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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-03
WILL Be BIG TIMES IN DAWSON
THERE'LL BE SOMETHING DUNG
HERE ON GLORIOUS FOURTH.
Au-Day Programme With Dinner on
the Ground. Farm topics Will
Be Discussed by Experts.

! All-Day Programme WIN DAh0r VI
the Ground. Farm topics Will
Be Discussed by Experts.
The patriotic and educational or
CARNATIONS of Dawson have planned
for great things for Terrell county
on the Glorious Fourth, which Will
be Thursday, July 4th. There will
be an all-day programme and dinner
on the Dawson public school campus
The object is to commemorate the
birth of our nation and celebrate the
| day in a safe and sane manner.
Following is the program, when
will be opened with prayer;
Introductory remarks-Mr. j. w.
| F. Lowrey.
Song, Columbia-Led by patriotic
societies.
Address-Mr F. E. Land.
SONG. T. LIS.
Reading-Miss Wray Hass.
Representatives of the State Col
| lege of Agriculture will be present
and discuss the following subjects:
The Home Orchard and Garden
Prof. T. H. Mediation.
Seed Selection and Corn Culture
Prof. P. o. VanattOr.
The Value of Boys Corn Clubs
Prof. C. NJ. James.
Mrs. Thomson, district girls club
agent, will give demonstration in
canning in the afternoon. All mem
bers of the tomato club of Terrell
county will be present. Every effort
has been put forth to make this meet
ing of incalculable benefit to the
Georgia farmer.
The speakers on the programme
are experts in their particular lines,
and are thoroughly interested in the
development of the farm community.
Every farmer is requested to be pres
ent. Remember the corn club feat
ure of the programme and bring your
boy
Dinner will be spread at noon on
the grounds. Every mother in the
county is requested to come and
bring dinner Immediately after din
ner the Boy Scouts will give demon
stration of their work.
1t has been a long time since Ter
rell county has had a grand reunion,
so come out on Thursday and make
the day one long to be remembered.
Celebrate the Fourth in a safe and
sane manner and help to promote
patriotism in your children. Every
Sunday school in the county is ex-
pected to picnic with us on that day.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-03
BLIND, DIZZY SPELLS.

Wilmington, n. C.--Mrs. Cora L.
Ritter writes from this place: I
used to have blind, dizzy spells, and
weak cold spells went all over me.
Different doctors could not tell me
what was wrong After taking Car
dui | am all right, and in better
health than for ten years. Cardui
is a remedy for women which has
been used by women for nearly a
lifetime. 1t prevents the unneces-
sary pains of female troubles, such
as headache, backache, dizziness,
dragging down feelings, etc. Try it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-03
Miss Deans Tea.

One of the most delightful affairs
of the week was the tea which Miss
Mamie Dean gave Tuesday afternoon
in honor of Misses Grace Raglan, La
trelle Williamson, Roselle Critten-
den and Erin Holder, the guests OF
Miss Berta Baldwin. The living
room, parlor and dining room were
artistically decorated in a profus1on
of roses, ferns and palms. The
guests were greeted by Mrs. b. M.
Davidson and Misses Louise McNulty
and Jewette Greene served punch.
Miss Pauline Lark gave several mus
ical numbers, which were enjoyed.
At the close of the afternoon tea and
sandwiches were served.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-03
TRIED TO BURGLARIzE BANK.
Attempt Made to Enter SmithVille
Bank Sunday Night.

1t is reported that an effort was
made Sunday night to burglarize the
Bank of Smithville. An examination
of the bank building Monday disclos-
ed the fact that one of the rear win
dows had been broken out by the
would-be robbers.
1t is not known when the attempt
was made to enter the bank, but it
was evidently at some time during
Sunday night.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-03
Notice to City Tax PAYERS.

