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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
TWO INTERESTING
RELIGIOUS EVENTS
To Occur at st. Marys Catholic
Church Next Friday and Sun
day Mornings.

Father Eugene, o. F. NJ, of Quincy,
H., will open the forty-hour devotion
at st. Mary's Catholic church next
Friday morning at $3.50 o'clock.
On Sunday morning at the s o'clock
mass, the ST. Joseph's society and the
Knights OF Columbus will go to holy
communion in body.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20

Hives, eczema, itch or salt rheum
sets you crazy. Can't bear the touch
Of your clothing. Doan's Ointment
cures the most obstinate cases. WI /.
suffer. All druggists sell it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20

Feeling sure that there was some mis-
take, begged for time to make an in
uuiry, but it was denied by the col
lector.'
The body was taken In charge by
the coroner, and turned over to To-
cal undertaken to be held until
instructions could be obtained from
the dead woman's brother.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20

fairness in freight rates, and the
freight people will be before the com
mission Friday with their answer to
the charge of discrimination. d. Q.
Ives, formerly of Keokuk but now al
the head of the Boston Chamber of
Commerce, has become Interested in
the proceedings and it is stated that
he was responsible for the Iowa con
ditions being placed before the Sea
board Shippers association.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
Inquest Held.

Coroner Korschgen conducted an
inquest this morning at the court
house, and verdict of accidental
death was returned. The witnesses
who testified were Charles Peterson,
William Bennington, Robert Miller, DR..
Dorsey, Harry Gibson and G. e
Brown. The testimony disclosed that
the wheels had passed over the boys
body a short distance below the
chest, and that the body was badly
crushed. with blood flowing freely
from wound in the back.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20

little fellow, and popular with other
young lads of the same age and at
tending the same school. The remains
were taken to Muscatine this after
noon, where the funeral services and
burial will be held.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
Nut Cake
Simply Delicious

By Hrs. Janet Mckenzie Hill, Editor Of
The Boston Cooking School 1faga=fne
In giving this recipe, Mrs. Hill be-
cake recipes it has been her good for
tune to make. The simplicity and uni
forfnly good results will appeal to every
housewife
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
Here Four Months.

The Fisher family came here last
November, coming here from Musca-
tine The lad, had he lived until this
coming May, would have been fourteen
years of age. Those who knew him
state that he was an especially bright
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
wylie and Guernsey to Washington

e. G. Wylie, freight commissioner of
the Greater Des Moines committee de.
parted Tuesday evening on his trip to
Washington to be present at the hear
ing. Mr.. Wylie was joined at Chicago
by N. T. Guernsey who left Council
Bluffs last night. The two Iowa men
will present innumerable instances of
freight rate determinations in this
section.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
4. Crushed Out Of Young Frank
Fisher When He Attempted to
pass Between Two Cars
Of switch Train.
INSTANTANEOUS DEATH
Al the Wheels Of One Side Of a Car
passed over the Body Near the
Chest Before Eye. Of
Witnesses.

Instant death under a box car be-
Ing pulled by Rock Island switch
engine. was the fate Of Frank Fisher,
Is. son Of Frank 3. Fisher Of 705
South Third street, superintendent OF
the Hawkeye Pearl Button Co. The
fatal accident took place last evening
shortly before six o'clock, at the foot
II Third and Cedar streets, near the
button plant.
The exact manner in which young
Fisher was thrown under the wheels
will probably never be known, as
there is no one known at the present
time who saw him attempt to pass be-
tween the cars. A number of laborers
close by saw the lad stretched across
the rails and then saw the wheels
pass over him.
Jnst as soon as those near the cars
saw the lad under the wheels, hur.
ried call was sent the trainmen and
the train was stopped Immediately. a
laborer who was a short distance
away, Robert Miller, by name, was the
first man to reach the place and he
pulled the PROSTATE body of the un
fortunate lad from beneath the
wheels. A few short gasps were the
only signs of life. but Or. Dorsey was
called and he found all indications
that death was instantaneous.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
See Body Beneath Wheels.


