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New-York tribune., 1908-03-29

Of contrast, between the Congo natives and the
American Indians The Congo hut and the
Comanche wigwam look rather alike. An i'm
pOrtant difference is that the wiswam was the
tent OF nonadic hunters. while the hut is the
permanent residence of the Congo blacks. The
amount of clothes by both races is not
worth mentioning. with slight advantage in
favor of the red man Work, in the modern in
duStrial sense. has been regarded hardship
by both peoples. but the Africans have at length
yielded TO persuasion of various sorts. while
the Indians have kept their dignity to the death
A European cOncessionary. with powers 10
amputate, has been able to keep the white mans
burden hustling for rubber in the jungle. No
ever tried to get concession to collect
taxes from the Sioux put a few hundred
Apache bucks in factory. Perhaps there were
pioneer capitalists who fondly hoped To place
the red in stratjackets and gradually
train them to the labors Of civilization The
trouble was IL catch them. They would not an
swer Help wanted ads. and when they were
sought with WinchesterS they replied with Rem
ingtons To-day the survivors among them
stoidly tip the jug of paIeface nepenthe on their
New-York tribune., 1908-03-29

reservations and wait for the Great White Father
at Washington to remit the monthly check
The Congo native is not Obdurate He
yields to reason and gathers rubber. Sometimes
he thinks little. forEcts reason and gets tan
gled up. The old question arises. whats the
use Of wo-king?" The correct answer is. ITO be
respectable and wear clothes" But it occurs
to him that respecta bility is a luxury he doesn't
need. and he never had any for clothes in
the warm climate Of the Congo Well, clothes
are necessary; they are necessary to the prog
rcss of the world What does the African care
about the progress of the world? Answer he
must care. What in thunder would become or
the cotton trade if the Congo folk didn't get the
clothes habit? suspicion arises in the be-
nghted brain of the native that the white man
has something to sell, and since the black man
has no money the white man makes the black
man work 50 that with lis wages the latter can
bay what the white has To- sell him. But
this is a wrong idea. altogether Some day there
will be established a university on the banks
OF the Congo. and professors will teach the
black man how to think straight on industrial
matters
New-York tribune., 1908-03-29
HOUSED 1T LAST.
Werico Has Caught and PenRed the
TrOuic Of Cancer.

At last the Tropic of Cancer has been nailed
down. This elusive imaginary line dividing tho
temperate from the torrid zone. that used 10
been put in its proper place Mexican terri
tory and Snuciy housed that il may never
again be tempted to stray from home II was
hard for poor old Cancer 10 remember tlat
il belonged about twenty three degrees north Of
the equator. just far Capricorn was on the
government that the Crab was inclined to run
bic o.er tho border at night. though hImpcrcd
by a sidcnisc method Of l~Comotion. and thus
NIGH, provoke international complications. The
Texas ranger gave notice that the geographical
character OF the animal would not save it il it
dared 10 venture on United states soil
"Ah. have eet-we viii pen hccIn in "a build
iuGr' exclaimed a Mexican scientist to whom
tie difficulty vas propouad"d. a special house
Fnr hccn beside the railroad and then the
Yankee tourists. ~n they not almost pay FOR
the privilege of looking at S-n0r Cancer
This happy suggestion was adopted ard a
comfortable stone dwelling put up for tho
accommodation of Cancer IN the line Of the Ma
tionai Railroad OF r:exico. 1t is situated 3S3
miles south OF the United States border. on
the south side Of the house the large let
tered words 'Tropico de Cancer" and iona
TempIada." or Temperate Zone" The average
American is not used to seeing geography ai-
vcrtiscd
New-York tribune., 1908-03-29
CONGO RUBBER MEN.
Homes Nearest 4ppFOach to Sky
scrapers an africa.

