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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-24
Sheriff S Sale.

Georgia, Terrell County.-Win be
sold on the first Tuesday in Febru-
airy next, at public cutlery at the
court house in said county, within
the legal hours Of sale, to the high
est bidder for cash, certain property,
of which the following a full and
complete description: All of lot of
land No. 6 in the Third district of
Terrell county, said state, except 50
acres off of the south side and 4
acres in the northeast corner and SO
acres on the north side. The land
levied on being so acres, more or
less, bounded on the north by lands
of Mrs. NJ. B. Hunter, on the west
by lands of Mrs. Susie D. Mercer,
south by lands of Mrs. J. M. Gore,
and east by lands of Mrs. L. F.
Locke. Said property levied on as
the property of j. M. Gore to satisfy
an execution issued from the City
Court of said county in favor of the
First State Bank against said J. M.
Gore; said property being in posses
sion of J. NJ. Gore. This Bird day of
January, 1912. NJ. G. HILL, Sheriff
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-24
SENATOR BACON OF GEORGIA
TO HOLD JOB AS PRESIDENT

ator Gallinger cannot lay claim to
the same feeling among the insur-
gent wing of his own party. There
fore Senator Bacon has been occupy
ing the chair during the absence of
Vice President Sherman. He direct
ed the senate for three days during
the vice presidents recent absence
in New York.
Friends of Senator Gallinger adj
vised him not to press his motion
for a canvass and disclosed that he
could not command votes enough to
win. The implacable attitude OF the
insurgent republicans is taken to in
dicate that the war waged by them
in the tariff discussion last session
will be resumed with even greater
vigor and bitterness once the new
schedules are arranged.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-24
HERE is SOMETHING NEW.

Freak Legislation at Coming Session
Of Legislature Is Proposed.
Representative Matt Cook of Tel
fair county has announced that he
will introduce a resolution in the
next session of the Georgia legisla-
ture to limit by law the amount of
cotton planted, and that will tend
to reduce the amount of cotton
acreage and bring about diver
gence of crops.
He hopes to be able to persuade
other Southern states to pass similar
legislation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-24

WASHINGTON.-The sight OF a
democrat presiding over the deliber-
ations of a republican senate proba-
bly, will be a common sight during
the remainder of the present ses-
sion. This peculiar situation was
virtually insured today when Sena-
tor GaIlinger announced that he
would not at this time press his mo-
tion for the election of president
pro tempore of the house. He is
the candidate Of the regular repub-
leans for the place, but the demo-
Gratis in coalition with the insurgent
republicans have supported Senator
Bacon and there has long been a
deadlock. MIR. Bacon has friends in
both the republican camps, but Sen
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-24
NEW FARM METHOD RESULTS
What Has Been Done in Houston
County Under Direction of Gov
ernment Demonstration Lewis.

\ report by w. G. Lewis, agent in
Houston county, Georgia, for the ag-
ricultural department at Washing
ton, d. c., contains the following:
with 50 demonstrators planting
corn the lowest yield was 20 bushels
per acre and the highest 1914 bush
els. These men planted $40 acres
under demonstration methods, and
they made an average Of 49$4 bush
els per acre, or 1868 bushels on
349 acres cultivated under instruc-
tons received from the department
Of agriculture.
"FOrty-four demonstrators planted
sos acres of cotton. The lowest
yield was 1000 pounds and the high
est 1880 pounds per acre. The aver
age on the entire acreage was /, $50
pounds of seed cotton or $50, 800
pounds on the sos acres.
The increased yield of corn per
acre for 1911 was 8 q bushels over
1910. The increased yield of cotton
per acre for 1911 was 700 pounds
over 1910 on demonstration farms
in the county.
The corn crop of Houston county
has been estimated to average Is
bushels per acre for 1911 and the
cotton crop $50 pounds of seed cot
ton per acre.
1T will be seen that the average
yield of corn per acre under the i'm
proved system was nearly so bush
els, while the average yield through
out the country is about Is bushels,
or less than one-third; a still greater
increase in cotton is shown"
Mr.. Lewis is the father of Mr.. J.
H. Lewis of Sasser, this county
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-24
MULE MAKES MEAL OFF PIANO
ATE SIX OCTAVES IVORY KEYS,
DAMPERS AND HAMMERS.
Had Completely Wrecked MelodiOus
Insides of the Instrument When
Discovered Munching Away.

