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Barbour County index., 1909-10-13
CHILDREN SHOWED 1T
Effect of Their Warm Drink in the
Morning.

A year ago I was a wreck from
coffee drinking and was on tho point
of giving up my position in the school
room because of nervousness.
Il was telling a friend about it and
she said, We drink nothing at meal
time but Postum, and it is such a
comfort to have something we can
enjoy drinking with the children
u was astonished that she would
allow the children to drink any kind OF
coffee, but she said Postum was the
most heaithful drink in the world for
children as well as for older ones, and
that the condition of both the children
and adults showed that to be a fact.
My first trial was failure. The
cook boiled it four or five minutes and
1t tasted so fat that / was in despair
but determined to give it one more
trial. This time we followed the direc
tions and boiled it fifteen minutes aft
er the boiling began. 1t was q decided
success and was completeiyxo by
its rich delicious favour. In a short
time noticed a decided Improvement
IN my condition and kept growing bet
ter month after month, until now am
perfectly healthy. and do my work
in the school room with ease and dpIeas
ure. would not return to the nerve.
destroying regular coffee for any
money"
Read the famous little Health Clas
Sic" The Road to Wellville," in pkgs
There's a Reason
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time TO time. Thes
are Eenuine, true, and full of human
Interest.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13
Guess Where She Is From.

The head of the house had been I'D
for many months, and had lost his ap
petite entirely.
81 can't seem to fix anything that
he'll enjoy and he hardly eats any
thing" the mistress was saying to the
maid, who was new arrival from the
old country.
That's always the way" returned
the girl. They're all the same, them
invalids. All they want is nothing at
ALL and then when you bring it to
them they don't eat it."
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13
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Green belts are stylish.
Grays are to be fashionable.
Never has lace been so universally
used.
Old red is a prime favorite with
black.
Yellow is more to be seen than for
years.
Fall tones are generally soft, dull
and faded.
Small buttons are more used than
large ones.
Pockets in motoring coats and ul-
sters are huge.
Close fitting styles will continue
through the winter.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13
For Initiating Voices.

chanics. Now, many moving picture
sets are provided with excellent me-
chanical devices to initiate the sound
can be given than this set of barnyard-
animal imitators. The first is a de-
vice which gives realistic imitation
of hens cackling, the second gives a
combined horse Whitney, cow moo,
and pig grunt, and the third roos.
ter's crow.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13
A Work of SPECIFICATION.

Henry dislikes being bathed and
argues with his mother over every
square inch of his four-year-old anat-
omy.
One night, when his patience was
especially tried by what he consid
cred wholly unnecessary work, he
exclaimed:
"Oh, mamma, couldn't you skip my
stomach? Nobody ever sees my stom
ach!''-Judge's Library.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13
A Good GUESSING Contest.


The answers to each question are
words ending in age"
What is the age of ship? Voyage
What is the age of a pocket-book?
Coinage.
What is the most musical age?
Bandage.
What age is necessary for soldier?
Courage.
What is a railroads age? Mileage.
What the earliest age to express?
Package.
What age is always ahead? Cab
bage.
What's Uncle Sans age? Postage.
What age does the ostrich attain
Plumage.
What age do single people never
reach? Marriage.
What age does a lady prefer? Man
age.
What's the best age for a horse!
Carriage.
What is said to be a mean age!
Damage.
What age should a king have;
Homage.
What age is always before usi
Dotage.
MADAME MERRI.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13

The speed nuisance has become so
bad in Chicago that it is seriously pro-
posed to equip the street crossings
with bumps" to jar the autoists into
some recognition of the life, safety
and right to the streets of others. The
remedy is drastic, but a. trile primi
tive. A few speed maniacs serving
Workhouse sentences would doubtless
dispose of the nuisance.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13
INITIATE VOICES OF ANIMALS
Moving Pictures Provided with Device
for Realistic Imitation of Barn.
yard Animals.

