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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-22
A MILLION DOLLAR SUIT.
Is Brought Against Western Union
COMPANY by State of Iowa.


The Western Union Telegraph
Company of New York is made de-
PENDANT in a suit for 100000
brought against it by the state of
Iowa for alleged violation of the
state laws in regard to foreign cor
porations. The petition filed by At
torney General Byers consists of two
counts.
The first count is for 100000 for
alleged failure to pay the customary
fee on the capital stock of the cor
poration, and the second. for $798.-
800, represents the penalty fixed bv
law for each day the company has
been doing business in the state in
purpOrted violation of law.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-22
MEANS LOSS OF A MILLION
THE LEGISLATURE Is FACING
DIFFICULT PROBLEM.

An LnSIStent Demand Tor ADOliShlns
the Convict Lease System on one
Hand. and an Empty Treas
ury on the Other.
The convict problem is agitating
the general assembly, and with al
insIstent demand for abrogation O
the lease system on the one hanC
and an empty treasury on the Other
it is a problem which the Legislators
have not approached with any de
gree of positive enjoyment.
The house of representatives be-
gan the discussion some days ago
and there are almost as many shades
of views as there are members.
The state treasury has just lost a
quarter of a million dollars through
prohibition, and the complete aboIi-
ton of the lease system would take
SIS much or more annually from the
state treasury. Some of the legis-
lators are coming to the conclusion
that while morality is a very good
thing it don't go very well with a
low tax rate. Or. perhaps, it would
be better to put the converse Of the
proposition.
VIII eB Lost to School Fund
The liquor tax went into the state
school fund; the present income from
convict leases goes largely to the
common schools, and the common
schools are one institution which the
general assembly viii not permit to
suffer in its appropriation When
they lost the liquor tax the legisla-
tuTe Immediately tackled on as much
or more from the general fund Civ
ing the schools larger appropriations
for 1908 and 1909 than they had
ever before enjoyed
If precedent counts for anything
it is safe to say that if the present
general assembly abolishes the lease
system the next one will make good
the loss to schools by an appropria-
ton from the general fund. whether
there is any money in the treasury
Or not.
What AbOIishing Lease System Means
Complete abolition of the lease
system, in addition to stopping a Ger
tain present income, would involve
a large expense to the state, unless
the various counties could be per-
suaded to take all of the felony con-
victs and pay the expenses of their
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-22

for ten days without paying one cent
of tuition. The Athens Business Col
Iege Of Athens, Ga, stands on merit
and the success of its hundreds of
graduates who are filling many of
the most responsible positions to be
found in every avenue Of CONNER
ciaI life and state and national gov
eminent work A life scholarship,
including books, board, and lodging
only costs from $50 to 500.
Fill in your name and address and
mail to the Athens Business College,
Athens, Ga, and receive free cata-
logue by return mail.
Name ............. ............. ........
Address NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-22
DIsFRANCHIsEMENT TROUBLE |mRAE PEOPLE SMELL BUGS
Fumes Are So Strong They Can't Sit
on Their PiazZas Summer Nights.
Preparing to Fight En-.

