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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-17
WORLDS BIGGEST MAN FROzE
"Baby" Bliss, Who Weighed $40
Pounds, Passes. Was Known
in America and Europe.

BLOOy oNGTON, Ill.-Leonard
Baby Bc.s, reputed to be the larg-
est man : the world, was found
frozen in ath in his home here
today. Hes d not been seen about
the place fo. averal days and neigh
bors made investigation. They
found his DO seated in a chair in
his night cloJ 5 with gas escaping
from gas st
1t is though he arose several
nights ago to 81 warm and accident
ally opened the
He was born ar here May 4th,
1865. His dimensions were: Hight,
six feet, four inches; waist, 72
inches; hips, &c inches; chest, &c
inches; thigh, AZ inches; calf 27
inches; collar, Fl inches; hat 75s;
socks, 121a shoes, 10; weight $40
pounds.
Bliss was known in America and
Europe, having toured both as
salesman for a bicycle factory six
teen years ago. He also was at vari-
Gus times with circuses. Last sum-
mer he spent several weeks on the
road with a fat man" ball club.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-17
MOONSHIje" IN GEORGIA
During the Month of December 1O2
Distilleries Were Seized in Geor-
gia and Alabama.

ATLANTA.-Exactly a year ago
the newspaper correspondents in At
lanta-and they firmly believed
what they were writing-sent out
articles far and wide about the
passing of the moonshiner" in de-
claring that the most picturesque
character Of the Georgia, Carolina,
Tennessee and Alabama mountain
country would soon be known no
more except in character novels.
And now comes James H. Surber,
United States revenue agent at At
lanta, with a report for the month of
December showing that during the
single month alone 102 illicit distil-
leries have been seized in Georgia
and Alabama and that $4,000 of
property has been destroyed by the
raiding officers. During the same
month 70 Georgians and Alabamians
were put under arrest for moonshin-
ing. 1t would seem from the COM
paratiye figures, allowing one man
to each still, that at least a fourth
of the moonshiners were clever
enough to get away, even after their
hiding places had been discovered
Most of the distilleries we're seiL-
ed in Georgia. The return of sa-
looms in Alabama has made the bust
ness there less profitable.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-17
IRRIGATION FARMING HARD.
Has a ThOrny Side That Daunts
Some Settlers, Says Newell.

Has a ThOrny Side That Daunts
Some Settlers, Says Newell.
Life on a government irrigation
farm is not the bed of roses which
many picture it to be, says Director
Newell of the reclamation service in
paper prepared by him for the
Smithsonian Institution.
This awakening to the fact that
irrigation has it's thorny side" he
declares, sometimes comes as a
startling shock sufficient to discour-
age all but the most enthusiastic
or persistent, and the more faint
heared seek further for the promised
land.
Those who remain must soon
learn that success must be preceded
by subduing the soil, getting it into
good condition of filth, applying
water day or night and perhaps all
night, wading around in the mud or
enduring the heat of long days of
brilliant sunshine and the accompa-
nying dust of the arid regions, the
troubles with neighbors over divis-
ion of water, the possible seepage
followed by crop losses or ruin from
alkaI. AS a consequence a consid-
cradle part of the first settlers on
every irrigation system sell out or
relinquish their homesteads and
seek other fields"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-17
HON. JAKE MOORE DEAD.

Eminent Georgian Was Brother of
Mrs. Neil Mcleod of Terrell.
Hon. Jake c. Moore, brother of
s. Neil Mcleod of the Pleasant
i community of Terrell county,
i for many years connected with
Georgia prison system, died on
sursday night at his home near
8yrna, in Cobb county, after a
pr illness with typhoid-pneumo-
pr. Moore had been a resident of
prgia all his life. He was 60 years
d and was native Of Floyd county
q twenty years he served as sheriff
8fIoyd county and was then ap-
Rted as assistant keeper of the
#e penitentiary. After that for
8py years he held the position of
u inspector Of prisons under the
#e prison commission.
surviving Mr.. Moore are his wife,
ne daughters, Mrs. John L. Pol
u Mrs. G. A. Quarles ana Mrs. l..
gilbert; four brothers, John D.,
l., H. e. P. and T. B. Moore, and
sisters, Mrs, J. T. Davis and Mrs,
Mcleod.
he funeral services were held
pTday morning at II o'clock in
s Baptist church in Smyrna, and
& Fment was in the cemetery there.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-17
A Bunch of MaggOtS
Pose as Georgia HookWOrn1
,,r ATLANTA PHYSICIANS
CIT TN HOT WATER ABOUT
THE MATTER.