Cutie number of people we're in
the close vicinity, but none of them
saw the boy start between the cara.
and whether he was knocked from
the bumpers, or was crawling under
between the cars, could not be told.
The first indication there was of an
accident was when Charles Peterson,
employed at the button plant, saw the
| body across the rail. The train was
In motion and four wheels passed over
the body before the train was brought
to a STOP William Bevington was ak,
other laborer at the plant who saw
the Eas pass over the body. Beying-
ton was at work and a moment be-
fore the accident the boy came along
and stopped short time and watched
Beyington work. He went away and
very short time later, Bevington's
attention was called to the form under
the wheels. Miller, as stated above,
was another witness and was first to
reach the spot where the accident
took place. and 1t was he who pulled
the form out.
Harry Gibson and c. e. Brown
were in charge of the switch engine,
No. SO, which had just coupled onto
the cars standing on the switch track
near the button plant. None of the
switching crew saw the car pass over
the boy, and the first they knew OF
the accident was when spectators
called their attention to it. The
train was stopped instantly when the
witnesses to the accident called tic
them. The engine had just hooked or
% string of cars. and 1t is though,
mat young Fisher started to pass be
tween the cars just before the engine
started.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
St Louis Live Stock.

EAST ST. LOUIS, March 20-Cat-
tie receipts $500; market strong;
Texas receipts 400; market strong.
Native beef steers, $5.00@S.75; COWS
and heifers. s3.oo@I50; stockers and
feeders, s3.75@6.25; Texas steers
s5.00@7.00; COWS and heifers, $500
Cos; calves Gear lots) $5.00@700.
Hog receipts 1000; market 10@15c
higher. Mixed and butchers, $715@
735; good to heavy, $720@735;
rough, $6.75@70o; light, $710@7.35;
bulk, s71O@I25; pigs, s5OO@625.
Sheep receipts 5000; market
strong. Sheep and mutton, $4.256
600; lambs, $6.00@s.O0.
Daily Range of Prices.
CHICAGO, H., March 20
Open. High. Low. Close
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-16
MAY Be ANOTHER BOND ISSUE
EITHER THAT OR A HIGHER
RATE OF CITY TAXATION.
School Board Spent $4,000 More
Than Last Bond Issue. New Ma
chinery and Auto Truck.

The city council, which could not
hold it's regular meeting on the first
Tuesday night on account OF the abb
sence of several aldermen, will have
a special session tonight called by
Mayor Bell for the purpose of dis
posing of matters demanding atten-
ton.
Perhaps the most important mat
ter for consideration will be the fix
ing of the tax rate, and The News
understands that the council is fac
ing a situation which will make it
necessary to raise the rate from $12
to SIS on the thousand or issue
about SIP, 900 worth of new bonds.
In the erection and equipment of
the annex to the school building the
city board of education spent up
wards of $4,000 more than the $12,-
900 derived from bonds issued for
that purpose, and the council came
to the relief of the board and took
care of the extra Indebtedness for
them In addition to this debt of
the school board the council has
incurred besides ordinary expenses
of the city indebtedness amounting
to $4,000 or $4,000 for an auto
mobile fire truck and new machin-
cry for the water and light plant,
each of which cost about $4,000.
If it is decided to raise money
with another bond sale the voters
will have to pass on it before they
can be issued.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-16
MOVING PICTURES.

-Mesdames c. A. Harris and T. j.
Hart left Tuesday on trip to In
dian Springs.
Miss Marie Allen of ThomastOn
has been a guest at the home of DR..
o. T. Kenyon.
Mrs. A. A. Stanley has returned
from a visit in Montgomery and Biz
mingham, Ala.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. PRESLEY
have returned from a visit to rela-
tives in Florida.
Mrs. T. R. Thornton of Hurts
boro, Ala, is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. w. II. Locke.
Misses Nettie Allen and Bessie
Lee of Atlanta are guests of Miss
Lucille 'McLendOn.
Mrs. D. Williams went to Bir-
mingham Thursday to attend the flu
neral of her brother.
Many citizens found that they
were not registered and did not vote
in Wednesdays election.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-16
COMPANY SAVED
Put Farmers Company Out of
Business Is Stricken


