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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-08-12
Sherif's Sale.

Georgia. Terrell County: VIII be sold at the
court house door in said county. on the first
Tuesday i'm September. 1908 Within the local
hours OF sale, to the highest bidder for cash fhe
following described property towit: An of lots
of land numbers ~ ana so. containing each two
hundred and tive and one-half acres also all of
lots OF land numbers - and 80 i'm sand county
which lie south Of kinchafooupe creek. cOntain-
ing each about 80 acres more or less q total Of
500 acres, more or less. ana situated in the
IWeitth district OF said county. Said land is sold
by virtue of a purchase money execution in favor
of ). r. Mercer against Mrs. j. f. Kennedy
which issued from the City Court of Daw,
son, said county, at the July term thereof 1905
for the principal sum of Sl.5OOOO interest 1893 33
and costs Defendant in execution having held
said land under bond for title proper deed
thereto has been executed and filed in terms Of
defendant as repaired by law. This August 8rd
1908. NJ G.. HILL, Sher1tT -'''
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-08-12
RATES
Via the Central of Georgia
Railway.

TO CHATTANOOGA, TENN, and re-
turn from all points, account Con-
vention of Commercial Secretaries
of the Southern States, August IL
10, 1903.
TO AUGUSTA, GA. and return from
Savannah Macon, Dublin and in
termediate points, account Geor-
gia-Carolina Fair, to be held No
vember 81, 1908.
TO CORDELE, GA, and return from
Atlanta, augusta, Bremen, Cedar
town, Columbus, Griffin, Macon,
Milledgeyille, Rome and Thomas
ton, account Georgia State Fire
mems Association, to be held Sep
TENDER ell. 1908
TO FLOVILLA, GA, and return from
points in Georgia, account Indian
Springs Holiness camp meeting, to
be held August 800, 1908.
TO NEW ORLEANS, LA, and re-
turn from all points, account An
nual International Missionary Con-
ventiOns Of the Churches of Christ
in America, to be held October
9-15, 1908.
For dates Of sale, limits, through
rates, tickets and other information
apply to nearest ticket agent.
J. c. HALLE, Gen. Pass. ACT.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-08-12

wiped out, was in the very center of
a region which biologists have de-
clared to be the largest area of coal
deposits on the American continent,
and though founded only eight years
ago has been going forward with
such strides that it promised to justi-
fly within this generation the title
sometimes given it of the Pittsburg
of the north 1t was about 120 miles
in direct line northeast by north
from Spokane, Wash, in the foot
hills of the Rocky mountains, at the
western side of a broad valley, lying
between the main chain and the out
lying peaks of the vast agglOmera-
ton which includes the Purcell, the
Selkirk and other ranges, and eX-
tends all over the southern center of
British Columbia. The nearest town
to Fernie in the United States is
ReXford, on the Kootenay river in
Montana, Fernie lying about 35
miles north of the Canadian boun-
Diary line.
Five miles distant from the town,
which was on the Crows Nest Pass
division of the Canadian Pacific, are
the Fernie coal mines, where 700
coke ovens are constantly in opera
ton. The population increased from
$500 to 5000 in a year, and there
was a constant tide of immigratfon
to Fernie and the coal fields which
surround it.
Aside from its industrial wealth
the region is one of great natural
beauty. The site of Fernie is sur
rounded by the fiat topped foothills
III the immediate neighborhood. and
mountain peaks are visible in many
directions. All of these hills and
ridges are densely wooded The Elk
river, one Of the largest of the noun
tain streams of that region, flows
past Fernie and empties into the
hootenay Fir, tamarack and cedar
cover the country all about.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-08-12

