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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-19
PLAN TO START DAY EARLIER.
Proposed to Push All Clocks Ahead
Two Hours in Summer.

Prominent Cincinnatians are in
teresting themselves in a national
movement to change business hours
during the summer months after the
plan proposed in England and begin
the day two hours earlier in sum-
mer than in the other months of the
year.
julius Fleischmann, ex-mayor Of
Cincinnati; c. H. M. Atkins, presi-
dent of the Business Mems Club;
Charles J. Christie and others are
planning a dinner, at which the sub
ject will be discussed.
1t is proposed that each year on
May LIST standard time of the United
States be advanced two hours and
continue thus until October LIST. ia
this way it is intended that persons
who start to work at o'clock in
the morning during other months
shall begin at in summer and quit
two hours earlier.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-19
sCHwAB SPECIAL TRAIN COSTLY
Spent $4,000 Hauling Bunch a
Thousand Miles to a Dinner.

Thousand MlleS 10 q Dlnner.
The "Schwab Special" the train
that carried rs Detroiters to South
Bethlehem, Pa, recently as the
guests of Charles M. Schwab, presi-
dent of the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany cost $2,34S, according to the
statement of a Lehigh Valley rail-
road official. The train was a most
luxurious one. There were the
CLUB car" the dinner, four Pull
mans and Mrs. Schawb's private car,
Loretta, one of the handsomest and
most completely furnished on wheels.
Seventy-three men were engaged in
running the train, including the en-
CINE crews with the different changes,
conductors, walters, chefs, porters
and brakemen. Both the Grand
Trunk and Lehigh Valley railroads
had travelling representative aboard,
and extra mechanics were also on
hand. Considerable speculation has
been INDUCED in as to the purpose
of Schwab in carrying the Detroiters
1,192 miles to banquet them, at a
cost of nearly $4,000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-19
CAN'T COLLECT FOR BEE-STUNG MULE

cause, as he says, he learned of the
misfortune of his mule and did not
have time to eat dinner, which he
would otherwise have done.
The bee-gums were right beside
the mules stall, and the pestiferous
little buggers lit onto the animal,
whereupon it shortly shuffied off it's
mortal coil
Liberty superior court said Cas-
we'll was not responsible for the
price of the mule, and the supreme
court sustained this decision.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-19
The Supreme Court of Georgia De-
cides Against the Mules Owner.

The supreme court has declined to
make j. M. Caswell, a hotel pfoprie-
tor at Hinesville, Liberty county, pay
S. r. Brewer for a mule which Brew
err put in the hotel stable and which
was stung to death by Caswells
bees.
Brewer went to the hotel and put
his mule in the stable. He did not
become a patron of the hotel, be-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-19
Former Patient Tells Startling
Stories of Brutal Treatment.
CHOKING AND BEATING COMMON

One Woman Makes Affidavit That
She Was Criminally Assaulted. A
Thorough Investigation Seems to
BE Needed, and Governor Has
Asked Board of Trustees to Make
1t. Legislature May Apply Probe.
ATLANTA, Ga.-The attention of
Governor Hoke Smith was called on
Monday to charges made recently
against the state sanitarium man
agement at Milledgeville, as re-
viewed in the Augusta Chronicle of
sunday; also to an editorial in The
chronicle calling for an official in
FestlgatiOn of these charges.
The governor was too busy to look
INTO the matter Monday, but it is be-
heVed he will do so within the next
lew days. 1t is thought that he will
call on the asylum authorities for
an explanation, and unless they can
snow the charges to be baseless an
Investigation is likely to follow
The charges are of a serious ma
lure. According to The Chronicle,
an attidavit exists which was made
ny former woman inmate of the
asylum, and is to the effect that she
HhnoWs OF one of the asylum officials
having criminally assaulted a wO-
man patient and of a criminal opera
uoh having been performed on an
o'her Serious charges against the
managers of the institution are
made by r. E. Dunnlngton, a Rich
mona county man, who spent some
uHe there as patient, but was re-
GENTLY released as cured. He claims
,uaJ the officers are cruel to the pa
Uehts; that the doctors do not at
WIu to their duties; that the asylum
&laches live on the best, while the
inmates are frequently forced to sub
I5.SI on scanty fare and that of a
Oau quality
In Watson's Weekly.
=, Dunnington's charges were pub
iilened in WatsOn's Weekly Jefferson
IAN about six weeks ago, and so far
80 known no official notice has been
SShen of them. They were repro
uueed IN The Chronicle of Sunday.
Inc Chronicle also directed at
utlon to the recent card from DR..
~. "A. Arrawood of Atlanta, in which
puonc attention was called to the
5!iuent harsh treatment a negro who
IIieo at the asylum received before
n IS death. DR.. Arrawood had oc-
T r;n to examine the corpse on ar
dl IN Atlanta, and he says it bore
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-06

