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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-17
CONVICT CONTRACT JUMPERS
NEGROES WHO BEAT FARMERS
MUST PAY OR WEAR STRIPES.
City Court Has Been Busily at Work
On Criminal Docket This Week.
MnnY Cases Disposed of.

When city court convened Monday
morning Judge Edwards took up the
criminal docket the first thing, and
during the day about fifteen cases
were disposed of by pleas of guilty,
convictions and mol presses
They were for the usual mfsde-
meanor offenses, such as gambling,
petty thefts, carrying concealed
weapons and jumping contracts.
For jumping their contracts with
farmers sentences were imposed on
the following defendants: jim
Hicks, six months or $50; George
Bell, six months or $50; Rob Jones,
six months or $40. There is another
case of the same kind against Jones.
After leaving the farm of K. L.. Nc
Rec he hired to w. ]. Mathis and
obtained an advance OF $50 with
which to pay Mr.. McRee. Instead of
paying his former employer, hOweV-
err, and going to work for Mr.. Mathis
Jones attempted to leave this sec
ton, and was taken from Central
railroad IIdlH Will q IAOh0C -
possession for 100 miles that he had
bought with the money advanced to
him.
Bunk Williams, the notorious
chicken thief who was recently re-
leased from the changing after serv-
ing a sentence, pleaded guilty to
stealing seven chickens from Mr.. w.
H. Lasseter a few nights ago, and
was sentenced to 10 months on the
chaingang or a fine of $50.
The court will probably be ad-
iourned for the term Wednesday af-
ternOon.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-17
QUANTITIES OF PEAS PLANTED,
Acreage This Year One of Largest in
History of the County.

Farmers in all parts of the county
are planting peas in great quantities.
It is safe to say that the acreage in
COW peas this year will exceed that OF
any other year in the history of the
county's agricultural DEVELOPMENT.
This years pea crop will work to
the advantage of the farmers. Il
will benefit the land, furnish ample
forage for their horses and cows dur
ing the winter, and supply the farm
ers with peas to sell or to keep for
next years planting.
The pea crop is very useful ana
profitable one. There is always a
heavy demand for them, and Mr.. +.
A. Bush of Webster county finds buy
ing and selling them profitable BUS
mess. He has sold several thousand
dollars worth of peas this year, and
strange to say most of them nave
been sold to farmers for planting.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-17
EXCURSION RAIL ROAD FARES
Via Central of Georgia Railway to
Various Meetings of Interest.

TO ATLANTA, GA.-Account Bien-
NAL Meeting Grand United Order
of Odd Fellows (Col. to be held
Sept. 9-14, 1912.
TO CHATTANOOGA, TENN.-Ac-
count National Association Of
Teachers in Colored Schools, to
be held July 24-28, 1912.
TO CHICAGO, ILL.-Account Ma
tional Convention Ancient Order
of Hibernians in America, to be
held July 1920, 1912. Fares ap-
ply from selected points.
TO EASTMAN, GA-Account Geor-
gia State Musical Convention, to
be held July 1920, 1912. Fares
apply from points in Georgia.
TO FLOVILLA, GA.-Account An
nual Indian Springs Holiness
Campmeeting, to be held August
9-18, 1912. Fares apply from
points in Georgia.
For full information in regard to
rates. dates of sale, limits, schedules,
SC, apply to nearest ticket agent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-17
Reward Increased.
CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS.

A liquid face powder-a wonder
in flesh or white. Call us for part1c-
MARS. Phone 70. Nasworthy's Phar-
macy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-17
HISTORY OF GRAVES STATION
ALL THE FIRST SETTLERS OF
VILLAGE HAVE PASSED AWAY.
Pathetic Incident in Life of VIM. w.
Graves, Who Introduced the Bill
That Created Terrell County.

