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The gold leaf., 1908-12-10
Weak Women

To weak and ailing women. there is at least one
way TO help But with that way. two treatments.
must be combined. One is local. one is conssitIs-
donA1. but both are important. both essential
DR.. Shops Night Cure Ii the Local.
DI. shoops Restorative. the Constitutional
The forTner-Dr. shoop Night Cure-isa topical
mucous mernbrane suppoeitory remedy. while DR..
Shoop Restorative Is wholly an internal treat
nent. Tbs Restorative reaches throughout tha
entire system. seeking the repair of all nerve
oil tissue. and all blood ailments.
The Night Cure. IS Its name implies, does its
work while you sleep. 1t soothes sore and infaua-
cd u>cous surfaces. heals local weaknesses and
DISCHARGES while the Restorative eases nervous
excitement. gives renewed vigor and ambition,
builds mp wasted tissues. bringing about renewed
strength. vigor. and energy. Take DIR. Shoop's
Restofsttve-Tabiess or LQuid-asa general tonic
to the system. For positive local help use as well
The gold leaf., 1908-12-10
Sale of Land.
Administrators Notice.

HAVING Qualified AS ADMINISTRA
IA tor OF the estate Of w. W. Nelson.
deceased, before the Clerk Of the Superior
Court of Vance county. all persons having
claims against the estate OF said deceased
are hereby notified to present them to me
duly verified on or before the 10Th day of
November, l 90S. or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted
to the said estate will pleuse make im-
mediate payment.
II. 5. McCOIN,
Administrator of the estate OF
W.. w. Nelson, deceased.
This November z. 1908
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-01
se.ooo.ooo FOR THE PRINT SHOP
The Governments Shoddy Work
Costs Vast Sum.

Costs Vast Sum.
The government printer estimates
that the running expenses of his
office during the next fiscal year will
amount to $5,768,O84.S0. What the
eighty cents is for is something of a
mystery. The S768,O84 will proba-
bly, be expended for the publication
of really valuable books and pam
phlets. The $5,OO0,000 will be in
the nature of a 'slush fund.- with
which there will be put forth a lot
of rot that nobody cares anything
about and nobody will read except
the compositors and proof-readers.
It is safe to assert that more Stop
goes through the government print
ing office in Washington than any
other print-shop in the world, and
that the books turned out from it are
mechanically the worst in the coun-
try. A private establishment turn
ing out such work as comes from the
government shop would have to GO
out of business in a short while for
lack of patronage. The purchasing
public wouldn't stand for it. But
the government pays the expenses OF
the great printery in Washington and
it is run largely on political lines
hence anything goes. Savanna
News
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-01
ROJESTVENSKY AND EVANS
THE RUSSIAN ADMIRAL ACCOMPLISHED THE GREATEST NAVAL
FEAT THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN
FROM THE NEW YORK sun.

, ers there are in this flagship Or
| the eve of battle it's officers sat Ions
at table drinking and singing. Inc
| following day nearly 1000 otllcers
and 10000 men persisted by shot anc
shell and drowning.
No parallel can be worked out De-
tween the voyages of the fleets OF
Roiestvensky and Admiral Evans
not even as to the time taken II We
sunpose that the American fleet goes
on further than San Francisco, which
the president speaks of guardedly as
its destination in his message. 10
four months and a half Admiral
Evans ought to run in through the
Golden Gate. ROjestvensky was sew
en- months getting to Van gong Bay.
Admiral Evans will be welcome at
his five ports of call and nothing he
needs will be withheld from the fleet.
He will be able to coal at leisure
and take his time about repairs.
There is no enemy to encounter in
the voyage through the Straits OF
Magellan or in the open sea. HIS
ships are well provisioned and every
bodv will have comfortable quarters.
The discipline on board is perfect,
and officers and men are proud OF
their ships, between which and the
nondescript and patched mp fleet OF
Roisetvensky there can be no COM
parison.
The president was right when he
said that mo fleet of such size has
ever made such a voyage" Even
England, the first of naval powers,
never sends a great battleship fleet
of the kind round a continent and
into waters thousands of miles away
for target practice. Rojestvensky' s
voyage, as we have pointed out, was
notable only because he kept his
wretched ships afloat and together
with incompetent officers and mutt
nous crews to sail them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-01
For State Senator.

