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Arizona republican., 1911-05-30
WATER USERS ASSN.
TAKING IN THE MONEY
Office Will Be Closed Today But
Wednesday Should Bring
Big Rush.

Yesterday was a busy day at the
office of the Water Users association.
hut for all that it was the sort of
a day the officers like TO see. The
hard work consisted mostly Of taking
in money and counting it and writing
receipts for it, in final payment of
the annual assessment Of the mem
bers levied a year ago and due fin
ally on June 1.
The members are now coming in
very fast though there are still num-
orOus delinquents and it is hoped
there viii be no relaxing of efforts
on their part until every one of them
is clear on the books. The office Will
be closed today but tomorrow. We'd
nesday, it viii be open and il is
promised that nobody who wants to
pay viii be barred. Those who fail
To pay by Wednesday should not
relax their efforts, however, for
though the lands become delinquent
and must be advertised. there will
be no assessment OF penalties until
after the sale a month later Then
will begin the per cent per month
which must be paid to whoever bids
the land in, from the date Of sale
until its title is cleared up again.
Nobody wants his land sold or even
advertised, but should it come to that
there is only one good business policy
to pursue and that is to clear II as
soon as possible
The management Of the association
has been as lenient as il can be and
the penalty has been reduced from
4 per cent to per cent providing
that action is approved by the secre-
tary of the interior as it is believed
il will be.
Nearly all Of this money is to be
used in the construction work on the
proposed new Crosscut canal and in
paying for the water building so the
major part Of it goes into local
circulation at an early day. ONLY
for the canal project the farmers
would now be called upon to paw an
assessment perhaps nearly twice as
large. most Of which would go back
TO the government. II is hard 10 die
money at any time but the present
unearthing of it should be a pleasure
under the circumstances
Arizona republican., 1911-05-30

Hard Times there is Joe Bounderby.
the banker who at the age of so mar
ries the 2O-year-Old Louis Gradgrind
Finally there is Mr.. Lorry of "A Tale
Of Two Cities man of deep feeling,
encased in the formalities of his call
ing and held to strict service by re-
spect entertained for a great house.
Arizona republican., 1911-05-30

If you have $4,000 cash. you can
pick up the greatest bargain in the
valley. 40 acres worth a great deal
more, but owner must sell and we
have been instructed to move this
during the week. First man with the
money up gets this. Faces North
Central Boulevard E J. Bennitt &
Co. If
Arizona republican., 1911-05-30

Now is the time to get rid Of your
rheumatism. You will find Chamber
lain's Liniment wonderfully effective.
One application will convince you of it's
merits. Try it. For sale by all deal
ers.
Arizona republican., 1911-05-30

Thou knowest well how to excuse
and color thine own deeds, but thou
are not willing to receive the excuse of
others.-Thomas Kempis
Arizona republican., 1911-05-30

]. NJ. Howell, a popular druggist Of
Greensburg, KY, SAYS, I'VE use Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy in cur own
household and know it is excellent"
For sale by all dealers.
Arizona republican., 1911-05-30

Progress IS the law of hfe.-Brown-
ing
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-01
THE NEXT SPEAKER.

From Mack's National Monthly.
Champ Clark, farm hand, scholar,
educator, lawyer, orator, statesman,
patriot and cOmmOner, is to be the
next speaker of the house of repre-
sentatives.
We think Mr.. Clark is going to
make a splendid presiding officer for
the great popular branch of con-
gress. And the faith that is in US
is based largely on his fundamental
! democracy. Clark is Missouri
democrat. He is bright, sharp-wit-
ted, aggressive, and has had some
sixteen years experience in the angu-
lar, devious and rapid-fire affairs of
the house He is not unduly sensi-
tive; cannot be buIlied; he is exact
and just and evenly balanced; also
he will stand without hitching, and
he is by nature predisposed toward
the masses.
On the seventh day of March next
Champ Clark will be sixty-One years
old, and despite DR.. Osler the days
of his greatest usefulness to the
country are just dawning. He was
born at Bowling Green in the good
old Blue Grass State, and her COM
mon school was his earlier seat Of
learning. Later he attended the
Kentucky University and Bethany
College and the Cincinnati Law
School In 1878 he was president
of Marshall College, West Virginia,
having attained the honor of being
the youngest college president in
the country, a distinction he held
for quarter of a century. In ad-
dition to his work as a college pres
ident Mr.. Clark tells us his occu-
pations have been varied, extending
from his first employment as hired
farm hand in vacation times to his
service in congress. He worked as
a clerk in a country store, edited a
country newspaper for while, and
finally engaged steadily in the prac-
tice of law and politics, and in the
latter profession, or game as they
call it, he achieved his greatest dis
tinction.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-01
WHERE MONEY FAILED.

