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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-19
PRICES ARE DECLINING.
A Dollar Does What One and Half
Did Not Long Ago.

Among the most important if
true" stories to appear in print late
ly is that to the effect that in the
very near future the housewife will
be able to go into the market for
the ncessaries of life and make a 81
bill stretch as far as $3.50 or 81
would go year ago. In Boston,
New York, Philadelphia and Wash
ington it is reported that there has
been a drop in the retail prices of
vegetables and groceries, in some
instances amounting to as much as
10 to % per cent. The biggest de-
clines, of course, are in vegetables,
which are not controlled" as gro
ceries are. Record-breaking cereal
crops are said to account for the
drop in prices. Maybe the ultimate
consumer will get a few drops of
benefit.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-19
Sheriff $ Sale.

Georgia, Terrell County.-Will be
sold on the first Tuesday in May next.
within the legal hours of sale, to the
highest bidder for cash, certain prom
erty, of which the following is a full
ana complete description: One lot
OF Q, land, NO. 1888, the same being in
S11th district of Terrell county, Ga
bounded ON the north by the land
owned by J. Sims, on the west bv
land of H. A. Cook, east by land Of
j; L: thornton, on the south by the
MltchIner place. Said property lev
led on as the property of the defend
ant, b. R. Webb, to satisfy a tax ex-
ecutlon issued by S. D. Bowman, tax
collector of said county. for tavos
due on same for the year 1910. said
property being in possession of Sam
Stokes. Said levy made and retnrn-
ed to me by l. J. Davis, L. G. This
April /, 1911. NJ G. HILL. Sbariff
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-19
ALBANY "COP" CHIEF RESIGNS
Becomes Disguised With Kicks and
Wants Somebody Else to See What
Can Be Done With Tigers.

ALBANY, Ga.-One of the great
est political surprises in the history
of Albany was sprung today when
it became known that the resignation
of Chief of Police Westbrook had
been placed in the hands of the board
of police commissioners. Chief West
brook confirmed the report when
seen, but stated that the police COM
mission had taken no action in the
matter.
That blind tigers are responsible
for the retirement of Chief West
brook is indicated in statements he
made this afternoon. He said:
Il am getting tired of this blind
tiger question. At every meeting of
the commissioners one of its mem
ber5 brings it up and complains
about nothing being done.
Il finally told them that I would
be glad to have them try the expert
ment and see how much better some
other man could handle the prob
lem. When the commissioners did
not want me to resign l offered tC
I retire for stated period, say 60 OF
80 days, and let some other man take
a hand. Whether they take any &C.
ton or not l do not know, but it.:
now up to them. My resignation
has been rendered and it's up tt
them to say what shall be done will
it,"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-19
EXCURSION FARES.
The Central of Georgia Railway An
nOunces a Number of Cheap Rates.

To Atlanta, Ca, account of Grand
Lodge of Georgia Knights Of Pyth-
las, to be held May 1913, 1911.
Fares apply from all points in Geof-
gia.
To Atlanta Ca, account of Music
Festival, to be held April 27-29.
To Augusta, Ca, account of Dis
trict Grand Lodge No. IS. G. I. o.
10. F. of America, to be held August
8-11. Fares apply from points IL
Georgia.
To Charlottesville, Va, account of
the University of Virginia Summer
School to be held June 19-July %.
Fares apply from selected points.
To Albany, Ca, account of the
Georgia Chautauqua, to be held on
April 1880. Fares apply from all
points in Southwest Georgia and in
Southeast Alabama.
To Jacksonville, Fla, account Of
Conference for Education in the
South, to be held April 1921.
To Jacksonville, Fla, account Of
the Southern Baptist Convention, to
be held May 1923
To Knoxville, Tenn. account Of
the Summer School OF the South, to
be held June 20-July IS.
To Little Rock, Ark, account Of
the Confederate Veterans Reunion,
to be held May 16-1S
To Monteagle and Suwanee, Tenn.
account of the opening week of the
Bible School and Montea-
gle Sunday School Institute, to be
held during July and August.
For complete information in re-
gard to total fares, dates of sale, linn
its, schedules, train service etc., APP
ply to nearest ticket agent
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-19
Administrators Sale.

