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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-20
Executors Sale

Georgia, Terrell County.-By vlr-
tue of an order of the Court of Or
binary of said county will be sold at
public cutlery, on the first Tuesday
in October, 1911, at the court house
of said county, between the usual
hours of sale, the following prop
erty situated in Terrell county, to-
wit: Lot of land No. CT, in the
Third district of Terrell county, Ca,
containing 2021a acres, more or
less; the east half of 10. of land No.
"a, in the Third district of Terrell
county, Ca, containing 1914 acres,
more or less; also three (3) acres
in the northwest corner of said lot
No. ga; also one-fourth (A) of lot
No. 50, except three (3) acres in the
southeast corner of said one-fourth
~ } lot, in the Third district of Ter
rell county, Ca, and containing AZ 70
acres, more or less; and in all a
total of 353 acres, more or less. Also
one dwelling house and lot in the
town of Sasser, Ca, Third district of
said county, and known as lots Nos.
20 and 81 in said town of Sasser, Ga.
and described in deed from Mrs. II.
10. Jordan to Mrs. G. A. Welborn, re-
corded in Book p, page IS, deed rec
ord of Terrell county, Ga. The sale
will continue from day to day be-
tween the same hours, until all OF
said property is sold. Terms cash.
This Sept. 4, 1911. G. G. BRIM,
Ex'r. Estate of Mrs. O. A. Welborn
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-20
Public Sale By Trustee.

Under and by virtue of an order
of Hon. B. T. Castellow, referee in
bankruptcy, made in the case of
Skies & Lockett, bankrupts, will
be sold before the court house
door in Dawson, Georgia, within
the legal hours of public sale, on
Tuesday, October 8, 1911, to the
highest bidder for cash, the residence
lot in the city of Dawson, Terrell
county, Georgia, lying on the north
side of Church street and fronting
on the north side of said street sew
enty-nine feet and running back
north two hundred and. sixty feet,
said lot bounded east by property of
M. E. Jennings, formerly B. l.. Hill,
north by city electric plant, west by
property of J T. Bartlett and south
by Church street, being the place
wherein l. B. Skies now resides, the
same being sold as the property of I.
B. Skies, bankrupt, who holds bond
for titles therefor from the Georgia
Loan and Trust Co., to which COM
pany said Skies made a security deed
for a loan of seven hundred dollars
as stated in said deed of record in
the Office of Clerk of Terrell Superior
Court, Book T, page 1856. The en-
tire equity and interest of said I. B.
Skies in and to said property will
be vested in the purchaser at said
sale, as provided in said order. This
Sept. 18th, 1911.
CHAS. G. LEWIS, Trustee
of the Estate of Skies & Lockett,
Bankrupts.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-20
WIZ Don't You Go To Church?


to go this morning or not, the prob
ability is that she will stay right
where she is.
We have known so many lives
made rich and full by church associa-
lions, so many people cared for in
times of trouble and want by the old
church friends who knew them in
happier days.
Practical christianity is found in
the churches Of today and many are
doing wonderful work.
Try helping in one a little this
fall and see how it adds to your hap
piness.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-20
ATE MATCH HEADS TO SUICIDE.
Young Greek Was Hitting 1t Up
Lively in Atlanta.

lively III HIIHnJa.
John T. Pope, young Greek, is
in the Grady Hospital in Atlanta as
the result of eating the heads off
couple of boxes of matches in an
effort to commit suicide.
He came to this country about
three months ago and was given en-
ployment by his cousins, Pope Bros.
He rewarded them by abstracting
$4O0 from their bank account and
clipping with their sister, whom he
married.
They we're arrested in West Point
and brought back to Atlanta.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-20

Hankow, China.-The floods re-
sulting from the Yangtse river over
flowing it's banks, which transform
ed hundreds of miles of the Yang
tse valley into an enormous lake
and caused a great loss of life, grad
ually are receding.
In addition to the heavy death list
many thousands of the natives have
been made homeless and destitute.
The rice crop in the provinces of
Hupeh and Human probably will be
an average one, but other cereals
have suffered heavily.
The rice crop in Ngan-Hwei, an
other province watered by the Yang
tse river, is of an exceptionally poor
quality.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-20
100000 MAY Be DROWNED
THE WATERS ARE ALSO ROB-
BING OLD CHINESE GRAVES.
Many Thousands Have Been Made
Homeless and Destitute by the
Disastrous Floods,

