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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-01-20
WANTS MORE POTATOES
Secretary Wilson Expects Every
Vine to Do Its Full Duty.
OFFICIAL AID WILL BE GIVEN

In Checking the Tendency Toward
Suicide in This Important Tuber.
Two Hundred and Seventy-F'ive
Million BUSHES Not Near Enough
to Satisfy the American Appetite.
WASHINGTON, d. C.-Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson expects every
American potato vine to do it's full
duty. Furthermore he proposes to
do all in his power to check the ten
dency towards suicide which is de-
veloping in this humble but most inn
portant tuber.
Mr.. Wilson has discovered that we
now raise something like 275,00O,-
600 bushels of potatoes, which is not
nearly enough to satisfy the Ameri-
can appetite. 1t is therefore neces-
sary to depend In some measure on
the pauper potatoes of Europe to
make up the deficiency
1t is this fact Mr.. Wilson proposes
to do. He plans to encourage farm
ers and market gardeners in the east
to pay more attention to potatoes,
to improve their methods of potato
raising. He wants them to use bet
ter seed and to cultivate the land
more carefully. Experts will take
this matter up with market gardeners
near the great centers of population
and will instruct them. The govern
ment will import better varieties for
seed purposes from Europe, and ex-
perts of the department of agricul-
ture are at work developing improv-
ed varieties. To some extent dis
eases of potatoes are responsible for
the decreasing yield. Efforts are be-
ing made to develop varieties that
will resist disease more perfectly.
Another difficulty is that most farm
ers raise potatoes irregularly, plant
ing heavy when the price is high, and
thus flooding the market, and then
planting but a few when the price
declines.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-01-20
QUEER DIVORCE REASONS
ONE WOMAN'S HUSBAND WOULD
NOT TALK; ANOTHER'S MADE
A NOISE EATING SOUP.

While Georgia is beginning to go
some as a divorce center there has
never yet been an allegation to the
fact that one or the other party
failed to talk enough. Generally
it is the very opposite, and too much
CAB of an unpleasant nature is re-
corded in the bill of pleadings for a
separation hereabOuts.
San Francisco, however, comes
forward with a peculiar case in which
silence is assigned as the reason for
a separation. The mother of Fan
chon Lewis was the appellant in this
case, and the divorce was granted on
the following plea:
II would have suffered his abuse
without a word of complaint; would
have listened to his insulting accu-
sations without a sigh of protest; l
would have ignored all the other in
| dignities, even to the point of let
| ting him beat me if he only would
have opened his mouth to say some
| thing.
! SILENCE is terrible. For weeks at
stretch he would say nothing. He
would sit for hours in the room with
us, sulking and speechless. He
would come and go without a word
of greeting, without even a look of
| recognition. And it was more than
l or any other woman could endure"
1t seems that the good woman's
husband refused to speak to her for
some act she committed that he did
not like. Just why the lady went
weeks and weeks without cOnversa-
| ton when she could easily have dis
Cussed the dement's of one neighbOr
with another we cannot understand.
She could have Joined any wOman's
club and thereby secured so much
| talk that her husbands speech would
never have been missed.
For fear that future women might
| be placed in the same inconsOlable
condition it might be just as we'll,
while hubby is beaming, to have his
voice canned and then she could SUBJ
nit to his silence in merry contempt
of his gloomy mood.
On the same day that this Frisco
union was destroyed a Mrs. Leider
of st. Louis also asked for and Sc
cured a divorce on novel grounds.
At Wesleyan College she had
learned all of the niceties of table
manners, and to put proper value
upon the use of the fork, the spoon
and the knife In her pitiful tale of
woe she recites that consequently
the sight of person eating with a
knife or the sound of soup gurgling
into the mouth, or the blowing Of
ones nose at the meals or the i'm
bibing of liquids or semi-liquids by
the power of suction are sources of
exCruciating pain and annoyance to
her" Her husband, she stated in her
petition, bends over his soup plate
with his head until his beard almost
dips into the soup and from the time
| of lifting the first spoonful to his
lips until the last drop is drained
makes a noise akin to that of a saw
mill"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-01-20
AS SOON AS He is PRESIDENT
MIR. TAFT WILL HAVE TO FACE
QUESTION OF NEGROES IN
OFFICE IN SOUTH.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Not any
southern enemy or mischief maker
in particular but just 1.-The Fates"
have fixed it so that about the first
thing Judge Taft will have before
him after he becomes president is
the opportunity of showing whether
or not he will insist on the appoint
ment of negroes to responsible offices
in the south over the protests of the
people who have to do business with
them. He is going to have the ques-
ton put to him right straight and in
such a way that there will be but
two answers, yes" or mo"
The question will come up the day
he becomes president in determining
what is to be done with the postmas-
tership at Florence, S. C. Joshua
Wilson, a negro, is the present post
master, holding Office by appointment
of President Roosevelt, who appoint
ed him five years ago over the earn
est and united protest of the people
Of Florence who were chiefly con-
cerned and affected. Wilson's term
expired last January, when President
Roosevelt, over another and louder
protest, re-appOinted him. The SEN
ate did not confirm the appointment,
however. Wilson served on under q
recess appointment and is serving
yet. This week the president again
sent his name to the senate The
senate is not going to confirm him
during the administration of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, and when Judge Taft
becomes president a strong effort
will be made to have a white man
appointed.
Wilson is a perfectly harmless and
inoffensive negro. He is a retired
preacher, an old man, having the
only one necessary qualification for
the office, that of being black Judge
Taft will, therefore, have to decide
the question of whether color is to
outweigh all other considerations in
making S uthern appointments.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-01-20
A $4,000 SWAN DINNER.
Most Gorgeous Entertainment in New
YOrk's History.

