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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05
SHEARS AND SAWBUCK.

In the cooler all that night
Jim reflected on his plight;
In the morning Richard Stout,
Hardware merchant, bailed him out.
Jim said after that he'd stick
Close as brick to good Of Dick.
Since he left the Postum jail
Says he won't buy goods by mail;
Says Dicks cheaper, anyhow
Might have saved some on the plow,
On the other goods some more,
At his oil friends hardware store.
Jim says, I'VE can't sell no truck
To such folks as Shears-Sawbuck.
They'll take all our cash away,
But won't buy our corn or hay.
That seemed purity strange to me
So | wrote to them that night
Jist to see if Jim was right.
Asst 'em what they'd pay for oats?
Asst 'em what they'd pay for goats?
Could they use some likely Shoats?
Had about four tons of hay
l could ship EN- right away.
Could 1 furnish Mr.. Shears
WIN HIS Idmily IOdSGAhS CARS
Also would my friend Sawbuck
Buy some of my garden truck?
Answer came one summer day.
Said they couldn't use our hay;
Couldn't use our oats and shoats,
Didn't like our billy goats.
When they needed truck to eat
Bought it down on Water street
Sorry, but they must refuse
Anything but cash to use.
I sat down and wrote 'em then:
Hate to trouble you again,
But l want to thank you, sirs,
For your bunch of cookie burrs.
If you love your Teller man
Do him good, sirs, when you can
While our merchants sweetly sleep
Shears & Sawbuck shear your
sheep"
anonymous in Progress Magazine.)
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05
LOOK OUT, RAILROADS.
Lamb of Virginia Comes Forward
With a Most Drastic Bill.

Lamb of Virginia Comes Forward
With a Most Drastic Bill.
Congressman Lamb of Virginia
has introduced a bill to require all
railroads engaged in interstate COM
merce to establish a uniform stand
ard of roadbed within five years; to
abolish all grade crossing within five
years; such railroads as shall attain
a certain volume of traffic to double
track their roads within five years;
all railroads to put in operation a
uniform system of automatic blocks
and signals within one year, and pro-
viding that hereafter all passenger
cars shall be constructed of steel, and
that no cars otherwise constructed
shall be kept in use after five years
from the passage of the bill.
BY way of penalty the bill pre-
scribes for each violation by rail
road company a fine of $1,000, and
for each violation by an official
fine of $4,000 or one years impris-
onment, or both.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05

Shears & Sawbuck kept store
Such as never was before.
City folks they wouldn't sell,
Wouldn't let 'em have a smell.
Fetched their money-but by jing!
Couldn't meet 'em face to face
An then sell 'em with good grace.
Country trade was what they
sought
Folks would pay for what they
bought
Fore they saw it, hide or tail,
They sent catalogues by mail.
Gittin' mail at Postum Run
We set up nights and read
When we'd orter been in bed.
Book was bout as big as sin
Had a lot of pictures in,
And a list of merchandise,
Ev'ry kind and every size
Givin' prices that they swore
Knocked out ev'ry' country store. \
Looked so straight and seemed SO
true
I bit at it-and Jim did, too.
Jim's my neighbor cross tne way
Best man ever worked in hay,
lust let him top of a stack
Sheds rain like turtles back.
Pleasure Jest to see him work,
Never knew oil Jim to shirk;
Swings a Scythe like it was play
Love to watch him in the way.
Well: we, like a pair OF fools,
Sent off-got some haydn tools.
Jim got harness and plow,
I, a range see it now;
Drat the thing, it was so light
Used 1t for a torch at night;
Throw'd the darn thing in the yard
Use it now for renderin' lard.
Fore Jim used the pillow an hour
Found the blame thing wouldn't
scour;
Tried his harness-broke a tug
Sought for solace in his Jug
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05
rather and an the Others Busy.

Everybody, including father, has
been busy for several days hauling
cotton seed to the Shellman market
for the oil mill here, and for ship
ment to other mills. The price is
good, and if we had a million or so
dollars we would raise it few cents
more, buy them and turn them all
hack to the farm. We like the oil
mills-a great and honest industry
but there was never any better
fertilizer than whole cotton seed.
OF course other opinions are just
as honest as this.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05
RAYS FROM SHELLMAN SUN
Items of Interest That Have Trans
spired in and Around DaWson's
Near NeighbOr.