PEKIN, China-Only meager re-
ports have reached the capital from
the walled towns in the region of
the Yangste valley, where the floods
have hemmed in the missionaries
and other foreigners.
The report received by the Ameri-
can mission at Wuhu estimating that
100000 persons have been drowned
has not yet been verified, but every
account confirms the great extent of
the disaster.
Travellers arriving by steamboat
at Hankow from the upper sections.
of the river report many collins of
huge Chinese type were encountered
floating in the Yangtse, which indi-
Gates that the waters are robbing the
graves of former years.
From Chang Teh, in the province
of Human, comes word that the re-
ceding water is being followed by
pestilence. That district hardly
contains a survivor who has not yet
been affected by the scourge, and
many are dying.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-14

overheard and the type which she
embodied was revealed, there was a
hurried busting of of the pigeon
holed plan and a clamor for appro-
priations wherewith to build the
ships.
The main battery of the new ships
will consist Of ten 14-inch guns, while
the secondary battery will have over
a score of five-inch weapons. The
guns of the secondary battery are In
tended for repelling torpedo attack
These guns have a range of five miles
and an extreme rapidity OF fire. each
being capable OF firing Is shells a
minute. With IL available for a
broadside that would mean a rain OF
$50 shells a minute, which could be
concentrated on any attacking fiotilla-
While it is inconceivable that any
dotilla would have the hardihood to
make q daylight attack on any vessel
OF this type. yet it is interesting to
calculate the volume of fire that
could be directed against attack by a
dreadnought of the New York type.
Suppose that the destroyers OF an at
lacking flotilla had a speed of 80
knots. They would then be able to
traverse the five-mile danger zone"
in the space of ten minutes But in
that lcrid ten minutes the guns of the
dreadnought would be able to hurl
1900 shells at her foes.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-14
RATHER UNIVERSAL PRACTICE
UP In British Columbia They Think
They Can Recognize lesis
iative Timber.

Mai S Harris, who fought In the
South African war, and p. J. C. Cue.
who discovered the gold fields named
after him in West Australia. in New
York on their way to England had
something 70 say about Vancouver
Both are Australians. but the major
is now in the insurance business In
Vancouver, while Mr.. Cue is operating
in British Columbia.
Major Harris said opinion out his
way was divided on the subject of
reciprocity. but he knew OF /. good
story that was current In Vancouver.
"A man from British Columbia went
over 10 see London for the first time
last year" be said, and was being
shown through Westminster Abbey.
He got into conversation with a tour
fist agent who was showing a party
about and at intervals the man who
was explaining asked the British Co
lumbar questions about Vancouver
al suppose that in your country
you have no place like the abbey?' he
suggested.
No. replied the other.
Then what, may / ask. do you do
with your illustrious dead?'
First replied the British Column
bian. we appoint a commission TO see
whether the man is really dead, and
then if the commission decides in the
affirmative, We send him 10 the legis-
lature'"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-14

slcores Of visitors and talks with
members of congress and other off,
cfais about important matters.
Aft9r luncheon the president usu-
ally Jones back TO his ONCE for an
hour or more of work Then he goes
for walk of several miles through
the capital After the walk he sees
more callers and frequently does not
get into the White House until close
to eight o'clock-the hour for din
ner
Although Mr.. Taft probably likes
home life as well as any other Amer
lean, he has accepted far more invL
tations to "go out" than did his prede.
cessor. The president has almost
completely forgotten a custom follow
ed by Mr.. Roosevelt of not attending
social functions outside the White
House except those given by the vice
president and members of the cabinet.
Mr.. Taft has frequently attended re-
ceptions or balls given In honor Of
his daughter, Helen, a debutante of
this season. He has also lent his
presence at many other functions of
the season at the homes of friends and
at several public affairs. In addition
to all this social activity the presi-
dent has consented to make dozens of
speeches and to attend many BAN
que<s of national organizations which
h0ve met here in the winter months
Altogether. it is seldom that Mr..
Taln gets through the days work.
UNI midnight. His average sleep"
~ 1sQt he much over six hours .
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-14

