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The newspaper., 1909-07-30

Every other house was that OF a
native, and the bed of the valley
was one vast tara plantation di-
vided by imaginary lines into lit
tie holdings. each acre of which
would comfortat ly support an en-
tire Hawaiian family. Towards
the mountains Hawaiian boys and
girls gathered the wild guava
There were but thirty-odd thou
sand Japanese in Hawaii then,
and | met none in this most de-
lectable and picturesque val ey
under the American flag.
But yesterday! Another walk
along the same path-one native
grass house remained in all the
valley; Japanese boys gathered
the wild guava. but to do so they
climbed a mile or more farther
up the valley than had ever be-
fore explored. ! met Japanese
men and children coming down
the roads and byways with vege-
tables and even strawberries
wrapped IN the useful ii leaf.
Far up the valley, in the very last
gulch. nestled little grass
thatohed house OF old Japan. and
on the almost perpendicular hill
side beyond a Japanese woman
was terracing the whole. and on
these terraces grew acres of fra
grant violets. from which a family
OF tiny Japanese children were
making artistic boquets.
To deny that the Japanese have
created the greater part of the
wealth of Hawai- would be ab-
surd. Their toll creates the si0.-
600. 900 worth of sugar that Ha-
waii annually sends to San Fran
cisco ard New York But the
japanese i inclined to remain on
the sugar estates only until he ha>
saved enough to lease an acre or
two for his own personal use.
Then he builds his little shack,
and becomes an independent; or
he drifts to Honolulu and creates
some new industry there. on a
small scale to start with.
His children are educated in
the public schools. so that when
they graduate. with refinement
and knowledge their fathers never
acquired. they would as soon think
of becoming human beasts OF bur
den in the fields as to draw a rick
shaw through the streets of Hon
olulu. They become physicians,
lawyers, teachers. business men,
clerks, ousting the young white
man from every opening. and add
complexlty of the problem OF the
to the Anglo Saxon in Hawaii.
There is a Japanese Merchants
Association with agencies on all
plantations. and there independ
ent stores are conducted, wherever
land can be secured for building.
The great firms in which the mil
lions of the white man are in
vested begin to feel this competi-
ton, for the Japanese undersells
The newspaper., 1909-07-30

uition IN The county i, $437.653.
Total assessed valuation in the
county is 1851. .4S465.
Yours truly.
s. l.. CocKREHAM.
The newspaper., 1909-07-30

w. S. Edwards, son Raymond
and daughter Miss Beatrice and
Miss Mayme Swan were camp
ing in Hubbard park this week.
The newspaper., 1909-07-30
DR.. Harry A. Smith.

OF Delta, Eye, Ear. Nose and
Throat specialist. will be at the
Paonia hotel the Second Tuesday
OF every month Glasses Fitted
The newspaper., 1909-07-30
U. S. Department of Agriculture
WEATHER BUREAU

voluntary Observers Meteorological Record
For the week ending July %, 1909
and corresponding week OF 1905.
The newspaper., 1909-07-30

CONTINUED on page fourl
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-08
OIL ON SEA SAVED THE SHIP
WIND BLOWING 30 MILES AN
HOUR TOSSED VESSEL ABOUT.
Women and Children Cried and
Some of Them Prayed. A
Thrilling Experience.

