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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-12-20

which they farm. In that county
ana ADJOINING counties their farm is
known as the best of all. They have
NO trouble in disposing of ali their
gram yields as seed to their neigh
Dors, as they grow the best wheat
and corn in the county.
Kansas women who manage farms
90 SO as a business proposition and
employ the best methods. They farm
scientifically and follow the direc-
lions of the agricultural college bul-
etins.
Miss Tile Rheinschmidt. eighteen
years old. has managed her fathers
farm in Reno county two years. and
SHOWS a profit under the adverse
conditions of the last season even
greater than when her father was in
control Her father is an invalid
because of an accident. Miss Rhein-
schmidt hires the men, buys the ma
chlnery and sells the grain and stock
besides helping in the fields herself.
She planted 100 acres of wheat this
fall.
AS a rule, the women farmers in
Kansas do little of the actual work.
Ihey hire men to do the tasks. They
are all scientific farmers, who have
studied agriculture in the agricult-
ural colleges and are making more
OF a success than their neighbors be-
cause they know how to get the best
there is out Of the soil and what to
put back to maintain it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-12-20
MONSTER BEAR SHOT.
Negro Killed One Near Brunswick
Weighing $50 Pounds.

Rufus Williams, a porter in one
of the furniture stores here, on Sat-
urday night brought to the city a
large black bear which tipped the
scales at $50 pounds. one of the lar
gest ever captured in this section,
says a Brunswick dispatch.
Williams was driving along the
road when he heard some peculiar
noise in a neighboring clump of
bushes. Having his shotgun in the
buggy he decided to investigate,
and tying the horse to a tree went
in the direction from which came
the noise. He discovered a great big
bear coming after him, and on recov-
ering his composure fired load of
bird shot at the bear The bear kept
on advancing and another shot was
fired, which turned the bear in the
direction of the swamp. Other ne
groeS came up and the bear was
trailed and killed.
When discovered the bear was eat
ing a hog that it had captured and
killed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-12-20
FOUR MEN FACING GALLONIS
SOB OVER CHRISTMAS CAPO1

rHTCAGO-Four men in the
..,.,rdnrers' row of the county iail.
L-, are to die on the scaffold three
vs. before Christmas, sobbed in
t l1s cells when Jenny Dufau, So
l 1--o- star of the grand opera, sang
- +ham simple songs of Christmas.
other prisoners, some to be liber-
TOD soon, others condemned to long
.'sT held the bars of their cells
and listened
al Pur the murderers remained in
4ba rear of their iron cages, looking
rL fear-blinded eyes at the young
,ron7an whose voice has charmed
rreat audiences in Europe and Amer
l0'1 The song Miss Dufau sang was a
Christmas carol. AS she finished
tbare was hush; then the weeping
crew louder, and one of the slayers
9srfad "Oh, God, Cod"
Another shufied to the front of
his cell and pleaded, Sing, please
sing again
Miss Dufau was weeping by this
time. She permitted one of the men
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-12-20
MURDERED BROTHERS. GHOST
Came in Between Young Georgian
and His Wife, Caused Separa-
ton and Suit For Divorce.

ATLANTA. Ga.-Romance, TRACE
any sense as a rival during the
figure in strange story which has
come to light recently in connection
with Bolivar Dent, a young Geor-
gian. who was driven away from his
bride by the ghost of his dead broth
er. to whom the girl had first been
engaged.
The affair, which is vouched for
in its essential features by trust
worthy people. is perhaps the strang-
est ever heard of outside the realms
of fiction
The young woman was first the
sweetheart of Ohio Dent. a well
known and highly respected young
resident of Birmingham. They were
to be married at Knoxville. Ca,
where she was awaiting him. The
train which was to have brought the
young bridegroom brought his
bloody corpse. He had been muir
dered in Birmingham. The young
woman who was to have returned to
Birmingham as bride put her we'd
uluS lOW6IS Oh HIS grave.
Some time afterward Bolivar Dent.
younger brother of the dead man.
and also a man of excellent character
and reputation, met and fell in love
with the young woman. He had
known before of her brothers. affec-
ton for her, but had never figured in
any sense as a rival during the
brothers lifetime. At length Bolivar
Dent won her for his bride, and they
were happily married
Then one night, at least so Bolivar
Dent has authenticity declared, the
ghost of the dead brother came and
stood between him and his bride.
Bolivar Dent thought it was a haIlu-
cination, but night after night the
dead brother came back, as the tale
goes, until the terror-stricken couple
separated. They no longer live to-
gether, and the ghost has ceased to
walk.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-12-20
$4,000 PENSION INCREASE
Majority of the Democrats Vote for
the Sherwood DOllar-a-Day Fed
eraI Pension Bill.

