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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-28
HE OOCKED THE GOVERNOR
STATE OFFICIALS OF COLORADO
MUST STAY AT THEIR DESKS.
Absence for Any Length of Time
Means a Lighter Pay Envelope
Is Rule of Auditor.

Colorado has an auditor who is
| strictly on the job" as the saying
goes. His name is Kenehan. He
feels that the people elected him to
look out for their public bookkeep-
ing and to see that nobody got more
money than was coming to him.
That is what he is doing, and he
doesn't care who objects to his sys-
TEN. A week or two ago Governor
Shafroth made a trip to Ann Arbor
to receive a degree from the Univer-
sity of Michigan. or course the hon
or paid to Governor Shafroth reflect
ed its light in part on the state of
Colorado, which had chosen so emf
nent a man to be its chief executive.
But that made no difference what
ever to Auditor Kenehan. The only
matter that he took under consid-
Grafton was that Governor Shafroth
had been away from his desk and
out of the state, wherefore, to the
auditors mind, he was not entitled
to pay for the days he was off duty.
He didn't say anything to the gov
ernor about it, but merely locked
him in the amount he thought ought
to be taken out of his pay envelope,
and sent him the balance.
1t has been the custom in Colo
RADIO when state officials have been
absent for few days from their
duties to pay them their full salaries.
Auditor Kenehan says that sort of
thing won't CO. while he is in
office. He will dock every state Off
c1al, big or little, for every days
time, and won't ask anybody's ad-
vice about it, either Moreover.
Kenehan, in looking back over the
states books, has found that in the
past dozen years officials have drawn
not less than $150,000 in pay for
days when they were not on duty.
He says he is going to try to get all
OF that back into the treasury for
the taxpayers. His predecessors, he
says, had no right to permit this
money to be paid out, and the Off |
Gals had no right to receive it.
1t will be interesting to note if a
will be established by the |
stand taken by the Colorado auditor. |
Junketing by public officials, both |
state and federal, has become a very
practice. Maybe if they !
were made to take these trips '"in !
their own time" or at least not in
time paid for by the people, there .
would be fewer junkets and a con-
siderable sum saved to public treas
uries.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-28
Tom Watson Sums Up The
Hoke Smith McLendOn Row

favors to the Atlanta jobbers with
out doing an injustice to other towns
and cities. The dissenting opinion
was delivered by Commissioner Can
der We have read it, and we do
not find anything which puts in ques-
zion the position taken by McLen-
don.
consequently, as it seems to us,
the issue which the legislature is to
try is this:
Did McLendon forfeit his Office
by refusing to grant special privi-
leges to Atlanta?
Mr.. Smith, handsomely paid as
a lawyer, goes before the railroad
commission and demands special ia
vors for his own town, Atlanta. He
meets a determined opponent in
Joseph NJ Brown. He runs FOR gov
ernor and says in his speeches that
if elected he will remove Brown. Is
elected, and removes Brown.
Then he brings the same question
before his packed commission, and
loses again. And then he hops on
McLendon, as he had jumped on
Brown.
There's the case, gentlemen of
the legislature.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-28
EXCURSION RATES.
Via Central of Georgia Railway
Company.

Company.
TO BLUE RIDGE, GA, and return,
account Georgia Baptist Assem-
bly,, to be held august 1-31,
1909. Excursion fares will an
ply from points in Georgia.
TO LOUISVILLE, KY, and return.
account National Association of
Retail Druggists, to be held
September 6-10, 1909.
TO MOBILE, ALA, and return. ac-
count of National Convention
Knights of Columbus, August
3-6, 1909.
TO SAVANNAH, GA, and return,
account Farmers Union Sea Is
land Cotton Association, to be
held July 27-2S, 1909. Apply
to ticket agent for information
as to points from which tickets
will be sold, total rates, etc.
10 ALBANY, GA, and return, ac-
count District Grand Lodge No.
IS, G. L. o. o. F., to be held
August 1913, 1909. Tickets on
sale from points in Georgia.
TO BLACK MOUNTAIN. N. G.. and
return, account Montreal Chau-
tauqua and religious assemblies.
to be held July Is to August
81, 1909.
TO LOS ANGELES, CAL. PORT
LAND, OREGON, SEATTLE.
WASH, SAN FRANCISCO,
CAL, account Alaska-Yukon-
Pacific Exposition, and various
other special occasions.
For full information in regard to
rates, dates of sale, limits. sched-
ules, ETC., apply to nearest ticket
agent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-28
Towns Which Suffered.