preparing 10 L ISnJ EIn.
From the McRae Enterprise.
For several summers the citizens
Of McRae have been very much ans
noyed at night by an offensive odor
that resembled very closely that of
pig sty. These odors were particu-
larly noticeable at night, some fami-
lies being forced to abandon their
piazzas during the greater part of
June. The chairman of the sanitary
committee about three weeks ago be-
gan a search for the origin of the
nuisance, firm in the belief that it
could be easily located The prem
ises where the OdOl was strongest
were APPARENTLY in good condition
and only by accident was it discov-
cred that the unpleasant fumes We're
given off by certain large grayish
bug A specimen Of this bug was
this week sent up to the state ento-
mologist, who pronounced it a
horned beetle, or rhinoceros bug,
He stated that complaints had come
to him from different parts of the
OOuiINA = oDOuC IllIS pest, ana J0aT
there was no question but what they
produced the nuisance claimed.
He gave formula for spraying,
and advised that we not think of
sacrificing the trees. but to get the
proper apparatus described by him
and that he would take pleasure in
sending a man down here to show
how the work of spraying should be
done.
1t seems that these bugs attack
ash trees principally, burrowing
round and around the limbs, merely
getting through the bark. During
the day they are dormant, feeding at
night and emitting the offensive odor
IN the meantime. Their stay here
is usually about five weeks, accord
ing to those who have watched them.
AS they are already taking their
leave nothing will be done this sum-
mer, but we will be prepared another
year to cope with them and hone to
rid ourselves of this anOyance.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-22
NEGRO DEMOCRATIC PAPER.
One Has Been Started in PhiIadeI.
phia. viii Support BRYAN.

A democratic newspaper owned,
controlled and edited by negroes
was started in Philadelphia last
week. There are upwards of 20
600 negro voters in PHILADELPHIA
and a great many more in Pennsyl-
vania. During the past few years
there has grown up in PHILADELPHIA
quite a considerable element of dem
ocratic negroes, who believe that
they are now strong enough to have
an organization ana newspaper
representative of their own. The
proposed new paper will support Mr..
Bryan for the presidency.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-22
LARGEST BABY EVER BORN.
Georgia Holds the Record With One
That Weighs 36 Pounds.

The largest newborn babe on rec
ord came to the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Thomas, near Senoia, a few
days ago 1t measured % inches in
height and weighed sc pounds.
Around the muscles of the arm it
measured six inches. and around its
chest eighteen inches. The baby was
larger than many three-year-old chill
dren.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-22
HEALTH VERY POOR
RESTORED BY PE-RU-NA.
Catarrh twenty-five Years.
Hal a Bad Couch

Miss Sophia Kit Lessen, Evanston, H.,
writes:
81 have been IL )ubled with catarrh
for nearly twenty five years and have
tried many cures for it, but obtained
very little help.
"Then my broth r advised me to try
Peruna, and did
MY health was very poor at the time
l began taking Pc una. My throat was
very sore and ha ! a bad cough.
"Peruna has Gu ed me. The chronic
CafsrrE is gone an my health is very
much improved.
81 recommend Peruna to all my
friends who are tr ubled as / was"
PERUNA TABLE S:-Some people pre-
fer tablets, rathe: than medicine in a
fluid form. Such p ople can obtain Peru
ma tablets, which represent the medici-
nal ingredients Of Peruna. Each tablet
equals one averag dose of Peruna.
Mau-a-Iin tn, Ideal Laxative.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-22
Telephone No, 2lJ,

Let the Sanitary Tailoring Co. do
your work. Four suits pressed a
month for S1.OV. Cleaning and
pressing soc, 75c and $1.00. Ladies'
skirts from SOC up. All work called
for and delivered Satisfaction guar
anteed SIM MOORE, Proprietor.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-22
Best the World Affords.

1T gives me unbounded pleasure
to recommend Bucklen's Arnica
Salve," says j. w. Jenkins of CbaneII
HlIi' n. Z. I am convinced it's the
best salye the world affords. It
cured a felon on my thumb. and il
never fails to heal every sore. burn,
or wound to which it is applied. >
25c at Dawson Drug Cos.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-22
FAILED TO FIX TINE FOR LAW
TO BECOME OPERATIVE.
Interim Between State and National
Elections Inadequate to Admit
OF a New Registration.