In my dreams | have sensations.
odors, tastes and ideas which do not
remember to have had in reality.
Perhaps they are the glimpses which
my mind catches through the veil of
sleep of my earliest babyhood. | have
heard 1.-The trampling of many waters"
Sometimes wonderful light visits me
In Sleep Such flash and glory as If
is! gaze and gaze until it vanishes
smell and taste much as in my walk
ing hours, but the sense of touch plays
less important part. In sleep al
most never grope. No one guides ME
Even in a crowded street | am self
sufficient, and enjoy an independ-
ence quite foreign to my physical life
Now | seldom spell on my fingers, and
it Is still rarer for others to spell into
my hand. My mind acts independent
of my physical organs. | am delight
ed to be thus endowed, if only in
sleep, for then my soul dons it's
winged sandals and joyfully joins the
throng of happy beings who dwell be-
yond the reaches of bodily sense
Helen Keller in Century.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-06

Perhaps the most curious use tC
which MeXicanS put their baskets is To
held rame@ockS Sometimes the cock S
basket is woven for the purpose: often
er 1t Is. made from a sombrero, til
wide, hi"h crowned. straw hat of the
country. into whi"h the bird is put, a
hole cut in the crown to give him air
and the brim carefully tied down that
he may not escape. The bullfght has
been called TIE national sport of Mex
leo, but coc':fc biting is much more uni
versal, for the humbleGt peasant may
have his r1mecock, which he keeps in
a carefully made cage in his patio.
watches with pride and tends with
care.
One of the Strangest uses to viii b a
basket has probably ever been put was
the daily appearance in the streets of
young man carrying in a huge bush
ell basket on his shoulders his gleat
grandmother, of unknown age who
held out skinny hand to the passer
by for the centavo which was almosr
unfaliingly given. Surely a trust IL
Providence could go no further-Elea.
nor Hope Johnson in Outing Maya
zine
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-06
Easy TO Mix This.

what Will appear very interesting to
many people here is the article taken
from New York daily paper, giving a
simple prescription, which is said to he a
positive remedy for backache or kidney
or bladder arrangement, if taken before
the stage of Bright's disease:
FLUID Extract Dandelion. one.half
ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce:
compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces. Shake we'll in bottle and fake
Ill teaspoontul doses after each meal and
again at bedtime.
a weIl,known druggist here at home
When asked regarding this prescription
stated that the ingredients are ali ham
less, and can be obtained at a small cost
from any good prescription pharmacy
or the mixture would be put up if asked
TO do SO. He further stated that Will
TINS prescription is often prescribed in
rheumatic affections with splendid re-.
suits, he could see no reason WIN i
would not be splendid remedy for kid.
ney ana urinary troubles and backache
as II mas peculiar action upon the kid.
ney structure, cleansing these most i'm.
poItant organs and helping them TO sift
anu inter from the blood the foul acids
anG waste matter which cause sickness
anq suffering. Those of our readers who
trial. 6'''"s II
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-06
A Practical Joke,

