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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04
THE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE.

That more than fifteen million
persons in the United States Will re-
cord their votes for president in the
campaign of the present year is evil
dent from the official statistics OF
the presidential vote published in the
statistical abstract of the United
States. which has just been issued
by the bureau of statistics, depart
ment of commerce and labor, Prior
TO 1888 no governmental official rec
ord of the votes cast for president
existed. but an act passed by con-
gress on February 8, 1887, made 1t
the duty of the executive of each
state to report to the secretary OF
state the names of electors and the
number of votes given or cast for
each person voted for, and these re-
ports. made to the secretary OF state
in 1883 and in each subsequent pres
idential election, form the basis OF
the official record of presidential
elections in the United States. This
record, which has been published for
several years in the statistical abb
stract of the United States, suggests
that the total number of votes cast
in the presidential election of this
wear will for the first time exceed
fifteen millions. The total number
in 1908 was 14,8S7, 900; in 1900,
13,965,OO0; in 1892, 12,O44,OOO,
and in 1883, 11,3S1,0OO Dividing
the vote thus officially recorded into
the population named by official
counts or estimates for the years in
question this shows the average pop
ulation for each vote cast as fol-
lows: In 1903, 5.9S persons for
each vote cast; in 1904, 6.10; in
1900, 5.44; in 1895, $40; in 1892,
$40, and in 1883, 5.27. The state
ments published in the abstract show
the vote cast in each state for the
various candidates in each presiden-
tiaI election from 1888 to 1908 and
the electoral vote by principal polit-
ical parties, state by state, during
the same period.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04
GOOD ROADS WIN FIGHT.

The lower house of congress on
Tuesday aided the national good
roads movement by passing proVls-
ion in the postofice appropriation
bill which would grant a subsidy to
all highways used in the rural free
mail delivery service. 1t is estimat-
ed the cost the first year would be
100000 to $18,000,000.
The amendment offered by Repre-
sentative Shackleford, of Missouri
was a compromise of twenty-nine
good roads bills introduced during
the present session of congress. 1t
divides all highways used in the ru-
raj free delivery mail service into
three classes. Glass A is to receive
$25 mile year, Class B $40, and
Glass G $15. The amendment was
adopted by a vote of 1872 to 80.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04
CORN AND FERTILIZER.
Complete GunanO Seldom Used on
This Crop With Profit.

From the Progressive Farmer.
| found over 20 years ago that it
does not pay to depend on complete
commercial fertilizer mixture to
make corn. The fertilizer will give
you more corn, it is true, but if you
will put a part of the land in corn
without the fertilizer as check plot
you will find that the increase made
by the complete fertilizer will seldom
more than pay for the fertilizer, and
you are simply trading fertilizer for
corn and paying good market price
for all the extra corn you get. The
farmer in the cotton belt Of sil 9TH
ers never needs to Guy nitrogen IN
a fertilizer if he farms mis- land right.
He will have peas and crimson clover
that will give him more nitrogen in
an acre than ton of fertilizer would
furnish, and he can trade his cotton
seed for rleal and feed it with corn
fodder, pea hay and oat straw and
make manure for his corn. The
good farmer will always have a sod
of crimson clover to turn for corn
or cotton, and will never need to buy
a complete fertilizer for corn or cot
ton. With a clover sod turned he
can be liberal with the phosphate
and potash for cotton, and he will
make cheaper corn by turning a clo-
yer sod on which he has spread dur
ing the winter all his manure as fast
as made and will only have to buy
fertilizer for the cotton, where the
commercial fertilizer pays better
than on any other crop.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04
H. A. WILKINSON,
NJ. J. YEOMANS,
DoA;+ o,Ae., +tornnxy
EXHIBIT A."