For the several ingredients of which Dr.,
Pierce's medicines are composed. as given
by leaders in all the several schools OF
medicine, should have far more weight
than any amount of non professional tos-
timOnials. DR.. PiCrce's FavOritc PreScrip-
ton has THE BADGE OF HONESTY on every
bottle-wrapper, in a full list of all its in
gradients printed in plain English.
If you are an invalid woman and suffer
from frequent headache, backache, gnaw-
ing dlstr66$ in stomach, periodical pains,
diSagre&ble, catarrhal. pelvic drain,
draggiRgdown distress in lower abdomen
or pelvE, perhaps dark spots or Speclis
dancing before the eyes, faint spells and
kindked symptoms caused by female weak
ness, OS9thF arrangement of the feminine
organs, SpY can not do better than take
DR.. PierdeB Favorite Prescription.
The hospital, surgeons knife and opera
ting ta4dmay be avoided by the timely
use Of R'avorite Prescription" in such
cases. Thereby the obnoXiQ.Q.ss eXamin-
atoms and loci LIZA M9n4S- q he family
physician can be avoided and thQrQugh
course OF successful treatment carried out
10 NO -pIIL5cX- o. fLe home TFaVOrite
Prescription is composed Of The very best
native medicinal roots known to medical
science Tor the cure OF WOmanS peculiar
ailments, contains no alcohol and no
harmful or habit-forming drugs.
Do not expect too much from oFavorite
Prescription; it will not perform mira
Cles; it will not dissolve or cure tumors.
No medicine will. 1t will do as much to
establish vigorous health in most weak
nesSes and ailments peculiarly incident to
women as any medicine can. 1t must be
given fair chance by perseverance in its
use for reasonable length of time.
You Can.tatfQrd- 10 accept-a a secret nos
trum as substitute for this remedY-of
known COMPOST ton
Sick women are invited to consult DR..
Pierce, by letter, free. All correspond
ence is guarded as sacredly secret and
womanly condolences are protected by
professional privacy. Address DR.. r. V.
Pierce, Buffalo. n. Y.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets the best
laxative and regulator Of the bowels.
They invigorate stomach, liver and
bowels. Ore laxative; two or three a
cathartic Easy to take as candy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-08-12
For Years Snnnort

Georgia, Terrell County. Nancy Summerford
having made application for twelve months, SIM
port for herself out of the estate of John sum.
merford, deceased and appraisers duly appointed
to set apart the same having filed their return aI
ali persons concerned are hereby required to
show cause before the Court of Ordinary of said
county on the first Monday in September. zoos
why said application should not be granted
This 3rd day of August 1908.
w. b. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-08-12
For Leave to Sell.

Georgia. Terrell County. Notice is hereby civ
en- that the undersigned has applied TO the Ordi
nary OF SAID county for eave to sell the land be-
debts Of and for distribution among the beirss Of
said p; B. Dozier, deceased. Said application
will be heard at the regular September term 1905
of the Court OF Ordinary in and for said county
of Terrell This Aug. 3. 1898. G. f. SMITH,
Admr. of p. b. Dozer, deceased
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-08-12
TURNER DEFENDED THE PRISON BOARD

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| us employees can be held responsible
| Tor these cases, he said. "as they
! mad practically nothing to do with
| the places where they occurred "
Judge Turner took up other cases.
that OF Jim BankstOn, who was shot
by Warden Tom Linson. He intro
duced the court record showing Tom
L'nSon had been tried and acquitted.
He exhibited sworn testimony to
/ prove that Abe Winn had died of
I consumption, instead of being beaten
10 death, and gave the names of wit
nesses to prove it. In regard to the
negro alleged to have been sweated
to death at Jakin, in Early county
he said he sWOre out warrants and
had arrested the warden and phvsf-
clan, and they had been cleared. The
cases OF cruelty told of by the ex-
conyicts Cochran and Keith he
offered evidence to prove that the
statements were false.
Few Specific Cases.
This inquiry covers period of
about ten years." said the Judge.
In that time there has been fewer
than dozen specific cases of cruelty
or abuses brought to the attention
or TINS committee, although it has
been advertised in all the papers that
such complaints were wanted. We
have handled more than 10000 con-
iYicts in that time, and it must be
remembered some abuses will occur
in any system"
He gave the name Of merchants
who had sold food to lessees and
asked that they be summoned and
questioned as to quantity and quality
supplied. He also produced the rec
ord Of deaths to show that the
health of prisoners had been cared
for in 1907 Out of $3.50 men only
62 died Deaths had been below
100 for each year of the present
regime and nearly 5000 men had al
ways been handled.
Explains the Bids.
He explained the telephone call to
w. B. Lowe when he secured 700
cOnvicts
Judge Turner said Lowe had bid
as agent for 1900 men, Offering $96
each, All his bids were rejected.
Other bids were accepted at SO. but
owing to a decision to not employ
men at turpentining they found that
they had 700 left. Mr.. Lowe was
called over the telephone and told
II he would raise his bid he could
have the men. This was done under
the provision of the law where the
commission has authority to reject
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-08-12
Analysed Testimony and Refuted
What Had Been Brought Out.


