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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-08
SHAKE IN A BOTTLE.
Advice of Noted Authority. Also
Gives a Simple Home Prescription
Which Anyone Can Prepare.


Now is the time when the doctor
gets busy, and the patent medicine
manufacturers reap the harvest, UNI
less great care is taken to dress
warmly and keep the feet dry. This
is the advice of an old eminent au-
thority, who says that rheumatism
and kidney trouble weather is here,
and also tells what to do in case of
an attack.
Get from any good prescription
pharmacy one-half ounce Fluid EX-
tract Dandelion, one ounce Com
pound Kargon, three ounces Com
pound Syrup Sarsaparilla. Mix by
shaking in a bottle and take tea
spoonful after meals and at bedtime.
Just try this simple home made
mixture at the first sign of rheuma-
tism, or if your back aches or you
feel that the kidneys are not acting
Just right. This is said to be a
splendid kidney regulator, and al
most certain remedy for all forms of
rheumatism, which is caused by uric
acid in the blood, which the kidneys
fail to filter out. Any one can
easily prepare this at home and at
small cost.
Druggists in this town and vicini-
ty, when shown the prescription,
stated that they can either supply
these ingredients, or, if our readers
prefer. they will compound the mix
ture for them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-08

If cough once gets into your sys-
tenn it acts on every muscle and fibre
of the body and makes you ache all
over. 1t especially affects the in
testines and makes you constipated,
so in order to get rid of a cold thor
oughly and without delay you should
not take anything that will tend
to constipate. Kennedys Laxative
Cough Syrup acts upon the bowels
and thereby drives the cold out of
the system. 1t contains no opiates-
it is pleasant to take and is highly
recommended for children. Sold by
Dawson Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-08
Stray Dollar Worth 5000.

Edwin w. Bard of Worcester,
Mass, is now $500 richer than he
thought he was. Bard took what he
thought was a rare quarter to a
money exchange. While dickering
about it he pulled silver dollar
out of his pocket The dealer gave
one glance and then bounced upon
it. 1t was a 1904 dollar, in almost
perfect condition. There are but
four others of the coin known in
existence. The dealer gave Bard
$500 for his
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-08
IA HUSBANDS HER SHARE.
Fourteenth Victim Has Been Found
Though an Advertisement.


Jennie P. Bigford of Council
Bluffs, Ia, who was recently mar
ried to A. w. Townsend, a wealthy
retired farmer of Dodge, Neb, has
had fourteen husbands, all but five
of whom are still living. This re-
markable woman is now fifty-eight
years old She was married to her
first husband, a miner named Hoo
yer, in Colorado, when she was thir-
teen years old.
She was a widow and a mother
before she was fourteen.
Nearly all of the fourteen hus-
bands were veterans of the civil war.
Mrs. Townsend found her last hus-
band through an advertisement.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-08
Oh, JOY! Town Has a Baby.

There is a general rejoicing in
Bakersville, a village in Connecticut,
because a baby was born there last
week, the first in ten years. Floyd
Snyder, a farmer, and his wife are
the happy parents. The baby boy
and his mother are doing well. AS
the Snyder baby is the first to be
born there since Mrs. Edward Sted-
man gave birth to a son a decade
ago, the Snyder home is being visited
by old and young TO see the strange
sight.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-08
5000 HEIRS WASHINGTON
DISCOVERY OF OHIO PROPERTY
BRINGS THEM TO LIGHT.
Are Preparing to Make Fight Tor
Land That Was by an Act OF Con-
gress Given to First President.