An ordinance authorizing the
Southern Bell Telephone and Tele-
graph 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, and to
acquire, operate and maintain lines
of telephone and other telephone
property of the Dawson Telephone
Co., now located in the streets and
public places of the city of Dawson,
Ca, and to authorize the Dawson
Telephone Co. TO sell all of it's tele-
phone lines, poles and wires and
other telephone property in the
streets and public places of the city
of Dawson, Ga, to the Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Co.
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 South
ern Bell Telegraph and Telephone
Co., it's successors and assigns to
erect, operate and maintain lines of
telephone and telegraph, including
tne necessary poles; fixtures and cleo
trical conductors, upon, along and
under the public roads, streets and
highways of the city of Dawson, Ga,
as it's business may from time to
time require, provided that all poles
shall be neat and symmetrical.
Section 2. That the work of erect
ing poles by virtue of this ordinance
shall be done under the supervision
of the street committee, and the said
Southern Bell Telephone and Tele-
graph Co. shall replace and properly
relay any sidewalk or street that may
| be displaced by it in the con-
struction of it's lines, and upon fail
ure to do so after twenty days no
| tice in writing shall have been given
| by the Mayor of the city of Dawson,
Ca, to said company the city may
repair such portion of the sidewalk
or street that may have been dis
turbed by said company, and collect
the cost so incurred from said COM
paIy.
Section s. In consideration of the
rights and privileges herein granted
said company shall, upon demand,
provide one cross-arm on each pole
on which the city of Dawson, Ca,
may desire to attach either fire
alarm, telegraph or police telegraph
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

wires for the free use of the police
and fire alarm telegraph system of
the city of Dawson, Ga.
Section 4. Said company shall at
all times be subject to the city ordi-
nances now in existence or which
may hereafter be passed relative to
the use of the public streets by tele-
phone and telegraph companies.
Section 5. Said company shall in
demnify the city of Dawson, Ca,
against and assume all liabilities for
damages which may arise or accrue
to the city of Dawson, Ca, from any
injury to persons or property from
the doing of any work herein author
lied, or the neglect of said company
or any of it's employees to comply
with any ordnance relative to the
use of the streets of said city, and
the acceptance by the company of
this ordinance shall be an agreement
by it to pay to the city of Dawson,
Ga, any sum of money for which
the city may become liable from or
by reason of such injury.
Section 6. The Southern Bell Tel
ephone and Telegraph Co. is hereby
authorized to acquire, either by pur~
chase or otherwise, all of the equip
ment, lines and wires, which now
constitute the entire telephone plant
of the Dawson Telephone Co., and
the said Dawson Telephone Co. is
hereby authorized to sell and trans
fer said property to the said South
ern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
Co., and the said Southern Bell Tele-
phone and Telegraph Co. is hereby
authorized to maintain and operate
said lines and property, or such parts
of them as it may desire, in the
streets and public places of sail city
of Dawson, Ca, in the same manner
as if the said lines and propert, had
been originally constructed by it I'M
der and in accordance with the terms
and provisions of this ordinance,
free and clear of any and all condi-
lions or charges heretofore imposed
upon said property, or said Dawson
Telephone Co. by any, ordinance, or
ordinances of agreement or agree
ments with the said city of Dawson,
Ga.
Section Z. Said company shall file
with the Clerk of the Council of the
city OF Dawson, Ca, it's acceptance
OF this ordinance within sixty days
from the date when it shall take eff
feet.
Section 8. This ordinance shall
be in force from and after the date
OF its passage for the period of fifty
years, with the privilege of renewal.
as provided by law.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

The Wilson organs said worse
things about Underwood and fought
him harder than they will the repub-
Hcan candidate for president after
the conventions. Georgia would have
been better off had there been no
presidential primary and the dele
gates selected in the old way. There
has been entirely too much mud
singing for the good of the great
commonwealth and the democratic
party.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

Georgia, Terrell County,, R. E.
Bell, Clerk of the City Council of
Dawson, Ca, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is a true
and correct copy of the application
for franchise filed in my office by the
Southern Bell Telephone and Tele-
graph Co., and that hearing on the
same by the City Council of Dawson
Will be in order at its regular month
~ meeting Tuesday evening. June
4th, 1912, at O'Clock. in the
council chamber, for the purpose of
approving or disappearing the apDli-
cation, granting the franchise and
submitting the question to the quail
lhed voters of the city of Dawson, as
required by law. R, E. BELL,
Clerk City Council of Dawson
Dawson, Ca, April "a, 1912.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

