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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-28
ing broadcloth and the serge weaves,

ing broadcloth and the serge weaves,
For Tailored Costumes
The narrower cut-stripes on chiffon
yeySf ayf b som me o. ae1s s 2 q
rpa led With both le Eng .i and
cross-oyer stripes sharing popularity, it
shall be becoming to tall or short fig
ures, and develop smartly as tailored
costumes with MORE collar and cuff
facings.
Tussall Royal, the crisp and silky mo-
lellgthwise cords, as well as the cross
over cord stripes. This interesting dress
fabric is produced in a number Of colors.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-28
A d c c i d { d

- " y VI
change in style
seems best intro
duced through the
medium of eve
ming dress, and is,
somewhat La t er,
accepted for street
costuming.
I h e c la S sic
trend in costume
must naturally be
accompanied by
the same sugges-
tons throughout
the toilet. HAIR
dressing shows the
change most de-
cidedly. The hair
is dressed low, in
some instances in
the severe Psyche
knot, with which
some of us were
familiar probably
twenty years ago.
Classic simplicity
applied to the ar
rangement of the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-28
CONCENTRATIONS
PR0FUsEIsY USED
Bugles, Spangles and Jewels Freely Employed
Evening Dresses

cording gives decided striped effect
even TO a one-toned goods. This ma
terial is well adapted to the more elab-
crate type of tailored costumes, replac-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-28
IFT-MAKING is not the only
topic at this season, though
Ia naturally it absorbs much of

II topic at this season, though
A Ia naturally it absorbs much of
our thoughts. This is also the
time of party-going and party-giving,
when the need of at least one suitable
evening dress is most insistent. 1t is an
oft-told tale that good dressing depends
more upon sense than dollars, upon
judicious planning rather than the
amount of money expended. The first
principle of this planning is the right
tress for each occasion, and this system
may be carried out equally well in cot
ton-print Danish cloth, serge and SER
pentine crepe or silk null as in fine
linen, broadcloth, velvet or chiffon. The
style in which it is made stamps the
character on the evening dress, prac-
tica1ly regardless of the material. 1t
should always have real or simulated
open cut at the neck. This need not
necessarily be deep or wide enough to
sail low-eut gown, but it should draw
a decided line separating it from sug-
gestion of yoke, guimpe or chenlisette.
There is just one concession to protec-
ton and personal prejudice, and that
Is that the cut-out may enclose one or
two layers of fine net, but it must be
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-28

mohair and wool, in mixture that
is light, but firm and durable, This
is an excellent material for mourn
ing wear.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26
GOOD FOR SENATOR BACON!

OOOO EO1S OENAIOh BAUM!
From the Albany Herald.
Senator A. o. Bacon did some
thing yesterday that will be ap-
plauded by the best people of Geor-
gia, and The Herald wants it's read
ers to know about it.
Our telegraphic dispatches yester-
day reported the fact that Manager
T. K. Scott of the Georgia railroad,
being annoyed by a strike of the
white f1remen on his road, had ap-
pealed to the postoffice department
at Washington for federal interven-
ton, alleging that the strike threat
ened to interrupt the mail service.
1t now appears that Manager Scott
also wired Senator Bacon asking him
to call on the chairman of the inter-
state commerce commission and di-
rect his attention to the fact that
there have been several cases of in
terruptiOn of the movement of
through freight trains carrying inter
state freight, and ascertain what re-
lief could be expected from the COM
mission or through the operation of
the legal department so far as -
may be directed by the commission.
In another telegram to Senator Ba-
con Manager Scott alleged that there
had been Interruptions of the mail
service, and he requested the senator
to call at the postOffice department
and ask that the fullest authority of
the legal department be exerted in
the matter.
When Senator Bacon had read and
considered Manager SCOTS two teIe-
grams he proceeded to do the right
thing. Instead of rushing to the in
terstate commerce commission or to
the postmaster general to invoke fed
eral Intervention in a strike affair
between white firemen and negro
firemen here in Georgia the senator
replied by wire to General Manager
Scott as we are informed by the
Washington correspondent of the
Atlanta Constitution, that the power
to protect persons and property and
to preserve order in the state belongs
to the state government. He further
said that in his judgment the United
States government does not have this
duty devolved upon it unless called
on, either by the state legislature or
by the governor, to protect the state
against domestic violence, as pre-
scribed in the constitution of the
United States. For this reason SEN
ator Bacon did not deem it proper
to ask the Intervention of the United
States government, and declined to
make the request and so notified Gen
eral Manager Scott
Well done, Senator Bacon!
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26
THE GREAT GATHERING OF
BAPTTSTS.