Georgia, Terrell County.-By viz
tue of an order of the Court of Ordi-
nary of said county will be sold at
public cutlery on the first Tuesday in
May, 1911, at the court house in said
county, between the legal hours of
sale, the following property: All
those tracts or parcels of land lying
and being in lot of land No. 279, in
the goth district of Decatur county,
Georgia, and known and described
as lots Nos. 3, 4, 5, 20, 81, % in
Block F; lots Nos. 19 and 20 in
Block B; lots Nos. l and in Block
e; lot No. l in Block H, in the plat
of the Georgia and Florida Devel-
Oping COmpany's addition to the city
of cambridge, as recorded in the
Clerks office of the superior court
of Decatur county, Georgia, in deed
record book E-3, page 585.
Also at the same time and place
will be sold lot of land No. 1877 and
known as the MILLER place." bound
ed as follows: By Capt. Park on the
east side, and on the south by w. G.
Gill lands, containing 2021a acres,
more or less, and being situate in
the 18th district of Lee county, Geor-
gia. Said land having been decided
to I. E. Gurr by l.. B. Lipsey.
Also at the same time and place
will be sold 243 shares of Brookhav-
en- Estate stock, of the par value OF
$4,000 per share. Also 100 shares
of the General Manufacturing Com
pany stock, of the par value of 500
per share. Terms cash. This March
| 18th, 1911. MRS. S. B. GURR.
Administrative of 7. E. Gurr
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-19
WOMEN IN SUFFRAGE STATES
THEY GENERALLY GET WHAT
THEY WANT AT THE POLLS.
Unusually Active Past Few Weeks
Demonstrating Their Capacity
For Political Equality.

NEW YORK.-While several state
legislatures have recently denied wo-
men the suffrage the women who al
ready have it have been unusually
active the past few weeks in seeking
to demonstrate their capacity and
fitness for political equality by TAX
ing active part in primaries, con-
ventions and campaign work and as
candidates
In Colorado Springs, Colo, which
for quarter of a century has been a
no-Hcense city, although it is a sum-
mer resort with a large transient
population, they voted to allow liquor
selling in hotels and recognized
clubs, and made a majority for this
proposition.
The results show that hey have
made effective use of the ballot in
opposing partisanship, socialism and
sumptuary laws.
In Wichita, Kan, they overthrow
socialism completely, and in MiIwau-
kee gave it a decided check by elect
ing a nOn-partisan school and judi
ciary ticket.
In every case where public i'm
pTOYementS were an issue the women
voted in favor of them, as in larry
town, N. Y, in March, when they
voted an issue of SIS, 000 in bonds
for waterwOrks and better fire pro-
lection.
Where local issues were deemed
Of greater Importance than the candi-
dates the returns show that the wO-
mems votes were cast almost sOlidly
for or against the proposition.
Their activity as political workers
on election day is shown by one Incl
dent in West Orange, n. j., where
they got out 1,509 votes out of a
total registration of $500 IN add
tior they brought the veteran invent
or Thomas A Edison, to the polls
10 cast his vote FOR their ticket.
Perhaps the greatest surprise that
the women voters gave the public in
the recent city and town elections
was in voting almost solidlr against
the anti-treating ordinance in Taco
ma, Wash. Mayor Fawcett who
drew the ordinance, expected the
unanimous support of the women
The ordinance was carried, but By
the votes of the men.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-19

For 30 years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
compound has been the standard remedy for
female ills. No sick woman does Justice to
herself who will not try this famous medicine.
MADE exclusively from roots and herbs, and
has thousands of cures to its credit
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
~ TO write her for advice. She has
guided thousands to health free of charge,
Address Mrss Pinkham, Lynn, Mass.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-19
NOTICE.
For Election of School District Trus-
tees on May 6, 1911.

An election is hereby ordered to lie
held in every school district Of the
county on the 9Th day of May,
1911, for the purpose of securing
school trustees as successors to those
whose terms have expired. This
election will be held by those trus-
tees whose terms have not expired
In each district having one incorror-
ated town there must be elected a
sufficient number to make with those
holding over five trustees. In 9TH
er districts the number must be in
creased to three. By order of the
Board of Education Of Terrell Coun-
ty. J. w. F. LOWREY, C. S. C.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-19
BOYS, YOU CAN GET EN- BACK.
Judge So Rules in Regard to Pres
entS to SWeethearts.