!
His Statement PIT q New Iiobt ON
the Copv;c+ Investigation pna
d,ood ,,a ,s,....[S
i'' anu N"''rO
i'''oruS' Named zoo prominent
Citizens and Asked That They Be
Summoned.
'Uu9e d. D ufner chairman OF
the prison commission, has replied
before the special INVESTIGATING com
mittee to all the charges brought
"9@'li9O Vle commission admlnlstra-
ton Of the states penal system.
Taking them up one bv one he gave
the commissions ,,iov, ord oeeo,,o7
-. 'iA0' 0O
''l0 no ,i'V' VI i7pu'"OIe witnesses by
Whom he said his declarations could
be verified
Above ALI he daniod +ba+ +bo COW,
r,issior bo., 5o.o 49,. w
museum il'u uoHe eIse IMAM ADMIN
lister the system humanely, fairly
and for the best interest of the state.
! He was freouentlv caustic about tho
way the word of criminals had seem
lnSIy been accepted without corrob-
Grafton. n
Is it true" he asked, that a boy
named Martin was murdered at the
Fulton county road camp, as charged
by an Atlanta newspaper? Is it true
that at many of these road camps
conditions are dirty, unsanitary and
ill-kept, as charged by inspection
committees? Why not summon wit
! nasses and find out?"
n..,,,..... ,,,..,..-..-.
''''''>' - " ''i''S9eS Names
Charges have been made here by
! former criminals convicted of vari-
GUS crimes, and Wardens who were
discharged, and by discounted lesses.
l hand you a list of 250 names of
| the most reputable citizens in each
community containing a camp. l
would be glad if you would summon
and examine every one of them. [
/ have no right to dictate to the com
mittee, but I would suggest that
each Of these charges be investigated
/ from reputable sources before iudg-
ment is passed.
r,
ne 'r"'i'y charges
He then took up the charge Of
cruelty, beginning with the Joe Fris-
by case at the Nickajack camp. He
said this establishment was q "wiId-
cat one, which for years the commits
sion had been calling on the leg.sla-
ture to make impossible by apDro-
pirate legislation. 1t was run under
the supervision of the county author
tiles. The warden was not q state
employe. Frisby was whipped bv a
man named Grove who was indicted
but not convicted.
Frisby worked for wages at the
|camp after his term expired. and had
Irun away to where the damage suit
IIawver interested in his case could
mot find him 10 cold +bn obo,ao
that a Jew had been beaten to death
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-08-12

Town of Fernie. about 5000 in
habitants, practically wiped out; loss
twenty-five lives and $4,0OO,0O0 or
$5,000,000 in property; insurance
about per cent.
Town of Hosmer, about 500 inhab-
itants, partially burned, with loss of
one life and $250,O00 in property.
Three hundred persons homeless.
Town of Michel, believed not
seriously burned, but four persons
reported killed and property de-
stroyed in vicinity estimated at ST.
100000. Details unobtainable ow-
ing to the lack of communication.
Town of Sparwood sawmill vii
lage, two killed and large mills de-
stroyed. Damage estimated at $780,
coo. Damage to standing timber
throughout the burned area esti-
mated at from $1,000,OO0 to $4,000
600
Rapid Sweep of Flames.
1t has not been determined how
the fire started, whether through
carelessness or design, but once it
gained Roadway it swept with almost
incredible speed, at times eating IN
the timber as if it were dry finder.
lighting up the whole country at
night and filling the atmosphere with
choking smoke that often hid the
sun from view and turned daylight
almost into night
Fernie, which was thus tragically
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-08-12
NOTICE.

Do not forget that I am yet here
and can give you better satisfaction
than any other in your town on
female complaints. come and see
me. MANDY GARTER.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-08-12

Farmers, mechanics, railroaders.
laborers rely on DR.. Thomas Eclec-
trio Oil. Takes the sting out of cuts.
burns or bruises at once. Pain can
not stay where it is used.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-08-12
AWFUL CYCLONE OF RAGING FLAMES
Bush Fires Sweep Out City of Fernie With Population of
5000 Many Dead and Thousands Homeless.
How Towns Suffered.

themselves. They did SO and she was
burned to crisp.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-06
WEEKLY WEATHER BULLETIN
Honolulu, October 5, 1908.

