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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-04-24
EGGS AT f,25O APIECE.
Fabulous Prices Paid for Ducks and
Birds and Their Products.

Fabulous Prices Paid for Ducks and
Birds and Their Products.
There are no prices current" for
rare birds, as for coins, or stamps,
or orchids, or diamonds; nor is there
any great mart with settled quota
tons, like that for furred animals,
in Hamburg. Individual birds fire.
quently fetch surprising sums. Will
liam butcher OF Ne WORK sold to
Walter Rothschild of England a Lab
rador duck for $1,000. John Lewis
Childs of Long Island bought one in
Liverpool for $1,000, and afterward
sold it to oJhn E. Thayer of Massa-
chusetts for $1,000, with some other
birds to boot. A living specimen of
this or of the passenger pigeon would
bring forth amazingly high bids.
Mr.. Childs paid 500 each for three
eggs of the Carolina parrakeet.
Eggs of the extinct great aux have
cost Mr.. Thayer $1,000 each, and
as no more will ever be laid the
future price will b ewhatever owner
and prospective buyer can agree up
on. The expense of maintaining
searcher in the field is from 500 to
5000 a month, when boats and as
sistants are unnecessary. When they
are necessary the cost may be doub-
led or trebled. At this rate Mr..
Childs' four eggs of the ivory-billed
wood-pecker-w which it took three
years to get-may be reckoned to
have represented an expenditure in
uonev Of S5 200 at the least-S =
$50 an egg.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-04-24
THE EARTYS DISTANCE FROM OLD SOILS FACE.

of whose foci is the sun; it follows,
therefore, that the earth is at peri
helion at the beginning of the year,
and at apheliOn about the middle of
the year"
All of which means-in plain Unit
ed States-that the earth's path
around the sun is shaped something
like a goose egg, the sun being at
one side of the center. In January
we are at the point nearest he sun 4;
in July farthest.
But a little thing like 100000
miles doesn't cut much ice with the
weather man; he goes right along
giving us the billiards. and zero
weather. He says that a few million
miles more or less doesn't affect our
climate because of the slanting way
the suns rays strike US.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-04-24

A number of doctors met at a
dinner in Philadelphia the other
evening. 1t was a sort of profession
al function as we'll as feast. The
doctors talked together about bones
and blood and other cheerful things,
between bites of food. DR.. Minot of
Harvard announced that it had been
determined that DR.. Musser's brain
should be sent on tour of the coun-
try DR.. Musser was a famous dag
nosticiaR and specialist in diseases
of the heart. He died not many
weeks ago, willing his brain to the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-04-24
HUNTED HIM NINETEEN YEARS
HOW UNCLE SAM KEPT WORK.
ING TO DELIVER A LETTER.
Tried in Nearly Every Town and
State to Find James b. Glass.
Address Was Erroneous.

WASHINGTON For nineteen
years the United States has been try-
ing VaInIy tC deliver a letter address
ed to Jas. B. Glass, Washington. Fla
The address was erroneous, but I'm
Gle Sam, always tolerant of innocent
mistakes, tried his best to find James
b. Glass in nearly every town and
state in the country. 1t was a diff
ncult Job, but Uncle Sam persisted
Tor nineteen years before admitting
deTeat. The letter has at last been
opened and the address of the send
er ascertained, and it is on it's wav
back to him.
The incident shows the painstak-
ing manner in which the government
serves the people. No private SER
want would take such pains to give
satisfaction. AS a matter of fact
If a private servant were sent to
deliver message and remained
away for nineteen years it would he
little satisfaction for the sender to
know tnat 1T had been delivered at
last.
The United States, however. con-
slders every letter entrusted to its
CaAS DIS DeluS OF maximum import
ance to both the sender and the per-
son addressed. The most unimport-
ant letter once dropped in the mail
box Is Immediately surrounded with
all the care and watchfulness of the
government. Let a letter be stolen
and the government will spend
thousands of dollars to catch and
convict the thief.
Usually critics dwell more upon
the imperfections than upon the adj
vantages of the government service.
A letter delayed for a few hours
sometimes brings forth denuncia-
tons Of the whole government ser
vice. AS a matter of fact, however
the service rendered by the govern.
nent is better than that of anu 9TH
7r government in the world snd If
the people would study the benefits
instead of taking them as a matter
Of course there would be less dissat-
in the country. The United
States may have a billion-dolIar gov
ernment, but it gets a bilIion-dolIar
service.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-04-24
sKUNKs WORTH HALF MILLION.
Skins of Loud Smelling Little Ami

