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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-07-18
Girl Shot Drunken Ea.nsr.

Enraged by family troubles, Amos
Polhamus attempted TO murder his
wife and their four Children, but was
himself probably fatally shot by his
oldest daughter. Helen, the postmis
ress at belmont, n. j. Polhamus
had expressed the intention Of kill
Ing all the members of his family, and
his daughter Helen was warned. Ar.
irving at his home In an intoxicated
condition. he seized a hatchet and
struck Sarah. his sixteen-year-oId
daughter, a glancing blow on the head.
rendering her unconscious. At this
juncture Helen appeared with the re
volver, and as the irate man started
upstairs with the avowed purpose OF
injuring his wife. who was lying in
bed with a three-day-old baby, Helen
shot him In the neck. He made a dash
for Helen. and the girl shot again
the bullet taking effect in the aldo
men. AS he dropped TO the floor. he
cried out: "Oh. don't shoot me; don't
shoot again"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-07-18
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS
The Latest Closing Prices In the
Prineipal Markets

PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR firm:
winter extras, new, $3.404355; Penn
sylvania roller, clear. $3.60Q375; CITY
mills. fancy, $3.50 $50. RYE FLOUR
quiet; per barrel. $4.40I4.5O. WHEAT
nrm; No. red. western, 921k a CSC
CORN quiet; No. yellow. local. 50
q SSc. OATS firm; No. 2 white. clip
ped, 603@ O. Gle: lower grades. sc
HAY weak: timothy, $1450Ql5 for
large bales. PORK quiet; family. per
barrel, $3.50. BEEF steady; beef
hams, per barrel, $27Q2S. POULTRY:
Live firm; hens, l3M 1312c.; old roost-
ers. S12c: Dressed steady; choice
lowls, l216c.; old ROSTERS, SIC BUT
TER steady; extra creamery, 26c.
EGGS steady; selected, ESQ 25c.;
nearby, zoe; western. zoe. POTA-
TOES steady; new, per barrel. $3.50
EXTRAORDINARY strong; No.
spot. 91A 4971hc.; steamer Nc 2
spot, S0H q 9011e.; southern. 90G94c.
CORN flrmer; mixed spot. 79ih0
79%c. OATS firm; white, No. 2, $40
59hc.; No. 8. 58d Soc; No. 4. 5Sm
Sc &c; mixed No. 2. 570571Sc; No. 3,
66Q o6hc. BUTTER easy; creamery
separator extras, 24c.; prints. 25d 26c.:
held. 10000; Maryland and Pennsyi-
vania dairy prints. 16617c. EGGS
steady fancy Maryland Pennsylva-
MIA, Virginia and West Virginia, lie;
southern. l6c. per dozen.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-07-18
Twelve Heat Deaths In PhlIadeIphia.

Twelve Heat Deaths In Philadelphia
Though the maximum temperature
in Philadelphia was a few degrees
lower than on Monday the weather
bureau thermometer registering 81
az the highest mark, there was much
continued suffering from the heat here
Tuesday and twelve persons reported
dead from the heat. either directly OF
indirectly. One OF the most peculiar
deaths was that OF George F. Green.
aged 65 years, who sought relief from
the heat in the bathtub. He was over.
come while preparing the bath. and.
falling into the water was drowned.
Edward Tagg. aged IS years. dock
hand, sat down on the edge OF a wharf
TO rest and, overcome by the heat.
toppled over into the river and was
drowned.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-07-18
tIItchcock 70 Manane 20 cann.inn

Hitchcock 70 Manage Taft Campaign.
Frank II. Hitchcock. or Massachu-
sets. chairman Of Republican national
committee and manager OF the national
campaign; George II. Sheldon. of Now
York. treasurer OF the national com
mittee. and Arthur l. Vorys. OF Ohio.
member OF the national committee in
charge Of the Ohio Republican head
quarters. which are to be in Cincin-
natl This was the result OF the meet
ing OF the executive committee OF the
Republican national committee at Hot
Springs. Va
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-07-18
Live Stock Markets.

