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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-10
OLDEST LIVING THING ON EARTH
Tree in Central Africa Not Less Than
$3.50 Years Old,

The very Oldest living thing on
earth, so far as we can know. are
trees. Given fair conditions for food
the tree seldom dies of old age; its
death is generally an accident
Younger and stronger trees spring
up beside it, perhaps, and rob it of
Its nourishment; insects, or floods.
or winds may injure it, or it's roots
strike rock and become twisted
and tangled because they have not
room to spread out and feed prop
erly All these conditions are acct
dents, of course.
The yew, as well as most other
trees, adds about one-tenth of an
inch in circumference a year. Hum
boldt makes reference to an enor-
nous baObab tree in Central Africa
as the Oldest organic monument in
the world. Its trunk is 20 feet in
diameter, and Adamson proved that
it had lived not less than $50
years.
This was a mistake, however. fol
Mexican scientists have proved thai
the Montezuma cypress at Chepulte
pee with a trunk of 11S feet. is old.
er by 1000 years. The gigantic Cal
ifornia red-woods are impressive by
reason Of their number, great age
and size
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-10
FIND MILLIONS IN A WEED
What the Guayule Plant, Recently
Discovered, Means to Mexico and
Southern Texas.

With the exception of Billings,
Mont, San Antonio, Texas, the head
quarters of the army now modified
in the Lone Star state, is the greatest
wool market in the world, and the
fine mansions upon it's broad streets
are occupied by sheep men who have
made fortunes upon the surrounding
ranches and by commission men who
have made millions in wool, writes
William E. Curtis in the Chicago
RecOrd-Herald. A new and almost
fabulous source of wealth, which will
still further enrich San Antonio, has
recently been discovered. 1t is the
guayule plant, wild shrub with
which the plains of southern Texas
and northern Mexico are covered
Somebody discovered a few years ago
that the roots of the guayule con-
tanned the same juice as the rubber
tree of the tropics, and invented ma
chinery to extract it. The industry
proved so profitable that many estab-
lishments have been set up on both
sides of the border, and the guayule
is now almost as important a source
of supply of crude rubber as the for
ests of the Amazon The shipments
amount to nearly 100000 pounds
a month, having a market value of
$1,7O0,000.
This is an entirely new industry.
1t has been created with the invest
ment of very little capital The land
upon which the plant is gathered
could be bought for 80 or 40 cents
an acre a few years ago in tracts of
millions of acres. 1t costs from $40
to SIS a ton to gather the plant and
deliver it to the mills, and not more
| than 10 cents pound altogether to
reduce it to a commercial form, while
/ ordinary rubber gum from the ordi-
nary rubber tree costs at least 40
! cents a pound to produce. In most
instances the gayule gum loses it's
identity when it reaches the market,
andis sold and treated Ike ordinary
Amazon rubber, although the profit
in it's production is four times as
! great.
The rubber trust has been graudal-
! ly picking up the little companies
! that were organized down there, and
buying out of the individual produc-
ers, until it practically controls the
source of supply. But seldom has
any country gained so much wealth
from so simple and so unexpected a
! source.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-10
NOTED BANDIT GETS PAR.LE
Train RObber, Highwayman and Des-
peradO Free After IL Years. Met
at Prison Gate by Daughter.

SACRAMENTO, Cal.-Chris Ev-
ans, once the most noted bandit, train
robber and highwayman of despera-
dO-ridden California, was released
on parole from Folsom prison, where
he had spent seventeen years of life
sentence for train robbery. His
daughter, Mrs. GuittareZ, of Sacra-
mento, who had shown the most re-
markable and touching filial deyo-
ton to her father and for many
years had Loyalty devoted her energy
to the task of obtaining the release
of Evans, received him at the prison
gates, and after an affectionate en-
brace both departed to comply with
the condition of the parole banishing
Evans from the state of California.
He will make his home with his
daughter at Portland, Ore.
Chris Evans was the leader of a
bold gang of desperadoes which in
the early nineties terrorized the
Country about Visalia and Fresno
with holdups and train robberies.
After a most spectacular chase Ev-
ans and several other members OF
his gang were captured after they
had killed several of their pursuers.
Once they escaped from jail, but
were recaptured, tried and sentenc-
cd. Evans received a life sentence.
He leaves prison a blind, feeble and
crippled man.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-10

