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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-17

sey may be replaced, as he was in
some ways extensively partisan. 1t
is admitted that Capt. Lindsey, who
was first appointed to the office by
Governor Gambler, has made an Ell
tcient official.
Wipe Out New Commission Act.
1t is believed that the new legisla-
ture will be composed of men
srge majority of whom will be in
sympathy with Mr.. Browns policies.
He will not have much trouble in put
ting the main p,anks of his platform
into law. While he has never men
toned the matter, so far as known,
it is not improbable that the Gambler
bill under which the railroad commits
sion as at present constituted exists
will be repealed in toto and a new
commission of three members. under
the law as formerly prevailing, or
ganized. If such, is done it will
mean the formation of new commits
sion, and but probably two members
of the present board would be re-
tanned.
Gov. Smith and the Future.
Already there is talk of Gov. Smith
opposing Mr.. Brown two years hence.
but just how much TACT there is in
1T no one can say. Gov. Smiths
statement issued the day following
the primary is taken by many to
mean that he will do so. Still those
close to him say he is eager to retire
from politics, since he finds it an
expensive game. He is said to have
, given up a $4,000 practice to run
for governor, and it is said his two
campaigns have cost him more than
$4,000 each. beside the loss Of his
legal practice.
VIII Make a Tour of the State.
For the present, or until after the
state convention, Mr.. Brown will
spend the time quietly with his fam
lily in Marietta and in Atlanta con-
ferring with his advisers about no.
litical matters. 1t is his intention
after the convention to visit every
section of the state TO see and talk
with the people. 1t is his highest
ambition to serve all the people in
the best way within his mower
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-17
AN ODD HINDU CUSTOM.
Multitudes Celebrate Festival Occur
ring Once in a Lifetime.


Half million Hindus were
cleansed of their sins and of the sins
of their ancestors back to the 80
millionth generation of their baboon
ancestors, according to the teachings
of the Shastras, by bathing in the
yellow waters of the Gauges recently
in celebration of the Ardhodoy Yog,
or Festival of Salvation.
The Ardhodoy Yog seldom occurs
twice in lifetime, and for months
the devOut Hindus in that part of In
dia had been making preparations
for the ceremony. Yog means com
bination," and to bring about the
festival the stars must be in certain
position on certain day in a certain
month, and even at a fixed hour.
Consequently, when it was an
nounced that everything was propi-
tiOus for the event hundreds of thou
sands tiocked to the banks of the Can
ges. The chief gathering was in
Calcutta, because of the bathing ia
cilities and it's famous temple con-
secrated to the Goddess Kali.
The women were dressed in their
richest costumes, upon which they
had labored for months, and many
were heavy with golden rings and
necklaces. Dressed in their finery,
they plunged into the river with a
look of the deepest religious fervor.
According to the Hindu faith this
ceremony is the most sacred of the
many prescribed for all occasions.
No matter how deeply one may have
sinned plunge in the Ganges on the
Ardhodoy Yog is regarded as the
equivalent to through ticket to Mir
VIVA, not only for the bather, but for
al of his ancestors except the unfor-
tunate 100000 and first. who is
left to take his chances of final sal
walton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-17
Free Publications for Benefit
of Southern Cotton Growers

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE, Washington, d.
c., May %, 1908.-Editor Dawson
News: This department has lately
issued a number of publications es-
pecially for the benefit of the cotton
growers of the southern states.
Among these are:
Yearbook 1905, Reprint No. 377,
Diversified Farming in the Cotton
Belt" giving a general description
of the soil, climatic conditions, meth
DDS of farming, and the various types
of farming that are proving success
full in the south and are practiced by
the most successful farmers.
Farmers Bulletin No. $40, "a
Successful Alabama Diversifcation
Farm" describing how well hogs
and alfalfa succeed together on what
is known as black waxy land.
Farmers Bulletin No. 312, "A
Successful Southern Hay Farm, ="
telling of the unusual success made
by one farmer on a one-horse hill
farm.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-17

Farmers Bulletin No. 318, Cow
peas" giving the latest development
in cowpea culture, and showing how
it is fast taking its place among the
commercial products of the farm by
use of improved implements in har-
vesting and threshing the vines.
Farmers Bulletin, No. 326,
Building Up a Rundown Cotton
Plantation" telling of an old cotton
plantation which yielded only one
fourth of a bale of cotton in 1905,
and in 1907 yielded without COM
mercial fertilizer of any kind more
than a bale of cotton to the acre.
viii you kindly through the col
umns of you paper call the attention
OF your readers t. the fact that these
publications are available, and that
they can be obtained free of charge
of agriculture, Washington, D. c.
upon application to the secretary
BY making this announcement you
will greatly oblige, yours very truly,
D. A. BRODIE,
Assistant Agriculturist.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-17
WONDERING WHAT WILL COME
SOME PROBABLE CHANGES WHEN
THE NEW GOVERNOR GOES IN.
Present Commission May Be Wiped
Out and New One Created.
Brown to Tour the State.