PITTsBURG CUnion Stock Yards)-
prime. ss.5oSs'is. SHEEP 'G ssesSy:
lambs lower; prime wethers. S4656
f.75; cults and common, sos; lambs.
f4.50Q6.50: veal calves. S75OQ8'
HOGS active and higher; prime heav-
es; mediums and heavy Workers, SIS. rs;
ksS; roushs. 1900 $50.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-07-18

Sons FOR not voting. We favor protec-
ton OF labor by immigration restric-
tons fairly corresponding to protec-
ton OF capital by tariff. We desire to
suppress the trafic in girls. gambling.
abuse OF Sunday and the chief root OF
them all-the saloon"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
"sOCIETY" CHILDREN SCARCE.

Only One to Every Thirteen Adults
In st. Louis Social Register.
The 3,64O persons entered on st.
Louis Social Register have but 277
children, the term children" includ-
ing boys under twenty and girls I'M
der seventeen years of age This
is the showing of the 1909 Register
just out. 1t is about one child to
every thirteen adults.
The record further shows that the
average social family which has chill
dren at all and on page after page
of the book not child's name APP
pears-has two children Those with
three are comparatively few, and
only half a dozen families have more
than three.
Dividing two-ffths, the ratio at
large by one-fourteenth, the society
ratio, it appears that children are
more than five times as scarce in the
Social Register set as in the city at
large.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
ABOUT HUSBANDS.

Those Commanding the Highest Mar
ket Prices Are Imported Varieties.
Husbands, says a writer in Sue
cess, are the natural product of most
civilized countries. Ihey are plenti-
full in most of the United States of
America, being scarcest in Utah and
Massachusetts, where each lady owns
but fraction of a husband, or none
at all. Those owning no more than
morbid interest in a husband are
called old maids.
Although the best husbands in this
country are acknowledged by experts
to be Indigenous to the soil those
commanding the highest market
prices are the imported varieties, be-
cause of their expensive labels. The
crown brand brings the largest fig
ure.
The husband is a wary and elusive
animal, fleeing for safety at the first
noise like a skirt to his lair in clubs,
offices and other remote caves of his
habitat; but he may be cajoled forth
by an appearance Of Indifference on
the part of the trapper, as his curios-
ity can always be aroused by the
strange creature who could remain
immune to his charms; after which
he may be easily caught anywhere in
broad daylight Though a white
night-fall or moOn-calcium is prefer
able), in a trap composed of frou
frOu, talcum, golden locks and fiat
terry.
There is a tradition to the effect
that the earliest nusband-catcher
was a clumsy contrivance made of
fine handsewing attached to a spin
ning-wheel, decorated with home
made preserves put up in strip of
sweet disposition and sealed in COM
nonsense jars.
Once secured with matrimonial
halter tied in a diamond hitch, the
husband usually becomes quite tame
and will eat from the hand and sign
checks at will. There are more than
81 varieties of husbands at large and
in captivity, but they are broadly
classed as good and bad, by their re-
spective owners or keepers called
wives. Since the wife is so constitut-
ed that she can believe anything she
sets her mind to she can easily per-
suade herself that a bad husband is
a good one and vice versa-a merci-
full provision OF Province for mari
tai happiness.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

Luck, confidence and determina-
ton to win was characteristic of the
subject Of this short review from
young manhood on all along through
life. He was making the most of op-
portunities This was true in all
lines of endeavor in which he was
ever interested
His parents were good people,
highly esteemed; they had a small
home in the northeastern part Of
Quitman county, and here Mason
Raines spent his boyhood. There
was a grist mill and pond close by,
and he worked and did pretty much
as suited a free and easy life. He
went to school for a limited time,
and soon after he grew up he took
up the study of medicine and man
aged to get a college course. He
then located near Midway, in a rich
section Of the county and began prac-
ticing medicine Soon afterWard he
married Miss Gay, daughter of w.
e. Gay, a wealthy farmer. He here
got started to making money, and
besides being a good physician he
was careful business man, and
from then on as long as he lived
added to his property holdings.
From about '85 on for the next
oiaht or ten wears Quitman was a
stirrin@ county in politics. and Dr..
Raines was in the thickest Of the
fght These we're Alliance and
Third PARTY days. The white peo-
nIa we're about evenly divided be-
p Luoo mJ the farmers hosts with Raines
in the lead and the old regime with
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
THE DEATH OF DIR. RAINES RECALLS
STIRRING TINES IN THE POLITICAL
HISTORY OF OUTTMAN COUNTY
From the SheIlman Sun.