Judge So Rules in Regard to Pres
ents to Sweethearts.
Girls must give dem presents
back" if they jilt the man. This was
the decision of Judge Goodnow at
Chicago.
Miss Ella Marks accepted a valua-
Die engagement ring and other pres
ents from Fred Froemke and then
rejected him. He sued. The court
said:
1T is admitted that there was a
contract to marry The ring was
given as a silent public testimonial
that the plaintiff, Froemke. inteded
to keep his troth. The contract was
broken by the young lady. The
promise to marry formed the con-
sideration for the gift. The refusal
to marry destroyed the considera-
ton. 1t is fraud to retain the PROB
erty and not fulfill the contract"
Judgment for $500 was entered.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-19
MTLADY TO VIRTUE IN
THE SERPENT DRESS

fits tightly from the hips down. In
deed if it were built without the
pleats it would preclude walking.
But just here comes the beauty OF
pleats. AS the wearer of the ser
pent skirt walks the skirt expands
and contracts with the motion of the
limbs. So it maintains almost uni
form snugness.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-19

CHICAGO.-The serpent skirt, ="
the newest passion of Paris and the
continent, was shown today at the
dressmakers' convention at the Pal
mer House for the first time.
The skirt is a hybrid of the tube
skirt of a season ago and the ''accor-
deon pleat" of remoter fashion. 1t
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-19
Please Read These Two Letters.

The following letter from Mrs Ore Rock will prove how
M or women TO submit to the dangers OF surgical operation when
may be avoided by taking Lydia E. Pnkhams Vegetable Compound
She four weeks in the hospital suffering
than before. Then after all that suffering Lydia
hams Vegetable Compound restored her health
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-19
OLD MAIDS FOR $4,000.

Three Girls Thus Inherit Big Sum
Under Uncle's VIII.
Three New Haven, Conn, girls.
the Misses Belle, Henrietta and Mari
eta Fouchtwanger, will receive s1O,-
600 each from the estate of their
uncle, Meyer Fouchtwanger. who
died April 6, for not marrying dur
ing his lifetime The young women
have just filed a petition saying that
they had complied with their nncIe's
wishes. 1t is reported that two of
the young ladies will marry as soon
as they receive the legacy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-19

Foley Kidney Pills contain in con-
centrated form ingredients of estab-
!ished therapeutic value for the re-
lief and cure of all kidney and blad-
der ailments. Foley Kidney Pills
are antiseptic, tonic and restorative,
Refuse substitutes. Dawson. Drug
Co. and Peoples Drug Store.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-26
Offers Elephant As Prize.

FARGO, July 2l.-The St. Paul to
Helena tourists of the Minnesota
Trophy tour arrived in this city to.
night and are being entertained by
the commercial organic ations of the
city.
The feature of the run today, which
was over the elegant roads and
through waving grain fields, was the
offer of John Ringling, who is with
the party, to give the car owner re.
ceiving the highest score full grown
elephant. He says the beast could
not be purchased for less than $1,000,
and hopes the winner will And 1t as
easy to care for and as free from &C.
cident and 'disease'' IS an auto. The
offer was made seriously and the win.
ner OF Trophy cup will also have an
elephant on his hands.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-26
Death of Montana Millionaire.

SPOKANE, July 23.-Thomas l..
Greenough, millionaire mining king of
Montana, who has operated in the
west since he was 81, died suddenly at
9 O'Clock tonight at the Sacred Heart
hospital here. His wife and four of
his five children were at his bedside
when death came.
Mr.. Greenough came to Montana a
about two years before steel was laid
through the state by the Northern Pa
cifc Railway company and made his
first money here in the wood business,
having a contract with the company.
Then he engaged in railroad contract
ing and later secured big tie con-
tract from the company under the
terms of which he furnished all OF the
ties for the line between the Dakotas
and the state of Washington. He
formed his first partnership with Peter
Larson, who died few years ago at
Helena, and with him engaged in his
first mining venture by the purch hase
of the Fox Morning mine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-26
Death Valley Is Flooded.

