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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-09
United Commercial Travellers.
the Honorable City Council, Rich.

United Commercial Travellers.
To the Honorable City Council, RicI,-
s5 mond, Va.
At our regular monthly meeting, In
June, Richmond Council, No. $50, United
Commercial Travellers OF America, reps
ircsenting n membership of about 800
commercial travellers. unanimously
adopted the following resolutions:
NNherens, In the Interest of the city
Of Richmond In general n desirable,
spncio,s and well-equippcd auditorium
is badly needed; be 1t 8
Resolved, That we petition the hons
orable City Council to take up the
matter of approprInting the sum OF
$4,000, or so much thereof nv may
be necessary, for tile proper equipment
of the building now being used ms our
city IAuditorium.
NJ. II. Wright, a. J. Huff, Il. Il. Garth
right, Committee.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-09
CAT BURIED. ALIVE
Thrown Into Pine Leading to Water Meter
and cried for Three Davs

and cried for Three Days.
Opening the cap on the pipe that leads II
Power Company's offices on Main Street. an
employe Of the city Water Works was
startled Yesterday whom he found q half
starved kitten, probably not more than two
or three months old. How ii got into the
pipe Is mystery. The only plausible
theory Is that 1t was put there by some In :
human person who wished to get rid OF Il.
" Is not a hard matter to prize or tho CAP
which leads to the meter. and some one evil
IDENTIFY threw the kitten in. then replaced &c
newsdealer who has a stand nearby sal
that for three days he had heard the erie,
o. the Kitten: coming apparently from under
the ground. but he was unable to locate IL
too exhausted from hunger to move. the
isit. on was taken in charge by persons living
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-09
MASON CASE CONTINUED
VIII BE Tried This Morning by Squire Lon
nile Grnvcs. Acting for Justice CrutchNeld

VIII BE Tried This Morning by Squire Lon
ME Graves. Acting for Justice Crutchneld.
Mr.. Lewis +. Mason was called in the
Police Court yesterday morning to answer
70 the charge Of attempting to take the
HE of Mr. II. T. Teele. manager of the
Tidewater Trust Company. but the case was
bailed in the sum of $1,000. with Major L.
I. Christian and Major C. o. Saville a.
surety.
No evidence in the case was heard.
Statements as to whether Mr. Mason really
pointed the gun at Mr.. Teele are conflict
Ing, Mr.. Mason denying and Mr. Tcele al
firming that the gun was cooked and point
ed at the manager OF the company.
Mr.. Teele claims that Mr.. Mason paid
sl7 out of sac Judgment at the Consta-
ble's Office. and that he had no other re-
course than TO collect 1t by due proceed
ings OF law.
Squire Lonn!c Graves will try the case
this morning because of a difficulty Mr.
Mason had with DR.. William 7. Crutchheld,
inc nc, brother OF the Justice on June "a,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-09
continue Brothers Case.

The case Of II. L. Brothers. charged with
assaulting II. II. Carr. was continued to the
18th. and the accused wac bailed In the
Brothers claims that Carr made offensive
remarks about his wife. and that he acted
properly in fesenting them
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-09
Old , FIRST survivor. to Meet.

The forty-seventh anniVersary ot
the survivors OF the Old First Virginia
Infantry, known III war times as the
t,isloodys First" will be held at Forest
I'll Park on July 18Th, There are now
only a few survivors OF tho original
regiment, The arrangements arc in
charge OF Colonel William H, Palmer
and Mr. Charles 4, Loehr. is, 8
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-09
I DR.. SMITH TO LECTURE
Howitzers TO Hear Many Speakers on War
( 8 n . /

Howftzers 10 Hear Many Speakers on War
Time Topics
Beginning a series OF Lectures. arranged
for by Captain Myers and officers OF the
X Howits4rs. Rev. James Power Smith viii
next grpesdav night deliver an address at the
arsnora. his SUBJECT being .'Stonewali Jack
son and the PART Fl Took In the Civil War
&a The lecture takes place on tbs regular drill
might and the soldiers are ordered TO ap-
q pear In uniform. Each member is allowed
1 10 bring one friend Invitations will also
~ extended 10 cty officials aud friends Of
ths battery. ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-09
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.