sides and 'bulIpens" were in evil
dence the day before election.
There were two campaigns of more
than usual interest and warmth. In
the first the Harrison side controlled
the jury commission. AS a further
inducement for negro votes about
fifty names of negroes were put in
the jury box. This was the signal
for redOubled attack by the oppOs-
ing ticket, but the Harrison side
won. Two years later the jury COM
mission was Third Party in sympa-
thy, the same battle for negro votes
was again on, and the very men who
condemned the Harrison side two
years before for putting negro names
in the jury box now put in forty
more of them-and the new ticket
won.
After this campaign politics got a
little easier in Quitman county Har-
rison lost his grip and his magnif-
cent home as well Politics took on
a better phase-there was never
again the reckless traffic in negro
votes Gradually their names were
taken out of the jury box, and finally
they were all withdrawn without
causing any friction.
We have alluded to those years in
that county merely to bring out a
period in which Dr. Raines had an
important part. 1t showed the grit
and determination that was in the
man; it showed more fully the great
self-confidence which in later years
was evidenced so noticeably in
greater Undertaking
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
FIND ANDREE'S BODY.
Man Who Tried to Reach North Pole
by Balloon Perished.

Man Who Tried to Reach North Pole
by Balloon Perished.
A dispatch from Copenhagen says
that the body of Prof. S. A. Andree,
the arctic exporer, has been found.
A letter was received dated Labra-
dor, Sept. Goth, from the captain of
the Danish steamer Inga. 1t says
that Captain Chalker of the steamer
Pelops, hailing from Conception
Bay, Newfoundland, while in north
ern Labrador, came upon rude
wooden cross, on which had been cut
the name "Andree." Beneath the
cross he found the body, and near it
box of documents.
The letter gives no details. Judg-
ing by the place where the body was
found there is thought to be good
reason to believe that the daring ex-
plorer may have sailed across the
pole or very close to it,
The expedition to discover the
north pole organized by Professor
Andree, the Swedish explorer, left
Danes Island, Spitzbergen, in a bal
loon on July II, 1897. Andree had
two companions, Strindberg and
Fraekel. He was prepared to drop
messages relating his progress, and
various such messages were discov-
cred during the three months follow
ing his departure, but no authentic
news ever was received concerning
the fate of the balloon or its occu-
pants.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
Bread and Bnttcr.

The Savannah Press says "the
near-democrats are now being called
assistant republicans" A piece Of
patronage will make them full
fedged members of the G.. o. p.
The bulk Of 'em know what they are
after-Americus Times Recorder.
That's giving the Taftocrats a we'll
deserved jab. They know what side
their bread is buttered on.-Macon
News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
A nancerons Oneration

is the removal of the appendix by a
surgeon. No 'one who takes DR..
Kings New Life Pills is ever sub
jected to this frightful ordeal. They
work so quietly you don't feel them.
They cure constipation, headache, bill
and malaria. Csc at Daw-
son Drug Cos.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

More people are taking Foley's
Kidney Remedy every year. 1t is
considered to be the most effective
remedy for kidney and bladder trou-
bles that medical science can devise.
Foley's Kidney Remedy corrects ir-
Irregularities, builds up worn out It's
sues and restores lost vitality. 1t
will make you feel well and look
well. Dawson Drug Co. and Peo-
pies Drug Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
THREE JOKES.

"He thought when he married that
his wife would drive him to drink. "
And she didn't"
NO"
I've wondered what made him
look so disappointed.
My wife's first husband was a
lucky dog"
why, he didn't accumulate any
property, did he?"
mo, but he's dead, amt hep"
Jack-But I thought you dotted on
Miss Peachley?
Tom-So l did-untiI I met her
mother.
BLACKWELL?
Tom-The old lady proved to be
an anti-dote. a
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
NOTHING WRONG WITH ITALY.
Here Is Enough to Prove That Sh,
Is Still at the Front.


1t was an Italian car that won the
Grand Prize race at Savannah-the
Flat. 1t was an italian who won
the so-called Marathon race in New
1ork-Dorando. 1t is an Italian who
is the greatest mountain climber
and wants to marry one of the
richest young women in America
Abruzzi. 1t is an Italian who is
credited with being the foremost liv-
ing allenist-Lombroso. 1t is an
Italian who is said to be the great
est songstress in the world-Tetraz-
zini. 1t is an Italian who is at the
head Of the Metropolitan opera house
in New York-Gatti-Ca sazza. The
greatest tenor in the world is an
ltalian-Caruso. The best cheese on
the bill of fare is Italian-Parmesan.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
KENTUCKY IS ALMOST DRY.
Reputation Of the Blue Grass Is on
It's Last leg.

