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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-19
A BLOOD BALM THAT HEALS.
A MeritOus Specific That Is Manu-
featured in Dawson.

The News begs to call the read
ing public's attention to Harris
121." a blood remedy manufactured
and sold by the Dawson, Drug Com
pany, Dawson. Ga. This medicine
has proved a specific for all those
who have used it for scrofula, rheu-
matism and syphilitic sores or ulcers.
The manufacturers of this proprie-
tary preparation give you guaran-
tee that refunds you your money in
the event that a complete course
does not cure your aiIment. The
News is personally acquainted with
Mr.. Chas. A. Harris, the apothecary
who compounds and manufactures
this preparation, and invites those
who are afflicted with any blood dis
ease to try a course. Price per bot
tie S1.00, or three bottles for $3.50.
Six bottles will cure any chronic case
of blood disease, it makes no differ
ence of how long standing. Write
the Dawson Drug Company, Dawson,
Ga. This medicine is not a patent
cure for all diseases, but a carefully
prepared physicians prescription
compounded and placed in the reach
of suffering humanity. Write the
Dawson Drug Company for a trial
order of Harris 121 Blood Remedy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-19
ILLINOIS GROWS CORN FOR THE
BEST GRADES AND KANSAS
FOR THE WHISKS.
The Districts Are Very Limited

Oklahoma, Tennessee and Arkansas
Raise the Bulk OF the Cheap
Grades. The Origin OF the Indus
try Dates Back to the Early Six
ties. Where Brooms Are Made.
NATION, Ill.-Experts in the
broom corn district of central Hill
nois estimate that the harvest this
year in the United States will fur
nish sufficient material for the max
ing of 42,000,000 brooms, valued at
S15, 900, 900 If placed in cars for
shipment, allowing 1000 to a car,
ii would require 10000 cars to hold
them. This means 200 freight trains
of so cars each, or about 100 miles
of cars of brooms.
Central Illinois, composed of the
counties OF Coles, Edgar, Douglas
and portion of Moultrie, has about
completed the harvest of 10, 000, 900
new brooms. The aristOcratic
broOms, which retail for As cents
or more, are the product of Illinois.
The cheaper grades come from Ok
lahOma, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkan-
sas and Kansas.
The origin of the industry in Hi
nOis dates back to the early sixties,
when Col. John Cofern, a farmer,
who had been visiting in Tennessee,
brought home with him some sam
pies of the brush, together with
some seed. This seed he planted in
Douglas county He found the soil
peculiarly adapted to the product,
and other farmers, following his sue
'cess, also planted. Within a few
years Illinois became known as the
Since then Oklahoma and Kansas
nave forged ahead but Illinois still
produces the finer quality.
ArcoIa Is Center of District.
In a radius of 80 miles from Ar
cola, 4 miles north of this city, is
grown the corn from which virtually
all the best brooms of the world are
made, and this district is still re-
Egarded as the national source of sup
nIy.
A colony of Swedes took up the
cultivation of broom corn in KNOX
county after it had been made a
success in Douglas, and the Swedes
introduced it into Kansas. From
Kansas the cultivation extended
south and into Oklahoma, and with
in the last few years the crop has
increased in a remarkable manner
Attemps have been made to raise
broom corn in Indiana and other
Dig corn states, and even in other
parts of Illinois, but without sue
cess. 1t has been demonstrated that
the production of corn for brooms is
limited to certain broom corn dis
tricts, which, after all, are mere
pockets, and efforts to raise it il
other places noted for Indian corr
are seldom successful. The secre-
of this may be found in the fact tina,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-19
TIP THAT LIFTED THE LID
OPENING ON SUNDAY CAUSES A
ROW IN INDIANAPOLIS.
He's the Official Who Sentenced Lid
Lifters to Church Attendance.
An Effort to Impeach Him.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.-The city
council is going to try to nnG out
where the tip came from that blew
the Sunday lid off. A committee has
been appointed to make an investi-
cation. 1t is the general belief of
some members of the council that it
came from the Office of Mayor Sam
uel Lewis Shank, who achieved fame
a few months ago by sentencing lid
filters to go to church. If the tip
is traced to the mayor his enemies
declare that he will be impeached.
One fine Sunday morning, after
the lid rule had been in effect for
some time, early risers were aston
ished to see all the saloon keepers
taking down their shutters and get
ting ready to do business. The DO
licemen saw it, too, and their aston
ishment was greater, because they
had received no new orders. They
spoke to the saloon keepers about
it, and the answer was a knowing
wink and the assurance that it was
"all right"
Closed Up in a Hurry.
Maybe it was, but the policemen
wanted to be sure abou it, They did
not want to make any arrests if it
was all right" and they did not
want to pass by on the other side
if it was not all right. They called
up the chief and he told them it
wasn't all right, and ordered them
to arrest every saloon keeper whose
place was open. The policemen
started in to arrest them, and the
saloon keepers started in to closeup.
All who did not close quickly enough
were arrested.
The saloon keepers were mighty
mad. They said they had received
tip that it would be all right to
lift the lid if they were genteel
about it. They had lifted it and
were getting ready to be genteel
about it when the police snapped
them shut like a mousetrap.
Powers Are at Odds.
The question was, where did the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-19
sEMINoLEs ARE FREE PEOPLE.
Tribal Remnants Live i'm Everglades
But Have Photographs.