NEW YORK.-When the Maracai-
DO of the Red D line was made fast
to her pier 81 happy passengers
walked down the gangway to the
dock. The ship had been tossed
about by tremendous seas and high
wind on the voyage from San Juan,
Porto Rico, and some of the travel
ers had come to think they would
never reach port. There were six
women and four children on board,
and as the seas tossed the steamer
about they screamed and cried and
some of them prayed.
All praised Capt. Hichborn for the
way he handled his charge, and they
told how he had gallons of oil poured
upon the troubled waters.
The Maracaibo left San Juan No
vember 18th. She was not fitted
with wireless, and when no word was
heard of her for several days con-
siderable anxiety was felt for her
safety. Revenue cutters were about
to make a search for her when she
was reported making her way toward
the Ambrose Channel lightship with
all on board well.
Writer Tells Experience.
Frank E. Jackson of Portland,
Me-, who had been in Porto Rico
gathering material for a book, said
on the pier in Brooklyn:
81 have been travelling on the wa
ter off and on for forty-tWo years,
and have been in some storms, but
that was the worst experience | ever
had. There was strong wind blow
ing when we left san Juan. 1t kept
coming stronger until it's velocity
was between eighty and ninety miles
an hour. The seas rolled up and
came over our bow.
81 could hear the women scream
ing and the children crying, and l
Law in my bunk most OF the time
waiting for the worst. But Capt.
Hichborn handled his steamer ad-
mirably.'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-08
EXTRA LEGISLATIVE SESSION
MEMBERS OF 1884-5 HOUSE GO.
ING TO HAVE LITTLE ONE.
Survivors, Who Have Climbed Some
Higher, Have Met in Atlanta to
Perfect Plans For Reunion.

ATLANTA, GA meeting of ten
members of the legislature of 1884
was held in the chambers of Judge
Richard B. Russell of the court of
appeals to arrange for a reunion of
that body. The legislature of the
years above named was one of the
most remarkable assemblies that has
convened in the history of the state.
Besides giving to the state three
governors, two attorney-generals, six
congressman, several judges of the
supreme court, it contained a large
number of men who subsequently
distinguished themselves on the
| bench of lower courts and in other
offices of honor and trust received at
the hands of the people.
Among the things which that leg
islature accomplished which would
have been sufficient to make its name
live in the history of the state was
to establish the Georgia State School
of Technology and to build the state
capitol.
The date fixed today for the re-
union which will be held in the SEN
ate chamber is December 23rd. The
day will be devoted to historical re-
miniscences and to social greetings
! At night a banquet will be held at
one of the hotels here, which one
having not yet been agreed upon
1t is estimated that about fifty pei
cent. of this historic body still sur
vive, and the sponsors of the reunion
hope to have them all here, if pos
sible, on the date fiXed-Decembel
| 22nd.
AS an indication of the mark
which the members of this historic
body has made on the history of the
state it is only necessary to name
the ten who convened in Judge Rus.
sells chambers this morning. They
were:
Ex-Gov. William J. Northen, 6
senator in the general assembly oil
| 1SS4-5; the Hon. Lavender Ray, an
other senator; Ex-Gov. Joseph M
Terrell, representative from Meri'
wether county; Col. B. F. Abbott, g
representative from Fulton; Sus
pended Railroad Commissioner S
Guyte McLendon, a representative
from Burke county; William Hawkes.
representative from Sumter coun
! ty; Acknowledgement John c. Hart
representative from Greene coun
ty; Commissioner of Pensions John
w. Lindsey, a representative from
Wilkinson, and Judge Richard B
Russell, ar representative from
| Clarke.
The governor of that period was
the Hon. Henry d. Mcdaniel, who
still survives. 1t is hoped to have
him present to participate in the fes.
Invites of the reunion.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-08
DOING LITTLE BUT FIGHT
FLAMES AND HOPE FOR RAIN
~ " "na in South Georgia Has Heavily Road Work Has
Been Suspended Dougherty County

ALBANY, Ga.-"Fires in the
woods have cost me $4,000 during
the last few weeks. There have been
many fires, and they continue to
ourn' There's no preventing them,
and when they get started it is i'm
possible to extinguish them. We can
only cut them off by blowing trench
es or cutting the underbrush, and
they burn themselves out after caus-
ing damage of hundreds or thousands
OF dollars. We have about concluded
that it isn't going to rain any more
this year"
Thus spoke one of the most ex-
tenslve turpentine operators in this
section. He had been riding from
one OF his farms to another for DAYS,
and had slept but little. He said
ne dldn t expect to get a good nights
rest until after a general rain should
fall.
The experience of this operator is
that OF every other one in this part
OF the state. Even eternal vigilance
is not the price of safety in the tur-
pentlne woods, for so dry is everv-
thing out of doors that a single spark
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-08