WASHINGTON-How the two
political parties will be affected by
the passage of the Sherwood service
pension bill by the house Yesterday
cannot yet be determined. Only eight
of the republican members voted
against the measure, while "a demo-
Gratis registered their disapproval OF
the additional expenditure. Under
wood and Fitzgerald both voted with
the minority and warned their demo
cratic colleagues of the step they
were taking Champ Clark, the dem
ocratic speaker, cast his vote with
the majority
Secretary of the Interior Fisher
has estimated that the bill will add
SIS, 900, 900 to the pension bill if all
the veterans eligible take advantage
of it.
The Sherwood bill would establish
the following basis of pensions:
For service for 80 days to six
months, SIS per month; from six
month to nine months, $40 pei
month; from months to one year
$25 per month; more than one year
$50 per month.
The fight on the bill was waged
along political lines to a considera-
BILE extent and members of each par
ty charged the other party with bun
combe in their attitude toward old
soldiers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-12-20
WOMEN CAPTURE BEST JOBS
THEY ARE ENTERING EVERY
SPHERE OF WORK IN KANSAS.
Within a Year More Than One Hum
dred Have Enrolled to Take
Agricultural Courses.

Topeka, Kan.-Kansas women
are finding that teaching school,
cIerking in dry goods stores and
serving as stenographers are not the
only things they can do. There are
2 dozen Kansas women who are man
aging farms successfully, forty Wo-
men are holding responsible posi-
tions in banks and stores, three wo-
men are bank presidents, more than
eighty women have been elected to
county offices and other women are
engaged in the practice of law and
medicine.
Within a year more than one hun
bred young women have enrolled to
take the agricultural courses at the
Kansas Agricultural College, and
they intend to be real farmers as
soon as their work in school is COM
pleted.
Probably the best known woman
farmer in Kansas is Miss Mary Best
of Dodge City. She grows the best
wheat in the state. and the Okla
homa Agricultural College buys prac-
tically all of her yield each year for
propagation. She owns and manages
a farm of 1000 acres, and her books
show a handsome profit each year.
The Misses Ruby and Olive Herd
own 200 acres of land near Jetmore,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-12-20
CORN is KING.
Value Nearly Equals That of Cotton,
Oats and Wheat Combined,

Value Nearly Equals That of Cotton,
Oats and Wheat Combined.
With value more than twice that
OF. the cotton crop this year and but
little less than the combined values
OF the cotton, wheat and oats crops,
corn is by far the leading crop as
wealth producer. The estimates of
2,776, 100000 bushels indicates a
production that has been exceeded in
only two years, says the Philadelphia
North American. The farm price of
corn is now higher than it has been
since the records of the department
began in 1866, except in 1888, and
this establishes a total value for the
crop that reaches $1,70O, 100000
and breaks the record.
About three-fourths of the worlds
crop is grown here. The exports of
corn constitute one-third of the
worlds exports of corn.
That a large crop may be worth
less to the producers than small
one is exemplified by the cotton crop
OF this year. COMMONLY supposed
to be the largest one ever grown this
crop has reached a price that is five
cents pound lower than that of
last year, when the crop was much
less in quantity, and for the same
reason the price of seed has de-
clined.
Apparently the price of fiber and
seed of this years crop will not ex-
coed 100000, an amount that
is below that of two former crops
although above the average of the
preceding five years.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-12-20
C. OF GA. ADVERTISING LAND
Railroad Issues Neat Booklet Telling
of Advantages Offered Home Seek
ers in GEORGIA and Alabama.

