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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
BARGAINS
IN FARM LANDS

1000 acres, located on public road
nine miles from Albany, Ga, and
four miles from Walker, Ga. Land
red with clay subsoil; about 500
acres open; $50 acres in fine long
leaf virgin pine timber located two
miles from railroad station; five good
houses and good barn, plenty of wa
ter, including good fish pond. Price
$3.50 per acre. Can give you terms.
500 acres four miles from Albany,
Ga. Public road through the place.
No waste land; about 375 acres
open; 100 acres in fine round long
leaf virgin pine timber; large pear
orchard; one dwelling and seven ten
ant houses. Price $3.50 per acre.
Cheap at SIS per acre.
500 acres about two miles from
Adams, Ga. Land red and gray with
clay subsoil; ESQ acres open, balance
in wood land; one dwelling and four
tenant houses. Rented this year for
five bales of cotton. Price $500 per
acre.
If interested write or call to see
ALLEN & CROCKETT,
Americas, Ga.
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Administrators Sale of Land.

Georgia, Terrell County.-By vir-
tue of an order of the Court of Or
binary of said county will be sold at
public cutlery, on the first Tuesday in
April next, 1909, before the court
house in Dawson, between the usual
hours of sale, the following real es-
tate in Terrell county Ga: All those
parts of lots of land Nos. 295 and
296 which lie south of the Dover
and Herod public road, in the Fourth
district of said county, said lands
aggregating 2021a acres, more or
less, and being sold as the property
of J. ]. McLain, deceased
MRS. G. j. MILAN,
Administrative of the Estate of J. j.
McLain, Deceased.
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For Administration.

Georgia, Terrell County.-To All
Whom 1t May Concern: T. G. Geise
having in proper form applied to me
for permanent letters of administra-
ton on the estate of P. M. Hawkins,
late of said county, this is to cite
all and singular the creditors and
next of kin of P M. Hankins to be
and appear at my Office within the
time allowed by law, and show cause,
if any they can, why permanent ad-
ministration should not be granted
to T. c. Geise on P. NJ. Hankins' es-
state.
Witness my hand and official sig
nature this LIST day of March, 1909.
w. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
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my three years old boy was badly
constipated, had high fever and was
in an awful condition. 1 gave him
two doses of FOley's Orino Laxative
and the next morning the fever was
gone and he was entirely we'll. Fo-
ley's Orino Laxative saved his life. :"
"A. Wolkush, Chasimer, Wis. Daw-
son Drug Co. and Peoples Drug
Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
New Store.

| have opened an up-to-date stock
OF groceries at the old Fulton stand,
corner Of Fulton and Main streets.
Prices right, and recollection of
quality will remain long after prices
have been forgotten. Prompt deliv-
cry. Your patronage is solicited.
@. II. BUCHANAN,
The New Groceryman.
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Consumption

is, by no means, the dreadful
disease it is thought to be-in
the beginning.
1t can always be stopped-in
the beginning. The trouble. is:
you don't know you've got it;
you don't believe it; you won't
believe it'll you are forced
to. Then it is dangerous.
Don't be afraid; but attend
to it quick-you can do it
yourself and at home. Take
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
Simple Remedy for La Grippe.

La grippe coughs are dangerous,
as they frequently develop into pneu-
monia. Foley's Honey and Tar not
only stops the cough, but heals and
strengthens the lungs so that no
serious results need be feared. The
genuine Foley's Honey and Tar con-
tains no harmful drugs, and is in a
yellow package. Refuse substitutes.
Dawson Drug Co, and Peoples Drug
Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
Live Man Wanted.

People working for us make mon
ey. A live man wanted in this local
lity Must be a hustler.
ROTHSCHILD MERCANTILE CO.,
Jacksonville, Fla.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
Lost Dog.

Strayed from home Of Judge
Griggs Sunday night a black and
white setter; answers to name Of Joe.
Return and receive reward.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-24
Big STOCK REDUCING SALE!

