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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-06
PUTS HER BABY IN THE
ARMS CT A STRANGER
Lady Went for Railroad Ticket at
Albany and Didn't Come Back.

Albany, Ga-As Orrie Roberts, a
well known resident of Gordy, Ca,
stood on the rear platform of the
Georgia Northern train as it was on
the point of pulling out from Albany
late yesterday afternoon a young wo-
man neatly dressed in black hurried
up and handed him a baby and begg-
ed him to hold it while she purchas-
ed her ticket He complied and the
young woman never came back. The
train pulled out and Roberts carried
the baby home with him.
Today he declares he will adopt
it, give it a home and raise it. 1t
is a boy two months old. The young
woman is believed to have left AL
bany last night on a southbound
train accompanied by an elderly man
who, according to her statement, was
her father.
Roberts is making no effort to To-
cate them, He says he prefers to
keep the baby.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-06
MUST ADVERTISE PLEA FOR PARDON

tried the case and from prosecutors
Rule 6-No respites or reprieves
Will be granted in other than capital
cases, and then only when the appli-
cation cannot be given full consider
alton and disposed of before the date
fixed by the court for the execution
of the sentence.
Rule Excepting cases, no ap-
plication for clemency will be con-
sidered until applicant has begun the
service of the sentence imposed.
Rule 8-When an application is
declined the case cannot be reopened
until one year has interviewed, unless
new facts come to light.
Rule 9-The prison commission
Will meet on the first Monday of each
month for the consideration of apDli-
cations for executive clemency and
Will spend such time as may be need
ed that week in the hearings. It's
recommendations will not be SUBJ
mitted to the governor before the
I9th OF the month, and no hearings
on same will be granted by the gov
ernor except on the last Thursday
and Friday of each month.
The limits as to time will be rig
IDLY enforced, inasmuch as the muI-
tiplieity of demands upon the atten-
tlon OF these officers will not permit
of every day hearings of applications
for clemency.
"Note-Only in case of emergen-
c1es will exceptions be made to any
of the above rules"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-06
NEW RULES GOVERNING APRIL
CATIONS FOR CLEMENCY.
Signed by Governor and Members of
Prison Commission, and viii Be
Rigidly Adhered to.

ATLANTA.-Governor Brown and
the prison commission today gave
out the Lew rules under which they
will operate in regard to applications
for clemency, including pardons,
combinations, paroles and respites.
They are signed by the governor and
all of the members of the prison
commission, and it is stated will be
rigidly adhered to.
The rules provide that applications
for clemency must be filed with and
considered by the prison commission
before they are brought to the gov
ernors office, that all facts essential
to consideration of each case must
be put in writing, and that notice of
intention to file an application must
be posted on the bulletin board of
the county where the crime was COM
mitted at least 80 days before the
application is considered by the pris-
on commission.
Inc IuiSS IuT Iu6T provide as IOl-
lows:
Rule Requests of trial jurors
for modification of their verdicts
should be made under oath and can
not be esteemed as having much
weight unless they swear that facts
brought to their attention subse-
quent to the trial are convincing
them that their verdict was in error
or that the sentence of the court was
excessive.
Rule 5-When obtainable the pa
pers must include expression of opin-
ions as to the merits Of the applica-
tion from the Judge and solicitor who
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-06
~ MORE FREE PHONES
FOR THESE OFFICIALS

pne Hundred and Seven at Washing
ton Must Pay For Wire Talks.
When it was announced that 1O7
government officials in Washington
Pre- to lose their free telephones num-
#Fous and various reasons for the
PnginaI establishment of such free
feIephone service were recounted in
fhe house.
1t appeared the superintendent of
ne ZOO has free telephone, at
government expense, because wild
Rnimals arrive in Washington at
hight.
The captain of the watch at the
eaSury has a free telephone.
guess he sits up in his slippers
pHu waits for burglars to call him
r. suggested Representative Fitz-
gerald.
When the house submits the sup
gly Dill for the legislative, judicial
1u executive departments 1O7 of
nese free telephones will be elimi-
pated.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-06
OUTDOOR sLEEPERs' SOCIETY.
Fresh Air Fiends to Hear Weary Will
lies and Others at Convention