The cry of the public that moving
pictures are not as real as they
might be, because of the absence of
the sounds that would attend the
movements or display in real life, is
causing moving picture concerns to de.
vote considerable energy toward fill.
ing the demand. says Popular Me.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13
They Rode to the Picnic.

news to Ethel, while Dan proceeded
to fit together the parts of his re-
markable machine.
OF course, the twin bicycle worked
splendidly, and the two girls had as
much fun operating it as they had at
the picnic.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13

That the barnacle is a bothersome
beast has been in evidence before and
since Dickens used It as an illustra-
uon Of certain human qualities. The
big battleship South Dakota was dry
locked at Mare Island navy yard re-
Gently and 900 tons OF barnacles were
scraped from the bottom. 1t is such
Aocumulations that hinder the speed
Of many of the swiftest warships.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13

II the proposed oiling of roadways
m the parks affords relief from the
dust In these pleasure spots. why
would It not give comfort on resi-
dence streets which have the nature
Of boulevards? The cost of the oil
and the application Of it might be OFF,
set to q large extent by a reduction
In the cost of sprinkling service due
TO the absence Of dust on the oiled
streets.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13

While the constitution follows the
flag under most circumstances it may
find difficulty in following the flag to
the pole and camping out permanent
iy on moving hummocks of ice.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13

Mexico is now getting more than its
share of earthquakes and tidal waves.
The losses of life there have been
very large and the destruction of
property tremendous. Italy is again
going through the same experience
and the people of both countries live
in fear that the worst has not yet hap
pened.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13

One national government is Install
ing an expensive wood-testing bureau
at the University of Wisconsin, evil
IDENTIFY being willing to hope that
there will be wood to test for some
time yet.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13

A Brooklyn girl has gone through
He'll Gate, an aquatic feat attempted
by many men who have failed in it.
The gentler sex is just now decidedly
in the swim.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13

The pole has claimed its full quota
Of human victims. Now that 1t has
been found, aviation is going to take
its place in the sacrifice of life to gain
victory.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13

Those who missed the occultation Of
Mars recently did not miss much.
It was less exciting than some of the
things one hears in the airshaft of an
apartment house.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13

There seems to be no such thing
in the world as an automatic and in
violable polometer to ring bell when
q man reaches the boreal climax.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13

Peru Is sending it's presidents son
to learn scientific farming in Wiscon-
sin, though llama raising is but indif-
ferently taught there.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13

There is many a slip between be-
ing talked of for federal appoint
ment and the actual seizure Of the
plum.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13

Announcing an Engagement.
The hostess had asked eight girls
10 luncheon and no one expected the
interesting news that was announced
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13

At any rate the world is glad to
think that finding the north pole is
no longer diminishing business.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13

Like the north pole, the HALEY COM
ct is billed for discovery by a process
sion of scientific scouts.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13

Keep the nations gates barred
against the foreign criminal.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13

We have it at first hand from the
poet that summer will not last for
ever.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13

In standing OF the Moors Spain has
. permanent Job.
Barbour County index., 1909-10-13

Halley's comet has had its excur-
sion ticket stamped in Heidelberg.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
CAN'T PROHIBIT NIGH BEER.
Judge Martin of the Oconee Circuit
Makes Important Ruling.


Judge John H. Martin of the su-
perior court of the Oconee circuit has
decided that the city of Dublin can
not prevent the sale of near beer,
and that the mayor and council as
a municipality cannot bring action
to have any place abated as a nui-
sance, but that citizens can do so.
He holds that the state of Georgia
has placed a tax on the sale of near
beer and that municipality cannot
set aside this law. He says that the
sale of near or imitation beer, whis-
ky, wine, or ale which will not pro-
duce intoxication is permissible I'M
der the law.
While the city is enjoined from
closing up the place of business of
Radford e Kennedy it is not en-
Joined from prosecuting them if they
sell beer that is intoxicating.
Judge Martin holds that the city
can regulate the sale of neer beer,
and that the dealer must conduct an
orderly place. He gives to the city
the right to proceed against the deal
er and declare the place a nuisai~e
If it is found to be such.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
PRISON FARM UP IN AIR
AND COMMISSION DIS
AGREE. AND WHITE CONNECTS
MAY BE PUT ON ROADS.