is sufficient to start confederation
In few seconds. In the counties
where the no-fence law has not been
introduced great losses are being sus-
tanned by farmers in the destruction
OF fences. Even the posts of wire
fences are consumed, leaving the
wires fiat on the ground.
In many of the counties of this
section it has been necessary to dis
continue work on the public roads.
Last week Superintendent Pinson of
the Dougherty road construction de-
partment was forced to suspend on
creations after having hauled water
"a considerable distance in a street
sprinkler in order to be able to finish
up bit of road which had been torn
up. 1t was the first time in the his
tory of the county that this had been
necessary.
On many farms water is being
hauled from distant points. There is
said not to be a pond in this section
that has not been completely dried
up or reduced to a bit of marsh.
Only the larger streams remain, the
smaller ones having ceased to flow.
The average rainfall in south Geor-
gle since August is the smallest in
more than twenty years.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-08
plDN'T KNOW SUNNY JIM.
Il Under Blanket of Obscurity
Like We Ordinary MOrtals.

/ Under Blanket of Obscurity
Like We Ordinary Mortals.
Pee'President Sherman is not en-
\ happy. He has been illus
\ IN the newspapers and maya
F thousand times since the last
I0ncan national convention, still
people in Albany, N. Y, do not
ulm' He wanted to identify a
al an Albany bank the other
The teller told him, Pardon
ST. but you will have to get
fOody to identify you; l do not
VINO YOU are" A day or two
le went to New York city and
Iueu a theatrical performance
h q Trend. After a time this
eSpled a Wall street magnate
G % him over. 'Mr. Blank, "
%. Hherman's friend, 81 want
n o'eII you to the vice-president
n united States" "Ah, Mr..
%uhS' | am honored to meet
vi, said the Wall street mag
In SIaSplng Mr.. Sherman's hand
4l!' Can it be wondered that
,nosS-pfeSldent is unhappy, rest
H. TSef such a blanket of OBJ
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-08
SAYS GEORGIA GREAT STATE
A Paper Way Out on the Pacific
Coast Sends Us a Boquet. Senti-
ment Out There For South.

PORTLAND, Ore" Georgia is a
great state" is the elimination of an
editorial in the "Oregonian" of
Portland, Oregon, on November
29rd The "Oregonian" further
says:
Though there is a shortage of
cotton in the crop of this year in
several states the crop of Georgia is
very full, and with the enhanced
prices it will bring into the state,
they say, something like $175,00O,-
600. 1t is tremendous sum of
money and a mighty industry, but
Georgia is a great state"
1t seems that the south and the
Pacific northwest are the centers of
greatest prosperity and most intense
activity, and to them is assigned the
duty of finding homes for the great
masses who want to be relieved of
the crowded conditions in the older
states
Georgia has a surplus of cotton,
while out in the northwest a sur
plus of wheat has made Portland the
second largest wheat exporting port
in the United States, led only by New
York.
Out here in the northwest there
is great sentiment in favor of the
south. You will find in Portland,
for instance, a Dixie Society, a well
organized Daughters of the Confed-
eracy; in fact, one of the United
States senators from Oregon is ma
tive of MisSissiDDi. When the Cor
egonian" says something nice edi-
torially about Georgia it is received
with almost as much interest as
though the complimentary words re-
lated to Oregon.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-08
SEND YOUR BOYS AND GIRLS
To the Agricultural and Mechanical
School at Americas, Ga.

To the Agricultural and Mechanical
School at Americas, Ga.
Every place in dormitory filled
during Fall term. One of the pref
test homes in Americas open Jan
uary 1st for girls dormitory. Girls
occupy building 500 yards from boys
dormitory. Matron for each build
ing. Separate dining halls. Room
provided for 20 more boys. Board
Sc per month.
A regular high school course.
Five teachers. Girls, domestic
science-sewing, dress-making, etc.
laboratory, wood and blacksmith
shops we'll equipped. A battalion of
cadets. Good moral environment.
Tuition free. Spring term opens
January 4th. Students turned away
during fall term for want of room
Write to the Principal, j. M. Col
lum, Americas, Ca, for catalogue
and a place in the school before all
the places are taken.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-08
TO Be HEARD DEC. 10 OR II
A DECISION is LOOKED FOR SOON
IN THE M'LENDON CASE.
The Supreme Court Is Expected to
Settle the Matter Finally BY
the New Year.