Chicago fresh air fiends have call
ed convention of outdoor sleepers
for an exchange Of experiences and
ideas. Weary Willie" of the park
bench will be welcome and as a vet
eran in the fad will be expected to
add to the knowledge of the more
recent sleepers. 1t is the purpose to
form a society to encourage outdoor
sleeping. D. J. Heuptman, a leader
of the Chicago porch sleepers, said:
IF you are nervous all that is nee
essary is to raise the roof off your
bedroom; if you are aenemic you
need only to cut out the outer wall.
and if you are respondent without
due cause simply pick up your bed
and take it out on the porch or some
other convenient out of door loca-
ton. You get much more refresh
ment from your sleep outdoors and
you seldom dream.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-06
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY TO
DISTRIBUTE LIP PROTECTORS.
Scientists Give Advice as to Orbicu-
laris Oris That Would Make a
Kiss Not Worth While,

Microbes in the kiss, you say?
Right you are, my boy;
Little germs of purest bliss
Bacilli of joy. Anonymous.
But even the bliss pollywog is to
be snatched from our midst if the
plans of the National Pharmaceutical
Society do not go awry.
According to Webster, a kiss is
defined; 'To touch or press with the
lips, which are compressed on con-
tact and then separated, as a mark
of affection, reverence, greeting, for
giveness, ETC."
Some call it the act of oscillation
and scientists declare that a kiss is
contraction of the orbicuIar oris.
All of which is very good, but what
of the saccharine quality which
makes kiss worth while? That is
the question before the house, ladies
and gentlemen.
Call it joy bacillus, pollywog of
bliss or anything you like, the fact
remains that these pharmacists pro-
pose to eliminate it.
They recommend a screener ring
to be placed between the anticipatory
lips. 1t is fastened to a sterling sill
yer handle like a lorgnette. This
screen is declared to possess antisep-
tic qualities which guarantee quick
and painless death to the bug"
What is more, they propose to give
away samples of these anti-joy de-
vices at the annual ball in New York
and will there demonstrate it's util-
ity.
Nowadays one may have the fire.
less cooker, the wireless telegraph,
the horseless carriage, the homeless
shad, and science promises the hem
less egg.
Far be it from us to find fault
with science, but when science sets
out to deprive the contraction of the
orbicularis of it's vitalizing quail
tise-
Gentle reader, the question is re-
specially submitted.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-06
WILL USE PHONES ENTIRELY
CENTRAL RAILROAD is FITTING
IT'S LINES WITH THEM.
Telegraph Will Continue in Use for
Business Purposes and No Oper-
atOrs Will Be Discharged.


Substitution of the telephone for
the telegraph for train signalling
purposes on every division of the
Central of Georgia railway now
seems assured.
The first circuit has been about
completed between Columbus and
Birmingham. Work of installing the
telephone on the other divisions of
the Central is expected to start short
ly, and it will only be a matter of
months when the entire Central sys-
tenn will be equipped with telephones
for train signalling.
The telephone for train signalling
is now past the experimental stage,
having been tried out with pronounc-
ed success on several of the large
railroad systems of the country. The
Coast Line was the last railroad in
this section to commence the install
lation of the telephone. The Coast
Line officials are pleased with the
results of the telephone for signal
ling, and it is the intention of the
Coast Line management to eventu-
ally equip the entire system with
telephones.
While the installation of a tele-
phone system for train signalling
will mean a considerable extra ex-
pense the greatly improved service
it will afford will justify the added
expenditure, the officials feel The
telegraph will continue in use for
commercial purposes and regular
business messages of the railroads,
and none of the telegraphers will
lose their places because of the
change.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-06
DISTRIBUTE RARE GAME BIRDS.
Thousand Specimens From Other
Countries to Be Scattered.