ATLANTA.-Gov. Hoke Smith re-
turned the recommendation of the
Wimberly farm in Twiggs county, as
made by the prison commission as
their selection of a place for the use
of white cOnvicts, today with the re-
quest that the matter be reopened
and investigated further.
The governor has not formally dis
approved of the commissions recon-
mendation, nor has he announced his
intention of doing so. He merely
asks that the matter be investigated
more fully, on the basis of some sug-
gestions which he proffers in his
communication to the commission.
In this communication the gov
ernOr states that there are three OBJ
jectionable features connected with
the Wtmberly offer. One is the
price, which he considers too high,
another is the geographical forma-
ton of the property, the same being
more or less cut up into different
places, another is the belief that GER
tain parts of it are unhealthful, be-
ing conducive to malarial or hemOr-
rhagic fever.
General Evans of the commission
seems to think an adjustment of the
farm difficulties will be reached.
Others connected with the com
mission were not so hopeful, and
tentative steps are being taken to
distribute white cOnVicts among the
counties for road work.
1t is probable that the commission
will again recommend the purchase
Of the Wimberly place. The COM
mission, it is stated, recommended
the place after a thorough investi-
cation and after it became convinced
that this was the best tract that
could be secured for the prison farm,
considering it from every standpoint
1t is not likely, therefore, that they
will withdraw this recommendation
and make another.
Commissioner Williams dictated
the following statement:
Il still believe that the Wimberly
offer is the best for the state, in all
things considered. When the board
meets I shall offer a resolution after
some of the changes suggested by the
governor are made, that we re-sub-
nit our original recommendation to
the governor.
If the governor sees fit again not
to take it I am in favor of putting
the white cOnyicts on the road and
! letting the farm matter drop entirely
until next fall. This would give the
commission opportunity to quietly
| investigate all farms during the time
| that crops are growing. Personally
l would regret to see the white con-
Victs go anywhere except upon a
farm. These are my personal views,
and l am not speaking for the other
/ two members of the commission"
Even Porto Rico is getting the
! nYtra session b q hit
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
POISON IN ALL FOODS EXCEPT POTATO

with formaldehyde; blue points are
preserved with powdered bOraX, and
there is fOrmaldehyde in pork and
beans. Flour is one of the worst
things that is used, as there is poison
in the method of bleaching, and there
may be alum in the baking powder.
so we can not squirm out of the
difficulty by saying that we have
everything pure in our own kitchens,
even if that was not selfish. The
country is in a serious condition.
The commission appointed by the
president has reported that some
chemicals are not harmful to food,
though Dr. Wiley has proved that
they are. He is man who could
not be bought, and no one knows
what he has suffered, for there is
no doubt that the board of agricul-
ture is against him. (Applause.)
But by taking pains and looking
at the formulas on the wrappers and
patrOnizing honest dealers we can
protect ourselves. Some canned
goods are put up under better condi-
tons than they could be in a private
kitchen. 1t has been proved that
things can be put up without pre-
serVatives, and we can find out the
good manufacturers if we try"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
THE MAJORITY THINK THE FIGHT
ON CONGRESS RULES ENDED WISELY
Bartlett and Hardwick Who Were
Only Members Of Georgia Delegation View

WASHINGTON, D. CA clear
majority of the Georgia delegation,
Brantley, Edwards, Lee, Griggs,
Howard and Livingston. think that
the fight on the rules of the house
ended as satisfactorily as reasonable
expectations could have indicated I'M
der the circumstances. Bartlett and
Hardwick sharply dissent from this
view, and are supported, but not
with any degree of enthusiasm, by
two other members of the delegation,
Hughes and Adamson.
Nevertheless it is apparent that
an attempt to start something or
play politics in Georgia will be made
from this matter. 1t is hardly worth
while for anyone to make up his
mind before getting all the facts we'll
in hand.
Here in Washington it is generally
conceded by those occupying a non
partisan position that no good could
have come from the organization Of
the house by democrats and insur-
gent republicans. Tariff revision
is the especial work of the extra SEES
sion. This matter is now squarely
up to the republican party. 1t was
their campaign cry, and they must
make good on it or fall down. To
have taken control of the house out
of the hands of the administration
and Taft backed the regulars to a
finish, would have probably resulted
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24

in no tariff revision at all. This is
just what a victory of a combination
of democrats and insurgent republi-
cans would have meant. The blame
of the whole matter would then have
rested on the shoulders of the dem
ocrats, both as a party and a bust
ness proposition.
The Fitzgerald (democrat) COM
promise appealed to the majority of
the Georgia delegation, and facts as
above stated are in brief indicative
of their attitude.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
HERE is SOMETHING NEW.
Railroad Will Serve Tea and Coffee
to Its PASSENGERS.