S1sI BERNARD1No, Cal, July 22.-
Cloudbursts that filled canyons with
rivers and turned mine buildings into
households marked the climax OF hot
wave which sent the mercury up to
l40 degrees in the Death Valley sink
during the week. The terrific heat
drove miners and prospectors out of
the desert just in time to avoid the
heaviest precipitation the mountain re-
gions surrounding the sink have expe-
rienced for 80 years. In the zone in.
tersected by the Tonopah. .Tidew ater
railroad many canyons we're almost
completely filled with debris, and at
the mines among the hills bunkhouses
were carried away and number OF
horses we're drowned.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-26
Taft Compliments Democrats.

BEVERLY, Mass, July 23.-In the
first statement he has made since the
pass age of the reciprocity bill by the
senate, President Taft, at the summer
White house, tonight freely acknowl.
edged that his long, hard campaign
in behalf of that measure would have
proved unavailing If the democrats
had not helped him.
1.-THE democrats did not play poll
tics In the colloquial sense in which
these words are used," said the presi-
dent, "but they followed the dictates
of higher policy"
For Secretary Knox and his assist.
ants in the state department, who con-
Quoted the negotiations and framed
the pact, the president said more than
q word of praise. Those republicans,
he said, who fought for reciprocity,
"and some OF those votes were neces-
sary to the passage Of the bill, prop.
erly may enjoy mutual felicitation on
q work we'll DONE"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-26
New Wool Tariff Bill.

WASHINGTON, July Ex-senator
Smoot of Utah today introduced his
wool tariff bill which is expected to
have the support of the repu ublicans of
the senate if any wool revision is
agreed upon. He said his bill was not
an "admini str alton measure" but rep.
resented his own ideas of what reduc.
tions could be made in the wool tariff
without destroying American indus.
tries.
Senator Clark of Wyoming asked
Senator Smoot If he thought the sen.
ate would pass any wool tariff bill be-
fore it received the report OF the tari #
board. Mr.. Smoot replied that he
hoped not, but that statements made
by republicans 10 the reciprocity de-
bate had convinced him that the major
ity of the senate favored a wool tariff
revision. He offered his bill as q
substitute for the Underwood and
LaFollette bills.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-26
Vets and Drys At War.

WASHINGTON, July 20.-In the far
northeast and the extreme southwest
of Uncle Sans dominions. the vets
and drys OF the nation are now en-
gagged in two of the most important
battles ever ragged in this country over
the liquor question.
In Texas, which now has local op-
ton, the drys have inaugurated
campaign for statewide prohibition
that will be voted on day after to-
morrow. The battle for and against
has been hard fought on both sides.
In Maine, theNpioneer prohibition
state, which for so years has made the
manufacture and sale of intoxicants
q crime, q campaign is now on to ab-
rog ate the prohibitory amendment to
the constitution and restore the IL
censed saloon. The election to decide
the N after will be held September II.
In both states the National Anti. Ss-
loon league and other temperance
forces of the country at large have
supplied speakers, literature and
money to the dry forces, and in both
states the national organizations OF
liquor dealers, brewers and distillers
have assisted the vets.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-26
Suit For Big Damages.

DENVER, July 20.-Suit was filed In
the federal court this afternoon by
Special Assistant United States At.
torney General D. B. Townsend,
against the American Smelling and
Refining company for 81, 500, 900 dam
ages for alleged conspiracy and fraud
in acquiring 2,4l3 acres of coal lands
in the Trinidad coal fields.
It is recited that the lands were &C..
quired by means of 16 dummy entry
men, the lands being filed upon in July
1902, and the complaint alleges that
Samuel r. Richie of Denver furnished
the money with which the lands we're
bought. Mr.. Richie was cashier of
the American Smelling and Refining
company at the time. The fling of
this suit marks the culmina alton of an
investigati extending over several
years,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-26
Would Regulate Big Business.

DULUTH, July 19.-Attorney Geuer-
al Wickersham before the Minnesota
State Bar Association today took an
advanced stand on the further feder al
regulation of orporations, and said
q government commission to regulate
the great industrial organizations in
the same way the interstate commerce
commission regulates the railways,
was desirable and might be necessary.
Mr.. Wickersham' speech was little
short of sensational in many OF its
features. He declared it was a matter
of serious consideration whether it
would be practical to give the pro-
posed interstate corporation commits
sion the power to fix prices.
Many of MIR. Wickersh am 8 decl ar a.
tions we're the most radical he has
made since his entrance into official
life. There was nothing in the speech
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-26
Will Shoot Fifteen Miles.