Baron ROthschild, the banker and
the richest man in Austria, who ex-
pired in Vienna the other day, died
from a broken heart
If money could have provided him
with happiness he would have had it
in plenty. He was worth $150,000,-
geo. With this enormous wealth he
was denied contentment and that
consoling thought that he had ey-
erything that life could hold out TO
the most favored.
He never got over his cruel treat
ment of his son, Baron Oskar, whom
he forbade to marry Miss Olga Mem
of. Chicago. She was a good woman,
fine looking, of slight fortune, who
could not bring to the marriage state
financial strength, noble, blood or
high social position. A request not to
marry among the naughty Roths
chiIds is equivalent to a command,
and was so accepted by young Oskar.
He sank and pinned under the soul
crushing disappointment and, find
ing life unbearable, terminated it.
If he had proved superior to this
sorrow and had lived to seventy
years he would have accumulated
wealth amounting to 100000
In other ways his fathers life was
embittered. Another son, Baron
George Rothschild, is a lunatic, and
his only daughter a deaf mute And
these Affections came to a man whose
wealth was the marvel of eastern
Europe.
This is a conspicuous example Of
where money in superabundance is
unable to procure the things which
make life the most attractive and,
the most delightful The
envious and the dissatisfied with lit
tie of this worlds goods can find
in this lesson some satisfaction,
to make them more recon /
ciled with the life they are complain
ing about. If they knew what others
happy are undergoing
they would congratulate themselves
that they are faring as well as some
others.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-01

Under and by virture of an order
granted by Hon. B. T. CasteIlow
referee in Bankruptcy, the under
signed, as trustee Of the estate of
j. B. Pickett, bankrupt, will sell
at public auction to the highest bid
der for cash, at the store in Dawson.
Ca, recently occupied by J. B. Pick
EFT, within the legal hours of public
sale, on the 18th day of March. 1911,
free from liens, the entire stock of
merchandise, consisting of bed
steads, bureaus, dressers, and other
articles of furniture; also pianos,
iron safe and other store fixtures
and furniture contained in the brick
store house situated on the east side
of Main street in Dawson, Ca, and
which has been recently occupied by
said J. B. Pickett.
CHARLES G. LEWIS, as Trustee
of the Estate of J. B. Pickett.
Bankrupt.
Dawson, Ga, Feb. 27th, 1911.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-01
HONEST GEORGIA LEGISLATOR.

From the Youths Companion.
A public man of Georgia believes
his state eXcels all others in it's sense
OF civic and political honesty. This
story is given in the Sunday Maya
zine to prove it:
A wealthy farmer named Sneads,
who, although he could neither read
nor write, was elected to the Geor-
gia legislature, and was a power in
politics because Of his sterling hon
esty. When he arrived at At
lanta he was invited to lunch
con at swell hotel by an
other member of the legisla-
ture. SneadS host nonchalantly
passed him the bill of fare. Sneads
held it before him as if studying it
intently. Well, how does that bill
look to your" asked the host, una
ware of his guests inability to read.
Well, it may be all right" replied
Sneads, slapping it down on the ia
BILE, but you don't catch me votin'
for it till | know more about it,"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-01
THOSE CANNED" WEEvILs
What DR.. Knapp, the Government
Expert. Says.
Rome Tribune-Herald.