Moultrie, that fiourishing little
city down among the pines, is to
have mail delivery. We congratulate
the enterprising people there upon
this evidence of growth and pros
perity of their town, which is about
all there is to it. There is very lit
tie convenience in city delivery in a
place the size of Moultrie, and the
postage bill will be almost doubled.
Especially will that be true in the
case of our esteemed contemporary,
the Moultrie Observer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

The gubernatorial candidates are
expected to unlimber their heavy
guns now that the presidential pri-
mary is out of the way. The people,
therefore, need expect no rest from
political agitation The News is not
going to get excited over the contest,
and will sell the aspirants advertis-
ing space at the same rate it did the
presidential candidates.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

We may now expect to see Georgia
claimed for Wilson. Our able and
always esteemed contemporaries, the
Atlanta Journal and Savannah Press,
have an amusing but harmless habit
of placing every state that goes for
some other candidate in the New
Jersey mans column and asserting
that it will vote for him on the sec
ond ballot.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

The railroad commission, which is
now costing more than twice as much
as it did a few years ago, due to
politics having increased the mem
bership and created a sinecure or
two, is asking the legislature for
still more money.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

Scarcely a thought has been given
to the wealth that went down with
the Titanic. The cynical theory that
property is valued more than human
life fails to stand the test, says the
Birmingham News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

Terrell county stood by the South
ern statesman and leader. Her ma
jority of 524 for the Albanian
against the New Jersey man is an
unmistakable declaration for the po-
litical independence of the South.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

Though in his 10th year H. L.
Knight Covena, Ga, was recently
cured Of a severe and painful kidney
trouble. He says: "'I had to get I'm
too often at night, and my back
ached terribly. But after taking two
bottles of Foley Kidney Pills nv
baekache is cured, the secretions
nave cleared up, and Foley Kidney
Pills have given me more relief than
anything l have ever taken.'' Daw-
son Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

That Georgia has too many politi-
cal contests, for her own good, must
be admitted by all who are not in
terested in of1te-seeking. AS the
Darien Gazette says, this way of stir
ring up the people all seasons Of the
year is a nuisance. The politicians
may enjoy it, but we don't believe
the people do.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

Dawson has put on her nice clean
spring dress over one of the dirtiest
underskirts town ever wore. Join
in the cleanup movement Friday of
next week. Get ready to get busy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

Governor Wilson will no longer
be considered serious presidential
candidate. The loss in the past week
OF Georgia and Florida to Underwood
and Massachusetts to Clark, the lat
ter by a vote of two to one, virtually
puts him out of the running.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

The country counties saved the
day again Wednesday. Twice have
the faction in control OF the state
committee abrogated the time-hon-
ored county unit plan, and each time
they have been rebuked by the peo-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

A Chicago man suing for divorce
says that no woman who loves dogs
ever loved a man; which moves Col.
Watterson to observe that it is ac-
cordin' to the dog and accordin' to
the man before you can say that the
woman's affections are
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

Georgia, Terrell County.-To the
Mayor and Council of Dawson: The
petition of the Southern Bell Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company re-
spectfully shows
LIST. That it is a corporation char
tered under the laws of the state of
New York, has a general office and
place of business in Atlanta, Ca,
and is engaged in the general tele-
phone business.
End. That it desires 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
'Exhitit A, and made a part of this
petition.
3rd Petitioner further shows
that it has deposited with the Clerk
of the City Council, as required by
law, a sufficient sum of money to
cover the cost of advertising this
application and the ordinance grant
ing the franchise and for holding the
election as required by law.
Wherefore, petitioner prays your
honorable body to approve this appli-
cation and pass the ordinance grant
ing the franchise attached hereto,
and to call an election in the city of
Dawson for the purpose of submit
ting to the qualified voters of said
city the question of the franchise in
terms of the law.
H. A. WILKINSON,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

The Quitman Free Press says that
the split log drag has been given a
fair trial on the streets of Quitman
this week, and it is all right.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

On the corn yield in Georgia this
year is largely dependent the pros
perity and progress of next year.
There is no getting around the truth.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04
A Continued Story.