Skins of Loud Smelling Little Ami
mails Big Source of Income.
One of WiscOnsin's commercially
important products is the despised
skunk, which is estimated to bring
in to the fur hunters of the state
about half million dollars annually,
or SO per cent of the total annual
revenue from the fur-bearing ami
mails of Wisconsin Skunk skins fire.
quently are worked into much-de-
sired black sable" coats and muffs.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-04-24
EAGLE ATTACKS NEGRO.
A Middle Georgia Darkey GrappIes
With Bird in Terrible Struggle.

While going to the pasture for his
COW late Friday evening Ed Parks. a
negro living near Concord, in Spald-
ing county, was suddenly bounced
upon by an eagle. The man Crap
pied with the bird, and a terrible
struggle took place. The negro call
ed loudly 70 help, and his father
came to the rescue, but when he
saw the antagonist he ran away. FL
nally Parks got strangle hold on
the birds neck and subdued it,
after which he carried it home and
tied it to a tree with a pillow line
The eagle measured seven feet from
tip to tip of wings.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-04-24
ENGINEER is BLOWN
THROUGH CAB WINDOW

Engineer R. c. Jones was blown
from his engine, his arm broken and
face, head and neck badly burned
when the arch pipe of his engine
blew out 'on an Atlantic Coast Line
freight train near Brunswick. The
pipe blew out with such force that
the furnace door was forced open.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-04-24
100 PERISH IN A DAY.
Drowning and Starvation Wipe Out
Whole Family in Flood Section.

A Memphis dispatch says one hun
dred persons have persisted in the
flood-stricken district in the last "a
hours, according to government engi
neers. Some were drowned. Some
died of exhaustion. Whole families
were wiped out.
The levees standing at Rosedale
and points below the break are
crowded with women, children AMI
men, cattle, horses and mules. The
government is sending them help
from Memphis. They have been
without food As hours.
The small towns in the delta, such
as Malvyna, Pace, Lobdell, Shaw,
Lamont, Kuhn and Symonds, are 20
feet under water.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-09-07
WHAT It COST
THE CANDIDATES
MANY OF THEM FILE EXPENSE
ACCOUNTS WITH ATToR-
NEY GENERAL.

Atlanta, Sept. ga number of the
statehouse candidates in the recent
primary have filed with the comptrol-
Ter general schedules of the expenses
incurred by them in their races for
office. Under the law, candidates are
required to file their expense accounts
within twenty days after the primary.
Those who have not yet complied with
the law have three more days in
which to do so.
Neither one of the three guberna-
tor1al candidates has filed list of his
election expenses.
j. D. Price is the only one of the
three candidates for commissioner of
agriculture who has submitted a
schedule. His list shows that he
spent $2,70950 The only list so far
filed which exceeds that of Mr.. Price
is the one of Senator A. O. Bacon,
who spent $S,243.S3.
Judge Nash R. Broyles, candidate
for the appellate court, expended
$656.30 Paul B. Trammell, who sue
ceeded himself as railroad commits
sioner spent $1,36O95. The expenses
of Judge George Hillyer were $1,551.-
35. Thomas S. Fielder, candidate for
| attorney general, spent $1,241.25 while
it cost A N. Grovenstein $123.50 to
make the race for prison commission
| er. M. L. Britain for state super
| intendent of schools spent $96.
| In each of the instances recorded,
the principal expenses were for ad-
vertising and postage.
The following unopposed candidates
report that the only money expended
by them was the $50 entrance fee
assessed against each. H. NJ Stan
ley, candidate for commissioners OF
commerce and labor; William Wright,
candidate for comptroller general;
Philip Cook, candidate for secretary
of state; H. Warner Hill, candidate
for associate justice of the supreme
court; J. H. Lumpkin, candidate for
associate justice of the supreme
court; Sam C. Atkinson, candidate for
associate justice of the supreme
court; Benjamin H. Hill, candidate
for the court of appeals.
Each of those reported, with the
exception of Judge Broyles, declared
in his affidavit. that the money be
spent came from his own private
funds.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-09-07

