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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-06
NEW GUN TO USE ON AIRSHIPS
ARMY IN ADVANCE OF NAVY IN
PREPARING FOR SKY-FIGHT.
SiX-POunder, Intended to DemoIish
AerOplanes in Battle, Soon to Be
Sent to Proving Ground.

! WASHINGTON, D. CA new g.
FOUNDER gun, equipped with specially
! adapted high explosive projectiles
: and shrapnel shells to demolish aero
| planes and balloons in battle, has
been perfected by the United States
army. 1t can be elevated at high
angle and possesses a maximum
effective range of seven miles. The
construction of the new rifle has Just
been completed at the Rock Island,
H., arsenal. Experiments with it
will begin at the Sandy Hook proving
grounds within fortnight.
The army thus is in advance of the
navy toward the solution of the
problem of defense against airships.
The navy only few days ago con-
Quoted its first tests with the carriage
of 1-pounder gun.
The shells which this army gun
will hurl into the skies will be loaded
with dunnite or other high explosives
and upon bursting will send forth
shower of shot in cone-like area
similar to the performance of a sky
rocket, almost certain to strike an
airship if aimed with any degree of
accuracy. Other projectiles which
have been designed for the new gun
contain only a high explosive which
upon exploding would wreck any air.
ship in it's vicinity.
Following in the wake of these
powerful proiectiles will be tracers
which will aid in accurately aiming
the gun upon the course of a hostile
airship. The tracers to be used in
the daylight hours will be of smoke,
while sparks will show the path of
the shell at night.
The sight of the new gun also has
been perfected, designed to meet the
changing conditions of the trajectory
of a projectile fired at varying an
giles.
In the coming experiments the
army will shoot at balloons and box
kites, and possibly a real airship will
be used to sight at great distance.
The signal corps will be asked to CO.
operate with the ordnance depart
ment and send one of it's airships now
at College Park, Md, to the proving
grounds
Credit for the inventin belongs to
ordnance experts of the army work
ing under the direction of Brig. Gen.
! William Crozief, chief of ordnance.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-06
RECIPROCITY BATTLE IS ON.
o,,rPAIGN ONE OF MOST BITTER
N HISTORY OF THE DOMINION.
Conf Fl VIII Decide Whether Pact
With United States VIII Be Rat
flied. People Wrought Up.

OTTAWA.-The campaign now
raging in the Dominion between the
friends and foes of reciprocity with
+bn United States is one of the most
hitter in the history of Canada. The
elections will be held September 81
ond upon the issue will depend
whether the reciprocity pact with the
Tni-ed States will be ratified or an
rnlIed. If the Liberals win the new
parliament, which will assemble a
month later, will pass the reciprocity
measure. If Premier Laurier is de-
feated NJ. L. Borden, a Halifax law
yer, will take Laurier's place and
organize a conservative cabinet.
Reciprocity will thus be defeated, and
the trade relations between Canada
and the United States will remain as
they have been for many years.
The Annexation Bogy.
Both sides are putting forth every
effort to convince the voters either
against or in favor of reciprocity.
The conservatives are waging a cam
Daign based both upon sentimental
and economic grounds, and are MAX
ing a great cutlery over the question
of annexation. They assert that an
nexation will follow the passing of
a reciprocity measure. This is Wig
Orously denied by the liberals. Pre-
.mier Laurier calls it "arrant nom
sense, and asserts that whether rec
iprocity passes or not Canadians will
remain Canadians. Laurier is ad-
dressing from one to two meetings
daily and for the first time since
1894 has invaded the maritime prov
hces, In spite of his 70 years he
is still as vigorous as ever and is
putting up as great a fight as at any
time during the 8 years that he has
been premier of Canada.
There is a great deal of misrepre-
sentation in the campaign and poIit-
ical feelings run high. The people
Of each party are serious, and the
meetings called by the leaders are
bringing out vast multitudes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-06
No Need to Stop Work.