To the Public: AS I have been
approached by numerous friends as
to my intention of being a candidate
for either the House or the Senate, l
wish to state that it is my purpose
to stand for the Senate, and formal
announcement of my candidacy will
be made at the proper time. I rec
ognize the fact that it is entirely too
early to worry the people now with
a campaign for an Office that will
not have to be filled until about a
year hence, and this announcement
is made at this time that my friends
may be put on notice, and act ac-
cordingly. Respectfully,
JOHN R. MERCER.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-01
The MOdesty of Women

Naturally makes them shrink from the
indicate questions, the obnoxious eX-
aminations, and unpleasant local treat
ments. which some physicians consider
essential in the treatment OF diseases OF
women. Yet, if help can be had, 1t is
better to submit TO this ordeal than let
the disease grow and spread. The trouble
is that so often the woman undergoeS all
the ANNOYANCE and shame for nothing.
Thousands\Qf women who have been
cured bX DR.. Rerce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton writN in depreciation OF the cure
which disHen9cS N&Sl the examinations
and local treatmentSSS There lS-no other
medicine so sure--and- safe fQI- delicate
women as 'Favorite Prescription. 1t
cures de6IIiTafing drains, irregularity and
female weakness. 1t always helps. 1t
almost always cures 1t is strictly non
alcoholic. non secret, all its ingredients
being printed on its bottle-wrapper; con-
tains no deleterious or habit-forming
drugs. and every native medicinal root
entering into its composition has the full
endorsement of those most eminent in the
several schools of medical practice. Some
OF these numerous and strongest Of pro-
fessional endorsements Of its ingredients,
will be found in a pamphlet wrapped
around the bottle. also in booklet mailed
free on request, by DR.. R. V. Pierce, OF
Buffalo, n. Y. These professional en-
dorsements should have far more weight
than any amount of the ordinary lay, OF
nom professional testimonials.
The most intelligent women nowadays
insist on knowing what they take as med
icine instead Of opening their mouths like
lot of young birds and gulping down
whatever is offered them. "Favorite Pre-
scription is Of KNOWN COMPOSITION. 1t
makes weak women strong and sick
women well.
DIR. Pierce's Medical Adviser is sent free
on receipt Of stamps to pay expense OF
mailing only. Send 10 DR.. +. v Pierce
Buffalo, n. Y, p one-cent stamps for pa
per covered. or 81 stamps for cloth-bound
If sick consult the Doctor. free Of charge
by letter. All such communications are
held sacredly confidential.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets invigorate
and regulate stomach, liver and bowels.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-01
ALBANY's BIG LIQUOR TRADE.
Enough Was Sold Christmas Week
to Float a Battleship.

Albany was one of the excessively
damp spots in a wide dry waste dur
ing the Christmas holidays last week.
A local authority is responsible for
the statement that if all the liquor
that has been sold in Albany during
the last week were to be poured in
a dry dock it would float Admiral
Evans flagship. While the state
ment may be an exaggeration, it
does not appear so to one who saw
the recent pilgrimage of the dry
army in this section TO and from the
wet Mecca in Dougherty county.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-01
HOW UNCLE SAM MAKES HIS MONEY


piece is guarded just as carefully as
though it was already thousand
dollar bill. The bills are printed
very carefully on small presses and
then fed into curious little number
ing machines which automatically
stamp on the letter and number of
the series.
The question is often asked:
"What becomse of all the old soiled,
WORKOUT and mutilated currency
The zones" handled most, are first
retired, their average life being about
three months. A five" lasts almost
five times as long, while the sos, .
zoos" and "5U0's" look clean and
inviting after years of service.
Many people refuse old bills. Not
so the United States government,
which maintains a home for them
and is always ready to redeem them
at their full face value. The govern
ment rule is that when three-ffths
or more of a mutilated bill is sent
in for redemption the face value will
be paid for it.
There is federal statute with APP
propriate penalties against the mu-
tilation of coin, but the average man
when he gets coin into his possess
sion will naturally resent the asser-
ton that the coin is not his own per-
sonal property to dispose of as he
pleases, but merely a measure OF
values and a portable representa-
tive of tangible holdings. But the
later statement is a fact just the
same.
A man may spend a ten dollar
gold piece he has earned, but if he
drills a tiny hole in it and turns
the coin into a watch-charm or a
pendant for his daughters necklace
he is liable to arrest
Mutilated silver-and by mutila-
ton is meant any perforation of the
coin or scratch, or DETACHMENT upon
it's redeemed by the government
at forty per cent. Of its face value.
This is a little less than the market
price of the silver of which it is com
posed, and purposely so, for it is the
federal policy to discourage tamper-
ing of any kind with coin of the
realm.
The old and worn out bills are de-
stroyed by being reduced to a pulp
| in a large macerating machine at the
bureau of engraving and printing at
! Washington.
After maceration it is utterly i'm
possible for any one to find any evil
dence of money in the pulp, even the
small silk threads which run through
all genuine notes becoming part
of the whitish pulp.
The Dulp is sold to dealers who
make images of the American eagle,
| the capitol. the treasury busts OF
presidents and other famous men,
each tiny image representing from
$1,000 to $4,000 of destroyed bills.
There is always a good demand for
! the souvenirs.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-01
AS OTHERS THINK.
Everyone in Dawson Has Right to
His Own Opinion.

