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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-02
"DOCTORED" SCALES.
Sugar Refining Company Charged
With Cheating Uncle Sam.

With Cheating uncle SAM
VIII the scandals in high places
never cease? viii we never get to
the bottom Of the rascality which has
made so many of our business men
millionaires and enabled the trusts to
rivet their bonds upon commerce and
trade?
These questions are prompted by
the suit of the United States govern
ment against the American Sugar
Refining Company. The government
sues to recover $3,624,121.14 in i'm
mort duties, of which it charges the
company of defrauding it. The gov
eminent claims that the company
used "doctored" scales in weighing
mn imported raw sugar, thereby de-
ceiying the customs officers. The
government says the fraud was car
ried on for ten years. The swindle
was a gigantic one and involved
bribery.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-02
NOW 1T Is CoBLEss CORN.
Yields as Much as Other Kind, and
Kernels Are Large and Solid.

Kernels Are Large and Solid.
A year ago II. J. Scone and Taylor
Garlough of Vermilion county, Hi
nOis, purchased a quantity Of seed
corn in Indiana. In the shipment
was a freak ear, which, instead Of
the ordinary cob, was composed Of a
core Of husk, the grains being neatly
wrapped upon the soft foundation,
like peas in a pod. Mr.. Sconce was
impressed with the novelty of the
find, and decided TO plant all the
kernels found on the freak ear To
his surprise the ears produced this
fall We're found to be exact repro
auctions of the single ear. He has
decided TO plant more of the corn
next year and will endeavOr to i'm
prove on it, He believes that there
is more to it than freakishness. The
ears produced this year yielded as
much corn as those provided with a
cob and the kernels were large and
solid. The ears were well filled,
kernels even growing among the
silk. The freak ears were placed on
exhibition at county fair at Sidell,
and attracted much attention. AS
result Of this discovery the corn
cob may disappear.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-02
such human beehiyes

f IN no other such human beehives
0tner evils of the skyscrapers will
add TO the agitation against tb" "lIi
Inc traffic congestion problem +ba
Iact that they are detrimental 70 tbo
public health, that thew nre raw, ~ t til1
proper pre-, clrcuI ltion of fresh air and
S SdrSI. that they lead to a mo-
nopoly in the building trade and a
monopoly of all available mortqa 90
money, Will contribute to their down
taH. But the thing which will nrn-
vent their spread is not primarily anv
OF these considerations, but becaneo
or sheer necessity, because tbaso
buildings cannot longer stand.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-02
WILL ASCEND TO STARS.
And There Find New Physical Bod
les, Says Former Senator.


William E. Chandler, former Sen
ator from New Hampshire, and sec
rotary of the navy in President Nc
Kinley's cabinet, is the advocate of
new religious doctrine. He be-
lieves that after death our souls will
go to some of the stars, there to be
reinvested with physical bodies and
have the same kind of existence as
here, only to greater perfection.
My faith in the future life he
said, lis strong and ever present with
me. 1t is my only faith. We have
no knowledge of it, and it is intend
ed that we shall have no knowledge
of it. We do not live as disinherited
spirits; we go to one Of the stars,
where we inhabit new physical bod
les which embrace our present souls.
We will see and hear and have the
senses of taste, smell and touch, and,
perhaps, other new and more Joyous
senses. Admitting the future eX-
istence of the soul, what more logl-
cal thought can we have than the
universe to take up their aDodes
there"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-02
OUR TROUBLE is HYsTERIA
Why the Next State Administration
Will Be Up Against the Rocks

