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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-26
NEW Works. OLDEST WOMAN.
Mrs. Davis, Dead at III, Attributed
Long Life to Faith in God.

Long Life to Faith in God.
Mrs. Esther Davis, born III years
ago in Yagostoy, Russia, and the old
est woman in New York, is dead.
Until the end she was in full posses
sion Of her faculties.
Until 1906 Old Esther, as she had
been known to more than three gem
erations on the east side, peddled
candles. Her customers were ortho-
dOx Jews, who used the candles in
their symbOlical sacrifices. In that
year horse knocked her down. For
weeks it was feared the old woman
would die, but health and strength
came back to her, and on her one
hundred and twelfth birthday she
danced, and defied any about her to
dance as she could.
Mrs. Davis came to this country
more than thirty-fve years ago. Her
physique had much to do with her
preservation. Until she was a centu-
ry old she weighed $50 pounds. Re-
Gently when she was asked how she
accounted for her long life she re-
piled:
Il have in faith in God"
Mrs. Davis in February, 1910, saw
an old man helped into a charitable
home and recognized him as her SON
in-law, Max Shapiro, aged eighty-fve
Shapiro said he was too tired and
feeble to work. Mrs. Davis laughed
at him, and told him he was a mere
child.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-26

hams Vegetable Compound was rec
commended, and after taking three bot
ties she has regained her health, thanks
to your medicine. l can recommend ii
for all female troubles. Mrs. L. 4.
CORKRAN, 1103 Rutland Street, Balti-
more, Md.
Hundreds of such letters from moth
cas- expressing their gratitude for what
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has accomplished for them have
been received by the Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Company, Lynn, Mass.
Young Girls, Heed This Advice.
Girls who are troubled with painful
or irregular periods, backache, head
ache, dragging-down sensations, faint
ing spells or Indigestion, should take
immediate action and be restored to
health by Lydia E. Pinllham's Vege-
able Compound. Thousands have been
restored to health by it's use.
Write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
MaSsss for advice, free.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-26
PRISONER MARRES COUPLE
COFFEE COUNTY JAILED JUS
TICE PERFORMS CEREMONY.
Something New in Weddings Takes
Place in the Wiregrass. Couple
Were Visiting Jailer.

Were Visiting Jailer.
While serving a 30-day sentence
in lieu of paying a $3.50 fine on con-
viction for selling liquor, c. P Med
dows, justice of the peace of the
Wooten district, Coffee county, per-
formed a marriage ceremony for a
young white couple, relatives of the
jailer, on a visit to the jail. The in
carcerated ]. P. is very proud of the
fact, and declares he has established
new record in the gentle art of ty-
ing nuptial knots.
He wrote quite a piece to the
Douglas Enterprise about the mar
riage and his thirty-day stay in the
Coffee county bastile. Of the mar
riage he says:
Il tied the nuptial knot that made
them one in the presence of our
hOmefolks and several prominent cit
liens OF Douglas"
1t does not appear whether the
'homefOlks and prominent citizens"
were in Only for the ceremony or
were sojOurning for a definite period
along with the justice of the peace
Further along in his piece to the
paper he says he had thought of
going to Atlanta for a 3O-day Keely
treatment, but l am getting streat-
ment, board and lodging thirty days
all for $3.50, which think is reason
able; then | am at home with my
friends, which is quite a considera-
ton"
Inasmuch as the administrator and
dispenser OF justice in Wooten dis
trict appears to have no overplus
of funds accruing from the job it is
evident he determined upon a more
remunerative, if questionable, side
line, but unhappily was caught at it,
and found himself grist in the grind
ing out of justice. The Coffee coun-
ty grand jury concludes Meddows
is no longer a proper and fit person
to hold such an office, and has asked
Governor Brown to declare the office
vacated. The governor will look up
the law and decide the issue.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-26
BROKE UP BRIDGE PARTIES
sequel to Game in Which One
Lady Lost Forty Dollars Causes
q Shock to Society