Thousand Specimens From Other
Countries to Be Scattered.
A thousand rare game birds
from Siberia and the Orient reached
New York Tuesday on the steamer
Minnewaska bound for Oak Park,
Chicago. where they will be mated
and their young distributed through
out the United States by Samuel Ev-
ans and his son, Wallace, who
brought them to this country.
Among the collection are ducks
from Lake Baikal, in Siberia, con-
sidered the rarest of game birds ever
taken from their native haunts;
geese, swan and ducks from Formo-
sa, Japan; Egypt, Holland, Lake Vic
toria, Nyanza and remote sections
of Europe.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-06
|u0NFN ARE EASY MARKS NOW IT'S S1ERlIzED KISSES
.roUCHED" BY CLA1RVoYANTs
~ KENTUCKY FOR $4,000.
o,,isvilIe Police Want Health-and-
wealth Givers. Who Disappeared
After Fleeing Victims.


rO1rrSVIILE. KY.-Indictment of
o,airyoyant here today on the
,..no of swindling two women out
go 400 revealed a series of stories
~ which women are alleged to have
rorious sums, which the police
glove will total $4,000, by a sys-
an featured by it's lack of plausible
poss Promise of health and wealth
was the lure.
TrrfeI Buchanan, the clairvoyant,
Nd his manager, Jack Graham, also
,5io+ad are thought to have left
h citv Saturday or Monday before
bn exposure came, and the police
sov they have no clue as to their
rbarAabout. Following the an
onncement of the indictments to-
1ov information reached the police
Of the disappearance of woman
cIairyoyant through complaints of
wo women that they had been Wet
mized by her to the extent of $94O.
Buchanan, it is alleged, had sever
HI peculiar methods, principal of
(which was instruction to his victim
10 nut all of her money into a cham
bis bag and hang it around her neck.
he promised, through his powers,
kbe would find herself fabulously
rich.
Mrs. Viola Grey, the first complain
bnt, saw Buchanan primarily be-
eause of i'll health, and she became
attracted from the first by his in
structions. She said: For five
week have been completely under
bis power, and f he had old ne to
ump into the river [ believe ! would
have done it."
When he told her to put all her
money into the chamois bag she said
khe drew from the bank $4,000
which she and her husband had saw
ID and did as directed.
She said she went to Buchanan's
bace three times a week and each
lime he would remove the chamois
bag, mysteriOusly pass his hands
byer it and place it around her neck
again. Several times on reaching
home she opened the bag and found
he money was still there. Last Sat
Drday she says Buchanan removed
he bag and performed his incanta-
lions but stood behind her when he
replaced it around her neck. When
Bhe reached home she again peered
nto the bag and saw in place of her
Savings a roll of paper. Then she
ainted.
When she recovered consciousness
he confded to her husband what
NE had done, and he Immediately
potlted the police, but when they
Ralled at the clairvoyant's place they
Found it vacant.
The two women told the police
hat whenever they called they found
ne reception room full of women
waiting their turn to consult the
Seer and other occupants of the
pudding said that not less than fifty
Fomen were in the habit of calling
mere, Buchanan has been here since
October.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-06
CRUELTY TO OYSTERS.
A RefOrmer Who Says They Should
Not Be Eaten Alive.

Mobile, Ala.-Because an oyster
cannot defend itself, cannot let out a
wall, cannot even wiggle when i'm
paled on a fork and garnished with
lemon juice, salt and pepper, John
Craft, president of the state oyster
commission, has announced that he
will appeal to the humane society
to prevent the eating of live bivalves
in camp, boat, home and hotel.
Mr. Craft himself is fond of oys-
tiers but says he never eats them
alive, preferring loss of flavor to lac
Grafton of conscience.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-06
COL. BELL FOR SOLICITOR

Col. R. c. Bell of Cairo will con-
test with Solicitor w. E. Wooten 81
Albany for the solicitor generalshin
of the Albany circuit. Col. Bell is .
prominent lawyer, and proposes f.
make an interesting race.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-06
KILLED 1914 RATS.
:" 0ooney of Lowndes County Had
Bushel Basket FuII.