Ninety-three of Kentucky's 119
counties are now dry four are
wholly wet and the status Of one
county which recently voted as a
unit on prohibition is to be settled
by legal process in court, This is
the substance of a statement given
by the Kentucky Anti-Saloon League.
The four counties which are entirely
wet" are Jefferson, which includes
Louisville; Kenton, Campbell and
Nelson
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
County Treasurer.
Tax Receivers Books,

We have made a thorough exami-
nation OF the tax digest of the coun-
W, and find that while the property
values In the main are fairly well
equallzed there are some instances.
IN the judgment of this body. in
which property, both in town and
country, has been returned at too
low a valuation, and IS not bearing
Its just proportion of the tax burden.
This property has been indicated by
notations on the digest, and we rec
Ommend that the Tax Receiver refer
thereto and be guided by the same
IN taxing returns in the future. We
md that all Of the professional taxes
due the state and county have not
been given in and paid, and we rec
ommend that this be attended to at
once.
AS the Tax Collector is in the
midst of his work collecting taxes
we cannot make a report on his
books
The law provides that the books
Of the County School Commissioner
and County Board of Education shall
be examined at the Spring term of
the Superior Court. We, therefore,
make no report on these books.
There are in the county So pen
sioners, and as far as our informa-
ton extends they are entitled to be
on the pension roll the state.
Books of Justices Of the Peace.
We have examined the books of
the Justices of the Peace and of the
Notaries Public and EX-Of1cio JUS
tees of the Peace of the various dis
tricts, and find them in good condi-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

We all sincerely regret the death
of Mr.. c. w. Gunnels, our recently
elected Tax Collector However, we
are required by law to Immediately
elect another. am a candidate for
that position, and will, if elected, en-
deavor to give the county a faILnrul
and honest administration of the du
ties of the office AS the election
has been called for the 9Th day Of
December next it will be impossible
for me to see all of the voters be-
fore the election, so I take this means
OF soliciting your support. / assure
you that it will be very much appre-
ciated Yours truly, II. II. TURNER.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
Notice Of Election,

By virtue Of the authority vested ia me as Or
binary Of Terrell county an election is hereby
called for and will be held on Wednesday, De
cember 9th, 1905 for Tax Collector OF Terrell
county to eli the vacancy IN the said office of
Tax Collector caused by the death Of c. W.
Gunnels, tax cOlector-elect for 1909-1910 Wit
ness my official signature, tins Nov II, 1908
w b. CHEATHAM
Ordinary Terrell County Georgia
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

| want to be Tax Collector, and
will appreciate the help of all voters.
No one would give more faithful at
tention to the duties Of the office.
Respectfully, MACK BROWN.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
Notice

Do not forget that / am yet here
and can give you better satisfaction
than any other in your town on
female complaints come and see
me. MANDY CARTER.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

our investigation there wera two
PICK 5o conVicts. The others seemed If 70
NE ne IN good health. and doing worI -
Inc = NE County Commissioners havo
made considerable Improvements 5''s vs. :
e e-rq I arr, recently purchased by them
H. Az are rapidly getting it in fine CON
G III There are 100 acres blamed
~ oats and the other land has heen
f 81 epafed to plant. A nice DWELLING
loI the superintendent, suitahIo
I ba". for the convicts and good
I U@In Ior the mules have been erected
we recommend that the CommiSSiou
81 ea D nave deep well bored at once
for the stock. -" ~ "oleI
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
Public Buildings.

We have examined into the condi-
lion of the public buildings, and find
that the Board Of Commissioners
have recently had the court house re-
tainted and some repairs made
thereon, which we take pleasure
in commencing. This buildings is
now in good condition with the
exception of some needed repairs in
the vault of the clerks office, which
we are informed will be made at
once. The Jail We find in good con-
dition and well kept We find that
there is usually considerable trash,
waste paper and other litter on the
court house yard, and recommend
that the Commissioners see that the
premises are kept in a heater condi-
ton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

There being a vacancy in the office
of Tax Collector I hereby announce
my candidacy for the place, and So
licit the votes of the people. The
duties Of the Office will be conscien-
tiously and faithfully administered if
I am elected. r. L. MELTON.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
SCOTT
EMUI SION
Half a teaspoonfuI three or
four times a day in its bottle
will have the desired effect. 1t
seems to have a magical effect
upon babies and children. A
hIty-cent bottle will prove the
ruth of Our statements.