Lana lnaA w do NY Nih ~ -
/ oress Given to First President.
Over 5000 heirs-at-law of George
Washington. father of his country,
vet a childless man, have been found
| in different parts of the United
States through the recent discovery
that there is a large tract OF land
in Ohio which belongs to the first
president of the United States, hav-
ing been decided to him many years
ago.
These heirs, through Lawrence
Washington, who has a position in
the congressional library at Wash
ington, are preparing to make fight
for the property.
A Double Descendant.
OF all these 5000 heirs of the col
lateral branch of the family, the de-
scendants of the four brothers and
two sisters, there is one who has the
double distinction of being descend
ant of the immortal George on both
his fathers and his mothers side.
This is George Steptoe Washington,
merchant of Philadelphia.
On his mothers side he is descend
ed from Col Samuel Washington, the
oldest of Georges brothers, and on
his fathers side he is a descendant
of John Augustine, the youngest of
the Washington brothers. He was
born on the ancestral estate of Hare
wood, in Jefferson county, West Vir-
ginia, the birthplace of his mother,
which was built Jointly by George
and Samuel Washington
A Historic Mansion.
Hardwood lies eleven miles from
Harper's Ferry, the scene of John
Browns exploit. The house was
built under the superintendent of
George Washington and Col. Samuel
Washington, on tract OF land
owned by the general and his broth
ers, in 1926. The tract was so
extensive at that time that the man
who hauled the blue limestone from
the famous ledge that runs through
the estate for the building was paid
at the rate of IAN acre of ground per
team per day" The manor house is
a massive stone structure, with walls
two feet thick, which would with
stand an assault of artillery.
1t still stands practically as built
under the eye of George Washington,
and a Hardwood Association has been
formed, as at Mt Vernon, to pre-
serve it for many future generations.
1t was in this mansion that James
Madison, fourth president of the
United States, was married to Dolly
Payne, of Philadelphia, the sister of
the wife of George Steptoe Washing
ton (its owner at that time), in
1894; and many other famous peo-
pie, including Louis Philippe, after
ward king of France, have Toasted
and slept within its walls.
1t was by act of congress that the
gift of the Ohio property was made
to the first president of the United
States. Whether or not he accepted
it, or, if he did, to what use he put
it, is not known by the Philadelphia
descendant; but he does know that
the estate is very valuable now, and
would make a magnificent site for
a mammoth park.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-08
EXAMINATION JUST AHEAD.
As Result May Be Some Changes in
County School Commissioners.

On February 4th next the bien-
NAL examination of county school
commissioners will be held in every
county of the state. AS result of
these examinations it is expected
there will be a number of changes
in counties in various parts of the
state
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-08

When you want the best get De-
Wits Carbolized Witch HazelsSalve.
1t is good for little or big cuts, boils
or bruises, and is especially recon-
mended for piles. Sold by Dawson
Drug Co.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-12-31
Worlds Sugar Production.

An estimate by the British board of trade of the sugar production of the world for 1906 makes a total of H. Sl2.7l6 long tons. of which 7.3l7472 tons were cane and 6,995.244 tons beet, the production of both kinds advancing practically at the same rate since 1898. In the production of cane sugar British India had the largest output of 2,225. 100 tons, and in beet sugar Germany ranked first. with an output of 2,3G2. lS7 tons. In consumption of sugar per head Australia stands first at 129 pounds, the United States coming next with S9 pounds. and the United King dom following at Sl pounds.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-12-31
 TREMENDOUS POWER OF WATER
Resists All Strength of Man and
 Could Lift Mountains.

When man goes in swimming al the seashore and slaps the water forcibly with his hand. or takes a back dive from a pier and lands squarely on his back, he realizes that the unstable liquid offers not a little resistance. Yet it would surprise al most anybody to see what water will do under certain conditions.
 A stream from a firemans hose will knock man down. The jet from nozzle used in placer mining in the west eats away a large piece of land in day, toys with great powders as if they were pebbles, and would shoot a man over the country as though he were a projectile from a cannon.
 There is a story of an eastern black smith who went west and made a bet that he could knock hole through the jet of one of these nozzles with 6 sledge hammer. He lifted his arms, swung the sledge, and came down on the ten-inch stream with a force that would have dented an anvil But the jet, never penetrated, whisked the massive hammer out of the black smiths hands and tossed it several hundred feet away into the debris ol gold-bearing gravel beneath a crum bling cliff. After this the blacksmith left out iron when he spoke of hard substances
 There is also a power plant near Durango, Col, where a United States cavalryman one day thought he had an easy job in cutting two-inch stream with his sword. He made valiant attack. The result was that his sword was shivered in two and his wrist broken.
 little thinner jet of water descend ing 1,6O0 feet to manufactory at lGrenoble. Spain, and travelling a, the moderate speed of 100 yards a second, fractures the best blades oi Toledo.
 Of course some people will not he lieve such stories without having seen the thing. and one may think 1t Q proof of the scientific imagination to say that an inch-thick sheet of water. | provided it had sufficient velocity. l would ward of bombshells ss we'll as steel plate.
 Nevertheless, many persons, while l travelling, have seen brakeman put | a small hydraulic jack under one end | of car and lift 20 tons or so by a few leisurely strokes of the pump han dls; and the experience of riding every | day in a hydraulic elevator tends to | remove doubts of the magic power possessed by water hitched to ma chine.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-12-31
Sam Hyatt Passed Beyond.