Tribal Remnants Live i'm Everglades,
But Have Photographs.
Alanson Skinner, who with three
companions in two canoes passed
completely through the Florida
Everglades as an expedition for the
American Museum of Natural His
tory, has just returned to New
York from what he describes as the
land of the free and home of the
brave
The Seminole Indians, who inhab-
it the little hammocks in the watery
waste of the interior of southern
Florida, are truly the free men of
this continent. They are neither
citizens nor wards of this or any
other government. Indeed they
have no government of their own
beyond a sort of tacit understanding
that the elemental virtues shall be
enforced among the remnant of the
once powerful nation, which num-
bers at the present time 800.
Nevertheless in their swami is
lands the Seminoles have phono-
graphs and sewing machines. They
have also made certain provision for
amusement, setting aside certain
hummucks or grassy islands in the
swamp region as lacrosse grounds
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-19
INTERESTED IN CANNIBALIS?
JUST READ THIS ACCOUNT OF 4
PAPUAN FEAST DAY.
Some Roast the Victim and Others
Boil Him. How the Flesh Is
Cut and Distributed.

5OIiIo taodSJ tile blcJlm ana Others
Boil Him. How the Flesh Is
Cut and Distributed.
Many persons have the idea that
cannibalism is thing of the past
but if they could hear some of the
stories told by certain famous
Britisher they would come to the
conclusion that, far from being an
abandoned practice, the custom is
today decidedly prevalent in certain
parts of the world. The man in
question, Lieut.. Gov. Murray Of the
British Portion of New Guinea, who
is now in London for a brief holi-
day, has been making his country
mems flesh creep with tales of can,
nibalism as practiced by natives IN
der his jurisdiction.
The interior of New Guinea, it
should be noted, is perhaps the larg-
est terra incognita remaining on the
earth's surface, and according to
Gov. Murray it hides many mystic
ries The native Papuans are di-
vided into many distinct tribes,
primitive and barbarous, but in
some respects of high native intel
ligence.
The interior Papuan village Who'll
ly consists of a single building from
800 to 600 feet long and about "
feet high. 1t is divided into tunnel
like compartments capable of shel-
terinS as many as !, 800 persons. III
front Of the building is platform
whereon the cannibal feasts take
place. Gov. Murray recently arrived
at one of these villages in time to
be present at the eating of freshly
roasted body. He says:
The bodies are placed on the
platform, singed, and afterwafa
roasted. The flesh is cut into Small
portions, sprinkled with sage
wrapped in leaves and distributed
The hero of the day-the man
who has done the most killing
then mounts the platform, and alIe,
much brandishing throws a lighteu
torch to the ground, thus signl1ylns
that the entire male population
privileged to make love to his WIZ
That is the highest honor the trlu7
have it in their power to confer uF
on him for his days proves.
There are less pretentiOus cannt
bal exploits on a smaller scale ~
is point of Paquan etiquette Inss
yau must not eat the man you ha,0
killed, but you may satisfy your con con
science by exchanging victims WIZ
another man, having first sealed lpo
compact by disfiguring the corpse ="
accordance with conventional rules,
Many of the tribes have lnem
own notions of how canniDalS~
should be conducted In some , uS
tricts the victims are roasted, Whi,o
in others boiled is preferred ! nav
known instances in which the pr
cess of cooking is done over ny
the body being sandwiched bet"eSn
two layers of sa0o. Some OIL w
tribes have a weakness for ea!ihr
babies, and organize raids on nelsnf
boring villages for the purpose
kidnapping infants.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-19
An Effort to Look Into the Organ
Gives a CIew to Removal of
Painful Insect.