why the Next State Administration
viii Be Up Against the Rocks.
The general assembly of 1907
1908 hands the state over to its suc-
cessor Of 1909-191O in bad financial
shape. Revenue has been cut off and
appropriations increased, and of
course you cannot diminish vour in
come and augment your expenditures
without getting into trouble.
Being in trouble we must GET ont
as best we may, and the first stem
toward getting out Of trouble is to
ascertain exactly what got us in.
When you are lost in the woods there
IS no sense in laundering about han
hazard, trusting to luck to get out;
the proper thing is to retrace vour
steps, get back to the point of de-
parture, if possible, and take a fresh
start.
Our trouble is Mysteries. We
emotionally annihilated our liquor
system which had been in existence
century and put no other system
III its stead.
Again we had a convict system
which had been in vogue for forty
years. 1t developed defects. some
serious, but instead of directing our
attention to these imperfectiOns we
| became hysterical, arrived at the con-
clusion that the system was too
large for us to handle and in token
or our inability to grapple with it
wiped it out altogether, and made no
provision for the loss of revenue
thereby created.
In the year 1906 our state treas
ury received $242,O44.92 from Ifuuor
tax and $340,01122 from convict
hire. This annual revenue of 1882
546.14 the general assembly of 1907
1908 annihilated. 1t is a little over
l Z per cent. of our entire revenue.
Having thus most materially de-
creased the revenue the same gener-
al assembly proceeded to most ma
, terially increase our public expen-
dltures. 1t increased the school an
preparation $250,000 and other an
preparations $125,0O0, thus adding
1885, 900 to the out-go, while taking
S5S0,000 from the income. thereby
making a difference as against tax
payers of $955,0OO per annum.
Nor is this all it did. 1t proposed
an amendment to the constitution
which practically places on the pen
sion roll every man who ever served
in the confederate army, such pen
sion to be continued to his widow
the cost of which is estimated by
some at $1,00O,00O per annum. The
manned, the blind, the permanently
disabled, the infrm, the needy vet
Grams and their widows are already
amply provided for. This new prop
ositiOn is not for their benefit, but Is
exclusively for those who do not come
within the above mentioned merito-
rious category.
In the meantime what are we 60
ing to do about it? Are we going
to sit around and talk, or are we
going to get together and act?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-02
FAIR ASSOCIATION INDICTED.
On Charge of Having Allowed Gamb,
ling at State Fair.

The grand jury of Bibb county has
indicted the Macon Fair Association
for alleged permission allowed for
the operation OF games and other
devices where money and other val
uables were placed at hazard during
the recent State Fair.
The charge is a misdemeanor, and
the Indictment is against the corpora
ton. There was a sensation in the
finding, and general comment was
that little was known of such propo-
sitions on the fair grounds at Central
City park.
What the directors of the fair as
ISOLATION will do with the case has
not yet been determined. II there
is no defense in the court the fine as
imposed for misdemeanor will be
paid and the matter will pass.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-02
SCOTS
|nlulSiiorl

Pd Liver Oil with Hypo-
Phltes should always be
/ IN the house for the
Fing reasons:
because, if any member
I family has a hard cold,
i cure it.
I'd Because, if the chill
.dfe delicate and SickIy, it
&e them strong andweh.
-Because, if the father
Other is losing flesh and
ping thin and emaciated,
build them up and give
flesh and strength.
aIBecauSe it is the
dra remedy in all throat
Png affections.
uSehold should be with
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-02
.oF THE SkYSCRAPERS
nprDICTS ELECTROLY-
mi RRING THEIR END.
Farm Down in Fifty Years
% Their Unsafeness. Tall
I,,,,os Will BE Eliminated.

To,n Down i'll Flfty Years
O' % Their Unsafeness. Tall
l1inos Will BE Eliminated.
.,o skvscrapers of Manhat-
n, no torn down within SO
I'D that the reason for their
.aronce will be their essential
mess. is the belief of John N
nrasident of the Jamaica Citi-
,.sociation. He believes the
for the congestion of the
;, the city is to be found, in
Il measure, in the existence of
.or.ners in lower Manhattan,
!, 49, tba congestion will exist
t. IS architects continued to
[nct these 80 and 40-story struc-
His opinion has since been in
Nv Augustine Rey, a famous
architect, recently in New
pooth asserts that the traffic
h. will not be the cause of the
|-ion Of tall buildings, but that
mi+atton. which is bound to
viii be brought about by the
al unsafeness of these struct-
I'D that this unsafe condition
csnsed by electrolysis.
n cEyscraper has an iron frame
arbfrb is situated between the
norton of the building, the
esblers. which are bound to
ktrong wire. and the inner por-
Ill., metal lath likewise con-
The Iath completely hides
Eriew the iron framework and
Harm covered by the plaster
The iron work is covered on
Inside by the ashlers.
Rough each of these buildings
zous currents Of electricity are
n each day. There are any
N of electric light wires and
None wires. 1t is an acknowl-
4 fact that a great deal of cleo
is dissipated in its transmits
Aherbaps as much as so or 80
III This electricity, while dis
II from its original purpose,
y lodging somewhere, and that
#hpre. he believes, is in the iron
Mork of the building. A short
ago it was demonstrated in the
f the city sewers and water
what damage the volts of cleo
continually charging through
pps. can do to the iron. Huge
sEero found to have been eaten
lie metal, which was a subject
&trolysis. 1t is only reasonable
B bose that a similar effect will
8uced upon the iron framework
d buildings, charged, each day,
n thousands upon thousands of
i electricity.
q can this damage to the struc-
be readily ascertained. The
connecting the metal lath and
shlers to the framework might
dy to disintegrate, and the
Ork itself might be in a de-
IA condition, and about to give
End cause the fall of the build
ID yet, completely covered from
rs they are, they may not be
in the least. Mr.. Booth be-
that in so years time the
gs now up will have become
te that public policy will de-
That they be torn down, and
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-02
Commissioner Of Pensions.