=
When the sermon was completed
And the saint arose to go,
Keen eyes swept the congregation
AS it swept him toward the door.
But he met no friendly chances
For the stranger there that day,
And no glad hand bid him welcome
To the church beside the way.
And saint sent down from glory
Felt a loneliness to pain
Would the ordinary stranger
Brave that loneliness again?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

We find men who seem truly seri-
Gus in their regrets for the past, but
who are making no determined EFFORT
toward making their future an I'M
provement.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

For many years to cone the lives
of passengers upon ocean-going
steamships will be more adequately
protected than in the past. The
world seldom learns except by way
of calamity,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

When faith lifts up her eyes
doubt scurries back to her hole in
the wall.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04
QUILL QUESTIONS
by Cobb Randy

Who is greater than his aspira-
tons?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

The Atlanta Journal called him
''Give EN- He'll butchers" And he
did that very thing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

You can't expect to quit an evil off
hand and leave your faculties once
so employed idle. In order that you
do not evil you must do good.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04

Where one goat leaps chasm a
thousand sheep may fall to their de-
Think not that because
some other fellow is in advance you
are safe
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-04
Hope.

Where is the man who cannot say
He wishes for better day?
Or where the soul so deep in sin
1t does not hope to turn again
And make a try for righteousness?
These longings bless.
They draw our thoughts away from
hell
And for the moment man may dwell
In heavens self, for we are taught
That hope is faith. There comes the
thought
If such a little faith can bless
Try faith-fulness.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-22
Notice Contractors!

Sealed tenders win be received BY
The undersigned tlli noon Monday. the
18th inst. on brick residence for Mr..
G. +. slgmou, chickasha avenue
Plans and specifications may be Oh.
salusd from Harold Macklin. arehl-
tect. room 2o3. d. c. Terminal build
ing. uHon deposit Of $1,000, which will
be refunded upon the safe return Of
the plans after i've days. Contractors
wishing to keep plans longer than this
must pay 1906 per day for the use Of
same.
All tenders must be accompanied By
"a certified check for five per cent 81
the amount Of the tender made pay
able to Mr. G. r. slgmon, the same
viii Be returned to contractors within
three days. Successful bidders check
wil be held until be has executed
surety bond IN the sum Of fifty pei
cent 81 Tie contract price.
The lowest oF any tender viii no
necessarily be accepted.
HAROLD MACKLIN. Architect,
chiekasha, Oklahoma, april lsih.
1914 4ia4
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-22

In choosing chairs for the living.
room. the individual requirements Of
the members Or the family should be
remembered. 50 that when the fanaily
Is gathered together there viii Be a
comfortable spot for each member.
Curtains. too. should be Gibson II
accordance With the needs and De.
slres Of the family.
Since the Hvingroom Is always
where the privacy Of home life Is en-
ioyed. the curtains should. II neces
sary. serve a. protection from pass
ersby
On the other hand. the room vii
probably require ali the light posi-
BE. A happy arrangement ts offer
made BY having upper and lover cur
tains. Such sash curtains are MAIDS
ID Two tiers. and hung on two sets b
brass rods. 90 that either the uppei
or lover half, or both, can readily b
drawn aside.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-22
{ FIRST pabii bed April y. 1912
ORDER.

state 81 Oklahoma. gFasg County.
lh County Court
Ii tie Matter II the iiaardlaaship q
Emily Hoit 4 minor p " HOLT
Guardian
N0g. On this. me l0ih day 0f april
1912. d. ~ Holt having filed ID this
Coafs Als pssia0n shosing that i Is
necessary That part Of the real eg.
tate belonging To said minor should be
sold lor the reasons IL said petition
stated. and having iH said petition
asked that hearing b. had upon
same: and the Court after having ek-
amined said petition i 81 Tie opinion
thst she same sufficient IN iaH
soW. therefore r IS hereby ordered
thai said petition be and tae same i
hereby sas toi hearing ga Aonday, the
ilisa day 81 Aag. 1872 a which time
ali persons interested II the estate oi
aid minor may appear and shoW
eaase, # any they have. wbY an order
should nor BE- granted as prayed fol
II said petition
Il * further ordered that notice d
the bearing q this petition be givef
b publishing 3 copy q This order foi
at leaa. three weeks in tile ehickashs
Daiiy Express and thai copy q thif
orasr Be- posted ii three public place
II Grady County, Oklahoma, for a
least three weeks prior % the day Q
said hearing thai 4 copy u the saml
Be mailed q ire next cf KIN and Al
persons Interested ID the estate Of SAT-
minor at least twenty-0ne days pFie
b said date of said hearing.
feall n N. WILLIAMS.
4.7s-szd Judge III the County ceavt
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-22
MUST HAVE SHOCKED MUMMY
French Custom Hqass ofFrer DID
hes Know He Was Dealing Mlth
cefgnrt Monarch.

