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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-14
RATS STOLE DIAMONDS HE
BORROWED" FROM STORE
Negro Employed by Newark Jeweler Wears Gems to a
Ball, But Can't Find Them When Called Upon.

NEW YORK.-When Adolph Ros-
Rnberger, a jeweler in Newark, miss
|ed two diamond rings valued at $500
prom his stock yesterday he called
negro messenger employed by him
'and asked if he knew anything about
|tnem. A blank look and a shake
ion the head were the answer, but
.there was something unconvincing
IN the Negroes manner, and the jew
eIer, catching him firmly by the arm,
accused him of having stolen the
rings. The boys answer:
Deed, boss, I didn't steal them
rings; just took emf mean I
borrowed 'em to make a flash at a
oalI last night, and 1 got 'em good
and safe.
Where are they?" demanded Ros-
enberger.
Well, you see, boss, was fraid
you might not like it, so | hid 'em
III a envelope and put 'em under that
S5uA over there till l could get a
'nance to slip 'em back in the case. -
he led me jeweler to the sink and
W., Uo5n got to their knees. The en-
;,V'op was there, or rather piece of
>" Oat there were no rings, and the
t MESSENGER began to shake and NUT
MY 7yIea something about "sperrits. -
1ulS time his manner was convinc-
my, out Rosenberger called in two
prII a They looked over the
mace mace and found a hole in the wall
meal rsor the sink. The boarding was
tnbpped out, the hole grew larger and
o Fe negro gave a whoop as a nest
ri. IaJS was discovered, with the two
"sS lying intact in the midst of it.
p, AS the gems were not damaged
a'Otst,nDerger treated the matter as
Johe, and did not press the case.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-14
PROHI. BILL CAUSED RIOT
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE HAD A
STORMY SESSION.
HAIR was Pulled, Clothes Torn, and
Two Lawmakers Severely Kicked
in the Confusion.

III tne Confusion.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.-Uglv
riots and fights in which fists were
used marked the consideration of a
prohibition amendment in the house
of representatives here today.
Democrats in the house, respond-
ing to the summons of Representa-
tive Parker, undertook to break a
quorum by leaving the hall in a body
when the proposed amendment to the
constitution establishing state wide
prohibition was reported from the
committee on constitutional amend
ments without recommendation.
The widest disorder and confus-
ION prevailed, the center aisle of the
mouse being choked with struggling
members, and the disturbance was
augmented when Speaker Speer. re-
publican, called for the locking of
the doors of the lower galleries. The
most of the members, however. es-
capped Imprisonment. The sneaker
called upon Representatives Lloyd.
Rhodes, Grossti, Kies and Hart tn
N~'AA'C IAAC SCI eoCt uI-dI-dI his TeSCOr-.
ing order, and in the efforts to do
so there was a general mix-up. The
hallway was blocked, all resisting the
efforts of the officials. Mrs. T. r.
lngams and Mrs. Ray Palmer, state
w. Z. t. U. officials, were in the
throng, and in the struggle Repre-
sentat1ves Parkins and Dunklin were
both quite severely kicked by some
one, while a republican clerk, who
sought to stop the members getting
out, had a handful of hair pulled
from his head. Clothing was torn
and collars were disaranged and
serious fisticuffs narrowly avoided
But with all this the consideration
OF the amendment was voted over un.
I'll Thursday afternoon, when IL
comes up as a special order, and
there will be majority and minority
reports to consider. The indications
are that the amendment will be
passed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-14
MORE MONEY THAN EXPECTED.
The Near Beer Tax Has Proved a
Paying Proposition.


With $195, 985.24 near beer money
on hand on Monday, April 5, it
looks as though the state will have
even more near beer taxes in it's
treasury by the end Of 1909 than was
officially predicted by Comptroller
General Wright. The comptroller in
his report, of which advance proofs
have just come from the press, says
that collections amounting to $175,-
600 may be reasonably expected in
near beer taxes during 1909. He
recalls that $4,000 was collected
during 1908. The amount on hand
April 9Th includes the $4,000 col
lected before January LIST, as well
as some $4,000 of 1903 money that
came in after the first of the year.
Approximately $125,0O0 is credited
to 1909 on the near beer books.
Competent authority says that the
collections belonging to 1909 will be
hardly less than $4,000 in which
event the whole near beer fund
would be more than 100000 and
very little less than the old $780,
600 liquor revenue Of the state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-14
SPINSTERS AND WIDOWS.