Att Maggots masquerad-
successfully as hookworms! And
IT, right here in Atlanta, center OF
rockefeller commission activi-
kos Can you beat it?
mr. A G. Fort of this city, and one
tho axperts now engaged in inves-
eating hookworm conditions in the
sor+b couldn't beat it, but he could
H. Il and he did, mighty quick.
A we'll known store on Peachtree
roo+ advertised that it had some
oo1 live hook worms in bottle on
vbihi+ion in it's window. Several
L. known Atlanta physicians were
Il antioned as having observed the
.ookworms, and considered them a
Iarvelously interesting exhibit.
Then DR.. Fort went to look at
Il ON Imagine his ama7ement when
II found they were nothing but
bmmon maggots.
"who said these were hook
|orms?" he demanded.
.'Why. DR.. So and So and So and
-" responded the owner of the
Ore naming some well known
ines
Dr. Fort got to the telephone and
HE'D up the first one whose name
had heard.
us it true that you know some
ing about the hookworms down
Ire in this Window" asked the ex-
In rather sharply.
'Why, what have l got to do with
at?" answered the doctor.
You've got just this much to do
lth it-your professional reputa-
IN is at stake. Do you mean to
me that you saw those things
Ia thought they were hookwOrms? p
The doctor began to smell a
euse and admitted that he hadn't
ally seen them at all. None of the
her physicians would stand spon-
for the maggots either when call
to taw, so they were removed
bm the window,
but before they were removed
busands of interested Atlantans
gazed in awe at the little mag
IS and supposed them to be real
ecimens of the remarkable worm
lose scientific name sounds like
IONS Nereyusis," but which isn't
Billed that way.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-17
BAD WEATHER EVERYWHERE
North and Middle Georgia Covered
With Snow. Man Found Frozen
Front of PENNSYLVANIA Home.

Frigid weather, the coolest in
many years, swept along the Atlantic
seaboard Saturday, extreme tempera-
lures being reported from northern
New England points to the Carroll
mas.
Snow covered the greater part of
Georgia and the southern and west
ern portions of the Carolinas. At
Charleston, S. c., the first snow in
eleven years fell. Business was prac-
tically suspended so the people
might witness the unusual spectacle.
About four inches of snow cover
ed AtIanta-the hardest fall in nine
years. Charlotte, N. c., had about
three inches on the level. Column
bia, S. c., and Augusta, Ca, had
about three.
Here in Southwest Georgia the
weather was not extreme, the Their
mometer not falling below 80. 1t
was cloudy but cold Saturday and
Sunday, but no snow fell.
Canton, N. Y, reported for the
east the lowest temperature, 70 de-
grees below zero, while Bingham
ton, with 20 below, Mortified, VT,
with % below, Albany, n. Y, with
IA below, New York cit 4 below,
Chicago, 2 below, Philadelphia, re
70, give some indications of the con-
tinued intensity of the cold wave.
Fairly warm weather prevails
through the Eastern Gulf states, sew
enty degrees being registered at Key
West, Fla, though New Orleans was
freezing, with Is degrees above.
Northwestern states, with temper
atures of 80 above at Miles City,
Mont, and SO above at Helena, will
soon experience a cold wa"e from
the Canadian northwest.
The Rocky Mountain region and
Pacific coast states are enjoying
moderate weather
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-17
DELIGHTS OF PRISON LIFE.
Various Forms of Amusement Pro-
yided for the Guests.

In the federal prison at Atlanta,
according to reports, meals are serv-
ed to music; but the San Quentin
penitentiary seems to be ahead of
about everything in the country in
the way of amusement for it's guests.
Not only has it a band and a glee
club and a baseball team, but it has
a dramatic club, which from time to
time puts on vaudeville and other
shows. The other evening, it is stat
ed, the McNamaras appeared in a
vaudeville skit in which they danced
a ''skirtless skirt dance" When Or
tie McManigal hears what good times
there are in San Quentin he may be
sorry that he neglected his opportu-
nifty to go there
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-17
LOOKS LIKE A "HAYsEED."
But Senator Kern Wasn't the Easy
Mark Sharper Took Him to Be.