July 8, 1908. &
s a. M. temperature. $500.
Humidity Observation-Disclosures. Z
Wind, direction ................... !
Wind. velocity observation-disclosures. !
Weather ~. INSTRUMENTATION. CLOUD
Rainfall 0. o
12noon temperature...... Z
3 p. NJ. temperature. .......i..2.....
Maximum temperature up to 5 2. NJ.
Minimum temperature upatot5 T. M.
Mean temperature OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Z
Normal temperature ......y..i....s...3
EXCESS In temperature tO-day......5j
Excess In temperature since March y
ISL t.t.g,. : y
Accum. EXCESS in temperature since
4 January LIST ...l....i.i.i...t ...... 9
Excess In rainfall since March l st. Al
Accum. excess In rainfall since jan
uary LIST ....... ..s..l.5..s.i........ 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-09
L0CKJAW KILLS BOY

stuck Nall in His Foot and Died After Ter.
rlble Suffering -
Following five days of intense suffe-inr.
y. Stokes, the ffteen- year-od son Of
ar. ". W. Stokes. died yesterday OF lockiaw
i nt the residence OF his parents No. so25
west Main Street 80
about a week ago while helping ~.
ihther plasterer. he stuck a nail in his toni
AT first the wound was not thought 10 he
serious but after few days tetanus set In.
ana he died In great agony, although
eFerything possible was done for him by
several OF the best physicians IN the city.
The body will be sent this morning TO
Waynesboro. Va where 1t will be Inferred
In the family buryinS- ground -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-09
T. +. A. Meeting Tonight.

There will be meeting of Post A,
Virginia Division of the Travellers
Protective Association, at $40 O'Clock
tonight In the T. P. A. rooms. Third
and Main Streets. The principal bust
ness will be the report from the dele
gates who attended the MlwaulFe
convention. The changes in tho con-
stitution will also be discussed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-09

Retail Merchants AssoctHtioH.
To the Honorable Council of the City
Of Richmond:
Your petitioners, the board of direc-
tors OF the Retail Merchants Assos!H-
ton, OF Richmond. respectfully petition
such notion on the part of Your honor
nblc body for the speedy completion OF
the city Auditorium, ms was Originally
contemplated by your Committee on
Grounds and buildings.
Your petitioners believe that such
improvements to the Auditorium nre
n public necessity. Many large con-
yeatfors have met In our city, and
have been Aforementioned In their work
NV the bad acoustics and the unfin-
5ished state OF the Auditorium. Many
other large organizations would like
to meet here, and probably would come
II our city Auditorium were suitably
arranged 1t Ia due our own citizens
that these improvements be made, az
the building, properly arranged, could
he used for local conventions or other
large gatherings of our own people.
II Richmond ii to continue to be
known as a convention cityJ II the Au-
ditorium IL to be OF practical benefit
to our own citizens, the present f., In
our humble opinion, precisely the mo-
mcnt to get the Auditorium improves
mcnts under way. Your petitioners
therefore respectfully request that the
whole matter be taken UP and favor.
ably acted upon mt once.
Respectfully submitted by order Of
the board of directors.
T. A. MILLER, President;
w. a. CLARKE, .Jr., Secretary.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-09
THE leather.

Forecnat. VirKi nia-Fnir Thuraday
and Friday; warmer Fridays light vnrl-
able winds.
North Cnrollnn-Local rains Thurs
day and Friday; light lvaria BILE winds.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-09
Important Real Estate Sales

Messrs. J. % ELAN & Company, real e.tata
Dearne estate tho property No. IL North
Third street between Franklin and Main
Streets for s5.s75. and the property No. SIT
North Second Street for 1926
3 The same firm also sold privately No. 1919
Grove Avenue for $1,000 to Mr.. H c. Sims
who VIII occupy it as a home. No. 14l3Is
west Main Street was sold FOR $500 to n
woman as an Investment.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-09
Falls from street CIR.

Falls from Street Car.
Mrs. Martha Harley, OF No. GA Buchanan
Street, fell from an lakewood and Broad
Street car Tuesday night. and was rather
badly hurt. She sustained many. bruises
but It Is not thought that she Is seriously
injured. Her condition is improved
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-09
GIT URGED TO
COMPLETE WORK
Unfinished Auditorium Of No
Practical Service in Present
Shape.
WANT IMMEDIATE ACTION
Many Organizations to Appear
Before Finance Committee at
Meeting To-day.
7 IMMEDIATE : ACTION.