Discovered MunCnlHS AWAY
NEW ORLEANS.-''Mule ate pi-
ano shipped. Send another next
boat"
This message was received yester-
day by a local piano house from an
up river" purchaser, whose $500
instrument had been forwarded via
Mississippi river steamboat.
In its usual pine box the piano was
installed on the lower deck next to
a lanky, sleepy looking mule bound
for the cotton fields CT the upper
bends. Although provided with a
plenty of oats and hay the mule rjpp-
ed off a portion of the piano box,
disposed Of six octaves of black and
white ivory keys and ran the chro-
matte scale up to &C" in the treb-
Bile cIef. He had gnawed away the
mahogany panels in front, masticat-
ed felt hampers and hammers by the
dozens and completely wrecked the
melodious 'insides' Of the instru-
ment.
Steamboat Bill" stocking boiler
twenty feet away, said the mule
must have have had his foot on the
soft pedal as he did not hear a
note.
When discovered the animal was
unconcernedly gazing longingly
across the river at a grass covered
leyee.
1t will cost $3.50 to repair the
piano.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-24
For Dismission.

Whereas, c. G. Lewis, administra.
tor of w. R. Johnston, represents tc
the Court in his petition, duly filed
and entered on record, that he has
fully administered w. R. Johnston
estate, this is, therefore, to cite al
persons concerned, kindred and cred.
itors, to show cause, if any they can
why said administrator should MOI
Ne discharged from his administra.
ton and receive letters of dsmissior
n the first Monday in Februar7
1912. w B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-24
THE SEA-GOING RAILROAD
ONE OF MOST UNIQUE PIECES OF
ENGINEERING IN WORLD.
The Formal Opening of Line From
st. Augustine to Key West win
BE an International Event.

The Formal Opening of Line From
ST. Augustine to Key West VIII
Be an International Event.
The celebration Of the completion
of the Florida East Coast Railroad
from St Augustine to Key West will
mark the success of one of the most
unique engineering undertakings in
all the world. 1t deserves to be
classed with the construction of the
Panama canal or any other tremen-
dous project that may be imagined.
The idea of running a railroad bold
ly out to sea was thought by almost
everybody, except Mr.. Flagler, to be
chimerical, but he was confident that
his scheme was practicable, and he
was willing to back it with his mon
ey and his reputation. For time
the project did seem to be a bit
shaky. There were entirely new
problems that had to be met and
worked out Constructors were pref
ty sure OF their calculations when
they involved building a railroad on
land, or across a swamp, or across
a river, but when it was matter OF
running the tracks right out where
the winds blow hardest and the
waves run highest that was some
thing else"
But the engineers and the con-
tractors and the guiding genius mix
ed steel and concrete and money and
brains, with the result that they
have produced a stretch of track
that cannot be matched anywhere
else on the globe. Possibly the near
est approach to it is the wonderful
Salton shortcut, across Salt Lake,
that was built by the late E. H. Har-
riman While the Hartman project
presented difficulties that puzzled the
experts it had not to reckon with
tides, currents and tropical hurri-
canes. These considerations had to
be taken into account in the Flagler
scheme. When a tropical storm
blows out Of the Caribbean, it is
no respecter of persons or structures.
1t is asserted, however, that the
'sea-going railroad is so firmly
placed on it's arches of masonry that
NJ hurricane OuJ OL Jut LlOliC6 can
possibly harm it. in time to come it
may boone Of the pleasures Of tour
lists to sit in a palace car and watch
a fierce storm at sea.
The opening OF the new line means
much for the commerce of the cOun-
try and the development of the West
Indian islands. Cuba, Porto Rico,
the Bahamas and all the others viii
be brought closer to us. There will
be more prompt exchange Of mails
and a more expeditions handling Of
freights Savannah and Havana viii
be made neighboring cities, with a
1al and snip 5GrE-c &c Ia. viii en-
courage the merchants Of each to an
extension of territory.
1t is planned that the formal open
ing of the line shall be an interna-
tional event, attended by the presi-
dent of the United States, members
of congress, governors. of states and
representatives of foreign govern
ments. 1t will be a red-letter day in
the history of Florida, and the man
who made the scheme possible will
receive full credit-Savannah News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-24
For Administration.