Cities and towns in Texas which
suffered from the hurricane and the
loss of life and property damage
which were occasioned there are as
follows, so far as reported:
Galveston-Ten lives lost off Tar
pom pier One man killed by col
lapse of building. Property dam
age about $175,000.
Bay City-Three dead, six serious
ly injured and destruction of prop
erty to the extent of $15O,000.
Bay Shore-One dead and consid-
cradle property damage.
Velasco-Only three stores left
standing, and many homes blown
down.
Iago-Syrup mills wrecked.
Austin-Many buildings unroofed,
telephone and telegraph wires lev
eled. Damage about 100000
Brazoria-Many buildings de-
stroyed and loss of life feared.
Pledger-Heavy property dam
age. Syrup mills wrecked
Many structures are
wrecked
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-28
HENPECKED MEN MUST RISE.
Here's a Judge Who Comes to Their
Rescue.

"a man should be the boss of his
own household. l doubt very much
whether a woman entertains very
much respect for a husband who will
submit to her constant nagging, not
resenting it. She grows to look upon
him as a sort of mollycoddle, and
the woman never lived who could
At Macon, Mo, Judge A. NJ. Rom
jue gave this advice to Thomas Farm
er, who admitted having deserted his
wife, but who claimed his better half
nagged him to such an extent that
she made his life miserable.
THE whole trouble between these
two people seems to be a want of
self-assertion on the part of the hus-
band" the Judge went on. He is
really the party at fault, because
when his wife had made a household
nuisance of herself by her continued
fault-fnding and criticism it was his
duty to shut her up. She got so
much in the habit of lecturing him
that it became a sort of second ma
ture with her, and she did it mechani-
cally, not maliciously, but because it
was the customary and natural thing
to do.
All the evidence shows the de-
PENDANT IN this case is an unusually
quiet man; you might call him sub
dued. 1 guess he is. But a subdued
husband is mighty unpromising
piece of furniture in a happy home.
The henpecked husband gets no SYM
pathy at home or abroad, and de-
serves none. | believe the Lord in
tended men to govern the house, and
when they fail to assume the re-
5ponsibility they do it on the peril
Of their domestic happiness"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-28
PHENOMENAL PRODUCTION.
Bibb County Farmer Has the Banner
Yield From Eight Acres.

The following from the Macon
Telegraph more than proves that this
is one of the greatest farming coun-
tries in the world. 1t shows what
can be done by the right man.
Mr.. H. H. Clarke of Walden plant
ed eight acres of land in Irish pota-
toes that yielded 1000 bushels,
which sold at S1.25 a bushel. On
that same eight acres, after the po-
tatoes had been cleared off, he plant
ed watermelons, producing five car
loads that will yield him $115 to the
car. Two cars of these melons came
off of three acres, and there are still
many more on the vines.
Mr.. Clarke only planted ten acres
of corn, which will produce more
than enough to supply his farm
needs. He has hundred-acre farm.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-28
CHEESE COST HIM $3.50.
His Wife Thought Something Was
Wrong, and Employed Plumber.

Tom Mauger of Hammond, Ind,
bought piece of limburger cheese.
1t cost him $50 before he was
through with it. Mauger's wife re-
fused to tolerate it in the house, so
he tied it to a nail outside of his
house and the hot weather did the
rest.
Mauger forgot about the cheese,
and his wife told him there was
something wrong with the plumbing.
He employed plumber, who
searched through the pipes for de-
fects in sewerage, practically wreck
ing the house.
Then Mauger remembered the
cheese.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-28

wire with the island city of Calves
ton tonight. A schooner torn from
her dock oy the wind smashed into
the span of the one bridge which con-
meets Galveston with the mainland,
and severed the telegraph and tele-
phone cables as well as rendered I'M
safe the bridge. Tonight all COM
munication with the world is by
tugs.
People Along Shore Safe.
Later news reports that between
800 and 500 people who have been
living in hotels, cottages and tents
along the gulf shore between High
Island and Boliver on the Gulf and
Interstate railroad, are now reported
safe at High Island. The relief train
which went down today got within
five miles of High Island, and there
encountered the sea running across
the track to the bay. Boats were
sent, but when the train left there,
returning at Z o'clock, nothing had
been heard from the boat. At
o clock, however, a boat was sent
back to the point where the train
had stopped and a telegraph wire
was rugged up and the message was
sent that every person from the gulf
resorts was safe.
The train sent out from Boliver
Point this morning succeeded in get
ting through to High Island and re-
turned to Boliver, picking up on both
trips every one between the two
points. The water at BOliver and
other resorts is from six to eight
feet at the highest point.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-28