= pet IS to be a bet in Montclair,
~ j., hereafter, whether the forfeit
is pin or a pound of CANDY or a
torty-hOrse automobile: and all hot
ting IS gambling and Illegal under
the laws Of New Jersey. The anti
sambIinS laws Of that state, indeed
are said to be the most drastic of
any IN the country. They almost
cover taking chances on finding an
oyster in the church festival SCUM
Inc sudden wave of reform seems
10 nave come about somewhat in
this manner: The society ladies' Of
the town have been in the habit of
Whlllng away their spare time in
nice little harmless" games of
bridge, with just enough wagered
10 make things interesting. A church
young lady was invited to attend
one OF these seances and "sit in -
she did. Naturally she conformed
10 the rules and practices of tho
cIub. At the end of the session she
was informed that she had lost $40.
one nearly tainted. She didn't know
She mad been playing for money, she
Sald' as counters and not cash had
been used. However, she gave a
bracelet as security and went home
and told her father, who is a law
yer He called the hostess up on
the phone and told her about the
law and she sent the bracelet back
IN less than an hour. Several of the
preachers heard of the incident and
went to the police recorder with the
demand that he enforce the law
Ihat is why there are to be 70 more
bridge parties in Montclair.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-26
DAILY CONSTITUTION
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Agents wanted. Send your remit
lance and subscription today and
address
THE DAILY CONSTITUTION.
Atlanta, Georgia
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-26

daughter Alice, who
was res tored to
health by Lydia r.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound. She
was pale, with dark
circles un de + her
eyes, weak and irri-
table. Two different
doctors treated her
and called it Green
Sickness, but she
grew worse all the
time 7 ,Vdi9 F. Pink.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-26

Foley Kidney Pills contain in con-
centrated form ingredients of estab-
iisned therapeutic value for the re-
llef and cure of all kidney and bIad-
der ailments. Foley Kidney pills
are antiseptic, tonic and restorative
Refuse substitutes. Dawson Drno
Co. and Peoples Drug Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-26
BOOKER's WIFE IN PULLMAN.

But TaXicab Chauffeurs Refuse to
Carry Her When She Leaves Car.
A Memphis dispatch says: AS a
result of charges in railroad circles
that the "jim crow laws of Texas,
Arkansas and Tennessee had been
violated officials of the Cotton Belt
railroad and Pullman Company will
be prosecuted.
The wife of Booker 7. Washington,
the negro educator alighted from a
Pullman car. Charges are made that
she had been struggled through from
Paris, Texas, in the drawing room
An effort to get a taxicab here failed
Every white chauffeur refused tc
take her.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-26

Ask your grocer for Honey Bow
self-rising flour.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-26

Diarrhoea should be cured without
the loss of time and by a medicine
which, like Chamberlain Collie
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, not
only cures promptly, but produces
no unpleasant after effects. It never
fails, and is pleasant and safe tc
take. Sold by all druggists.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-26

est cash price offered was 1851, 900
which is more than $4,000 per front
foot, and further, that there was an
other lease proposal at a higher fig
ure, but carried with it the privilege
of purchasing the property for S401,-
/ 100 at any time during the lease pc
riod, plus 5000 for each year dur
/ ing which the option lapses. In 9th
er words, if the bidder did not choose
to exercise the option until the tenth
/ year he would then have to pay for
property $451, 100.
There is little doubt that ten years
/ from now the property will be worth
considerably more than 100000,
probably $75O,000. If the rate at
which values are moving in Atlanta
keeps up for any length of time the
latter value will be reached before
the ten year period elapses.
1t will be seen, therefore, what in
teresting possibilities there are in the
property for anyone who can succeed
in getting it for ninety-nine years at
from "a to per cent of it's pres
ent value
Asa G. Gambler is supposed to be
behind the movement to acquire the
mansion site for business purposes.
Mr.. Gambler owns one-half of the
block in which the property is locat-
ed, and it is natural that he should
desire to get control of it. But if he
figures in the lease proposal approved
by the committee the fact has not
yet come to light
The committee received no offer Of
a substitute mansion site which it
would consider, so will leave the
question Of a new executive resi-
dence in case the present one is dis
posed of, up to the Legislature.
1t is believed the average Georgia
legislator will study the proposal ap-
proved by the committee a long time
before he gets his consent to vote
for it.
History of the Mansion.
The executive mansion has had
an interesting history.
The lot witch is about the only
thing the purchaser or lessee wants,
and which fronts Peachtree street
l4O feet and Cain street 400 feet,
was bought by John H. James. long
a well known banker, in 1870 for
$40 600; the legislative committee
received a cash offer of $351,00O.
In 1871 Mr.. James built the pres
ant governors mansion as it stands
today, few changes having been made
except to freshen it up at a cost of
S9O,OOO. Mr.. James put $4,000
worth of furniture into the residence
and went there to live.
When the legislature bought it for
SIOO,OOO in bonds Mr.. James simply
walked out the front door. carving
nothing but his family and their
clothing. Furniture, carpets and ev-
7rythlng else was left as Mr.. James
lad left them.
Ihen Gov. Rufus B. Bulloch. GeOr-
5la reconstruction governor. moved
n IN 1872, and since then every gov
ernor OF the state has resided there
Mr.. James did not receive. howev-
er' anything like $4,000 profit on
MS deal, as the figures would indi-
'ate. 1t is said that some sonsidera-
pie sums were spent for spectacles
Tor short-sighted members of the leg
committee which had the
matter under consideration. as If wa
difficult for them to read the CON
tract. U0H
. Then, after this, Mr.. James took
,ne ponds to New York and sold them
TO Henry Clews for $4,000. The
ponds we're afterwards paid by the
state Mr.. James cleared, it is said
approximately 1000 on the deal.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-26
A SOCIETY EVENT IN T0prra
Nen Dressed as Women and Women
Dressed as Men.