Sam Hyatt, who resided on Southerland avenue in the west part of town, died last Wednes- day night, death resulting from an attack of consumption, from which he had been a sufferer for about four months. Mir. Hyatt was well known iu the city, and his large circle of friends will re- eret to learn of his death.
 H. leaves a wife, a widowed mother and a brother and sister to mourn his going.
 Funeral services were held at home Thursday afternoon at ? o'clock, conducted by Rev. K. D. Osborn, pastor of the Christian church, and interment was had in Odd Fellows cemetery.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-12-31
The Japanese FootfaIl.

One of the odd things which strikes one in Jaran is the footfall. so differ ent from the sound made by shoe leather filling the ears in say a crowded station in Tokyo with its European looking trains, platforms. ticket offices, bookstalls and other familiar objects!
 The musical clicking noise of tho wooden sandals or clogs, which are worn out of doors by all classes of Japanese and which are raised above the ground at varying heights, accord ing to the state Of ;he roads, is one of the most characteristic bits of detail of the country. and any picture after ward recalled to the mind has this ciinkety clink clinkety clnk. as a running accompaniment.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-12-31
GOVERNOR GRANTS
 PARDON TO 2S
Makes Out a List of Those in State Prison Who Were Given Their / Freedom as a Christmas
 Gift.

Little Rock, Dec. 23.-Gover. nor Pindall this morning made public the annual Christmas par don list. It contains 28 names, being six more than last Christ mas. Several long termers are pardoned. The list, including county, offense and term, follows; Joe Reider, Arkansas, grand larceny, one year.
 William Dillbeck, Independ- epce, murder, second degree, twenty-one years. w. A. Dooley, White, burglary, two years.
 Lee ScoviIl, Sebastian, murder, second degree, fifteen years.
 Pat Johnson, Lee, forgery, six years.
 Ludie Phelps, Craighead, mur- de-, second degree, twenty-one years.
 Will Collun, Van Buren, mur- der, second degree, five years.
 George Clary, Pope, murder, twenty-one years.
 Walter Kirkpatrick, Crawford,  forgery and uttering. four years. o. McLemons, 5 ebastian, D, grand larceny, one year.
 Ceph Wallace, Stone, carnal abuse, five years.
 George Johnson, Yell, murder, five years.
 LII. Usher, Crltteudeu, man. slaughter, five years.
 Walter Hardgrave, Johnson, manslaughter, eig ht months.
 Green B. Garner, Craighead, manslaughter, three years.
 Robert Threat, Benton, man. slaughter, four years.
 Lon Givens, Clark, carnal abuse, five years.
 Bud Reed, Craig head, grand larceny, oue year.
 c. $. Sigler, Ouachita, bigamy, four years.
 Ernest Obles, Pulaski, ialse pretense, three years.
 Robert Hudson, Hampstead, mauslaughter, seven years.
 l. F. Massey, Desha, grand larceny, two years.
 Sam Snyder, Johnson, carnal abuse, five years.
 Herbert Brent, Sebastian, as- sault to kill, one year.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-12-31
 HENEY IN WASHINGTON,
San Francisco Graft Prosecutor to
 Lecture in East.


 Washington. Dec 24-Francis j. Heney of San Francisco, the noted prosecutor of the alleged graft, 9 cases. who was shot about month ago, by Morris Haas, a former convict, during the trial of the Ruef case in San Francisco, reached Washington Tuesday night accompanied by Mrs. Heney.
 Mir. Heney will call upon the presi. dent at the White House Wednesday The principal purpose of his visit east. MT. Heney said, when seen by the Associated press. was for rest and recreation. He added that his desire to see President Roosevelt before his departure for Africa also had induced him to make the trip,
 Mir. Heney said he was in splendid health except for a slight weakness and that he had completely recovered from his wounds. MT. Heney and his wife will spend month at this side Of the continent and during that time will deliver series of lectures.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-12-31
Christmas Mail Burned.