w. The Atlanta Constitution prints
this item of local interest:
ID. c. Pickett of Dawson is in the
city, having come here to appear be-
fore legislative committees which
had to deal with the new insurance
law, for the purpose of asking that
liberal allowance be made for the
small fire insurance companies which
do business in only three or four
counties. The bill as drawn by the
special committee put these small
companies in practically the same
class with the larger ones, whereas
they would not have been able to
meet the conditions required. In the
final enactment of the bill the house
and senate made due allowance for
the small local companies which do
not engage in business outside of
their own immediate territory. 1t
is stated the bill as passed by the
senate is satisfactory to them"
The bill, as it passed the house
provided that all insurance compa-
MES, including assessment compa-
MES, should deposit $4,000 with the
state, which would have put the
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance
Company out of business. The bill,
however, was amended in the SEN
ate, and accepted by the house, the
amendments being the ones suggest
ed to the committee by Mr.. Pickett.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-16
TALKED MOSTLY OF CRISP
Hon. E. r. Shaw Spoke in Dawson
Tuesday. Said He Was Making
Fight Single-Handed.

Hon. E. R. Shaw addressed be-
tween fifty and seventy-tive voters
in the court house Tuesday afternoon
in the interest of his candidacy for
congress.
He opened with the statement that
he was a poor man without financial
backing and influential friends who,
single-handed, was making a fight
for the average man, and asked that
he be given the support OF al who
believed in a square deal for the lit
tie fellow as well as the big fellow.
He said the government was spend
ing billions of money to build bat
tleships, to which he was opposed,
and also made a brief reference to
the tariff, declaring that he was
opposed to the rich manufacturers
running their hands into the pockets
of the people under the present pro-
tective tariff law.
He delared that throughout the
campaign he had treated his oppo-
nents with the utmost courtesy and
consideration, and denied that he
had made any but legitimate criti-
cism of Mr.. Crisp, whom he charged
with running as the son of his illus
trious father and called attention to
the Sumter candidates first commu-
nication to the voters of the district,
in which he referred to the fact that
he was Speaker Crisp's son. He also
took a shot at Speaker Clark and
Leader Underwood for what they
had said in behalf of Mr.. Crisp, and
said that inasmuch as the latter was
such an important man in his pres
ent position that congress had to
stop one day when he wasn't there
he would render the country greater
service by remaining on the job as
parliamentarian than becoming a
member of the house. He also
declared that in his forty-two
years of life MIR. Crisp had shown
no unusual ability, and there was
not a lawyer practicing at the bar
who wasn't glad when he was mark
ed on the opposing side.
The speaker made only a slight
reference to Mr.. Mercer, the other
candidate, the silent treatment be-
ing due no doubt to the fact that
he was speaking to an audience in
that gentleman's home town.
Mr.. Shaw spoke at night at Sas-
ser, and went from there to Sumter
county, where he had three engage
ments to speak.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-16
Notice to the Publ ic.

Georgia, Terrell County TO the
Mayor and Council of Dawson, Ga. :;
The petition of the Cooperative Tel
ephone Company respectfully shows
1st. That it is company compos-
ed of citizens of Terrell county, who
intend to carry on a general tele-
phone business in Dawson and sur
rounding territory, having Dawson
as their general office and place OF
business.
End That they desire to secure a
franchise for the purpose OF doing a
general telephone business in the CITY
of Dawson, a copy of which franchise
is hereto attached, marked Exhibit
A, ;" and made a part of this petition.
Bird. Petitioner further shows that
it has deposited with the Clerk OF
the City Council, as required by law,
sufficient sum of money to cover
cost of advertising this application
and the ordinance granting the iran
chise and for holding the election as
required by law.
Wherefore, petitioner prays your
honorable body to approve this ap-
plication and pass the ordinance
granting the franchise attached here
to and to call an election in the City
of Dawson for the purpose OF sub
hitting to the qualified voters of said
city the question of the franchise in
terms of the law. r. r. MARLIN,
Petitioners Attorney.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-16
WELCOMES MISS TWEEOY.
This Weeks Meeting of the Y. W. A.
Was Especially Interesting.