ATcn Cooney of the Ousley district,
to"1oeS county, had rat killing at
rs barn few days ago, and in less
+ tnree hours he and his helpers
al killed 1914 rats, or enough near
10 MI a bushel basket. The ro-
7nVS mad been eating up his corn
lI other forage for long time,
no there is no telling how MANY
u9DeiS OF it they had DESTROYED
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-06-20
Made tO.0Tder Contests.

The experience Of the republican
party during the last several months
is certainly sufficient to warrant an i'm.
mediate and emphatic demand that
persons dependant upon the favor Of
the government in minor appointive
positions shall not be permitted 10 take
an active part in selecting delegates to
party conventions; and also warrants
provision, on the part OF the national
convention, for the settlement OF con-
tests and controversies in districts by
the state convention in each state.
The party is now too great TO be gov
erned by delegates who, by trickery or
sharp practice, get up claims TO seats
in national convention based on
nothing but regular procedure, &"
without regard to the will or choice OF
the republicans OF the district. A
national committee, in passing on such
claims, is usually guided by prooI
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-06-20
Railroads In the Southwest.

While the five states Missouri,
Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas
which are commonly grouped under
the designation Of the Southwest have
made large gains in railroad mileage in
the past few years, some experts say
that they need many more miles Of
road 70 enable them TO keep on grow
ing at anything like the pace Of recent
times. The gain in mileage in these
states, indeed, has been far greater,
progortionately, than it has in any other
part Of the country in recent times. 1t
has been so per cent faster than in
population, and some Of the members
Of this group have been growing with
considerable speed. Oklahoma has
expanded in population TO the extent
Of 109 per cent in the recent decade.
B. F. Yoakum, chairman Of the
board Of directors OF u e St. Louis and
San Francisco Railroad, who may be
presumed to know what he is talking
about, says that if the southwestern
states grow as fast in the next twenty
years as they have in the past twenty
they must increase their railway mileage
as rapidly as they did in that period, Of
about go per cent. They must acc
about $1,000 miles to their presep'
roads, and should have gain Of abou
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-06-20
Everyone Interested County Fair Should Attend the Meeting Forsyth the 29

Of regularity" without regard to the
tricks or frauds used to create such
proof. Back Of the average contest
based on regularity" is usually found
fraud and dishonesty that would make
the devil blush. But national com
mitteemen and committees on creden'
tials do not go behind the returns"
Should they do so they would have to
use powerful disinlectants in some
cases. Otentimes most disreputable
republicans getrecognition at a national
convention through the boiling" pro-
cess used in district conventions
used in conventions to which they
could not possibly be elected dele
gates. Such men thus thwart the will
and defeat the choice Of honest repub-
lican voters. They play prominent
parts in national conventions to which
no regularly organized district conven'
ton Of decent republicans would ever
send them as delegates or in any
other capacity.
1t is time to call a halt on such pro-
ceedures. 1t is time to quit giving
such schemers a chance to pawn fed
eral appointments and other party
iavors to men who join them in dis
rupting conventions or in otherwise
thwarting the will Of honest republi-
cans. No political party can afford to
countenance any departure from the
rule Of the majority in any county, dis
trict or state in matters Of party repre-
sentation.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-06-20

Every keeper Of cattle, especially Of
dairy COWS, should write to the Agri-
cultural Experiment Station, Columbia,
Mo-, ior copy Of Bulletin l03, The
Silo for Missouri Farmers" The mat
ter Of winter feed is every year becom-
ing more important, and so is the
matter ol bridging over the frequent
dry spells in summer, when pastures
fail and the milk flow follows suit and
young stock stops growing. Among
other things this bulletin tells it refutes
the common idea that the silo is a
new thing. While there are-or at
least may be, for there is so much we
don't know about how things were done
in the long ago-new features in the
modern silo, the principle was used by
the farmers Of Greece and Rome, and
silos have been in use in the United
States for nearly forty years. Send
for this bulletin and read it and think
the matter over,
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-06-20
For a County Fair.