Judge Cheatham expects this in
formation to be sorely disappointing
to the old veterans, who had antici-
pated the payment to be made on the
scheduled date, December 10th.
Many of them wanted the money ex-
pressly for use before Christmas, and
they will, of course, be much put
out
The ordinary, as much as anyone
else. regrets that the pension pay
ment will not be made on time. 1t
is not an easy nor pleasant task
for him to explain to the veterans
why they will not receive their mon
ey until later and uncertain date.
Many Of them come to his office two
weeks ahead to inquire about the
matter. and as quite a number OF
pensioners live out in the country,
it is oftimes difficult for them to
come to the city.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-02

There's nothing so good for sore
throat as Dr. Thomas Electric Oil
Cures it in a few hours. Relieves
any pain in any part.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-02

Woman loves a clear, rosy COM
nlexion. Burdock Blood Bitters puri-
fees the blood. clears the skin, re-
stores ruddy, sound health.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-02

!, altEe1t,sement together with name
i, ~ "u'0h II appears your address and
(om NJ IoNIL postage, and we will send
'"p'e'e Handy Atlas of the World"
DIVINE, 400 Pearl St. New York
The Adair County news., 1908-06-03
POINTS IN FARM PRACTICE.

In all feeding it is the food d.
gested which affords the nutri-
ment and not the quantity.
The most expensive kind of
feed is that saved by giving the
stock less than they can profta-
bly, use.
Manure will not waste as much
fertility in the field as it will in
the average pile in the barnyard.
Stock can be fed with profit
only when they make a steady
gain. Any falling off costs dou-
BILE to regain.
There is a difference between
food for promoting growth and
that for making fat. Grow the
animal before fattening it.
Good breeding and good feed
ing are so closely related that
they must go together. One is
useless without the other.
Clover and grasses retain mois-
ture in the soil, render it porous
and favor nitrifcation while fill
ing with vegetable matter.
Without stock there can be no
complete utilization of the farm
products. With stock there
would be no waste prodp FIX.
The Adair County news., 1908-06-03
NEWS NOTES.

Patrick Mccarthy, for 16 years
cashier of the Deposit Bank of
Paris, died in a Lexington hos
pital.
Ike Watson, a Negro, was kill
ed by a sheriff's posse near Co.
lumbus. Miss. He had killed a
policeman and was resisting ar
rest.
The next annual conclave of
the Knights Tenplar will be held
at Ashland, which little city won
the honor over Louisville.
A bridge under construction on
the Harlem branch of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad at Baychester was
wrecked by dynamiters.
The jury in the case of Abra-
ham Ruef, charged with bribery
in San Francisco, has disagreed.
the jury standing six for con-
viction and six for acquittal.
Mrs. Ernest Terwilger, of
Newark, Ohio, was found dead
in her room, having been choked
to death. Her husband, Ernest
Terwilger, arrested on suspicion,
made a confession.
Col. J. David Dye was serious
ly injured in a runaway accident
near Maysville. The horse be-
came frightened at an approach
ing automobile and Col. Dye was
thrown over an embankment.
Bank clearings again reflect a
slightly larger volume of pay
ments through the banks, though
the Improvement is quite marked
at New York, where stock mar
ket operations are again more
active.
Sabastine Stone, one of the
best known residents of Versailles
disappeared suddenly, leaving a
letter directing his attorney to
dispose of all his property and
turn the proceeds over to Mrs.
Stone. His friends believe that
his mind is temporarily unbal-
lanced-
The Adair County news., 1908-06-03
The Best pills Ever Sold.

