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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-11
HOW EDITORS GET RICH.
An Exchange Has Given Away a
Professional Secret.

1t is not good policy to give bust
ness secrets away, but as many peo-
pie wonder how editors get rich SO
quick we give out the following in
formation hoping that every one OF
our readers will not take advantage
of this and engage in the newspaper
business:
A fellow terming himself Can
derbones Forecast" located at st.
Louis, offers to furnish us a lot OF
poetry and other silly stuff if we will
only run an advertisement in the
Register each week.
A fellow out west wants to run
$40 worth of advertising and then
send him $40 in exchange for a shot
gun Such a gun would retail for
about Sc. For running $17 worth of
locals we can get a 81 magazine tell
ing US how to do dressmaking at
home By running $50 worth of
advertising and sending $25 to an
Atlantic City firm we will be given
a deed to a lot When the tide is
in the lot stands six feet under wa
ter.
If we can run a column write-up
of a doings to be held in North
Dakota this fall, amounting to about
ST, we will be sent two 81 tickets.
Our railroad fare up there and back
for two would be about $50. We
can have almost any Chicago daily
paper sent us free. The subscription
is only 81, but all we have to do is
to run $36 worth of locals
For $40 worth of advertising and
$25 cash we can own a bicycle. The
wheel sells at just $12 About one
dozen firms are wanting to give us
shares in gold mines for advertising.
A nursery firm will send us a 25-
cent rosebush for only S. worth of
For running a six-inch
advertisement for one year we will
get a gross of pills.-Exchange.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-11
Legal Notices
Administrators Sale.

Georgia, Terrell County-By vir-
tue of an order granted at the No
vember term, 1910, by Hon. w. B.
Cheatham, Ordinary of said county,
1, ]. w. Chambless, administrator of
the estate of Doc Chambless, de-
ceased, will sell for cash to the
highest bidder, before the court
house door in Dawson, Ca, at the
usual time and place of sheriff's
sales, on the 7th day of February,
1911, all of lot of land No. 231, and
fifty 500 acres off of the northwest
corner of lot No. 232 in the
18th district of Terrell County,
Georgia. All of the above described
land will be sold except that portion
which may be assigned to the wild
ow of Doc Chambless for dover prior
to said sale. This January End, 1911.
J. w. CHAMBLESS, Admr.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-11
HAT WILL BE DONE WITH EN-?
to Lcper's House and Its Contents
PUzzling South Carolinians.

to Lcper's House and Its Contents
Pulling South CaroIinians.
The news dispatches a few days
o contained an item telling of the
ath at Aiken, S. c., of woman
no had formerly been a missionary
South America. In the discharge
her religious duties, it seems, she
d contracted leprosy, which event
lily proved fatal Now the ques-
On arises what is to be done with
r cottage and its contents? How
Q her personal effects to be dis
sed Of? 1t has been suggested that
house and it's contents be de-
Dyed by fire. If that were done
'uid the city be liable for the value
them to the heirs? Leprosy is a
sease of which relatively little is
own upon authority, 1t may be
ut the house and its contents could
, rendered innocuous by fumiga-
m. Should the chances be taken ?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-11
FROM POORHOUSE TO SENATE
Misery and Hardship Gripped Newly
Elected Lawmaker in Child
hood DAYS,

The rise of a man from the low
lest station to one of the highest in
his state is not among the events
that belong exclusively to the past,
nor is it confined solely to the realm
of fiction. John j. Dunnegan of
Shenandoah, Iowa, who has been
elected to the Iowa state senate,
passed three years of his early child
hood as an inmate of a North Caro-
lima poor house, being left at the
age of three without either father or
mother.
When six years of age he was
bound out to a family who treated
him with the utmost cruelty. Misery
and hardship gripped him from the
cradle, and robbed him of all the
joys of childhood. From the poor
house, without education or aid from
others, John Dunnegan has risen by
his own efforts to affluence and high
official position. He has worked as
( a section hand on a railroad at S1.10
day, as hired man on farm has
dug wells and cisterns with a spade,
and performed many other kinds of
/ hard work for small pay. He was
married when twenty-nine, being at
that time the owner of a livery sta
BILE in Milford, Neb Shortly after
ward he lost everything in a fire,
went to Shenandoah dead broke
/ and grasped eagerly the first job Of
fered him-digging a we'll Later
he started in the plumbing business
in small way, but his business did
not long remain small. 1t grew rap
idly until it extended into dozen
different states.
He was the nominee of the demo
cratic party for state senator in a
district which has a normally repub.
lican majority of 1900, but he over.
came this and was elected by ma.
jority of nearly 1000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-11
LEPERS PUBLICLY EXHIBITED
DOCTORS DO AN UNUSUAL STUNT
IN NEW YORK CITY.
Would Educate Public Away From
HysteriCaI Attitude When Pres