Honolulu October 5, 1908
The temperatures than those of the
preceding week Kauai and Mookai Oahu excepting
Eva district the Laana
portion OF the Ho and eastern portion of the Koaa districts
Hawaii
The rainfall, rule below the average OF ten
all stations the having
cepng kauea, Kauai where there
The deficiencies in inches the districts
Fo o27 to LA Puma Kau o4o o52 and Kona Maui
Hamakuaoa o7o OahuKoolaupoko o33 ga
naming districts and KauaKona o53 Wamea
o23.
The greatest of rainfall
Kauai and the and southern portions the o of
Hawai-Kohala o33 Hamakua northern
11o o68 and central and southern Ho Puma ooS
I4o kau oo3 and Kona so 63; Maui-Kooau Ito
Hamakauloa Hamakuapoko Wailuku
hama ooo Oahukooaupoko oI3 to Honolulu to COS
Eva and Waianae KauaiKooau Puma 8
Kona o3 and Wamea and Mookai
The of rainfall less than during the preceding
at all stations Maui and Mooka all in the Kooaupoko and
Waanae and the levels of the Honolulu districts of Oahu
the Kona Wamea districts all Hawaii
fall than during last week The deficiencies in the wndward dis
Maui generally Hawaii quite marked
Hawaii inches in the kohala district
400 inches the Hamakua, 35 inches the Ho,
8I inches in the Puma inches the northern por
the district the Hamauaol Hama
kapoko districts of Maui from 1913 227 inches The greatest
occurred the Puma district OF Kauai where they ranged
from inch inches and the Kona district of Hawaii
where they varied from o8o inch o I.2oi inches.
Drought conditions still
the Puma of they
At Lihue Kauai the there rainfall of 47 inches
in "a consecutive hours
The following the weekly averages temperature
and rainfall for the principal Islands and for the Group
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-06
WHAT OF THE FUTURE OF
HAWAIIAN AGRICULTURE?

; those things we call good To live il
] free air with almost no care for pro
| lection from unpleasant heat or cold
i to drink water that rivals champagne
to enjoy that variety that is forbidden
fruit in less favored lands and, more
| than all this, to find that gentlemen
and gentlewomen are made out of un
promising material. One fruitful
source of hindrance seems to be the
fact that it is a pleasant climate to
rest in; everything appears to invite
you to take it easy and enjoy living
The Asiatie will wait on you so nicely
and do all the work for you. Not that
the climate forbids muscular exercise
for they play good game of base
ball here on the warmest days.
The soil is peculiar, being quite new.
and the absence of winter renders soil
fertility problem. We need mixed
farming, where animal is combined
with plant maintenance.
The insect problem is unique, In that
there are few of the weIl-known insect
enemies to keep the balance in nature.
There is much blight, but the blights
that paralyze the industries most are
iHC SSl witty O1 ldBOI anu IdHt anu
transportation monopolies Tobacco of
the highest-priced wrapper variety can
be grown easily, of excellent quality,
and is and will continue to be highly
protected.
1t is not easy to see future pictures
of prosperity and start ideas that will
make them substantial realities, yet
we know that the good things in life
grow from wisely-selected seeds, and it
May be that the seed of suggestion
may find place to grow between the
political rocks.
/ would like to outline a policy that
would add no burden to the public and
that would transform these Islands into
a fruitful garden, in which to exist
would be luxury.
/ criticize the unwisdom of our ag-
ricultural methods as lacking in funda-
mental design, as foolish as if in build
ing a house we used no well thought
out plan.
There are now four separate institu-
bined cost of these being more than
sufficient to do work for these Islands
that would easily enrich them in
products many fold, and in few years
these institutions can be made self
supporting if what they produce is sold
at cost.
A plant breeding nursery that would
supply the people with fruiting dates,
valuable nut trees, fruits and plants
that are suited to take the place of
sugar and weeds, with necessary edu-
catienal instruction to grow and care
for them, would find an appreeiative
patronage, and they would then sup
ply a necessary want.
You people are asleep to your OPP
portunities ami mistaken in your APP
probation of these Islands.
The poverty of the poor is crime
that those who govern are responsible
for. The reward of those who rule well
is found in a monument of happy
homes Righteous ruling exalteth a ma
ton, but poverty is a singing reproach
to any people.
A. B. LECKENBY.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-06
REPUBLICANS
RALLY At AALA
(Continued from Fac One.l