Fitz Smith has laid an egg plant
on the desk of the Editor of the Cuth-
bert Leader that weighed five pounds
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-28
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.
Galveston Escaped, But at Other
Points on the Gulf the Coast
Is Strewn With Corpses.

NEW ORLEANS, La.-That the
hurricane which yesterday swept the
gulf coast of Texas and Louisiana
levied a far heavier toll in loss of
life and property damage than that
at first supposed was indicated late
today when points which had been
cut. off from communication again
got in touch with the outside world.
That the property loss will run
into the millions was made a certain
ty tonight, when whole towns which
were not at first believed to have
suffered were definitely reported to
have been wrecked. Over a score
of persons are now believed to have
lost their lives.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-28
TREE BROKE HIS NECK.
A Brooks County Saw Mill Opera
tor Is Killed.

H. L. Yates, a Brooks county saw
mill operator, was killed by a fall
ing tree striking him on the shoulder
and breaking his neck.
He was experimenting the work
of telling trees in the woods when
the accident occurred, and lived less
than half an hour after receiving
his injuries
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-28
Fifty Houses Destroyed.

RiChmond-Fifty residences and
stores partially demolished.
Palacios-A number of houses
blown down and fear entertained
that several people have persisted.
Definite report of one child killed.
Angleton-Every house in the
town badly damaged.
Blessing-Several lives reported
lost and considerable property dam
age.
Eagle Lake-One dead, many
houses unroofed and two large SUI
gar and rice plants partially wrecked.
Some of the towns along or near
the Texas coast where it is feared
great damage may have been done,
but from which nothing has yet been
heard, are Lavaca, Indianola, Rock
port, Gollad, Victoria, Columbia,
Edna and Matagorda.
In Louisiana points in Cameron
parish aTe reported to have suffered
severely from the hurricane. There
was loss or two lives at Mudd Pass
and much property is reported as
having been damaged in the settle.
ments at Creole, Berry, Grand Cho.
nior and Johnson's Bayou
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-28
A NIGHT Riders Raid.

The worst night riders are Gallo
mel, croton oil or aNoes pills. They
raid your bed to rob you of rest.
Not so with DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. They never distress or incon-
venience, but always cleanse the sys-
tenn, curing colds, headache, consti-
nation, malaria. 25c at Dawson
Drug Co.'S.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-28
SAVED BY GIANT SEAWALL
BATTLE BETWEEN MANS SKILL
AND THE ELEMENTS.
Galveston Struck by Gulf Hurricane
That Resembled Disaster of
Nine Years Ago.