Would Educate Public Away From
HysteriCal Attitude When Pres
ence of Leper Becomes known.
In the New York Academy of Med
icine Thursday night there were pub
licly exhibited nine leper inmates for
the benefit of physicians. The meet
ing was interesting and instructive
to the physicians in attendance. The
purpose of this was to educate the
public away from the hysterical at
titude it has heretofore shown when
ever the presence of a leper became
matter of general knowledge"
This is a good idea for the medical
world, but it is dangerous so far as
the ordinary person unskilled in dis
eases is concerned. The antagonism
to leprosy is as old as the disease
itself. 1t strikes terror to the indi-
vidual of sound body, and with just
cause The malignancy of the dis
ease leaves the patient helpless, a
burden to a community, and trans
forms his body into slow but sure
disintegration. 1t is pitiful in the
extreme, because of its slothfulness
and its very presence is narrowing
to the mind of the afflicted and those
who have the knowledge of it.
A portion of the news item de-
scribing the meeting in the Academy
of Medicine said:
There are at present thirty-fve
cases of leprosy under treatment in
New York and vicinity Many of
these patients, it is said, make oc-
casional visits to the shopping dis
trict, to banks or hospitals, riding |
openly in train, street cars and ferry
boats"
While it is true that the universal
antagonism to leprosy causes pa
tients to hide their disease as much
as possible and keep away from
the surveillance of the medical au-
thorities some cases which demand |
yet the habit of a leper |
roaming around in public places
should not and will not be permitted. |
Whatever may be the attitude of |
physicians in New York city relative
to the probabilities of infection the
disease is far too frightful in it's eff
fects to permit such freedom of &C
ton. 1t is not only unwise, but it is
distinctly unfair to the public at
large that innocent people should be
even unconsciOusly placed in proxi-
mate contact with a leper or a sus-
pected leper. 1t is hard upon the
afflicted, but it is better that one
man be isolated rather than 100 be
scourged.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-11
For DismiSsiOn.

Georgia, Terrell County. Where
as, G. w. Bell, administrator with
will annexed of J. w. Lay, repre-
sents to the court in his petition
duly filed and entered on record that
he has fully administered ]. w.
Lays estate. This is, therefore, to
cite all persons concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any
they can, why said administrator
should not be discharged from his
administration and receive letters of
dismission on the first Monday in
February, 1911. This December IA,
1910. w. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-11
For Leave To Sell.

State of Georgia, Terrell County
Notice is hereby given to all con-
cerned that l have applied to the
Ordinary of Terrell county, Georgia,
for leave to sell the lands and stocks
and bonds belonging to the estate
OF T. E. Gurr, deceased and that
said application will be heard at the
February term, February 6, 1911, of
the Court of Ordinary of said county.
This January End, 1911.
MRS. S. ,. GURR, Administrative
OF the Estate of T. E. Gurr, decd
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-11
Look for the Bee Hive

On the package when you buy
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs
and colds. None genuine without
the bee hive. Remember the name,
Foley's Honey and Tar, and reject
any substitute. Dawson Drug Co.
and Peoples Drug Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-11
For DismlssiOn.

Georgia, Terrell County.-Where-
as, G. c. Brim, administrator with
will annexed of Matthew Marshall,
represents to the court in his petit
ton duly filed and entered on record
that he has fully administered Mat
thew Marshall's estate. This is,
therefore, to cite all persons con-
cerned to show cause, if any they
can, why said administrator should
not be discharged from his admins
tration and receive letters of dis
mission on the first Monday in Feb
ruary, 1911. This December 18th
1910. W. B. CHEATHAM. Ordinary
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-11
LEE CoUNTY's GOOD CONDITION
Starts New Year Out of Debt and
Building Good Roads.

