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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-04-03
Parlor Recital,

Two little eight-year-old girls, Bes-
sic Dolsen and Willavee Weaver, pu
pills of Mrs, Cora A. Beels, gave a
parlor recital last Saturday evening
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. n b.
Dolsen on South Tenth street, assisted
by Master Fred Dolsen and Winnifred
Hazen. 1t was attended by large
company of intimate friends and en-.
Enthusiastically received, being their
first effort.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-04-03
FIFTEEN HIGH SCHOOLS
REPRESENTED AT DEcLAMAToRY
CONTEST WEDNESDAY,.
SEVEN MEDALS TO BE AWARDED

Is'BO NuUpcT W E1'8U ONHOOlb "h'
Send Delegations to Norfolk to Cheer
For Their Favorite - Big Attend.
anoe Expected.
Fifteen high schools will be repre-
sented at the annual contest OF the
North Nebraska High School Declam-
atory association held Wednesday
evening at the Norfolk Auditorium.
The representatives of Harrington,
North Bend and Arlington will seek
honors in the oratorical class. The
young people who represent Norfolk,
ID Pierce, Beemer, Wisner, Scribner,
Schuyler, stanton and Madison have
picked dramatic selections. Humorous
hOnors are sought by the representa-
tives of Atkinson, Oakdale, Tilden and
West Point.
Seven medals will be awarded. In
the dramatic class first, second and
third places will be announced.
A number of the high schools will
send delegations to Norfolk to cheer
for their favorite.
The Wednesday evening program Is:
Piano solo-Miss Carrie Thompson
Invocation.
Music-Girls' chorus.
Oratorical Glass.
"Soussaint decentralization De
long, Harrington.
"Spartacus to the Gladiators al
Capua"-Milo Hawkins, North Bend.
William McKinley"-lvan Mitchell
Arlington.
Dramatic Class.
LAS the Moon Rose"-Loulse Cook
Norfolk.
"Skimpsey" Hertet, Pierce
"Bobbie Shaftoe"-Mona Kirk, Bee
mer.
THE Chariot Race" 49, Kirk Riley
Wisner.
"Ole Mistls'-Letha Ross, Scribner
"Bobbie Shaftoe" Ora Sig r
Schuyler.
The Ride of Lilly Servosse"-An
nah Vasholz, Stanton.
"Ole Mistis"-Ellen Vollstedt, Madi
son.
Violin solo-Ray Estabrook.
Humorous Glass.
Mrs. Fellesy's Burglar Alarm
Arthur Miller, Atkinson.
Naughty Zell" - Blanch Putney
Oakdale.
IN the Tolls of the Enemy"-Ma'
Shippee, Tilden.
six Love Letters"-Mildred Wos
toupal, West oPint.
Piano solo-Oscar Schavland.
Announcement of decision of Judge
and awarding medals.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-04-03
Third Dlatrlot Pnnslons.

Pensions granted to persons OF the
Third congressional district for the
week ending March 25, 1908:
Thatcher NJ. krum. stanton, St2;
James +. Wnterringer, Harrington
SIP; Mitchell b. sharp, Beemer SIS;
Joseph Il. Spencer Beemer, SIS; Har.
rlett Rest, Decatur, IS; Danford Tdy.
Tor, Battle Creek $l7; John II. Wurde-
man, Creston, SIS; John l.. Mcdaniel
St Edward, 500.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-04-03