One of the big northern railroad
systems has issued orders that here
after all passengers on it's frst-class
trains shall be served with tea or
coffee whenever they wish it free of
charge. This is not temperance or
local option measure, but the man
agement of the road has reached the
conclusion that tea and coffee are
preventives of headache, from which
many passengers suffer, and that the
public comfort deserves the conces-
sion. Meanwhile it might be suggest
ed that, inasmuch as passengers fire.
quently suffer from hunger sand
witches be served with the tea and
coffee.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
Stylish Oxfords

Have you seen our new
line of Walk-Over Oxfords?
We have them in shiny
leather, dull leather, tan
leather. Universally consid-
cred to be the best $3.50 and
81 shoe on earth
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
SLIPPERS
Stetson Hats

Have you seen our new
Stetson Hats? They are
awtully snappy. You can't
wear them out. If we can
not fit you we will order
one to suit you. Be sure
to see them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
IS Doses Taken in Day. Start
ling Figures Are Given to
Woman's Rainy Day Club.

NEW YORK.-Mrs. Winnifred
Harper Cooley told the members of
the Rainy Day Club at their meet
ing in the Hotel Aston that the food
COLLINS would get 'em if they didn t
watch out" She told them that the
food authorizations neither slumber
nor tarry and that, while it was all
right to take drugs under the doc
tors order it was dangerous to mix
up lot of them Gin our midst" as
the bad food people will hand them
out to us if not watched.
To show how many opportunities
there are to take in bad food Mrs.
Cooley read a schedule of the amount
of food eaten by one Englishwoman
if she lives to be seventy years old.
The statistics are guaranteed by a
man named Soyer, who, with a pas
sion for facts and, perhaps an antip-
athy to the female sex, compiled
them. In her threescore years and
ten of life, according to the figures,
the EnglishwOman will eat 80 oxen,
zoo sheep, 100 calves, 200 lambs, so
pigs, 1900 fowls, 300 turkeys, 26O
pigeons, 100 turbot, lao salmon and
1900 oysters.
Think what a chance for typhoid
germs!" interpoIated Mrs. Cooley.
More Startling Figures.
Also, she will eat 5,745 pounds of
vegetables, PA pounds of butter,
$4,000 eggs, four and One-half tons
of bread, an indeterminate quantity
of fruit and candy, and she will drink
5000 gallons of tea and coffee.
These next two specifications, I
think, must have been intended for
men," said Mrs. Cooley, as she wound
up the awful array with 5S4 gallons
of spirits and fOrty-nine hogshead of
wine
IF there is alum enough in one
cent pickle to kill seven frogs" asked
Mrs. Cooley, land if with a little
more boracic acid it would kill a
guinea pig, how many pickles will
it take to injure or kill a child?"
That was such a sticker that no
one answered
Prof. Shepard, state chemist of
South Dakota, has proved that in
the days three meals one may take
in thirty-tive doses of poison" con-
tinued the speaker, land $4,000
doses in year. Potatoes are pure,
and it looks as if we might have to
live on them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
Lion Brand Shirts

Have you seen our new
Lion Brand Shirts? They
are quite as pretty, last just
as well, fit as perfectly as
those you order and are
much cheaper. Don't pass
these shirts by.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
Underwear, Etc.

Have you seen our new
line Of Underwear Hosiery,
Ties, Collars, etc? We have
what you want, and if you
are a little fastidious we
can satisfy you. We stake
our reputation on it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
Personalities Galore.