OF a New Registration.
Something of a sensation was ere
ated in the meeting of the general
judiciary committee of the house of
representatives during a discussion
of the bill by Mr. Slade of Muscogee
to fix the time at which the disfran-
chisement law shall go into effect
as Jan. 1. 1909, when it became ap-
parent that the failure to fix time
in the law itself is a serious defect.
It is impossible now to amend the
Acknowledgement bin, except by pass
ing a second constitutional amend
ment. 1t cannot be done by a sim
pie law and the bill itself, having
passed from the hands of the gen
eral assembly, cannot be amended.
The duty deyolves upon the gov
ernor Of declaring it effective as
soon as the ratification by the peo-
pie is officially reported to him. Con-
sequently such action would have to
be taken following the state election
in October and before the national
and congressional elections in No
vember.
Under the new law an entire new
registration of voters is completely
wiped out, and all who wanted to
vote in November would have to reg
lister. under the terms of the new
law. 1t is evident that within the
week or two that would be allowed
for this purpose a very limited reg
istration could take place for that
election, at least. and thousands of
voters would be unintentionally dis
franchised.
The seriousness of the situation so
impressed the members of the gen
eral judiciary committee that it
named committee of three to inves-
tigate the matter and report a way
out of the difficulty.
New Disfranchisement Law Reported
The general judiciary committee
of the house has reported, with the
recommendation that it pass a new
disfranchisement law which is to go
into effect Jan. /. 1909.
If this law should pass both houses
it will supplant the law passed at
the last session and which names no
time, and would therefore go into
effect Immediately upon the govern
or's proclamation. Owing to the
possible effect this might have in pre-
venting proper registration for the
| November election it is deemed adj
yisable to get through, if possible,
an entirely new law with the fore
going time limit. 1t is thought this
| can be done.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-22

keeping for the privilege OF working
! them on their public roads. 1t would
mean that the state would have to
work them and pay for their guard
/ ing. feeding and keeping. The
states present expenses for caring
for the convicts. notwithstanding the
fact that their quarters and food
are provided by the iessees. are
$3.50 900 a year, and the gross in
come from the contractors is reduced
to that extent 1t is readily apar-
ent that this would be largely in
creased if the whole expense We're
upon the state, and the cost has
been conservatively figured at some
thing like 100000.
Would BE Loss to State of $4,000
Therefore complete abolition of
the lease system and the working
of the conyicts by the state itself,
following the enactment of state pro-
hibitiOn, would result in a net an
nual loss to the state Of something
like $1,000,000.
GeOrgia's present income from all
sources is about $4,0O0.O0O. The
state is now living slightly in ex-
cess of it. There is no present pos
sibility Of collecting any more by di-
rect taxation owing to the cOnsti-
tutiOnal limit of > mills, nor has the
state any other source of income that
can be drawn upon. If it had it
would have been drawn upon long
ago. for the Georgia legislature is
notorious for appropriating to the
limit
An Alternative Hard to Meet.
The legislature may agree to give
up the $3.50, 900 or more which the
state is now getting from the lease
system for distribution to the COM
mon schools, but the finding of half
million dollars to inaugurate a new
system is another matter.
Possibly there may be found a So
luton of the problem in the meas
IRE proposed by Senator T. S. Eel
der Of the TWenty-second who pro-
poses to get this half million, or the
greater portion of it. by continuing
the lease system for a period of
eighteen months, and using the fund
thus raised for the purpose of a
state farm upon which to work the
convicts, making cotton and other
agricultural products. This is very
much after the Mississippi plan which
is said to have worked very salts
factOrily.
The convict question just now is
the livest issue in Georgia. The leg
islature has found in it about as
big a subject as it did in prohibi-
ton, and though there won't be quite
so much hysteria as there was over
that measure there will be no lack
ing in enthusiasm nor in warm de
bate.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-22
Not So Particular.

First Leap Year Girl-Td propose
if l could find man l thought l
could not live without.
Second Leap Year Girl-Huh!
I'd be satisfied with a man I thought
| could live Whilst. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-22
ALCOHOL.