Graves, Who introduced the Bill
That Created Terrell County.
1t is the patient historian who re-
cords the prosperity of cities as they
rise, who blazons forth the splendor
of their noontide meridian, who
props their feeble memorials as they
totter to decay and rears a monu-
ment that will transmit their re-
nown to all succeeding ages. What
has been the fate OF so many fair
cities of antiquity whose ruins today
cucumber the plains of Europe and
Asia and awaken the fruitless inquiry
der among their mouldering arches
and broken columns and indulge in
the visionary flights of his fancy, but
alas! the philanthropist weeps over
their desolation. For" says Arts
totle, wars, deluges and confiagra-
tions destroy nations and with them
all their monuments, their discover
les and their vanities."
The unobtrusive little station re-
mains, but the erudite DR.. Iverson
Dutton Graves, from whom it derives
it's name, has crossed the dark river,
and, too, the early settlers whose
names you see here had crossed long
before he did: Solomon Graves,
VIM. w. Graves, VIM. Chambliss,
Jesse Blackman, James Lee, with his
entire family sleep there. Hiram
Garrett, Mark Rigad, John Penny,
Edward st. Johns, Jesse Slocum, JOS.
Chambers, Jas. Kelly, James Mitch
ell, Randall Yarbrough, John Wise
man, VIM. Sheppard and VIM. Lind
ley all are gone.
VIM. w. Graves was a member of
the legislature and introduced the
bill that created Terrell county in
1856. He was a bachelor who loved
but one lady, who was corpse on
the evening on which they were to
be married He said his only love
was buried in the grave with that
dear lady, and that he had never low
ed again. He died at Graves in 1854.
The railroad reached Dawson
July 3rd, 1858; Graves Station in
November, 1858; Shellman (then
Ward Station) in March, 1859, and
Cuthbert in June, 1859. There was
no postoffice here until May, 1888.
DR.. Graves was the first postmaster.
w. w. Graves and John Fletcher ran
saw mill in 1858-59-60, and fur
nished water for the trains. DR.. l..
D. Graves built the first store house
here and rented it to Richard Purs-
ley, later on to Charlie Goneke, and
he, too, did business after that. Gen
eral Berzillia Graves represented
Randolph county in 1910 and 1841.
All the Graves were college-bred and
came from Newton county, Georgia,
in 1884 or 1885.
T. A. M'WILLIAMS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-17
PRISONER WAS WRONG MAN
Negro Arrested in South Carolina
Was Thought to Be One Suspected
of Numbering Mrs. johnson.

Thursday afternoon Sheriff Hill
received a telegram from Parkville,
S. c., stating that negro answering
to the description of Arthur Will
liams, who is suspected OF having
murdered, robbed and burned Mrs.
Lou johnson in her home, had been
arrested there and was being held for
identification.
Sheriff Hill deputized Chief of Po-
lice Turner to go for the negro, and
he left for South Carolina Friday at
noon. Upon arrival there he found
that the man under arrest was not
Williams, and he came back home
without the much wanted fugitive.
Reward Increased.
The reward of $50 that was offered
by Mrs. Toler and Mrs. Turner, Sis
ters of Mrs. johnson, for the capture
of Williams has been increased by
them to $3.50.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-17
HINT Helps Library.

The Library Association wishes to
announce to the public that w. Y.
Hunt. the Main street barber, is CIV
ing 10 per cent of the income OF MS
shop to the public library Mr.. HUNT
employs only first-class white WORK
men. the moral atmosphere OF his
shop is good, and all who patronize
him will not only receive first-class
service, but will help deserving
Dublic institution.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-17
NOTICE

To the Tax Payers of Dawson
All persons who object to the val
ne at which their property has been
assessed for city taxes for the year
1912 will please file their complaint,
in writing, with the undersigned on
or before July 18th, 1912. Other
wise the assessment as made will
stand az entered by the assessors OF
the city. This July list, 1912.
r. q. BELL, City Clerk.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-17
" WORMS ARE At WORK
.ppEARED IN NEARLY EV-
ave SECTION OF COUNTY.