peel off like f1sh scales. My stocking would
stick to my ankle as II it were glued. 1t
appeared to affect me more where my
clothes or shoes bound my ankles. l also
had it on my fingers.
II was treated without getting any bene-
at. I began using Cuticura Soap and
Ointment as directed and then applied the
Cuticura Ointment and bound the ankles
with soft bandage. after bathing it with
Cuticura Soap. They cured me In about
two months. The skin is soft and smooth
and shows no signs OF irritation, when
previous to using the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment it was hard. scaiy and int1amed.;
(Signed) T. w. Henderson, Dec. 2, 1911.
For more than generation Cuticura Soap
and Ointment have afforded the most eco
nomical treatment for affections of the skin
and scalp that torture itch. burn, scale, and
destroy sleep. Sold everywhere. Sample OF
each mailed free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Adj
dress postcard "Cuticura, Dept T. Boston"
RS-Tender-faced men should use Cuticura
Soap Shaving Stick. CSC. Sample free
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-09-07
ROUGH RICE, $1.1O per bushel az
WRIGHT & GOVEN.

All those who have torpid liver,
weak digestion or constipated bowels,
look out for chills. The season is
here and the air is full of disease
germs. The proper thing to do is to
put your liver in good condition and
purify the stomach and bowels. SIM
MONS RED 2 LIVER REGULATOR
is the right remedy. 1t answers the
purpose completely Price, large pack
age, $1,OO; small size, 25c. Sold by
all druggists.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-09-07

ZiIio Sales Co. The shares Of which
are not for sale.
If in your whole territory you fill
the tires Of but one car a day It
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This demands quick action. Phone
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and then hold yourself In readiness
TO come to Atlanta to close the deal.
Phone or wire us NOW II you mean
business.
TIA AND RIDE IN OUR CAR
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-09-07

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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-09-07

An article that las real merit
should in time become popular. That
such is the case with Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy mas been attested by
many dealers. Here is one of them:
H. W. Hendrickson, Ohio Falls, Ind,
writes, "Chamberlain's Cough Renee
" is the best for coughs, colds and
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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-09-07

A really effective kidney and blad-
der medicine must first stop the prog
ress of the disease and then cure
the conditions that cause it. Use Fo-
ley Kidsey Pills for all kidney and
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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-09-07

drawn off caused q skin affec-
ton which the doctors pro-
nounced eczema. 1t flrst
started with an itching and
burning, with very dry skin.
Constant scratching, espe-
cially during the night finally
broke the skin. and during
the day the watery fluid that
canoa from IL would dry and
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-09-07

you OUGHT TO SEE
THOSE NEW TOWN LOT
Ring me up today, Phone ia,
and will show you some $50, $50
and sos Iots-$5.oo cash, $500 per
month-no interest, no taxes. This
is a ONE HUNDRED PER CENT
INVESTMENT.
SEE ME.
ART n U R l. Wy,
Phone TIA,
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-09-07

For fresh shipment of genuine Geor.
g. YELLOW YAM POTATOES, 20
VII do well to telephone WRIGHT
GOWAN.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-09-07
ET3;IEgl RI S5sIa' FOR
Kp1UR1r . LeonhaTd's won
HM@~x derfully successful
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macy under guarantee. 81 for " sug-
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quit using salves and go after the
inside cause. Hem-roid book mailde
free by Dr.. Leonhardt Co.. Station B,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-09-07
ITCHING AND
BURNING ECZEMA
On Ankle. Watery Fluid Would Dry
and Peel Off Like Fish Scales.
Also on Fingers. Cuticura Soap
and Ointment Cured.

s17 s. Wolfe St., Baltimore. Md.-"My
trouble was caused by severe sprained
ankle. the bruised blood not having been
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-09-07

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Milford chronicle., 1912-08-30
WILLOW GROVE.