COLWYN, Pa.-The light and
heat from burning matches held
close to John Sunders' ear induced.
an insect that was driving Sunders
almost insane with pain to back out
of his ear.
Sunders was not aware that the
bug had crawled into his ear until
it reached the inner membranes,
when he beam to suffer excruciat-
ingly. The insect tried to go far
Their, and the pain became more in
tense, when a fellow-worker lighted
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-19
"It Beats An"

This is quoted from a letter of NJ
Stockwell, Hannibal, Mo. 81 recent
ly used Foley's Honey and Tar for
the first time. To say am pleased
does not half express my feelings
1t beats all the remedies I ever used
contracted bad cold and was
threatened with pneumonia. The
first doses gave great relief. and ono
bottle completely cured me-" Con-
tains no opiates. Dawson Drug Co.
and Peoples Drug Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-19
A BUG IN MANS EAR CRAWLS
OUT BY THE LIGHT OF MATCHES

a watch to make a better examina-
ton, and the pain suddenly ceased.
The moment the light ceased, how
ever, the pain began; but as soon
as another match was lighted and
held close to Sunders' ear the pain
stopped.
After half a box of matches had
been used the insect, which respond
ed to the light, had almost entirely
emerged, and was removed and
killed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-19

Good results always follow the use
of Foleys Kidney Pills. They con-
tain just the ingredients necessary
to tone, strengthen and regulate the
kidneys and bladder, and to cure
backache Dawson Drug Co. and
Peoples Drug Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-19

Impure blood runs you down
makes you an easy victim for or
ganic diseases. Burdock Blood Bit
tiers purifies the blood-cures the
cause-builds you up.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-19
STUCK KNIFE IN RATHER BITE
And Then Sucked Poison Out, Thus
Saving His Life.

Saving His Life.
Rare presence of mind on the part
of John Elliot, formerly a newspa-
per editor of Greedy. Colo, saved
rs life when he was bitten on the
hand by big rattlesnake.
Elliot stuck the blade of his pen
knife into the wound, sucked the
virus out and bound the wrist tightly
with handkerchief to stop circula-
ton. He drove Is miles to Fort
Lupton for a physician.
Elliot was in the field lifting a
sack of corn when he felt a sting on
the back Of his hand and found a
big rattlesnake with it's fangs buried
deep in his flesh.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-19

tip come from? The saloon keep
ers thought it came from the mayor,
but they did not care to say how it
was conveyed to them or exactly why
they thought it came from the may
or. Mayor Shank said he had not
sent out any tip, and the fact that
the police had received no instruc-
tions tended to bear him out.
1t happens that the mayor and the
council are at odds, and the council
is going to see if it can't run the tip
back to the mayor and impeach him
on it.
The major purpose of the investi-
cation is to get rid of the lid by get
ting rid of Shank. There are other
purposes and motives, but they are
incidental
Expects to Serve His Term.
There is a story that Shank has
been offered from $4,000 to $780,
600 by business interests to resign
on account of ill health" after ap-
pointing former Mayor Charles A.
Bookwalter city comptroller, so that
Bookwalter can succeed to the va
cancy. Shank laughs at that.
Il wouldn't resign for 100000"
he says, and the council cannot find
anything on which to impeach me.
l expect to serve my term out"
Mayor Shank says disappointed
politicians. councilmen and brew
cry company are trying to have him
impeached because of his enforce
hent of the Sunday closing law and
his suppression of gambling.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-19
TEN THOUSAND CARLOADS OF BROOMS

the cost of broom corn farming is
far greater than ordinary corn rails
ing
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-19
Drying and Thresh;ng.