GALVESTON, TeX.-Man's strength
and skill were pitted against the fury
of the elements today and man won,
when the city of Galveston safely in
trenched behind her impregnable
seventeen-foot seawall withstoOd
with comparatively trifing loss a
tidal wave and hurricane equal in
Intensity and destructive force to the
one which destroyed the city on Sep
TENDER 8, 1900.
In Galveston and vicinity not
single life is believed to have been
sacrificed.
The hurricane swept the entire
gulf coast with an intensity and vi
ciousness that has seldom been
equaled in a country where destruct-
i've storms are not unusual 1t had
its origin on the Atlantic coast, and
swinging westward and southwark,
devastating the entire gulf coast
even as far south as Mattagorda
Bay. That some lives were lost and
that much property was destroyed is
the general belief tonight. With
wires down and railroad communica-
ton destroyed the exact loss is i'm
possible to estimate
Wind 20 Miles an Hour.
The hurricane struck Galveston
about II o'clock this morning. The
wind, attaining a velocity of nearly
20 miles an hour, whipped the
treacherous waters of the Mexican
gulf into fury of destruction. With
the pent up anger of ten years of
hate the waves blindly assaulted the
grim parapets of stone which man
had builded to restrain it's attacks.
In vain it hurled thousands of tons
OF water upon the splendid breast
works. Only a feeble burst of spray
and little water reached its object
i've and the beleaguered city lay calm
and safe behind the wall.
Outside the limits of the city.
where tie. walls had not been reared
and where the city had not been ele-
Fated the waters had their way, but
they wrecked only deserted huts and
abandoned territory. In this section
of the city, which is low and sparsely
settled, the water rose to a height of
seven feet, but the warnings of the
weather bureau had been needed,
and the inhabitants had removed
their possessions out of the danger
zone.
Narrow Escapes.
From other cities in the affected
area come tales of narrow escapes
and much destruction of property.
The only anxiety expressed now is
for the smaller towns, villages and
summer resorts with which the gulf
coast is so thickly settled In the
history of other gulf storms it is
this type of villages which suffered
most from the waters. The entire
gulf coast is very low, and offers
absolutely no protection from the
storm of waves. Beautiful summer
hotels and handsome cottages dot the
shore and shelter thousands of care
free and happy pleasure seekers.
What their fate has been or what it
will be as the storm sweeps on no
one can tell-yet.
There is no communication by
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07
THROUGH COMBAT TO VICTORY
Strong, Vigorous Character Arrives at
Fruiton by Wrestling With and
Overcoming Obstacles.

1t is the wrestling with obstacles
and the overcoming of difficulties that
have made man a giant of achieve
ment
If we could analyze strong, vigor-
Gus character, we should find it made
up largely of the conquering habit,
the habit of overcoming, says Orison
SWEET Marden in Success.
On the other hand, If we should
analyze weak character we should
lind Just the reversible habit of fail
ure, the habit of letting things slide,
OF yielding instead Of conquering-
the lack of courage, of persistency or
grit
There is the same difference be.
tween self-made young man, who
has fought his way up to his own loaf.
and the pampered youth who has
never been confronted by great re-
sponsibilities that would exercise his
powers and call out his reserves, that
there is between the stalwart oak
which has struggled for its existence
With thousand storms, with all the
VI LIE elelHSHts, anu VIC
hothouse plant which has never been
allowed to feel breath of frost or .
rough wind.
Every bit of the oaks fiber has reg
lstered victory, SO that when its
timber is called upon to wrestle with
storms and the fury of the sea. it
says, Il am no stranger to storms;
nave met them many a time before.
| feel within me stamina and fiber to
resist the fury of any sea, because
have fought and overcome its equal
thousand tines
The dollhouse plant succumbs to the
first adverse wind.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07
The Little Rebel.

At the last Fourth of July celebra
ton in little upstate town, Vir-
ginia maid shocked the other inhab
itants by flying a confederate flag
from her bedroom window and declar.
ing her intention of emulating Bar
bara FrietoAfe, with or without "a
Stonewall Jackson to assist her
against insult to the flag.
few days ago the same little
rebel happened to be crossing the
border, coming from Montreal, where
she had been visiting The immigra-
ton inspector boarded the train and
asked her the usual question:
Are you from the United States ?"
NO" retorted the little rebel. "I'm
from Virginia. New York Times
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07

FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES
Keokuk Aerie, No 6S3-Meets frs
and third Wednesday of each month
at Horn hall, corner Eighth and Main
Visiting brothers cordially invited
Leo Absolute, w. President; A
Noaks, Secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07

If people with symptoms of Kidney
or bladder trouble could realize their
danger they would without loss of
time commence taking Foley's Kidney
Remedy. This great remedy stops
the pain and the Irregularities,
strengthens and builds up these
organs and there is no danger of
Bright's disease or other serious dis
order. Do not disregard the early
symptoms. Wilkinson & Co, j. F.
Kiedaisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07