u,+omoIogy Expert Takes LOOK
pie nn ~, and Tells How to De-
at l TROY the Pests on Cotton
SUI" Inv worm, commonly known
The a. .ross worm, has wiggled its
tue 80 all sections of the county
'y -. In' satisfy it's voracious appetite
b 10 ring almost all kinds of farm
egstation' .so o,tv the past few
"a -anort the appearance OF the
IN large numbers almost eV-
oFI n,ro and in some instances the
g"D~ nov fields, late corn and sor-
F FlSs h have been completely aeS Troy
w. - the worms have begun iced
I on cotton. -, u,o : hore
\ .s rl from the state department OF
as lIsn, visited the farm OF MT
Work. and pronounced the
i WINS which had wrought consider
dostruction there as the genuine
ssr worm. Mr.. Reed recommended
u. green as the surest way OF
a.ting rid of the pests whenever
snpear in cotton field, using
mounds to the acre: The pest
s.tbod of applying it is by mixing
nth four or five pounds of cheap
u, or of air-slacked lime and dust
H. # on the plants. The busting
aorotus can be made from a one
IT, hoard, four and a half feet
NO and three inches wide, by bor-
y an inch and a half auger hole
H. inches from each end and at
Lining under each hole a sack nVe
pcbes wide by about fifteen inches
tHg The sacks can be made from
|nsfarched sheeting running about
Enr pounds to the yard or Of eight
unca ducking. If it is found that
h noison is being applied too fast
4 foo slow the proportions of lime
4 -four and paris green must be
hanged so that the required amount
4 actual poison will be applied per
sre By applying in this way one
lersOn can dust fifteen to twenty
|cres per day by riding on horseback
Ind busting as he passes between the
Ows
The News published last week the
emedy for the worms on corn, grass,
he. which is the same as on cotton,
kept one pound instead of two
,ounds of paris green per acre is all
hat is necessary.
As stated before, the army worm
5 not new pest. 1t is always pres
mt to a certain extent, but as a rule
held in subsection by parasites or
weather. conditions. The past season
las been favorable to all kinds of
destructive insects and plant dis
aSes.
Each female moth of the army
FORM deposits from 500 to 700 eggs,
OnseQuently they can cover large
rea in a very short time when con-
itions are favorable. There are sew
raj broods a year, but the second
rood, which is now present, is the
ne which does the most damage.
hey feed on corn, grain and grasses
lainly but may attack other crops.
hey have been known to eat almost
they come in contact with
nd they travel at a very rapid rate,
ence the name army worm" The
aterpillar stage lasts from three to
our weeks; this is the stage at which
hey can be fougth.
This worm is easily controlled if
gu begin in time. When they are
dvancing efforts should be made to
heck their progress and prevent
hem from infesting other fields.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-17
BARACA CLASS BARBECUE.
members Enjoyed a Delightful Day
Down at the Pool.

MRS. l.. Lamar's Baraca class of
jug Methodist Sunday school enjoyed
! !. barbecue at the bathing pool Fri
u. Ia!' Mr.. H. A. Petty superintendent
sue PREPARATION of the meats and 9TH
y Haads, and it was given up to be
Oue OF the best prepared and most
SHJJUyable cues of the season.
l ne class numbers So, and is COM
pV Y OF middle-aged and young men
Ct the city.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-17
Nntice to the Rathing Public.

Until further notice Tuesday and
Friday mornings will be given spe-
cially to the ladies, and we request
that men do not visit the swimming
pool on these mornings. we nave
electric lights now and will be pre-
nared to take care Of those who wish
IN take a swim at night.
BARTLETT & BALDWIN.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-17
WHITE MALE POPULATION.
There Are in Terrell County 4 ,4O5
Fl Years of Age and Over.

A bulletin issued by the Census
Bureau at Washington shows the
number of white male persons in Ter
rell county Fl years of age and over
to be 14O5. This is nearly hun
dred more than the largest number
of white voters who have ever regis
tered in the county.
In neighboring counties the num-
Der of white voters Fl years and
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-17
over as shown by the report, are9

Fulton has the largest White popu-
lation of voting age of any county in
the state, the number being 1861,
while Quitman has the smallest
211.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-17
BOTH LIMBS WE'RE SEVERED.
Conductor Mcdonald Killed at Rich

land While Coupling Cars.
News reached Dawson Friday af-
Fernoon of the tragic death at Rich
|and of Conductor Mcdonald of the
georgia, Florida and Alabama rail-
way. His train was switching cars
u the freight yards when in some
manner Conductor Mcdonald fell be-
Iore an approaching car, the wheels
SSysVerlng both legs above the knee.
me unfortunate man lived until Sat
uIuay afternoon, when death reliev-
ga his sufferings
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-06-12

Then the colonel showed the report
ers a table of delegates he expected
to be awarded on the Alabama list.
It was shown that he had conceded
twenty-five to President Taft and
claimed only two for himself.
"You see, hadn't counted on any
thing except that one district he
said.
In other words Roosevelt admits
that out of twenty-five contests
brought by his forces, twenty were
known fakes to start with. There
was but one district where he felt
there were grounds for contest, yet
he authorized them all to be contest
ed.
The national committee would be
recreant to it's trust did it not show
up these fakes as they deserve. The
committee is giving due publicity
There is nothing to be concealed on
their part. But we believe the Roose-
welt managers would give good deal
if the hearings had been secret. Then
the falseness and shallowness of their
claims would not have been exposed
and they could have had a splendid
time denouncing the high handedness
by which the dear people were de-
prived of their rights. There never
was a more rotten fake than the
Roosevelt contests have thus far
proven.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-06-12
Death Of Mr. Wc One Of the Very First Settlers Crawford County