From the Shellman Sun.
Mr.. Monroe Stevens wants us to
call attention to slight change in
his local advertisement elsewhere,
substituting write" for "see." Fun
ny, too, that little word last week
caused one lady to ride ten miles
to see Mr.. Stevens about cabbage
plants and another one IL miles, both
seeming to think they were obliged
to see him because the advertisement
said SO. Of course those who wish
to may order the plants by mail, as
we'll as receive them that way
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05
And Now She Is Divorced.

my husband and l are the hap
piest people on earth. My husband
issmy king and no princess can take
my king away from me. My hus-
band is a perfect man. He has abb
solutely no vices" So wrote the wife
of a DR.. O'Brien of New York a year
or so ago, and the doctor gave the
recommendation to the press. Last
week, however, the doctor divorced
the lady who had given him so high
character.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05
Col. Geer Won't Run.

Col. w. I. Geer of Colquitt writes
that he will not enter the race for
for solicitor general. Just which or
the other gentlemen his decision
will affect is not now plain to US.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05
Young Couple Captives of Cupid.

Mr.. Wilborn Pruett and Miss Pea
ria Sauls were married Sunday az
ternoon by Justice j. r. Hamer at
his home in the Fourth district.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
Steve Sauls, and because OF her
youthful age-only about 15-there
was parental objections to the match.
Both young people attended meeting
at Bethlehem on Sunday morning.
They took dinner at Mrs. Johnson's,
a sister of the bride, and in the
afternoon drove to Justice Hamer's
home, where they were married.
While they have begun life's career
very early we hope for them happi-
ness and prosperity to old age.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05

Stops itching instantly. Cures
piles, eczema, salt rheum, letter,
itch, hives, herpes, scabies-Doan' s
Ointment. At any drug store.
The Worthington advance., 1908-02-07
Bigelow

John Salstrom came very near get
ting burned out Monday at 1:3O
o'clock. Fire caught in the kitchen
by the chimney, but by the heroic
Bigelow fire men it was extinRuished.
by cutting holes in the roof, and the
pail brigade poured water through
until it was put out,
VIM. Malcom's little girl has the
scarlet fever.
Died Oscar Fosburg, Of heart
disease, on Friday night at 9 so'clock
in his home here. Oscar moved from
illinois to, n Nobles county "a years ago
and has been q resident Of the coun-
ty ever since, except two years. He
was employed BY the grain company
here, until his death. He was born
in 1871, being therefore 36 years of
age. He leaves . mother and father
to mourn his loss. The funeral was
held from the N. p. church here.
The Worthington advance., 1908-02-07
II Local News. Il

Banker Ned Jones made business
trip to Reading Tuesday.
ssAttorney Roy Lewis Of Wilmoi1t
Sundayed with friends in this city.
Robt. Meredith of Onarga, ILL.,. is
here looking after business matters
Fred Tripp now a merchant at
Ronnd Lake, sundayed in Wortbing-
ton.
The doctors are kept busy these
days by an unusual amount of sick
ness.
Harry Allen, of Iowa Falls, Ia., is
here on a visit to his parents and
other relatives.
Several Worthington young people
attended masquerade ball at Round
Lake last week.
G. A. Engbretson, the druggist in
Myers store, had an attack OF the
gripp this week.
Miss Nellie Palmer of Sioux Cltv,
was a guest at the home of her uncle,
E. G. Pannell, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. V. Voak left the
first Of the week for a visit with rela-
tives at Burlington, Wis.
Judge G. w. W. Dow went to st.
James Tuesday to visit his daughter,
Mrs. Otis Bigelow, Jr., who is quite
ill.
Chas. Haggard, who is attending
the state university, spent Sunday
under the parental roof in Indian
Lake.
Don't let the baby suffer from ecze>
ma, sores or any itching of the skin
Doan's Oinment gives instant relief,
cures quickly. Perfectly safe for
children. All druggists sell it.
The Worthington advance., 1908-02-07
PIPES AND CIGARS.
Smoking Said to Serve as an Index t.
Character.

Smoking Said to Serve as an Index to
Character.
A person who smokes a cigar with
the label band on is always a vulga-
rian; person who displays two inches
of ash adhering to a cigar is generally
ostentatious;> person who selects a
cigar because it is sprinkled with light
spots is an ignoramus who credits any
popular report, and person who
chews up the end of q cigar or a ciga-
rette is more often than not of an
irascible or peevish nature. So says
the London Tribune, which adds:
Smoking is also a great test of natu-
raj courtesy in any Individual. One
can trace selfishness, boorishness, self
assertiveness, timidity or good temper
in a smokers demeanor IN any mixed
company Judging upon the example
of Mr.. Kipling, It has been asserted
that the man who knocks his pipe
ashes out behind the parlor. couch is
usually asgenius. But this Is some.
what empty assertion, and at any rate
it comprises belief that is in nowise
shared by housewives and landladies: .
As g ncluding rule for diagnosing
character by tobacco habits, It may be
accepted that the best men smoke
quietly and without ostentation offer
you q good cigar without a prepara-
tory Grafton on Its cost and merits and
smoke their pipes and cigars out to
the end. When q man Is concerned be
cause his friends are not smoking with
him, he is q person to be cultivated
The Worthington advance., 1908-02-07
Kinbrae,