Many women mistake kidney and
bladder troubles for some irrcgularity
peculiar to the sex, Folcy'S Kidney
Remedy CorrcCtS irregularities and
den, Bowling Green, Ky, writes; ~
suffered much pain from kidney and
bladder trouble until | started to use
Folcy's Kidney Remedy, The first bot
tie gave me great relief. and after
taking the second bottle was entirely
we'll" kieSuu Drug Co.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-04-03

bank add TO the convenience Of the
new arrangement The bank safe has
been moved to the south apartment of
the vault and the north vault apart.
ment which opens directly into the
public lobby will be given over to
safety deposit boxes The lobby floor
Is to be covered with a rubber tile,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-04-03
BORG STILL ALIVE
A DUAL SHOOTING
HOLT COUNTY FARMER is SHOT
NEAR THE HEART.
HIS ASSAllANT SUlClDED
ASSAILANT
SURGEON THINKS BORG HAS SOME
CHANCE OF RECOVERY.
MOTIVE A MATTER OF DOUBT
II is Reported That Prices wife Left
Him Some Time Ago and Remained
For a Little While at the Farm OF
Bors-confllctins Reports.

O'Neill, Neb., March 30.-Special to
The News: Eric Borg, the Holt coun-
ty farmer who was shot near the heart
Saturday by John Price, Is still alive.
Borg spent a fairly comfortable
night last night and felt pretty we'll
this morning, 1t was stated at 10
o'clock this morning, in a telephone
message from the locality of the Borg
farm to The News correspondent here,
| that there is some chance of Borg's
recovery.
Dr. Kelton of Spencer is attending
the case. He has not yet located the
| bullet
Prices Wife Left Him; He Drank.
Spencer, Neb., March 30.-Special to
| The News: Saturday morning Erick
Borg, a farmer living about ten miles
south of this town in Holt county, was
shot and very seriously wounded by
John Price, man siXty-tive years of
age living mile or two away. The
gun used was a 22-cdlibre rifle. There
had been no words between them and
there was no known trouble existing.
The tragedy occurred at the home of
Mr.. Berg in the barn.
Prices wifelefthim some time ago
and stopped at Berg's for very short
time and then left the vicinity. Price
is reported as having been drinking
much lately After the shooting Berg
walked to a neighbours a mile away
and back home with that bullet in his
breast, near his heart.
A posse soon gathered and went In
pursuit of the would-be assassin and
found him in a claim cabin a few
miles away When he saw his pur-
suers approaching he shot and killed
himself.
The bullet left Mr.. Berg in a very
critical condition.
Price Worked For Berg.
Butte, Neb., March 30-Special to
The News: John Price had been in
the employ of Eric Berg for at least
year before the dual tragedy of Sat
urday. Friday evening Price ate sup
per with the Bergs at their farm house
and then left, stating that he intended
to stay at a neighbours home over
night. The next morning when Berg
went to the barn to open the stable
door, Price reached out with 45-cali
bre revolver and shot him through the
heart.
1t was said Immediately that Berg
could not live. He has wife and two
children. The Berg farm is twelve
miles south of here, in Holt county
News of the shooting was telephoned
to Spencer and Butte and men went
to the place. Price took refuge in 6
sod shanty three miles from the place
of shooting. When he saw his pur
suers coming, he shot himself with
the same revolver.
No trouble had ever been heard OF
between the two men. 1t is supposed
that Price must have been crazy.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-04-03
Associations of Twenty Years.

Associations Of something Ike
twenty years cling to Knight Tenn
plar watch charm which Judge ]. B.
Barnes lost in this city sometime be-
tween Saturday and Sunday, The
charm was a present to the judge and
is valued accordingly. His name and
address are engraved on the charm.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-04-03

Johnson In thirteen and six minutes
Farmer Burns was to have wrestlcd
Johnson but being called to Chicago
to train Frank Gotch he secured Beell
as substitute
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-04-03
Mrs. Hardy Getting Along Well.

A message received from Columbus
Monday morning stated that Mrs. H,
e. Hardy, who underwent a serious
operation in a Columbus hospital last
week, was getting along fine and that
her condition was all that could be
hoped for at this time. Mrs. c. W.
Landers is with Mrs. Hardy in Co
mmbuS
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-04-03
RECEIVES CONGRATULATIONS.