Georgia, Terrell County.-To All
Whom 1t May Concern: o. T. Ken
yon having in proper form applied to
me for permanent letters of admins
tration on the estate of Louisa Webb.
late of said county, deceased, this is
to cite all and singular the creditors
and next Of kin of Louisa Webb to
be and appear at my office within
the time allowed by law and show
cause, if any they can, why perma-
nent administration should not be
granted to o T. Kenyon on Louisa
Webb's estate. Witness my hand
and official signature this LIST day of
January, 1912.
w. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-24
For Disnlssion.

Georgia, Terrell County: Whereas
Mrs. S. B. Gurr, administrators o.
T. E. Gurr, represents to the Court
in her petition, duly filed and enter.
ed on record, that she has fully ad.
ministered T, E. Gurr's estate, this is
therefore, to cite all peprsons con.
cerned, kindred and creditors, tC
show cause, if any they can, why sale
Administrative should not be dis
charged from her administration and
receive letters of dismission on the
first Monday in February, 1912. This
January LIST, 1912.
w. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-24

1t has been said, and is still being
said, that the prohibition law cannot
be enforced in Albany, but Mayor
Tarver has declared that it can be-,
and has told the police force of the
city what he expects of them to that
end and what they may expect from
him, backed by the police commits
sion, if they do not do their duty
Albany Herald.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-24
ACKNOWLEDGE IT.
Dawson Has to Bow to Inevitable.
Scores of People Prove 1t.

Dawson Has to Bow to Inevitable.
Scores of People Prove It.
After reading the public state
ment of this representative citizen
of Dawson given below you must
come to this decision: A remedy
which cured years ago, which has
kept the kidneys in good health
since, can be relied upon to perform
the same work in other cases. Read
this:
J. S. Clay, Main street, Dawson,
Ga, says: "a dull ache across the
small of my back bothered me for
some time. My kidneys were also
weak, and the kidney secretions be-
came irregular in passage and IN
natural. When I heard of DOan s
Kidney Pills l at once procured a
box and began their use. They re-
lieved the pain in my back and
strengthened my kidneys so that the
kidney secretions are now regular.
In return for the benefit | received
from Doans Kidney Pills I give
them my highest endorsement"
The above statement was given
on March 80, 1908, and on May 5,
1911, Mr.. Clay said: Il have had
no reason to change my high opin-
ion of Doan's Kidney Pills publicly
expressed some years ago. You may
continue to publish my endorse
ment."
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-24
w. G.. T. u. NOTES.
CONTINUED by the Dawson Chapter.

Mayor Tarver of Albany has re-
ceived a communication signed by
thirty-four leading citizens, in all
walks of life, some church members
and some not, who believe that Al
hc9v hos great things IN store and
that its growth is best insured by
the enforcement of law and order.
The following special from Lees
burg to the Albany Herald says
Since the crusade of Albany against
the supply houses it has been notice
able that Leesburg has had much
less Whiskey in evidence, of the
bootleg variety, for which her citi-
zens are very glad.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-24

Was paid at a banquet to Henry
Clay in New Orleans in 1912.
Mighty costly for those with stomach
trouble or indigestion. Today peo-
pie everywhere use DR.. Kings New
ife Pills for these trobues as well
as liver, kidney and bowel disorders.
Easy, safe, sure. Only % cents at
Dawson Drug Cos.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-24

that city The city authorities got
on to his job and arrested him for
violation of the prohibition statute
of this state. Whether the law COW
ers this case we cannot say; but
SneSkiug after the manner of a lay
man This man mad broken the pro-
hibition law of this state which for
bids the sale Of liquor, and he should
be convicted and punished. 1t is a
pity that the men of the firm which
sent him forth to become a prear-
ranged lawbreaker can not be reach
ed and made to suffer for their de-
fiance of the supremacy of a sOver-
eign state. Why does congress halt
in passing that Roddenbery bill that
would put an end to this sort of
thing? While we are on this mat
ter let us urge the people to let their
representatives know in terms that
cannot be mistaken that the law
abiding people of Georgia wish that
bill to become law, and that at the
earliest possible moment.-W lesley
an Christian Advocate.
Here it is. Read it, We men who
make our laws! The Macon Tele-
graph one day last week came out
with the statement that nine men
who have been running near beer
saloons in Albany have decided not
to pay the 5000 cash and $500 bond
required of the city. The reason as
signed for their declination is that
they say with so many competitors
they cannot run near beer saloon
unless they are allowed to sell whls-
key also. There is no use for any
body in this state to say longer that
in the majority of instances the men
who run near beer saloons sell, as
they can, liquor The thing there
fore to do is to do away with the
near beer saloons and let us have a
fair chance at the enforcement Of
the prohibition law. Knock out the
locker clubs-all of them-along
with the near beer saloons, and then
enforce the law and the people will
see what the law is and what it will
do for the state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-24