Present Commission May Be Wiped
Out and New One Created.
Brown to Tour the State.
Everybody at the capitol, says an
Atlanta dispatch, is wondering aow
over what will probably happen when
Joseph NJ. Brown shall become Gov
ernor and a new legislature take Of
fee. They will probably wonder until
next summer, as Mr.. Brown is not
discussing what his policy or actions
shall be, further than to refer ell
inquirers to his announcement and
to the cards issued discussing the
public questions involved in the
campaign.
At the coming legislature Gov
ernor Smith will be required to re
port on the removal of MIR, Brown
from the railroad commission.
Mr.. Brown, it is believed, will not
push his cause before the General
Assembly, unless Governor Smith
makes a more severe attack upon
him than was made during the cam
paign. He takes the position that
he has been indicated by a power
the people-higher than any legisla-
ture. However he mas many friends
in the present General Assembly
who are already planning a vigorous
fight in his behalf. One of them il
now preparing a bill to appropriate
money to pay the six weeks salary
that was lost by the removal.
Whether 9ny changes will be made
in the Offices that are to be filled by
appointment is not known. Some
say that Commissioner ]. w. Lind
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-17
The Bible a Great Seller.

Last year the American Bible So
ciety distributed 100000 copies of
Bibles, Testaments and Scripture
portions. The British Bible Society
also is very active in distributing the
Scriptures, and the two organiza-
tions send the Good Book" to every
part of the world. The Bible has
been translated into about 100 diff
ferent languages, and the American
and British societies thus provide
for all races. 1t is stated that Mrs.
Russell Sage has offered to contribute
100000 toward the permanent en-
dowment fund of the American So
ciety.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-17
BROWNS RACE COST S21,46s
YOU NEED THE LONG GREEN
WHEN YOU RUN FOR OFFICE.
Postage, Telegraph and Telephone
Bills Were Heavy. Losing Candi-
date Needn't Make Statement.

Postage, Telegraph and Telephone
Bills Were Heavy. Losing Candi-
date Needn't Make Statement.
The expense of Joseph M. Brown in
his campaign for the democratic
nomination for governor were -21,-
469.
Mr. Brown and his campaign man
ager, Mr.. j. r. Smith, went over all
the accounts and audited all the bills
which remained unpaid.
At the conclusion of this work an
itemized statement was made out
and affidavit made as to it's correct
ness. 1t was then forwarded to
Judge A. L. Miller at Macon to be
laid before the state committee.
The larger part of the campaign
funds of Mr.. Brown was expended
for postage; for telegraph and tele-
phone tolls, which amounted to
considerable sum, and for rent OF
headquarters at the Kimball House.
1t is not the intention of Judge
Miller to make public the tabulated
statement sent in by Mr.. Brown until
the proper time. Then it will be
left in the province of the new COM
mittee to make public or keep sec
ret the exact figures.
Under the present rules and regu-
iations none but the successful caA-
dldate need make public the figures,
no matter how much or how little
was spent in conducting a campaign
1hls lets Governor Hoke Smith out
IN this respect, and Georgians will
never know what his campaign cost
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-17

Mrs. S, L. Bowen. Wayne, w. Va.
writes: Il was a sufferer from kidney
disease so that at times I could nor
get out of bed, and when l did 7
could not stand up straight took
Foley's Kidney Remedy. One dollar
bottle and part of the second cured
me entirely" Foley's Kidney Rem
cay works wonders where others are
total failure. Dawson Drng ca
and People Drug Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-17

Senator Allison of Iowa, who was
a few days ago chosen to succeed
himself in the United States senate,
has ben a member of congress since
1868, in which year he entered the
House of Representatives. His
present term will expire next March.
but the new term will keep him in
office six years longer, or until he
reaches the age of Sc years. Should
he live to complete the new term
for which he has been named he will
have been in Office continuously for
fifty-two years.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-17
Stomach troubles are verv cor

Stomach troubles are very com
mon in the summer time, and you
should not only be very careful about
what you eat just now, but more
than this, you should be careful not
to allow your stomach to become dis
ordered, and when the stomach goes
wrong take Kodol. This is the hest
known preparation thet is offered
indigestion or any stomach trouble
Kodol digests all foods. It is pleas.
ant to take. 1t is sold here by Daw-
son Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-17
Bucklen's Arnica SaIve wins.