Senator Kern of Indiana, who was
Col. Bryan's running mate in 1908,
is not "hayseed," but it is said that
he looks like one. In Washington
the other day a confidence man pick
ed him out for an easy mark and
began talking to him about some
sort of get-rich-quick scheme. Sem
ator Kern listened just long enough
to find what the man was driving at,
then he remarked with emphasis:
You are a d fool" The man
must have thought so, too, for he
went away quickly. The point, how
ever, is should our United States
senators wear distinctive uniforms
or should they be tagged?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-17
GEORGIA HOGS GET PRIZE.
Took Worlds Championship at Re-
cent Show in Chicago.

Georgia raised hogs took the
championship prize at Chicago and
several other prizes besides. They
were Tamworths and were bred by
c. c. Byrd, who is in charge of Ar
cadia Stock Farm, near Columbus,
Ga. After attending fairs at vari-
Gus other places and receiving the
highest prizes the elimination of the
tour was the worlds best record for
points made at Chicago, now the
porkopolis of the world.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-17
SO LYNCHED IN YEAR.
GEORGIA LED ALL THE OTHER
STATES IN 1911 WITH SEW
ENTEEN VICTIMS.

All But Two of the Total Were Ne
groes, With One Woman Among
the Bunch. Number Is Fewest in
Many Years.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-The lynch
ing record for 1911 shows a distinct
though slight Improvement over the
records of previous years. The num-
Der of persons lynched since January
l, 1911-sixty-is slightly less than
that of any other recent year. All
but two of the sixty were negroes.
Of the 58 negroes one was a woman,
The crimes charged against these
victims ranged all the way from in
suit to criminal attack and murder.
Georgia leads with the most lynch
seventeen. Lynchings occurr-
ed in thirteen states. All of these
were Southern or border states ex-
cepting Pennsylvania, which sup
piled the only instance of the year
where the victim was burned at the
stake.
Women Not Chief Victims.
Contrary to the record of previous
years the majority of the victims are
not accused of crimes against wo-
men. The victims accused of attacks
on women numbered eighteen, while
thirty-one were accused of murder.
TWO negroes were lynched for in
sulting white women, four for at
tempted murder, one for threatening
to murder, one for highway robbery,
and one for persistent stealing. Two
were charged with plain assault and
one was being held in jail as sus-
picious character.
Killed in Race Riots.
In several instances race riots
were reported in which both whites
and blacks were killed. These are
not included in the record for the
year. In the record the word
'lynching" has been held to apply
only to the summary punishment in
fiicted by mob or by any number
Of citizens on person alleged to
have committed crime for which
in the ordinary course that person
would have been tried by law.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-17
NEGROES IN PENNSYLVANIA.

According to official figures col
lected by the state bureau of indus
trial statistics the negroes of Penn
sylvania own real estate valued at
$40, 900 Nearly so per cent of
them are engaged in domestic SER
vice and only a little over 5 per cent
in agriculture. They own $50
churches, valued at $3,160,000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-17
RANCHER FREEZES TO DEATH IN SA DDLE:
HORSE AND CATTLE ALSO PERISH

KANSAS CITY.-Details Of depri-
vations suffered by ranchers became
known today.
Frozen to death in his saddle, his
horse dead under him, and scores of
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-17

dead cattle about him, the body of
T. c. Bidwell, a ranchman, was found
half buried in the snow near Scott
City, Kan. Bidwell lost his life at
tempting to drive cattle to shelter.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-16
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS

planted as late as August and is now gathering from his garden.
 Taking Parish Census.
 The priests of St. James church have this week commenced to take the census of the parish, Elmville be- ing the first section visited. The par and East Ki1lingly.
 Mail Unclaimed.
 Letters addressed as follows remain unclaimed at the Danielson postoftice this week: Master Arnold Chase. J. F. Sawyer, A. $. Woodin, Vincenzo Cavalliara, Mrs. Exon Meynard, Miss Marion Docholler.
 New Warp Drawing Machine.
 A wonderful warp drawing machine that does as much work as can be done in the same line by ten girls, has been installed in the mill of the Dan- ielson Cotton company and Is now Tn operation.
 A wounded wild duck of large size that had evidently been shot by some hunter, who failed to recover the bird, was picked up in the Quinebaug river, where 1t was drifting, helpless, by Se- lectman John Awkward, near Cotton's bridge.
 Six Candidates for Representative.
 Six candidates for representatives from Killingly-Amos H. Huntington, w. P. Kelley, republicans; Arthur Van Woodworth, Clayton F. Wright, demo- crats: Cosmer A. Young. George A. Williams rogressives-hav com- menced their campaigns for election. Picking the winners is as easy as the translation of Chinese laundry check for the average man.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-16
Try This HoraesMade
 Cough Remedy Costs Little, But Does the Work Quickly, or Money Refunded.