Without Matrimonial Chances May
BE Given Land by State.
To decide what to do with 1907
600 spinsters and widows who cannot
scarce in Massachusetts, and who are
scarce in Massachusetts, and who are
obliged to drag out a weary exist
ence, so prominent business and pro-
fessional women of Boston have or
gained to win state aid in obtaining
small tracts of land near large cities,
where women may engage in profit
able agriculture enterprises. A
wealthy New York woman is going
to Massachusetts in June to investi-
gate, and she will spend from $780,
600 to 100000 in the cause if it
appeals to her
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-14
ATLANTA HAS NEW RELIGION.
mowers of Mahomet Organize, and

mowers Of Mahomet Organize, and
VIII Start Active Campaign.
PIIty followers of Mahomet in At
'"'d nave organized their religion
Ine city and are preparing, it is
1'0 TO begin an active campaign
AN, converts. They are mostly Syri-
nn @ VINO emigrated to this country a
tbo nIoer Of years ago. Never have
evo g lost their original faith, how
me e55, and recent reports of Moham-
tbo u@n gains in Asia have bestirred
'"'n to renewed zeal.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-14
NEGRO'S NOVEL LAWSUIT.
To Compel Judge to Issue Him a
License to Marry White Girl.

A Columbus, o., dispatch says:
Willis Marchang, colored, has filed
mandamus suit in the common
pleas court to compel the probate
court to issue him license in order
that he may marry Estella Cunning
ham, young white girl
Probate Judge Black refused to
grant the license, and Judge Bigger
of the common pleas court has the
suit under advisement.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-14
MEN, WOMEN AND FASHION.

When women adopt a style men
go to the extreme for contrast. With
five hundred buttons on women's
gowns mems coats are to be BUTTON
less. Mems hats are diminutive.
Women's the size of wagon wheels.
And yet each guys the other for
"bIindly following fashion"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-14

andkerches Gloves Trunks Suit Cases, Lap Robes, Etc
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-14
IN LOVE WITH HER BISCUIT.
Bride Baked Some More and Now
Groom Is Dead.

Once more Atlanta scores. A man
of that city, sc years of age, fell
in love with the biscuits baked by a
widow, and asked her to marry him.
There was nothing in the way, so
she did it. Shortly after the we'd
ding the bride baked some more bis
cults, and the husband that night
died of Indigestion.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-14
$50 A CORD FOR CEDAR.
Trees on the Georgia Coast VIII All
Soon Disappear.

Cedar logs are selling at $40 to
$50 per cord, and just now in the
region about Brunswick the cutting
and shipping of cedar slabs is put
ting much money in circulation. 1t
is predicted, however, that before
the close of 1910 all trees above four
inches in diameter to be found in
that section will have been cut.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21
They Read the Paper.

Whenever a public official or an
other in the half-limelight desires
to reply to a newspaper criticism,
he rarely comes out frankly and
says, Il have read the criticism
Instead, he resorts to the wholly
disingenouS phrase, My attention
has been called to the article
AS a matter of fact, the average
man in public life reads the news
papers. He, rea DIS those that at
tack him with even greater inter
est and regularity than he does
those that flatter him. And when
a journal makes a particularly.
pointed lunge at him he knows it
almost before anyone else does. No
one has to call his attention" to it
1t has become a joke in newspa-
per offices to read that my atten-
ton has been called" The sentence
is a complete sham. 1t makes the
whole journalistic fraternity laugh.
1t convicts the speaker of being a
cross between a bromide and a pre-
charlottesville Times.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21
Birthstone.
By The DivVle.

The softeSt bed does not bring
the sweetest dreams.
Men resemble the gods only in
that they have their vices.
Not few men who pursue ambi-
ton arrive at perdition.
No william is frank. Therefore
the stage villain is no villain.
Time may deaden hatred, but
hated doesn't deaden time.
The water wagon is the nearest
thing we have to the fountain of
youth.
! Fame is everything. There were
millions of better men than Napo-
leon, only you never heard of them.
When an Emperor lives like a
plain citizen, the plain citizens
wonder what his excuse is for being
Emperor
Boast not your familiarity with
woes; there are others who know it
more Intimately Toledo News
Bee.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21
The Real Size.