All persons who object to the val
lie 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 will stand as en-
tered by the assessors. This July 1,
1912. R. E. BELL, City Clerk.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-03
IN THE SOCIAL REALM

On Wednesday party OF young
people went on a camping trip to Ol-
iyer's mill. The chaperones were Mr.
and Mrs. F. M. McNulty and Mrs. }.
G.. Dean. Wednesday was spent III
fishing and boating, and THURSDAY
the party was entertained with bar
hnn11a
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-03
For the Misses Aven.

Mrs. w. P. Nasworthy entertained
at a conversational party Thursday
evening in honor of Misses Annie and
Ruby Aven of PARROT. She was
assisted in entertaining by Mrs. w.
A. Presley and Mrs. Warren. The
house was decorated in yellow daisies
and ferns. Messrs. Beverly Heard
and Julian and Edwin Cooke served
punch on the broad yerandah. At a
late hour cream and cake were serv-
ed on the lawn.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-03

Surgical Institute and physician of large experience and
practice was first make ALTERATvE EXTRACT OF
roots without a particle of alcohol or narcotic.
with the greatest pleasure write to let know OF
OF Badysnlth C
Tered for years Consulted four doctors but
Finally
ton and specialist the
would heal
which did and after
better health than
ALI Healing
Pleasant Pellets
troubles. I shan always recommend medicines
DR. Pierces Pleasant Pellets regulate liver snd bowels.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-03
GEORGIA-Terrell county.

G Terrell county.
1 hereby certify the above and
foregoing to be a true and correct
copy of petition for incorporation,
the original of which has this day
been filed in my office.
Given under my hand and the seal
of my office this June 18th, 1912.
w. s. DOZIER,
Clerk Superior Court, Terrell county.
Filed in Office June II, 1912.
W. s. DOZIER, Clerk.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-03

Recently hash IDENTITY
of
unable destroy
the of
alcohol,
forty
gives LIE the BLOOD
tissue rubbish bich hasa ccumu the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05
Sidetracking the Boys Ambition

know when I render a decision. Can't
tell in a minute. Good day"
{ With Tom out Of the way. Jones had
his Office stan help him transform the
dition. Then he sought Toms father. to
whom he told everything.
Il think We can break the young mans
fondness Tor humorous writing for time
at least" he said. Have. him come
down here to your ONCE tomorrow, and
So the following day the second and
last act OF the thrilling drama, Side
tracking an Ambition" was enacted.
Jones entered the Office. and there, to
his great surprise" found Tom:
want to speak about our affair OF yester-
day. IL your father
Go ahead" said the father. TN get
'.The Rib-Tickler likes your work." be-
And you will agree that we are entitled
to the work of writer's we find. You will
write for us?"
Tom gave an affirmative reply. Here
was glory.
I'VE pay on publication" went on
writing game. Big publications can af
ford to pay on acceptance. but the Rib
Tickler-why, no one knows Of it, yet
The only condition contingent upon our
accepting your writings is that you agree
to write for US. and for US only"
He heard that famous writer's entered
on a contract with publishers.
That's just ii" said Jones. enthusiast
tically. You'll sign q contract not to sell
or submit anything to ANYBODY else for
And so 1t was. Ten minutes later
Jones and Toms father were clasping
hands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05