send this advertisement together with name
W paper in which ii appears, your address and
'our cents to cover postage, and we will send
you Complete Handy Atlas Of the World.
SCOTT & BOVINE, 4O9 Pearl St, New York
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
His Mistake

The mistake Jim Woodward made
was not getting drunk at the Cap
itol City club.-Dalton Citizen.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

I am a candidate for the office of
Tax Collector to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of the late c. w.
Gunnels. | promise faithful and
efficient discharge of duty if elected,
and respectfully solicit the support
of the voters Of the county on De-
Cember 9Th. j. o. RUSSELL.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

ton, with the exception that the
dockets of both the Justices of the
Peaee and NOtaries of the Town and
Parrott districts have in a number of
cases failed to itemiza pills of cost.
no books were returned to us from
the New Eleventh district, and we
are informed that this office is now
vacant.
A vacancy existing in the Office of
the Notary Public and Ex-Oficio JUS
uce of the Peace of the 1154th dis
trlct, we commend for appointment
thereto F. G. Thomson. We also
recommend for appointment as No
Iary Public and Ex-Officio Justice of
the Peace of the 909th district to
succeed A. w. English, resigned, D.
j. Dennis.
We recommend that these pre-
News. -
We return our thanks to Judge
w. N. Spence, who presided at the
opening of this court, and to Judge
w. {. Worrill and to Solicitor-G Gen
eral }. A. Laing for courtesies
SHOWN to this body. Respectfully
submitted
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
E. L. RAINEY, Foreman.
HENRY MARLIN, Clerk.

The foregoing General Present
ments were received and read in
open court. 1t is ordered that they
De spread upon the minutes of this
court, and that recommendation
therein be carried out. This Decem-
Der, 2, 1908.
WIN. c. WORRILL, J. S. c. P. G.
). A. LANG, Colicitor-General.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
County Commissioners.

County commissioners.
We find that the County Commits
sioners have paid out since the last
session of the court $11,31744, the
amounts ranging from $1,37796 to
$2,402.38 month for the past six
months. This includes what has
been paid to paupers each month.
We find that there has existed an in
discriminate system of buying and
recommend the adoption of some
plan by which this can be more
economically done and possible ex-
travagance prevented. We are of
the opinion that the expenses of the
Jail as shown by the records are
very heavy, and recommend that the
Commissioners and the Solicitor of
the City Court look into this matter
and see if these expenses cannot be
reduced
We find that there are forty-four
paupers in the county, of whom
one has been paia $500. two
$500, thirty-eight $500, zone $3.50
and two $1.00 each per month.
We understand from the Commission
ers that the payments of these
monthly amounts will now be dis
continued and all the paupers who
receive assistance from the county be
required to live on the farm recently
bought. We find that suitable build
Ings for their cars and comfort are
now being erected
Roads and Bridges.
We find that the general condition
oil the roads of the county is good.
There are some places, however, in
which repairs are needed, and to
winch we call the attention of the
proper authorities, as follows: The
oasser and Albany road, in the Third
ulstrlct; the crossing at the SeabOard
halfway on the Dawson and PARROT
road, and the road near New
Bethel church. 1t has been called
TO our attention that some of the
small bridges on the various roads
are IN need of repair. We rec
99mmend that a bridge be built over
l'oS8 creek on the road leading east
rom Dawson. In the time of fresh
Gus travel on this road is frequently
interrupted for several days by high
water in this stream.
County Changing.
We find that there are SO con-
Ncts IN the county changing Z
male and one female. At the time of
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09
County Officers Books.

We have, through committees, ex-
amined the books of the Ordinary,
Clerk of the Superior Court and
Sheriff and find them neatly kept and
correct. All of them have proper
vouchers for all money collected by
thplD
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

I am a candidate for Tax Collector
to fill the vacancy now existing, and
respectfully ask the support of the
voters in the election on December
9th. No one would appreciate your
help more, and give the duties of the
office better and more faithful atten-
ton. T. J. SLADE.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

I am a candidate for Tax Collector
to fill the existing vacancy ] earn
estly solicit the support of my friends
and the voters generally, assuring
them that their help will be heartily
appreciated If elected I will give
the office my best efforts. Very truly
yours, j. T. WALLER.