Most people who wear gartcrs and oyershoes.
gaap elastic bands around small packages and
sometimes feel the inspiring lift OF a good auto
mobile tire do not stop to think where the rub
ber In these articles comes from. II would take
too much time Civilization has become too com
nlex II a person were merely labelled with the
foreign lands TO which he owes articles OF in
ternal and external consumption every day. he
would look like a walking geography a globe
trotter's grip. Some men thus inscribed would
approximate TO Mercator's projection of the
gorid while others-a national figure swims
fnto our ken-woud fairly represent the spheri-
raI planet as she really is Nor would there be
. tame similarity in such exhibition Our
human sTnokestacls. for example. would be long
OF Cuban and Porto Rican scenery, the con-
suner of strong waters would advertise Scot
land and Holland and the caffeine fend would
display Arabia as a euphemisn for Brazil.
Instructive as such method of labelling
might be there are immediate prospects Of
It's adoption. and We must struggle along with
crumbs of knowledge picked up by the wayside-
Anyway who would want TO carry on his back
4 scene like that in the illustration our first
page just because he wears pair of warranted
Scent gum shoes that split the second day
and pair of the best never-stretch suspenders
that need to be hitched UP several notches twice
O week Rubber comes from the Congo-that
Is all of 1T that doesn't come from South Amer
ica or elsewhere 1t is a striking coincidence
that rubber is black and so are the natives who
gathe, it in King Leopods territory Hunani-
tarians have asserted that the Congo brand OF
rubber S red They have looked too closely into
the matter IL is certain that any impurities
of complexion are removed by the time the stuff
Is marketed There is no color prejudice in
business
There are some reSenblances. mostly by way
New-York tribune., 1908-03-29

dora Reuss, Princess Sophia Reuss, Prince
Henry Reuss XXI, Duke Charles Edward Of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince August Wilhelm
Of Prussia; (second row. Prince Leopold of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Hugo of Diet
richsten Count Mensdorff, Prince Ernest of
Hohenlohe langenburg. Duke Gunther of Schies
wig Hostein. Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia,
New-York tribune., 1908-03-29

Henry Reuss XVII, Princess Dora of Schies-
wig holstein, Grand Duchess Vladimir Of Rus
sia, the bride, the bridegroom. Princess Elizabeth
Reuss; Fourth row. Prince Hermann of Stoi-
berg Wernigerodc, Prince Henry Reuss EHxlV,
Prince Henry Reuss- Kostritz xxx, Prince
Henry Reuss- Kostritz XII, Prince Henry Rcuss
xxxV, Prince Of Stoberg -Werni9erode-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-26
SUCKED OUT THE POISON.

Elliott Daniel, Bitten by Rattlesnake,
Was Saved by Heroic Companion.
Though bitter by rattlesnake
five feet long by measurement Elliot
w. Daniels, an employe of the South
ern Bell Telephone Company in Sa-
vannah, is doing nicely and is re-
garded as certain to recover.
Daniels, Charles Taylor and anoth-
err Young man were out hunting.
Daniels felt a singing sensation near
the ankle, and looking down saw the
huge snake wriggling off. He called
out and Taylor fired, kiIling the rep
tile.
Daniels companions were equal to
the emergency. They removed Dan
ieTs shoe and Taylor sucked the
poison from the wound. Taking a
belt they bound it tightly above the
wound. Securing a team they hast
ened to Burroughs with Daniels
making quick connection with a tram
for Savannah. At Burroughs a pint
of whiskey was secured, and Daniels
was so full of "snakebite" when he
arrived in Savannah that he knew
nothing about the real thing in that
line.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-26
LETTER in MAIL 81 YEARS
Reaches Destination After More Than
Half Century.

After it had been more than fifty
four years in the mails letter was
delivered last week to Mrs. Eliza
beth B. Nichols of Newark, n. j.
The postmark showed that it was
mailed in New Orleans Dec. 80, 1854.
The letter proved to have been
written by Miss Fannie Brittin, Mrs.
Nichols cousin, who now lives in
Ell Paso, Texas, and who attended
school with Mrs. Nichols, then Miss
Garthwaite, more than half a CEN
fury ago. The ink is so badly de-
faced that the letter is hardly de-
cipherable, but the address is plain.
The envelope was badly worn, but
had held together. No one has been
able to offer any explanation for the
whereabouts of the letter during the
years that have elapsed since it was
mailed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-26
OHIO OFFICES FILLED BY MEN
Named for Their Politics. Senator
Foraker Disputes Statement
of the President.