Railroad Issues Neat Booklet Telling
of Advantages Offered Home Seek
ers in Georgia and Alabama.
Alabama and Georgia, a book
let just issued by the Central OF
Georgia railway, presents attractive
ly by photographs and letters from
farmers and cattlemen the Home
seekers Opportunity That Was Over
looked. The booklet contains more
tnan seventy pages, by IL, with
the picture of a splendid roadway
In the cover in colors.
The book is no less valuable as an
advertisement for the Central of
Georgia railway than of the sections
OF Alabama and Georgia which are
represented. South and central
Georgia and Alabama is the terrific
ry seized upon by the photography
TO show the agricultural and stock
wares of the two states.
Three crops simultaneously on one
piece of land, six and eight cuttings
OF alfalfa year, thoroughbred hogs.
COWS and horses, peach, pecan and
apple orchards are shown in the pic
lures and explained in the letters
by the owners of the farms. Cotton
IS shown only as a side issue, and
stress is laid in the reading matter
on the fact that farmers accustomed
to growing other crops in the north
and west will find those same crops
to be just as profitable in the south.
where land is from $25 to $40 an
acre cheaper than the same quality
OF land in the north and west.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-12-20
A Texas Wonder

The Texas Wonder cures kidney
and bladder troubles, removing grav-
ell cures diabetes, weak and lame
backs, rheumatism and all irregular
tiles of the kidneys and bladder in
both men and women. Regulates
bladder troubles in children. If not
sold by your druggist will be sent by
mail on receipt of S1.00. One small
bottle is two months treatment, and
seldom fails to perfect a cure. Send
for testimonials from Georgia and
other state DIR. e. w. HALL, 1925
Olive street, st. Louis, Mo. Sold by
druggists.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-12-20
THE QUEEN OF PIPES.
Belongs to Shah of Persia and Has
Been Used for Generations.

The queen of pipes belongs to the
Shah of Persia. Why is the great
chieftain of pipes a queen? Proba-
bly, because pipe is a feminine noun
in French. The little Shah's pipe
was smoked by his father before
him and by his uncle and by his
grandfather and how many more Of
the rulers of Darius KINGDOM cannot
be told The pipe is adorned with
all the precious stones, and is said
to be worth $4,000. 1t is constant
ly guarded by high court function
airy, for once upon a time a grand
vizier was caught trying to pry out
a stone from the pipe with his poin-
ard. He was Immediately beheaded,
and the brave soldier who had pre-
vented the theft was made guardian
of the pipe with a pension for life.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-12-20
ssBest on Earth"

This is the verdict of R. j. How
ell, Tracy, O., who bought Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound for his
wife. Her case was the worst I
have ever seen, and looked like a
sure case of consumption. Her lungs
were sore and she coughed almost
necessarily and her voice was hoarse
and weak. Foleys Honey and Tar
Compound brought relief at once,
and less than three bottles effected
a complete cure. Dawson Drug Co.
and Peoples Rrug Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-12-20

Every family has need Of a good
reliable liniment. For sprains, sore
ness of the muscles, bruises and
rheumatic pains there is none better
than Chamberlain's. For sale by all
dealers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-12-20
q had been troubled with consti-

II had been troubled with consti-
patton for two years and tried all the
best physicians in Bristol, Tenn,
and they could do nothing for me, Z"
writes Thos. E. Williams, Middle
boro, KY, 1.-TWO packages of Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
cured me-" For sale by all dealers
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-12-20
THE OLDEST KIND OF A JOB.
Smoking and Chewing Squad Sample
Tobacco For the Navy.

