake's body on the
steep river bank. Wright grabbed
his gun. the hammer striking one Of
the seats Of the boat and causing it
to discharge, the load tearing away
a part of his arm.
Two white men, Bryant COrbett
and Frank Peterson, went to see il
they could capture the reptile. They
found it's head caught between the
forks of root and his snakeship
choked to death. 1t is supposed that
the snake, while crawling along the
bank, lost it's balance and its weight
caused it to choke. 1t was seven
feet long and had seventeen rattles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-11

Serene Payne of New York, the impos-
ing person who presides over the ways
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-11
DR.. MacLeod's Statement.
JOINER GIVES STAG DINNER.
Former Commander of the New York
Host at Memorable Function

Sterling j. Joyner of New York. who
was In command of the battleship New
York. Admiral SIMPSONS flagship at the
battle of Santiago, Cuba, but who has
severed his sconnection with the navy
and is here attending the Rivers and
Harbors Congress as a delegate and rep
resentative OF the Atlantic Gulf and
Pacific Company. was the host at a din
ner given to his numerous friends in
Guiding senator's and representatives. a,
the New Willard last night Representa-
tive Broussard OF Louisiana was toast
master and under his witty leadership
the feast VIII remain in the memory of
the favored guests one of the most
enjoyable intercongresSional stag dinners
ever given in this city. The nations law
makers had discarded for the time being
their more serious mission to this CITY
and bubbled over with wit. humor bitinp
sarcasm and jolly good fellowship
Allusions were made in q satiricaI wav
TO the measures awaiting the action of
Congress, such as the tariff. a big navy
rivers and harbors improvements. shin
SUBSIDY. postal banks, government own
ership of railroads and Kindred subjects
Among those present were Representa-
tives DIR. Andrew ]. Barchfeld Pennsyl-
vania: Robert F.. Broussard. Louisiana
George y. Southwick. New York
Augustus G. Stanley Kentucky: James 9
sherman. New York; ]. S. F. OConneII.
Massachusetts: Arsene 2. Pujo. Louisi
ana; Ernest W. Roberts, Massachusetts
William A. Reeder. Kansas: Julius Kahn
California: Ralph Cole. Ohio; J Warren
keifer. Ohio: Albert Douglass Ohio. w
w. Cooks. New York: Charles f.. Town
send. Michigan: j. Hampton Moore. Penn
sylvania: Gen. Beidler, Walter J. Greacen
w. F. Saunders. Mr.. Breed. Mr. Frazer
Albert Estopinal and George E. Smith.
The guests were presented by the former
commander with a little souvenir OF the
event.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-11
Up on Capitol Hill

A Massachusetts member has received
from the aerated district of Bosting,
where brains bulge and strain against
the reinforced frontal bone and the COM
mon or garden bean is accorded prestige.
a refined yelp against the Speaker Of the
House. 1t shows what they think Of him
up there and goeth this way:
..It is with keen regret that l read your
UNQUALIFIED Endorsement of Mr.. Cannon.
which appears in current publication.
ut is the general belief in this section
that Mr.. Cannon is the source OF fnsplra-
ton behind the Appalachian national
forests bill Therefore, it is calling to
find our representatives going out of
their way to sound the mans praises.
MY personal belief is that the present
Sneaker is an enemy to popular govern
ment and that he viii so figure in his
tory.
.Noreoyer. he is undignifed in the ex-
treme and seems to fail utterly in any
appreciation of the dignity of his office.
surely Congress contains sagacious
and experienced men, who would DO the
country greater honor. Believe me. mere
are many people in your state who have
had enough of the dictatorial career of
ar YOU felt Obliged to make a public
declaration in favor Of Mr.. Cannon.
could wish that you had taken occasion
onism to our eastern conservative move
ment Perhaps that seemed out of the
way to you
The member in question is going to
show this letter to Uncle Joe and then
hang around to hear him cuss
X !:
Most everybody has been of the opinion.
since the election night returns came DRIFT
ing over the wire that Gen. Isaac Sher-
wood of the ninth Ohio district had got
the hook November ). Far from It.
Fact is. the general has been returned to
Congress by large. fat majority of over
two thousand the news dispatches of
election night having got much tang ed
in transmission. The general ran more
than seven thousand votes ahead Of the
democratic ticket and won out. although
Judge Taft carried his district by big
ma iority
Gen. Sherwood who was in Congress in
1872 and then remained in the woods until
the Sixtieth Congress was born. isn't
worrying what folks think. He is very
deaf. but has read his election certi-
ficate.
= x *
Serene Payne of New York, the mpos-
ing person who presides over the ways
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-11