Mix one pint of granulaisd sugar with M pint of warm waters and stir for z minutes. Put 21a ounces 0f Pinex (tifty cents' worth) in pint bottle; then add the Sugar Syrup. Take a teaspoontul svery one, two or three hours.
 You will find that this simple rem. edy takes hold of a cough more quickly than anything else you ever used. Usn- ally ends deep seated cough inside of 24 hours. Splendid, too, for. whoop' ing cough, croup, chest pains, bronchi' tis and other throat troubles. It stim' ulates the appetite and is slightly lax sti7e, which helps end cough.
 This recipe makes more and better eoueh syrup than you could buy ready made for $2.5O. It keeps perfectly and tastes pleasantly.
 Pinex is the most valuable concenI trated compound of Norway white pine extract, and is rich in guaiacol and all the natural pine clements which are Sc healing to the membranes. Other prep arations will not work in this formula.
 This plan of making cough syrup with Pinex and sugar syrup tor strained honey) has proven so popular through, out the United States and Canada that It IS often initiated. But the old, stic eessful formula has never been edualed
 A guaranty of absolute satisfaction pr money promptly refunded, goes with [ this recipe. Your druggist has Pinex o1 will get it for yuu. If not, send to Thk Pinex O., Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-16

a week, less than third of what will be paid out weekly when the mill is fully in operation.
 The turbines that are to go into the wheelpit and which will develop about 800 horsepower, have arrived. and the work of setting them up has com menced. The work of setting new looms continues, the Draper equipment force now being engaged in placing looms on the third floor of the main mill, where 300 of the machines are to be operated.
 The looms already in operation are turning off large amount of cloth each week, this going to the inspec- tion room on the fourth floor, where a number of employees are engaged. Many bales of newly manufactured material are about ready for shipment. Proaressives Name Minister for Sem
 ator.
 It was announced here Tuesday that the progressives of the Twenty eighth senatorial district, which includes the towns of Killingly, Putnam, Wood stock, Thompson, Eastford and Ash ford, have decided finally to run a Woodstock man, Rev. A. E. Elmqutst.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-16
FUN E RAJ.
Henry A. Dockham.

At A. F. Woods undertaking rooms at two o'clock Tuesday afternoon, fu- neral services for Henry A. Dockham, who died at Fort Rodman. New Bed ford, were held, Rev. Clarence H. Barber of the Congregational church officiating. The deceased was sol dier and to his funeral services came delegations from the local post and camp of the Grand Army and Sons of Veterans The bearers were Comman- der William Reach, Frank Stimson, E. A. Wilbur and A. F. Wood, repre- senting Camp Col. Edward Anderson, s. of V. Burial was in Westfield cem- etery.
 Praise for kiIlingiy Manufacturing
 Company.
 The current issue of Fibre and Fab rio has the following: The annual statement of the Killingly Manufac- turing company. located at killingly, Conn, has been filed and reads as fol- lows:
 Assets-Real estate s219,60S; ma chinery $35,056; cash and receivables $1,0OO; total $255.664.
 Liabilities-Capital stock (S600,000 authorized) S32,600: accounts payable $54,208; funded debt $47,500 floating debt $2.456; surplus or profit on pur- chase of property $117,900; total s255.- 664.
 This is the property of the old Williamsville Manufacturing company which is being re-equipped under the direction of William. H. Garner, who made such splendid showing at the Newmarket mills. Mir. Gamers con- nection with the property is an as- surance to investors that profitable business will result when the plant is re-equipped and in full operation" w. I. Bullard, vice president of the company, said Tuesday that orders fo1 goods are coming into the plant in q pleasing way and that another large one was received Monday. The com. pany Is making steady progress to- ward getting the whole plant in oper. | ation.
 300 Looms Already Running. Three hundred looms are now in op. eration at the plant of the Danielsor Cotton company, ali of these. being il l the new addition, built about thre, years ago. About forty girls are em. l ployed under Superintendent Moor, in the handkerchief plant, and with tn, 1 other employees about the plant tn, | pay roll now amounts to about $1,50,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-16