Some fifteen OF the friends and ae-
quaintances of the late Mr.. Dickson,
attended his funeral at Fulda last
Thursday. Mr.. Dickson being so
we'll known. very large number at
tended to pay their last respects to
his memory.
A great amount of sickness is prev
alent in and around this village, and
almost daily, DIR. King of Fulda is
called here to attend the patients.
At this time Grandma Schreiber is
worst, being very low with double
pneumonia. Her advanced age of u
years is against her recovery, but it is
earnestly hoped she will be spared to
large circle of relatives and friends,
Messrs C. E. Harding and G. A
Peterson shipped their fat stock to
the Chicago market Saturday, and
Mr.. Harding accompanied the ship
ment. He will spend few days in
the windy city, return to his old home
at Delevan this state, and visit his
father and other relatives there be-
fore returning to Kinbrae.
Last Friday the local ice dealer
started to fill his ice houses, but the
day being unlucky by reputation the
weather turned so bad that the men
abandoned the work to resume again
Tuesday, when the weather again
knocked them out.
Next Saturday evening, Rev. Frank
G.. Cowgirl will give lecture on his
recent trip to the Holy Land. Pre-
siding Elder Cowgirl is very force
full and interesting speaker, and the
discourse he will give will be as good
or better than any thing of the kind
that has been given in these parts for
many long day. 1t is his wish that
the Methodist Church in Kinbrae,
next Saturday evening February the
8th, will be we'll filled: There will
be no admission charge,
"You Bet Yu!!! The grounding
see his shadder, an I reckon we're in
fur six weeks more Nv WINTER" so says
your Uncle Jabez, as he slowly rises
from his soap box behind the stove
in the corner grocery, and slips his
jjack-knife in his pocket.
The Worthington advance., 1908-02-07
Mems Club Column.
Continued from page II

more vigously than any other large
region:
Tennessee-entirely dry outside of
Nashville, Memphis and Chattanooga.
Mississippi-e8 dry counties, 9 wet.
Alabama-entire state will be dry
after Jan. l, 1909.
Florida-34 dry counties, 13 wet.
South Carolina-l7 dry counties,
"a wet. ~
Virginia--72dry counties, 46 wet.
West Virginia--30 counties dry and
25 wet.
Maryland-1l dry counties, 9 wet.
Delaware-50 per cent dry.
The ant1-saloon element is fairly
strong in the East, particularly in
New England:
Pennsylvania-Tempera senti.
ment weak.
! New Jersey-the only wet state
east of the Rockies.
New York-602 towns dry or partly
dry. New York city is wet.
Connecticutt--96 dry towns, 80 wet
Massachusetts--250 dry towns, 10(
wet.
Vermont-M towns wet, balance
dry.
Rhode lsland--one. half dry.
New Hampshire-60 per cent dry
| Maine-ConstitutionaIly dry.
The Worthington advance., 1908-02-07
GA ToEEA.
Bears the 1,1he Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature e. &X2zzzz<
Catarrh Cannet be Cured

with local applications, as they
cannot reach the seat of disease
Catar1h is blood or constitutional
disease, and in order to cure it you
must take internal remedies. Hall g
Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh
Cure is not a quack medicine. It
was prescribed by one of the best
physicians in this country for years
and is regular prescription. It is
composed of the best tonics known,
combined with the best blood
purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect com.
bination of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful re-
suits in curing Catarrh. Send fo1
testimonials free.
f. j. Cheney and Co. Props,.
Toledo, O. ~. 80.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
The Worthington advance., 1908-02-07
Citation for Hearing on Petition for
@~- Probate of Will. -.
Estate of lula H.Mccnne