Against the law? 1t should be.
Some days ago a man representing a
liquor firm in Chattanooga, Tenn,
was arrested in Macon for selling
liquor in that city. He had the liquor
shipped to him and then he would
divide it out among his customers in
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-24
JUDGE RAAIBO DEAD.
Prominent Attorney of This Section
Died Suddenly of Paralysis.

DieQ suddenly OF array SIS
Judge Jno. D. Rambo of Button
died al his home Monday night Of
last week following a stroke Of paral-
ysis sustained earlier in the day He
was one of the most prominent and
highly esteemed citizens Of Clay
county, having been for number of
years judge Of the city court Of Fort
Gaines, and more than once was
urged to become a candidate for
Judge of the superior court Of this
circuit. He was a leading member
of the Methodist church and filed
a prominent niche in the civil life of
the state. He was 65 years of age.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-02-09
SWALLOWS ARE VERY BOLD
One Builds Nest In House and An.
other Establishes Home on
Electric Light Lamp.
The smart one came out.

A very curious instance of boldness
In swallows was recorded in 1888
from Ceylon. In this case the birds
built over a lamp in the dining room;
what made their choice of site more
remarkable was the fact that the
lamp could be raised or lowered by
counter weights and the connecting
mud walls of the nest.
Occasionally the bird selects nest
ing site which invites comparison with
the boldness of the robin. In July last
pair of swallows took advantage OF
the open window of an unoccupied
bedroom in house at Felmersham in
Bedfordshire to begin building their
nest on the curtain rod of the bed.
The return of the owner of the
house and his occupation of the bed
did not in the least disturb or alarm the
birds, which completed the nest and
brought off three nestlings within
seven weeks of the house owners re-
turn. They took no notice of the oc-
cupant of the bed when flying in and
out of the window feeding their
young; but the hen bird would fly of
the nest If any one entered the room
during the daytime.
Three years ago a pair Of swallows
built their nest on top of the shade OF
an electric lamp which hangs outside
the asylum at Marlborough, near
Leicester.-Baily's Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-02-09
TESTING HIS STRONG WILL
Connected Club Man Caught In At-
tempt to Prove Superiority of His
Mental Powers.

At one Of the clubs the other day
two members were arguing about will
power The conceited man, who was
in the habit of boring all present with
his pointless tales, said that his will
was stronger than his friends.
you are wrong there" said the
quiet man, "and will prove it in this
way. You go and stand in that cor
ner, and 1 will will you to come out
of it. You will against me, and l bet
you that will have you from that cor
ner before I have commanded you a
second time"
The smart one took the bet, and put
himself in the corner. The quiet man
said, in commanding voice.
Come out of that corneri"
The other grinned and shook his
head. The quiet man sat down and
looked at him steadily. Five minutes
passed, and then the man of will said,
with sneer:-
Hadn't you better give it up? I
don't feel any influence at all, and I
can't stand here all the evening"
"There is no hurry" said the quiet
man, land l have a very comfortable
seat. There is no time limit except
that you are to come out before ask
you twice, and as I don't intend to
ask you again until this day week, I
think you will feel the influence be-
fore then"
The smart one came out.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-02-09
Relies Of Past Grace.