We must turn this stock money do ths>we realize that
we will have to sacrifice profits and discounts We place on the
market stock of Seasonab Merchandise at GREATLY RE
DUCED PRICES Why not be wise and take advantage of
this great bargain opportunity and supply your needs 1909?
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01
Hr1OST UNUSUAL TROUPE TO INTERVIEW

II I1roupe @as gathered tQgetherin the 6lres sing
room. for tilc interview WaS=too bewidered
70 count their number and They were too occu-
pied in taking nay measure 10 display that fornality
of poencsS WHICH usually accompanies nfroducfions
under s,ulilar circumstances Z
1t was very embarrassing moment, 50 .iar.as +
WAS concerned. ~ !.
To be led directly mic the presence Of players you
have discussed freely III public Wfholt having ever
met any Of them and noreoyer tobe unable TO recall
the second what one has said about them are
circumstances calculated to render embarrassment
inevitable. S. |
very difficult: sometimes. for a theatrical
reviewer to JIstify the presence OF the individual
performers certain things said late at night under the
glare Of an neandes cent light and in the hurry aid
aorry Of harnern typewriter keys TO the end that
copy may be rushed through mysterious processes
wherein she thoughts one thinks he thinks are made
10 mock him next day in column Of more or less
readable matter.
With thoughts such as these confusing and
ioslng hall made. apologies fer anything aluiss /
lad. eyer said, was introduced.
Jessie Cor one they called Jesstef threw soiner-
sult. Imagine nay surpfise! + Jack came forward
sullenyand shifted around as Trough he were bunting
trouble Ifz lifted up his*voice and croMed; Pea
nuts an odd name at shat g squealed derlsivefy.
Less and Bill never saw such exhibition of boorish+
nessl turned away and paid no more attention to me
than as though I were the house mana ger.
Thereupon, and on the instant "a din set III. such
as even an Italian opera company quarrel over the
honors of the billboards could not have equaled Not
that troupe of the Farmyard circus was disturbed
because their names were not printed and pasted on
the bul@arks Of many vacant lots This troupe. at
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the 9)rphellm was camoring for dinner and paid no
further attention 10 mea courtesy, by the way, as
Samuel Watson, their trainer and MASTER explained
Their attention, it seerls.s not always OF naure
l5e kindly remembered That fact one may we'll be-
l4eve, in the face of the bull terrier: Jacks quite
infofgiving and very forbidtng countenance and the
little rooster Fitz energetic peckng at every
object, animate or otherwise, within reach of his
active: and comb topped head.
@Os but Jack Watson hastily explained, is the
kitdeSt and most benevolent of dogs. He wouldn't
bite yo1r for the world =
Btt=one docs not always do things for worldly
gain. Many fight has been .waged merely for
hotlor-tlatiS TO say for sentiment; and Jack who
holds with caver1lors mouth full rowed with oss6
cations the coattaA OF the. fat policeman in The show
niigHtI Feared. have eonceyed sentiment relative
o:dralnatic critics similar to that entertained by other
*foot1iglft "prolVers However, Watson was firm on
file point Of Jack. uflyielding good .humor
Why" said he,9.Iack is the very soul of bull
terrier ho1lor- Marry times when was training him.
and with back turned, encouraged him to grab hold
where he should, he.has missed his aim. He would
discover his mistake as quickly as Ifelt it, and his
refnorse and grin for his clumsness robbed me at
once OF all resentment He would let go instantly
and sneak away in ptiable condition of shame and
contrition.a .s..
All the same, under those precise. conditions, Id
rather be the dog with the eonrition than the man
with the misplaced. teeth prints.
@nUT Iitz, the red cochin rooster fights on purpose
Is He is very i'll natl1red indeed His IS no docile
= disposition like Jacks. He hates the world and
would devour it if*le could
Watson takes advantage Of this vicious disposition
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of the footlights before But | knew + was
destined to be great tragedienne, or some-
thing like that 1t was in Boston, too.
Mrs. Fiske came to town with produc
ton that needed 'supers. I can't remember
what the play was, | only saw it once. But
I got job as super for so cents night.
| was about the smallest spot in the mob,
but | was so cents worth of mob, at that, |
thought. They gave me some tights and
things, which l struggled into. Now don't
mind telling you l was not-how shall say
it?-Well, anyhow, attempted to overcome
what shortcomings nature had been guilty
of with reference to myself by taking some
towels and wrapping them .synimetrically
Where thought such treatment would rem
der the best account to beauty.
Looking down on the Job pronounced
it good, and gathering courage went upon
the stage to join the mob
I'll never forgive the girls who let me
make a sight of myself.
Pretty soon the scene was on. Mrs.
Fiske was declainling grandly, while edged
up front, for two reasons-I wanted LET
the people witness debut which. was to.
become historical later ON, and l was hyp-
noticed by Mrs Fishes eloquence. I'll bet
my mouth was open, and that my eyes
bulged out 1t was a tremendous moment.
As l emerged from the center of the mob
the house saw me, and roared. The stage
director nearly lost his wits at the appari
tion | made But l didn't see or hear
anything but Mrs Fiske, and the glare
which like a curtain hides the audience from
the players.
Get her back! Get her baekP implored
Seymour, the stage manager. Pull her out
of sightp He wept and tore his hair The
girls around me enjoyed it and wouldn't
put me wise
FINALLY I edged so far front that Mrs
Fishes gaze fell on my adoring. person. She
was commanding the mob to be gone She
turned Mortified gaze on me, and pointing
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01
By WALTER ANTHONY