Estate of Julia 81. McCune
State Of Minnesota, County of Mobiles, In
Probate Court. :%&% s.|1ss y,
In the Matter Of the Estate of Julia n.
McCune, Decedent. + &$#s.~
The state Of Minnesota to Harriet A.
McCune, Carrie A. -McCune, Julia Harriet
McCune and Julia Martina Smith and all
persons interested in the allowance and pro-
bate Of the will Of said decedent: The peti.
ton Of e. j. smallwood being duly filed in
this court, representing that Julia III. .McCune,
then resident of the County of N obles, State
of Minnesota. died on the 23rd day Of Janu-
arY 1908, leaving last will and a testament
which is presented TO this court with said
be allowed as the last will and testiment Of
said decedents and that letters testamen tary
be issued thereon to G. J.S Smallw ooc, Now
Therefore, +. you, and each Of you, are hereby
cited and require to show 3cause,sif any you
have. before this court, at the Probate court
Rooms in the Court House, il Worthing ton,
8County$of Mobiles, State of Minnesota a, on
the 24th d AZ of february 4 9os. at one
o'clock p. M, why he prayer Of said petition
should not be granted.
.@WITNEss THE BHONORABLE,c G. M. Cory
Judge of said court. and the seal Of said
court, this .29th day Of anuary 1908.
Court Sea1l 5. NJ. e Cory, #ss
Jud ge.s
The Worthington advance., 1908-02-07
Elk.

W. S. Ramer's family is on the sick
list this week.
Miss Lesla Schulz is on the sick
list.
Miss Emma Schultz is suffering
with a severe soar throat.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G.. Finckh~ and
family are also on the sick list, il
seems as though the grippe has got
them all.
Ground Hog surely seen his shade "
Sunday morning and the sign is sure.
ly holding out.
We are getting our winter weathe,
now.
A. I. Standofer has bought himself
a new buggy, now Bessie be good
remember this is leap years.
Ray Metz was seen at Elk cente,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Swanson o1
Summit Lake township were visitors
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes
over Sunday.
Mr.. Newton Dodson moved on tn,
place formerly occupied by MI
Henry Nelson.
The Bible Normal has been vel
attended the past two weeks. Th
term being conducted by Rev. Wm
III. Licthy of Waterloo, Iowa.
| Miss Daisy L. Vail is again abl
Il to be teaching, after week of sick
ness.
The party at Mr.. Kimmel's hom
last Tuesday eve was we'll attende
and after spending a few hours play
ing games they returned to the
homes rejoicing and wondering whe,
the next party will be.
, Mrs. Minnie Swanson was a Gale
at the home of the Kimnel famil
Monday,
Billie Dolheim was caller at t1
: home of Mr.. Kimmel Tuesday eve.
The Worthington advance., 1908-02-07
Elk Center

Joshua Schechter attended the
Sunday School Convention at Read
ing last Sunday.
The Bible Normal at the Brethren
church which is being conducted by
W. 81. Licthy from Waterloo, Ia, has
been quite we'll attended and good
interest is manifested by all.
Zetta Eshleman has been quite sick
with the chicken pox.
Mrs. A. M; Wells waa called tc
Primghar on Saturday to the bedside
OF brother-in-law who had severe
attach of the grip and was not ex,
pected to live, his wife was sick also
with the same disease. Mrs. Wells
mother had been quite sick too, but
was getting better when Mrs. Wells
arrived.
Roy Fowler has been suffering with
an abcess on his lip.
A number Of the young people took
supper with the Misses Schulz on
Sunday evening.
Hiram and Lawrence Robbins and
Alonzo Standifer are batching this
week.
Orvie Anderson spent Sunday with
friends at Brewster.
Quite a number of the farmers from
this vicinity went down to take in the
Institute Tuesday and Wed nesday.
The Worthington advance., 1908-02-07
Brewster.
From the Tribune:

l.
John Meier and wife are visiting
his brother and family in Utah.
Willie Knuth has been i'll with
pneumonia during the past two weeks.
T. E. BLY, attended three big Duroc-
Jersey sales near Sanborn and Shell.
don, Iowa, last week, and came home
with four fine, young canaries to add
to his herd.
B. T. McChesney has sold his fly
ing machine to Miller & Ahrens, who
are scooting over the country these
days at high rate of speed.
Henry and Adam Schumacher and
their mother, from Loretta. Hennepir
County, visited from Saturday unit
Wednesday with the Geyerman fami
lies in this place. Mrs. Schumache,
is sister of Peter Geyerman.
The Worthington advance., 1908-02-07
w ilmOnt.
From the Tribune:

l.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nick Jantzi died Wednesday morn
ing of pneumonia. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jantzi and family have the sympa-
thy of the entire community in their
sad bereavement.
Miss Ada Montgomery of Worth.
ington, came up Saturday afternoon
to visit over Sunday with Miss Flor
ence Lewis.
John, Herman, and Albert Voss
and Mrs. Andrew Henning returned
Tuesday from a two weeks visit in
eastern Nebraska.
Herman Althof living south of Lis.
more, met with very serious accident
on Thursday of last week, that may
cause him to be a cripple the remain.
der of his life. He was hauling a
load of straw when the team became
frightened and up set the wagon
throwing him to the ground in such a
manner that he became tangled in a
rope that he used to bind the straw
with and was dragged a distance oil
eighty rods before he was release
from by the untangling Of the rope.
The Worthington advance., 1908-02-07
MOBILES COUNTY NOTES