.'After doctoring Is years for chronic
Indigestion, and spending over two hun
dred dollars, nothing has done me as
much good as DR.. King New Life Pills.
| consider them tn e best pills ever
sold:" writes B. F. Ayscue, of Ingleside,
N. C. Sold under guarantee at T. E..
Paull's drug store. 25c.
Milford chronicle., 1908-08-21
whistles and other Noises.

The citizens residing near the railroad
in Milford have become acoustic meo 10
the many methods OF blowing whistles
which is largely necessary at that point
by reason Of the calling 10 Of breakmen,
etc. We noticed the whistle OF the en-
CINE which took out the circus train
last Friday morning in particular, ana
il all engineers were as cOnsiderate OF
the public comfort as that enc, there
would never be any complaint against
whistles blowing in Milford. He blew
the signals low but distinctly, and took
the train out without disturbing the
nearest resident unduly Bat this 10
not always the case we have seen en-
gineers on the large mogul engines leav-
Milford, swing down on the whistle
and open up the most searching ana
ear splitting walls, which grated on
the nerve Of invalids all over the west
ern part Of the town such men need a
calling down, or the town authorities
will be com PEELED to prevent the blow
ing Of whistles in the town limits
lets have It practiced
Whistles are not the only annoyance
by long shot.
We have houses on the back streets
that maintain noisy crowds which sing
dance and disturb the public peace un-
til long after midnight. We have
crowds that gather at the depot, swear,
talk loud and disturb the comfort OF
others unnecessarily, aud an arrest and
fiue will effectually stop this.
We have dogs tied up, that cry out
for exercise, or for water duling these
hot days, and are an intollerable nui-
sanee to the neighbOrs; owners, be
human and stop this at once.
We have 500 dogs running at large,
barking and disturbing the peace and
comfort OF all parts of the town. An
enforcement OF the dog law will stop
that.
Milford chronicle., 1908-08-21
Late Arrival OF Fruit Trains.

The Demar News published the follow
ing in its editorial column of last week on
the subject of arrival of fruit trains in New
York from Delaware. 1t reads as follows ::
is it possible that there is no way in
which the farmers can get redress from
the railroad company. The tariffs OF the
company read that in consideration Of
the exceptionally fast service rendered,
the company is compelled to charge a
higher rate than the usual tariff, but tits
difficult to see where the company rend-
ers any superior service in the face OF the
fact that every day the trains arrive after
the buyers have gone home. 1t is doubt
full if complaint of the Interstate Com
merce Commission would amount to any
thing in a case of this kind. Evidently
the only thing that can be done is for the
farmers to get together and convince the
railroad company that unless something
is done to put their produce in market III
time for the days sales, they will be COM
PEELED to turn their attention to some-
thing that does not depend so much up
on the cOmpanys whims 1t is certainly
to the company's interest to do all they
can to keep the farms growing produce.
The company gets more clear freight
money from this class of trade than any
other class of freight they handle, and it
certainly seems like the company's Off
cials would appreciate this fact. To get
the real facts of the matter there is no
reason why the freight should not be
landed in New York at the proper time
That it is not done is due solely to the
fact that the company is trying to save
money by putting on one train apd one
crew more than they can do in the time
allotted them. That is the whole secret |
of the matter. If the officials would run |
two sections Of the perishable freight train,
there would be no more talk OF late ar
rivals Of trains. But the company is
willing for the farmers that support it to
lose several hundreds daily in order that
fifty dollar train expences might be
saved. That's the story in nut shell.
Now fet the farmers get together and as
lert themselves. We have given the
rue facts of the case-it is up to them to
10 something"
Milford chronicle., 1908-08-21

Don't throw garbage into the street ;
its against the law, its filthy in the street
and draws flies.
Don't sweep trash and litter into the
centre of the street take it up and throw
it on the waste heap your street will
look better.
Trim up or off the lower branches of the
shade trees that permits the lights to
illuminate the street and the air to circu-
late, making the homes more comfortable.
Cut the weeds and grass out Of your
cutters it takes you but a short time,
keeps the cutters so the rain water can
get into the sewer quickly without wash
ing the street, and makes your own home
look better.
Clean out the privies frequently; its
not very pleasant to think that the same
fly crawling over your dinner, may only
a few minutes previously have been in
your privy but it is more than probable
that it was there so keep the place clean.
Milford chronicle., 1908-08-21