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P9'p'e Vi NE county VINO are inter-
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meet a' '"e CouI' mouse IN FoEsyIh on
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as 'ai "S 'ne people OF 'his neign-
O0'"oou 'Ie cohce'neu' 'hey are III
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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-06-20
COWpea Hay for Dairy Cows.

What about the hay crop? Will you
have plenty Of good forage for next
winter or will you be forced to fall back
on straw or crab grass hay7 Cows
cannot maintain their milk Yields un-
less fed literally on the right kinds
Of feeds. These feeds must contain a
relatively large amount Of protein.
This is furnished most cheaply in for
age. It is not found in sufficient guam
titles for milch cows in timothy, prairie
grass, crab Grass, sorghum or straw, but
is found in cowpea, soy bean, alfalfa or
clover hay.
Cowpea hay has about the same
feeding value as alfalfa and is some
better than clover. Cowpeas can be
sown after wheat or oats, and will gen.
orally mature enough to cut for hay be-
fore frost. AS soon as the crop which
they are to follow is removed the stub
bic land should be double disced and
then narrowed to make the best posi-
bic seed bed. The seeding can be
done with an ordinary grain drill with
the oat cups wide open. This will
SOW at the rate Of a or 5 pecks TO the
acre.
1t is best TO cut the peas for hay
when the first pods ripen, shocking
them in narrow high shocks the day
after cutting, and allowing to cure in
the shock ior a couple Of weeks. With
favorable weather the hay will be ready
to bale, stack or NOV away at the end
Of that time. Rains do not harm the
hay very much when in the shock.
On average soil sown as indicated
above in an average season, cowpea
hay makes about ton per acre. Farm
ers with dairy COWS or any other live
stock should SOW as much as possible
on stubble or any other vacant land.
Now is the time to get ready to SOW.
Department Of Dairy HusbandrY,
University Of Missouri, Columbia.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-06-20
Cure for ChiggerS.

As there is considerable complaint
about chiggers, we publish the follow
ing from a bulletin issued some years
ago by the Kansas state board oihealth:
The chigger is mite, and in many
Sc ctions they are called harvest mites,
as that is the time Of year they appear.
The best cure FOR killing the mites and
10 re lieve the irritation is hyposulphite
of so, Ia. This is dissolved in water
until saturated solution is obtained
aud the solution applied to the spot
where t. he chigger entered the skin.
Usually ne application is sufficient,
but soneu mes two or more are neces-
sary. This solution is not harmful,
nor disagree able, except that there i:
a smarting wi 'cn the skin is sore from
scratching. 1.-THE solution is applied
to the skin and allowed to dry withou
wiping 1t Of it will absolutely pieven
chiggers entering the skin for da.
or more.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-06-20

half as much more in second and
third tracks and sidings. Spread over
twenty years OF expansion, this would
call for an average outlay Of S82, 900,
900 for railway building in these states.
AS his road is one Of the largest in this
region, it is assumed that it will be
willing to contribute its share to the
new mileage.
Not only are those FIVE southwestern
states important producers Of all sorts Of
agricultural comodities, but most OF
them-Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and
Oklahoma are rich in mineral re-
sources, Although Missouri has the
richest lead deposits Of any section Of
the world, they have been touched
only on the surface. Coal, zinc, pc
troleum and other products are plenti.
iul in some Of these states. One Of
the southwestern commonwealths -
Texas-lurnishes between a third and
a fourth OF all the cotton Of the country.
It provides as much cotton as all the
rest Of the world outside Of the United
States. For settlers and capital the
southwest has attractions which ought
to make it grow faster in the decade
ending with 1920 than it did in that
which closed in 19l0.-Globe- Demo
clat.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1912-06-20
A Dam at COtter.

The Dixie Power Co., a corporation
formed to construct power houses in
Arkansas, has been granted authority
to construct dam across White river
near Cotter. A bill granting them this
privilege but guaranteeing that the
rights Of the state would be protected
has passed congress. Navigation pos
sibiiities are saieguarded. It is ex-
pected that work will be started very
soon and the work pushed TO compile
tion. Residents in that section look
for d rapid development OF their indus.
trial, commercial and agricultural in.
terests.