Chicago, Dec. 24.-A mail coach loaded with Christmas presents was burned, five mail clerks barely escaped with their lives while one was injured in jumping to safety and an engine was overturned when a south-bound Baltimore and Ohio railroad freight train crashed into a west-bound Chi cago and Alton passenger train in the west side of Chicago Tuesday night As soon as the trains struck. a gas tank in the mail coach exploded and set fire to 1t and the piles of Christ mas mail Many passengers were badly shaken up.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-12-31
STANDARD IS ousTep.
Attorney General Hsdley Wins Fiuat
 Against the Oil Combination.

Jefferson City. Dec. 24.-Attorney General Hadley's long fight against the OH trust has ended in complete and nnal victory for the governor-elect, The supreme court of Missouri hand. ed down its decision Wednesday up. holding the contention of the state.
 Custer from the state and fines of s5o,0Oo each are the penalties inflicted upon each of the three companies. These companies are the Standard oil company, the Republic oil companv and the Waters-Pierce Oil company.
 The Waters-Pierce company has one chance to escape the decree of ban. ishment. If 1t satisfies the supreme court by January 15, 1909, that il has cut loose entirely from the Standard oil company it may continue to do business in the state. The $50 0000 fine stands whether the company goes or stays.
 The opinion was filed by Judge Woodson and concurred in as to the nnal result by the other six judges. Judges Lamm and Graves filed sepa. rate opinions, but each concurred in the result. Judge Lamm holds that the Standard oil company should have been forced to pay a fine of s1 900 .00O
 The Standard oil company was do ing business in this state as an Indi. ana corporation. It has real estate and personal property in Missouri to the value of about $765, ,O00. The Re. public Oil company did not make any return 10 the secretary of state this year, the assumption being that it has ceased business in Missouri The Waters-Pierce is domestic corpora ton with offices in St. Louis.
 Attorney General Hadley filed pro. ceedings against these companies about three years ago, alleging that the Standard Oil controlled the two other companies and that they were operating in violation of the antitrust laws of Missouri.
 On motion of the attorney general the court appointed Robert A. An thony of Madison county, Missouri, as commissioner to take testimony and submit finding. More than a year was spent in securing the testimony desired by the attorney general.
 The commissioners finding. sub mitted to the court in May, 1907. sus- tained every important contention of the attorney general. This finding, too, Is affirmed by the supreme court.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-12-31
MR. TAFT TO VISIT TEXAS.
Win Make Trip After Special Session
 Ends.

Augusta, Ga, Dec. 24-President. Elect William H. Taft decided Tues. day to visit the state of Texas at some convenient time after his inaugura ton, preferably at the end of the spe cial session of congress which he ia to call to revise the tariff. While his itinerary for the visit has not been arranged he will make the city of Dal. las one of the principal points of the trip
 Thirty cities and towns of the Lone Star state united in a request for his presence at any time he should choose to come. The invitation expressed Keen desire on the part of the com mercial bodies of the places in ques. tlon to make the personal acqnaint. ance of Mir. Taft and promised him a cordial welcome and courteous treat. ment. It also dwelt upon the advant- age which would result both to the state and to himself through such a visit.
 Judge Taft was compelled. much 10 1ts expressed regret Tuesday. to de. cline to visit Chattanooga, Tenn. where 1t was hoped to have his pres. ehce at the dedication of a Young Mens Christian association building. Tn declining the president-elect said that to accept meant that he would nave to give up the balance of the ume between now and his trip to Pan. ana In visiting southern cities. as he mad pressing invitations from nearly all Of them, and to accept one and re. lect another would cause dissaisfac. tion
 But three southern cities besides Augusta will see the president-elect during the present stay in the South. land. He will visit Atlanta at some time to be fixed by a delegation which VIII come here next week. He will embark for Panama from Charleston. ;. C., and has decided to land at New Orleans on his return.
 At dinner Saturday night to be given to Mr. Taft by Henry c Max. well, an old time Cincinnati friend. it has been planned that Judge Taft shall meet a number of southern federal offlce-holders which will afford Mir. Iaft further opportunity to extend his plan for bringing the South into close touch with his administration and with a view to impressing upon this section the necessity of becoming more practi. l cal in it's politics.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-12-31
Pure Iron at ast.

Chemically pure iron has never been obtained until very recently; 1t has been found almost impossible 10 re- move the last traces Of impurities. es- pecially of sulphur. But a German chemist, Dr. H. Kreusler. has finally, by long series of ingenious pro- cesses, partly chemical and partly electrical, succeeded in isolating the pure metal the properties of which he reports to differ greatly from those of the impure iron that we know Iron prepared by Kreusler's process resem. bles platinum.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-12-31
Fatal EInht With Negroes.