In response to requests from a num-
Der OF Richmond organizations, a meet
ing OF tho Council Committee on ri
nance has been called for this after
noon at s o'clock to take action on the
proposed Improvement to the City
Auditorium, matter already recon-
mended by the committee on grounds
and buildings. in whose care the pro-
perry Is entrusted. Among those who
have asked leave to appear before the
Committee are the Rev. Thomas Sem
mes. chairman of the Chapman Evan
gelistic Committee: Mr.. A. B. Williams.
member OF the board OF governors OF
the Wednesday Club; Messrs. 9. J.
Billups and John 3. Minor, represents
ing the board OF directors OF tho Young
Mems Christian Associations: Mr.. John
NJ. Miller, Jr.. representing the Buai-
ness Mems Association: Mr.. w. X,
Bachc. representing the Travellers Pro-
stective Association; Mr.. NJ. II. Wright,
representing the Commercial Travel.
.ers' Association; Mr.. P. NJ. Fry. chair
man OF the convention committee OF
the Chamber OF Commerce. and Mr.. ..
O. Miller. representing the Retail Mer-
chants Association.
A Convention City.
=. NSA S.'s III VIC pTOJeCt TO complete
the Auditorium by installing heating
plant and ceiling and finishing the In
terror has grown rarkly since tho
positive announcement OF the dates
OF the Chapman evangelstic campaign.
While there are members OF the Coun-
ell who believe that the city will ulti-
mately be called on to erect n COM
plete and modern building for the
housing OF great conventions, the pro.
tect Is necessarily far in the future,
and with the obligations the city now
has. Is not to be considered. The pro-
ject OF the business organizations and
church authorities Interested in tho
Chapman meetings Is for the immc-
date completion OF the present struc-
ture. at a cost not exceeding $4,000.
to be used until such n time as the
city can provide more suitable arrange.
ments. Chairman Wood. OF the Finance
Committee. received the following PEE
titions from Richmond organizations
yesterday with regard to the compile
ton OF the Auditorium:
Resolved. Tint the Chamber OF Coni-
mercc, through Its convention commit
tee, petition the Council of Richmond
to provide sufficient sum to Improve
the city Auditorium to thr extent that
Ia necessary to make the building nde-
quntc and comfortable in every pnr-
ticulnr for large gatherings.
Committee on Conventinn.-T VI. Fry.
chairman; Robert !.ecI<y, Jr.. l. q.
Miller, John Murphy, r. L.. Peters.
A. Il. williams.
e . +
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DR.. ellis Improving.
DR.. w. lirmstend Glls. who was operated
on for appendicitis at the Memorial Hos
pital Monday. is improving.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-08

The British house of commons has
been well defined as "the greatest
senate in the world" but the speak
err of that body is nothing but a pre-
siding officer In that senate there
are no committees, as we know them
in the two branches of the American
congress.
Just now Mr. Speaker Cannon, as
sisted by Leader Williams, is up to
his ears in distributing 'plums"
among the members of the body over
which he so ably presides. Though
he had Plato's brain and Caesar s
hand he would get a round peg in
a square hole, and a square peg in
a round hole.
1t all comes of the fashion in our
politics known as rotation in office.
We might as we'll have rotation in
legal counsel-that no lawyer should
be retained in more than two cases
by any client, though he were Mar
shall and Pinkney combined. 1t
would be foolish in a man who had
numerous houses to build to rotate"
in carpenters, masons, plasterers,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-08
Hog Cholera.

The greatest drawback to the hog
industry which breeders in this coun-
try have to contend with is what is
known as hog cholera" and swine
plague"
Hog cholera is a highly contagious
disease and unless checked is liable
to carry off a great number OF hogs
in a very short time.
Mr.. A. P. Williams of Burnetts
Creek, Ind, tells Of an experience
which he had with some hogs that
had the cholera. Five years ago,
says Mr.. Williams, Il was in the en-
ploy of Mr.. ]. D. Richardson, Lafay-
cite, Ind, as his barn foreman. Some
fine hogs that | was feeding took the
cholera. | gave them Sloan's Lini-
ment and did not lose a hog. Some
were so bad they would not drink
sweet milk and 1 was compelled to
drench them. l have tried it at ey-
cry opportunity since, and always
find it O. K"
Write for DR.. Sloan's free book on
the treatment of Horses, Cattle,
Hogs and Poultry. Address DR.. Earl
S. Sloan, 615 Albany Street, Boston,
Mass
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-08
ROTATION IN OFFICE.

plumbers, and such; and yet that Is
what American celebrates insist on
doing in selecting representatives to
congress. 1t is absurd, and il adopt
ed in affairs of business would make
universal bankruptcy.
There is our fine old friend, the
speaker, who has been in congress
thirty-four eyars with a hiatus OF
two years. He has made the Dan
Vile district illustrious. He is a
great man, and may be president,
and his prominence in craftsmanship
is as much due to the experience he
has acquired as it is to the sterling,
everyday common sense that he daily
and hourly discovers.
They came very near retiring John
Sharp Williams after his second
term, on the demagogic plea of ro-
tation in office. Every constituency
should send a good man to congress,
like Burton of Ohio, or Griggs of
Georgia, and keep him there.
Your new member has to spell up.
The old member is already up
Washington Post.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-08
DAMsON,s DIRTY STREETS.