Was Especially Interesting.
The Y. w. A. met Monday after
noon at the Baptist church. The
subject of study for the hour was
Missionary Training. Mrs. w. H..
Hammond conducted the study very
informally. There were general dis
cussions on the qualities considered
essential in a missionary to Indians,
China, Mexico and a city. Answers
to the question, What courses, ETC.,
would | demand of a training school
if | were about to enter?" were Civ
en-. There was also a discussion on
Has this society done its share in
helping to give more girls the Oppor-
tunity to do more efficient service in
the work to which they have been
called?"
This meeting was especially inter
esting, as We had with US one of our
own members, Miss Margaret Twee-
dy. who had attended the w. NJ. U.
Training School at Louisville, KY.
For the past twenty months Miss
Tweedy has been actively engaged in
missionary work at Norfolk, Va, un-
der the Home Board of the Southern
Baptist Convention. In simple and
impressive manner she told about the
founding of the Training School, it's
work in the training of our women
for more efficient christian work, and
how much it had meant in her life.
after the nrOgram everyone was
invited to the church lawn for an
informal social to welcome Miss
Tweedy home and to the Y. W. A.
Lemonade and waters were serv-
ed REPORTER.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-16
THE SCHOOL TAX is REDUCED
County Board Met Thursday and Fix
ed Levy at Three Mills.

The county board Of education
met Thursday and fixed the school
tax levy at SO on the thousand this
year.
This is a reduction of 81 as COM
pared with the levy of s. on the
thousand last year, and which caused
general dissatisfaction and resulted
in an election being called al
which was submitted the question of
the repeal of the local school tax.
The board, at the request of pat
rons of the Pleasant Hill academy,
decided to enlarge that building by
adding another room.
The fall term of the schools will
open on Monday, September End, and
Commissioner Lowrey has a notice
in this issue of The News to that
effect,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-16
Notice to Teachers.

The public schools of Terrell coun-
ty for the whites will be opened on
the first Monday in September, and
continue for nine months. For the
colored people the schools will be
opened on the last Monday in Octo-
Der, the 28th, and continue for five
months. On December goth all the
schools will be discontinued until the
first Monday in January, at which
time they will be resumed and kept
in operation until the specified times
are reached. BY order of the Board
]. w. F.. LOWREY, C. S. c.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-16
A Fine Cue Thursday.

Those whole-souled and clever
gentlemen, Messrs. Shields & Geise,
entertained about $50 of their
friends at their annual barbecue on
Thursday at the compress. The af-
fair was superintended by Hon. F..
NJ. McNulty, the cue specialist, and
was a success in every particular
The hospitality of the genial hosts
was thoroughly enjoyed and appreci-
ated by the large crowd present.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-16
BALL IN BRONWOOD.
Plains Team Will Play There Next
Tuesday Afternoon.

Brentwood and Plains will meet on
the diamond in Bronwood next Tues
day afternoon, and it is expected to
be enc of the best games Of the sea-
son.
That Bronwood plays good ball is
generally known, and the Plains
team aspires to the championship,
having defeated Richland and other
towns in closely contested games.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-16
A Rapidly Developing Section.

Mr.. G. w. Collins and DR.. NJ. l..
Cummins of Ashford, Ala, have been
in Dawson in the interest of the
Houston Land Company. They have
for sale 10000 acres of choice farm
lands in one of the most fertile and
rapidly developing sections in the
South. which they are offering at
from $15 to $25 an acre. Read their
on this page.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-16
.s,EXHTRIT a"

An ordinance authorizing the Co
operative Telephone Company to
construct, operate and maintain lines
of telephone and telegraph upon,
along and under the public roads.
streets and highways of the City OF
Dawson, Ga.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
general Council of the City of Daw-
son Ca, that permission be and the
same is hereby granted to the CO.
operative Telephone Company, their
successors and assigns to erect, oper-
ate and maintain lines Of telephone
and telegraph, including the neees-
sary poles fixtures and electrical con
ductors, upon, along and under th'
public roads, streets and highways o
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-16
Headouarters Hero

The Coca-Cola people will make
a distributing point for their
bottled drink, and have opened an
office here with Mr. Carl Smith in
charge. The company will put in a
bottling plant in Dawson also, and
will begin the erection of a building
as soon as a site can be secured.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-16
The Midway Singing Glass.