alarmed for her own and the chill
dren's safety, SO we returned to ILL
nois for a visit until the scare was
over. We stayed about two years, re
turning in the spring of 1865. This
year l was elected Justice of the peace
and which Office held for six years,
and 1 was also elected one of the
supervisors at the same election.
"When we came there were no doc
tors in Crawford county, but some of
the women were quite skiIlful in the
use of such roots and herbs as grew
i'm the groves and were excellent at
nursing. At first there was an abund-
ance of wild fruit, such as grapes,
cherries, strawberries and several
kinds of plums. The wild fruit lasted
pretty we'll until orchards were plant
ed and there We're apples and other
tame fruits growing. In the spring
Of 1866 l planted the first orchard
and vineyard in my locality. drove
to Des Moines to buy the trees to set
out. Some Of the trees and vines that
were planted at that time can still be
seen on the old farm.
'"My first home in Crawford county
was log house, 16 feet square. l
hewed the logs and put them together
myself l split up logs and made
pretty good floor and made a fireplace
of sod in one end. In 1866 built the
large and comfortable house and barn
which still remain. l got nearly all
the material for my buildings from
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-06-12
NEW SPEED MARK FOR TIRES SET
All the Cars but One in 500 Mile In.
dianaposis Speedway Race Were
Equipped With MicheEins.

One of the interesting features u
the Memorial day race of 500 miles
at the Indianapolis speedway was the
rapid manner in which tires were
changed. With one exception aid the
cars to finish were equipped with
Michelin tires. One Michelin was
changed on the winning National in
thirty seconds, hardly giving Dawson
the driver, time to get drink of wa.
ter.
Two men in the press stand timed
a change on De Palma's car in twe1a
ty-three seconds, and if this is true
another speed record was established
The Michelin company has followed
racing colsely and with marked sue.
cess. Tires must wear out ii the
strain of 5O0-mile race in which cars
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-06-12

shoes and shoot at mark, and the
women would get up a dinner that
could not be beaten, l doubt, even in
this enlightened age of the world.
There were plenty of meat, both wild
and tame, eggs, milk, butter, honey
and wild fruit. The women often
met and had quilting bee and some
times we met at a neighbours house
in the evening and had dance. Once
in a great while Methodist preacher
would come, probably from Council
Bluffs, and preach for us few times.
"The winter of 1861 was a very
hard one. Snow fell three feet deep
and stayed all winter. Our eldest
daughter was born that winter. At
first we got our mail and provisions
from Council Bluffs. Usually someone
would go and bring the mail and pro-
visions for the rest of the neighbors.
think that it was in the spring of
1855 that our first election was held
at Masons Grove. This was a town
ship election, there being but one
township for the entire county, and
that was Milford. l was elected
assessor at this election. l had to
assess the whole county where there
was anybody to assess. Further |
had to travel on foot as l had no
horse of my own, and the neighbors'
horses were all busy. 1t took me
about week to take the first assess
ment in Crawford county. In the fall
of 1855 l was elected treasurer and
recorder for the county. There was
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-06-12
THOSE IGNORANT PRoGREssIvEs

Senator w. A. Allen has given Ed
Chassell close race for the nomina-
ton for secretary of state and the
Register and Leader is disposed to
account for it on the ground that the
intelligent progressive republicans OF
northwest Iowa did not know enough
to distinguish between Senator Will
Allen, of Fairfield, and Senator Joe
Allen, of Pocahontas.
Had this occurred in the benighted
regions of southern Iowa where the
degraded standpatters are but the
tools of designing railroad politicians,
as the Register and Leader has re-
peatedly observed, We could better un-
derstand it. 1t seems impossible to
think the super-men of northwest
Iowa who have long been the back
bone of the progressive cause and who
are the only fearless, independent
and we'll informed republicans of the
state, could be guilty of such blum
der.
Is not the explanation that nc
prophet is without honor save in his
own country, that the neighbors knew
Chassell too we'll and were tired OF
his office holding proclivities and vot
ed for Allen with their eyes open!
Surely the charge that they We're toe
ignorant to vote with understanding
is lese majestic not only as to the can
onized progressives, but as to the
sacred primary.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-06-12