You VIII soon receive the Congratu-
lations of your friends upon your i'm
Folcy's Kidney Remedy as il tones up
the system and impartS new life and
vgor. Foley's Kidney Remedy cures
baCkaChe, nervous exhaustion and all
forms of kidney and bladder troubles.
Commence taking it today. Kiesau
Drug Co
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-04-03
Two Birthdays at once.

Saturday was the birthday of DR.. H.
T. Holden, and it was also the birth
day of his daughter This double event
was celebrated in the Holden home
by the gift of a beautiful physicians
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-04-03
IMpORTANT DECISION,

II Is important that you should de-
eide to take only Foley's Honey and
Tar when you have cough or cold as
IL will cure the most obstinate rack
ing cough and expcl the cold from your
system. Foleys Honey and Tar con-
tains no harmful drugs. Insist upon
having II. Kiesau Drug CO.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-04-03

pursuit of this plot they run counter
to the young Swede, who instinctively
dislkes the two rascals and becomes
Mrs. Jordan's self appointed guardian.
The development Of the Swedish i'm
migrant from the uncouth and awk-
ward to the Swedlsh-American citizen
of the last act, is carried along on
lines of mingled comedy and pathos
that have "the simple annals of the
poor" ever in mind.
At the matinee Saturday afternoon
a fine Teddy bear will be given away
to some one in the audience. It will
he worth while IN soma voun ustar
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-04-03

Foley's Orino Laxative is best for
women and children. Its mild action
and pleasant taste makes it preferable
to violent purgatives, such as pills
tablets, etc. Cures constipation.
KieSau Drug Co,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-04-03
AGENTS WANTED.

AGENTS WANTED-16x2O crayon
portraits 40 cents, frames 10 cents
and up, sheet pictures one cent each
You can make 1000 profit or $50 per
week. Catalogue and samples free.
Frank w. Williams company, 1908
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-04-03

1t may improve a mans digestion
to laugh while eating, but how he
looks!
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-04-03

A person with a naturally mean
disposition has great many oppor-
tunities of showing it off.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-04-03
HOPERS ARE ARRESTED
NEBRASKA CITY PAIR CAUGHT IN
ROCKFORD, ILL.
TO BE BROUGHT BACK HOME
Ulysses Shelby and Mrs. Tebbetts.
Both OF Nebraska City, Have Been
Arrested in Illinois as Elopers-She
Had Two Daughters.

Rockford, III, March 2S.-Ulysses
Shelby and Mrs. Tebbetts, both of
Nebraska City, Neb., were arrested
here this morning as clippers.
The woman had two daughters with
her.
The Nebraska authorities will take
the pair back for trial.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-09-23
THE NEW PENAL SYSTEM
PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE

Georgia has a convict bill, and the
$4,000 legislative luxury in the
shape of a special session of the
general assembly is at an end
thanks to a complete sOmersault on
the part of the state senate. Those
who brought the special session about
have the satisfaction of knowing that
"a bill was adopted which the lead
ers of the house majority declare
they were ready to accept two weeks
before the regular session ended.
house subcommittee and passed as
house subcommittee and passed az
a substitute for the senate "27" doc
ument. In detail it differs consider
ably, but in essential principles it is
the same as the Holder bill with the
exception that contract" has sup
planted lease" The result is an ad-
mitted victory for the Holder faction.
The new penal system of the state is
as follows:
The prison commission, as at pres
ent constituted, to have control of
all cOnvicts, both misdemeanor and
felony.
Convicts shall be pro rated among
counties according to population.
Those counties so electing may re-
tain their pro rata share of prison.
ers, of both classes, to be worked on
the public roads or other public
works, county officials having au-
thority to establish farms for their
employment.
The commission may award those
cOnvicts, or any portion of them, not
taken by counties to other counties
desiring more than their pro rata
share, the same to be worked on the
basis of eXchange-tO be paid for in
convicts or their labor, the credit
counties having authority to demand
payment at any time through the
| prison commission
COnvicts not taken under the above
! provisions may be hired by munich
palities at one hundred dollars per
annum, the money so derived to be
paid into the treasures of the coun-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-09-23

