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The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30

Route next year much stress is laid on
the indications for spring boom Which
viii be as great but not so inflated as
the movement following the earth-
quake and fire.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30
ROBBER CHLOROFORMS
SLEEPING SAL00NMAN
TSeeeiol Di,Datch to The Can

SACRAMENTO, Oct. 29.-Peter Nell
son. proprietor. OF a saloon in~ the
Twelfth street road north Of this eity,
was chloroformed and robbed while
asleep at his place of business last
night. The burglar got sS5, which Law
in a purse at Nelson's bedside. and
about $50 from the cash till in the
saloon. He then threw the till into
the American river.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30

BOY MISSING-Oakiand. Oct 2g.-The parents
of Clarence Doerner Of 1892 Cherry street re-
ported today that the boy. who is only IS
years of age, disappeared from home week
ago and has not been seen since.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30
TAFT 4 PENNOYER
Saturday Items From Many Departme

The following represent but very small traction of the many
values to be found throughout the establishment for Saturday
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30

Since the property was first opened
TO the public, the opening sale day hav-
ing been less than two weeks ago, So
lots have been sold. Men and women
who have been looking for a home
site that approached their ideal have
found what they wanted in Rock Ridge
park, and without exception they have
marveled that such property as that
IS being offered TO the public at prices
ranging from slI to $50 front foot.
The following is the report of Walter
B. Fawcett, secretary of the board of
public works on the building permits
fccrIad his r.-cnlr.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-07
GOVERNMENT ON A SPREE.
Spending More Money Than 1t Did
During Spanish War.

Jefferson said that the accounts of
the United States government should
be as simple as those of a well-kept
farm. So they are in some respects.
For one thing, the income and the
Outgo, though expressed in terms of
hundreds Of millions, are as plain as
the earnings and expenditures of a
clerk or mechanic.
If a clerk or mechanic earned
$1,000 a year and spent $1,000 he
would soon be forced to discover
new sources of income or get into
trouble with his creditors. Uncle
Sam is in the same predicament.
Though his income is in the neigh
borhood Of 100000 per annum
he is spending much more than that,
and that is why we are hearing of
new taxes at Washington.
Men sometimes become reckless,
and going on sprees, indulge in many
eXtravagances from which they must
recover by economy. So nations
sometimes go to war and draw down
their surplus and become involved in
debt If they do not return to the
old habits of life they must impose
more taxes or suspend payment. The
United States government spent more
money last year than it did during
the year of the Spanish war, and al
most as much as the average yearly
expenditure during the four years of
civil War.-New York World.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-07

rect" He also unblushingly admits:
Il wrote a good deal at that time
because | had nothing else to do"
A good many card writer's appar-
emily write for no better reason and
upon the same basis, but few are
willing to admit it.
This appointee of Governor Smith,
who holds on while his friend goes
out of office under a ban of popular
disapproval, while the incoming ad-
ministration threatens to cut down
the number of members of that
body of which he is chairman, GER
tainly has both courage and ability;
he voted right in this case, and far
be it from us to see anything anom-
alOus in the fact that his conscience
and convictions do not keep him
from running with the tide of pre-
vailing sentiment.
Sure, Guyte is all right; but he
always was a cynical sort of a cuss.
o. B. Stevens is the one member
of the railroad commission now who
holds his office by appointment, yet
while he voted the same way as
Chairman McLendon he was not sus-
pended. He was not supposed to be
my commissioners; therefore, his
vote caused no disappointment; yet
in reality his Offense was exactly the
same, and therefore equally great.
1t can hardly be matter of doubt
that no other man in the state of
Georgia except HOke Smith would
have assumed such arbitrary power.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-07
The "Gold Brick" Chairman.

From the Atlanta Journal
Smarting under the penalty he
has just paid for his apostacy and
infamed by the sting of his own cor
roding conscience the gold brick
chairman of the railroad commission
sputters into retirement with a cor
ruscation of low inyectiye and sple,
netic balderdash
With more than a hundred thous-
and fingers pointed at him from all
over Georgia in mingled scOrn and
derision this discredited public SER
want naturally chates under the can
did Characterization OF an indignant
people. 1t could not fail to irritate
a sensitive soul which takes to fat
terry as a cat laps milk"
But he has sown the wind, and he
may rely upon the assumption" that
today and tomorrow and for many
days he will reap the east wind, il
not the whirlwind, of a peoples
righteous wrath.
Even the scorned Iscariot had the
redeeming decency to hang himself
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-07
GIVES AWAY $4,000 A DAY.
Mrs. Russell Sage Rapidly Diminish.
ing Fortune Left Her.