The closing reports of the pro-
ceedings of the great gathering of
southern Baptists at Louisville are
briefly given in this issue of The
News, and are replete with interest
not alone for the members of the Bap-
fist denomination, but the public in
general. AS is usual, the Baptists
raised great sums of money for mis-
sionary and educational work The
denomination leads the way in the
effort to promote education, religious
education. Their splendid schools
dot the southland and are a potent
force for enlightenment and good
citizenship, and morality as we'll.
On these accounts society owes a
debt of gratitude to the Baptists.
They may be criticised for this or
that. Some people may think "close
communion" is over-exclusive, and
others may regard immersion" as
an over-literal construction of bap-
tism, but we believe that most
people-at least the fair-minded-
will agree that the Baptists have a
right to practice close communion and
immersion if they want to. All people
must agree that they are leaders in
the cause of education. They give
to schools with liberality that COM
mands admiration, and society at
large reaps the benefit of this liberal
and wise policy. All of us cannot
be Baptists, but we can accord credit
where it is due and appreciation
where it is warranted And Georgia
Baptists may take pride in the fact
that the voice and influence of this
state were potential at the great gath
ering of the Baptist hosts in the
Kentucky city.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26
GRAVES GLEANINGS.

Mrs. j. H. Whitchard of Dawson
spent a few days last week with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Jolley.
Mr.. J. F. Sawyer is attending the
exercises of the district agri-
cultural college at Americas.
Miss Ruth McKie and DR.. S. D.
Bowman attended a concert in She'll
man last Friday evening.
Mrs. j. T. Grimes is attending
commencement exercises at Andrew
Female College this week.
Messrs. ]. N. Bolton, J. T. Grimes
and c. d. Grimes went on a fishing
trip to Cordray's last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Miller of Daw-
son spent Sunday at the home of
Mr. Geo. Commander.
Mrs. 1. H. Kimble and children
have returned from visit to rela-
tives in Columbus.
Mrs. T. A. McWilliams has re-
turned from an extended visit to rel
atives in Dublin.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. D. Smith of Daw-
son visited at the home of Rev J. l..
Smith last week.
Mr.. w. A. Davidson of Dawson
spent Sunday with relatives here.
Mr.. H. 7. Achord attended the bar
becue at Brentwood Saturday.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26
A PICNIC AT NIELTON'S.

Miss Chap Saville entertained her
music class at delightful picnic at
Melton's mill Saturday. There were
forty guests present, and all declare
Miss Saville a very charming and
ideal hostess. Early in the morning
the guests were taken out in four
wagons. The day was spent in fish
ing, bathing, boating and in enjoy
ment of the pleasures which make
Melton's millpOnd such a delightful
picnic ground. At noon a very boun-
teOus and delightful lunch was served
in the cool and shady grove by the
pond. An enjoyable feature of the
afternoon was the ascension of a
gaily-colored paper balloon. The
joyous shouts and laughter of the
guests proclaimed them one of the
merriest and happiest of picnic par
ties.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26

The Atlanta Constitution has in
augurated a good roads movement by
which it is hoped to secure at least
eight automobile highways leading
from each corner and side of Georgia
to that city. AS an incentive The
Constitution has offered $4,000 in
prizes for endurance contests over
the proposed routes, the money to be
paid to those counties having the best
roads. Albany, Dublin and Fitzger-
aid have supplemented this amount
with $1,000 each, and the Savan-
nah News has offered $500 for
a contest from that city to Augusta.
One Of the proposed routes in the
Constitution plan, if the people of
the four counties take sufficient in
terest in it, is from FIT. Gaines
through Cuthbert and Dawson to
Americas. The News is always glad
to see a movement of any kind which
tends to encourage the making of
better highways.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26
A PECULIAR MILLIONAIRE.