Nothing Is too queer to happen In
some corner of New York, says the
press of that city. The other day a
business women took room at what
appeared to be an ordinary, small,
quiet family hotel on West Forty
fourth street. The morning after her
arrival she notived little old man sit
ting in the long hall which ran by the
double parlors. Another man came
downstairs and the little old chap
jumped up and joined him, and togeth-
er they went into the back parlor.
Strolling down the hall, she happen
~ to glance through the open door Of
the back parlor. There she saw the
two men on their knees at couch.
fervently praying aloud The business
woman passed her hand across her
brow. Have / got emf" she muir
INJURED, cor have got into the foolish
house?"
Later she discovered that the hotel
had in former years been home"
connected with a church, and that al
though 1t long since passed under sec
ular management some of the old-time
brethren still haunt 1t.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-02-09
Divorced by Candle.

If the marriage yoke rests uncom-
fortab1y upon Burmese couple di-
vorce may be quickly and inexpensive
iy obtained, with q bit of excitement
thrown in gratis. Husband and wife
agreeing that life apart would present
greater charms, the wife goes out and
purchases two small candles, made es-
pecially for such occasions. These can
dies are exactly the same size, but
each has some distinguishing mark,
one being intended to represent the
man, the other the woman. At exact
ly the same moment the candles are
lighted, and the unhappy couple anx-
lously watches them burn. When one
candle goes out the divorce Is COM
plete, but with one condition-the
owner Of the candle which has gone
out must at once leave the house with
nothing but the clothes worn at the
moment. The other party remains in
possession of the house and all therein.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-02-09
LONG TIME" IS DEFINED
Remark Of Governor of North Caro-
lima to Governor Of South Caro-
lima Brought Into Court.

The oft-quoted remark Of the Gov
ernor of North Carolina to the Gov
ernor of South Carolina has at last
been brought into court, carefully
construed, and found not to be so
long as some other times. 1t is prob
able that it was the exceeding
droughtiness of the interval which
made it seem long. In prosecution
for the illegal sale of whisky in Ala
bama, a witness testified that he had
bought a pint of liquor Of the &C
cused "a short time" before the grand
jury returned the indictment against
him. It was objected that this evil
dence did not show that the prose-
cution had been begun within IL
months after the sale of the whisky,
the time limited by statute for begin
ming a prosecution. In discussing
this objection, the Supreme court, In
Wilson versus State, Sc Southern
Reporter, ia, after holding that "a
short time" might be taken in the con-
nection in which 1t was used to re-
fer to a period less than IL months,
said, by way of illustration: The
expression "a long time would refer
to a very different period of duration
and have a widely different meaning
in measuring time when used by an
archaeologist having reference to the
period of existence of the Egyptian
pyramids, than when used by Caro-
lima Governors with reference to the
time between drinks" The court
may be right, but probably the Gov
ernor of North Carolina measured
time as recommended by the poet
who said: 1--WE live in feelings
not in figures on the dial. Golfers
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-02-09
HOW GOLD PENS ARE MADE
Metal ls Rolled Into a Ribbon and
Pen Shapes Are Cut Out by
Machinery.

The tiny tip Of white metal seen on
the under side Of the point of gold
pen may be Of platinum, but it is more
likely to be iridium. Iridium is very
hard metal and 1t is expensive; it
costs about four times as much as
gold. The purpose of the iridium tip
is, of course, to give the pen a more
durable tip.
The gold pen maker buys his gold
at the assay Office In bars of pure "a
karat gold, which he melts and alloys
with his silver and copper to the de-
gree of fineness required. Gold Of IA
karats is used in the manufacture OF
the best American gold pens, that be-
ing the degree Of f1neness deemed
most suitable for pen use; but good
pens made in this country for sale IN
France are made of IS karats, the
French government requiring that all
articles exposed for sale in that coun-
try as gold shall be Of not less than
IS karats.
The gold from which the pens are
to be made is rolled and rerolled until
what was originally thick, heavy bar
of gold has been rolled into thin
gold ribbon about three feet in length
by four inches wide. Then this gold
ribbon is put into a machine which
stamps out of it pen shapes, all still
fat. Then on the tip of each of these
pens Is fused the iridium point, and
then the shapes go to Sitting ma
chine, which cut the slit In the pen.
From this Sitting machine the pens
60 through another, which gives them
their rounded, familiar pen form, and
then the pens are ground and polish
ed and finished ready for use.
American gold pens In fountain pens
or as dip pens are sold in every coun-
try In Europe in competition with pens
of British or of German manufacture,
and under the same competition they
are sold throughout the world. IN
South America, Africa, Japan, China.
wherever pens are used.