One Grade Only and jug 81. 90
IGin 5000, $500 and $4.O0'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-07-22

OLD BOONE-Express Collect.
Bottled in bond by L. S. Gov
eminent.
4 Full Quarts, Exp. paid s 800
~ Full Quarts, Exp. paid 12.75
"a Full Pints, Exp. paid 1875
As Full u Pints, Exp. paid 1900
The Springdale news., 1908-05-29
MARRIAGES.
BISHOP-SULLIVAN.


 J. NJ. Bishop of Fayetteville and Miss Willie Sullivan, whose parents reside in the country west of Springdale, were married at Robinson Sunday evening, May r, Rev. Leonard of the Christian Church, officiating. The News was apprised of this marriage last week, but under standing the young people want ed to keep 1t secret for a week, made no announcement of the fact.
 The bride is we'll known in Springdale, being a sister of Mrs. J. T. Nelson of this place and a graduate of the Springdale High School. Since leaving school here she has been teaching, hav- ing taught last term at Robinson. She IS an excellent young lady, with a host of friends.
 The groom has been deputy in the circuit clerks office for some time past, and Is a bright young man who stands well with fbnSa ,,b ba Iyrpu, I,,,,
 The News joins with other friends in wishing for the young couple long and happy life.
The Springdale news., 1908-05-29
 EUCKARY.

Dave Dodson received a tele- gram yesterday morning from Longmont, Colorado, announcing the death of John Huckaby, which occurred yesterday morn- ing at 12:30.
 Mr. Huekaby formerly resided Tn Springdale, and for time conducted q meat market at this place. He went from here to Oklahoma, and later to Colorado. He died of consumption, and It was m the hopes of finding some relief from the disease that caused hlm to remove to the lat ter place. His father resides southeast of Springdale, and Mrs. Huekaby is a sister of Mrs. Dave Dodson of this place. AL though no information was con- veyed ln the telegram to that ef- feet, It IS presumed the remains will be buried in Colorado.
The Springdale news., 1908-05-29

al times by number of persons who have come here lately to make their homes giving us dona- tions and asking us to call on them to help in any way they can. Everyone has been so kind in assisting that now the admis- sion fee in the Association IS only dollar year and we believe we can keep our grounds in good order with this by occasionally giving public entertainment which IS always literally patron ized.
 The Association holds its regu- lar meetings the first Monday in each month and new members are always gladly received. The cemetery grounds are always open to relatives, friends and visitors, old or young, but we hope that no complaints will ever come to the Association of per sons having molested any flower or article placed upon the graves.
 MRS. NJ. ROBINSON,
 MRS. ]. T. NELSON,
 MRS. NJ. BERRY,
 MRs. w. T. FAIRFAX,
 MRS. NJ. DRAWER,
 Executive Committee.
The Springdale news., 1908-05-29
BASE BALL SEASON
 OPENED WITH BENTONVILLE

Some of the base ball players from this place went up to Ben- tonvllle Friday and engaged the team at that place. Although this was the first game of the season for the local players 1t took thirteen innings 10 decide the contest, which was won by Bentonyille by a score of , 10 1. According to the score Spring dale had the best of II all the way through, and should really have won the game, as they made four errors to BentonvlIle's s SIX, and secured ten hits 10 Ben tonyille's five. The errors of the locals, however, occurred at eriti- cal periods when they counted for the opposition, which prob- ably accounts for the loss of the game.
 Webber Long oficiated in the box for the locals and Hamilton for Bentonville. and the latter seems to have had d little the best of the contest, being credited with 15 strike-outs to 10 for Long, and issued no free passes while Long passed two.
 The hne-up of the Springdale team was as follows: Long D.. Lewis C., Daily 2b., Smith lf., Hawkins Sb., Stafford h., San- ders rf., Hogle cf. Of the ten hits secured by Springdale, Long and Lewis are credited with one each, and Daily, Smith, Hawk ins and Sanders two each. Time of game 1:55, umpire Blocher.
 Everything considered, the boys made very creditable showing, and 1t IS to be hoped that some games can be secured on the home grounds.
The Springdale news., 1908-05-29
DEATHS.
SIMONS.