Everyone in Dawson Has Right to
His Own Opinion.
While everyone has a right to his
own opinion, yet it is wise to always
consider what others think and
profit by their experience.
Nothing makes life so miserable,
or interferes so widely with the use
fulness of the average American, as
indigestion, and it is we'll for us to
give fair consideration to what 9th
ers think about this remarkable af-
Fiction.
The Dawson Drug co. and Peo-
pies Drug Store are positive that in
Mi-o-na stomach tablets they have
an absolute cure for Indigestion and
the many disagreeable symptoms that
follow this disease, such as distress
after eating, coated tongue, bad taste
in the mouth, dizziness, f1atulence,
nervousness and debility
Their action in selling Mi-o-na on
a guarantee to refund the money I'M
less it cures shows plainly their be-
lief in the value of this remedy.
They take all the risk, and there will
be no charge whatever for Mi-o-na
unless you are satisfied that it has
relieved you of indigestion.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-01
THE SHORT LINES CUT WAGES
HELD MEETING IN ALBANY AND
AGREED TO MAKE REDUCTION
Statement Is Made in Which 1t is
Said the Step Is Necessary TO
Meet Depressed Conditions.

Meet Depressed Conditions
Every short line railroad in Geof-
gia was represented at a conference
of officials held behind closed
doors in Albany one day last week
The mileage represented was nearly
% per cent. of the total in Georgia
The Georgia Short Line Association
perfected temporary organization last
spring, and this organization was
made permanent. J. w. Oglesby OF
Ouitman, president of the South
Georgia Railway, was elected presl-
dent, E--~.a~ o,,,
After the meeting Mr.. Oglesby
made the following statement: To
davis meeting was for The purpose OF
discussing ways and means of meet
inc present depressed business con
ditions. 1t was agreed to make a
general reduction in the wages OF
labor and this will be made effective
Ian. / The short lines, being de-
pendent mainly upon local traffic Tor
their support, have found it neces-
sarv to make material reduction IN
expenses to meet the reduced earn
ings."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-01
LOSES IN COMING GOLD, BUT is
BIG WINNER ON THE LOWLY
ONE CENT PIECE.
100000 PENNIES A MONTH
Some of the Mysteries Connected
With the Making of Our Money
That Are Interesting
Just Now.

just Now.
A remarkable thing about the
United States coming system is that
the government loses money In coin
ing gold, but makes a big profit in
coming pennies. In $40 gold piece
there is exactly $40 worth of gold
and 10 per cent, of copper-put there
to harden the precious metal. To
this must be added the cost OF mint
ing. A silver piece of money is about
half profit, but the penny pays best
of all. The copper disks, or blanks,
for new cents are bought by the car
load from firm at Waterbury,
Conn, which has contract to sup
ply them at the rate of $1,000 per
million. that means that the
United States government obtains for
7 $40 cents the copper blanks which,
by the process of stamping, are
transformed into one dollars worth
of pennies.
What becomes of the millions of
pennies coined each year by the gov
eminent is an unsolved problem. 70
supply the demand the mint at Phil
adelphia must keep on turning out
new pennies at an average rate of
100000 per month.
The copper cent of course has its
beginning in a copper mine. After
smelling the copper is bought by
agents who sell it to the Waterbury
firm, in whose factory it is melted
and mixed with tin and zinc-accord-
ing to a recipe prescribed by the
treasury department-and then hard
ened and made into bricks. These
bricks are cut into slices the thick
ness Of a cent and the strips passed
through machines which stamp out
little round disks just the size of
cent.
The blanks are next put into box
es and shipped by the carload to the
mint at Philadelphia, where they are
stamped with the head on one side
and the denomination on the other.
In addition to an enormous guam
THY of copper cents the Philadelphia
mint turns out millions upon millions
of dollars worth of gold and silver
coins every year.
The gold and silver bricks are cast
into long strips just the width of the
coins, and from these strips the coin
disks are cut by machines with heavy
punches. Next the disks are fed into
a tube which drops them one by one
| between two dies. The dies come to-
gether with enormous pressure and
/ stamp the familiar impressions seen
on our coins
To make the counterfeiting of its
paper money as difficult as possible
| the United States government spares
absolutely no pains in the making OF
gold and silver certificates. They are
printed on peculiar paper. most diff.
cult to initiate. Then there are elab
crate scrolls and devices covering the
bill which only the most skiliful en-
; graver would attempt to duplicate.
The certificate paper has sill
threads running all through it anC
can be manufactured only by power
full and expensive machinery, quite
out of the reach of the ordinary
counterfeiter So far as known ne
counterfeiter has ever been able t.
initiate this paper.
Before the paper reaches the bu
reau of engraving and printing eacf
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-01
NEW WRINKLE IN KANSAS.
Soil Moved by Carloads From One
Field to Another.