N Naapero. the famous French
Egyptologiss, tells Ia some reminis-
eences az az amusing experience
which befelI him On one occasion
when bringing an Egyptian mummy
to Europe. II was the mummy OF
King. md an important contribution
to archaeology. and u Maspsro fan
cled that the French custom house off
GERS would not insist TOO rigidlY upon
payment of duty.
the first Or these furcti0nares
whom lie encountered, however. insist
ed upon doing his full duty He opened
the boz which contained the mummy
and exclaimed:
@Haiioa. shat hare re hersg~
"A Pharach-a genuine Pharaoh q
TIE sixth dynasty said the scientist
-A-a Pharaoh said TIE puzzled
officer. = don't seem to remember
what the duty On Pharaohs Is
He set to WAak to look up "Pha'
rsohs" in bis tariff schedule. but
found no such article entered II hiH
list
This importation. said the officer
finally. does not seem 70 be provided
/ for under the statutes We shall havs
10 follow our usual rule In such cases
J and ciass II with the highest-taxes
article Of the kind that Il seems 4
belong TO. I shall classify your Pha
raoh - a dried fish"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-22
WITH 4 HOPE FOR THE BEST
Elsvssor Man Willing to csnesos That
Republicans Night Be
Saved.

As the elevator ascended n r.
sp0nss 10 Mr. Topdoors ring On the
morning Of election day be heard the
elevator ~bsY" hgumlzs ehesgtaily
under mis- breath
That's = fne song ron are singing
Algernon.H be remarked L is a
hymn
'Yessah. dat am a hYmn. Il bout
de mos bsaBtifuIes in De hymn hook.
tink 'wot De wo'da@ Desc is d
wo'ds1 snd with appropriate gestures
Be repaled them
what #eFe those lines about death
Algenon7 p asked Mr Topf0or. -say
them over And Algerhon. with arms
extended and eyes rolled Up, recits1
dramatically. @0h. Id. stretes aah
hans 70 thee. Save ne fom English
death
English deathn WHAT'S thst7'
demanded Mr Toraoof
Il never could In out Jet w'ot dai
was. Nh. Topfoo'. but ii means some
tin ralght bad. ! reckon Mehbs Il
mean ID oberiistin' hes%
~sfaybes II does" agreed Nr. Top
fooF. and 70 change the subject be II
CURED If Algernon had voted yet
"Tessah. ! voted beso' come r
Wu'k dis mornin'. Dis on'g &e secon
tins IN nah life r voted. Da fus
time vas las lection day. ! made uI
nah min den dat Il sas nah do1tl
10 vote. / owes II 70 nah wife an
family. Evey one DAT knoes aayisa
ought to vote, an ct 20 has any busi
ness 81 wn'ks a. somet'in', Do way
doen at die elevator, v0tin de hes
eag 10 make you'sef known 70 de put
lie. Oh. Abs a D an'crat. sab. an
votes de Democrat ticket f.s.Isht tfo
Democrats il de bes'; Republicans d.
ain much good. nohow. Yo'l Il u
Republican, An Is ynn family r.
/ rublicana7 Well. well-w'ot--doe "
tink o. dat Yo' cert'ny don seen
Ike 70 was one sab: nuther 10 Ml'
Topfoo'i an | reckon dat w'eu q
good Lo'd come 70 iedEe de Repuf
leans be gwlne to make rescrimi1a
fiona. 50 some Oh dem will be saved.
--New York Press.