Mrs. Fannie Faulkner and daughter,
Elizabeth, of Wilmington, spent last
week with her sister, Mrs. Ella Cox.
Miss Annie Smith, of Owens, is visit
ing friends here.
Miss Elma Ward has returned from a
visit with friends near Laurel.
Mrs. 7. w. Kemp is quite i'll.
The infant child'of Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua
Boyd is very i'll at this time.
J. c. Smith & Son have started their
canning factory, and are expecting to
have a heavy pack of tomatoes. As
soon as the tomatoes are over he will
can sweet potatoes. About twenty-five
helpers from Baltimore have arrived to
assist during the rush.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Cook, of Penn
sylvania, are visiting Henry Moore.
Mrs. G. Gooden and daughter, Mrs.
Fora Rebein. of Philadelphia, are visit
ing Mrs. Cora Smith.
Mrs. Eugene Greed and children, of
Frederick, Md, are visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. T. Goodcn.
Milford chronicle., 1912-08-30

sell and Mrs. A. L. Russell were enter
tanned at the homeofMr and Mrs. FranS
Russell on Friday of last week. 49,,
Mrs. w. G. Wooters and daughter
Bernice Porter, Miss Florrie E. Diil sno
cousin, R. Milton Pedrick, of Philaael'
phia, attended the party given little Mar
garet Evelyn Wyatt by her parents MI.
and Mrs. NJ. l.. Wyatt, of Denton, on
Friday afternoon; this being the ceieDra,
ton of her third birthday. A number ol
her little friends were in attendance
Miss Mollie Pepper, of Harrington Is
a guest of Mrs. VIM. Satterheld.
Mrs. Asborne Harvey returned 10 nel
home in Philadelphia, after month
visit at the home other mother, Mrs. M;
E. Harvey Harvey. She accompanied
Mrs. T. R. Jacobs to Philadelphia.
Mrs. Mary C. Paris, of Philadelphia
has returned to the home of her mother =
Mrs. James Voss, after week visit with
her sister, Mrs. Henry R. Lewis, OF Dem
ton.
w. G.. Wooters' cannery has opened
for the season. Saturday was the first
day for a full run He is this week haV-
ing a carload of cans hauled from Hobbs.
Miss Allie Hopkins was the guest oi
her sister, Mrs. Otis Stafford, last week
Milford chronicle., 1912-08-30
GREENWOOD.

Our town is becoming a busy little
town. The Silver canning factory has
started the run on tomatoes and are ex-
pecting a large pack. c. F. Warning
ton has had such a demand for baskets
that his large basket factory is running
on full time, while nearly all the farm
ers near Greenwood are busy picking
tomatoes and saving their fodder.
Homer Lynch who was nearly blinded
by lime is slowly improving.
Elsie Barwick, of OnancOck, Va, Wis
tied her grandmother and uncles here
last week
Carl Owens is slowly improving after
a long illness Of typhoid fever. He has
been sick since July 4th.
Edith Wiley, of Woodbury., N. j., is
the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Maggie Lord.
Ernest Wiley and his new bride Wis
tied his parents here this week. He has
been married two months and the fact
has just been reported.
Elsie Wiley has returned home after
spending the summer at RehObOth, where
she was employed by Mr.. Horn. She
will resume her duties as teacher of the
primary department Of our schools.
Edna Porter is on an extended visit
with ner uncle at Onancock. Va.
Lawrence Hayes, who has been in
New Haven. Conn, for over a year,
gave Us a surprise by coming home for
a visit.
Several of our young people visited
Colchester last Tuesday.
Our public schools will open on Mon
day, September End, with Earl Wiley
as principa., and Misses Johnson, Kate
HOusman and Elsie Wiley as teachers
Of the other departments.
Stella Lohand is quite sick with ton
silitis.
Jack Sharp, who has been very i'll for
the past three weeks with typhoid fever,
is still very seriously i'll at this writing,
Rose LORI, who has been visiting
Bridgeville friends, has returned home.
Thomas Todd and daughter are the
guests of W. S. Lord and family.
Mrs. Jennie Carey and son, also daugh-
ter and son-in-law of Philadelphia are
visiting at the home Of her brother
Edward Belts.
Mrs. Harry Mills entertained the
Ladies Aid Society of the NJ. P. Church
on last Tuesday evening.
Jack Morris is still with liver trouble
and his condition is not much improved
at this time.
David Dorman and family of Will
mington, are visiting his brother John
DOrman.
Alice Cox has returned from Reho-
both where she was employed as
pianoist.
The stork visited the home of Frank
Hollis and left them fine baby girl.
Mrs. George Ricards of Wilmington
has been visiting Miss Elizabeth Porter.
Milford chronicle., 1912-08-30
BRIDGEVILLE