New York, Jan. is. = There will
be a rise in the size of women's
feet if the shoe tmen have their
way. No more will milady be
able to squeeze her No. 7 pedal ex-
tremities into No. rs. no matter
how willing she may be to stand
the pain of the squeeze. The shoe
men otherwise the National Boot
and Shoe Manufacturers associa-
ton have decided in the altruistic
fashion common to tradesmen that
such things shall not be.
At today's session of the associa-
ton in the Hotel Astoria it was de-
cided in the future to mark the real
sizes on shoes in plain figures.
Most of the shoe dealers have
code system in the marking of wo-
mems shoes by which a customer
of that sex may flutter into a store
sit down on the bench and sweetly
remark to the man in charge Il
think No. IA will about fit" and
then be threatened with convul-
sions while the obliging salesman
squeezes, or tries to squeeze the
same onto "a what's the use?
Its just vanity" said John Ha-
man, the shoe man who introduced
the measure, and ought to be stop
ped. 1t enables a clerk to substi-
tute one size for another in selling
to a customer. 1t is form of de-
ception that is obviously unfair and
unnecessary"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21
Truly Feminine.

What do you know about
women?" asked the first young
husband.
Nothing" responded the second
young ditto.
Il guess | don't, either" rejoined
the first, "and I've been married for
over three months. Yesterday,
friend, wife asked me how l liked
the dinner. She does the cooking,
you know"
The second youthful hubby didn't
know, but he nodded just as if he
did.
And when | began to praise the
dinner" resumed the other one, up
she rose and began to cryl Said
she feared l loved her only for her
cooking"
The second hubby smiled. She
had a cry coming" he explained
That's ALL Puck.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21
NEGRO TROOPS ~
TERRIFY TOWN.
Sacket Harbor, N. Y, Aroused by
Attacks on Men and Women.

Watertown, N. Y, Jan. 14.-The
conduct of members of the Twenty
fourth (negro) Infantry during the
last few weeks, eliminating on
Saturday night in the holding up
of two young women in the streets
OF Sacket Harbor and the entrance
to the Eveleigh House of that vii
lage, last night by negro soldier
with three white women, who drove
Proprietor Frank Widener. out at
the point of revolver, has aroused
the public to a point of indignation
that promises to be felt in the War
Department.
Drunkenness on the streets,
"Peeping Toms" and HOUSEKEEPING,
which are ascribed to men of the
negro regiment. have been endured
by the people without much COM
plant.
But since Saturday night, when
Miss Lille Cook and Miss Julia Nc
Gee, teacher in the public schools
of this city, and a resident of Sack
ct Harbor, were attacked upon the
streets of that village, the situation
has become serious
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21
Why Children Should Be Taught
To Play. III, .

.
Children should, be taught to play
because play is the natural express
ion of child, says Elizabeth
Burchenal in the January New Idea
Woman's Magazine. 1t is primari-
ly the child birthright, in inherit
ance it should never have lost.
When the children of a country
have forgotten how to play. the
death-knell of that country will
have been sounded.
The Saddest thing in the world is
the man or woman who lacks
happy childhood to look back upon
and to gather inspiration from for
the hard places of life. 1t is one
the most significant things for goo
in this country that everywhere
children are being helped and pro-
tected. In no other country in the
world is CHILDHOOD such a sacred
thing as in America.
1t is a revelation to the little
children of the poor mostly of
foreign parentage that they are
!, not looked upon as a nuisance, but
as something quite important as
the grown-ups. They learn with
| wonder that they are not to be
hustled out of the way with impu-
= nifty, not to be worked beyond their
, strength, not to be shouldered with
burdens too heavy for them, but
! are to be taught to stand straight
ITO play, to sing and shout as much
as they like. And that all this
emanates from the school --onct
t thought a place of torture is {
3 still greater wonder. The though
that a new and thrilling pleasure
, awaits them at the days end, ate
the hated lessons are over with, OF
the roof or playing ground of this
: very temple of learning; is sending
them to their teachers in mucl
> improved state of mind Learning
that their rights are to be respect
- ed, even their play make a thing
of import and not a reproach, they
I are losing much of that AGGRESSIVE
e attitude which has sorely tried thei
instructors.
e, The country in which the chill
? dren have taught to cultivate thei
natural instincts for fun and froli
in a decent, orderly .o..ion has ;
better future in store for it than tn,
e one which considers its children
| just as so many head of cattle, tt
help swell the census reports, or Il
make soldiers or even scholars GU
). of. The Master meant more thai
: the mere reading of His words i'm
piled when He babe His people be
come as little children.
What work can be better thai
giving back to the little ones tn
priceless jewel of childhood-th
s right to play that the crowdinI
+ together in great cities has takel
away from themY
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21
An Accident.