When your doctor orders you to
stop work it staggers you. II can't, -
you say. You know you are weak,
rundown, failing in health, day by
day, but you must work as long as
you can stand. What you need is
Electric Bitters to give tone, strength
and vigor to your system, to prevent
breakdown and build you up. Don't
be weak, sickly or ailing when Elec-
trio Bttters will benefit you from the
first dose. Thousands bless them
for their glorious health and
strength. Try them. Every bottle
is guaranteed to satisfy. Only soc
at Dawson Drug Cos.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-06

Suffered day and night the tor
ment of itching piles. Nothing help
ed me until l used Doan's Ointment
It cured me permanently. Hon.
John R. Garrett, Mayor, Girard, Ala.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-06

Accidents will happen, but the
best-regulated families keep Dr..
Thomas Eclectic Oil for emergen-
cies.. 1t subdues the pain and heals
the hurts
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-06
r the present system.
Whose Wife Is She?

Two years ago a New York woman
went to Reno and obtained a divorce
from her husband without the for
mality of having him served with
papers and without any appearance
by the husband. The day after the
divorce was granted the woman mar
ried another New York man, who
had gone to Reno to meet her The
couple then returned to New York
and have lived there ever since. Their
marriage is perfectly legal under the
Nevada law, but the woman is not
the mans wife under the New York
law This state holds she was the
wife of the man she divorced in
Reno as long as he lived.
Two months ago, however the
first husband died. Taking advant-
age of the complicated laws the wo-
man put in a claim for dover, hold
ing that if the New York law would
not recognize her Reno divorce or
her subsequent marriage it must
hold that she is the widow of the
first husband, with a right in his es-
tate. The heirs of the dead man
have naturally combatted this view.
The case has not yet come to trial,
but the lawyers involved believe she
will win.
The way to remedy the matter is
through the enactment of a uniform
divorce law. Certainly it ought to
be possible in time to secure such
legislation. In matters of this char
acter we generally move slowly. You
cannot get constitutional amend
ments in a month. 1t is a long and
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-06

The average young man has his
hopes raised more frequently than
his salary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-06
THE EVILS WHICH FOLLOW IN
THE WAKE OF DIVORCE.
Within 20 Years 1,75O,OOO Divorces
Have Been Granted in This COun-
try. Uniform Laws Needed.

"AIlAAn 80 ASaTS i, SOO,OOO divorces
Have Been Granted in This COun-
try. Uniform Laws Needed.
Because of the complications con-
stantly arising from the different di-
vorCe laws in the various states there
has been a growing belief through
out the country that the time has
come for the adoption of a divorce
law which shall be uniform. Law
yers and legislators throughout the
United States are agreed that a uni
form law is needed, and the matter
has reached congress in the form of a
resolution, introduced by Represent
ative George W. Norris of Nebraska,
calling on the president to invite two
delegates from each state to a con-
vention in Washington, at which a
uniform law is to be drafted for sub
mission to the different legislatures.
BY many this is believed to be the
simplest and most expeditions way
of getting results. The adoption of a
uniform law will undoubtedly solve
one of the gravest social and legal
problems which the country has be-
fore it. Outside of the social compli~
cations which arise from the opera
tions of the diverse divorce laws
which exist in the different states
there are also serious property COM
plications which result. A prominent
New York lawyer hsa called atten-
ton to a sample case of this charac-
ter. This case fairly illustrates the
troubles which are constantly arising
under the present system.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-09-07
Earned Fortune With His Pen

Yale College, one-half Of the estate
to pass Immediately into the posses
sion Of the college; in the other half
his sons were to have a life interest,
the income from 1t being divided be-
tween them, and after that interest
lapsed, the entire estate was to go to
Yale for the purpose Of establishing
as great and fully equipped an as
Economical observatory as the amount
Of the estate would permit.
Every one around Yale gasped
when he learned the provisions of. the
will. Had this quiet professor, who
had led a lonely life, been able to
save out of his salary a sum as great
as twenty-five thousand dollars? That
was the estimate of the value Of the
estate commonly made from the ma
ture of the bequest. But when the
estate was inventoried and the admin
~istrators made their reports to the
probate court, q most amazing state
Of affairs was disclosed. The quiet
professor had amassed not $25, 900,
but a fortune a little in excess of
100000; his investments, had been
made with wisdom, most Of them
were what are called quick assets.
And one after another of his old fac
ulty associates went about asking how
had it been possible for Professor
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-09-07
Thackeray's Mistakes.