turned to their posts, congress will
want to know the reason why they
were assembled
II President Taft believes that the
democrats in the present congress
Are going to pass the reciprocity bill
10 carry out the Canadian agreement
innd then go home and wait for the
Regular session of congress in Deem
Der before they do anything. he in
Very much mistaken
The Democrats declare their fnten-
ton of keeping faith with the presi
dent and passing his reciprocity meas
ure just as quick as possible, but they
are not going to stop there. There
was no understanding with the presi-
dent prior to the calling of the ex-
ira session as to what legislation
should be attempted beyond the car
rying out of the reciprocity compact
Messrs. Clark and Underwood told
the president that il was their pur-
pose TO revise the tari0- 1t is stated
that the president thoroughly under
stood the situation, and for this reason
the reports which emanated from At
lantA that the president expects the
congress to pass reciprocity and Their
20 home are discounted
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-14

In her statement TO District Judge
Riddle of New York. just before he
granted her divorce, Mrs. Matte r.
Work said: II married David +. WORK
on January /, 1891. and during the en-
tire period OF our married life. up TO
the time we separated six months
ago, he was intoxicated two or three
times a week" According to the wlfe
Work accumulated 2.033 ''jags' dur
ing the 10 years months and IL days
of their married life at two "Jags a
week Computing on the basis OF a
quart of whisky TO each intoxication
Work consumed sos gallons, or 1111
barrels of whisky, costing him $3,o4s
at 81 so a quart. II Work was intox-
fcated three times week he should
be credited with 1850 ''jags" and the
consumption of 1923 gallons OF
whisky. costing s4.575-
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-14

" ASHINGTON.-U Sam has
w more gold In his possession to-
day than he has ever had before in
his life. Treasurer Lee McClung
looked over his balance sheet recent
ly and found the government had
more than 81. 1000. 0OO, 900 in gold coin,
to say nothing Of $126. 000. 900 in bull
lion. Never before in the history Of
the government has II had 20 much
gold piled up In Its Golfers.
Not only Is this a record-breaking
amount for the government to have,
but there IL more gold In the treasury
now than In the vaults of Great Brit
ain and France combined, or of Great
Britain and Russia combined.
In other words, this government
has more gold, In gold coin and bull
lion, than any other two nations.
This vast golden hoard represents
the accumulation of a long series of
years 1t Is not ascribed to any par
ticular financial development of re-
cent occurrence. By no means is all
this gold coin and bullion stored In
Washington Any burglarous gentle
man who thinks he can tunnel under
the treasury and find all this gold in
that institution Is in error. The gold
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-14

RESIDENT TAFT has proved to
the satisfaction of Official Wash
ington that he can lead the strenu-
Gus life, even if he does not wade
through Rock creek every rainy Sat
urday afternoon and make 90-mile
horseback rides to show his physical
fitness.
During the past winter the president
has gone through a program. Official
and social, that would have left many
a younger man gasping for breath. In
spite of it all the president today
looks as If he were in the best of
health, bit pale from lack of golf
and plenty of outdoor exercise, but
still in good trim.
Anyone who thinks the president
has an easy time should remember
his daily schedule. He is up before
seven o'clock. and with his physical
director. DR.. Barker. he does some
stunts which serve to give him an
appetite for breakfast
Mr. Taft leaves the executive man
sion for his office shortly after nine
O'Clock. and from the time he arrives
until 1870 or 2 o'clock. he IL constant
ly with the cabinet or with. -aallarA-
Many a day he shakes hands with
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-14
Uncle Sam Has Creat Golden Hoard