In less than three years Mrs. Rus
sell Sage mas spent more than $25,-
100000 for public purposes and the
benefit of mankind. The recent in
vestigation abroad Of the question Of
Workingmen's insurance and the es-
Enlistment of gigantic employ
ment bureau call attention anew to
her prolific bounty.
1t took Russell Sage fifty years to
get $50, 100000. This great sum
represented the pinching and scrap
ing together of what amounted to
$4,000 a day for the Lifetime of the
astute fnancier.
Mrs. Sage is now giving away the
fortune at the rate Of $4,000 a day.
If the widow continues her charities
at the pace she has set all will be
gone in I've years. Comparison of
, the financier's power to make money
with Mrs. Sage's faculty of giving il
away shows that the widow is giving
away 81 in the same time that it
took Mr.. Sage to accumulate the
proverbial thirty cents"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-07
PLANS FOR THE CENTRAL
Hartman to Connect Up Loose Ends.
First Extension Will Be From
HawkinsVilIe to Perry. I.

A well-known Georgian who says
he has seen the map containing the
outlines of the proposed railroad ex-
tensions to be made by Mr.. Harri-
man to bring the Central of Georgia
Railway to the highest state of eff
cheney, is authority for the statement
that the first piece of new road built
in Georgia under Mr. Harriman's di-
rection will extend from Hawkins
vile to Perry and from Perry to
Rumph's. There it will connect with
the main line of the Central Railway
and in this way Mr.. Hartman will
give his big system another outlet
from Savannah to New Orleans and
from New Orleans to Savannah. The
plan includes the use of some of the
mileage of the Wrightsville & Ten
mile railroad, according to this au-
thority, who is a Savannah man not
given to talking lightly of railroad
schemes or anything else where
finances are concerned.
The purpose of this new line to
the southwest will be to cut out Ma
con SO DIS 10 save the Clme now lost
by the freight trains bound west in
winding their way through the ex-
tensive and busy railroad yards there.
1t is said this delay is a very long
and expensive one for fast freight
trains. That Mr.. Hartman is to get
actively at work improving his sys-
tenn in this state by connecting up
some of it's loose ends and working
out new connections seems certain,
and that it has been decided to make
the extensions and connections men
toned is believed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-07
Poetic and Political Justice.

From the Macon Evening News.
The Iolicy of it aside, Governor
Smiths suspension of Chairman S.
&. McLcndon Of the Georgia railroad
commission is poetic and political
justice
The News is not going to attempt
to umpire the merits of the port rate
question. We read at the time some
of the arguments Mr.. McLendon
wrote in support Of port rates. We
have not read any of his more recent
arguments for the other side. Life
is too short, The question is one Of
the nOW-you-see-it and now-you-dOn' t
sort that admits Of plausible argu-
ment either way to suit the point
Of view from which one may look
at it. 1t is like the tariff. One can
get up an argument on either side
of it, and at need be on both sides
at once.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-07
Has Seen a New Light.

From the DOuglaSsyille Argus.
The Hon. Guyt. McLendon, who
three years ago champed the reform
bits, argued port rates as glibly as
his leader, has seen the light re-
fiected from a different position
since taking the oath OF Office and
delving into the intricacie5 OF the
question.
There is quite a difference in writ
ing cards to get an office and how
you see things after securing the
Tlum, isn't there, Guyt?
An oath and hearing yourself talk
Ilts an entirely different front on.
1t is refreshing to see sanity re-
turning to those who were scared
to death three years ago for fear
the railroad octopus would gather
the people up in its arms and carry
them to the demnition bow-wows.
1t is only the "reformer' who
never learns from past experience.
He may be downed, but will rise
again and cry wolf" until he gets
to feeding in the public trough
And it is pity that the people
will heed the cry in order that a Nv
selfish politicians may thrive and
flourish
Guyt. McLendon is one of those
who, it seems, is in favor of pictur-
ing desolation in order to reach Of
fee.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-07
Why This Discrimination.