zation under Sinclair, whose policy seems
to be to give everybody chance, she was
promoted to the cast and Monday night she
was one of the principals to win applause
and flowers.
Never mind she said, about this
career business. Let me tell you on awful
story
You know | played Mamie Clancy Mon
day night. It was my first chance before
San Francisco audience, and you can
imagine whether | wanted to make good or
not | had played bigger roles and had.
made good in them, too, in Savage's produc-
tons; but this was my chance in San
Francisco That's how l forgot about the
gum. Now Mamie Clancy without gum
isn't near as tough as she ought to be- and
just had to have gum. | don't suppose
you'd call mouthful of gum property so
there wasn't any good asking the property
man for any. 1t was between the acts, and
! was racing around among all my friends
begging for some gum. Then saw Jerry
Kenny (She meant Gerald Kenny, who
plays the trombone most cxcellently we'll
and who is friend in need.-Ed)
Well, Jerry's jaws were working re-
assuringly.
Give me that gum | commanded.
"Ie was so surprised that his mouth
opened, the gum fell out, | caught it and I
got my needed prop .
"Did@you give it back to him afterwardas
inquired earnestly.
Nav"
why
I got 50 excited on the stage that I
swallowed it.
g A Nd now l will tell you another awful
Y story
1t was my first appearance on
the stage, too. Never had been in the glare
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01
COME AND SEE THE
NEW AND PRETTY SEXTET
Princess Invites Patrons With
Production of "FlorOdOra'