The News, as an apostle of sun
shine, never scolds and seldom finds
fault, yet word at the beginning
of the new year concerning the al
ways untidy appearance of the streets
in the business section of Dawson
will not be amiss.
Of course it is not expected that
the streets of this or any other town
should present continually the APP
pearance of a scrupulously kept par
Tor, yet there is no reason why the
public thoroughfares should not be
kept clean and presentable at all
times. municipalities much less pre-
tentious in size and Importance than
Dawson have solved the problem OF
street cleanliness, and keep their
streets free from instructions and
litter of every kind. To be candid,
The News has been in a great many
Georgia towns and not in one of them
have we seen old and unsightly boxes
and barrels like those that line the
streets of Dawson. The absence OF
trash and litter of every kind like
that which always abounds here Is
also very noticeable in progressive
and enterprising towns.
Strangers-we have heard num-
bers of them say as much-are sell
dom if ever enchanted as they pro
coed up Main street and then down
Lee to the postoffice and court house
and in other directions, as we'll
There is nothing which creates such
a lasting first impression of a toWr
in the minds of visitors as the ap
pearance of it's streets and sidewalks
Some towns may be as bad as DaW
son in seeming careless and indiffer
;ent neglect of the streets, but i
there are any we do not know O
them
AS a new year resolution, business
men and merchants, let's resolve II
help the general appearance and tidi
ness of Dawson by being more care
full with our trash and other litter
And the city fathers might resolve
to the advantage of all, to clean th'
streets little oftener, not TO permi
so many unsightly barrels and boXe
kept in them. and to have genera
house cleaning. 1t would be woTtl
while.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-08
a Go0n sTGGESTION.

The News learns that MI J. II.
Smith, president of the local lodge OF
the Farmers Union at BronWood
and himself one of the best farmerf
of the county, has proposed that the
members of his Union raise a purse
Of 5000 and offer prizes of various
sums for the largest yields of corn
and cotton on an acre of land
To The News this appears to be a
most excellent idea, as it would slim
ulate a spirit of keen though friendly
rivalry among the members OF the
Bronwood Union. The farmers OF
Terrell county have already made for
themselves a reputation which has
gone beyond local bounds and over
spreads all of Georgia. The News
printed in its last issue the story Of
Mr.. II. T. Bridges producing thirty
seven bales of cotton on thirty
seven acres of Terrell county land
the past year. and the statement OF
Mr.. Bridges that he expects to make
forty bales on the same number OF
acres this year
Instances of this sort are not iso-
lated, and are but proof of what Ter
rell county land and Terrell county
farmers can do. There are perhaps
no farm lands in the United States
that are susceptible of being brought
to a higher state of cultivation than
those Of Terrell county, and no
farmers in the south or elsewhere
are superior in intelligence, enter
prise and progressiveness to those
whose bank accounts at Dawson,
Brentwood, Parrot and Sasser attest
the measure of their success.
Terrell county has for many years,
area considered, led her sister coun-
ties of Georgia in the race for agri-
cultural supremacy, and the chances
are that she will continue to do So
especially if the plan of the president
of the Brentwood Union is adopted,
and an incentive given them indi-
vidually to work for still greater
achievement
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-08
THE PASSING OF THE PASS.

Under a rule promulgated by the
state railroad commission free pass
es in Georgia are now outlaWed.
With the passing of the old year
came also the passing of the pass.
If the order of the commission is
enforced fairly and impartially we
shall BE- satisfied, for the spirit of
the law, as to it's general bearing, is
wholesome If The News editor de-
sires to travel he can pay the rail-
road it's price, as other people do.
If not able to pay he can stay at
home. If the railroad wants space
in The News it can pay the price
therefor, as other advertisers do.
The same consideration that impels
a merchant in Dawson, or a manu-
facturer elsewhere, to use our space
and pay our price for it will no doubt
have weight with the railroads, and
if they regard the price as too high
they do not have to use it. They are
accredited with acumen, and are
likely to be able to discern the pa
pers that can give them value for
their money.
SO The News sewers contract re-
lations under the old plan with it's
railway friends and customers with
naught but kindly memories, and is
gratified to believe that the roads
will be able to get along fairly well.
They are the greatest developers of
the age, and merit good will on that
account.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-08
A Rnsiness Deal.