Thackeray probably wrote the pref
test and most legible hand Of any
distinguished author; a commentator
on the MSS, shown at the Thackeray
exhibition describes it as being "as
free from reproach as his English"
But the master Of the easiest and
most flexible style in English fiction
occasionally made careless and irri-
tating slips. He wrote different to-
which is a common and quite unac-
countable mistake, and compared
to-" which is as bad. No one would
think Of saying or writing compare
this t that" yet you find compared
to" in print every day in the week.
And he also fell into the common err
ror of making the plural in
stead of the prefx-the Miss Pot
teEs," for instance, in "The New
comes" instead of the Misses Pot
ter" Would anybody write the "Mr.
Potters?" Why should the ladies be
so mishandled. f
- -2 50 500 49, d 2E -Z.G4
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-09-07
Prot. Elias Loomis Of Yale Made
More Than 100000 by Writ
ing Textbooks Which Had
Great Sale.

One Of the largest, If not actually
the largest, bequest made to any
American university by an officer Of
the university was the estate which
by his will Prot. Elias Loomis, who
died in 1889, b~equeathed to Yale Uni
versity.
Professor LOOMS was an eccentric
and yet very greatly respected mem
Der of the Yale faculty for more than
a generation. There is no alumnus
of Yale whose degree was received
between the early sixties and the late
eighties who does not recall affection
ately and yet with a slight smile of
humorous recollection this quaint and
eccentric professor vastly learned in
natural philosophy, mathematics and
especially astronomy. Among men of
science the world over Professor
LOOMS ranked with Dan, the great
tgeologist; Hadley, the Greek scholar
and father Of Arthur Hadley, presi-
dent at this time of Yale; and Sill
man, one of the worlds. great author
tiles upon chemistry. The United
States government recognized Profes-
isor LOOMS as the foremost meteor
ologist Of the United States, and
when the government established it's
first weather bureau this was not
done until after consultation with
Professor LOOMS.
Professor LOOMS was a man of
singular taciturnity. If he could ex-
press his thought in a single word,
he would do that. Moreover, he led
almost a hermit's life. The world of
Yale University saw nothing of him
except at chapel, at Sunday services,
and in the lecture room. After lee
lures were ended or the recitations
brought to a close, Professor Loomis
would depart quietly, always unac-
~companied, from the lecture room,
crossing New Haven green to his lodg-
ing room, which faced the green. He
always ore a conspicuous black and
white checked necktie, gathered into
a bow knot Of mathematical accur-
acy; his linen was immaculate.
Within the time specified by stat
ute after the death of Professor
LOOMS his will was offered for pro-
bate. It contained only two requests,
and one of these was a partial one.
He be%queathed his entire estate to
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-09-07
President Taft Cables William.

Washington.-In response to Elm.
peror Williams cordial cablegram OF
thanks for the replica of the statue OF
Gen. Baron Won Steuben, the Prussiany
American soldier, which was unveiled
at Potsdam President Taft has sent
the following message to the German
ruler: Il cordially appreciate your
courteous cablegram announcing the
unwilling of the replica of the Steuben
statue and conveying your thanks and
those of the German people of this
present transmitted in virtue of the
United States"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-09-07
Friends Relieved His Financial Dis
tress, but 1t Was Messages Of
Confidence That Kept Him
in Public Life.