From the Augusta Chronicle.
But, we say again, we shall not
shed tears. 1t may be bit rough
on the Honorable GuYton McLendOn
but it is an eye-opener for the
people 1t was bit rough on Little
Joe two years ago. but he rapidly
recovered from it-and grew con-
siderably in doing so Which causes
us to wonder if the Great and Only
One has, IN his reckless vindictive-
ness, promoted another railroad
commissioner to the governorship.
And if so, why did he discriminate
against Uncle lobe" Stevens and
the Hon. Warner Hill? Either would
make Georgia a good governor-and
both voted with Chairman McLendon
against the port rate gold brick. -
Being a friend of both gentlemen
we rather resent the fact that the
Hon. Hoke didn't give them a lift
toward the governorship-too.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-07
None But Atlanta viii Approve.
rom the Albany Herald.


From the Albany Herald.
Outside of Atlanta the governor s
action will not meet with popular
few friends in the state outside of
the capitol, and the decision of the
railroad commission denying the pc
tition to put them into effect was
greeted with almost unanimous ap-
prevail, the newspapers and trade
bodies of Atlanta being the conspicu-
Gus and almost the only exceptions.
If Governor Smith has any idea
that his suspension of Commissioner
McLendon will place a sort of politi-
cal mark of Cain upon that gentle
man he is very badly mistaken. The
exoneration of the suspended COM
missioner will be speedy and COM
plete, and so enthusiastic and nearly
unanimous that it will leave not the
slightest room to doubt that Mr.. Nc
Lendon's course is approved by the
whole people of Georgia Far from
being a mark of dishonOr, as the At
lanta newspapers would make it APP
pear, the change of front on the part
of the chairman of the railroad COM
mission was the highest evidence of
his integrity and the surest proof of
his courage. His assumption" that
certain things were true had been
based upon false premises. Realizing
the truth Mr.. McLendon deemed his
oath of office more sacred than his
allegiance to a platform in which
assumption" figured largely, and
which had been emphatically repudi-
ated by the people of the state. two
years after its adoption.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-07
Rule of Man Above Law.

From the Macon Telegraph.
If by Whim or caprice, or by the
seizure of power, a governor can say
to a railroad commission, IF you do
not vote on this question as | direct
| will suspend you from office, and
present you to the legislature for
Impeachment" he can apply the
same intimidation to the judges of
our courts and to the members of
the general assembly. He can seize
practically all power, enthrOne him
self and dethrOne the people.
Z Unfortunately Governor Smith be-
longs to that class which believes in
the rule of the man above the law.
He demonstrated that feeling when
he cast out Chairman Brown, and
+ again when he turned down Chair
man McLendOn, saying in the latter
( case, He is no longer my commits
siOner, the expression involving
the idea of ownership in the case
the proprietOrship by the executive.
The chairman must be expelled be-
cause he does not obey orders.
How harmful, then, to the law
and common justice is the theory
that they must know first, and then
do, the will of the governor before
they act for themselves under their
Oaths of Office. 1t is the most serious
assault in our generation on popular
+ government. 1t is the boldest at
tempt in our day to set up one-man
rule in Georgia!
1t is noticeable fact that no at
tack is made on Warner Hill. None
on o. B. Stevens. These two are
/ seemingly excused. The attack is
made on S. G. McLendon. Why? Why
do they denounce him as a Benedict
Arnold and suspend him? Because
prior to the beginning of the term
to which he had been elected COM
missioner, and after his election, the
governor appointed him to fill the
short term made vacant by the ex-
pulsion of Joe Brown. This, in the
black lexicon of Might, made him
the leasehOld of the appointing pow
er. What had the constitution of
the state to do with it; or the stat
utes, or the conscience, or the oath
Of the man Friday plucked from
darkness and put into place,
No, there is no kick coming
against Warner Hill He lives in the
western portion of the state, and was
not expected to enthuse over a prop
Osition to give Atlanta the whip
handle in trade over the balance Of
the state. Ditto, o. B. Stevens He
is not an Atlanta man. All that was
expected, of course, and of course
| The two Atlanta men on the COM
mission, Gambler and Hillyer, came
along all right. The third man was
needed. They had hooks on him,
but the hooks tore out. He was
| their chattel. Did the governor not
! appoint him to the short term even
after he had been elected for the
long term by the people? Did not
| this give them the leasehold for the
! long term also?
We have been thus particular to
explain in order to emphasize the
difference between the rule of the
written law and the rule by the will
of man set above the law.
If the liberties of the people are
not founded upon the bedrock of the
written law then they must face eth
er mob law or the despotism of an
autocracy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-07
MARKING MIGRATING BIRDS.
Plan on Foot to Inaugurate Scheme
in This Country.