While Buchanan Bros, were load
ing aload of nice mules at the Burl-
ington yards Saturday a fine big
one got its hind legs under the door
and was so badly injured that it
had to. be unloaded and kept at
home.
While the injury is not cOnsided
serious, yet il untitled the animal
for market az the presenf time
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21
Fatal Accident on Coon Creek.

Spalding, Mo-, Jan. 16. Careless
handling of shot gun in a mo-
ment of excitement when the
racoon he was hunting was es-
Gaping cost the life of Roy Divins
a farmer living near here. The
accident occurred at 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon Divins re-
ceived the full charge of shot in
his left wrist and heart and died
almost instantly.
With his brother-in-law Frazier
Stats, Divins was hunting yester-
day and with the dog finally chas-
ed a racoon into a hollow log
Frazier went to borrow an ak at a
nearby farm house to chop the ami
NAL out while Divins laid his gun
across the log, the barrel pointing
toward him. Suddenly the racoon
| leaped from the hole and Divins
hastily reached for the gun catching
it by the end of the barrel and
drawing it towards him. 1t is sup
posed the trigger caught on the
bark and discharged the load into
the wrist aud heart when the muz-
zle was almost pressed against his
breast, The body was still warm
when found, A man across the
river heard the discharge but Div
ms was dead when he reached the
scene of the accident.
Divins was twenty-five years of
/ age and lived about two and one
half miles northeast of Cincinnati
and the accident is particularly
lamentable because he leaves a
wife and two small children, one
only two weeks old. He was SON
in-law of Charles Coontz of this
place. The funeral arrangements
have not been completed. Courier
Post.
d M Poharts o,,d s;star A;Ss
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21

Miss Ethel Baynum has been
clerking at Yates & Shearman's
while her sister. Miss Bessie. has
been ill.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21

Miss Bertha Smallwood has been
the happy guest of friends in Fay
cite.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21

R. P. Buchanan and William
Buchanan went to St. Louis, Sum
day to look after their business
affairs.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21

j. M. Proctor. ST., and W. B.
Arnold were Quincy visitors Satur-
day.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21

DR.. W. 7. Rutledge visited his
aunt, Mrs. 0viate, at Clarence, Sun
day.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21

Miss Pearl Ragland was called to
Shelbina Saturday by the illness Of
sister.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21

William Brown Of Rensselaer,, was
with Monroe friends and relatives
Saturday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21

Miss Fife Baxter of Huntington,
has been with relatives in this city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21

Mrs. E. S, Hampton and son,
George visited their daughter and
sister in q hospital in Quincy. Sat
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21

Mesdames A. C. Boarman and
Joseph Smith of Ely, spent Sunday
with relatives in this city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21

Miss Mary Stephens went to
Quincy Saturday to visit friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21

Uncle Jimmie Ryan was report
ed as being quite i'll with pneumo-
MIA. Saturday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21

Mrs, Sophia Crabtree Of Cyrene.
Mo-. was with her former friends in
this city Saturday,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21

Minter Davis and wife of Hunne-
well, were with friends in this city,
Saturday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21

Estelle Undertake, of Palmyra
was a business visitor in this city
Saturday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21

Miss Eliza Richards of Perry, has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. j. r
Baxter in Huntington.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21

Mrs. C. A. Shields of Paris, has
been spending several days with
the homefolks in this city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21

w. H. Engle and daughter, Miss
Leta, have been visiting relatives
in Palmyra.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21