! From the Rome Tribune-Herald.
Now that the excitement has sub
sided in large measure and the first
! flush of Mortified wonder has Gained
/ let US consider the late boil weevil
scare in the light of reason and COM
mon sense.
Let all persons lately trembling
/ in their boots give heed TO the words
} of DR.. S. a. Knapp, the eminent gov
eminent expert
| In a letter to C. H. Afford of the
agricultural department in Missis-
sippi DR.. Knapp says:
Il do not think there is anything
in this story for the reason that at
the present time it would be impOs-
sible to collect any large quantity Of
Weevils, for they are all alternating
in their winter quarters. OF course
the larvae of the Weevils have been
destroyed by frost, and only the
adult alternating weevils are alive
IF it were possible to find any
large quantity Of these if brought
into any mild temperature they
would thaw out, would grow active
and starve to death in a few days
now. If thrown out of car windows
upon the ground in the Atlantic
states they would freeze to death,
or even if they went into alternating
conditions about 81 per cent of all
the weevils are destroyed during the
winter in the colder sections.
Then, too, it is a long period
from now until our cotton time. The
only hopeful infestatiOn that could
occur would be right in the growing
period Of the cOttCn-to pick the
live weevils. bottle them and dis
tribute them when they have plenty
of plant food. I-regard this story
of an attempt to assault the eastern
Atlantic states with the weeyil as
pure canard."
In the light of this authoritative
statement we do not believe the cit
ton planters of Georgia have any
thing whatever to fear Of this late
alleged boil weevil plot 1t came to
light in the first place through par
ties unknown and under the cloak
Of anonymity. The person standing
for the story in it's original form. it
seems, confessed that he was drink
ing moderately" when he made his
terrible discovery. And on top of
all of that the story is impossible,
anyway.
We think, on the whole, that the
farmers may proceed with their cot
ton planting, and that without los
ing any sleep at night because of
the great boil weeViI plot.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-01
A True Story

Little Willie, having only one eye,
did not like to attend school One
afternoon he stayed at home and his
mother sent him to the store for a
loaf Of bread. On the way back he
stopped at the school. The school
examiners were there to award a
prize Of IS in gold to the smartest
boy or girl in the class. Just as
Willie entered the teacher held I'D
one finger Then Willie held up two
fingers. This time she held up three
fingers, and Willie held up his fist.
She held up an apple and Willie
held up the loaf of bread. She call
ed him to the desk and gave him
the IS.
The examiners inquired of the
teacher why she had awarded the
prize to Willie. She replied:
Il held up one finger, meaning
there is one Supreme Being. He held
up two, meaning the starting of the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-01
THE CASE OF LORRIER.

The speech of William LOrimer, OF
Illinois, in defense of his title to
a seat in the United States Senate,
was a human interest story the like
of which was never before spoken on
the floor of that body, 1t was heard
with rapt attention by a vast audi
ence. many Of whom were moved to
tears, and has been printed in full
by most of the daily newspapers of
the country.
1t need hardly be said that the
conclusions as to whether or not Mr..
Lorimer obtained his election to the
senate by corrupt methods are of
widely divergent nature. The most
eminent mebmers of that body are
divided on the question, and we find
Southern democrats, such as Bailey
Of Texas, tombstone Of Alabama and
Tillman of South Carolina, lined up
for the soreIy beset man. On the 9TH
err hand senators of his own, the re-
publican. party are his bitterest foes,
and are led by Root of New York
and Beveridge of Indiana.
The evidence and the speeches
that have been made show there is
more than one side to this contro-
versy, which is one of law as well as
of morals
We have seen enough of life to
realize how often popular clamOr
may follow and overwheIm a man
who deserves a better fate, and every
honest and fair-minded person ought
to wish that he knew the truth about
this case. If Mr. LOrimer is innO-
cent, as to completely or knowledge,
then indeed his fate is a cruel one;
in any event his influence and use
fulness must be materially impaired.
Perhaps. future developments will
bring more light.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-01
Trustees Sale of Rankrupt's
Property.

Under and by virture of an order
granted by Hon. B. T. Castellow,
referee in Bankruptcy, the under
signed, as trustee of the estate of
Skies & Lockett, bankrupts, will sell
at public auction to the highest bid
der for cash, at the store in Dawson,
Ca, recently occupied by Skies &
Lockett, within the legal hours Of
public sale, on the 7th day of March,
1911, free from liens, the entire
stock of merchandise, including the
iron safe, show cases, store fixtures
and furniture described in the sched-
ules of said bankrupts and contain
ed in the brick store house in which
said Skies & Lockett did business,
located on the east side of Main
street in Dawson, Ga. also the
chooses in action, being all the notes
and accounts due and owing to said
Skies & Lockett and appearing on
their books, and fully described in
the appraisement of said estate; also
one mouse cOlOred horse mule.
CHARLES G. LEWIS, as Trustee
of the Eestate Of Skies & LOckett,
Bankrupts.
Dawson, Ca, Feb. 27th. 1911
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-01
For Administration.