A short time ago a stork was shot
in Rhodesia bearing upon it's leg a
metal ring which proved that the bird
had been marked in Prussia, when
1t was a nesting, by the Rossiten
bird observatory, while more recent
~ a stork similarly hinged" in
Hungary was shot in the Kalahari
desert.
H. F. Witherby is inaugurating a
scheme for marking birds in a sim
liar way in this country. 1t is hoped
by this means to gain a more exact
idea Of the movements of individual
birds than has ever been possible by
any other method, and this should
not onl y throw light upon the more
general aspects of migration. hut if
should tell us a great deal that is
at present obscure with regard to
particular points.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-07
Learned Better After Studying.

From the Savannah News.
1t is but fair to Mr. McLendon to
say that he followed his convictions.
When he wrote and talked in favor
of port rates in the campaign of
1906 he didn't understand the ques-
ton. He frankly admits he didn't.
When he had studied the question,
and understood it, he did what any
other honest man would have done.
He admitted that he had been mis-
taken, and he decided in accordance
with his convictions. And for doing
that the governor has undertaken to
punish him. Apparently what the
governor wanted was a decision in
favor of port rates even if the COM
mission thought such rates were not
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-07
IN MEMORY OF MRS. NORMAN.
A Friend Pays Loving Tribute to
Her Memory.

Mrs. Nina Bell Norman, wife of
Mr.. Green Norman, was born near
Bronwood in 1887, and died June
"a, 1909, aged % years.
She was converted early in life,
and until death lived life of faith
IN Christ. She was exceedingly
Jealous in her christian work, and
seemed to live only for the good that
she could do. She had been IN poor
health for almost a year. She is sur
vlyed by her husband and one child.
The remains were carried to the
First Baptist church in Brentwood
for burial. Funeral services were
conducted by Rev. S. j. Hargrove.
To her home our Fathers caller her.
And were lonely here tonight;
From our circles gone her presence.
How we miss her smile so bright!
In affection long she fingered.
AS If loath from us to part;
Seemed she wished to lead to glory
Those so dear unto her heart
Though she's gone, the sacred mem
DRY
Of a mother true and kind,
And a wife so good and faithful
Lingers in our saddened mind.
Yet we weep not as for others
Who've no hope beyond this
sphere;
For the Holy Spirit witnessed
That her title there was clear.
When we think of our deDarted
It's not of one meath the sod,
But in spotless robes rejoicing
Round the golden throne of God.
EULA HOOKS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-07
TO PARDON 1.-TWO BRAIDS."
White Apache Makes Call on Presi-
dent Taft.

After a trip to Washington and a
special audience with Big Chief"
Taft Thomas Two Braids SPRINGFIELD
is in San Antonio with the assurance
of a complete restoration of his
rights as a white American citizen.
Two Braids is the white Apache
who, after forty years of life with
GeronimO's band, learned his name
and found his kinsmen in San Anto-
Mo several months ago. His father
and mother were massacred by a
band of ApaChes in McMullen county
in 1870 when he was four years old,
and lie was carried away with the
tribes. He forgot his language, be-
came one of GerOnimo's warriors and
was sentenced with the other braves
to captivity for life. In order to Sc
cure his release from that sentence
he went to Washington and told his
story to the president.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-07
FEEDING A PYTHON.
Forcing Milk Punch Down the Neck
of Monster Snake.