Tom Moore of rural route /, Coch-
ran' Ca writes: II had a bad sore
come on the instep of my foot and
could find nothing that would heal
II until l applied Bucklen's Arnica
Save. Less than half of a 25 cents
Dox won the day for me by affecting
d perfect cure" Sold under guar
antee by Dawson Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-17
When He Views the Corpse"

A blind man has been elected to
the Office of coroner in Atlanta.
There is no doubt that when he
We've the corpse" he will do it
quite as intelligently as do many cor
oners whose eyesight is unimpaired.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-17
HALF OF JONAH FOR $4,000.
The Jonah and Whale Story Figures
in a Lawsuit.

y
in q Lawsuit.
Rev. Gustavus Hoffman, who, after
donating $1,000 to the Missouri BIZ
BILE College, at Columbia, Mo, refus-
ed to give up the money because,
as he alleged, the school, afiliating
with Chicago University, tried to dis
credit the Jonah whale story, and
as a consequence was sued by the
school, has made a compromise.
He agrees, practically, to the dis
crediting of half of the Jonah story
by giving $4,000 to the Bible school.
He declared, because of it's affiliation
the school was the hotbed of infidel-
ity.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-17
$S5,OOO,O 900 DEFICIT.
The Largest Since the War With a
Single Exception.

Inc Largest Since Nne war WIN
Single Exception.
The general governments fiscal
year ends on the last day of the cur
rent month. 1t has been estimated
that the governments deficit at that
time Will be, for the year, about $751;
100000. This will be the largest
deficit since the close of the Civil
War with a single exception, that
exception being in 1894. The bust
ness depression which became acute
last October, is held to be most
largely responsible for the deficiency
in government revenues.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-06-17
Would Like to Get Kicked. Too.

Seem how Little Joe" turned the
trick, We wouldn't be surprised to
see Guyte McLendon, your Uncle
Iobe Stevens or some of the rest Oh
the railroad commissioners trim their
sails to get themselves Alcked out OF
doors before the next gubernatorlai
election.-Albany Herald
The Jasper news., 1908-01-02
The Farmers Opportunities.

German ingenuity not long ago Gre
ated flourishing industry based on
the substitution of mashed potatoes
for wood in the manufacture of lead
pencils. Consul Kehl, at Stettin, now
reports even more remarkable trans
formations of skim milk The milk is
dried, vulcanized and pressed, when it
resembles vulcanized rubber or cellu.
loid. Fifteen gallons of skim milk will
produce Is ounces of the new sub
stance, which can be made to initiate
ivory, tortoise shell, amber, marble,
or coral. 1t can be pressed into any
desired shape, can be sawed, cut and
polished like natural horn, and is not
affected by oils, grease, ether or ben.
zine. 1t sells at from 45 to 30 cents
pound. These are rosy days for the
farmer. remarks Golfers Weekly.
When his milk fails to pass inspection
he can transfer it into side combs or
billiard balls. When his potatoes are
not fit to eat he can take his choice
between turning them into alcohol to
run his auton obile and lead pencils to
figure out his profits.
The Jasper news., 1908-01-02

must be wastin' hull lot o. vally'ble
time teachin' that there crow long
winded speeches like that So says
to him, If you'd spend half the time
turnin the woodpile into kindlin' an
dlggin the weeds out o the truck gar.
den that We do turnin' that there
crow into a leadin popullst stump
speaker. ye'd begin to earn the pickles
an donghnuts, ye consume between
meals Horiss is lad o considerable
ispunk, am when l said that he got
as mad as hornet. ! amt teached
him. says he, an you amt got no
business to say l hev.' ID We mean to
tell Inc that that there bird has
picked up all them poems an sky.
scrapin' speeches on the railroads
hisself? says I, fixin' my eye on the
boy. 4 do know where he's got EN-
says Horiss. What do say, an
says it straight, ain't teached him
one gol.derned word o TIL hull shoot
in match. Well, sir, had to- b'lieve
him. Horiss Is Hike me In good
many ways, an p'ticlarly In his love
o truth. He'd scorn lie, jest as /
do, SO knowed when he said that
that Id done wrong in atalkln to him
the way did. But ye can bet
watched that crow pretty careful for
two or three weeks tryin' to find out
the sources O. his unusual supply of
interestin literatoor. First l thought
maybe he'd been sittin' on the Ingle-
wood piazzy listenin to tn city folks
talkin', but one day found out jest
how 1t was. come acrost him set
tin on tn curb stone jest outside o.
this here pest Office, peckin' away at
a Boston newspaper somebody d
throwed into the street. He'd tear of
little at time right out O the mid
die O. the editorial page, an swaller
1t. an, gorry, he never quit 1t till
he'd eat up tn hull page, not even ex-
ceptin' the patent medicine advertise
ments."
Must O. had strong sturhmick,"
said ST. -..a
''All crows has," said the Captain.
They can digest most anything that
The Jasper news., 1908-01-02
Experiments in Burma Show Its Value
for Local Use Only.