He was a wag and was passing a
large diapers shop in Manchester.
There, drawn up, were three or four
vehicles, and among them was closed
brous ham with the driver fast asleep
Oh the box. Evidently the mistress
was inside the shop. Without word
the Wag stole 44icl>ly up and, opening
the carriage door, carefully slammed ii
to. IN an instant the coachman
Strengthened himself up and 81 ed "
the street as if he had never seen any
thing more interesting to To- k at III his
life. Then he stole look over his
shoulder and saw the Wag standing,
hat in hand, apparently conyersing
with some one inaiGe the carriage
THANK you, yes. Good morning"
said the practi al joker and bowed
himself graciously away from the door,
turning as he did so to look at the
coac hman and say, "uome!'
Yes, sir! Tch. Get up" And away
went the brougham home
Where that home was. who the mis-.
trcSS Of the carriage was or what size
dill or said when she came out of the
sh0p or what the coarhman did or said
when he STOPPED at the door Of home"
and found the carriage empty-all that
only the coachm9n and the lady know.
London Tit-Bits.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-06

In the tropics of Mexico, where
torrential rains fall part of each
year. raincoats are very necessary
part OF mans apparel. Owing to the
intense heat which prevails in the
summer season the ordinary rubber
raincoat cannot be worn. A rainproof
coat is made from native grasses and
Is worn by the men of the middle
ana upper classes. The grasses are
woven close together, and it is impos-
siDle Tor the rain to beat through
tnem' no matter how hard the storm
may be, Some of these coats are
nlaue with hood which protects the
mead as we'll as the body.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-06

Modern chldren's intellects seem to
bud and unfold much earlier than they
did generation or two ago. You of
ten get some rare posers from the
youth who is having his first taste of
schooling. The other morning at break
last an admiring father asked his bud
ding prime minister how he liked
school.
"Oh, very well, pa, except the mas
ter with the star teeth"
Star teeth Star teeth!' puzzled
the father. What do you mean by
star teeth?"
why, you know, pa, those that
come out at night"
The attendant servant maid dropped
the mullins, and pa suddenly found
something of exceptional interest in
the morning paper.-Edinburgh Dis
patch.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-06
Marriage Customs In SAVAGE Afrio.

The charge which is sometimes
brought against white men of marry
ing for money" cannot be used against
their sex In Africa, for there 1t is the
other way about, husbands having to
purchase their wives. When a man
mas wife bestowed upon him as an
act OF charity he feels that she is not
properly his own, and she, If she will
can treat him with contempt. This
custom of>wife purchase, although 1t
Is TO be decried as tending to lower
marriage to the level of commercial
contract, Is an incentive to young men
10 work. Lazy youths cannot COM
pete with energetic ones in the matri-
nonlal market, as they are despised by
lhe young women and rejected by their
parents as being unworthy of their
oeaughters.-Wide World Magazine.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-06
A Plain Business Man.

The Washington, D. C., Herald COM
ments on Senator Page in an article
headed Sidelights on Congress in the
following language:
The ranks of the plain business men of
the Senate have received very consid-
cradle addition of strength bv the advent
of Senator and ext Gov. Carroll S. Page,
of Vermont. who has been sent here by
the Green Mountain legislature as the
successor of the deceased Redfeld Proc
tor. Senator Page is no orator. and
fortunately knows it. There is oratory
enough in the Senate, such as it is, and
what it needs is sagacious counsel and
intelligent committee work Senator
Page is abundantly qualified in these
directions-from natural ability and the
further fact that he is possibly the lead
ing and most successful business man in
his state. He is the largest dealer in
green calfskins and hides in the world
all in little back town on a vermiform
rairoad-and his standing and success
indicates that he is of the material which !
has rendered Vermont famous in the |
Senate since it existed as a state Nor
risville News and Citizen.
Shameful Betrayal of Trust.
A more shameful betrayal of similar
trust never was brought home to Yer
mont people than the defalcation of the
bankers who robbed lady resident of
Malta by specializing with her money in
her absence and losing it, Not only has
the woman lost her money. but work on
a hospital which she was building over
here for the benefit of the bankers own
must stop because funds are
zone. i St. Adams Messenger.
No Better Work for women's Clubs.
1t is interesting to note that the
daughters of the Revolution are study !
ng scientific cookery with the view of
earning how to get the best health value
ut OF foods Such knowledge can not {
c too widely disseminated. and no work +
)r the benefit of the nation is better :
'orth doing. There is a tremendous '
cid here for women's organizations of G
very kind. If home science were the y
lain topic of the day at every womans $
ub meeting in every town in thecountry
ne general standard of health would
apidly be raised, and if that home 5
'ience included few plain directions for II
1e avoidance and treatment of con- .
lmption the white plague would be y
lped out in five years. 1t is in the +
over OF the women of America to per I
rm the greatest miracle of modern a
mes, and they should not fail to grasp N
leir opportunity Rutland News. II II
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-06