ATLANTA, Ga.-Probably by the
first of the coming year it will be
known whether S. G. McLendon, for
mer chairman of the railroad COM
mission, or Joseph F. Gray of Sa-
vannah is entitled to the seat of
state railroad commissioner.
The case is on the supreme court
| docket at the foot of the Eastern cir
cult, and that circuit is the third on
the call upon which arguments was
begun Monday. 1t is expected the
Eastern circuit will be reached and
disposed of the latter part of this
week, in which event the McLendon
quo warranto suit will be heard by
the court December the 10th or 18th.
AS soon as it disposes of the call,
which will probably be done this side
of Christmas, the court will go into
consultation and shortly thereafter
begin handing down decisions.
1t is realized that the McLendon
case is one of Importance, and had it
not been for the fact that the East
ern circuit is so soon to be called
this case would have been brought
before the court on fast bill OF
exceptions, securing almost immedi-
ate hearing and quick decision.
/ These facts lend color to the be-
lief that the supreme court will not
be slow in disposing of the case, and
| that by January list, or very soon
! thereafter, the final decision will be
| known.
Mr. McLendon comes to the SUI
preme court with a favorable decis-
ion from Judge Charlton in the SUI
iperior court of Chatham county, and
chief interest is lent the case be-
cause of the fact that his removal
from Office by the legislature, under
| the charges of Governor Smith, has
! been generally considered a purely
! political move.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-08
MOURNING is TOO STRENUOUS.
South Bend, an Atlanta Suburb,
Asks For Protection.

South Bend, an Atlanta Suburb,
Asks For Protection.
F. E. Hopkins, a resident of the
Atlanta suburb of South Bend, has
made a peculiar complaint to the
county commissioners.
''You see, there are 10000 dead
negroes buried in the neighborhood
of South Bend, and they are causing
us no end of trouble"
Surely you don't want police pro-
lection from dead negroes?" the
chairman asked.
eve do in this CASE DR.. Hopkins
continued. You see, the average
negro would rather go to a cemetery
than melon patch. Well, every
Sunday 5000 to 1000 live negroes
swarm down upon South Bend be-
cause they have relatives buried
there, and they make things exceed
ingly disagreeable for us. l don't
mind their mourning if it is the right
sort, but their conduct is more thar
we can stand.
The people of South Bend were
promised investigation and relief.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-08
GEORGIA LOSES SOME LAND
PART OF THE STATE HAS RUN
OFF INTO CAROLINA.
Formerly It Was an Island of 400
Acres in Savannah River, Which
Has Changed It's Course.

Has Changed Its Course.
Part of Georgia is in South Caro-
lima. Doubtless few people know
that, and fewer still will believe it,
because on the very face of it the
statement seems contradictory and
impossible. But nevertheless it is
true.
The Augusta Chronicle says:
Three hundred and seventy-eight
acres of Georgia soil are on the Car
DINA side of the river. Taxes on the
land are paid into the Georgia state
and Richmond county treasures; and
though the present owner has tried
time and again to get the land trans
ferred to South Carolina he has been
unable to do so.
The property is at Tweedy's Bar,
about five miles down the river from
Augusta, and it is owned by Mr.. J.
G. Lamar, The land is very rich and
fertile, good corn and oats soil, and
most excellent hay land, and is val
liable.
The manner in which a part of
Georgias land happens to be on the
Carolina side is this: Formerly it
was part of Georgia, but the Sa-
vannah river changed it's course and
cut the land away from Georgia,
forming an island. Gradually a neck
of land was formed connecting the is
land with the Carolina shore. But
| it still remained Georgia's by reason
of the legal ruling which provides
that if any large part of land is cut
off from it's original state it remains
part of the first conjunctive state,
even though later it becomes con-
nected with another.
| Probably one reason why it con-
tinued Georgia soil was because, un-
til Mr. Lamar bought it, all previous
owners were Georgia men, and pre-
| ferred paying their taxes to their own
state. But when Mr. Lamar bought
| it, he being a South Carolinan with
| all his property in that state, nat
! urally would have liked to have the
cut off, as it is called in that sec
ton, transferred to Carolina. The
effort was made, but it was not sue
/ cessful
/ "The cut off furnishes fine fishing
along the river, and is popular with
the followers of Izaak Walton. 1t
was also popular with all the negroes
in Beech Island, who got into trouble
with the Carolina law, according to
Mr.. Lamar, for when it seemed they
could not escape the clutches of the
/ law as long as they were on Carolina
soil they betook themselves to 1.-THE
cut off, which, being a part of Geor-
gia, put them out of the immediate
reach of Carolina officers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-08
Dead Letter Office Quickens Quickly
When FuZzy-WuZzy Jumps
Out of Package.