10 partly in the vaults of the treas
ury hire In Washington. some OF It
IL in he vaults Of the subtreasuries
and come Of ii il In the mints Of Phil
adelDhiA and Denver.
Az Z matter of fact the greater
part Of II 10 at the two mints named.
About $685. .000. 900 Of the total coin
In he'd in trust to redeem outstand-
ing gid certificates
Three years ago the government
Transferred $275. 0oo. 900 in gold coin
from Ban Francisco to Denver That
task was accomplished at . cost Of
SITS. ceo
KAISER Wilhelm and the German
government have stored away a part
OF th4 indemnity from France. which
can - used for war purposes at a
moments notice. II need be. But the
chest of Germany 10 small compared
with Uncle Sans hoard of gold.
Never before in the history Of the
world, was there anything like 1t.
II all the gold coin and gold bull
lion OF the government were convert.
ed into $50 gold pieces and laid on
the ground side by side they would
formo~ string of gold pieces reaching
aim ,st half across the United States
The string of gold would reach from
New prk to Chicago and a good dis
'ss e :, :ss. tim. al, ,a,. gold ss.,.
be hQtsed In one room of dimensions
not Dry great. 1t could easily be
put o a room so feet long, 20 feet
wifi nd 20 feet high. This would
eav1tonsiderable space to spare
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-14
[ BELIEVE
CARDUl CURED
ars. Chapman, of Branchland ,
Tells About Her Serious Troubles
and How Cardui Helped Her.

Branchland. w. Vain letter
from this place. Mrs. Elizabeth Chap
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they did me no good. can say that
certainly do believe that Cardui
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have gained 10 pounds. and feel
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what this medicine has done for me.
hope all who suffer from any kind
OF womanly trouble will give Cnrdui
a fair trial
viii continue 10 recommend this
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not praise cardui half as highly as II
deserves"
You may be sure. that II Cardui viii
relieve and cure such serious cases as
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women who have no serious symp-
toms. but are just weak and ailing
Whether seriously sick. or simply
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In the past fifty years. Cardui has
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Why not test Il for your troubles?
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Dept, Chattanooga Medicine Co. Chat
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for Women" sent In plain wrapper. ~.
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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-14

me house VIII not make the mems
lay.
necessary to raise more corn, more
alfalfa, more cowpeas, have more
winter cover crops, and use certain
portions of your land for pastures; or
IL may be advisable in some cases on
alluvial lands to have farm pastures
in the billy section where the stock
can be kept during the summer.
Hitherto you have usually leased
your lands and allowed the tenant to
farm at his will In the future the
successful planter will be obliged to
have his plantation supervised and
his work done according to a definite
plan. In the case of planter having
several farms 1t can easily be ar
ranged. In the case of small farm
ers it will be necessary that one man
be employed TO supervise and give
special directions. because ii will
never be safe under boll-weevil con-
ditions to permit the old loose way Of
cutivating crops This is sure TO re-
suit in failure. In fact. it has always
Il
soil yielded only third of the pos
sible crop.
The advent of the weevil IS only
Fastening some things that must have
come sooner or later, and one i'm
portant item is better economic con-
ditions The planters, the small farm
ers, and the tenant farmers must raise
their food supplies for themselves
and their work stock If the boil
weevil had not made this necessary.
world competition would have ulti-
mately forced it. For farmer to buy
everything with one crop is unsafe
and uneconomic. and therefore must
ultimately be a failure. The south
has had greater opportunities to gain
wealth than any portion OF the United
States. 1t has made the money but it
has not kept IT, because it has failed
to produce the things necessary for
sustenance upon the farm and has
chosen to buy them at greater ex-
pense from abroad.
We are in the period of higher
prices for labor 1t is here to stay,
believe. and the man who will win is
more work out of his labor by the use
OF better teams and tools
The south should be the richest
country in the world; that is. from an
agricultural standpoint. You have ad
vantages over every other country for
the production of good crops. and If
you do not succeed ii is your fault.
because you failed to apply the proper
methods for planting and making
good crop.
Don't get scared by the bol1-weevil:
it can be whipped Diversity your
crops and get more out of the soil.
When you talk about abandoning cot
ton you are laying the foundation for
agricultural distrust. and that means
an agricultural panic. You might just
as we'll put dynamite under your
cities and blow them up as to destroy
your agricultural districts. The pros
perity of the two must go together
The government gives you a method
by which you can succeed. If you will.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-14