The appointment of Count John
Bernstein as German ambassador to
this country recalls the famous swan
dinner which was given in a New
York restaurant in the early sos by
the late Mr.. Luckemeyer, his father
in-law. The gentleman was a
wealthy importer, and he received
from the United States government
the sum of $4,000 as a refund of
excessive duties exacted from him on
importatiOns. He dedicated this sum
to a gastronOmic monument, and
never in the history of New York
restaurants has such a gorgeous en-
tertainment for a limited number of
guests been rivalled. Seventy-two
friends were asked. There was one
table covered with flowers, excepting
a space in the center, left for lake,
and a border around the table for the
plates. This lake was an oval pond,
30 feet in length by nearly the width
of the table, enclosed by delicate
golden wire network reaching from
table to ceiling, making the whole
one grand cage. In the lake swan
four swans, brought from Central
Park, surrounded by high banks Of
flowers, which prevented them from
splashing the water on the table.
Golden cages with canaries were
hung from the ceiling, and the entire
room was one mass of flowers. 1t
was a dinner at which all the most
fashionable women of that day were
present. The menu was done in gold
and was long and elaborate, after the
fashion of that period. The hors
d'oeuvre was Unable a la Condo,
and there were two soups, relieve,
three entrees, a sorbet, truffled chick
ems and saddle of mutton for the
roasts, two vegetables, number of
sweets and ices.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-01-20
THREE WANT 1T.
A Warm Fight Is ON for the Cuth-
bert POstmastership.


The Leader says. the postoffice sit
uation in Cuthbert is becoming more
complicated and interesting.
Mrs. A. B. Bussey, who has filled
the position of postmistress for sew
eral years very efficiently, is an ap-
plicant for re-appointment.
Mr.. Chas. Taunton, formerly chief
of police and a prominent citizen,
wants the office. He is a recent re-
publican convert.
The latest entry is Mr.. H. J..
Knowles, lifelong republican. He
moved to this county from the north
west eleven or twelve years ago, and
has been engaged in farming, fruit
raising and dairying. He has been
in Washington, and is said to have
the backing of the congressman and
senators from his former state.
Mrs. Bussey's term will expire on
February LIST, and the matter will
probably be decided very soon.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-01-20
WILL TAKE FOUR YEARS.
Debris of the Ruined City of Messina
Cannot BE Cleared in Less Time.