A, ]. Drexel Biddle, of Philadel-
phia, not content with trying to ele-
vate the prize ring goes farther. He
wishes to abolish race discrimination
and to allow the negroes and the yell
low, brown and red divisions of man
kind the same show as the whites in
trying for the diamond belt in the
manly art of self-defense. To prove
his sincerity he had two rounds with
Jack Johnson, the black champion,
in an abandoned negro church in
Merchantville, N. j., one day last
week. Biddle wanted more boxing,
but Johnson haughtily declined. Of
course it was play for the negro, but
even then he did not wish to waste
time on this peculiar millionaire.
1t is a strange fancy this Phila-
delphian of good family, of ample
means, of high social position is in
dulging in. 1t would seem that he
could do something better for hui
mainly than perfecting himself as a
puncher and wasting time in the COM
pany of men who have nothing in
common with him and who, when his
back is turned, smile at his folly in
trying to be a genteel, prize fighter.
Men who follow this business do it
because nothing better than pre-
eminence in fisticuffs opens before
them They must doubt the level
headedness of a man worth $4,000
900, reared in cultured surroundings
leading a correct life and a favorite
in ultra-fashionable society when he
seeks out his social antipodeans ant
considers it a big thing, a glorious
occasion, when he puts on the boxing
gloves with Jack Johnson, Jacl
O'Brien or Tom Sharkey-the lead
ing roughscuffs in this brutality
and gives the public an exhibition o
his skill with these trained nobodie
in a role as disgusting as It is dis
reputable.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26
THE CHARTER MEETING.

The meeting of the citizens of
Dawson that was called by the coun-
Gil for Thursday night for the pur-
pose of discussing and considering
the new charter that has been re-
ported by the commission who were
appointed to draft it has been post
poned until Friday night, official no.
tice being given to this effect by the
mayor in this issue of The News.
1t is well for the people to
meet and confer together at all
times, and the meeting Friday night
should be large and representative.
The matter of a new charter is one
in which every citizen is inter
ested. A charter stands in the same
relation to the people of town that
the constitution does to the people of
the state. 1t is for the banker, the
merchant, the professional man, the
manufacturer the capitalist, the cor
poration, the mechanic and the labor
er alike, and should be just to all.
The charter as reported by the
commission is printed in full in this
issue of The News by order of the
council, and every citizen of Dawson
should read it so as to be in position
to act intelligently and with fairness
at the meeting Friday night.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26
Spend Your Money VIII Home People.
From the Gainesville Herald.

from Jne Gal
When a transient fellow comes to
town to ask Gainesville folks for
their money in any sort of business
and expects to get all and give moth
ing watch him. If he ignores the
local printing houses for his print
ing, if he sends to Atlanta for his
supplies, if he happens to think that
the beautiful little Queen City of
the Mountains isn't quite good
enough for him-show him; he's
from Missouri.
And if the local man who asks
your patronage and help and cooper
alton in his business doesn't give
you-the home man, the one he
continually relies upon-the first op-
pOrtunity to serve him in a business
way, if he doesn't trade with you,
| it's self protection TO call him down
and ask him to hustle Gust as you
have) for the business on his own
merit.
Every job of printing you send
away from Gainesville costs you more
than you can have it done for here
in more ways than one. Some
small folks in some small towns give
their home printing houses only the
work they are obliged to have the
day the order is given, and then
kick like a sorrel steer on the price
which is usually a third less than
they would have to pay for the same
goods in Atlanta,
When they want nice work they
fail to consult the home folks, send
off their jobs, wait from a week to
a month for them, and pay cheerfully
a fancy price for fancy wrapper
around the package. If they should
chance to stop and investigate they
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26
OF THE FEE SYSTEM.