Dr. L. o. Morgan, of So. Amboy, N. J. says: q prescribe your Casto- ria every day for children who are suffering from constipation, with better effect than I receive from any other combination of drugs"
 Dr. H. J. Taft, of Brooklyn, N. r., says: "I have used your Casto- ria and found it an excellent remedy in my household and priv ate practice for many years. The formula is excellent.
 Dr. Wm. L. Bosserman, of Buf- falo, N. T., says: Il am pleased to speak good word for your Casto- ria. think so highly of it thatI not only recommend it to others, but have used it in my own family"
 Dr. F. H. Kyle, of St. Paul, Minn., says: "It affords me plea sure to add my name to the long list of those who have used and now endorse your Castoria- The fact of the ingredients being known through the printing of the formula on the wrapper is one good and sufficient reason for the recom- mendation of any physician. l know of its good qualities and re- commend it cheerfully."
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-16

Dr. W. F. Wallace, of Bradford, N. H., says: "I use your Castoria in my practice, and in my family"
 Dr. Wm. I. McCann of Omaha, Neb., says |" As the father of thir- teen children I certainly know something about your great nedi- cine and aside from my own family experience, I have. in my years of practice, found Csstoria popular and efficient remedy in almost every home"
 Dr. Howard James, of New York, City, says: 1t is with great pleas lure that I desire to testify to the medicinal virtue of your Castoria. I have used it with marked benefit in the case of my own daughter, and have obtained excellent results from its administration to other children in my practice"
 Dr. J. R. Clausen, of Philadel- phia, Pa, says "The name that your Castoria has made for Itself in the tens of thousands of homes blessed by the presence of children, scarcely needs to be supplemented by the endorsement of the medical profession, but I. for one, most heartily endorse it and believe it an excellent remedy"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-16

Dr. B. Halstead Scott, of Chica- go, H., says "I have prescribed your Castoria often for infants during my practice and find it very satisfactory"
 Dr. William Belmont, of Cleve- land, Ohio, says Your Castoris stands first in its class. In my thirty years of practice I can say I never have found anything that so filled the place."
 Dr. R. J. Hamlen, of Detroit, Mich., says: I prescribe your Cas- toria extensively as l have never found anything to equal it for chil- dren's troubles. I am aware that there are limitations in the field, but I always see that my patients get Fletcher's.
 Dr. Charming H. Cook, of Saint Louis, Mo-, says: "I have used your Csstoria for several years past in my own family and have always found it thoroughly efficient and never objected to by children, which is a great consideration in view of the fact that most medi- cines of this character are obnox- ious and therefore difficult of ad- ministration. As 8 laxative l consider 1t the peer of anything that I ever prescribed" .-
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-16

Dr. W. L. Leister, of Rogers, Ark, says |" As a practicing phy- sician I use CastoriR and like it very much"
 Dr. W. T. Seeley, of Amity, N. Y., says "I have used your Cas- toria for several years in my practice and have found it 8 safe and reliable remedy"
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 Dr. R. NJ. Ward, of Kansas City, No, says "Physicians generally do not prescribe proprietary prepa- rations, but in the case of Castoria my experience, like that of many other physicians, has taught me to make an exception. I prescribe your Castoria in my practice be- cause I have found it to be 8 thor oughly reliable remedy for chil- dren's complaints. Any physician who has raised a family, as I have, will join me in heartiest recom- mendation of CastoriA.'
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-16
D. A. R. Chapter Meeting.

EIOSpeCI street eHJerIalneu all the members of the Bradley family, num- bering fifteen. Tuesday evening.
 Q. A. R. Chapter Meeting.
 A most enjoyable meeting of Eliz- abeth Porter Putnam chapter, D. A. R., was held in Odd Fellows hall on Monday afternoon. The regent, Mrs. F. J. Daniels, presided. Reports of especial interest were those by the historian, Mrs. George Nichols; of Mrs. George Gilpatric of the Wolf Den pic- nic, and of the report of the state forestry meeting, which was held at the Lawson woods this year. The last report was given by Mrs. G. E. Shaw. Mrs. s. M. Wheelock rendered vocal solo sweetly with the violin obbligato played by Mrs. c. L. Torrey. Miss Abbie Reach gave an interesting paper entitled The New Woman. which was followed by social hour, during which ices and cakes were served by the hostesses, Mrs. N. A. Ballard chair man, assisted by Mrs. F. D. Sargent, Mrs. George Perry. Mrs. Enc. Johnson Mrs. Raymond Gilpatric, Mrs. Bertha Brewster and Miss Bessie Champlin
 Clubs Entertained.
 Members of the O. M. club and of the Tuesday club were entertained by Miss Bessie Champlin of Bradley street Tuesday evening.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-16
Why Physicians Recommend Castoria

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