. Mr.. Henry Roberts marketed q
load of hogs at Worthington last
Monday. 4 ~ -.
Mr.. Henry Hansons are busy husk-
ing corn this week.
Leonard scriven, of Estherville,
visited with his parents over Sunday.
Miss Rippberger of Dist. 81 and
Mr.. Hilyard of Dist. 38 attended tho
teachers examinations last week.
The Worthington advance., 1908-02-07
A Rather Liqht Meal,

An old South Carolina darky was
sent to the city hospital. Upon his ar
rival he was placed in the ward, and
one Of the nurses put a thermometer
in his mouth to take his temperature
Presently when the doctor made the
rounds he said, 'Well, my man, how
do you feel?" 81 feels right tol'ble
sar." "Have you had anything tt
eat?' "Yassar" "What did you
have?" "A lady done gimme a piece
Of glass ter suck, sar." r."-Argonaut.
The Worthington advance., 1908-02-07
Seward

Messrs. Johson, Hollern and Ceder-
blade and families visited with Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Swanson Of Reading
last Sunday.
Clare and Dorothy Vail are on the
sick list.
G. A. Cederblade marketed two
loads Of hogs ct Reading last Friday.
Mr.J !. N. ScriYen Teturned from
Chicago last Wednes day.
The Worthington advance., 1908-02-07
How Different Here!

With the Persian one cannot discuss
his women folk. To ask a Persian
about his wife is a grave breach of
etiquette. The most you can do is to
ask about the mother Of his son." II
he has only daughters he does not
mention them. They are a misfortune
to be suffered in silence.-London
Globe
The Worthington advance., 1908-02-07
Dates SUPPLIED,

"Don't wait for your opportunity
make it." So read Mr.. Kalestalk, who
had recently started in business as a
greengrocer.
He was still pondering this excellent
dogma when his eye caught an item in
the sporting columns Of the local pa
per, ''Sploshton Wanderers Football
club requires dates for ensuing sea-
son.
Here was chance for Mr.. Kalestalk,
so he wrote to the secretary Of the
club:
Dear Sir-1 presume you require
dates for use at half time Shall be
glad to supply quotation for same
either by the stone or hundredweight.' -
London Graphic.
The Worthington advance., 1908-02-07
Tho Lovers,

ut seems to me, Mabel" said the
girls mother, that you've become very
fond Of Mr.. Prettyman in very short
time.'
"Why, mother" exclaimed the blush
ing girl, chow can you say that?''
II overheard you telling him last
night that he was too hateful for any
thing '"-Philadelphia Press.
The Worthington advance., 1908-02-07
a PR oPER' EPITHEl ri
!. Easy Way In Which Domestic Rup.
ture Mas. EAxerted

Easy Way Ii Which Domestic Rup.=
ture Was sAverted.
The troubles which are brought to q
parish priest for solution are almost
Infinite INF in their variety. In a certain
Prusian village, says Friedrich August
Dressler in "Moltke In His Home,''
an old woman came to her spiritual
adviser and proposed a separation
from her husband. In. Ill.,. ~<- -. {
IF he would beat me-" she said,
"that would be all right; that would
show that he was really my man. But
ne calls me worse names; he calls me
subject! I will not stand for that"
so, Subject eh?" said the priest.
Eyes, that is bad. It is a bad word. l
did not think he would say that. But
are you sure you understood? Did he
say subject or 'objectY"
The old woman shook her head. She
was not certain. The priest smiled Sc
renely.
"Ah, I thought so," he said. "Now,
I am sure that is what he called you.
Subject would have been very bad.
It would be hard to forgive that, but
object pooh, it is nothing. If at all,
it fatters one"
The woman laughed happily. "And,
then, I need not leave him? l can still
keep him for my man?' she asked
eagerly.
"Certainly," said her mentor, "and
rejoice. 'Object,' that is very fine
very! I was sure he did not say sub.
ject!"
She went away entirely satisfied
and the priest heard of no more dis
agreements between the couple.
The Worthington advance., 1908-02-07

lnternent was made ID the Worth
ington cemetery
Miss Marie Okey went to Hudson,
s. D., to her home Monday, and her
sister, Mrs. 2. G. Ross accompanied
her. :.z #
Mr.. Chas. Yates Is shiugling Mr..
Salstrom's house, whore the fire was.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-05
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, tibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it :?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn. Mass.