Georgia, Terrell County.-To All
Whom 1t May Concern: ]. H. Will
ford having in proper form apDIied
to me for permanent letters of adj
ministration on the estate of Kos
siah Randall, late of said county
this is to cite all and singular the
creditors and next of kin of Kessiah
randall to be and appear at nv
office within the time allowed nv
law and srow cause, if any they can.
why permanent administrator
should not be granted to J. II. vii
litord on Kessiah RandalTs estate
Witness my hand and official SIGMA.
ture this 4th day of February. 1911
W. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-01
Two Versions of Why School Boy
Was Awarded Five Dollar Prize.

race, Adam and Eve I held up three
fingers, meaning Faith. Hope and
Charity. He held up his fist, mean
ing In Unity There Is Strength. I
neId up an apple, meaning the down
fall of man. He held up the bread,
meaning the staff of life. Thus I
gave him the prize"
When Willie's mother wanted to
know where he got the money he
replied:
Il stopped at school and the
teacher held up one finger. meaning
J had only one eye I held up two
fingers, meaning l could see as much
with my one eye as she could with
two. She held up three fingers
meaning between the two of Ms we
only had three eyes This made me
so mad that / shook my fist at her
She picked up an apple, and was
just going to throw it at me- when
/ held up the loaf of bread. She
got scared and gave me the S."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-01
FREAK LEGISLATION.

Man has been differentiated from
the lower animals by the peculiarly
exclusive custom that he has of
wearing clothes. With equal wis
dom he might have been given a sep
arate classification through his I'M
conQuerable propensity for making
laws. The zeal of modern reform
ars is nowhere more in evidence just
now than in the lawmaking bodies
of the country.
In the state of Washington it is
Illegal to offer your friend a drink.
Anti-cigarette laws in Oregon for
bid any one from even carrying the
'makin's" on his person Oklaho-
mas legislature deliberated gravely
on the dimensions of bed-sheets in
hotels and arrived at sapient con-
illusions which will hereafter pre-
vent the guest from mistaking one
for a napkin and tucking it under
his chin preliminary to the matuti-
nal feed.
A Massachusetts representative
has taken under consideration the
problem of female attire. If his bill
passes bathing suits are barred and
skirts must be ever so long. Clock
ed stockings, too, come under the
ban; just why is not said,
Georgia has herself produced
statesmen who have been Jealous in
doing fool things, but we cannot Just
now recall any who quite equal the
authors of the laws mentioned
above.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-01
The DISTINCTION of Birds.

From the Savannah News.
What has become of the robins q?
The Sandersville Georgian recalls
that in former years the woods in
winter were literally full of the red
breasts. But, it says, comparative
ly few have been seen this winter.
The robins have doubtless gone the
way OF the wild pigeons, once so
numerous that they would break the
branches of tree in which they
roasted, but are now thought to be
extinct" The question is a very
large one. 1t involves deforesta-
ton, game laws, pump-guns and
other things. But it is a pity that
the wild pigeons have gone and the
robins ale going. And it might be
mentioned that summer ducks.
partridges and doves are not as nu-
meIOus as they used to be.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-01
4 BIT ENCOURAGED.

The News feels bit more hope
full of a Board of Trade in Dawson.
Since our last issue a number OF
citizens have let us know that they
would like to see such an organiza-
ton formed. If the business men
of the city. who would be the most
benefited, would take hold Of the
movement it would be a very easy
matter to organize an active Board
of Trade and start the old town on
a long stride forward. But the ma
iority of them, so you don't step on
their toes, seem content to sit down
and stagnate and let things rock
along as they will. 1t IS mighty
poor way to do, and if persisted in
can only result to the detriment of
the town.
Wake up, and get busy. Do some
thing to advance community inter
ests. Give a little of your time and
attention to something besides look
ing out for Number One.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-01
WE MUST FIGHT!