"The latest wrinkle in Kansas real
estate transfers" said Representa-
tive William Reeder of the Sixth dis
trict of Kansas, sis the purchase of
top soil from alfalfa fields in north
central Kansas to be shipped by the
carload to farms along the Missouri
river, where it is difficult to get this
excellent forage plant started. Like
all leguminous plants alfalfa fertil-
ICES the soil, and in the Kaw Valley
an old alfalfa field is expected to
yield seventy bushels of corn to the
acre. Bailey Wagner, lawyer OF
Atkinson, recently shipped a car
load of top soil from Cloud county
to his farm In Atkinson.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-01

When you want the best get De
Wits Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve.
1t is good for little or big cuts, boils
or bruises, and is especially recon-
mended for piles Sold by Dawson
Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-01-01

If a cough once gets into your sys-
TEN 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. Kennedy's 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, 1908-01-01
For State Senator.

l will be a candidate for Senator
of the Eleventh Senatorial District,
before the next Democratic primary.
If elected l shall appreciate the hon
or, and l will endeavor to serve the
public interest with hdel;ty. Re
spectfully, JOHN R. IRWIN.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-11
NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENT DAY.

Estate OF Martha ]. Thompson, De
ceased.
The undersigned, having been ap-
pointed administrator of the estate oil
Martha j Thompson, late of the coun-
ty of La Plata. in the state OF Colo
RADIO, deceased. hereby gives notice
that he VIII appear before the county
court of said La Plata county. at the
court house in Durango, In said coun-
". on Monday, the 29th day of June,
A. ID. 1905, at the hour of 10 o'clock
a. m., of said day. at which time all
persons having claims against said
estate are notified and requested to at
tend for the purpose of having the
same adjusted All persons indebted
TO said estate are requested to make
immediate payment to the undersign
ed.
Dated at Durango, Colo, this 2Oth
day OF May. A. d. 1908.
GEORGE w. THOMPSON,
Administrator of the Estate OF Martha
]. Thompson, Deceased.
First publication May 2S, 1908.
Last publication June IS, 1908.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-11
NOTICE Fob PUBLICATION.


Department of the Interior,
United States Land Office at Durango,
Colo, June 10, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that J. Edgar
Hutchinson OF Ignacio, Colo, who. on
June 0, 1902. made homestead entry
No. 2527, for Il. " Sc. Y sec. 26
NE " NE. Il sec. 80. and NV. u
north. range west N. NJ. p. NJ. has
filed notice of intention to make final
hve year proof. to establish claim to
the land above described. before the
register and receiver. at Durango,
Colo, on the Goth day OF July. 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses: David
" Hamilton, Ralph Dunham, Nicholas
Juantet and !. Newton Jack, all of
Ignacio, Colo.
+. c. PERKINS. Register.
First publication June il. 1908.
Last publication July 1G. 1908.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-11
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department OF the Interior