1t took six men to feed the 23-foot
python in the geological garden, Gin
cinnati, the other day The huge
reptile once lurked in a South Amer
lean jungle, and when in good con-
dition it weighs 225 pounds. For
the last three months, however, it
has been "off it's feed" and only
weighs 10 pounds at present. 1t
refused to eat the delicate rats, in
viting guinea pigs and tender live
chickens which were offered to it.
So IN order to save the snakes life
it was determined to make it eat.
Five men succeeded in holding the
snake while the superintendent
poured a gallon of milk punch down
the reptiles neck through a gas pipe.
The python will be fed artifcialIy
again in a few days, and it is then
expected that it's appetite will re-
turn.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-07
THE SUSPENDED COMMISSIONER
Comment Papers Latest Political Sensation
Others Are Indifferent.

right and for the best interests of
the people.
Is the governors judgment better
than that of the commission as to
whether or not the best interests of
the people require the port rates
which he wants? If so, what is the
use of a commission? Better save
the $4,000 the commission costs
and let the governor make the rates.
Back of it all is not there the effort
of Atlanta to grab the jobbing trade
of the stateo
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-07
HALF MILLION FOR A PAINTING

Rembrandt's painting, THE Mill, !"
has been sold in London for $780,
900. The rumor is that an Ameri-
can millionaire is the purchaser. The
picture shows the sunset rays light
ing up lonely windmill on a ruined
bastion. But why should anybody
want to pay half million dollars
for such a picture when he might
have bought the mill itself for much
less money?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-07
Guyte a Cynical Cuss.

From the Griffin News.
His lengthy communications favor
ing port rates in the Smith cam
paigns being recalled to him, Chair
man McLendon cynicaly says
Much of that was written on as
sumption, and l have since informed
myself that much of it was incor-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-07
A Night Riders Raid

The worst night riders are calo-
mel croton oil or aloes pills. They
RAD your bed to rob you of rest.
Aot so with DR.. Kings New Life
rms. They never distress or incon-
Venlence, but always cleanse the svs-
TEN, curing colds, headache. consti-
patton, malaria. 25c at Dawson
Drug Co.'S. 'oii
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-27
SPA|LD|NGs TAKE
RANK WITH Y
AND D.A. {.
LOSE TO CLUB TEAM BY SMALL
MARGIN IN EXCITING GAME
-OFFICIALS WE'RE CUNNING
FOR BIG cox.

Though held To four field baskets In
the whole game, the fast little Spald-
ing five gave ID. A. c. a very stir argu'
ment last evening before crowd mat
jammed the club gymnasium TO the
rafters. Mazer's gang Winning II 10
Is, after leading all the way by about
the same margin.
The vigilance with which the Off
Gals of the contest followed big Cox,
Of ID. A. - about the floor and their
penchant for footing a whistle every
time he laid hands on Roxborough.
his Negro opponent. was the real
cause OF the closeness OF the contest
No less than l3 fouls were called on
Cox. and Capt. Ulbrich, or the Spald-
ings shot 10 of them. The of,icials
had evidently been primed for Cox at
the start for, whenever they allowed
an intermission. Roxborough's squeals
brought them back to work again.
The Spaldings played clean game
throughout. giving little opportunity
for Mazer TO do much OF any scoring
from the foul line.
In field shooting the ID. A. c. was
considerably superior, Shinnick, Cox
and Mazer handily outplaying their
opponents who. however. did lot OF
clever passing at the end OF the nan
not populated by ID. A. c.
Billions work at guard was uni
formly brilliant and the Spaldings
were materially assisted by tend
ency OF the officials to ignore penal
ties commonly invoked for pushing
an opponent out OF bounds with the
ball In his possession.
The Spaldings had the old Eastern
high gang OF rooters with them strong.
They covered their opponents finely
and gave plenty of opportunity for the
enthusiasm TO cut loose when they
took the offensive
That the Spaldings are now
worthy foe for any team in the state
or city is freely admitted. there being
plenty of supporters who will not con-
cede that either d. A. G. or Y vi. {. A.
has any right to expect better than
an even chance of defeating them.
The teams have arranged to play
second game at the ID. a. {. on the
evening OF March and Director
Brewer Of NJ. A. G. will be On hand 20
do the officiating.