One of the wellknown incidents in
the career of William Mckinley was
his financial failure during his first
term as governor of. Ohio. Out of the
difficulties of that disaster he was
helped by his friends; and how his
friends flocked to his assistance, and
what was the thing that really kept
Mckinley in public life at this time,
when he was seriously thinking Of re-
firing under the burden of his per-
sonal misfortune, are made plain on
the authority of e. Prentiss Bailey,
the veteran newspaper proprietor and
editor of Utica, NY, who now holds
the record for the longest consecu-
tive service in the office Of any n
daily newspaper in the United States.
For years Mr.. Bailey has enjoyed the
confidence of leading men of both
great political parties.
One day in 1888, when I was dining
at my hotel in New York city, said
Mr.. Bailey, there walked into the
room and sat down at my table my
old friend, H. H. Kohlsaat Of Chicago,
tluCA pd1% vi IAC AAIOA-OSONA VI
that city. We were in the midst of
breakfast and the morning newspapers
when, suddenly, Mr.. Kohlsaat threw
down the paper over which he had
been %glancing, exclaiming as he did so:
"'This is dreadful news-dreadful!'
Then, though he was so excited
that he could hardly speak, Mr.. Kohl
800 4o1J- 49, %1of ho nod i1,c+ rood q
dispatch from Columbus, Ohio, which
reported that Governor William Nc
Kinley was bankrupt-that his own
fortune was lost and that of his wife
had been greatly impaired-and that
the governor had decided to give up
public life and to turn ever thing that
he possessed over to his creditors.
emo man who knows William Nc
Kinley as / do a have the slightest
doubt that If financial ruin has come
upon him he has not been himself re-
;sponsible for it, declared Mr.. Kohl
isaat, adding, His friends must. now
come to his support"
with that, Mr.. Kohlsaat rose from
the table and left the room. After a
while he returned and explained that
he had just telegraphed his sympathy
to Mckinley and told him that one
half Of al>l have in the world is
yours, yours in whatever way may best
serve you in this great emergency
Mr.. Kohlsaat was still greatly gagi-
ltated, and without resuming his
breakfast, shortly excused himself and
went away.
The next time l saw him-a few
years later-he told me of McKinley's
experience Immediately following the
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-09-07
/ New News Of Yesterday

LOOMS to accumulate SO large an es-
tate as that. It was known that he
had inherited nothing and that, how
ever the estate was gained by him, it
the result of his own savings or
work.
Not until some time after the pro-
batting Of the estate did tie true ex-
PLANTATION Of the manner In which
his fortune had been accumulated be-
gin to be made In a sort of confdeu-
tial way to the inner circle at Yale
college. Then it was said: "Profes.
sor LOOMS was one Of the most sue.
cessful Of the writer's Of American
text books. not only from the scholar
~ point. Of view, but from that OF
business. His text books upon mathe-
mates and astronomy, his text books
upon meteorology and allied sciences,
had a sale wherever the English Ian
guage was spoken, a sale the magni-
tude of which vas known only to Pro-
fessor LOOMS and his publishers"
And in clearing up the estate evil
dence was also obtained among some
of Professor LOOMS papers tending
to show that at the time when he be.
gan to write text books he had no
other purpose in view than the max.
ing Of Yale University the beneficiary
of all of his earnings from the books,
subject to a life interest in a part Of
the estate which his sons we're to
have.
Copyright, 1911. by E.. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-09-07
Came to Mckinley's Aid

publication Of the news that he had
lost his fortune. kilograms by the
hundred poured in upon the governor.
Many came from Democrats who were
his bitter political enemies; many 9th
ers were sent by persons with whose
names Mckinley was not familiar;
and and all offered financial assist
ance, almost every n urged him not
to give up public life, and every one
Of the dispatches-and the letters that
Don began to flow MEASURED him
that he stood high in the estimation
of the American people, and that his
misfortune would speedily make that
fact apparent to him.
Several men Of financial ability, as
is we'll known, undertook the manage
mentof McKin1ey's affairs and financed
him out of his embarrassment. I'm
doubtedly, many persons believe that
it was the action of these men that
persuaded Mckinley to remain in pub
lie life. But it was not, and l have
Mr.. Kohlsaat's word for it. 1t was,
rather, the many messages Of conf
dence that came from all parts of the
country hat persuaded Mckinley that
it was his duty to remain in public
life as long as the people wished him
to continue there. After these mes
sages had poured in upon him, and he
had had time to realize what they
meant, he felt that he could not Justly
resist those touching evidences Of
widespread confidence in his personal
integrity"
Copyright, 1911, by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-09-07

Is CLIMAX OF MUCH RI0TlNG
The Madero sympathizers Start the
Trouble and Prevent the Opponent
of Their Hero From Making a
speech-Police Get Crowd Quiet.