DbDAAo VI IlAS NINg VI 4AN'oAAtt
Cannot BE Cleared in Less Time.
A Rome dispatch says the bonn
bardment of the ruins of Messina
are being delayed so that no living
person will meet death from the ar
tillery fire.
The italian senate has decided that
it will take four years to clear away
the debris at Messina.
The soldiers are suffering great
privations at Reggie and Messina,
and are saving the chicken bones to
prevent starvation.
1t is now definitely ascertained
that the city of Messina shall be re-
built, although a new site may be
chosen.
Military permits are needed now
to walk through the ruins of the de-
vastated cities, and a strict guard
is maintained to prevent looting.
Intermittent earthquake shocks
continue to alarm the people in the
danger zone, and many prefer camp
ing in the fields to risking death in
their homes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-01-20
HUDSON WAS FINED $1,000.

Judge Crisp Put a Heavy Fine ON an
Americas 'Tiger."
One thousand dollars, together
with costs, was the maximum penalty
imposed by Judge Crisp of the city
court of Americas upon a plea of
guilty of violation of the prohibition
law.
Affidavits of physicians and citi-
zens relative to the impaired health
of the defendant, w. B. Hudson
alone prevented an altogether differ
ent sentence, opinion being that i'm
prisOnment might be attended with
serious consequences.
Judge Crisp announced that upon
another conviction such plea would
be unavailing and Imprisonment
would be imposed. The fine was
paid.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-01-20

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. debate
and without reference to committee,
the senate passed a resolution pre-
sented by Senator Foraker calling on
the secretary of the treasury for an
itemized statement of the expendi-
ture of the 100000 approved by
the act of March 1, 1899, to be ex-
pended at the direction of the presi-
dent as an emergency fund.
This is the fund out of which de-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-01-20
PITY POOR MILLTONAIRFSl
ONLY TEN OF THEM LEFT
AND Six OF the Ten Are Women. Why, Just Think
Thomas F. Ryan Has Only Pttance of $780,
OO0 According to His Tax Returns

NEW YORK.-Only ten million
aires are left in New York city, &C
cording to tentative personal assess
ments on the tax books for 1909,
and one of these is new name.
While the number of men in the
millionaire class is decreasing year
after year the number of women is
Increasing steadily, and this year
contains six names.
The ten millionaires are: An
drew Carnegie, 100000; William
K. Vanderbilt, $1,OO0,OOO; John d.
Rockefeller, $2,5OO,OOO; Clifford V.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-01-20
THE NUMBER OF LYNCHLNGS WAS
MORE THAN DOUBLED LAST YEAR

Notwithstanding the fact that law
and order leagues have become num-
erous throughout the south, even in
smaller cities, law and order appears
to have gotten setback in 1908,
there being 100 lynchings during the
past year as against 81 in the previ-
Gus year; sc in 1905, and 81 in 1904.
In 1903 there wer 104. The num-
Der had been decreased since 1903
until the year 1908 came in.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-01-20

Brokaw, $1,5OO,OOO; Mrs. Russell
Sage, $5,OOO.OOO; Lila Gilbert, ST.
100000; Alice G. Vanderbilt, ST.
100000; Countess Szechenyi, ST.
100000; Ida A. Flagler, 100000.
Total, $22,OOO,00O.
Practically all of the names of
men of wealth in the financial, pro
fessional and business circles have
been eliminated for one cause and
another. Thomas f. Ryan, head OF
the Metropolitan, is down at $780,
OO0. William w. Aston is down fol
but $4,000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-01-20
WOMAN AND SERPENT.
Modern Fashion Seems to Have
RecOnciIed Them.