"StOVe House" Of Dawson. We
have the best line of cook stoves for
the money ever exhibited in Daw-
son. Fifty pieces go with every stove
we sell. J. NJ. CLIFTON HARD
WARE co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-09-23

ties not using their own convicts, I'M
der the plan now prevailing, the
money to be used for road work ex-
Clusively.
The prison commission may assign
as many prisoners as can be han
died to the state farm, which can be
extended by the purchase or leasing
of additional land. Their authority
under this provision will be governed
solely by the funds in hand. Prison
ers on the farm will be used for the
purpose of producing as far as prac-
ticable food and clothing for convicts
otherwise employed, and may be used
in manufacturing articles to be sold
for use in other state penitentiaries,
but not for the public.
If an excess still remains after all
that can possibly be disposed of
under the above provisions have been
provided for the commissioners may
assume, under the supervision and by
the approval of the governor, to do
contract work for private parties,
firms or corporations, such contracts
not to extend over a period of one
year, and to be of such a nature that
the person or corporation contracted
with shall have no interest in the
amount of work done by the individ-
ual convict.
If there should be sufficient state
funds the commission may purchase
machinery and equipment and en-
plOy cOnvicts in working the roads Of
those counties not using their own
prisoners, the expense of such work
to be paid for by the county.
The commission has authority to
employ four supervisors, civil engi-
neers preferred, to have general
charge of all the convicts of the state.
1t will be their duty to visit road
camps and assist the counties as far
as possible in working the men to
advantage. Their salary will be
twelve hundred dollars a year.
Judges are given authority, in
their discretion, to send women pris-
Oners to the state farm; and while
it is not stipulated it is understood
that all white felons is will be
worked on the farm.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-09-23
HEROD HAPPENINGS.
Pithy Paragraphs and Personal Items
Penciled for News Readers.

There are some streets and premi-
ses here that are a splendid nucleus
for civic Improvement, while there
are others that would reflect credit
on any city beautiful. Let's clean
up.
Mrs. DR. Mathews, who has been
quite feeble for some time, does not
improve any, and suffers much from
exhaustion. She is in a critical state
now. which her friends regret very
much.
King Cotton had the right of way
last week. From ten to forty wagons
loaded with cotton were at the gin
all the time though the gin would
run half the night part Of the week.
Messrs. ]. H. Brim and ]. M. Bell
flower left the first of the week for
Mitchell county with crowd of cot
ton pickers to get out their fleecy
staple down there.
The ordinance of baptism will be
observed at 8 o'clock a. m. next Sab
bath at the reservoir at the brick
gin, unless other arrangements are
made.
Madam Gossip says one of Daw-
sons most successful business men
is to lead one of Herod's prettiest
girls to the hymenial alter.
Rev. L. L. Lyons will fill his ap-
pointment here Saturday and Sun
day Business of importance will be
transacted on Saturday.
The drouth was broken here Sun
day evening with no wind or storms
of any kind. This is the ideal part
of the best country yet.
The summers southern snow" is
being harvested rapidly here, and
some say the season will be about
over in November.
Miss Helen Melton returned home
this week after a delightful visit to
Eufaula, Hatcher and Georgetown.
Our merchants are receiving some
excellent goods, and it is a good plan
to patrOniZe home institutions.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. S. Mathews of
Dawson spent Sunday with the fam
lily of Mr.. J. H. McLendon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tilden Hayes of
DOverel were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gatlin this week.
Mr. B. P. Collier of Norman Park
was given the glad hand by Herod
friends last week.
The many friends of Mrs. ]. T.
Cocker regret that she has been on
the sick list.
Miss Claude Harris is visiting in
Cuthbert, Blakely, Lanark, Fla, and
other places.
Hymen has agreed to come to the
assistance of Cupid here. Not yet,
but soon.
Mesdames Laborn Sears and Arch
Lewis visited relatives here last
week.
Mr.. Jasper Corbin of Pelham Wis
tied Herod relatives last week.
Mrs. Jim Lee of DovereI spent the
weekend with relatives here.
Mr.. VIII Lee of Cornelia is on a
visit to relatives here.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-09-23
WATSON MAY COME TO DAWSON.
POpulist Candidate for President Has
Been Asked to Speak Here.