Building Good Roads.
A Leesburg dispatch to the Macon
Telegraph says: The new county
commissioners met the first time yes
terday morning and elected the old
est, as is the custom, as the chair
man. The personnel of the present
commission is I. P. Cooke, chairman;
d. J. Minis, A. J. Powell, w. H. Tur-
ner, w. c. Laramore. This, accord
ing to the promises of a majority
and possibly all of the commission,
means that Lee county, after sufff-
cient time to build them, will not
be the laughing stock of tourists for
her bad roads from here to Smith
willie. We are told that work will
soon commence to cut about three
miles of the present length by
Strengthening process and build
a road to compare with the pres
ent one from Leesburg to Albany.
Lee county starts out the year
with not a dollar of Indebtedness,
about ten thousand dollars in bank,
considerable, probably half, of last
years levy uncollected, but available
at any time.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-11
BOILING AN INDIAN VILLAGE.
The Government Is Thus Destroying
Traces of Smallpox.

The government is boiling an In
dian village in the Wind River res
walton, Wyoming.
Everything about the settlement
-tepees, clothing, blankets, har-
ness, etc.-that can be boiled is be-
ing subjected to that treatment to
destroy traces of smallpox.
This village is where 100 Indians
were quarantined while they suffer
ed from smallpox in mild form.
There were no deaths, and the quar-
antine is practically lifted.
The hot water method of disin-
lection was resorted to because the
Indians more readily understand it..
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-11
Foley's Kidney Remedy-An Appre-
citation.

L. Mcconnell, Catherine street,
Elmira, n. Y, writes: Il wish to
express my appreciation of the great
good l derived from Foleys Kidney
Remedy, which I used for a bad case
of kidney trouble. Five bottles did
the work most effectively, and prov
ed to me beyond doubt it is The most
reliable kidney remedy I have ever
taken Dawson Drug Co. and Peo-
pies Drug Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-11
FUNNY ABOUT UNCLE SAM
SOME OF THE WAYS HE SPENDS
THE TAXPAYERS MONEY.

How the Bureau of Cotton Standard.
cation Is Provided for. Three Men
to Handle One WheelbarrOw.
John Corrigan. the Atlanta Con-
stitution's Washington correspond
ent, sends that paper the following
It's funny thing how this big
government spends money. If the
money had to be secured by direct
taxation there would be a howl that
could be heard to Saturns farthest
ring. But it's indirect, and the most
hardened tax-dodger pays it without
a murmur.
Did you ever see three men trying
to handle one wheelbarrow? Go to
the white house grounds some fine
day in early spring and see how it's
done. One man loads the wheelbar-
row while the man who trundles it is
resting, aud there is a boss to see
that the two men keep going. Funny
isn't it?
eff a private citizen in Georgia
wanted TO catch rabbits that were
eating his collards or destroying his
rose bushes" said Representative
Howard one day, che would give an
old negro SO cents, and the negro
would get him a forked stick and
catch every rabbit in the neighbor-
hood before night If Uncle Sam
wanted the work done it would cost
him $1,000 for every rabbit caught.
There you have it"
The Illustration is not far-fetched.
IN the recent sundry civil bill there
was an item totaling some $4,000
to provide for the bureau of cotton
standardization.
At the demand of southern cotton
farmers and others the agricultural
department adopted cotton stand
ard. These standards were APPROX
ed and great number of boxes have
been prepared and sent all over the
country to cotton exchanges and
warehouses and agricultural expert
nent stations. They are fine things,
and ought to have been provided.
But note the fact the standards have
already been provided and those who
went them can get them by paying
the actual cost.
And here is the way the cost of
the bureau is arrived at. according
to the plan put up to congress in the
sundry civil bill:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-11

In an ordinary business house the
.ork could be done with the above
nd reduced by $4,000, but the
reau is an important one and must
maintained.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-04-27
sly BOLISM.
By r. 4. Nus.