Has the world-old enmity between
woman and the serpent been buried,
and has woman taken her ancient
foe to her bosom as model, pet and
adornment? Has she discovered that
there are many qualities in the crawl
ing creature worth emulating be-
sides it's wisdom, and is she pressing
them into service?
The craze for long, clinging gar
ments so tight that a wiggle has to
be substituted for a walk has scarce
ly reached its height for all the
fashion magazines predict that gowns
are to become even more tight and
figures more serpentine. From Paris
comes the news that snakes and liz
ards, harmless but alive, are the mod
ish pets of the hour. This is not
a whim of that gay world of ac-
tresses and professional beauties who
seize any means to attract attention
but it is said that in many a fash
ionable boudoir of the most eX-
elusive precincts of aristocracy and
wealth there is a glass box contain
ing 'Lizette" and "Nanon," instead
of the satin dog basket that has held
the place of honor for so many years
In a recent Paris letter it is re-
lated that the beautiful Duchess
Dues, one of the smartest of the
old regime, has two fine specimens
of native snakes that were sent her
from Africa Mrs. Harry Lehr fol
lows the fashion to the extent OF
wearing a curiously enamelled snake
bracelet that seems almost alive.
The very newest importations and
creations in the exclusive shops in
clude many specimens Of the snake
tribe utilized as necklaces, brace
lets, rings, purses, combs and even
garters.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-01-20
SPENT $4,000 ON GOOD ROADS.

Lee county, according to the re-
port filed the first of the year, spent
on roads and bridges last year
slightly over $4,000. 1t is intended
to improve the roads very fast an
other year, as much of the work
will be merely repair and surfacing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-01-20
CAR CONTAINED CELEsTIALS.
1t Was Supposed to BE Loaded With
a Consignment of Furniture.

Six Cinnamon, smuggled in Tex
as and Pacific railway freight car,
were arrested at Fort Worth, Texas,
soon after a train arrived from Ell
Paso. The car was supposed to con-
tain furniture. ]. G. Anderson, the
consignee, was placed in custody,
charged with smuggling. The orient
ais came from China through Mexi-
co to Ell Paso, and were en- route to
eastern states.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-01-20
"a FAITHFUL OFFICER. ;,

Says Anti-SaloOn Organ of Mayor
Dick Marlin.
Under the above caption the Geor-
gia Issue, the organ of the state anti
saloon league, said in its last issue:
Hon. r. r. Marlin, Dawsons new
ly installed mayor, proposes to show
no quarter to persons connected with
the illegal handling or selling of in
toXicating liquors in that city, as was
evidenced by his decisions in several
recent cases which were heard and
determined in the mayors court"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-01-20
SHOULD BE PRESERVED.

Science Throws a New Light on
Swamp Lands.
Swamp science is more profound
than is popularity supposed. There is
widespread idea that swamps, pure
ly as such, are disease breeding. But
this the swamp experts pronounce to
be simply prejudice. They state that
no non-alluvial swamp can be OBJ
Jected to on hygienic grounds.
The Dismal swamp is said to be
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-01-20

Of the 100 lynchings last year 81
occurred in the south and 3 in the
north. Georgia scored 16 of them.
which fact is to be deplored. Seven
whites were lynched in the country,
and SO negroes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-01-20
THE SENATE WANTS TO KNOW OF
ROOSEVELT HOW HE SPENT MONEY

tectives were paid $4,000 for their
services in investigating the Browns
vile affair.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-01-20
GRACEFUL AND UNGRACEFUL.

About the most graceful thing in
the world is woman, and the most
ungraceful thing is bachelor hold
ing baby.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-01-20

ing more than in the last year of the
barroOm days.
/ mr. GERS that would intoxicate an nv
oufC openly as in Berlin.
put III Cno ter of whiskey some
iiCtIe tribute of hypocrisy is paid to
the law. However, it can be had at
most any time and in most any GUAM
tlty. Within a few minutes walk
OF police headquarters are three
Dllnd tigers where various brands
OF Whiskey, ranging from Lewis 66"
doWnWards, may be secured in bot
tled form by most any one not an
o1ncer TWO of these places have
been in operation virtually since the
present law went into effect. There
are numerous others in various sec
tions of the city.
The Stranger in Town Fixed.
a stranger comes to town. An ac-
qualntance gives him a card to a
club, where he finds everything carte
piano. Conventions meet here and
delegates are given 'open house" at
one or more Of the clubs, and it may
be taken as a fact, written down in
no spirit of criticism, that none goes
thirsty because of inability to OBJ
tain refreshments.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-01-20
Breweries Break Record.