Smoking and Chewing Squad Sample
Tobacco For the Navy.
Occupying a unique position in the
affairs of the national government
is the smoking and chewing squad
which samples the different brands
of plug tobacco submitted by manu-
facturers eager to obtain the annual
navy contract. The annual tests will
be made this month at the Brooklyn
navy yard.
A squad of hardy old sailors, quail
flied to judge tobacco by long years
of experience, will try the several
samples Of plug suitable for chewing
and smoking.
Upon their verdict will depend
largely the award of a contract for
100000 pounds of tobacco to supply
the navy for the coming year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-12-20
)ewelry. Latest Style, Highest Quality
Christmas Tags & Seals

Our stock of Christmas tags and
seals this year is larger than ever
before. Some tags are daintily dec
GRATED; others plain. Exactly what
you need for your particular pack
age you will find in our stock.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-12-20
Manicure Files

Made of the very best temper d
flexible steel. The proper shape and
size.
25 Cents Each.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-12-20
Fountain Pens

A fountain pen from our select
stock makes a suitable and appro-
pirate gift for almost any one. Some
plain, some with silver or gold
mounting.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-12-20
Stationery

High quality of stationery, beau
tifully boxed, containing so sheets
and envelopes of fabric finish paper.
A present that you can give to any
one with credit to yourself.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-28

again. I don't know how to express my thanks for the good it has done me and l hope all suffering women will give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound trial. It was worth it's weight in gold. Mrs J. P. ENDLICH, R. F. D. No. ', Erie, Pa.
 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound, made from native roots and herbs, contains no narcotic or harm full drugs, and today holds the record for the largest number of actual cures of female diseases we know of, and thousands of voluntary testimonials are on file in the Pinkham laboratory at Lynn, Mass, from women who have been cured from almost every form of female complaints, such as inflamma- ton, Liberation, displacements, fibroid tumors, Irregularities, periodic pains, backache, indigestion and nervous prostration. Every suffering woman owes 1t to herself to give Lydia k. Pink hams Vegetable Compound a trial.
 If you want special advice write Mrs. .Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for it. It is free and always helpful.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-28
A CENTURY oF VERNON.

The fact that local histories seldom lack bulk, whatever else they may be short of. makes this neatly bound Smo of 160 pages most inviting book for perusaI. The nature and value of the work are succinctIy expressed on the title page. which announces the title and scope of the work as follows:
 "A Century of Vernon, Connecticut. 1s0s-190S. A Summary of Vernon S History, Early and Modern, Literary Exercises at Historic Congregational Church at Vernon Center. Inception and Organization of the Movement. Report of the Proceedings and Prog ress for the Weeks Centennial Cele- bration, June 2S to July 4, inclusive. 1908; Published under the auspices of the special Historical Committee. Rockville, Conn.,. January, 1911. Press of T. F. Rady & Co, Publishers of the Rockville Leader"
 It is clearly printed and well illus trated and tells it's story so racily and briefly that to sit down with it in hand is to stay until it is finished. It is a work that should be in every public library in the state; and which the natives of Vernon will want and cherish It is edited and compiled by Henry Conklin Smith, with a summary of early history by C. Denison Tal- cdtt.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-28
THE BULLETINS DAILY STORY
THE UMPIRE

"A man who has some leisure on his hands receives many invitations to get busy" observed the retired merchant T am always being ask ed to officiate at one function or an other This evening I am going to act as umpire at a game of baseball The fats and the leans are going to meet upon the crimson field for the championship of the ward.''
 Well. I hope you come back from the game all in one seetion," said the hotelkeeper, but the chances are against it. A man has a chance for his life when he umpires a. real game of baseball, played by professionals, but when he undertakes to preside over an amateur uprising the proba- bility is tf,at he will be torn limb from limb I'd like to know why the fats and the leans always are arrayed against each other in baseball.
 "A few years ago, when l wasn't half wise as I am now, 1 yielded to the solicitations of a committee ot patriots and agreed to act as umpire at a fat and lean game 1 supposed. of course, that everybody would be good natured and that my decisions would be accepted as though they were the laws of the doggone Medes and Persians. took it for granted that the fats couldn't play ball, and would be in humble and apologetic frame of mind. But if you want to find the man who knows it all. in any avenue of usefulness, all you've got to do is to hunt up some half baked amateur.
 Its just the same in baseball as it is in music. You run up against a fellow like Paderewski, who can take a piano in both hands and play it like concertina. and he'll admit before he has talked five minutes that he mere ly knows the rudimentS of music, and would need to live thousand years to arrive anywhere. Then you en- counter some village professor who can play 'Silvery Waves with Va riations. and he can explain just why Beethoven and Mozart were cheap musicians.
 "On the baseball field a. man like Christy Mathewson is looking for
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-28
THE SALVATION ARMY cHIL.
 DRENs CAMP.