and means committee of the House. and
John Dalzell of Pennsylvania, who stitch
pat at the right hand of the prophet. are
up against it. They blush and hang their
heads. Somebody has put one across the
plate on them.
Yesterday Mr.. Payne had his attention
called by MIR. DalZell to considerable of a
smudge on the aristOcratic Payne pro-
bosis. He slid down from the throne,
stepped from under the royal purple can
opy which shades his devoted head from
the piercing rays of the electrolier and
Waddled toward the WaShstand.
In moment he was back. still be-
smudged and very pale. Clutched i'll his
trembling right hand was towel, a new
he spread on the crescent desk in front of
John DalZell.
'Smattersereno?" inquired John.
But Mr.. Payne was past the power of
speech He just pointed to the border OF
the towel. where. stamped in black, plain
for all to read. appeared the legend,
Made in Great Britain
And then those two standpatters those
members of the old guard of protection,
those accomplished nurses of suuallins in
hands and wept and could not be con-
soled.
During the call of the committees of
the House yesterday Representative
Bates of Pennsylvania rose to his feet
and called up from the committee on
expenditures OF the Treasury Department
an unimportant bill which he said he de-
sired the House to act upon at once
and to which he was certain there would
be no objection. Speaker Cannon was
about to put the question when his par
Humanitarian. Mr.. Kinds, dug him in the
ribs and they had a hurried conference.
Then Speaker Cannon, with q smile an
nOunced to Mr.. Bates that the bill he
| mad called up had been passed by the
House the 3Oth of April last, and the
gentleman from Pennsylvania sat down,
| looking foolish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-11
DEATH MYSTERY UNsoLvED,
Jury Returns an Open Verdict in
Hirschbere Case.

ST. LOUIS, December 1.-THE coroner S
jury, which for nearly three days has
been investigating the death of Francis
d. Hirschberg, who was shot and killed
in his home Tuesday morning. late yester-
day returned an open verdict. Whether
he committed suicide or was killed &C
cidentally has not yet been solved and
the coroners jury made no attempt to
answer the question. contenting itself
with the statement that Mr.. Hirschberg
died from a gunshot wound.
The murder theory has practically been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-11
MEDAL FOR THE WRIGHTS.
Aero Club Committee Meets to Select
Design.

NEW YORK, December ia score OF
prominent artists and aeronauts assem-
bled at the Aero Club of America TODAY
to select a design for a gold medal to be
presented to the Wright brothers in rec
ognition of their signal achievement In
the development of mechanical flight The
medal will cost 5000 and will be pre-
sented TO the aviators at a banquet
Designs had been submitted by several
artists and designers, but the committee
found 1t difficult to make a decision II
is likely the selection will be finally left
20 a committee. The Wright brothers
are expected IN New York early next
wear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-11
a ha ndoned by friends of the Hirschberg

abandoned by friends of the Hirschberg
family, who believe, however. that he
accidentally dropped the weapon. which
was then discharged.
The funeral of Mr.. Hirschberg at st.
Francis Xavier's Roman Catholic Church
was attended by an immense throng.
Rev. James Sullivan of the faculty OF
ST. Louis University, who preached the
funeral sermon. criticised the police for
advancing the suicide theory. saying that
such an explanation Of the death was
totally out of harmony with the evident
purposes and motives of long and useful
career. such as that of our departed
friend
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-11
Adolph Hildebrand Dead.

Adoiph Hfldebrand. sixty years of age.
died at his residence. III GIrard street
northwest. at 8 o'clock this morning. He
had been i'll for some time past, and
when the family physician called at the
residence this morning he found that
Hildebrand had died earlier He notified
Coroner hewitt at once. The con5ner
viewed the remains at IL o'clock and gave
a certificate Of death from rheumatism
Of the heart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-11

If you want work read the want COL
umnS OF The Star
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-11
Efforts at Agreement.