Despite Atlantas position as the
moral preceptor of the state the
oreWeries, local and foreign, are do
The daily sentinel., 1909-08-28
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for Control of All Railroads

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The daily sentinel., 1909-08-28
Advertising Rates on Application.
SESSION
OF DIRECTORS

An important meeting of the Cham
ber of Commerce, occurred last night,
and great many matters of interest
were talked over, though not great
amount of business was transacted
1t was important, however. from the
viewpoint that a determined effort is
going to be made to secure better
freight rates for the city, and what is
better yet strenuous attempt is go
ing TO be made to get the Union Pa
cific TO build their north and south
line through the city of Grand juno
ton A committee was appointed to
prepare data. as to the horticultural
products of the valley, the commerce
ial tonnage now and prospective ton
mage five years from now, a conserva-
tive estimate of the fruit traffic in
future years the same length of time,
and many other positive inducements
to lay before the dictatorship of the
Union Pacific.
If this one project can be accom-
plished." Mr.. Mahony stated this
morning. the one stroke will double
the population of the city" And there
are not many familiar with such
questions who would doubt his state
ment
A. committee was also appointed to
go before the council of the city and
ask for an appropriation for perma-
nent decorating to be used on such
occasions as fair week, Fourth of
July, etc. They also urged the people
of the city. In a resolution to buy
flags and display spirit of patriot
ism during the coming week which
would give the visitors a favorable
impression of the life and activity of
the town
Mr.. Milne was appointed com
mittee of one to investigate the prop
osition of distributing the fruit at the
depot as has been suggested from
various sources.
When the Colorado Manufacturers
association is in Grand Junction the
Chamber of Commerce will receive
them and take them over the valley
and will possibly take up with them
the matter of freight rates. Reports
of various committees were receiS ed
and other business of minor import
ance transacted
The daily sentinel., 1909-08-28

Rev. George Gekkeler. pastor of
the German st. John church of this
city. returned home last night from
a visit to Hotchkiss. Paonia, Delta.
Montrose and other points in that
section of the state in the interest of
the church work. He met with much
encouragement
a well-equipped livery barn. doing
good business. together with 40
acres of good land in the Bonita val
ley for sale quick $1,000. part cash
and easy terms. Call on Andrew ].
Harris a Co, DeBeque. Colo.
General Simon Snyder, U. S. A.
retired, who has been visiting his
sister. Mrs. |, B. Smith, in the Pear
Park community for some DAYS. left
yesterday evening for his home in
Reading, Pa,
Sheriff Williams. of Delta. came in
last night on the delayed Montrose
train and left today for Monticello.
Utah. TO get Ed lillian. the fugitive.
whose recapture was detailed ex-
clusively by The Sentinel yesterday.
The Novelty theatre has been dark
all week and it is not announced
when it will reopen. From all ac-
counts business has not been good at
this playhouse for some time.
The daily sentinel., 1909-08-28

Miss Lille Griffith, of Deepwater.
Mo-. who has been visiting the Misses
Bertha and Della Mundry here. left
on Wednesday for Grand Junction,
Glenwood Springs and other Colo
RADIO points. expecting TO reach home
in about two weeks.-Delta Tribune.
The daily sentinel., 1909-08-28

III you are particular in regard to
your cleaning and pressing. give us
trial. Phone Black 662. The Suit
orium.
The daily sentinel., 1909-08-28
Is 1t So With You2

You sit down to read your fayorite
magazine, pretty soon the type blurs
and runs together, your head aches
ana you begin to feel drowsy-a
symptoms of eye strain. Or you get
nervous. feel ugly and cross, find
fauit with everybody and everything
except perhaps your glasses, which
are really the cause. If you are in
any way reminded that you have eyes.
you had better come and see me about
them. You cannot afford to neglect
them.
CHAS. GASHO,
Optometrist. 21-22 Reed Building.
Grand Junction. Colo.
The daily sentinel., 1909-08-28

Your clothes will keep their shape
and look nice longer If you have
them cleaned and pressed by us. The
Suitorium. Phone Black 662.