The New England branch of the Salvation Army has opened a $10.000 camp for children at Canton. Mass. which it dedicated Monday. The new camp comprises 15 acres of woodland and meadow. including several acres of land under cultivation which will yield vegetables. Three porta ble houses to he used as dormitories and dining room have been set up, and there is a quaint New England farm house, said to be more than 100 years ord, which will serve as headquarters. The quarters will accommodate 30 boys and about 50 mothers and babies at a time. while plans are afoot to have day parties twice within the reg ular ten-dsy trips.
 There were 200 poor children present on the opening day. ranging in size from babes in arms to boys and girls 15 and f6 years of age. some of whom never before have had a romp in d green field. or tumbled about in the shade of real trees. spent the day mostly in open eyed smazem~nt at the variety of curious sights that greeted them on their tramDs over the fifteen acres of ground; and the exclamation of one urchin: Gee, Mike, see the brown cowi" promises to be forever preserved with the history of the first day which the joyous throng present made memorable.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-28

ways and means to improve himself, knowing that there are hundreds Of possibilities he has not mastered. Then you see some barnyard chief tain. with his whiskers full of cookie buns, trying to do a pitching stunt and nobody can tell him anything. He knows it all, and the men who in vented baseball would look like wax figure beside him.
 Well, hadn't been umpiring that fool game five minutes before 1 saw I had made the mistake of my life. Every man on the. ground knew more about the game than I did, although I had studied it all my life, and had the rules by heart. Both teams were made up of silver tongued orators, and every time I made a decision lot of the players would leave their places and gather around me and make the welkin ring. The umpire at an amateur game has to stand for this sort of thing. He can't order offend CTS to the bench or off the grounds. there is danger that he will be taken to the nearest tree and lynched-
 Before the second inning was end- ed everybody was frothing at the mouth, and the fat man in center field had a stroke of apoplexy. It seemed that I was trying to rob both sides and people were always coming toward me with bats upraised, threat ening to brain me. There is an old superstition that fat men are cheerful and good natured, but don't you De- lieve it. The fat men were far more violent than the lean ones, but, fort unately, they couldn't run as fast When the game ended with a foot race. with me setting the pace, the short wind of the fats was all that saved my life. Several bats and stones hit me as 1 vaulted over the fence and when I got home most of my features were out of alignment, but I wasn't mortally injured.
 If you emerge alive from this game come to the hotel and try a new lini- ment that I bought in gallon can from an agent the other day. go News
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-28
SONS OF REVOLUTION.
Hold Annual Meeting at East Had dam-Presentation of Nathan Hale Medal,

The Connecticut Society, Sons ot the Revolution, held it's annual meet in at East Haddam Thursday, the business session being hel1 in the Nathan Hale schoolhouse iii Nathan Hale park. The following officers were elected:
 President. Morgan Gardner Bulke- ley, Hartford: president, Daniel Nash Morgan, Bridgeport; secretary Edward Hart Fenn, Weathersfeld; treasurer, Walter Collyer Faxon. Hartford; registrar, Francis Huber, Parker, Hartford: historian. Charles B. Whittlesey, Hartford: chaplain. Rev. Frederick R. Sanford, Guilford.
 The board of managers is: Will jam R. Bushnell, Old Saybrook: Flu gene Boardman, East Haddam Thomas D. Bradstreet, Thomaston Walter J. Wakefield. Hartford; Johl NJ. Parker, Jr., Hartford: Charles B. thaniel B. Rogers. Danbury; Louis w. Button, Rocky Hill; Walter St G. Harris. Hartford.
 Following the election came the presentation of the Nathan Hale medal, which is given by the society to that boy in the public school voted by his schoolmates as displaying the most manly qualities and as being best fitted to raise and lower the flag on the schoolhouse every day. The medal this year was awarded to Har- old r. Ray, son of Fred E. Ray. the presentation being made by former Senator Bulkeley. president of the society.
 A basket luncheon was enjoyed in the park during the afternoon