Congressman Richmond P. HObsOn
Of Alabama is the most persistent
pessimist in the country For years
he has been shouting from the
house tops that we should prepare
for war, for war must come. In a
red-hot speech in the house of rep
resentatiyes last week he got on his
old hobby with a vengeance. He
said that war with Japan was bound
to come, and he believed that it
would come within ten months. We
are utterly unprepared he said, and
Japan is prepared. In fact, she is
practically bankrupt because of her
war chest. He detailed all of the
various causes as to why Japan will
make war on us. Once the war is
on, he said, the European nations
will try to stop it and our moneyed
men will cry for peace, but the ma
ton in its pride will persist and the
struggle will last for years, and will
become one simply of endurance He
argues for a greatly increased navy
as the only protection to which we
can look with any degree of hope.
There are a few who take the
Hobson view, among them Editor
Stovall of the Savannah Press, who,
in the course of a lengthy editorial
discussing the prospect for war,
says:
TN spite of denials from all
sources the Japs continue to be a
threatening spectre 1t is even said
that the Japanese have been send
ing soldiers in the guise of immi-
grants to Central America and South
America, and that they have ,250,-
600 veterans in their army who can
be easily modified and landed to
the south of us. Japan is said to
be sending men in large numbers to
South America and at the proper
time may dispute the Monroe Doe
trine with this country. European
nations, which have been prudent
enough to accept this doctrine
would be perfectly willing to see
Japan challenge it, and Japan is ag.
gressive enough to challenge almost
anything. Her ostensible object is
erade with South America her rea'
object may be to colonize and tc
claim Judgment If we won't allow
the Japs to settle in our own country
how can we oppose them if they take
notion to colonize in the countrie.
south of US?
The steady stream of the Japa
nese toward the Latin-American re
publics has aroused suspicion. JUS
now We are not in good condition t.
fight Japan. Tt may be, however
that we will not be able to hold then
off until we get good and ready. ia
pan is as ready now as she ever will
be, and the United States are not al
impregnable as they will be wher
the Panama Canal is finished.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-01

The cold wave came down like
a wolf on the fold. Just how much
damage has been done to fruit and
vegetables in Georgia is not def
nitely known, as it is a matter about
which there is a difference of opin-
ion. All agree that the peach crop
has not been injured more than 25
per cent anywhere, and in some Sec
tons the damage is not more than
10 per cent. There will be fruit to
eat, and vegetables, too; so don't
worry over that.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-01

Colonel Jesse G. Perry, formerly
of Dawson and now secretary to Sen
ator Terrell, has told the newspaper
correspondents that the senator is i,
the race to stay until the end, and
that he will be elected. 1t is graft
flying to the people Of the state, ir-
respective of political alignment, to
know that Senator Terrells condi-
ton has greatly improved, and he
is on the road to recovery. Though
he had been in the senate but a short
time when stricken he had already
proved his usefulness.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-01
Buzzard Chesterfeldan Gentleman

From the Griffin News.
The buzzard who follows his nat
ural bent and makes his meal upon
dead flesh is a Chesterfieldian gem
tieman compared to the human
scavenger of character who, with
out sufficient honest employment,
can stand all day upon a corner and
ron as a sweet morsel under his
lying tongue a scandal against one
VINO has never done anything but
Kindness. Loose talk is often assas-
sination of character, and this really
is as criminal as murder.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-01
Have Seen q New Light.

From the Triton Gazette.
NO, Anxious Inquirer, there will
be no senatorial primary in Georgia
this year; the people who were So
anxious to nominate every public
oihclal by popular vote have found
mat they did not want to do so as
BAD as they thought they did. And
Georgia's next senator will be nam
ed Smith or Terrell, unless the IN
expected happens.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-01

Terrell county grown strawber-
ries; the air laden with the aroma of
plum tree blossoms; peach trees
abloom, and the mercury down to
freezing point. That was the status
in Dawson last week. Spring had
been with us for full six weeks, and
then winter came again. But it's
all right, for this is the best coun-
try on Cartwright here in South
west Georgia. Spring will come
again.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-01
Another Meddlesome Professor

From the Griffin News and Sun.
A Harvard professor says that the
birth rate should be restricted.
What in the dickens has Harvard
professor got to do with the birth
rate? So far ag we know we have
never met anybody who claimed to
be the son or daughter of Har-
ward professor.