Mayor Frank NaswOrthy has sold
his interest-one-fou the
Brick Warehouse to his partners,
Messrs. E. E. Moreland and A. l..
Tendon. the consideration being
$4,000. Mr.. Nasworthy has been a
prominent and popular warehouse
man in Dawson for years, and mas
many friends among the farmers and
business men who regret that he VIII
not longer be identified with the cot
ton interests of the city. Messrs
Moreland and McLendon. who Will
have the active management of the
warehouse, are popular and ener-
getic business men, and will continue
its liberal though conservative policy
The firm will be Moreland & McLen-
don
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-08
PARROTT PARAGRAPHS.
Interesting Items From the North
Terrell Town.

The first quarterly meeting of the
PARROT circuit was held at Mt. Olive
last Saturday and sunday by Pre-
siding Elder j. B. tombstone. All
churches in the charge were repre-
scented and a splendid financial re-
port made, and as usual at Mt Olive
a large congregation and big dinner
| were on hand.
John T. Thornton has bought from
J. w. Tilley his stock of merchandise
on the south side of Pinkston street
where the dispensary died, and can
be found there hereafter smiling and
soliciting trade.
Mr.. John Hardwick has been en-
ployed by Lee Bros, and can be
found in the hardware and grocery
department of that firm ready to wait
upon customers who may call.
Mr.. L. G. Pinkston and Mr.. Smed-
ley Flowers have rented one of j. l..
PARROTS new brick stores, and will
open soon a complete stock of gen
eral merchandise.
J. S. Oxford has moved to Sale
City, and we are all sorry to give
him up. We have heard many say
that one of our best men has left
PARROT.
Mr.. Christian has moved to j. 5.
oxford s old stand, and will continue
to do shoe and harness repairing,
also blacksmith and wood work.
Mr.. Sam Yarbrough is now citi-
zen of PARROT. We gladly welcome
him and his good wife, and extend
the right hand of fellowship.
Mr.. Geo. Chambers, one of our
best citizens, has sold his home in
PARROT and moved to his country
home near Sardis church.
Our genial, jolly, laughing Bunk
Pierce recently purchased a nice
home in PARROT, and is now citi-
zen of this place.
]. M. Hannah, the beef man, can
now be found at Christians old
stand near the artesian well. va
Mr.. John w. McNeal will soon
have his handsome new residence on
Oak street completed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-08
HEROD HAPPENINGS.
News of the Week Photographed for
News Readers.

Mr.. c. B. Brim and family, after
spending the holidays here, returned
to Cotton last week. They were ac-
companied home by Mrs. W. b.
Ouailes, the mother of Mrs. Brim.
We all regretted very much to see
Mrs. Quailes leave us.
Prof. and Mrs. Reaves returned
Sunday afternoon and resumed their
school duties Monday. We are all
well pleased with them as educators,
and they add immensely to our social
and religious functions.
Rev. A. B. Hawkes., a former pas
tor of our Baptist church, was ming
ling with Herod friends a short
while Friday. He has many warm
friends here who are always glad to
see him.
The gin was running all day Sat
urday. There are quite a number
of bales of cotton yet unpicked
around here that J. Pluvius is hold
ing in the fields.
Mrs. Gilbert Pinson and her
charming children, Agnes, T. j. and
Carol, have returned to their home
in Sylvester.
Judge A. w. English has remod-
eled his home, which adds much to
it's beauty and convenience.
Mr.. Henry Collier, an old Herod
boy, was gladly welcomed by host
Of friends here last week.
Mr.. Marshall and family are re-
cent additions to our town. We give
them a cordial welcome.
Mr.. Massey of BrOnwood was a re-
cent pleasant visitor to Herod
friends.
Mr.. Dewitt Brim has recently
made a pleasant visit to Mitchell.
Rev. Brewton was a welcome visit
or to Herod friends Friday.
Mr. Beard Dozier visited here last
week
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-08
VIII Was PrObated.

The will of the late A l. Britt
was probated Monday at the regu-
lar term of the court of ordinary
Mr.. B. S. Gibson is the executor of
the will, and the estate is valued at
about $4,000. Mr. Britt bequeathed
half of his estate to his sister-in-law
Miss Willie Tyson, and directed that
the remaining half be divided among
his own relatives.