In order to cultivate and harvest
broom corn of the first grade it is
fully as important to build sheds for
the storage of the crop as it is to
construct similar sheds in the south
to dry the tobacco crop Peculiar
threshing outfits have to be bought
The crop is cultivated much the same
as corn except that it develops much
faster than Indian corn. 1t is plant
ed Immediately after the Indian corn
but it is harvested during the latter
part of September. and sometimes
runs over into the first week in Oc-
tober.
The central Illinois fields range in
size from ten to 100 acres in area,
end the growing crop makes a beau
tiful sight The Illinois acreage
ranges from thirty thousand to fifty
thousand. First-class broom corn is
raised in Kansas, but the bulk of the
crop consists of the dwarf variety,
which is used for whisk brooms.
Virtually all the whisk brOoms come
from Kansas. 1t requires from two
to three acres to raise one ton of
broom corn
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-19
Where Brooms Are Made.

After the threshed "brooms" are
seasoned in the sheds they are baled
into bundles weighing about 800
pounds, and are delivered at the
warehouses in the principal cities of
the district From these places it is
shipped to the various broom facto-
ries Of the middle and eastern cities.
A dozen factories supply One-half
the brOoms of the world One fac
tory at Paris, ILL.,, said to be the
largest in the world, has daily out
put of 5000 finished brooms. An
other plant in Evansville, Ind, turns
out 5000 brooms a day The next
in size are at Amsterdam, N. Y,
Lincoln, Neb., and Jackson, Mich,
the latter two being in the peniten-
tiaries.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-09-22

house, where he first attended, We're
made Of small trees split open and
some Of the rough splinters knocked
Off, then holes bored through the
half of the log with n large auger
and some pins driven in and wedged
there, which served for legs to hold
the seats up. \ plank leaning
against the wall on wooden pegs was
the only thing known in those days
that was used for writing desk.
Aud the windows-w we'll, they were
simply fitted in along one side Of the
house where couple or three logs
had been cut out; and the stove-it
was big old stick chimney fireplace
and the wood from one to eight feet
long.
He also reminded the younger ones
Of the great difference in the facili-
ties for carrying on school now
and then; of the fact that 33l5 per
cent OF all the revenue of the State
Is now set aside for the public school
fund; that our country schools are
now from four to nine months n
year, and usually competent teach
ers are employed. He also told Of
how the Sunday school was started
at the old log school house by
"Rough and Ready" Watts, and
Judge Burks, and how preaching
was carried on regularly at both the
old school houses, and how the
weekly prayer meeting was kept up
from year to year by such people as
our old pieneer fathers and mothers
were. And last, but not least, he
told how some of these old pioneers
were good singing teachers and
taught the young folks how to sing
the songs of .Zion, and how they
would make the woods ring with the
best songs that were ever sung.
Mr.. Burks then repeated over the
names OF almost all the teachers of
the two old school houses, and some
of the newer ones with n keen rec
objection, and then took his seat.
Jerry b. Burks followed In a
lengthy talk of events that had hap
pened some forty years later, and he
was followed by 4. b. Chandler,
who spoke of the passing away OF
all the old settlers that were living
near tho school house fifty-two years
ago, except A. o. Babb who is over
30 years of age, Mrs, Josephine Per-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-09-22
PLEASANT REUNION AT
BURKs SCHOOL HOUSE
Hon. Jasper N. Burks Delivers Fine
Address Reviewing History OF tho
School Many Old Pupils
Present.