Mrs J.T. Vaughn and daughter,
Miss Wlnifred, Of Huntsville, arrived
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21

Miss Ruby Young of Palmyra,
has been the guest of her cousin,
Miss Lula Hayden.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-01-21

R. w. Roberts and Sister. Miss
Vera, of Lewistown have been with
Monroe friends Miss Vera has
been a student at Van Rensselaer,
Academy and was taken i'll and
when here was returning home UNI
der the escort of her brother.
Benton Christian was with Hun
newell friends Sunday. If Benton
would stay single. he ought to take
a look around this city and see
what has happened to several o.
the young men who fell into che
n
Holbrook argus., 1909-06-01
j r. Nh PA0-'FoC
 ----' -.-s -' cW fo -~9-t c--.- r--4 -L. ,... Not Crow See of the Best
 CTa--es.

In lecture at -l,o New y,,.l- C... '"Hc"e of Aa-fo,--.-,-o a. r-,.-,.-
 -''' CTS We7'-." a d:scrssfcn O
 mn sa"ent O. rastures --1e +o1,er
 by P-of. #arren arl Pro V-b;.
 subStance of 'he diecueeirp ".
 }olows: Much land. esrec:a1v o- -e hills and in rocl-e's where if
 hp' Is sour Cor acfd). and will m "W well so'-e of the most ir-To-.+o- '.asses and c'overs. In sucb cssos
 '7rai 2rnEcation Of line storld h
 seq Whenever there is any doub. s to whethcr a riece Of land noods me- the best thing to do is to ann. me to a snail part of it and see i, uefe Is @ny improvement. From tbis mall eNrcriment rlot the course o4 Hdha$ gen ent can be determined
 In starting a permanent roc+,,ro +1,o SoiI should be in good condition and we manured. and if the soil is acfd It shou be lined. After a rasturn is started it can be built up with Iit+Ia '~LshIIon at the right time
 me b2rren places should receive 9 liberal application of commercia, eruhzer, The best time to seed and ert,lZe is in the early spring On,, 'i the best things to keep up q r,e~. .uFe IS to treat it liberally with stabla manure. The best time to apply tb;s . III the 1ail or during the winter
 weeds and unpalatable grasses are elt oy the cattle, and if they are rs own they will go to seed and tbrs ecome thicker year after year. MoU- lg should be done one or more times hd before the seeds could possibly t mature The material may be lefr Il the land, where it acts as q muIcb nd fertilizer. --- ''-o-
Holbrook argus., 1909-06-01
Notice of Sale of SchooI
 Bonds

Office Board of Supervisors. Ma vaJo County, Holbrook, Arizo- na.
 On the first day of June, 1909 at 2;3O o'clock p. m. at the of ice of the Board a public sale of School Bonds of School District No. 3 of Navajo County, Arizo. na, will be held. Said bonds were voted for, for the purpose of building a school house and furniture, etc, in said School Dis tr1ct- Five bonds of the denomi. nation of $1oOO.OO each, payable m three, six, nine, twelve and fifteen years, interest thereon not over SIX percent per annum. By order of the Board.
 A. F. McALLISTER
 Clerk of the Board.
Holbrook argus., 1909-06-01

II Mir. James Patten's recent wheat manipulations really do bring about a wholesale corn bread revival in this country, It may be that he was blessing Tn | disguise, after all. Corn bread IS not only exceedingly good to eat and highly nutritious, but comparatively inexpensive. This IS no joke; it is a delightful and cheerful truth.
Holbrook argus., 1909-06-01

When the New York papers showed a disposition to give un- due c publicity to the smuggling frauds of the sugar trust thev promptly placed page advertise ments in each of the dailies and the publicity ceased. The mern- 0ers of the sugar trust are diplo- mats, whatever else they may be
Holbrook argus., 1909-06-01

A Baltimore man has erected a statue to Adam. We are glad to say that the father of man. kind IS not represented as stand ing Tn a heroic attitude with his right hand thrust between the hrst and second buttons of his Prince Albert Coat.
Holbrook argus., 1909-06-01

A Philadelphia man bet he could drink two quarts of wlis- key within two hours. He did. , but he is dead, A Chicago girl bet she could waltz one hour without stopping. She did; but she IS dead. These things save the foolkiller trouble, however.