Monkey dinners do not go in To-
peka. Still that does not mean fine
society people there are lacking in
ingenutty. They proved to the con
trary the other evening at a society
dance. The feature of the function
was that every man was dressed as .
woman, and every woman had on
men clothes. Whether there were
hoDoies and harems in the collection
is NOT stated in the dispatches, but ii
is fair to assume there were
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-26
AWARDS BIG CONTRACTS.
SeabOard Air Line Will Spend So.
100000 for New E0uipment

The Seaboard Air Line railroad re-
ceived bids at Norfolk, Va. for eouin-
ment totalling something like So
oOo,OOO, and including 1000 box
cars, 200 all steel phosphate cars.
80 cabooses and nine passenger cars
More than three score representa-.
tlVes of railway manufacturing SIM
ply concerns were there.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-18

n the for yoa
ready made 10000 including
in IoRPe isan
dyfo o right start
years ayment succeeding
Of
arehs in days
Us explain in
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-27
G. G. GERRISH WAS
INJURED BY CAR
Mystery Surrounding Death
Partly Cleared BY
Physician.

Mystery surrounding the death of
George Gage Gerrish. 65 years old. 6446
Ingleside avenue. father of Guy Ger
IRISH. 720 Carolina street, Gary, and
agent for the United States Casualty
company, whose body was found Sun
day in the lagoon in Jackson park, was
partly cleared yesterday by a state
ment made to Inspector Clancy of the
Hyde Park station by DIR. Perry w. Gill,
house physician at the Windsor Clifton
hotel.
DIR. Gill said Mr.. Gerrish suffered the
wounds on his head and the injury to
his left leg by falling to the pavement
in attempting 70 board a street car, at
South Wabash avenue and East Mon
DR. Gill was standing at the corner
when Mr. Gerrish was hurt said In
spector Clancy. Mr. Gerrishs face
was bloody and DR.. Gill took him to
his office in the hotel, where he dressed
the injuries.
Mr.. Gerrish told DR.. Gill that he and
a number of friends spent Saturday
evening at a northwest side amuse-
ment park. After his injuries had been
dressed MIR. Gerrish boarded a south
bound car. Where he left the car Is
is still a mystery.
TT is my opinion that he went into
Jackson park to rest and accidentally
fell into the lagoon"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-27
LEGAL NOTICES.

PUBLIC LETTING OF CONTRACT.
Noatice is hereby given that pro-
posais viii be received by the Presi-
dent and Board of Trustees of the VII
lage OF Lansing. In the County of Cook
and State of Illinois, on the 3Oth day
OF June. A ID. 1911. for the lowering
OF Central avenue. by the yard
That the same will be let by contrac ct
by public letting to the lowest respon-
sible bidder at the hour of o'clock
?. m. of said day. in the village hall
The amount and kind of work to be
done is as follows:
One thousand yards, more or less. of
sand to be moved according to plans
and specifications
Plans and Specifications of said work
can be seen at the office of the Village
Clerk. The work to be completed by
the first day of August A. D. 1911
The Board reserves the right 10 re-
Ject any or all bids If they deem It for
the best interest of said village so to
do.
Dated Lansing. Ill, June 20. 1911
H. f. w SCHULTZ
Village Clerk
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-27
DIPLOMAS GIVEN OUT At
PAROCH|AL SCHOOL CLOSING