''In sausages there may be found
coal tar, dye and borax; bacon is
cured with creosote (liquid smoke)
maple syrup is made from glucose
and hickory bark and contains So
dunn sulphite; pure oatmeal is eaten
for breakfast with cream preserved
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
New Attractions

We are constantly adding
new attractions to our
shoWings, and it is our aim
to never say to a customer
that 1--WE have not got it. "
Let us prove this assertion
to you.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
SPRING SUITINGS

Have you seen those new Swiss APP
plique Suitings? They are perfect dream
OF artistic beauty. We have already about
sold out and have sent a rush order for
another and larger shipment.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
TALKING TO MEN NOW

Smart Peck Clothes
Have you seen our new
Spring line of Smart Peck
Clothes? They look we'll,
fit well, and if you buy a
suit from Us this Spring you
will want another Peck suit
next fall.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
able and only 25c per yard. We are now
selling on our second purchase.
LINGERIE GOODS

Have you seen our exquisite Lingerie
Suitlngs? We have them in beautiful col
ors, also in white, Soft and clinging,
very popular and selling fast.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR

Have you seen our new line Of muslin
underwear? We have larger and more
comprehensive line this season than ever
before We can sell you for less than
you can possibly buy the material. Why
trouble yourself to make it?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
FLAXON SUITINGS.

Have you seen our Flaxon Suitings?
They are part linen, very pretty and dur
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
EMBROIDERIES g. LACES

Have you seen our new embrOideries
and laces? This is one of the best feat
ures of our show this season.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
PRETTY LINONETTES

Have you seen-oh, well, we have not
space to speak of our very pretty, practi-
cal Linonette Suitings-those beautiful
Egyptian Tissues that launder so we'll,
and many other new weaves that we are
showing this season. We will display
them to you when you come.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
SILK BACK MESSALINES

Have you seen those beautiful pure
silk back Messalines in the evening
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-03-24
PRETTY PLISSE CREPES

Have you seen those Plisse Crepes?
Something entirely new, quite beautiful,
and selling very rapidly. We will have
to duplicate our purchase on this cloth.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-15
That pivining rod Mystery.


The enthusiasm with which men have
written to disproye and discredit the
claims of those who relate successful ex-
periences with the divining rod, for the
finding of hidden underground springs,
has served to create a rather unusual
interest Ia the subject, 1t is somewhat
like shaking red rag at bull to raise
the subject again, before the heat Of the
recent discussion has fairly cooled, but
new theory and new account Of sue
cess have come together from France,
both of which are worth relating.
That springs are actually found. and
with surprising frequency BY men who
use the divning-rod is fact that can.
not be disputed. But whether II is the
rod or the man that finds the spring is
The open question. The Frenehmen claim
that the man Is the sensitive medium
upon which the unexplained influence
works, while the rod is but a means Of
expression which shoes the effect Boah
observers and the workers with the rod
state that only those to whom the gift
is given naturally can hope to cuceeed
with the diyining of springs, and claim
that the criticism and ridicule that is
turned upon them is due to the fact Of
failures where the gift is absent from
"Divining Rod Still Mystifies," in june
Technical World Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-15

insisted: You are travelling at forty
miles an hour. You have got nothing
to support You. Down there. fifty feet
away, under that purple heather, Is
the hard ground waiting 10 wreck you
and the machine. II the engine stops.
the air. which is now lvtling you, VIII
turn traitor and let you fan cruelty.
II the pilot forgets himself for an In
slant, you may rush downward at the
speed Of an express train or you may
overtuTn altogether.
zone. two. three and four rounds Of
the field Minutes had heightened out
the novelty had long ceased, and ! alb
ternately gazed around idly or watch
ed the motionIess figure that had neveH
pronered a word or given a sign thaa
be was aware Of my presense. Pres
emily we touch, when / do not know.
for I felt no shock whatever. but aftes
a few seconds Of this silent glide the
machine comes to stop. and It ia
over.
1--WE step out together, and / break
the silence with my congratulations
and thanks. Yes, replied wilbuH
Wright briefly Then, looking rounds
Now, wouldn't that make you tireda
thought / was close to my starting
rail. and I am 800 yards away from Id
The sun was in my eyes "-C Chicago
News.