IT will be ''F'lOridora" tomorrow night
at the Princess. by the new company
which has been assembled there and
which, for the first week lust past OF
the light opera season. has scored a big
success.
The Belle Of New York; will be
heard for the last times this afternoon
and tonight.
cast OF exceptional strength is
promised for the production of Flora
dora. Arthur Cunningham will play
Sflas w. Gilfain;. Percy Bronson who
mas been specially engaged for the
part, will appear as Captain Arthur
Donegal; Budd Ross will have his big
dlepunchs Bert Phoenix will be enrolled
as Leandro. and Eugene Wilton Is. cast
for Frank Abercord.
Octavia Broskfe. whose. success.a,s Vi
olet Gray is now we'll known viii be
in the role of Dolores and pretty little
Olga Stech, who has become a favorite.
will assume the paKt of Angela Cilfain.
Marta Golden. will be Lady HO1vwOod-
Frances Paon, whose tough girl was
one of last weeks hits. will be east a.
Valleda. and the.new sextet should be a
vision of beauty ana grace DAISY
sutton. the. sister Of Lieutenant sutton
whose mysterious tragedy is stirrino-
up an Annapolis Investigation will ~
one of the show girls in the famous
aggregation Others who viii lons
charm to the sextet will be the Misses
Hayward. Crane. Crandall, Park and
Armand
A beautiful and swift moving produce
ton is promised by Charles sinclair.
the stage director.
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and bears with fortude the injured hands that bear
mark OF. Fitz' distinguished hatred. One thing,
Watson didn't have to labor him for Is months
to teach him to do what his nature yearned to do
from the moment he cracked his shell and stocl
triumphant though somewhat comical fact opposed to
creation When Fitz makes his plucky fight with
Watson he means it. and would if he could tear a
cheek take out eye. SO Fitz enjoys but little
freedom here below and his conviction that the world
is against him grows stronger every day. He Is like
those men see who become anarchists because
everything always at CROSSINGS with their lives
and he is happiest when most wretched He seldom
crows
Watson fold me it took him about is months to
train his other roosters One maryels patience so
stupendous, and could almost wish it had been to
training to do useful things
\/OU may think that Chocolet and Grandpa-those
are the names of the little and big rooster respec
lively, which, nearly said "wllo"-do the
competitive crowing-I say you may think that they
because they understand the verbal instruction
and encouragement of their master. You may think
shouts, like second Phoenix might have shouted, he
does it TO please the man who feeds him; or that
when the big Plymouth Rock gentleman called appro-
priately Grandpa, because he is so gray and tooth
less, utters his hoarsely defiant note he does it
because Watson urges him to the contest But ne
doesn't. The two rascas only want to be fed. Like
obstinate children they amenabe to the reason
that lies in tangible tidbit With the roosters its
corn.
When they are babies, hardly free from the pieces
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~ THE aggregate; and together there.
were just $50 pounds of yivacious
soubrette assembled for a chatter at'the
Princess thcater in Manager -Loveric1ts big
office They might have. been overlooked
in their extreme littleness by. a hurried
visitor but for the indicated chatter and
the suggested vilacity Tor: there. were
Two OF them. Miss Olga stecb. The tiny
soubrctte. and Miss Frances Ioaon. who is a
new and dinipufive tvinKler. TOO. at the
house wherein music. and niirth fllngle=-to
be alliteral
The whirl -of The rehear sal was. just
over Both were soill5ssllat brrati9less, bit
happy CHANCES come. now and tfen, for
something more IS flllnel.asi ye and for posts
higher IN the scale Of filings t6eatfical, and
rl Ell the chance turns out to have bee49.e4l-
comprised successfully the ambitions ONES
are, naturally jnbiIailtly vocal s..
So in this case :.:.
Miss Olga. whose 10 wears Of mortal
existence are not -centradicted by her girlisll
face and half uncertain. gaze, Had made. a
bit Monday night, AS fhe soubrettlsl Eff.
and surprised The llerves@of bearing at the
size Of her voice. M.e wondered where so
much volume came froins though It's sweet
.ness was easier accounted for One may
speak So, hope without offerse.: of q girl
just turned To-: She smiled and .1oeamed.
and was happy. Ifshe said little for publ
cation it.vas perhaps due 1o.feeolle Elections of
recon. childhood aHd=to those admonltfoTs
FREQUENTLY lfttercd about children being seen
and not heard.
Miss =Paou, not much larger, and no
longer op" tho stage, volunteered to. speak
Tor her e. .e.-...@.*
Tell the public, said she. That Miss
SteclI.is fiic{ieares1 girl in the world. SHE
Is nornlcre soubretto. Continued the .spokes-.
man. but siie can sing. She fpreudlg as
though re sponsible Tor the AFFAIR." is a.
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my way shouted. And youP Then woke
up Seymour grabbed me as cat grabs
wriggling mouse.
Go down stairs, he roared at me. to
your dressing room and take those things
off. Then come up here and get your 81
cents; and if anybody ever tells you that
you can act you run like hi
AS long as Mrs. Fiske was in town
passed that thcater on the other side OF the
street.
But afterward got my confidence back
back
Mr.. Raines was in Boston with Peggy
From Paris He was the musical direetor
and / worked up courage enough to go and
'''Can you singg he asked
Il told him that l could, and he heard
me to-
"Then sang scale. 1t was an awful
scale.
You say you can sing: he asked, after
the spasm had ended.
'Sometimes,'I qualified
Guess this isn't one Of your best days,
he told me cheerfully
Anyway he said, you're Just about
crazy enough to try anything, and I'll give
you chance VIC will sec what you can
do with Tessie Higgins. Act Just as crazy
as you can.
Il did, and played it for a season with
the Savage road company. | understudied
the role of Sophie Blotz and then had en-<
gagements in good roles with Joseph Hall
in 'Erminie' and in Jack and the BeanstaIk
After that with Raymond Hitchcock in The
Yankee Tourist and now I'm here with lots
of ambition and the hope that my chance
has come and that III be equal to it,
My ambition is to be coincidence. =.
like to make people laugh like to help IL
the measure OF the worlds mirth which
isn't too great at best, and when feel thai
an audience is enjoying the fun I forget In
working.
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Just "Three decks"