Clever work was shown by the pupils
OF Holy Anglers parochial school at
their closing exercises held In the Ma
jestic theater in Gary last night. The
musical numbers and the drama work
the children had been well trained by
their teachers, the School Sisters of
Notre Dame
Sunday night diplomas were award ed
Ito eight graduates Of the grammar
school Those who were gradual ed
are: Edward Bonnick William Ma
oney, Jane Keegan, Alice Thorsen, Leo
Finegan, Sofia Klemonski. John Quinn
and Clyde Rothermel who received
their preliminary education in eight
different cities in seven states
Further additions are to be made to
the school and plans are now bein z
considered by the rector, Rev. Father
Thomas f. Jansen. 1t is possible ina,
the high school classes will be started
in the fall.
Holy Angels school is conducted by
seven members of the School Sisters of
Notre Dame. Net year their number is
to be increased to nine With the
sisters of Mercy, the Schol Sisters of
Notre Dame, have the record of being
the foremost Catholic educators. In
Gary the Notre Dame sisters have made
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-27
Baukus After New Job.

Alderman Antony Baukus is now in
the arena for a new political office.
The Lithuanian statesman would be in
spector of school house construction. an
$500 job in the gift OF the Gary board
of education.
Within a very short time the school
board will meet to name a construction
inspector for the new $225.O00 Froebel
school and Alderman Baukus wants the
place, although Bolice Szymanski is
also said TO be a candidate for the job.
Besides being in the saloon business
the alderman t-large is also a con-
tractor and he figures that his knowl-
edge of construction should win him
the place.
After August l William Flynn
Thomas Cutler and William A. Cain
the contractor, will make up the re-
vfsed school board and the trio will
name the lucky man who is to have
the fat berth.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-27
EAST CHICAGO
AND
IND. HARBOR
EAST CHICAGO.

Mr.. and Mrs Everett Fisher returned
at noon yesterday from their honey
moon, which was spent in Detroit and
Mackinac Island. The young couple
have taken up their residence in the
Allen home, on Beacon street, during
the absence of Mrs. Allen, who, with
her daughter Margaret. is spending the
summer in Seattle, Wash.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Con-
gregational church will give a picnic
at Robertsdale Thursday afternoon and
evening The ladies and children will
go there in the afternoon and the men
will join them for supper in the even
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. s H Poor entertained a
party of their friends at dinner at the
South Bay hotel last Sunday. Those
present besides the host and hostess
were Mr.. and Mrs. J. III. Caleb. DR.. and
Mrs. Alexander Monroe, Mr.. and Mrs
George w Lewis and Mrs. Kinds.
Mrs. Burton Clapper and children
left today for Muskegon, Mich. to
spend a few days From there they
will go to Erie. Pa. where they will
join Mr.. Clapper.
Miss Marie Halversen left today for
her home in Muskegon, Mich.
Mrs G. Foster Moore of Chicago
spent yesterday with her mother. Mrs
F. NJ Hascan of Todd avenue.
Mrs. Fred Fife and children are
spending today with friends in Chi
cago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-27
INDIANA HARBOR.

Mr. and Mrs. John Dis of North
Vernon, Ind. were the guests yester-
day of Mr.. and Mrs. III. NJ. Dill of Fir
street The DIS left last evening for
Gary where they will visit II. H. Oils,
brother of Mr.. Dis.
The ladies OF the Christian church
will give supper from to s o'clock
Thursday evening in Pythian hall. The
proceeds will go toward the building
fund of the church.
Miss Ruth Thomas and Mrs Lewis
are spending the day shopping in Chi
cago.
Mrs. Charles Walsh of Elm street
returned today from a weeks visit
with friends in Wheeler, Ind.
The f. A. Dolsons moved yesterday
from Fir street into their new home
which Mr.. Dolson recently purchased
on Hemlock street, in Washington
Park addition
The marriage of Miss Frances
Pounds. the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
J. E. Pounds and r. ]. Mahar will take
place tomorrow afternoon at o'clock
in ST. Georges Catholic church, 39th
street and Wentworth avenue, Chicago.
Miss Agnes Pounds. sister of the
bride will be bridesmaid and John
Cunningham of Chicago will act as
best man. After wedding trip the
couple will reside at 4127 Fifth avenue,
Chicago. Mr. Pounds, father of the
bride, conducts a barber shop at Elm
and 135th. Indiana Harbor.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-27
SEE HEAVY
STEEL BUYING