Departm of the Interior,
United States Land Office at Durango.
Colo. .sJune 10. 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Alexan-
der Il. Sanderson of Durango, Colo.
who, ON December 6. 1906. made home
stead entry No. 1904, for NV. u, sec
fion 10, township "a north. range !
west n. NJ. p. NJ. has filed notice OF
intention to make final communication
proof, TO establish claim 10 the land
above described, before the register
and receiver at Durango, Colo, on the
18th day of July, 1908.
Claimant names MS Witnesses:
George w. Spencer, j. {. Roberts, Per
ry A. Stark and Frank Wride. all OF
Durango, Colo.
+. c. PERKINS. Register.
First publication June II, 1908.
Last publication July 16. 1908.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-11
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department Of the Interior,
United 3tates Land Office at Durango
Colo. June 2, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Charles
ID. Perry, OF lockwood. Colo, who, on
April IL, 1902. made homestead appli
cation. No. PAST, for NV " NV. u
section l, E. Y NE. u. NE. u S.E. "
section 2, township 3S north, range o
west. N. NJ. p. NJ, has filed notice OF
intention to make final FIVE year proof,
to establish claim to the land above
described. before the register and re-
ceiver at Durango. Colo. on the 18th
day of July. 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses: John
Heaberle, q. G. Love, Frank Lechner
and Thomas Mahon, all of lockwood.
Colo.
+. c. PERKINS. Register.
First publication June 4. 1908.
Last publication July .. 1908.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-11
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

department of the INTERIOR,
United States Land Office at Durango
Colo, May 10. 1905
Notice is hereby given that George
Graves of Bayfield,, Colo, who, on
September %, 1901. made homestead
entry No. 2279 for NE. u NE. n
section /. township 80 north, range 7
west. and lots 3, and 5, section 6.
township SO north, range west n. NJ.
F. Meridian, has filed notice of inten-
tion to make final five year proof, to
establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before the register and receiy-
er at Durango. Colo, on the 27th day
of June, 1908
Claimant names as witnesses: Them
as Robinson, Don G. Coulson, Charles
Woodard of Bayfield,, Colo, and Glenn
ent l.. Russell of Durango, Colo.
f. c. PERKINS, Register.
First publication May q, 1908.
Last publication June %, 1908.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-11
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department Of the Interior,

United States Land Office at Durango
Colo, May %. 1908.
Notice is hereby given that John
Phillips OF Bayfield,. Colo. who. OF
April 8. 1902, made homestead entry
No. 2453, for lot 4, section 6. town
ship "a north and lots 2. and 4, sec
tion 81, township s5 north, range 6
west, N. NJ. p. NJ, has filed notice OF
intention to make final five year
proof. TO establish claim to the land
above described. before the register
and receiver. at Durango. Colo, on
the 9Th day of July, 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Eugene Strawn of bayfield,, Colo,
Thomas c. Graden of Durango, Colo. !;
Otto Kemmesies of Bayfield,, Colo. and
William Worrall of Bayfield,, Colo.
F. c. PERKINS. Register.
First publication May 2s, 1908.
Last publication July 2,~190S
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-11
NOTICE ef FINAL SETTLEMENT.

In the Matter of the Estate of Ellenor
d. Shoemaker, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that on Mon
day. the 10th day of June, A. D. 1908.
being one of the regular days OF the
June. 1903, tern of the county court of
La Plata county. in the state of Colo
rado, |, Samuel f. Shoemaker, admin
istrator of said estate, will appear be-
fore the judge Of said court, present
my final settlement as such admins
traitor, pray the approval of the same,
and will then apply TO be discharged
as such administrator. AT when time
and place any person in interest may
appear and present objections 10 the
same If any there be
Dated at Durango, Colo, May Il
1905
SAMUEL T.. SHOEMAKER,
Administrator of the Estate Of EIlencl
ID. Shoemaker, Deceased.
First publication May 2S, 1908.
Last publication June Is. 1903.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-11
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION.

Department Of the Interior.
United States Land Office at Durango.
Colo. May 20, 1908.
Notice is hereby given thai Nellie
b. Finger, of Kline. C,lo, who on
July IA, 1904, made desert land entity
No. 255, for the S.W. 4 section B.
township 33 north, range 10 west, N
NJ. p. M, has filed notice of fnten
tion to make final desert proof, to es
tablish claim to the land above de
scribed. before the register and re
ceiver Of the United States land office
at Durango. Colo. on the l1th day o.
July. 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses: Sam
uel l.. Bleak, Richard M. Bleak. DAME
w. Eaton and John r. Eaton, all o
Kline, Colo
F. C. PERKINS, Register.
First publication June 4, 1908.
Last publication July Q, 1908