Coin, who has pur-
chased the coast rights from
the novelist, says: with
revised version from the hand
OF a playwright and an expert
III -stagecraft and with a com
pany such as we have as
sembled ]. believe that Three
Weeks will pack 'en in; for
there's no limit to the curl
osity of women, nor to the
masculine disposition to see
the latest Swickard will
take care that. the artistic val
ucs will be conserved. There
will be nothing TO- offend, but
much to interest. Anyway,
I'm going to- fry the expert
ment and see whether there
isn't a real play of human in
tefest hidden in. the pages of
Three Weeks. Z"
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\ STORY, said to be authentic. is.
a going the rounds about Frederic
Thompson, who is the Ingenious.
producer of Polly Of the Circus now
on at the van Ness .theater. Thompson
is noted for an unyielding strength Of
purpose. as wen as for his. faculty. for
dreaming visions which later are set
up in canvas and illumined BY: foot
lights. This IS the story.
one day last March man who: called
himself an actor presented himself and
letter Of introduction to Frederic
Thompson in the latter,s oaice in. the
New Amsterdam theater. New York. !.
Mr.. Thompson said he. with a mu-
sic master quaver in his. voice. INF
Thompson, 10 years ago I was a leading
man on Broadway the youngest lead
ing man of my time. Ada Rehan and
Madame Modjeska nearly came TO
blows over.me; A. NJ Palmer swore BY
meyand Mrs. Leslie Carter pronounced
me the best she. had ever seen. Today
I am IS and as good as 1 ever was.
But-tempora mutantur.-the season is.
bad. am on the point of breaking.
my last dollar. ] hear that you propose
presenting some new plays.
= know that am capable and I
believe the time has come when ]
should be starred.
Can you bark like dog?1 asked
Thompson, without SO much as the
CULVER of an eyeiid.
Certainly not replied the disciple
Of Jefferson. rising from his chair
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with splendid Cuisines" of indigna-
tion.
I. Then ]. can't use you said. Thomp---
SON my Broadway season has ended
SO: far as new production. are CON
cerned.. Ny next play viii besLuna
Park. il need some. men: down there
who can bark like dogs
. The person in the fitted oyereoat rose.
TO. Leave.
s'5e' seated a moment :; said. the man
ager. Your. sad story interests. me;
but /, too, have. something to say:
!. Listen. Zine years ago-that was
in. 1907 resided in: a hall bedroom
in Twenty-third street near Sixth ave-:
nue.. The hall bedroom was a bad one.
and was next door: TO. Child's. restau-..
rant. During. That. year~I. was: a student
at. the Art School <1eague and was liv-
ing on: $40 a week. n had been a
showman-the best there was at the
Nashville and Omaha expositions-but
didn,t go around telling people how
efficient l was. I studied hard. I cooked
my own meaIs-bought the, meat and
eggs and potatoes in. the raw and BY
heating them sufficiently made them
edible 4 might have eaten at Childs,
but if ! had, the Hippodrorhe and Luna
park might never have been.
''on Christmas day, 1sOO--possibly
at the very time you were the most
talked about person in Delmonico's
hadn't q cent in my pocket and the.
iarder was empty. 1 remember walk
ing down to the postefice in the hope
that a-small remittance from my moth
er had reached me; it. hadn't; so +. 1
walked back and went without eating
on the day when most people eat most.
That night I turned in early. hoping
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OF their broken shells Watson begins There are the
pedesals from which later the barnyard stars
address future multtude there are the two birds
and there is Watson. He begins by tossing the
stupid fowls time on their respective pedes
tails. The first time that one of them crows which
ultimately he must do, Watson gives the singer some
corn and considers the lesson only just begun 1t
may be days before the does his first growing
the pedestal, but Watsons patience is ultimately
rewarded and the rooster will crow again. Then he
gets more corn. In the course of Is months
if the bird is bright, it will dawn somewhere Tin his
gizzard guess) that there is some mysterious coinci
dence between his landing the pedestal and crow
ing and getting corn wheat. Thereafter he
will mend his ways and will be growing every
time he lights futtering the stand> From that
time until he learns that not every time, but the last
time he is tossed he will get his food the way to his
complete education is easy. For Watson always
gives the birds something when the is over
and they, of course not knowing which is to be the
last time, keep growing and hoping and hoping
and Growing until the end of the act.
1t is doubtless very wonderful, but the miracle
rests in Watsons patience to keep that up for Is
months
X
T IE HAS understudies for all his Farmyard players
the stupidest of which are he says the geese
! He has finally taught them to remain in stupid
goose fashion seesaw and make believe they don't
mind its ups and downs. For the rest, they have a
superiority the roosters for they can lay eggs
feat with which, by the way Watson says he has
had nothing to do, and an accomplishment which, in
opinion renders them vastly superior to- posses
sorS of the talent to crow +: ..s
AS for Less and Bill, the sheep and the lamb