A Washington dispatch says that
rising to question of personal privi-
lege Senator Foraker replied in the
senate to the denial by President
Roosevelt of charges that he has used
federal patronage for the purpose
of influencing the national political
contest
The senator predicated his argu-
ment on a reference to the Ohio stu
alton in the letter of President Roose-
welt to William Foulke, former civil
service commissioner, which was pub
lished Friday. He produced Qorres-
pondence relating to the appointment
of Charles H. Bryson, whose nomina-
ton as postmaster at Athens, o., was
withheld temporarily for the alleged
reason that Bryson had given an in
terview while in Washington express
ing the opinion that Taft was losing
ground in the Ohio contest. The cor
respondence showed that Bryson had
SlOOu Ills SlOuuu anu IlIo dCClcl dlIOii
of political independence had result
ed in another order from the white
house making the appointment.
The communications on the sub
ject were between Representative
Douglass of Ohio and Mr.. Bryson.
State HOneycOmbed With Them.
In a very temperate manner Sen
ator Foraker commented on the
case, but insisted that the records
clearly showed an attempt to "co-
cree" Bryson, and that his fearless
stand had been responsible for his
retention by the president.
The senator said that it was no ex-
aggeration to say that there are a
hundred cases in Ohio where the APP
pointments had been made for politi-
cal purposes only, and read some let
tiers to prove this charge against the
president
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-26
WANTS TO CHANGE COUNTY
Arlington Would Like to Move From
Early Into Calhoun.

A movement is on foot at Airing
ton to have that portion of the town
which is located in Early county add
ed to Calhoun county, within which
the principal part of the town lies.
Legislative enactment will be nee
essary to make the change.
The movement has not yet taken
definite shape, though if is said that
the citizens of the whole town Will
unite in a petition for the change
TO be made. Under existing condl-
tions administration of the affairs
of the town is accomplished with
considerable inconvenience, and
steps to have all of the town placed
in one county have long been con-
sidered. Arlington has been grow
ing rapidly during the last few years,
and it is desirable that the whole
town be brought into one county
without further delay.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-26
THIS COMES FROM WASHINGTON
Political Story About the Georgia
Governorship in 1908.

Political Story About the Georgia
GovernOrship in 1908.
The Tribune-Herald of Rome prints
a news special from its Washington
correspondent to the effect that
candidate for governor to succeed
Hon. Hoke Smith two years from now
NAV be expected in the person OF
Hon. ]. M. Griggs of Dawson, con-
gresham from the Second district.
It is also probable that Judge Grlggs
will be opposed by Congressman l.
w Hardwick and Congressman W.
r. BrantIey. 1t is understood, con-
Times the dispatch, that Mr.. GrlggS
ic confident of success in MS con-
oressional race, and is expecting 10
he in a good position to make the
rocn for the governors chair at the
end of his new term. III mas peen
understood for some time thaC II
elected, this year he will not again
stand for congress. .15,o
According to the Tribune-HeraId
waebington correspondent there is
a great lack of unanimlty among Ine
members of the Georgia cohgiesSi On
al delegation. 1t is stated thdI lnS
only representative who is Oh s oou
terms with all the members II ON
Georgia is Gordon Lee OF the 0eg-
ontb Mr.. Lee is expected TO De re-
elected this year, and has announced
tbot i'm that case he will not make Ine
race for another term.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-26
WHAT The COUNTIES GET
THE PENSION MONEY THAT Is
PAID IN THIS SECTION.
Twice as Much as Larger Ones.
Not Much for Terrell.


Not Much for Terrell.
The money now being paid repre-
sents the first quarter of the annual
gift from the state to the soldiers
and widows of soldiers who defend
ed the south in the stormy days of
81 to '65. The sum being distribut-
ed in the state is a little upward of
$23O,OOO.
The commissioner of pensions has
not yet tabulated the figures shown
by the vouchers, and does not know
whether or not there has been de-
crease or increase in the number of
pensioners. The former is probably
the case, as the figures of the sums
to be paid out indicate a startling
thinning of the veterans ranks. The
amount necessary to pay them off
this year is less by at least $12,-
900 than the sum distributed in
1907. In the previous year, when the
entire amount was paid out in one
sum, it amounted to 1892, 6S5.65, an
increase of more than $25, 900 over
1905, and the laws for governing en-
rollment have been practically the
same for the past three years. This
year the total sum is 1915. 044. Fol
lowing are the amounts now being
paid the pensioners of the counties
in this immediate section for the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-26
LIVE MAN FOUND IN GRAVE.