The movement to abolish the fee
system of paying public officials is
becoming general. One-half of the
states, it is stated, have acted on the
and now Alabama. as we'll
as Georgia, is discussing its abuses
and getting in shape to make a fight
against the evil The Birmingham
Age-Herald forcibly and truly says:
mo single reform in any state
relieves to a greater extent the
poor, the weak and the humble
from innumerable wrongs. No
other reform empties so speedily
the jails. No other reform re-
duces arrests, unclogs the courts
and puts criminal statutes on a
just and even basis as would the
abolition of fees. The search
for fees in many cases extends
further than the everyday citi-
zen is aware of. 1t is a search
conducted with the utmost alert
ness and without a particle of
humanity. 1t is selfish eX-
ploitation affecting those who
are so poor they cannot secure
the services and protection of
competent counsel-of those
who cannot make bail bonds.
If the truth, the whole truth,
concerning the schemes to gath
err in fees were told the entire
state would be shocked beyond
measure"
The fee system wherever it exists
in state, county or municipality
S wrong from every point of view;
and besides, as the Macon News says,
under it our courts for the admin
stration of justice among the poor
often become engines of oppression
instead"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26
F arm Lands

$500 acres, with stock. in
Guiding mules and brood mares
hogs, COWS and goats; corn, fod-
der and all farm implements
including reapers, binders and
other improved machinery
This magnificent farm, togeth-
er with all of the above prom
erty, can be had for SIS an
acre.
$50 acres, four miles south of
Dawson, at a price that cannot
be met in any similar value.
557 acres of land in i'm
proved state of cultivation, two
and one-half miles north of
Bronwood.
$50 acres of land southwest
of Brentwood, having on it a
large quantity of hardwood
timber.
1000 acres of land in the
Fourth district. This place is
well improved.
800 acres of land in the Sixth
district, well improved.
665 acres three miles north
of Bronwood, including stock
VIII give you bargain in this.
and Terms if desired.
100 acres lying in and Just
beyond the limits of Dawson
$50 acres OF land east of
Brentwood.
400 acres of well-improved
land a mile and a half from
Dawson.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26

neSVilIe Herald.
would find that other towns are
sending job printing by thousands
of impressions to the Gainesville
shops on account of the excellence
of the work turned out.
The printer folks of Gainesville
work for Gainesville, and do, we
dare say, more work through the
papers for the good of the town, for
your business, for your property and
your plans than even the foreign
missionary does for the heather, for
the missionary gets more cold cash
remuneration for his work than nine
tenths of the newspaper men we are
acquainted with.
When a fellow wants something
whooped up he bones the home pa
per; when he has job of printing
that he is willing to allow the typo
graphical artist to make a living
profit from he sends it to Atlanta,
waits patiently for week or a month
for the job, accepts the Atlanta type
blacksmith's taste as the real thing,
takes the paper drummer's word for
the quality of the stock, pays cash
for the job when delivered, and then
goes around to the printery at home
and demands free write-up of about
ten dollars worth, inserts an ad. of
ten lines at five cents line, kicks at
note heads at even ninety-eight cents
thousand, and then puts the home
man off for three months before he
pays the bill.
And when the fellow dies we will
write him an obituary that his wife
and his partner won't recognize, and
then begin with fresh courage to
boom the town to which for a de-
cade we've given our life and efforts.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26
THE DEBT HABIT.
From the Triton Gazette.

A true index of the state of the
public mind for the past few years,
and also an insight into one of the
reasons for so-called hard times, is
found when we read statement of
the financial condition of the aver
age county or municipality in this
section.
Scarcely one of them, and not one
that we can call to mind at present,
is out of debt, and many are heavily
involved for years to come.
The condition of these public
treasures indicates the general state
of public mind for several years past.
There has been too much spending
without taking into account the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26
School Closes; Bic Day.