Up to little while ago the pro-
portion of railroad steel buying to
the total steel buying was at the
most per cent as against SO per
cent normal. The idea now is that
instead of being subnormal as IL has
long been. the proportion of railroad
buying in steel may become normal.
Such an increase in the consump-
ton OF steel by the railroads would
naturally tend, through awakening
confidence in other lines. to cause
increased activity in other branches
of the steel trade. Figuring along
these lines, some high authorities
on steel trade conditions are an
ticipating the development within
the next three months of the larg-
est volume of steel buying this
country has ever witnessed
Such an increase in domestic buy
ing would naturally force the steel
manufacturers to give less attention
to the export trade than at present
As is well known. there is a smaller
profit on export orders than on sales
to domestic consumers so that it
may be said that some very level
headed steel makers are looking
forward to period of unprece-
denied prosperity.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-27
THE TIMES.

cent fresh, lac; extra, specially packed
for city trade and must be so per cent
fresh. nc; No. l dirties. loo: checks 7c
Potatoes Receipts. ~ cars; choice
to fancy, so@soc
New potatoes Receipts, IS cars:
good to fancy. $1,000 400; virginias,
per brl. s5.25@5.5O.
veal-5o to 60 lbs. 9@9Ac. e5 to IS
IBIS, 10Q11c; IS to 100 lbs, 11@I1hc;
IS to 125 lbs. lie; heavy. sc.
Dressed beef-Ribs. No. l. lie; No. 1
loins, 15hc; No l round, lOho; No. /
chuck NC: No. plate. 41ac.
live poultry-Turkeys. per ID. lee:
spring turkeys. 12c; chickens. fowls.
12c; roosters, Sc; broilers, 1902 2c.
| ducks. &c. geese. &c.
Beans Pea beans. hand picked
| choice. $23s; fair to good, s1s5G1s5;
red kidney. ss25@3.65; brown Swedish,
50. 90 @2.65; limas. California, per 100
lbs. $3.50.
Green vegeta bles-Asparagus. $1,000
$50 per box beets. $3.50 per box;
abbage, per crate. $1,000 800; carrots,
| 800 per box; cucumbers, 50G soc per
dog; cauiflower. $1,000 1.50 per box;
/ celery, 25Q75c per box; horserad-
fish. Csc per doz stalks; eggplant, Sc.
| 75c Sits; green onions, bunch 465c;
green peas, $1.75Q 200 per box: lettuce,
head. per tub. 4oQ soc; leaf. 5 910c case;
| mushrooms. $50 30c per doz; onions
$3.50 @2.o0 per Gunner crate; parsley
20 SOC doz; peppers, crate, 75G S5ci
| pieplant S@10c bunch; radishes, 100
| soc a S10O; string beans. $4,000. per
hamper; spinach, 35 q 4oc per tub: sweet
corn. per bril-. s2.0o@4O0; squash, crate
$50 35c; tomatoes. 500 ssc per crate
turnips, $l.50@1.7 per 100
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-27

public works for franchise rights on
Seventeenth avenue No stated time
for building is mentioned. The board
will investigate the company before it
takes further action.
The Cain Construction company was
awarded the Seventeenth avenue side
walk job at s2.173.s4 although the Sela
Smith company bid s1,9S1.76. but the
board thought that the latter would
not work fast as the Cain company.
so the high bidder got the job. The
Cain company also got the job for inn
proving Jefferson street from Twenty
first to Twenty second avenues. Neil
& David received the contract to i'm
prove Harrison street from Twenty
fifth to Twenty seventh avenues Bids
were received for the Improvement of
West Twenty-fift avenue.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-27

CLASSIFIED, ADVERT will
~maker your bnxlness erterprise--if II
50 one that ought 10 be s.made."
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-06-27
VALPO VOCALIST
SEVERELY HURT
Miss Helen Brown Meets
With Accident in NJ. Y.

Valparaiso. Ind. June 27-word has
been received here that Miss Helen
Brown, daughter of President Henry B.
Brown of Valparaiso university, was
severely injured in New York City.
where she was engaged in concert
work. Miss Brown was returning from
a recital in which she participated as
a vocalist when she slipped and fell on
the stairs leading to her apartments
and sustained injuries which will con-
fine her to her apartments for several
weeks. Miss Brown has been engaged
for number of years in concert work
throughout the west, and at different
times has been the leading soloist in
the prominent churches in Chicago
Denver. Los Angeles and other west
ern cities.