The startling point of this contro-
versy was in difference of opinion be-
tween the national officers of the Anti
Saloon League of America and some of
the officers of the Anti-Saloon League
of the District of Columbia. The local
society declares it did not wish to con-
tlnue L. II. Hare as superintendent of
the local league and the national or
sanization wanted it to do so. There
was some correspondence. and finally
the local league appointed a committee
tional society.
The result of that conference was
mat q reorganization of the local So
ciety was recommended. Up to this
point both organizations agree When
the report of the conference committee
was presented to the local society a
resolution providing for a reorganiza-
ton was passed, but. it is charged.
right to vote That resolution con-
cluded with this statement:
That when such reorganization is
duly perfected the organization slall
cease to exist
New Officials of Old League.
The old league has held two meetings
since that time. At them the resolution
was declared to be null and void, as being
in conflict with the constitution. and it
was decided to incorporate the league
That has been effected and officers have
been chosen as follows:
President. Andrew Wilson. PhD,
del.
Vice Presidents. Owen P Kellar. presi-
dent pro tenn: William F. Downey, A.
Wilbur Starratt. Walter H. Brooks, DID,,
Albert E. Shoemaker Rev. NJ. r. Fish
burn, Jesse c. Suter, George w Callahan:
chaplain, Rev. Charles II. Butler; secre-
tary. James S. Fraser; financial secretary
Hermon c. Metcalf: treasurer, Edward
Tarring; doorkeeper. Albert Ivan Prose;
members 70 the executive committee for
1909, James J.. Ewin, A. l.. Swartwout
Mrs. Isabel Helmick. Addison NJ Brown.
Sylvester w. Russell. Miss Eta Jackson
A statement outlining the position of the
officers of the old organization will be
sent to the affiliated organizations within
A few days 1t is signed by Andrew VIII
SON, president-elect and president of the
board Of trustees. and James s. Fraser
secretary OF the Anti-Saloon League Of
the District Of Columbia.
DR.. MacLeod's Statement.
Rev. D. c. Macleod. president of the
new organization. was questioned about
the matter this morning
The old league has no legal existence"
declared DR.. Macleod by a resolution
duly passed committee was appointed
to take up a reorganization, and the
league was to go out of existence when
the reorganization had been perfected.
without further action on the part of the
league The reorganization has been per-
fected and has back Of it practically all
OF the churches of the District
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-11
DISPUTE OVER TITLE
Controversy Between Anti-Sa-
loon Leagues.
OLD AND THE new AT ODDS
Charges Made Of Meeting Being
Packed.
ALLEGED ILLEGAL VOTES CAST
Rev. DR.. Macleod, President of the
New, Declares Old League Has
No Legal Existence.
OLD AND THE new AT ODDS
ALLEGED ILLEGAL VOTES CAST

There are two Anti-Saloon League or
CARNATIONS in the District of Columbia.
Each claims to be the real representative
OF the temperance forces of the District.
and each claims that the other does not
exist
One claims the name "Anti-Saloon
League of the District of Columbia; the
other the name "Anti-Saloon League of
America, Department of the District of
Columbia The former asserts that the
latter has no right to use the title, Anti
Saloon League" and says it will prevent
its use by the other II necessary.
The former says it was organized in
1893. has been in continuous existence
since that time, has 127 organizations
affiliated with it, has been recently in
corporated and has not been reorganized.
the resolution looking toward such action
being illegal under the leagues consttu-
ton and having been passed by votes Of
persons not members of the league or en-
titled to vote.
The latter association claims it was
organized under a resolution of the
other which was properly passed: that
by the terms of that resolution the old
organization went out of existence as
soon as the new organization was COM
pleted. and that it has the backing of
practically all of the churches of the
city.
The daily tribune., 1908-07-06

in the evening. and the teams captain
ed by Logan Thompson and Will
KIeiuz won the tomato battle.
Decisions on parade we're: Turn
oats. Fred Williams. first; Arthur
McRae, second; automobiles, H. s.
Andrews, first. o. L. Gibbs, second
business mems floats, Florence Iron
works. first. 7. f. Spencer, second
lodge floats, G. A. r., first. Woodmen
Of the World. second. Tie winner
of the best window decorations Ia vet
to be announced.
In the evening one of the finest
pyroteohnio display that has ever been
witnessed in Florence was seen from
the top Of the hill near the Rio
Grande depot. Several hundred dol
lars worth of fireworks were set off.
This display lasted nearly two hours
and the men displaying them dis.
played judgment in the way the dis.
play was handled. A dance was
held In Morgan hall nearly all day
long and way into the night. st.
Benedict's gave an enterta inment in
the Houston opera house and the
Civic Improvement league held a
gypsey camp on Main street. Several
of the churches served lunch during
t ne day.
The daily tribune., 1908-07-06
SHAKE 1T OFF.
Rid Yourself of Unnecessary
Burdens. A Florence Citi-
zen Shows You How.

Don't bear unnecessary burdens
Burdens of bad back are unneces.
sary.
Get rid of them.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure bad
backs;
Cure lame. weak and aching backs;
Cure every form Of kidney ills.
Lots Of local endorsement to Prove
this.
Mrs. Peter Kreps. Of 5o7 Petroleum
Ave-, Florence. Colo. says: "Mr.
Kreps had trouble from his kidneys
for many years, tho symptom which
caused him the most annoyance be.
ing a soreness ACROSS his loins and In
his back. At night when he suffer
Cd the most and on raising In the
morning he was very lame. He tried
various remedies but without SUCCESS
when Doan's Kidney Pills we're
brought to his notice he procured .
box at Daniels drug ytore and used
them a. directed. Not only did he
find prompt and thorough relief from
the soreness Ia his back and loins
but the secretions from his kidneys
were restored to their NATURAL condi.
tion. He thinks very highly Of
Doan's Kidney Pills and willingly
recommends them. -
For sale by all dealers. Price 10
cents. Foster Milburn o., Buffalo.
Flew York, sole agents for the United
States. Remember the nnme-Doana
and take NO other. mwf