Colfax Rebekah Lodge, No. A.
Meets regularly every second and
fourth Tuesday of month at Odd Eel
lows hall, corner Seventh and Main
streets, Miss Nina Phillips, N. G., Miss
Minnie Brietenstein, V. s., Miss LII
cretia Matheney, Recording secretary,
Miss Nellie Hardesty, Fin. Sec'y.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07
the record made by the Rock Island

the record made by the Rock Island
special
Besides the afternoon trains, two
boats pulled in at the local port, one
the Keokuk. from Quincy, while the
other, the Ottumwa Belle, came from
Fort Madison, carrying an excursion
given by the Christian church of that
place. The former had 200 on board
while tie latter carried 22s, making in
all AS visitors who came by water.
Summing the matter up, taking into
account all who came by rail, by riv-
er, in buggies, or other conveyances,
the figures show that there were ap-
proximately, in round numbers, 1000
strangers in the city, on this, the big
day of the fair.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07
Four Special Trains Coupled With
the Regulars Have Enormous
Passenger Lists Dur
ing the Day.
45o CAME BY WATER
Summing the Figures up 1t Shows
That There Were Approx
mateIy 1000 Visitors to
the Street Fair.

The incoming boats and trains
brought hundreds of visitors to the
Free Fall Celebration, there being
four special trains, one each on the T.
P. & W., North road, Rock Island and
c., B. & @. The third named had the
record crowd of passengers, its list
numbering 600 while the T. P. & w.
was not far behind with 500. The
steamers Keokuk and Ottumwa Belle
contributed over 400 to the crowd
while the regular trains also helped
out.
The T. P. & w. was the first special
in, arriving about 1890, and having
brim, the number of passengers on
board being five hundred. This road
made quite a gain over last years
record when she brought in not near
so many.
The Rock Island which pulled in
next, furnished one Of the biggest sur
prises, about six hundred people COM
ing in on that route, while last year
only half that number came by that
line This train pulled in at 1850,
twenty minutes after the proceeding
extra.
The excursion given from Center
vile on the K C. arrived at 11:2O,
having come around by way of Viele.
This train presented wierd appear.
ance, being made up of three coaches
and two cabooses all of which We're
comfortably filed with pleasure seek
ers, ESQ being the number on board
the cars.
The North road and the Wabash
trains, although both were regular,
had extra coaches in tow which did
not come amiss as they were all
loaded, the former bringing in at least
$50 people, while the latter had on
board almost as many.
Early this morning a stream of
huegies and various other means of
conveyances started across the Keo-
kuk and Hamilton bridge, not ceasing
until about noon. At least $50 people
came to the city across that structure.
Many farmers also came in from this
side of the river, it being safe to say
that at least 500 came by this route,
making a total of $50 strangers who
drove to town.
Coupled with the other trains was
the K line regular number IL, which
had crowd of about 200 in the
morning, while number in the after
noon with two extra coaches had
about $50 passengers aboard
Thus the morning trains alo.,e both
regular and special, brought approx
imately 1900 visitors for the celebra
ton, making it look like a big might
tonight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07
ToDAY's PROGRAM.
Morning Program.

10 a. m. to IL m. Band concerts. y
Afternoon Program. =
, lis o'clock. Balloon Ascension .
, Twelfth and Main. Prof. Wo- .
mer. =
1:30 o'clock. High Dive, Twelfth .
and Main. Prof. John Strahl, .
Strahl. @
Las o'clock. Trapeze Act, Ninth .
and Main. Prof NARROW =
200 o'clock. Platform between .
Seventh and Eighth on Main. y
Wills and Hassan, the worlds .
greatest equilibrists. .
} 2:90 o'clock. Platform, Third =
and Main. Gus Henderson, .
} Bounding Rope. =
) 800 o'clock. The great Daven- .
} ports high wire, Main street .
between Fifth and Sixth. .
$50 o'clock The High Dive, .
) Twelfth and Main. Capt. John =
Strahl q
, Evening Program. =
3 1880 o'clock. Trapeze Act, Ninth .
D and Main. Prof. NARROW. .
D 7:45 O'Clock. High Wire between .
B Fifth and Sixth on Main The =
D great Davenports. y
B 500 o'clock. Platform between .
B Seventh and Eighth Wills y
& Hassan. g
S:15 o'clock. Fourth street, Re- .
b volving Ladder. Prof. NARROW. .
. 900 o'clock. Third and Main, =
Bounding Rope. Gus Hender- .
, son. =
. .
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-07

KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF SECUK-
ITY KEOKUK COUNCIL, No. 1899.
Meets the first and third Monday o.
each month, at A. o. u W. hall n
8 o'clock, f. E. Hawkes., president
DIR. O. w. Rowe Financier; Mayma
C. Scnenk, secretary.