changed the civilization of the globe.
Whether or not men accept those be-
liefs the influence OF that long ago
Easter in Judea has made itself
felt throughout the centuries for the
betterment of the race.
Did not man believe in a hereafter.
a future when wrongs will be right
ed and sorrows turn TO Joy. the world
would have stopped trying long ago.
Even with all our faith that deaden-
ing question. What's the use?" turks
in wait for US at every obstacle in the
road. Did we not believe in what lies
on the other side, though unseen. We
would turn back like Pliable from our
miry Slough OF Despond.
Take away temporal hope from a
man, from a nation-what followsf
For the man discouragement. inertia,
despair, then uselessness; for the ma
ton disintegration. How much farth-
er reaching in it's effects for I'll Is a
hopelessness that this rough earthly
path leads TO eternal life.
Are We discouraged today Have
the worries of the money-troubled
winter hit us hard? Have We trials
that none but ourselves may know.
the more bitter that they must be
hidden? Are we bowed under a
weight of illness. Of morbid dread of
the future, that will not lift?
Let the joyous message of the Eas-
terrible bring healing Hope is being
voiced on every side today, I'm the
swelling notes of the organ, In the
soaring voices of choir and chorister.
in the inspiring message that is pro
claimed from every Christian pulpit
in the land II but remains for us
to reach not for that hope and make
IL our own, TO loosen the sordid. de
pressing earth cords that have US
tightly bound.
The joyousness OF Easter. Alas, for
the woman who cannot feel n; who
is not lifted out of herself today.
What though the old gloom returns'
Is II not something 10 have stood on
the heights and sung aloud with the
Joy of living; 10 have seen the sun
piercing the clouds, to have caught a
glimpse of the radiance beyond? New
err again will the blackness be SO
dense, for is there not the hope of
that joyous day when the sunlit
heights will be ours, to inspire us to
keep on climbing.
Let US not be content 10 keep the
seasons JOY in our hearts. Real JOY
BUSINESS must find an outlet. in CHEEKY
greeting, in forgetfulness of old grud
ges, in taking brightness into the
lives OF those who may be shut out
from IT, Wear your Easter flower.
typical of hope. be heartened by the
Easter message. but share both flower
and message with those whose need OF
cheer may he greater FIR han Yours.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-14

nNE of the last acts Of the last con-
~ gress was to make provisions for
two of the most powerful fighting ma
chimes in the United States navy. The
limit of cost and time of completion
of the dreadnought Florida was ex-
tended and additional funds were vot-
ed for the new New York and the
Texas, the keel of which will be laid
in a few months. Each vessel will
cost 6.4OO. 900 and 5000 skilled work
men will be employed in the New
York navy yard for the next three
years in the work Of construction.
The dreadnought type IL one of
very recent date. Through her alli-
ance with japan Great Britain was
the first to learn the lesson Of the all
big-gun ship. and Immediately set
about solidifying it In steel. Some OF
our own progressive navy officers had
earlier read the lesson In the war
with Spain and plans of the U. 8. s.
Feasible and the U. s. 8. Possible had
been drawn and pigeon-holed- Then
when the British Dreadnought went
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-04-14
Alfalfa Growing.

Messrs. Fort and Stone of Dun
Ieith, Washington county. Mississippi
owners of large plantation in the
Delta. report that on twenty eight
acres of alfalfa seeded in the fall of
1909, 1858 tons were produced at a
cost of $593-95. They figure the hay
to be worth SIS per ton in the barn.
though hay is selling for from $50 to
$23 per ton At this low rating, they
received a profit of 1890 on 90 ceres
last year, the hay costing them S347
Per ton. Reports from the Delta
show that about so planters are now
growing alfalfa with great success,
all having seeded their fields in the
last three or four years. The cotton
boil weevil is largely the cause Of the
alfalfa acreage.
Mr. j. w. Fisher Newport. Tenn,
writes that he is greatly pleased with
the results on his alfalfa farm He
averaged five tons per acre and found
a ready sale at $22 per ton. How
ever, he will feed his hay to his own
stock In the future. He says that
alfalfa can be grown on the upland
red calcareous clay In eastern Ten
nessee.