Our good friend Whitney OF the North
field News has issued another of his
famous calendars. The 1909 calendar
has large map OF the state and excel
lent portraits of the Congressional dele
CATION and Gov. Prouty. Mr.. Whitney
edits one of the best papers in the state
and his calendar is a useful and attrac-
tive adjunct of any office.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-06

We commend to the attention of our
readers the excellent remarks of Gov.
Prouty upon the personnel OF the 1908
Legislature and the public utilities bill.
His dignifed attitude towards the Cen
eral Assembly is in marked and refresh
ing contrast to some of the alleged hui
morous articles that appeared in some
OF the papers published in the southern
part of the state.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-06
The New Year.
A flower unblown;
A book unread;
A tree with fruit
Unharvested."

More lives were lost in the Italian
earthquake than in either the Crimean
or japanese war and the property loss
will exceed a billion dollars. Quick re-
lief has been sent from all parts of the
world and it is all greatly needed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-06

II you will take Foley's Orino Laxative
until the bowels become regular YOU will
not have to take purgatlves constantly
as Foley's Orino Laxative positively
cures chronic constipation and sluggish
iiVer' Pleasant to take. &C. Bingham
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-06
F A.. P.

Only tender, budding leaves grown at
an elevation of 5000 feet are used in
"Salada:" The rest of the preparation
is done by ingenious, clearly machines; ;
hence the purity and strength of
"Salada" Tea.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-06

the burden, and-would that this kind
of Dantons were more common Rut-
land Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-01-06
81, Auhnsbur. GalrdOnian

Entered at the st. Johnsbury post office as
second-class mail matter
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1909-10-26

65th ANNIvERsARY.-Mr and Mrs. ].
M. Hooker. who were married in Lin
coin county, celebrated the 65th ami
versary of their marriage at Hamilton
College, Lexington, Sunday, Mr.. Hook
err having founded and built that splen-
did institution of learning. The aged
couple had four living children, IA
grandchildren and 81 greatgrandchild-
rem, many Of whom arrived in Lexing-
ton to be present at the celebration.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1909-10-26
Wednesday, Oct. 81, 1909.

To those at a distance will say that this
farm Is located at Morela nd station, Lincoln
county, KY, on the q. A q, Ry.; good hotel
accommodations at Moreland. This Is n
closing out sale OF farm stock and crop.
Four iennet sucking colts, 2 2-year- old ien-
nets, 3 l-year-old iennets, aged jennets, ~
iennets from 4 to year old, two-year- old
Jacks s-year-old Jacks sucking iack colts,
brood mares, mule mares, l registered
thoroughbred brood mare, 1 registered
standard bred trotting mare, two-year- old
nlly, l-year-od registered standard bred
trotting nlly, 1 8-year-old standard bred
registered trotting horse, pair 4 year old
work mules, pair year old work mules.
pair year old horse mules, l extra good
iennets are OF the very best stock In Ken
lucky ana this Is an opportunity for man
To get some foundation stock to start on.
All these jennets that have been tried are
regular breeders and there are two extra
good jennet Jacks In lot offered. The sale
on Oct. "a, 1909.
B. KING, Moreland, Ky,
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1909-10-26