tween his position an tn batsman tn
tindincy to proceed on its way will be
countheracted be an impulse to return
whence 1t come. TIL purpose Nv tn
0atsman is, afther judgin' be scientific
methods tn probable coorse or thra-
jecthry iv the missile, to oppose it with
sufficyent foorce at tn proper moment
an at tn most efficient point first to
retard it's for'ard moyement thin to
correct tn osscylation. an nn'lly to
propel it in direction approximately
opposite firm its original progress.
-.
This, I am Informed. is technically
known as 'pastin' TIL ball on TIL nose
Cor bugle).' In a gr-reat number iv
cases which obsarved tn experiment
Nv tn batsman failed, an tn umpire
was obliged so to declare, tn ball hav-
in actually crossed tn plate, but
eluded tn dntinded) blow. In other
cases where no blow was attempted or
even meditated noted that tn umpire
erred, an in gin'ral I must deplore .
gin'ra1 lack Nv thrained scientific OBJ
Starvation on tn part Nv this officyal.
He made number Nv glarin' blundhers.
an I was not surprised to larn firm
a gintleman who sat next to me that
he 9TH umpire) had spint tn arly part
iv his life as fish in tn Mammoth
to show me disapproval iv his onsci-
entific an Infamous methods be hittin
him over tn head with me umbrella
az he left tn grounds.
".At tn request Nv tn iditor Nv tn
magazine, interviewed Misther Bugs
Mulligan. tn pitcher Nv tn Kangaroos,
afther tn game. I found tn cilly-
brated expert in tn rotundy Nv tn
Grand Palace Hotel, where he was
settin' with other players. polishin' his
finger nails. I r-read him my notes
on tn game an he expressed his ap-
prevail. addin' with show st Taste Nv
enthusyasm, "Bo. We have q head like
dhrum." requested him to sign tn
foregoin' statement. but he declined
remarkin' that tn last time he wrote
his name he sprained his wrist an
was out Nv tn game fr a week.
-.
"What'd I be doin' at tn likes iv a
game like that? I'd come away with
a narvous headache. No. sir, whin I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05

where nobody ever learns anything nor
wants to learn anything.
Scarce have the "Wux-traw" shouters
departed with their harvest before a mis-
cradle little snipe Of a crafty-eyed, seven
year-old boy, artfuily ragged for what's
in it, takes up his position on the grassy
mound in the courtyard and begins to
pipe, in a manner shockingly like the
mawkish singers of ballads in the music
halls. some blubbery ballad. He is
foxy little codger. who. with the aid OF
his ragged makeup and his pitiful as
pect artfully devised, picks UP as high
as s. and 81 a day in the courtyards OF
New York apartment houses by whining
In the courtyard until the flow Of silver
into a shadowy corner with the janitor
and slips that out-for-the-dust function
airy his bit.
Why proceed? The hucksters begin to
come early in the forenoon; the other
young woman practicing for grand
opera" gets on the job: the husky bum
with the accordion swings along and
makes his maddening sounds: the blithe
ice men chatter volubly and generally
profanely for half hours at q stretch with
the janitor, and it Is all repeated all over
again, hour after hour, through the live
long day-and all the time the baby never
gets Its mind OF the job for a minute.
As Chuck Corners once told us: Jaw,
writin' amt no bixness!"
CLARENCE L. CULLEN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05
The Grasping Salt.

MAYOR GAYNOR at Washington Mar
IVA ket. where the Housewives League
of New York had come to do their mar
keting as a protest against the high prices
of the shops, said with a smile to .
group Of women:
You women are wise to make this proA
test You must show the provision deals
ers that II won't do to b too pigx1sA.
Show them that piggishness IKE that 81
Capt Salt IL not the touchstona Of oues
cess.
"Capt. Salt once behaved with conslaers
able heroism in q collision 1t sea, and
his company wished to present him with
a gold watch. Accordingly Salt was
invited to board meeting. and there. in
a luxurious room on the thirteenth story
of a skyscraper. amid a throng OF mill
lionaires with white side whiskers. q
superb gold watch was duly presented
to the mariner In q neat speech. !.
And how did Capt. Salt reca1yD hat
beautiful uatchs He took it IN ~ Ole
red hand. frOWued. ana said:
Where's the chain thaA 500 N11h
xr"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05
Taking His Medicine.

LARRY FURNISS, the English humor-
! i list, was talking to q New York re.
porter about Americas wonderful cap
taius Of INDUSTRY.
But . captain Of industry" said Mr..
Furniss. 'iA on the last analysis. Just q
man with sense enough to get other peo-
pie to do his hard. unpleasant work for
him.
Il know little boy who will probably
grow up to be q tremendous captain of
industry. His nurse said to this boy one
day:
= Come. Tommy, take your dose of
jalap like good child. without making
any further trouble. Your father says
he'll give you i've cents jf you do
1T tell you what, nurse.' said the
y6ungsteF. eagerly, you take the ialaD
Ter me, and then tn give you two cents
end only keep three Cor myself"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05