And il came to pass that on a GER
tain occasion, a woman wrote a book,
called, "The Defense of Freemason-
ry." 1t contained many beautiful
thoughts. In one place she repre-
sents the life of man as being woven
in the Loom of Time to a pattern
which he does not see, but God does.
And when, at last, God shall lift up
the finished garment, it will then APP
pear that the deep and dark hues
were as neediul to form and beauty,
as were the light and bright colors.
Many things in our lives we may not
now understand, but Men we shall
know. Masonry represents mar as
engaged in building a temple; chat
temple is himself. And, therefore, as
we dedicate our temporal Lodges tc
the service of the Supreme Being; by
this We are reminded that we should
also dedicate our spiritual building,
that temple which we are daily build
ing within ourselves, to the service o
the same one living and true God.
In the book, referred to above, tht
writer has portrayed enough of thu
life Of s Brother to enable US to seq
the coloring of the web in the loom
And while there is enough OF tn,
= jPAihc Of light, purity and JOY; ant
, of the Blue Of fidelity and truth t,
= prevail; YET there must needs be
S portion of the Green of faith an,
h2ne;a quantity OF the KhOw c
e cog ,.sy: blead all through OF tn
u, h+@ we and self sacrifice; an
9 yea. c,ln OF the Black of sorrow
:. stsh'ngS and tears. In thus uSin
cJlors as emblematic Of certain lua..
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-04-27
Obituary.

Mrs. Lucy Pryor. wife OF George
Pryor, died at the home of N. P.
Baker, in west part Of town, April %,
after a lingering illness of 8 months.
Funeral services were conducted by
A. r. Foster in the Baker home Sum-
day Afternoon, after which the body
was remove to the Versailles Gene
terry Tor in,e,nent. She was a hard
working %consecrated christian wom-
an, and a member of the Baptist
church.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-04-27
Why Not Save 1t.

Versailles has something like six
delivery wagons in service. One
good outfit would transact the bust
ness for all the firms in the city. Cut
ting out the extra hands, extra cams
and rigs, feed, ETC., would certainly
result in a big saving, and would en-
able the business men to greatly re-
duce the cost Of living to the con-
sumer, who pays this extra expense,
and still continue to make their regu-
lar profit. 1t has been put in sue
cessful operation in other cities, why
not in Versailles?
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-04-27
MOTHERS DAY.

Sunday, May IA, is Mothers day. On
this dav every Woodman is asked to wear
a white flower in honor of his mother.
If she lives in his home, he is asked to
give her a bouquet of white carnations,
or, if she is residing nearby, to visit her;
If she resides too far away for a personal
visit, write her a letter; if she is dead,
place a wreath Of white flowers OIL
her grave; hut whether living OF dead,
| all are asked to wear a white flower on
Sunday, May 18th. The Woodnen are
asked to have the members i'll the local
camps join in a public observance OF the
day. In many localities, the Woodmen
are numerous enough alone to furnish
talent for All open meeting at their camp
hall, or in the opera house, and appro.
priately observe the day. When this is
done, it is suggested that the meeting be
held in the afternoon, or at such hour as
not to interfere with the regular services
in the churches. In some communities,
the pastors of all the churches will be
plcdScu, IL iSiuSS'St w Solihii''SS vi
Woodmen, to join in holding a union
service in the evening, when the program
can consist of short addresses or Moth.
err" with Rotations from "Mother's Day
Poenis," and songs by the young people,
In other communities will be found pas.
tors, who, il requested, will gladly ar
range to make the morning service a
Mothers day observance. Then, in
other communities where a meeting can
not be arranged through any Of these
means, a prominent Woodman speaker
can be secured and a union meeting of
all the camps held. At all Mothers day
meetings the floral decorations should
be carnations, and all who attend should
be invited to wear a white carnation.-
The Modern Wochman.
Vtr,' les C.ip, 10. 2542, should get
busy ans make this a bright day for the
order.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-04-27

Sucl, districts under section lOS2@ mus
levy lOc. If they will vote 2oc additio"t
al they may Obtain $50 special aid. Few
people know of this new law. County
superintendent should go over the'Y
districts at once and notify the president
and clerks of all districts that may Sc
cure aid under this new law. Boards o.
Directors Of all such districts under sec
ton 1920 can call a special meeting t'
increase the tate of levy to ooc on ti'
500. Boards can call this meeting WITH
out a petition. .
Hon. l.. w. Major, Attorney General
has rendered the following opinion ol
section 1Oo37:
"Aecording to Sec. l0o37, r. S Nd
1909. and also under the provisions 4
our Constitution, will say the Count
Superintendent cannot engage III teacl|
ing in a public school, private sch"oi
normal school, college, or i'll any srec:1
school. He cannot devote his time 4
teaching in any of these schools, NO mat
ter whether he receives compensation \
not. His entire time must be devoted I
the duties enjoined upon him under I'll
statutes"
Many inquiries have come to this q
part,ncnt relative to the above points
law, hence this general circular. a
Yours trnlv,
WM. p. EVANS.
State SUPERB, tendent Of Sc'ioo}
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-04-27
Change in the First National
Bank.