amount anywhere between three and
five million dollars. For a year the
old man was silent While the blow
had not stunned him it made him sit
down and reflect.
Promoter of the Steel Trust.
1t was at this time that the United
States Steel Corporation, the biggest
corporation probably in the world,
was formed. j. P. Market wanted a
market created for the stock, and
chose Keene as the man to do it, with
a success uneQualed in the history of
any other stock. His campaign was
worldwide. England, Germany and
France competed with this country
for blocks running in the hundreds
of thousands of shares. And one
of the remarkable features of the
extraordinary campaign was that
Keene did it exclusively through the
market. There wasn't a drop of
printers ink called into service.
What Keene made out of this no one
but himself probably knows, and he
never tells. He will talk on art,
horses and general conditions, but
there he loses himself
Later Mr.. Keene formed a pool
hostile to the interests of the late
Edward H. Hartman in Southern
Pacific. Probably no more brilliant
work was done by him, but it was
profitless. He was scared badly and
some thought it would be the end
of the old mans activities. But it
wasn't. He again came to the fore
front after the period of the slow
panic-diagnosed by Mr.. Morgan as
the resultant of undigested securi-
ties. He reappeared as the manipu-
Iator of the movement in Amalgam-
ated Copper which drove the stock to
80. At that time Keene, it was said,
believed the top had been reached,
and declined to handle the pool fur
her, but under other management
t went to 1870.
The amount, even approximately,
If Keene's fortune is entirely mat
er of conjecture, though it is known
o be ample, even were the tastes
If the famous manipulation far more
than they are. In England
lie will devote himself largely to the
urf.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-10
FEATHER BEDS

For a limited time only we will sell
one feather bed weighing 36-lbs. and
one pair of pillows weighing 6-lbs.,
all for $40 cash with order, f. o. b,
Covington, Ga. All live NEW feath-
ers, made of the best A c. A. Tick
ing Beds shipped anywhere. If
beds are not as advertised we will
cheerfully refund your money. Buy
from the manufacturer and save the
middleman's profit. Mail orders Civ
en- special attention. Order today.
Address DIXIE FEATHER BED
CO, Covington Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-10
THE NIEANEST MAN. AGAIN.
This One Lives in New York, and
Took Wooden Leg From Son.

Took Wooden Leg From Son.
Every now and then some man is
found whose meanness is so great
that his contemporaries agree upon
awarding him the blue ribbon for
his particular class. Another speci-
men of the meanest man" was
found the other day when a man
was brought before the Harlem pO-
lice court, New York, upon COM
plant of his crippled son, a young
man of about twenty years. Some
years ago the young man, then a
boy, was run over and lost his right
leg above the knee.
He was supplied with wooden
leg and tried his best to find work
and to make living. Owing to the
fact that he was crippled, however,
he was unable to obtain a permanent
position, and only occasionally was
he fortunate enough to find some odd
job. His father became impatient
and threatened the boy he would
take his wooden leg away if he
should not find job within a giveT
! time.
The boy failed, and the father no
only took his artificial leg away from
him, but turned him out of hi
house The young cripple was takeI
in by a charitable woman of thu
neighborhood, and it was upon he
complaint that the father of the DO,
was brought into court,
| When the magistrate heard tht
story of the case he declared the oil
man to be almost too mean to live,
and ordered him to return the lei
to the boy without delay
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-10
4 Burglars Awful Deed

may not paralyze a home so COM
pletely as mothers long illness.
But Dr. Kings New Life Pills are a
splendid remedy for women. They
gave me wonderful benefit in consti-
patton and female trouble" wrote
Mrs. NJ c. Dunlap of Leadill, Tenn.
IF ailing, try them. 25c at Dawson
Drug Co.'S.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-10

Never hesitate about giving Cham
berlains Cough Remedy to children,
1t contains no opium nor other mar
cotics, and can be given with implicit
confidence. AS a quick cure for
coughs and colds to which children
are susceptible it is unsurpassed.
Sold by all dealers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-05
Poultry Department
For FL Paso. By an 81 PasOan.