The News has been informed that
Hon. Thomas E. Watson, populist
candidate for president, may make
a speech in Dawson before the cam
paign closes.
When in Albany recently he in
formed a citizen of this county that
he would speak here if the people de-
sired to hear him, and The News has
been informed that he has been writ
ten to and requested to name a date
for his coming.
If Mr.. Watson comes there is no
doubt that he will draw one of the
biggest crowds that was ever at a
political gathering in Terrell county.
His reputation as a speaker will in
sure large audience for him, but
there will not be many votes for him
on election day.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-09-23
WHISTLE IN THE WINDPIPE.
Child Taken to Atlanta for a Sur
gical Operation.

Monday the little two-year-old
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Chap
man of near Dawson was taken to
Atlanta for the purpose of under
going an operation to remove a toy
whistle from the windpipe.
For the past month the little fell
low had been having trouble in it's
throat, and few days ago, by means
of an X-ray, a small toy whistle was
located in its windpipe. The child
had swallowed the toy, which was
made of tin, while playing with it..
The many friends of the family
hope that it will be successfully re-
moved, and that the child will soon
be all right again.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-09-23
j. X. Jester, Groceries. Phone 81
MISS BUTLER HAS MARRIED.
Met the Groom I'm Cuthbert and Had
Ceremony Performed.

Miss Hala Butler, who came to
Dawson several weeks ago as oper-
ator for the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, was married in
Cuthbert last Tuesday night at the
home of Mr.. William Spear to Capt.
H. c. Hoist, a passenger conductor
on the Georgia, Florida and Alaba-
ma railroad.
Miss Buffers home was in Hi
nois, but before coming to Dawson
she was for long while located at
Carabelle, Fla. 1t was there she met
Capt. Hoist, and a strong friendship
between them ripened into love.
During her stay here Miss Butler
made many friends, all of whom wish
her welded life will be one of con-
tinued bliss.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-09-23
Governor Offers Reward.

Governor Smith has offered re-
ward of $3.50 for the arrest, with
proof to convict, of the murderers
of Henry and Herbert Bus. Mr..
John Bus, father of the boys, has
authorized the National Bank of
Shellman to pay $500 for the arrest
of George Thomas.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-09-23
ARBITRATORS DID NOT ARBITRATE
CENTRAL'S TAN VALUES.
A Decrease of One Million Below
Amount of Last Year.

Amount of Last Year.
The value of the property of the
Central of Georgia Railroad Com
pany has been fixed for the purposes
of taxation at $21,14S,902, a de-
crease of $1,100,00O below the val
uation fixed in 1907. Alex w.
Smith and Judge George Hillyer we're
the arbitrator, and Judge w. D.
Ellis acted as umpire. Judge Hillyer
dissented from the finding.
The $4,000 shares of stocks in the
Western of Alabama, which the state
claims the Central owns and which
are still a subject of litigation, were
assessed at total valuation of ST.
275,000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-09-23
NOTHING WAS DONE TO SETTLE
THE TROUBLE OVER TELE-
PHONE RATES.
There Was Friction From the Very
Start, and the Meeting Soon
Ended. Each Side BlameS
the Others.