to hay' a joynt intelleck. Inside base
ball, tn pa-apers calls it, is so deep
that it'd give brain fever to a professor
iv astronomy to thry to figure it out.
Each wan iv these here mathymatical
janiuses have to carry a thousand
MYSTERIOUS signals in his head. an
they're changed ivry day an some
times in tn middle iv tn game. I'm
sorry f'r tn poor fellows. In tn old
days whin they were through with tn
game they'd maybe sthray over to tn
Dutchman's fr q pan Nv beer. Now
they hurry home to their study an
spind tn avenin' poorin' over books Nv
allgiben an thrigynomethry.
How do know? Hogan was in here
last night with an article on tn
Mysthries Nv Base Ball It's be larn-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05

ed man. Here it is: "Th' ordhinry OBJ
sarvare. or lunkhead. who knows naw-
thin about base ball EXCEPT what he
larned be playin' it, has no idee that
tn game as played today is wan iv tn
most intricate sciences known to man
kind. In tn first place. tn player must
have an absolute masthry iv tn theory
Nv ballistic motion. This is especially
thrue Nv tn pitcher. A most exact
knowledge iv mathymatics is required
fr tn position. What is vulgarly
known as tn spit ball, on account "
tn hOmely way in which tn oprator
procures his effects, is, in fact, a solu-
ton Nv wan Nv tn most intricate prob
lens in mechanics.
"'Th' purpose iv tn pitcher is to pro-
jict thu projictyle SO that at a pint be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05
A True 0ptimist.

DROF. HORATIO PARKER, the COM
poser OF the opera OF Mona" which
won the Metropolitan Operas ten-thou-
sand-dollar prize, said at recent dinner
in his honor:
81 am optimistic a. to the future Of
American music-ss optimistic almost as
F1yte.
"E1yte. you know. bought . ticket in q
rafie tor an aeropaAne. The rafne wasn't
to come OF for a month, but the very
next day q carpenter was seen vending
his way with q bag OF tools toward
Flytes house.
:" What job do you want done, sir?' the
carpenter asked on his arrival.
"'I want YOU F1yte replied, to build
me q nice hangar in the back yard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05

that his belief of capability had been but
boast. he chewed his fountain pen.
What ON eartn could he write about!
And there was Editor" Jones gazing at
him critically and cynically. with the
eager hungry, longing look Of q spider
for fly, and thinking, Tom supposed,
that he would not do.
But the luck Of youth was with him.
He wrote what he thought was wanted
In half an hour the sketch was finished
and submitted. The work OF this short
time was wonderfully weird and weirdly
wonde full. He felt sure it would be ac-
copied.
1.-The idea,'' said Jones, reading the
draft without smile on his face; 1.-The
idea is old. Won't do. Try 4 spontaneous
joke"
Toms heart felt sore, but he was
buoyed by the chance to try again. He
tried hard. Jokes do not come at the bid
ding Of any man. But Inspiration came
once more, this time in the sound of a
boys whistling.
whistling.
Urchin-oh. that's all right; 1 don't
charge you nothin'
Il think you get better as you go on"
remarked Jones, striking a match to the
editorlike corncob pipe he was smoking
That strikes me as being good because
well, you see, 1t was once told by a
famous Joker. You might have heard
Of Oh, very well; we won't take up q
course Of history. Ever write poetry"
YES"
well. dash or q humorous quatra.n.
then"
Tom galvanized his wits and wrote the
verses asked for-that Is, the best he
could do in that direction. He submitted
his lines:
Don't take. pray. a pen in hand
To dash or sense or funny
Till you've a handbook at command
A poet makes no money.
At last he had Jones laughing. and
Tom thought he had hit the mark so far
missed. "Ah. that's very true, muir
INJURED Jones. Very true poet makes n
that stun poetry. And. pardon me. 1
don't call it humorous-not at all a laugh
ing matter"
Then I've failed in everythtngf' asked
Tom and cholned down the burning sob
which mounted to his throat.
4
''rli give you one more trial. Write
up a love 'story-one dealing with perfect
happiness. Make it funny and brief
it's bound to be funny il you FILL the
happiness part
Tom thought it would be funny il he
could write love story. Still. others had
done it. So, scarcely thinking, he wrote:
Joe and Jack loved Maude. She
chose Jack. They were wed, and
Joe lived happily ever after.
That's short and to the point," COM
mended Jones. AID think We can sod
the experiment right here. I'll let you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05