Consul General wv. ii. Michael, in
response to an American inquiry as to
the utilization of bamboo in India,
writes to the bureau of manufacturers
from Calcutta as follows, says the
Washington Star:
Z The general outcome Of the experi-
ments to ascertain the suitability Of
certain Burmese timbers. bamboQs
and fibers for the making of pulp for
paper manufacture, has, 1t is officially
reported. gone to show that the pulp
produced from the Burmese woods
Experimental with while 1t might
find local use In Burma for the man
ufacture of cheap paper, would not
enter into serious competition with
the high-class wood puIps obtainable
in England, II expnrted as paper pulp
thence. The report estimates that q
ton OF unbieached bamboo pulp could
be produced In Burma for s27, incIud-
Ing manufacturing costs. interest and
miscellaneous charges. This cost.
supplemented by the freight Is gpg.
The Jasper news., 1908-01-02

amt made O. glass or steel Well, sir,
| got thinkin' about the possible con-
nectlon O. the two things, an after
he'd eat the editorial page | went out
an got the date O. that newspaper
from the pages he left behind him, an
bought another copy of 1t. an sure
enough two days later Jim comes
along an begins to spout jest exactly
what was printed on the page he'd
gallered.
The Captain paused for moment
t, light his pipe.
81 can prove it, too." he went on,
"f l was to have that story printed
an circylated among the children in
: the public schools. an the United
States senate should' want to investi.
cate the truth O. that story, can
show EN- the curb stone where /
ketched Jim eatin' the newspaper.
p Il guess your gen'ral reppytation
around here as man O yeerassity
would be all they'd need,' said the
POSTMASTER dryly.
I'm glad ye think SO, Joe," said
the Captain. Il don't knows they's
anything more vallyable in life to
laan than the good opinion o his.
reighbors. But comm back to that
crow, jim, ho was great comfort to
lsIhat winter Late in August he used
10 fly up to the village o. nights, an
set OH the hitchin' post in front O Mo
Simmons' drug store an listen to the
phonygraph Nose KEEP to attract Gus,
toners TO his sody water fountain. It
stood in the middle o. Mos front door,
an was chuck full o. good songs, an
opery music of all sorts, an now an
then it would holler out good line O.
niger minstrel talk, an, Jim he'd set
outside there on the hitchin' post with
his head cooked ito one side takin' 1t
all in Jest as If he knew what twas
all about. Every time 1t Id finish up
somethin he p'tic'larly liked he'd Zap
his wings like lie was appIaudin'.
That's where he got The Boy Stood
on the Burnin' Deck.
"Ye mean to say he got SOS he
could give what the phonygraph did?o
asked 81 Wotherspoon.
The Jasper news., 1908-01-02

A New York woman who was pining
for a family tree-not a pine tree
from which she could pick off a few
kings for ancestors, hired a man to
look her up and see who she was.
When he searched through the dust
covered records and discovered that
King Alfred the Great was one of her
ancestors she refused to pay him the
$500 he charged for the work So he
had to sue her for the bill. OF course
a duke in the hand may be worth
more than king on the tree, but to
people who feel that they are better
than their neighbors it looks as If
$500 was cheap enough for furnishing
them with an excuse for feeling that
way. OF course there is the other
side to it. When one goes back as far
as King Alfred there is a possibility
of getting the wires crossed so that
the results are not always safe to bet
on. In fact, the skillful professor
doubtless could discover kingly pedi.
gree for most of us for $500 If we al.
lowed him to go back far enough.
The Jasper news., 1908-01-02