The rcHnion Of the people now liv-
ing who ever attended school at the
old Burks school house, near SprOtt,
in Ste Gencvieve county, which has
been advertised for some time in
the Pennington papers, took place
last Saturday, September II, 1910.
The day was an ideal one, and ac-
cording to previous arrangement the
older students gathered at the site
of the old log house that was erected
by the late Judge Charles Burks
and his neighbors about the year
lS40-just 20 years agO-and which
was used for school purposes till
some time during the 'j0s, when II
large and commodious frame house
was built half mile north of the
old log house. The logs of the old
house were afterwards moved to the
home of the late Henry Horn, where
they were used for n kitchen for
about 30 years, and were then
moved to the home of Rev. John w.
Wood some four or five years ago,
where they are now being used for "A
hen house and are In a good state of
preservation. II kept under roof
they are good for another 20 years.
Those who attended school at the
old log school house and were pres
ent In limo at the hereunion, were Hon.
Jasper n. Burks, past 20 years of
age; Mrs. Polly Burks, past 70; Mrs,
Mary S. Hawn, past 60; Joel j.
Laws, G2; VIM. II. Resinger, 81;
John NJ. Doss, 60; Mrs. Thomas V.
Swearingen, 60; DR.. Luther Nj. Per-
kins, 56; and two Others came In
later, Richard Edwards, past so, and
Robert Babb, &C.
The corner stones of the old
foundation were easily found, and
by agreement the oldest one present
who ever attended school at the old
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-09-22
INCIpkNnE J. B. Smiths Agency
lNDUtHNUu Phone No. 10
BRUTALLY ASSAULTS WOMEN

on last Saturday night VIM. Ruby
who had just completed n Jail SEN
tence of six months, tanked up on
Elvins' special brand of liquid red
eye and started out to vent his vile
passion in brutal assaults and cow
ardly insults upon the helpless wom-
en- that he met.
He was accompanied on his first
venture by Alex Macavach, whose
pistol he borrowed and he used this
weapon to intimidate Mrs. Martha
Evans of Elvins, his first attempted
victim. Ruby and Macavach then
separated and came ON to Flat Riv-
er. AS Mrs, r. j. Wilson was 60
ing home after attending church
services, when near the opera house
Ruby attacked her and knocked her
down, but her cries and those OF her
small son, who was with her, brought
several men to the rescue and her
assailant fled.
Later he viciously insulted two
other women and was finally dis
covered peeping through the win
dows at the residence of Prof. W..
l.. Johns. Prof. Johns seized his
revolver and gave chase. He over
hauled the miscreant as he was
leaving the premises hy way of the
front gate.
Ruby gave n fictitious name to the
women whom he assaulted and al
so to the officers but he wss easily
recognized by the latter. Macavach
was arrested early Sunday morning
Several charges of criminal assault
have been filed against Ruby and
one case of assault and carrying
concealed weapons have been filed
against Macavach. Voice of the
People.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-09-22

kins and Mrs. Harriet Barnes. He
was followed by Jacob NJ. Rickard,
who spoke OF the efficiency of the
young students twenty years ago
when he taught, and of their "de-
plOrablc rctrogression since.n
Or. Luther NJ. Perkins, the chair
man, was then held up by Grafton
Turley lthe Doctor is afflicted with
locOmotor ataXia) till he could give
us hearty greeting and farewell ad-
dress, with the bright hope that ifwc
never meet again on earth we may
meet where partings shall be no
more.
The people of the entire surround
ing community tender to DR.. Per-
kins their sincerest thanks for his
untiring efforts in talking and adver-
tising the reunion and making 1t
short time for his home on the Pa.
cific coast, some 1000 miles away,
the fondest wishes of his mother
and home friends will follow him
there.
This closed the program OF the
day, the first reunion Of the old and
young students OF the Burks school
house. The assembly chose DR.. G.
b. Perkins permanent president,
Jerry b. Burks vice president and
T. Il. Chandler secretary, to meet
again at the call Of these three Of
flcers. Taking 1t all in all everyone
spoke of II as one OF the best days
of his or her life, and as four o. 'clock
approached the people dispersed to
their homes, speaking OF the swift
ness with which time flies and how
quickly we get old and pass away,
reminding each other of the poem
'ln the ladder of life we're given to climb
This life counts only n moment OF time
The one thing to 30 In the brief little space
is to make the world glad that we ran In
the race"
r. B. CHANDLER, Secy.