The singing class now being in
structed by Prof. Lanier will close on
Friday, the 23rd, the exercises being
held the last day at Chickasawhatch-
ee church east of Dawson. Dinner
will be spread on the grounds, and
everybody is invited to come with
well-flled baskets and enjoy the mu-
clio
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-16
CAUGHT ON THE CURB

Edison.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Hare are
at Tybee.
Mrs. ]. S. Clay is visiting friends
in Atlanta.
DIR. w. B. Cheatham is off on a
trip of several days.
Mrs. L. Lamar is spending the
week at Oak Mountain.
Mr.. G.. w. Dozier has returned
from a trip to Florida.
Mrs. S. Virgins returned to her
home in Macon Thursday.
Mr.. T. S. Martin has returned
from the Eastern markets.
Mrs. w. L. Pace has returned
from Panacea Springs, Fla.
Mr.. Chester Davis is spending a
few days in Caneyville, KY.
Sheridan & Sloan are a strong
vaudeville attraction at the Airdome.
Mr.. Tom c. Crowell is here from
Atlanta visiting friends and relatives.
Mrs. Annie Potts has returned
from Texas, where she spent several
months.
Miss Callie May Christie has re-
turned from visit in Atlanta and
Tallapoosa.
Mrs. NJ. L. Cummins of Ash
ford, Ala, is the guest of her father,
Mr. T. J. Slade.
Mrs. E. NJ. Mckenzie of Monte
yuma is visiting at the home of her
mother, Mrs. J. w. Wooten.
The able voter will vote again
next Wednesday, and then three
more times before Christmas.
Rev. H. T. Crumpton has re-
turned home, and will fill his pulpit
at the Baptist church next Sunday
Rev. and Mrs. W. Y. Hunt are
receiving congratulations on the ar
rival of little Miss Hunt at their
home.
Misses Ruth Webb of Sumter
City and Lucy Marshall Of Sasser are
visitors at the home of Mr.. j. r.
Webb.
Col. C. H. Arthur came down
from Atlanta Wednesday to swap
handshakes with his Dawson friends
day or two.
Mrs. Jonathan Williams and
children, who have spent several
weeks in South Carolina, are expect
ed home tomorrow.
Mr.. George Martin, Miss Jessie
Martin and Mr.. John Wesley Perry
left today on a trip to New York and
other northern points.
1t is said that the ginners in
the county have agreed to advance
the price of ginning from Sl.5O to
$500 a bale this season.
Emmett Horsley is now with the
Square Bale Gin and Mill Co. he
has a notice in today's News to which
your attention is directed.
-Colquitt county farm lands, large
and small tracts, improved and I'M
he found. Address McLendOn-Fain q
son Realty Co, Doerun, Ga.
Mrs. VIM. Bartlett has returned
from Morgan, where she spent sever
al DAYS with her father, SheriH l..
Fl. Davis, who was very sick.
-Messrs. Kennedy & Brim have
something very interesting, especial
" to the farmers, on the fourth page
of today's News. Be sure to read 1t.
-Nettie Pearl, the little girl of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Thompson, had
one of the bones in her right fore
arm crushed by a gate closing on 1t
Wednesday.
Wars Havoc" thrilling civil
war picture featuring a South
ern victory, will be at the Palace the
atre Saturday night. Appropriate
music has been arranged.
DIR. o. T. Kenyon returned home
Thursday after a months trip to
North Georgia and Tennessee. His
MANY friends will be glad to know
that his health has improved consid-
erably.
Bob Thomas, one of the good
negro farmers of Terrell, was among
those who brought in the first bales
of cotton. He was here with one
Wednesday, the second day any cot
ton was brought to Dawson.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-16
The "Progresslve,, Party

Is the individual man or woman
who uses Foley Kidney Pills for
backache, rheumatism, weak back
and other kidney or bladder irregu-
larities. Foley Kidney Pills are
healing, strengthening, tonic and
quick to produce beneficial results.
Contain no harmful drugs. Never
sold in bulk. Put up in two sizes
in sealed bottles. The genuine in a
yellow package. Dawson Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-16
Called to Mothers Bedside.

Mr.. J. P. Perry received a tele-
gram from Thomson Wednesday af-
ternoon informing him of the serious
illness of his mother, and he left
that night to go to her bedside. The
latest news received from there was
that Mrs. Perry was possibly some
better, though her condition was still
considered critical.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-16
Election Blanks Ready.

The tickets and blanks for the
primary election next Wednesday
have been printed and are ready to
be distributed, and the members of
the democratic executive committee
in the various districts are requested
to all on or send to Mr.. j. c. Hol-
lingsworth, secretary Of the county
committee, for them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-16
Railroad Paws $500.

The Central railroad has paid to
DR.. Guy ChappeH $500 for the de-
struction of his automobile, when he
and Mr.. w. B. Cheatham, Jr., had
such a thrilling experience and mar
rowly escaped with their lives at the
Main street crossing a few days ago.