MOurners Thrown in Panic When
Box Lid Was Raised.
While digging grave at the Gem
etery in Freeland, Pa, Mike Bosack,
who had imbibed too freely, fell
asleep, and to save themselves from
worry about his safety his comrades
placed him in the rough box in the
grave and then screwed down the lid.
When the funeral arrived Under
taker Kirnan directed an assistant
to remove the lid from the rough
box. When they did so Bosack sat
upright and wanted to know what
was doing. The mOurners were
panic-stricken until the situation was
explained.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-26
PISTOL WOUND KILLS. sCURRY.
WeIl-Known Baker County Man Ac-
cidentaIly Shot Himself.

Jesse Scurry, one of the best
known saw mill men in this section
died in Albany last Wednesday night
from the effects of a self-infiicted
wound. the result of an accident.
Two weeks ago a pistol fell from
Scurry's pocket while he was sitting
in an Albany Office. The ball en-
tered his leg and severed an artery:
He nearly bled to death, but rallied
and appeared to be doing well until
gangrene set in. He was too weak
for an operation and death resulted
He was 81 years old and North
Carolian. but for twenty-five years
had been living in Baker county
He was unmarried.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-26

tt VIII De seen IndL WdHy OF IH0
smaller and thinly populated coun-
ties draw considerably more than
some of the larger counties, the
amount going to Baker, for instance,
being more than twice as much as
is paid to pensioners in Terrell. The
adjoining county of Randolph, which
is one of the largest of the above in
point of population, according to the
figures that have been printed re-
ceives only $1,000, while the small
county of Calhoun receives $834.75.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-26
CROWS DRAIN THE TREASURY.
Illinois County Is Paying 10 Cents
a Head bounty.

Bounties on crow heads are causing
drain upon the treasury of this
county. which is a source Of much
complaint in view of the fact that
the county finances are at low
ebb, says a Paris, ILL.,, dispatch. Up
to this time several thousand crow
heads have been presented under the
law allowing a bounty of 10 cents
each.
The largest single consignment
was turned in by Howard Parker,
and numbered 2S2 heads, for which
he received an order for $3.50.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-26
Illness TWEEN SMITH AND WATSON

cases in which the criminals got off
with life sentences, and says:
The record shows that Glover
has not had fair trial. 1t was an
Infamous thing for Boykin Wright
to drag my name into the case for
the purpose of infiaming political
prejudice against the defendant. 1t
was wrong in the judge to say that
the venue ought to be changed and
then allow Wright and Eve to bull
dOze him over night.
From the pardon board | ex-
pected nothing. Gen Evans is the
father-in-law of Judge Eve of the
Augusta ring. Tom Eason is merely
one of the Old Gang. Joe Sid Tur-
ner is the man of the rape circular
of 1894.
What had pOpulist like Glover
or pOpulist like me to expect from
such a tribunal? Nothing. And we
got nothing.
Didn't Get What He Expected.
From you, we did expect justice,
and we have not got it. Pardon me
for speaking plainly-it's a matter
of life and death and my feelings are
deeply stirred.
IF this crack-brained degenerate
is hanged it will be murder. Society
has the right to put him where he
can never again do harm; but society
has no more right to kill him than
it has to kill any other demented
creature. The Augusta ring wants
this mans life, not so much because
he killed a bad woman as because he
was the most daring Tom Watson
Man that bucked against the pOliti-
cal rascality Of which / was the vic
tim.
"BOykin Wright wanted me assas-
sinated, and Glover was one of those
who saved my life.
Il had hoped that this cOnsidera-
tion would have had some weight
with you, but it seems that | was
wrong"
Mr.. Watson concludes his letter
as follows:
This is the only personal appeal
that | have made, or will make to
you, and | know that it is merito-
rious."
Was Gratitude His Only Motive?
To summarize the entire event it
is taken to indicate that Tom Wat
son is no longer a political friend of
Governor Smith, apd that this is his
public declaration to that effect, and,
incidentally, a grasped opportunity
to fire some vitriol at the people in
Augusta whom he hates.
The assertion made by Mr.. Watson
that he appealed to Governor Smith
to commute Glover's sentence purely
from personal gratitude because
Glover had saved his life is denied
in Augusta. 1t is reported that the
denial is based upon developments
both in Augusta and at Thomson.
1t is reported that Mr.. Watson ac-
cepted a fee of $500 from relatives
of Glover to save the condemned man
from hanging, with the understand
ing that he would get $500 more II
he succeeded. He did not succeed
and did not get the other $4OO.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-26
Bert Barber Of Elton, Wis, says:

Bert Barber of Elton, Wis, says:
Il have only taken four doses of
your Kidney and Bladder Pills and
they have done for me more than
any other medicine has ever done.
| am still taking the pills, as | want
a perfect cure. Mr.. Barber refers
to DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder
Pills. They are sold by Dawson
Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-26
COMING MORE APPARENT
GEM IN WATSON'S To-
pASCO UTTERANCES.
.cKs AUGUSTA PEOPLE

80 Letter to the Governor APP
limo for Clemency for Glover,
tho Condemned Murderer,
Has Caused a Sensation.
1itical circles are agog over the
osing GOODNESS between Gov.
Smith and Hon. Thomas E.
an of Thomson, the populist
- who id so much toward his
ion as governor.
5e separation is becoming more
rent from week to week in the
Of the editorial publications in
Il son's Weekly Jeffersonian. Last
referring to the governors SEN
81 ambitions, the JeffeTsOnian
that no Cleveland gold democrat
: he elected United States sena-
from Georgia at this time. This
watson publishes raw letter
ron by MIN to Governor Hoke
h in an effort TO have Gloyer's
once committed to life imprison-
in which he says the governor
himself away from a woman
ding for the life of her husband
70 TO Washington to talk about
no the life of trees.
mile his reference to the govern
freely favored with tobasco as
ions and allegations, more direct
hoes he put it that the Augusta
- demanded Glover's life as po-
pa1 revenge because the con-
Drad murderer was 2 personal
Ind, supporter and the saviour of
tson's life when his opponents
re- irving to kill him. In this he
meets Judge Henry C. Hammond,
loa William F. Eve and all others
n were democratic supporters OF
i2r ]. C. C. Black in opposition to
nopulist supporters of Watson.
Watson's Gratitude to Glover.
Rack in 1892, when Watson was
andidate for congress, and was en-
,ed in a Joint debate in Augusta
h Mai. ]. c.. c.. Black, he was at
ked bv a crowd of hOodlums, and
yer. it is said, led the crowd that
ed him from personal violence.
IS accounts for Mr.. Watson's in
est in Glover, and his effort to
o him from the gallows by appeal
the governor whom he helped
,t-an effort which proved futile
t was just before he signed the
er refusing clemency to Glover
I Governor Smith is said to have
larked to a friend that he and
tson were getting further apart
ry day.
The opinion everywhere seems to
that the governor was right in
using clemency in this case.
WatsOn's Letter.
n the outset MI. w dISOu say D
AS | have said to you before,
re is no Office or appointment
ich | would accept. My work on
two Jeffersonians is congenial
exacting, and l never expect to
d another public position.
Mr. Watson then states that he
shocked to see what a construc-
4 the governor put upon the re-
t of the lunacy commission ap-
nted in Glover's case. He con-
ded that while the report showed
Over to be sane in the sense of
owing right from wrong, yet it
wed he was unbalanced, defective
generate and cracked Drained.
He mentions other similar murder
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-26

Everything taken into the sIoli-
ooh sbould re digested fully Wlthlh
certain time. When you feel. that
vour stomach is not in good oroer'
that the food you have eaten IS not
LING lin digested. take a good, natural
g giaas+anf that will do the work the
u Ji ;9i iuices are not doing. Inc
t tls' renedv known today for all
stomach troubles is kodol' "nlCH - -
Guaranteed to give prompt relleI. -
Is natural digestant; it dlgests "ha -
Won eat. it is pleasant TO taKe anu i
sold here by the Dawson Drug 20.