81 mean Jest that" said the Captain.
"Eyerythin' down to the least little
squeak o them rubber records. except
the Suzy's band music. He could get
the tune o those, too, but whsn II
come down to the trombone an the
clarinet, an the big base drum, he
sort o. didn't have the necessary
plumbin' Z, bring them out as full an
strong as they was In the 'riginal. But
all the little things like 'Taniniany,'
an The Little Knot o Blue, an The
Gal Left Behind Me- he could sing
like a canary, words and music. An
i tell ye gentlemen when the winter
came an we was showed up 30 we
had to leave the house by the sky
light on the roof an dig our way up
to the level, 1t was mighty pleasant
to sit In front OF roarin' fire them
cold nights. an listen to that there
crow renderin' the poplar songs o the
day, an giyin' us an occasional min.
strei show that. II ye shut your eyes,
ye couldn't hardly tell from the real
thing"
II shouldn't think that you would
ever have parted with so talented .
bird as that" ventured to put in.
mo We wouldn't" sighed the Cap.
tain. hut it become necessary. Jim
got the usual bad habits of crows, an
finally things got SO that / was iii
danger O. the sheriff. Vt was in Jim'a
second summer that things began to
go wrong. A lot O. joolry, an spoons,
an silyer-backed hair brushes an
other Things disappeared up to the
Inglenook. One lady lost couple O.
gold bangles; another said she'd been
robbed of coral necklace and q dia-
mond ring; an there was the dickens
to pay. Every bellboy and chamber.
maid in the house was under suspi.
cion, but they couldn't fasten none O
tn robberies on. nobody. Detectives
was sent for an half dozen q EN-
come from Boston disguised as board
ers, settin' traps for sneak thieves an
keepin' their eyes peeled tryin' TO find
out who 1t was that was workin' the
second-storys game at fhe hotel. But
The Jasper news., 1908-01-02

an forks, an. Shawn mugs, one switch
% bright auburn hair which no lady
had complained O. losin,' an that's
not claimed yit; bundle O. love let.
ters done up in blue ribbon; the ban,
giles; the detectives safety razor;
two dozen cakes o. hotel soap; a.
meersham pipe, an'-Lord knows what
else! And that was the end O. Jim.
The officers o the law give me the
benefit O. the doubt largely because
they knowed hadn't no use for a
switch o. red hair and "a bundle o
somebody else's love letters. .sAs long
as promised to get rid o. Jim, they:
promised to give me a clean bill as
bsin' an access'ry to tn crime,
The story was over, but as the Cap
tain rose TO depart he paused mo.
ment with "a regretful shake of his
head
I've heern since that that's the
great trouble with crows" he said
"They will steaLv
That's So said the Postmaster.
"But they don't lie" he added
NO" said the Captain, they don't
lie, an. Igorry, that's what respect
'em fort" ';l
The Jasper news., 1908-01-02

1t wasn't any use. The bu:giaries con-
tinued jest the same, and, gorry,
even the detectives was robbed.
Somebody walked OFF with one O. their
safety razors, an loaded revolver.
1t begun to be a pretty serious mat
ter for the lnglenook, because people
not only said that they wouldn't stay.
IL the robberies KEEP on, but one o.
the detectives was reporter on a
newspaper, an he used to send COM
plete story about what he called the
'inglenook Mystery into his paper
every night, SO that tn hotel was
gettin' bad name, Finally 1t all come
out. A young feller from Philadel-
phia goin' to his room late one after
noon caught poor Jim tuggin' away
on the handle of his Saratoga trunk,
The Jasper news., 1908-01-02
No Money Wasted.

Critics of the Salvation Army hav.
ing charged that the funds contribut.
ed by the public are wasted and mis-.
applied, the chief disbursing officer OF
the organization points to the recent
annual statement and auditing sheet
which has just been issued and shows
exactly where the money goes. Plain.
ny, says the Chicago Daily News, no
large part of it goes in salaries to the
officers of the army, as was insinuat.
ed. Each captain of q corps, for in.
stance, is paid eight dollars week
If married he gets $40. The lieuten
ants receive seven dollars and other
minor workers must earn their living
as best they can and render their
services gratis. The high officials re-
ceive more, but it cannot be said that
their compensation is extravagant
The disbursing officer himself, who
handles hundreds of thousands of dol
lars every year, gets but $40 week;
the chief bookkeeper who could COM
mand S35 weak from any auditing
house, was paid seven dollars until
recently, when he married and was
raised to SIG week. Enemies of the
organization are not likely to harm 1t
by making attacks in this line.