WE heard one of our young men
making sport of religion in front
OF our Office the other day. His
moustache had just began to sprout
and judging from his talk his men,
tai faculties were not as we'll devel-
Oped as his moustache During our
brief stay upon earth we have seer
many just such young men cold n
death. We have seen the atheist
at rest in his casket, but before be-
ing consigned to their last resting
place they have all beer carried
through the doors of a church and
had prayers said over them. This
young man could scott at religion
in his strength and jeauty ofhealth
but if the dark angel should get af-
ter him he would instinctively re-
eret what he said and look into the
future with fear and trembling.
When one stands before the open
door of eternity his desire to scott
at religion yanishes. We admit
there are bad men in the church,
but even these black sheep in the
flock might be blacker if they were
outside. No young man, or old
one either, should condemn the
noble efforts the army Of chris
tan men and women are making
towards lettering the condition of
things, and whether we attend
church or not but few Of us would
iesire to live in a community where
here was no church. Young man,
n the near future, if you must
icof at religion, please get a Nttle
urther from dur Office if you do
lot want to see xoir name in print.
I'M
Milford chronicle., 1908-08-21

for the purpose of transportation or
the tallow candle for the purpose
of light.
The wisdom of the forefathers
however. is clearly disclosed by
these old laws, for they provide for
the taxation of every form Of
wealth in existence at the time of
their enactment, {. g. land, sheep,
horses, dogs and in general all chat
tells real and personal. The vast
wealth evidenced today by stocks
and bonds and the giant industrial
and transportation corporations
which have given them birth were
unknown even fifty years ago.
These evidences of wealth were not
taxed then because not then in eX-
istence, but does any person sup
pose that our forefathers would
have taxed cattle. sheep and horses,
in a manner, instruments OF pro-
duction, and left untaxed the
stocks and bonds of him who IS
most able TO pay. These patent
and fragrant inequalities of taxa
ton, felt the more keenly by the
citizens Of Delaware because OF its
relative small population, were
called to the attention of the last
legislature and a commission was
appointed to examine into, and
make suggestions, as to the present
system oftaxation. That commits
sion will report the next legislature.
1t is the concern of every citizen OF
Delaware who has dollar OF tax
able property or who pays a dollar
in taxes, that a system Of taxation
shall be placed in our statute books
whereby all forms of wealth shall
bear the burdens of government IN
proportion to the real value OF that
wealth.
The election Of the next Cover
nor and the members of the next
legislature will determine, whether
for the next decade or decades the
burdens of the State government OF
Delaware shall be borne by the too
often impoverished land owner, by
the husbandman whose cattle and
horses are his livelihood and by the
struggling worker for daily wage,
or whether the great industrial,
transportation and banking cOrpOr-
ations, and comfortable holders of
stocks and bonds and the proud
possessors of wealths playthings
and ostentation shall contribute
their fair and equitable portion to
the government which conserves
their property and protects their
person.
The special election on a ques-
ton of pure morals with collateral
economic complication, taught the
people of this State to think. To
the minds of many that election
was important if not pivotal. The
primary election soon to come, and
the general election to follow this
fall present, however, occasions
fraught with portentOus possible
ties. There is presented also for
the people an opportunity such as
is seldom offered.
Milford chronicle., 1908-08-21

THE rural routes were established
for the benefit OF rural homes, or
in other words the farmers. They
have proven a greater benefit and
blessing to the farmers than was an
ticipated by the most sanguine. A
farmer who has once enjoyed the
advantages of the rural mail ser
vice would hardly know how to
live without it. 1t did not come
to the farmer, however, until he
had many times earned it. The
farmers are our heaviest taxpayers.
What property they haveis in plain
sight and is taxed, while the city
gents at least many of them, who
deal in notes and bonds is enabled
to hide his wealth from the assessor.
For a half of century the mail
has been carried to the city home,
not once, but many times each day.
Finally the big heart of Uncle Sam
has reached out to the men who
feed the world.
Milford chronicle., 1908-08-21

We note with pleasure that the
farms in this county are developing
into a higher stage of cultivation.
The young farmers have certainly
improved upon the old fogy meth
ODDS of their fathers, and the more
modern way of farming is causing
Mother Earth to produce her larg-
est and best crops.