THE docket for the November term
Of the Lincoln circuit court, which be-
gins Monday. contains SIS old Common
wealth cases and 81 Commonwealth APP
pearances. making 1l6. Of which rs are
felonies and 81 misdemeanors. 40 old
common law cases, II common law APP
pearances. 70 old equity, 81 equity ap-
pearances. including six suits for d.
vorce.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1909-10-26

JONES. After brief illness of heart
and kidney trouble Mr.. Cyrus M. Jones
died at his home near haywood Sunday
morning, aged n. He is survived by
his wife, who was Miss Tucker, and
five children and in their irreparable
loss unbounded sympathy is felt for
them. Mr.. Jones moved to this county
from Pulaski in 1858 and made a model
citizen. He was a successful farmer
and for a number of years was an ex-
tensive trader. Deceased joined the
Cumberland Presbyterian church many
years ago and so lived that he was
ready and willing to meet his Maker.
He leaves considerable of this worlds
goods and the best of ala good name.
He will be missed by his friends and
neighbors, who held him in the highest
esteem. At the late home at O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, Revs. ]. ]. Dick
ey. of the Methodist church, and ].
Murray Taylor, of the Baptist church,
preached interesting and appropriate
funeral sermons. after which the re-
mains were laid to rest in Buffalo GEM
etery. Mr.. Jones was twice married,
his first wife being a sister of Mr.. W.
T. Saunders. formerly of this place.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1909-10-26

CONTEST. Hon. F. Pierce Combest.
one Of Casey's weslthiest and best
known citizens. died Saturday after q
protracted illness. He is survived by
his wife and several children. including
daughter. Mrs. s. p. Stephenson. OF
the West. End Of this county. Deceas-
ed was one Of the brightest and highest
Masons in the State. was president of
the Commercial Bank of Liberty and an
extensive farmer and stock raiser. He
was republican in politics and had
represented his county in the Legisla-
ture. He was an exceedingly clever.
kind-hearted man and had a legion of
friends who sincerely regret his taking
away. Mr.. Combest frequently visited
Stanford and was well-known here.
The burial took place at his home at
Phil at 10 o'clock Sunday morning.
Peace to his ashes and coincidence to
the bsreaved ones.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1909-10-26

NEWS comes from Somerset that the
whisky people are trying mighty hard
to defeat Judge Ezra S. Gooch for city
Judge. This should make the people
more determined to elect him and
doubtless il will. Judge Gooch has
made a model official and it will be a
black eye to Pulaski's growing capital
il he is defeated.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1909-10-26

The convention of the Societies of
Transylvanis Presbytery at the Pres
byterian church last week proved a
most interesting occasion and great
good was accomplished. Delegates
were present from many counties and
much work Of importance was transact
ed. On Thursday night Revs. Boggs
and Kinnaird told in an interesting way
Of their mountain work and on Friday
night DIR. G. w. Painter gave most
entertaining lecture on Foreign Mis-
sions." He spent number of years
as missionary to China and knew where
Of he spoke. The delegates were hos
pitably entertained by the members Of
the Presbyterian church and went home
feeling that it was good to be here.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1909-10-26
PUBLIC SALE!

At my farm, one mile North of Turner's
Vile. will on
WEDNESDAY, NOV. II, 1909,
offer for sale the following described prop
erty; one pair work mules, horses, brood
mare, cows ana calves, lot OF yearling cat
tie. 80 good ewes, ~ fat hogs, lot OF sows and
pigs, 100 shocks of corn, hay and farming
implements. IL not rented privately be-
fore that time, will on that day, rent my
farm for the year 1910. Terms made known
on day OF sale. sale TO begin at o'clock.
j. +. Cover.
j. Il. Chandler Auct