The arbitrators appointed to settle
the trouble between the local tele-
phone company and some of its sub
scribers over the recent raise in rates
of fifty cents per month did not ar
bitrate n fact, it could hardly be
called a near" arbitration, as there
was friction from the very start.
DR.. ]. G. Dean, the chief owner of
the telephone system, appointed as
his arbitrators Messrs. j. E. Morris,
l.. c. Hoyl and J. II. Whitchard, and
the arbitrator for those citizens
who were protesting against the in
creased charges were Messrs. J. II.
Davis, J w. f. Lowrey and A. M.
Raines. These were to select a sew
enth man, who was to be the UNI
pire.
When the six met Thursday morn
ing snap and ginger was put into
the proceedings at once, and it was
not many minutes before the whole
thing was off.
Mr. Whitchard said that as Messrs.
Raines and Davis were stockholders
in new telephone company which
was being organized it didn't seem to
him they should act as arbitrator,
and much discussion and some tOler-
ably warm passages resulted over the
point he raised. During it all Attor-
ney M. c. Edwards for the new tele-
phone company and Mr.. Whitchard
exchanged some remarks that are re-
ported to have been of decidedly in
teresting nature.
In the meantime some Of the ar
bitrators strOlled away, and the meet
ing broke up.
The board got together again
in a short while, harmony was
apparently restored and the selec-
ton Of the seventh man was
undertaken. 1t was here the whole
thing ended. They couldn't agree
on any one suggested several we'll
known citizens being offered by each
side only to be rejected. When one
side would offer a name the other
would promptly turn it down.
1t was soon evident that there was
no possibility of agreeing, and the
meeting broke up without accom-
plishing anything.
Since then, The News has been in
formed, the new company has offered
to enter into an arbitration if some
one was named in the place of Mr.
Whitchard, but this proposition was
not favOrably received.
1t is understood that there will
be no further effort at arbitration.
AS matters now stand the new tele-
phone company will proceed to Sc
cure charter and franchise and put
in new system under the name Of
the Dawson Telephone Co., and the
old company will put into effect the
raise of fifty cents per month for the
metallic wire service, which affects
something less than one-third of its
subscribers.
Each side is inclined to blame the
other for the failure OF the arbitra-
ton, and the turn it took
There will no doubt be further
developments at an early date and
they will be awaited with interest.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-09-23

COmplete-A complete and up to
date line of machinist and carpen-
ters' tools. The best and largest as
sortment in Dawson. Prices guaran-
teed. J. NJ. CLIFTON HARDWARE
CO., phone 173.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-09-23
J.K. Jester, Groceries. Phone 81.
MOTION AGAIN PUT OFF

For Fourth Time Hearing for New
Trial Is Postponed.
For the fourth time the hearing
of the motion for a new trial for
Allen w. Turner, Jr,, who is under
a life sentence for killing Jim Casey
in Calhoun county, has been post
poned. 1t was to have been argued
at Ashburn one day last week before
Judge Spence, but the inability of
Hon. Joe Hill Hall of Macon, who
is counsel for Turner, to be pres
ent on account of the extra session
of the Legislature demanding his pres
ence in Atlanta, caused the fourth
postponement, The motion is now
set for a hearing in Camilla on Fri
day, September 25th.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-09-23
A CONVICT ESCAPES.
The Chaingang's Track Dog Disap-
peared With Him.

Monday Dood Whitehead, a mis-
demeanOr convict who was serving
a twelve months sentence in the
county changing, escaped while at
work in the eastern part of the coun-
ty. Whitehead was in a swamp cut
ting down some trees, when he de-
cided TO take a stroll.
AS soon as it was learned that he
had escaped the track dog kept at
the gang was put on his trail, and
ran it for some distance The dog
suddenly became silent, however,
and nothing has been seen or heard
of it or the convict since.
Whitehead had on shackels when
he escaped.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-09-23
4 Card of Thanks.

We want to express through the
columns of The Dawson News our
gratitude to the good people of this
for their kindness and
shown us during the re-
cent sickness and death of our little
babe, Annie Louise, aged four weeks
j. M. AND EVA B. POWELL.