Mexico City.-Stoned and forcibly
robbed OF 5000 pesos by a mob OF
Maderistas, in the principal thorough
fare of the capital, General Bernardo
Reyes, candidate for the presidency in
opposition of Francisco I. Madero, was
forced to abandon an effort to address
his constituents and to run the gaunt-
let of a jeering crowd upon whom the
police had received orders not to fire
except as a last resort.
Repeatedly the police charged the
turbulent element and the records of
the Red Cross, the White Cross and
the commissaries account for forty
three wounded as a result Of the dis
orders. Most of these were injured by
stones but many show bruises and
cuts made by the soldiers and mount
ed police.
General Reyes was scheduled to
make his initial speech of the CAM
paign in front of the big ten-million-
dollar national theater in course of
construction. Shortly before the time
partisans of Reyes began gathering in
the neighborhood of the theater They
FLASHED with a crowd of Maderistans.
The Maderistas crowded about Gen
eral Reyes machine and prevented
him from making his speech. The
automobile was abandoned, it's occu-
pants walking the length of the Ale
media to the center of the disturbance
a distance of four blocks, a crowd fol
lowing, throwing stones and other
missiles. Mounted policemen who
had been trailing the crowds, now
rode their horses into the mob which
gave way before them. Entering a
building facing the theater Reyes and
escorts went to the second story,
where Reyes stepped to a balcony
with the intention of addressing the
crowd. \
Such was the disorder, however,
that Reyes escort attempted to dis
suade him from the effort. The old
man would not be deferred and rails
ed his hand for silence. Instead, the
tumult grew and chunks of marble
and rocks gathered from the ground
about the new theater, we're hurled
at the white-haired figure. A num-
Der reached their mark and yet
Reyes stood despite. the efforts of his
son to induce him to seek shelter.
For.twenty minutes he remained there
lodging missiles which wrecked the
windows and signs covering the front
of the building. The police drew their
sabers> and charged the crowd.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-09-07
Governor Deneen is a Hero.

prevent a collision between his auto
mobile and a two-seated conveyance
near Glenarm, about fifteen miles
from this city, Gov. Charles S. Deneen
was seriously injured when he fell,
breaking both bones of his left ankle.
was unavoidable, sprang on the run
ming board of the machine in which
he was riding to grasp the bride of
the horses.
He was hurried to this city and is
confined to his room in the executive
mansion.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-09-07
Until Grants Second Term the Per-
sons in Charge of Offices Were but
Deputies of the Postmas-
ter General.

"Do you know that until the latter
part of Grants second administration
there was only n postmaster in the
United States?"
The Questioner was James Henry
MARI, who had entered the postofhce
department as a clerk under Amos
Kendall, Jackson's last postmaster
general, risen to first assistant post
master general under President Grant,
and at the time he put this question
vas chief clerk to the first assistant
postmaster general in Cleveland's first
administration.
eyes," continued Mr.. MARI, from the
foundation Of the federal government
until the latter part of Grants second
administration-nearly 100 years-the
country had but one official postmaster,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-09-07
Consider Matter Of Free Ferry.

The commissioners of New Hanover
and Brunswick counties and Council
men OF the City of Wilmington held a
Joint conference in the court house at
Wilmington for the purpose of con
sidering the matter of establishing
a free ferry across the Cape Fear
river at Wilmington as provided for
in an act of the last Legislature, New
Hanover county and City of Whining
ton each to pay 5 per cent. Of the cost
and Brunswick county 80 per cent.
Of the cost. A number of representa-
tive citizens were present.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-09-07
Farmers Are to Fix the Price.

Atlanta, Ga.-Farmers throughout
the South will have a direct vote as to
the price to be received for the great
bulk Of the cotton crop this year. At
the same time the national convention
of the Farmers Union opens at Shaw
ness, Oklahoma, every lodge of the or
g~anization throughout the country will
held meetings and wire instructions to
their delegates at ShawHee. These
messages will deal principally with
the minimum price a which the crop
should be sold. I
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-09-07
Continues To Attract Attention.
Hickory's 5000. 900 guarantees fun

T=00,0 5U110HtCC f0f10
continues to attract the attention Of
those interested in manufacturing
enterprises. A Northern firm wishes
to establish a large textile manufac-
turning plant here. Their principal
object is to locate where competent
labor is available sufficiently to keep
the plant moving. This is easily
available here and the climatic condi-
tons are such as to make this an
ideal place for such an establishment.
A Massachusetts firm wishes to es-
tablish a plant.