The spring term of Yeoman' s
Academy, of which Mrs. Helen Gurr
is the efficient principal, closed
Thursday with public exercises that
reflected much credit on both teach
ers and pupils. At noon one of the
sumptuous dinners for which the
good people of that community are
noted was spread on the ground, and
partaken Of by the large crowd pres
ent. The occasion was a successful
and enjoyable one in every respect.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26

source of revenue; too much buying
without first having the wherewith
to pay; too much reaching forward
or advance movement without duly
protecting the rear.
This is as true of individual eff
fort as of public ventures. In Or
der for conditions to resume the nor
nal there must be a REIMBURSEMENT
of things. There must be clearing
up and wiping out of old scores and
the slate cleaned for new ventures,
public and private
This entire section must have a
revival of a wholesome, genuine,
from-the-heart debt-paying religion,
and then we will be once more happy
on the way to the promised land.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26

The schools are all closing this
week, and it is a happy time alike
for the young hopefuls and the proud
parents-though for widely different
reasons. There has been a great for
ward stride in Terrell county's edu-
cational interests the past ten years,
and but few counties have a better
or a more progressive school system.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26
What She WOnld Do.
he OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

From the Congregationalist.
After all, the old lady was right
when she said: eff l had the entire
corn crop in my possession I'd con-
vert it all into starch to stiffen the
backbones of those men who can't
stand up straight on the temperance
question"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26

Colorado has been celebrating the
semi-centennial of the discovery of
gold in that state. The first find
was at Idaho Springs, about thirty
eight miles northeast of Denver.
That discovery gave birth to the
slogan of pixies Peak or Bust, :"
which lured many a hardy prospector
to the West and to hardship and
often death. The proud city of Den
yer has been built in that half CEN
fury, and Colorado has developed
into one of the show places of the
continent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26
Graduate at Shorter.

The News acknowledges an invi-
tation to the commencement exercises
of Shorter Female College at Rome
Among the graduates are two young
ladies of Dawson: Miss Jessie Pearl
Turner, literary and Oratory, and
Miss Nellie Kate Laing, oratOry.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26
Not a Pleasing Picture.

From the Americas Times-Recorder.
AS an evidence of the change in
southern womanhood that is not
pleasing Tom Watson refers to the
sight of ladies in railroad coaches
with heads thrown back, bottles to
their lips, gurgling down the So
called soft drinks. The picture is
one, he insists, that would never have
been seen in the south before the
war.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26

Just one month from today Lit
tie Joe" will become governor of
Georgia in fact. He will enter upon
his duties one of the best known and
most popular men who ever held
that exalted office.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26
Removal Notice.

My barber shop is now located on
North avenue in the Dean building
next door to Wall Bros, and if you
want professional hair cut or any
thing in the barber line come to see
me. WILLIS REEVES.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26

They have an income tax in Co
lumbia, S. c., and from recently pub
lished returns it seems that a num-
Der of Columbians who are riding
about in $4,000 automobiles have in
comes of only $1,000 to $500 a
year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26

Dawson will entertain two large
religious conventions next month.
Of course they will be given gen.
timely hearty and hospitable well
come. Every home should be open
to the delegates.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26

The legislature of Pennsylvania
has passed and the governor has
signed a bill making it a crime in
that state for people to spit on the
sidewalks. The new law will be
talked about for week, and then
it will be forgotten by everybody and
disregarded by everybody else. We
have here various laws about spit
ting and other things that are obeyed
only when people feel like doing it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26

The senators are still whacking
away at the tariff-and each other.
1t is believed that it will be several
weeks yet before a vote is reached.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26

The Atlanta Journal and the New
York Herald have united and offered
some large prizes, aggregating sew
eral thousand dollars, for an auto
mobile contest between the two
cities. 1t is a good roads movement,
and the prizes will be for the best
roads along the route
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26

Never can tell when you'll mash
finger or suffer a cut, bruise. burn
or scald. Be prepared DR.. Thorn
as Electric Oil instantly relieves
the pain-quickly cures the wound.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-26

One of the largest cargoes of oats
ever brought to this country arrived
the other day in New York by ship
from the Argentine Republic. AS
the Savannah News says, "a consid-
cradle proportion of this cargo will
doubtless be shipped to Georgia to
feed the mules that drag cotton plows
over the lands that would produce
50 worth of oats to every 81 worth
of cotton"