Fred Short, of Vineland. N. j., is the
guest of friends in town.
Miss Emma McIntire, Of Wilmington,
is the guest of friends in town.
Lawrence Cahall, Jr., is confined tc
his home with typhoid fever.
William Cannon and wife, also Leon
Cannon and wife left on Sunday for an
auto trip including Atlantic City and
Asbury Park.
Miss Mary Ward, of Harrington, has
been in town for a few days.
Misses Alma and Mae Knowles have
returned home after spending ten days
at Rehoboth.
Frank Swain and Logan Gains, of
Washington. d. c., have returned home
after a week s stay in town.
Miss Helen Short, of Denton, is the
guest of her cousin, Lena Short.
Rev. J. w. COlona and wife. formerly
of this town, but now of Georgetown,
are the happy parents of fine baby girl.
Sallie Harris and Louis Ward have been
spending a week at Laurel-Bethel Camp.
c. P. Swain is able to be out again,
after being sick for the last few days.
Lena Short is visiting in Seaford.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. jackson, of Will
are spending some time here.
Mrs. Lee Neal, of Hurlock, spent last
Tuesday in town.
Mrs. Katharine Noble, of Federals-
burg, has been visiting in town.
Milford chronicle., 1912-08-30
FREDERICK.

The Willing Workers Social will be
held this Friday evening at the home o.
Mrs. Josephine Carey.
Rev. G. w. Bounds has returned from
his camp meeting at Fenwick Island.
Mrs. NJ. c. Skipper, Miss Ella Skipper
and Mr.. Childs w. Skipper and family,
of Baltimore, are the guests of Mrs. J.
/ B. Counselman.
Mrs. Eliza Robinson and daughter were
the guests of Mrs. Albert Palmer last
week.
There will be race at the Derrickson
Track Aug .31st
The foreign help has arrived for Num-
sen & Sons Cannery. They are estab-
lished in their quarters at end the of David
street, on the second floor of Nathaniel
Lank large workshop. The corn sea-
son is about over, and tomatoes are next
in order.
The ice plant is progressing finely, be-
ing built of concrete blocks, which are
being made on the site. Improvements
are being made in our town slowly but
surely. We have the completion of the
water works system, the ice plant and an
up-to-date creamery all this year.
Parents will do well to remember that
school begins Sept. 9th. Have the child
rem there the first day if possible.
The firm of Counselman & Fisher has
dissolved partnership, Mr.. Counselman
having purchased Mr. Fishers interest
in the firm. Business will be continued
at the same place w. B. Stevenson has
accepted the position of clerk and is also
known as a good ice cream maker, hav-
ing been in the business for number of
years in Wilmington.
William Hoey has returned home from
a visit to Baltimore and Annapolis
Mrs. Clara Hargrove, of Woodbury.,
N. J., is the guest of Mrs. Foster Boone.
Mrs. Joseph Walls, of Philadelphia, is
the guest of n. Y. Harrington.
Mrs Alice II. Ross, of near Harring |
ton, is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Albert |
also calling on many old |
school mates in this town.
Mrs. Celia Martin is spending several I
weeks with her son, Frederick Martin at |
Ocean City.
Miss Ida Jones, of Philadelphia, is
visiting Mrs. A. w Carrow.
Mrs. Lawrence Rogers and son, of
Newark, n. J., Asa Rogers. of Port Ches-
er, and Miss Storm, Of Scranton, Pa,
ire visiting Asa Rogers, Sr.
DR.. B. +. Warren and wife, of New
York, and A. w. Lord and family, of
'eaford, were the guests of James Lord
nd wife last Thursday.
William Conner has been visiting his
unit, Mrs. H. + Mitten.
Capt. Joe Whitaker has returned from
everal weeks stay at Cape May.
The Misses Plots, of Westvil1e, n. J., II
re visiting Miss Lucille Palmer.