in the variety Of grains. a little beef
scrap, ground bone and ''roughness." "
his flock VIII attend TO the balancing
and save him the high charges of the
prepared feed men for balancing" 1t
for them.
Many experiment stations and indf-
Yldual poultry men have made extern
slVe Investigation into what constit utes
a balanced ration for fowls, with the
result that they all agree that the en-
tire science IS comprised In the single
word variety" and Ii IS a singular
fact that with all poultry men ana an
experiment stations wheat Is used and
recommended in greater PROMOTION
tnan any other grain, while Ia all ready
mixed feeds TO be found on the market
wheat is in small proportion ana pref
erence is given to cheaper grains
ABOUT the proper proportions Of
grain Tor general purposes by weight
Is so wheat 30 corn. 80 oats ana. IA
kafttr corn or buckWheat. This sho17Id
De led morning and evening an thay
VIII eat and the flock should at an
times have access TO hOppers Of drv
mash In which Is thoroughly mixed
per cent Of cOttOnseed meal. This is
rich IN protein and win make young
stock STOW and old stock lay
A trial OF these mixtures win satisfy
the poultry man that he can make m
finest l5ind OF a balanced ration" af y
saving Of something like IS cents az
the hundred pounds
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-05
CALVARY BAPTIST
REVIVAL TO CLOSE
Last Services to Be Held
Sunday Night; Meet
T. C,7ooocr


The revival at Calvary Baptist church
conducted by evangelist Hail. assisted
by the singer Robert Jolly, viii IN ali
probability close Sunday night. The
meeting has been IN progress two
weeks, during which time there have
been a score Of additions to the church
and more are expected sunday. In
speaking Of the meetings pastor r. Z.
Hanks said he was highly pleased with
the results and that the meeting had
been one Of the best during the history
Of the church.
Sunday morning evangelist Hail VIII
speak on The Resurrection AT the
close Of the service Sunday night the
ordinance Of baptism wiz be admins
tered. Lessrs. Hail and Jolly viii leave
Monday morning for Cleburne, Texas
where they 60 to hold a meeting.
AT the service Friday night Mr.. Han
preached on "The Great Divide" His
text was, "He that hath the son, hath
life. and he that hath not the son
hath not life" The preacher said that
The dividing line in Gods sight ran
between the one who was a Christian
and the one who was not.
At the close Mr.. jolly sang over
the Line" BY special request he alsQ
sang before the benedictiOn, Il Want
to Go There, Don't Your There were
two professions Of faith.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-05

w HILE at the union station few
w days ago the writer noticed
in the express office a breeding
pen OF chickens being shipped from a
northern state Of the United States into
the interior Of Mexico. This is practical
" an every day occurrence. There Is
hardly state IN the union that does
not ship birds through III Faso luto
Mexico Does FL Paso get her snare OF
this trade2 Not much that anyDooy
me breeding, of fancy poultry In
Mexico is in It's infancy and the qe-
mand for stock and eggs has h4I4ly
begun. Within the next Few years ms a.
demand. will be tremendous ana ~
would be well for our breeders 10 me
Up to supply most or II. 80
We have the most IaVoraple couuL--
tons in the world !or me i t--., -
fancy poultry-bOth In quantity ana IN
Quality-and with this extensive mar
ket right at our door we can OUT +Se4
that we need among US more oIeelSIs
trade. 1T is right here waiting Tor US,
and we should allow but little OF it 20
mass our door. We have the first shot
at the game, and II we 90 not oaB IT, u
IS our own fault
Another fact worthy Of consideration
Is that New Mexico and arizona nave
just entered upon the thresnoid OK a
period Of settlement and development
which will almost equal that through
which Oklahoma passed These new
states are our closest neighbors. ana
with the tie Of friendship oetWeen gs
an things else being equal they VIII
give FL Paso breeders the preference. IN
placing their orders Tor stock. rms
should interest the breeders we ALREADY
have and induce other posted men TO
enter the field
10 reason In the world why FL Paso
should not be the supply point in the
way OF fancy poultry for this entire
virgin field. and any other city Would
regard our opportunities as a veritable
gold mine.
Prepared Feeds.
Much money is wasted annually by
poultry men in the purchase OF mixed
feeds Most brands on the market are
good but cost too much. They are an
mixtures Of many varieties Of grain.
some cheap and some high priced, and
the cost Of the mixture is always lit
tie more than the highest priced grain
contained in IL.
They all lay claims to being balanced
relations. but II a poultry man Will lay
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-05
PRIMARY PLAN IS
NOT VERY POPULAR
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CONTINUED from preceding pagel
All the candidates ought to be printed
an one ballot, and voters should pc al
loved to vote for the candidates OF
fbefr nersonal choice. And them Wnen
fhe votes are counted, If II IS Iounu
49, even candidate has secured a
rae7oritv Of all the votes cast, ms name
e7o-e should 20 on the official ballot
IN the general elecron-ln olner "oIls'
the primary election ought 20 Pc le
cieive when a candidate gets majority
and he should be relieved OF nlahlLs d
oampafEn for the general elecIlon- an
5fdefaz should not be compelled 10 MAKE
a campaign after the primaries $3.50 ~
when they have received p plurall'y
according to the Globe Silver Belt
zone Of the greatest QeLects ~ tI9
urinary law as it now STANDS IS Lnat ~
permits members or various a. - ~ - ~
vote in the primaries OF any party lAeS
NAV choose. regardless OF WheLAeI y
70f- thew are recognized as members q
mat uartv. This. If continued, snollo
ultimately lead 20 the repeal OF the
p----' FTnv6rs California Plan.
-rba silver Belt favOrs the California
primary law. 1t has been polltFl -
also that the opportunity LOT fsl9-L
a-sH fn our election system is te1y
--raa+ According to the law clrlEen
can vote I'm any preclncl ~ InS -, - ~ ~ ~
IN which he may be registered mere y
-0Fnfua EXCEPT fear or LLe ptAa.t- ~
-----s--eDf person from voting In as
--ar7 precincts as he IS able TO reacn
T~ring the time the polls are open, Iot
t5-era fs absolutely no check or Orner
mems for detection No questions are
peIred evcept the name and NUMBER u
i uerson upon the great register II
t17fs he found correct, the person Is
Given a ballot and permitted 10 vote
~ there the matter ends A clever re-
-1eater could not be detected
Tha obiec&On has been made Llal lle
candidates whose names are az me 10Y
~ +he alphabet have the advantage e
T-ben an the ballots are printed win
tTe names arranged aIpnaDeIlcaLly'
and IL has been suggested as a re1oLL n
measure that the candidates names De
made to rotate, though this would mean
the printing Of many different sets OF
me Tucson Citizen sees still another
orfecrfon TO the peoples primaries IL
savs. Peoples primaries are popular
and they have come 10 stay puI me
notion that they make % easy TOT the
-7oor man to run for office is a mlsIa-
Zen one. In a state like Arizona. Wnere
distances are great, the cost or Irayel
alone is an item that is beyond Lne
each Of the man with small pocket
booI-- and when there is added to this
hostage. advertising, bands, parades ana
the numerous other features that are
t0day. considered requisite to a winning
campaiEn. the popular primary becomes
a very expensive institution
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-05
The Whiskey That
Old dad" Graham
Used to Sell