(COnCinued from rage one.
times, justifes him in seeking this
honor at your hands.
EMr. Trent is a good citizen, an
honorable man. I am hOnored with his
friendship. In his run for office he
should get the full Democratic vote.
Our candidate is Harry Won Holt; he,
too, is a good citizen. an honorable
man, and he should poll every Repub-
lican vote, and be elected. The Re
publicans who viii not vote for Mr..
Won Holt should take their names off
our rolls.
Associated with me on the sena-
torial ticket are Messrs. Quinn and
Henriques, and in this campaign our
motto is, Zone for all, all for one. -
Quinn served two terms in the Legis-
lature and did well. Henriques has not
served as yet, but is a Republican.
Both are good men and I ask You to
support them. And if there should
come a feeling that you should scratch
two and. only vote for one of us three.
ask you to vote for the two and
scratch the one, no matter who he is. .
Cox on His Record.
Andrew Cox, the next speaker. made
his first appearance as a candidate be-
fore Hawaiian gathering, being well
received. He spoke in Hawaiian, re-
ferring TO his record as a public man
as one which he had no cause to be
ashamed of and asking for support on
that record. He had done his duty
and would continue if reelected. He
called for support for the straight
%Iat-aH cTa+inC no.
sending the party in short some of its
clothes. It should be all dressed from
top to bottom.
John Wise Also for Straight Ticket.
John Wise. candidate for Sheriff.
probably because his fidelity to the
ticket had been called into question.
was the strongest straight ticketist oe
the rally He was introduced as a man
who would fiji the position he sought
ereditably to himself and to the Ha-
waiian race. in spite of the remarks
in the newspaper that he was unfit for
the place. Wise said:
ga few weeks ago I was duly nomi-
mated in the Republican convention.
Had I been left off the ticket you
would have found me here tonight lust
the same, not on the platform, perhaps.
but with YOU in the crowd working
for the straight Republican ticket. It
has been said that I am not straight
Republican and that when I go into
the voting booth no one viii know how
I have voted, but I want TO tell Won
that / will vote the whole Republican
ticket from top TO bottom From the
crowd Why didn t you vote II be-.
fore?') The education I have re-
eeived. the life 7 have lived. make me
feel confident that you can trust me
to see that the laws of the TERRITORY
are enforced. [ have made no prom
ises. but 7 viii make this one-if you
elect me I win carry out the duties
of the Office according to the laws Of
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-06

Editor Advertiser: INDUCING III
meditative speculation regarding the
well being of these Islands there is
no room for personalities. The sub
ject of agriculture is of such vast i'm
portance that individuals should not be
considered.
Looking at these Islands in their
present agricultural condition it is well
to question the near future possibility.
Tt is said by many who claim expe-
rience and knowledge that the land is
not much good for any important pur-
pose except "sugar, and there APP
pear to be some real difficulties in
growing ordinary farm CROPS, and as
a sad matter of fact the small farmer
is not success at present.
Recent history teaches us that a
large native population were once well
supplied with healthful food; that an
enormously valuable crop of sandal
wood was taken from the land; that
the whaling fleet came here for sup
plies of provisions; that California was
too barren to ''grub stake the
miners, and from here their wants
were supplied. Then sugar and coffee
were tried. and sugar was the most
profitable, because sugar was protected
and coffee had to compete with peon
and almost slave labor Pines have
been grown commercially and of excel
lent quality. But sugar is king today
and has been since it received protec-
ton, and will probably continue TO be
so long as protected, and no longer.
In view of the annexation of Cuba,
which is almost certain to take place
within year, and probable tinkering
of the tariff, it seems wise to see what
other crops can be grown successfully,
in order to avoid agricultural stagna-
ton.
The sugar industry that only results
in making a few millionaires, and any
other industries that form gambling
stocks, are not favorable to yeo-
many that are necessary to make a
good country.
The fact that large, useful crops can
be grown here is proven by the yields
of sugar and that land rents for as
high as $40 per annum to grow rice,
by native rampant vegetation on hill
sue anu FdHeys ny the Cofc1luS VI
the land with lantana, by the varied
vegetation that we see in Honolulu in
spite of insect and blight. Everywhere
that moisture is present we find album
dant growth, that proves conclusively
that other useful crops can be grown
when we apply similar intelligent effort
that has made sugar king.
If coffee received the same amount
of protection that sugar has enjoyed, it
alone would solve the problem of the
small farmer on these Islands and
would result in immediate activity
along all lines of business.
Dates, pines, bananas, lychee and
other nuts. avocados, mangoes, citrus
fruits, sisal and a multitude of useful
things can be grown only here in the
United States.
I can not understand how any think
ing man can see this land and not en-
thuse over the possibility for the many
to enjoy life in close touch with all