WASHLNGTON.-The dead letter
Office department belied its name
when tarantula threw the clerks
into a frenzy that for moment
threatened to become a stampede.
The trouble started when j. E..
Davis tore the cover from mys-
terious-looking package addressed to
"Dott Huggero Verify, via Leon V.
Firenzo, Florence, Italy" He found
box pierced with small holes
Placing it to his ear he shook 1t II
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-08
NMMED NEGRO'S HANDS
OFF WITH AXE IN A FlGH1

hands, crossing them at the wrists SO
as to better protect his head. The
blow descended and the sharp axe
completely severed one hand from
the arm. One of the bones and the
two principal arteries of the other
forearm were severed, and though
the wound was dressed and an at
tempt is being made to save the hand
there is little chance that it will be
successful.
parker fled Immediately after the
fight. With his axe he held of those
who would have detained him, ana
after securing rifle from his cabin
made off and has not been seen since
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-08
BLIND MAN WEEDS RICH GIRL
A Notable Wedding in Fashionable
Circles. Bride Beautiful Daugh-
ter of Multimillionaire.


NEW YORK.-None of the long
list of notable weddings that have
taken place in fashionable st. Thorn
as church ever attracted more at
tention than the ceremony per-
formed there at noon today which
made Miss Vera MacFarland Moses.
whose father is a multimillionaire,
the bride of Edward Matthews
Chamberlin of Washington, D. C.
The white satin and tulle and or
ange blossoms with which the beauti-
full bride was arrayed were unseen
by her husband, although she leaned
proudly on his arm. The childish
prattle of the two little flower girls
was heard by him, but their happy
faces, their baskets Of flowers, count
ed for nothing.
For Mr.. Chambers, who comes of
an old Virginia family, is totally
blind.
The marriage ceremony was per-
formed by the rector, the Rev. DR..
Ernest M. Stires. The bride was at
tended by Miss Helen Melbourne
Meek of Virginia as maid of honor.
Mr.. Chamberlin had his brother, JUS
tin Morrill, Chamberlin of Washing
ton, for best man, and another broth
er, Captain Paul E. Chamberlin of
the U. S. marine corps, was among
the ushers. The ceremony at the
church was followed by a wedding
breakfast at the Hotel Savoy, where
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Moses, reside
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-08
IN MAIL CAUSED
A WHITE STOCKING DISPLAY

an effort to ascertain whether or
not it contained an internal machine.
The lid came off.
jumping Jehosephat!" exclaimed
Davis, when he found gigantic
tarantula roosting on his shoulder.
He knocked it to the floor, where it
promptly began a mastery retreat.
Women clerks climbed on desks and
fell over one another to escape the
fuzzy peril Never, said veteran
employe of the dead letter Office,
were so many silk stockings seen in
the Office before.
After a brief but determined
search the tarantula was discovered
in pile of mail sacks, where it was
killed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-08
DEFEAT CAUSED DEATH.
PROFESSOR Saunders of Fitzgerald
Died Suddenly.

A Fitzgerald dispatch says: The
city was startled this morning over
the sudden death of Professor James
T. Saunders, secretary of the board
of education, and who for years has
been leading figure in educational
work.
Mr.. Saunders was a candidate for
member of the school board in Tues
days primary, but was defeated.
Friends of the deceased state that his
defeat was the direct cause of his
death.