Bond & Lillard whiskey which was
for many years sold in the Trust build
ing bv lTr. Graham. is now being dis
Densed by Jackson Squires at
the Inn Bar main entrance, Caples
building. In addition to Bond & Lil-
lard's well known Whiskey, you VIII
also find Old Tar Whiskey, formerly
sold bE Mr. SQuires in the old Inn, in
The plaza block Probably no other
place In town has two leaders as well
known as these two brands confined
solely 10 them
The old Inn viii reopen on or about
March Ist in the Plaza block, with the
finest bar and grill room in the south
west
A handsomely furnished dining room
so feet long, with three private dining
rooms in connection, viii be installed.
No detail viii be spared to make this
an institution Ell PasO can be Justly
proud Of. The bar and dining room
win be entirely separated and family
trade viii be especially catered to.
A messenger? Can Cactus Messen-
ger Co.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-05
BOOTH QUITS AND OLDHAM
becomes CITY AT-UTTr

D. c. Booth, appointed city auditor
by mayor JOS U. Sweeney. who created
that position April -. 1908, has re-
signed. he Is to be succeeded bv as
sistant city clerk Harry Oldham on
November Is.
Booth leaves the city's employ to be-
come local manager for the MAGNOLIA
petroleum company, a new concern.
which is erecting a new building All
the corner OF Sixth and Kansas streets.
Prior to his appointment as auditor
Booth was engaged in the confection-
cry business
No one has been selected TO succeed
Oldham, but an appointment VIII prob
ably be announced at the council meet
ing Thursday
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-05