We did, and we looked up and down
the valley and found it to be fine
country. We then returned to our
families, but we did not decide defin-
itely as to our course. The next morn
ing we hitched up already to start.
was in the lead so hallooed back
to Winans, Which way?' He shouted
back and told me to take stick and
go to the forks of the road and to
stand the stick up straight and to let
lit fall as it would and we would go
the way it fell. l did this and it fell
toward the Boyer valley. We found
ten families in and around Mason's
Grove. l bought one of two claims
belonging to Calvin Horn. November
1st l commenced cutting logs FOR our
house which wished about the 18th
of January.
1--WE enjoyed life in those days. The
settlers would usually get together on
Sundays, for we would not work on
that day. The men would pitch horse
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-06-12

my timber and sawed. it at the hume
mills, but for the pine doors and fin.
ishings had to go to Boone. as, there
were no lumber yards at nenison. In
the year 1882 l moved from my farm
to the village of Deloit, which is one
mile north. l resided thare. twenty
six yeaEs.
I'VE celebrated the Fourth of July
for the first time in. Deloit in. the year
1857. The few roads in those days
usually followed the ridges to avoid
the sloughs and low places. There.
were, no bridges, and the: streams had
to be forded. Our mems of travel
was OK teams or on foos, for but few
owned horses. Once we got our mail
at Council Bluffs and DOW it Is, deliv-
ereE at our doors, besides which we
have the telephone.
crawford is indeed one of the best
counties in the state. and Iowa the
best state in the union"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-06-12
WE MUST FIGHT OUT THIS FIGHT

The republican national committee
is standing fast in fidelity to the party
law and to historic republican princi-
pies. The Roosevelt rough riders who
whooped their intention of galloping
over it are finding it stone wall
against which they yell and charge in
vain.
The rejection of the Roosevelt pro-
gram of overturning the constitution
is presaged by this rally OF republi-
can loyalty. The defeat of Theodore
Roosevelt's demented ambition is an
outcome which we have but to go
on to make certain. The suppression
of the Roosevelt insurrection within
the republican party is in sight.
Therefore, this is not time to talk
of concessions or compromises. The
first thing to be determined is wheth-
6 er the republican party is going to re-
/ turn to it's historic principles and live
whether victorious or defeated in
November still live-or is going to
become the bawd of socialism and die.
There can be no compromise until
that question is settled.
And that question cannot be settled
until the judgment of the sober-mind-
ed majority of the American people,
aroused to the dangers of the revolu-
fiOns demanded by Rooseveltian howl
ers. their democratic radical abettors
: and their sociaistic inspirers, is taken
in November between the force of 10y
. atty to American ideals and the forces
of destruction.
These truths are what make the
suggestions, that come from some re-
1publican faint-hearts in Washington,
that when Mr.. Roosevelt is beaten
then Mr.. Taft should be rejected and
Some third person made the standard
bearer, to "reunite the party" utterly
futile. We must see that the republic
is safe before we can safely consider
technical questions of party success.
We must fgh1 this fight out.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-06-12
SEN. kENvoN's OPPORTUNITY

Senator Kenyon was elected by the
legislature in spite Of A. B. Cummins.
He was elected by a union Of indie
pendent progressives and independent
standpatters, who hoped, through
him, to break away from the old d.
visive strife and who hailed his cleo
ton as the dawn of new era.
Senator Kenyon was successful at
the primary through union of the
same forces. 1t was not an endorse
ment of Cummins or victory for
insurgency or a rebuke to stall
wartism. 1t was an expression OF that
tired feeling concerning the radicals
of both wings. This thought was car
ried all through the nominations. The
ticket is we'll divided between the
factions. Not a man was nominated
who did not draw from both factions.
It was the greatest coming together
the republicans Of Iowa have had for
many years. 1t is ticket on which
every republican can find some of his
favorites. Senator Kenyon is in ad-
mirable position to be the permanent
beneficiary of the get-together move
ment. What is expected of him is
that he shall be man in his own
right. Surely his great victory gives
him license. He owes his victory not
to Cummins or Cummins' influence,
but to the thousands of republicans
who look to him as the new Moses to
lead them out OF the wilderness OF
faction. Senator Kenyon cannot do
this by becoming 4 factionalist. There
is no reason Why he should seize I'M
to himself all the hatreds and animos-
tiles of the past Let him hew new
path. Let him be not Cummins' man
or anybodys man, but his own. No
man in Iowa's political history ever
had better opportunity to be indie
pendent and free, or to do more good
for the republican party as a whole.