w. W. Moore has sold his interest
in the First National Bank to J. w.
Mills, the and Vice President, and
Mr.. Mills will take charge of the
Bank as president May Ist. Mr..
Moore retires after a service of twen-
ty-two years in the Banking business
in Versailles, first as cashier of the
Morgan County Bank, then as Cash
Ter OF the First National on its organ
~ization, and later as president, hold
ing the latter office for a number of
years. MIR. Moore, in the manage
ment Of the Bank has been safe, con-
sentative, courteous and accomoda-
ting, and he will be missed by his as
sociates and by the army of the
Banks patrons. His intentions now
are to try Texas for health and more
wealth, an example set by w. J.
Bryan, and, like Bryan, he will keep
communications open between the
new and old, so that if inconsistencies
should come down in the Lone Star
State, he can come back to good
old Morgan. We certainly wish him
a pleasant time and safe return.
AS to the new president, J. w.
Mills, we would need the latest ency-
clopedia. He has been here always,
and has decided to stay the balance
of the time. His experience in bust
ness and as postmaster makes him an
expert in his new line of work, and
the patrons of the First National can
be sure of the best of treatment and
absolute security for their surplus
cash. With his able assistants, T. P.
Bond, cashier, and Price Jones, as
sistant cashier, The First National
will be conducted on the same safe
and conservative lines as under its
former management, and continue to
work for the better interests of YER
sailles and Morgan County, and be a
tower of strength to the business in
terests Of both city and county
May continued success and prosper
ity be with tic new management.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-04-27
Important Points Of School Law.

Section 1892, Revised School Laws,
1909, provides That no school districs
which fails to levy a tax of 4dc OIL the
500 assessed valuation, unless the assess.
nlent of a less amount together with the
moneys received from the public funds,
shall amount to $3.50 for school purposes,
shall receive any part of the public school
moneys for the ensuing school year, and
the county clerk shall omit such district
in the appor,ionment of the public
moneys
The Boards of Directors OF school dis
tricts are authorized to levy 40c without
a vote of the district. 1t is evident that
the above law requires all districts to
levy 40c, unless the district has a very
large valuation. County Superintend.
ents and county clerks should see tina,
this law is enforced. County Clerks are
liable &c prosecution for failure to en-
force this law. County superintendent
on or soon after May Is of each year
should carefully examine all the esti
| IndItS Vi tliotllNN . oh Nv ~ tiIC
county clerk and approve all that are
correct and that conform to the law and
require all clerks In whose estimates err.
rors are found 20 correct said errors, aud
comply with The law. 1t would be we'll
for all estimates to be sent to the County
Superintendent for his approval and by
him filed with the county clerk
The school age is the same as hereto
fore, six years to twenty years. The
enumeration of school children must be
taken in the future as beretofors. All
funds are apportioned on the enurnesa
ton this year and after this year the Il.
R. taxes and county and township funds
will still be spp~orlioned on an erumer-
alton basis.
The 46th General Assembly has re.
pealed section 1916 and enacted a new
section in lieu thereof, which takes effect
before the apportioument of school funds
this year. 1t provides a Special STATE
Aid to Weak Rural s .hools of $50 per
wear O. so much thereof as may be need.
ed to nIaintaii, All s months school at
, $40 per mosth. Provided that such die.
. tricts,
j. Levy CSC fnr school purposes.
9. Have a valuation Of $4,000 or less
5. Have an area Of on square miles O,
more.
, 4 Enu,rerate Is or more school chill
dTen.
S. Have maintained during the pas,
? school term a daily attendance Of - Of
mose pupils.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-04-27
Versailles is Growing.

1S90--i2l1 : laOO~.-1240; 1910
1893; a fairly good healthy increase,
bat with our splendid location, pro-
ducvive farming lands. rich deposits
of clay, coal and mineral, our popu-
lation should be over 1900. ino
outlook Tor better things i, bright,
and the next twelve months will see
greater improvements than ever,
: Match Versailles grow.