w. K. Simons, who had been in failing health for the past two or three years, died Thursday morning of last week at four o'clock of stomach trouble and other ailments. Funeral services were held Friday at the Baptist Church, being conducted by Rev. l.. $. Ballard, and the remains were inferred in Bluff Cemetery.
 Deceased was born Ill Izard County, this state, and was sixty-two years of age last October. The family had resid- ed in Sprlngdale five years, hay ing come here from Mountain Grove, Mo.
 Deceased had been married three times, and there was one son, Sam, as a result of his first marriage, who resides at Moun- tain Grove, and who was present at the funeral of his father. From the second marriage two sons were born, two of whom, Lee and Ed, are living, the for mer in Arizona and the latter in California. As q result of his third marriage there were nine children, seven of whom, togeth- er with his wife, survive. The children are: Emma Smith, re- siding at Slatington, this state, Earl, Mamie, Lizzie, Eva, Willie and Euniee, the six last named residing Ill Springdale.
 Deceased was a member of the Baptist Church, and also mem- Der of the C.. A. k. He had the confidence and respect of all who knew him.
 The famil y desire through The News to express their thanks to all for the kindneSses shown them during the sickness and death of the husband and father.
The Springdale news., 1908-05-29

Committee:
 First District-W 0. Trout, Jonesboro.
 Second District-L. F. Blan- kenshlp, Pocahontas.
 Third District-J. r. Stafford, Springdale.
 Fourth District-H. T. Hamp- ton, Little Rock.
 Fifth District-J. A. Living ston, Russellville.
 Sixth District-H. K. Lucas, Star City.
 Seventh Distriet-Adam Clark, Philadelphia.
 The Executive Committee will select the place of meeting for next year, and Little Rock and Hot Springs have already put in invitations for the meeting.
 In lieu of the usual excursion taken after the adjournment of the annual meeting, an effort is being made to arrange for an ex- cursion to cover the principal points in the state, 10 be taken within few weeks, as soon as details can be arranged. Should the plans materialize the Asso- citation will probably be in this section while on their trip and arrangements should be made to have them stop in Springdale. Springdale entertained the Asso- citation several years ago, and some of the members still talk of the good time they enjoyed while here.
The Springdale news., 1908-05-29
BERRY SEASON
 AT AN END. Total Shipment From Springdale Only About Thirty
 Cars.

ment of strawberries from Spring dale this season. It is estimated that about two cars have gone out by express, which would bring the total up to 30 cars. Of the car lot shipments this year, 16 were sent out by tile Spring dale Shippers Union and F by the Farmers Union. The season was cut short at least half by the rain and cool weather. For the berries marketed, however, fairly good prices were realized, and practically everything was sold on the track here. Last year 70 cars were shipped from Spring dale.
 Many new plants are being put out, and with anything like d favorable season next years shlp- ments will be unusually heavy.
 So far this week We have had no rain, and the farmers are mak- ing the most of their opportunity, finishing planting corn and plow- ing. With a few more days of such weather the farmers will make a wonderful showing in their fields. Corn is quoted at so cents per bushel by the Spring dale Milling Company, probably the highest price ever known here. Wheat is S1.0o per bushel, and with such prices as these the farmer ought to feel good, even II he does have a small crop.
The Springdale news., 1908-05-29
THE CHURCHES.

Christian Church. Services each Lords Day, morning and evening, J. A. McGuire, Pastor.
 Sunday School, 9:45, B. F. Scantland, Supt.
 Young Peoples $. C. E., o:45 r. M. James Marks, President.
 There will be services next Sunday morning and evening at the Presbyterian Church.
The Springdale news., 1908-05-29

The North Arkansas Telephone Company recently installed an- other switch board Tn the central office at this place, and have put on a second day operator. This was done for the purpose of giv- ing their patrons better and quicker service.