London, Ky, Dec. 2'.-A duel oc cured Tuesday between officers ane negroes at Artemus, a mining towr north of this place. It is reported tha an officer named Brooks and negro named Soley were killed, and anothel officer. Robert Smith, was fatally wounded, besides others being serious N hurt. It is said that the oflicer went to round up the negroes. wht ware accused of robbing miners.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-12-31
LITTLE ROCKS
 LEGION FIGHT
Saloon Interests Have Checked Up The Signers On The Three Mile Petition and Claim Many
 Errors Exist.

Little Rock, Dec. Slowly the three mile petition hearing drags along in the county court, but every indication is that the liquor interests will finally win out, for the large office crew which worked for two mouths for the liquor men to prepare the case against the petition, seem to have every alleg ation made by the petitioners headed off. The petitioners claim to have nearly lh0o0 signatures to the petition, while the liquor men claim they have gone over the petition name Tor name, and hunted up the slgner, and over 1000 of them cannot be located, hence are not residents. The rolls of the pub lie schools were also broug ht into tue evidence, and many names were shown from this to be on the three-mile petition. A nun Der of names have been shown on the petition of persons dead be- fore the petition was circulated. There is no Ill feeling between the sides, and pleasantries are handed back ard forth across the table by the alto neys and wit ueSses.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-12-31
Good Cough Medicine for Children

The season for coughs and colds is now at hand and too much care can not De used to protect the chil dren. A child is much more likely to con tract dlptheria or scarlet fever when ne ne has a cold. The quicker you cure ms cold the less the risk. Chamber ram Ialn Cough Remedy is the sole re. nahce of many mothers, and few of .nose who have tried it are willing Go use any other. Mrs. F. F. Starcher ol Ripley w. Va. says 'l have never used anything other than Cham oerialn's Cough Remedy for my enlidren and 1t has always given good satisfaction. !" This remedy contains ho opium or other narcotic and may oe given as confidently to child as S gu adult For sale by Jackson Drug Oo', and all dealers.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-12-31
Surrendered to Officers.

Indianapolis, Dec. 2a.-Claude D Stitt, deputy postmaster of Wabash Ind. who has been sought by Govern ment authorities since his disappear ance from Wabash few days before Thanksgiving, surrendered to United States Marshal Petit here Tuesday He was released on bonds of $S,500 There was a shortage in the Wabast postoftice amounting to $2,60O, anc stitt is charged with the responsibilit, therefor.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-12-31
CAN'T USE COUNTY FUNDS
State Banks Not Designated as De- positories Must Hold County
 Money in Trust.

Little Rock, Dec. 23.--At- toruey General Kirby late yes terday afternoon issued an opinion in which he holds that state banks, not designated as county repositories, must not use county funds deposited in them. He holds that the banks must hold in trust the funds placed there by the county under such con- dltious. returning it inact when called for.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-12-31
Was cauoht ia the Act.

Pittsburg, Dec. 24-A hashlight photograph of a member of council in the act of accepting money from g decoy promoter it is said, will be one of the strongest features of the evidence 10 be presented Wednesday morning when seven members of coun- oil and two former bank officials are to be given a preliminary hearing on charges of bribery, corrupt solicitation apd other Illegal acts brought by the Voters league.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-12-31
Another Suit Against Catholics.

Springfield, H.. Dec. 24.-Allen P Hallett through his attorneys, brought suit Tuesday in the United States CIT cult court against St. Mary's academy of Benedictine Sisters at Nauveo, H. for S45O 1000 on notes given by sister Mary to tho Fidelity Funding company of New York Only the praecipe was aled and that was sent by mail, so the residence of Hallett is not known.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-12-31
Insurance Companies Win.

Louisville, Ky, Dec. 24.-Demurrers of the North River and Globe and Rutgers Insurance companies to the damage suits of the Luckett-Wade To bacco company for losses sustained in the night rider raid on Russellville, Ky, January ?, 1908, were upheld by Judge Evans in the federal court here Tuesday Judge Evans ruled that the defense of the companies, that the riot clause exempted them from pay ing losses caused by nightriders had not been met by the plaintiffs, and the suits were dismissed.