WASHINGTON, July 20.-A gun that
will carry its projectile clear out of
sight is the style that is to be placed
in the turrets of the new battleship Of
the New York type. Cne of these guns
he's been made at the Washington
factory and dozen others are to fol.
low as rapidly as the great lathes can
turn them out.
The gun has been tried out at the
proving ground and has shown that it
is without doubt the most wonderful
naval weapon in the world. With a
muzzle velocity of 400 feet second
the she'll has a range of about IA or
Is miles. Consequently, it will land
far beyond the horizon at extreme
elev vations. II might hit ship tn at
the gunners could not see: friend or
an enemy, perhaps. Hence. the
ordnance officers will be unusually
careful when ships mounting these
great guns go out for target practice
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-26
Must Have Full Train Crews.

HARRISBURG, July 20.-A "full
crew" act recently passed by the state
legislature, which requires consider
able increases of force and changes in
equipment by the railroads operating
in Pennsylvania, is in effect today.
Under the terms of the bill, every
train consisting of more than 80
freight or other cars, exclusive of en-
CINE and caboose, must have crew of
at least six men. Trains having less
th an 30 cars must have crews of five
men. Passenger trains consisting of
not more than three coaches and q
baggage car must have q train crew
of Ave or more. Passenger trains OF
four or more cars must have six men
in the crew.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-26
Cleaning Out Horse Thieves.

ARKANSAS CITY, Kan, July 90
While the method involving rope and
a convenient tree is no longer in vogue
in dealing with horse thieves in this
section, the defenders of the sanc'ity Of
property rights in "hoss tlesh' are
still we'll organized. Several hun
dreds of farmers and s,ockmen met
here tod ay in the annual convention of
the Anti.Horse Thief Association OF
Kansas and Oklahoma, which repre-.
sents, it is said, membership Of
nearly $1,000. The organization has
been so active in dealing with rogues
who steal horses that most of them
are in prison and the remainder are
plum discouraged and have been fore
ed out of the "business.'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-26
Suspected Arson Conspiracy.

CHICAGO, July l9.-That there ex-
lists q gigantic, countrywide arson
trust with headquarters In Kansas
City and representatives In nearly all
the large cities, the members of which
make business Of setting fire to
buildings to enable the owners to col
lect large sums of insurance, was the
sens ational charge made today by
State Fire Marshal G. j. Doyle in an
address delivered before the Chicago
Association of Commerce.
'This country is facing one of the
most gigantic organized arson con.
spiracies the world has ever known"
said Marshal Doyle. 1.-THE state fire
marshal's department of Illinois has
united with the state fire marshals Of
Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio to wipe
out the band of 10 men at the head of
this arson conspiracy. The head of
the frebug trust is in Kansas City,
from which city the operations of the
entire gang are directed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-26
Prosecuted BY Sugar Trust.

NEW YORK, July 22.-Claus Angus
tus Spreckels, son of the late Claus
Spreckels, Of California, and princi.
pal owner Of the Federal Sugar Re.
fining company, of Yonkers, N. ",
today gave the most sens sational testi.
mony that has been developed by the
congressional committee investigating
the sugar trust during the hearings
here.
Besides giving an important side
light on the conference between John
Arbuckle and the late H. O. Havemey.
er. which Is believed to have ended
the great sugar war, be describe ,
under oath, the vicissitudes of an in.
dependent sugar re6ner. His plant in
Philadelphia before it was controlled
by the trust had been put out of com.
mission several times by persons who
threw sand in the machinery bearings
and otherwise wrecked the plant. He
swore that at the Yonkers refinery
after he had turned down trust over.
lures, dead rats were placed in barrels
OF sugar ready for shipment and tha,
whole vats of liquid sugar had been
drained off in the night into the
sewers. The nuisance of dead rats
continued until private detectives
pointed out several of his employees
whom he discharged, refusing to pay
their wages in the hope that they
would sue him and thus enable him te
had employed them. Much to his dis
appointment he was never sued.