Las Cruces, n. NJ. Nov "A number
OF Democrats left on this morning s
train for Elephant Butte to hold a rally.
They held a banquet here last night,
W. c. Mcdonald. Democratic candidate
for governor, being present
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Hall have been
the guest sOf Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Faux
ner 10 the past week; Mr.. and Mrs.
Norwood Hall, arriving overland in their
automobile from FL Paso, are also
guests Of the Faulkuers.
The Married Women's Tuesday Aft
ernoon Bridge club met at the home Of
Mrs. Faulkner Tuesday afternoon, the
high score prize going to Mrs. Vincent
3. May.
Mrs. Mark B. Thompson has gone to
FL Paso on a shopping expedition, and
to see her father, Nicholas Gales, who
Is III at the Hotel Dfeu.
Jos. H. Nealon district attorney at
Ell PasO, Texas, who has been visiting
Mr. and Mrs. O'Hara, has returned
to his home.
Y. B. May is once more on the streets
after being confined TO his home for
several weeks.
Land office Notes.
Desert entries: James B. Paden, Dem
ing N. NJ, y ne 4 sec p, tp % S, T
II "; Alice A. Barley. Deming. n. NJ,
" y sec II, tp "A s, r II ".
Homestead entries; Harry S. Hall,
Fairview N. NJ y ne 4 ne 4 ne 4
= nwA ne 4 ne 4 u ne 4 NV q
ne q sec %, tp g s. 9 W; suspended
as land is not subject to entry till De-
cember 80, 1911. Joe Hill, Monticello
n. H., lot 4, sec Z; lots. 1, 2 and 8, sec
is, To 10 S, W; rejected for reason
proper application was not used, also
for reason excess area was not paid
for. Paublita Chavez, Monticello. n. H.,
= Sc a sec Z, tp 10 s, " 4 ne 4
sec is, ". Rejected for reason
lands not subject to entry under act Of
February 10, 1903. Harvey o. Fuller
709 North Oregon street, Ell Paso, Tex,
Sc 4 sec SO, tp 26c s, r 10 ". Il
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-05
G0LQUI1T HAS A
FIGHT ON HANDS
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Continued from preceding pagej
lieve by the politicians who were car
rylng on the agitation among them
that the prices would quickly be
forced up several cents per pound and
that they could successfully cope with
the alleged speculative interests which
they claimed were manipulating prices
They were doomed to bitter disappoint-
ment- Prices continued TO fail lower
and lower, and farmers were forced to
dispose Of their crop eventually at fig
ures which meant heavy losses as com
pared with the revenue that they could
have obtained had they not Joined the
holding movement. The politicians who
were active in agitating that plan were
rOundly berated By the farmers all over
Texas. and they were buried so deep
under the wave Of unpOpular1ty that
none Of them have been heard from
in public affairs from that day 10 this
So generally accepted among long
tried and experienced men in public life
in Texas is the axiom that II Is danger
Gus to take up the fight Tor better
prices Of any product in the DenalL OF
farmers that few Of them have tried II
in recent years
Has Fight on Hands,
Governor Coluuitt has a very strenu-
Gus campaign on his hands just now.
He is being opposed for reelection TO
a second term by w. +. Ramsey assoc
ciate Justice of the supreme court. MI
Ramsey is said to be popular with the
farmers and he has been counting on
receiving the bulk Of their support IN
his present contest for governor. 1t is
conceded that should the New orleans
conference cause a material increase IN
the price Of cotton or should prices
increase irrespective Of what erect
that conference might have on them'
governor COlquitt would be given large
credit for the result by the farmers
and IL is natural to suppose that ms
political star would ascend to that de-
gree.
The agitation looking to the general
holding Of cotton by the producer has
met with a general favorable response
This is attested By the filling up OF cot
ton warehouses that have been empty
for several years; also by the heavy
falling off in the cotton tonnage or
railroads during the last week or ten
DAYS There seems to be no doubt at
this time that there is great force 70
the cotton holding movement There
is no way og gaging or even approx
mating the total number Of bales now
being held for higher prices The ces-
sation of marketing the product, how
ever is having a serious effect upon
business all over the state For the
most part farmers paid off their more
pressing obligations from the sale Of
their early crop and are now prepared
for holding the balance 1t is not eX-
pected that there viii be any general
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-05

open meeting Of the season on next
Friday evening, November 10, at 8
o'clock Two OF the leading features
VOInev M. Bro1-n ana MIS- A-e-s- Both
OF these talks viii be along sociological
lines, conditions in Ell Paso being given
the emphasis
Musical numbers BY Miss Amy Schultz
Miss Kathryn Warren and Garland Ly-
man viii also form a part OF the even-
ing's entertainment.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-05
To Quickly Chase
Away Wrinkles


(FrOm Fashion Review)
The surest and quickest way 20 OBJ
literaLe wrinkles OF every descrip tiou.
from the finest lines TO the deepest
burrows. is by means OF the saX0llte
formula, about which we've heard so
much Of late Bathing the face and
neck in the lotion at once tightens and
tones up the skin, affecting every
wrinkle, as Weu as creased or sassy
tissue about the cheeks, neck or chin.
Any druggist can supply pure pow
de-et saNoltte, which is most effective.
Dissolve an ounce Of this In a half pint
OF witch hazel. ana you have as perfect
solution IS any expert can make
Adv.