-
AAx Recently a Washington busi-
ness man halted a friend on
the street and conf1ded to him
the fact that my fool son" had made up
his mind to be humorist. 1t seems
the boy had told funny story in such
a manner as to provoke a laugh in a
crowd and it had turned his head to
such an extent he believed nature had
intended him to be a second Mark
Twain or a Josh Billings-''only they're
dead ones. now" he told his father.
'and Tn live one"
Here is the way I look at it, said
the father to the friend. writing hu-
NOR is all very well when a fellow has
made a name, but Tom is too bright to
waste his young manhood days at the
trade. L don't like the idea of him
starving in q garnet just when he is
at an age to pitch in and help me.
Now, what can 1 do to sidetrack this
ambition Of his?''
The friends name was Jones, and 1t
is quite well known that many men
having Jones for name are gifted
with ideas. This particular Jones was
a wonder. In five minutes he had
evolved q plan.
Does he know how funny magazines
are conducted?" he asked.
mot a Bit
We'll. send him to my ONCE tomor-
row, and I'll give him the first dose OF
medicine toward q cure"
~
Young Tom had never heard Of Jones.
this particular Jones. So when his ia
Their handed him a note, signed John
Jones. editor of the Rib-Ticller," and
asking for an interview with him. he
very carefully parted his hair, polished
his shoes and brushed his clothes. At
1915 he presented himself.
He found himself ushered by a small
boy into q room almost bare OF furnish
ings. A rickety kitchen table and two
chairs, In fact, was all the rom con-
tanned. Tho walls were adorned with ntn-
ographs and cheap spatterin9s OF paint
no him 1t was an IDEAL editorial room
for humorous magazine. 1t was what
he had pictured.
lets get right down to business. Many
think humor is machine made. 1t isn't.
Real humor is spontaneous. I'll have
you write something for me; write 1t here,
you know. Your father speaks highly
Of YOU
what frst?" asked Tom. believing he
could do anything.
funny it will sell the edition even If all
the other stuff is rot"
Toms eyes grew big. Was this the way
great men had become great? Why. he
had never written q burieSQue. Was he
expected to achieve wonders In . line
he had never tried? Mentally frantic.
with brain in chaotic state. knowing now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05

blasts Of the battered cornet in between.
Looking out and upward, one sees the
faces Of sad-faced. Ill women pressed
to stand It. They can't get away from 1t.
They live in q New York apartment
house. And the janitor gets his bit from
the umbrellas-to-mend man.
while. and there follows the comparative
silence. which seems actually blissful
after what has been happening, Of the
mere acrid chatter of the kitchen girls
talking to each other from their kitchen
windows: criticising their mistresses with
the greatest imaginable freedom and
gusto, while the mistresses presumably
are only few rooms away in another
part Of the apartment.
OF the handmaidens, sharp as 1t ts, seems
by comparison the mere whispering OF
night-winds through aspen leaves. Then.
OF q sudden. the courtyard echoes with
lang, kang-kee-lang, kee-kang-kee-lang.
1t goes, thrust back and forth by q
brawny hand: and ''Sharpena de knifer'
is howled in q husky Sicilian voice to the
kitchen maidens throw out carving knives
to the clump of grass in the middle of the
courtyard and the knife-sharpener sets up
his wheel and begins to whirl it. 1t
creaks horribly for the need OF drop Of
OIL
While 1t still 10 creaking the two young
women in different apartments overlook
ing the courtyard who are practicing vo-
cal music swing into actions almost syn
enormously. Both choose scales to start
with: but. naturally, both can't be ex-
pected to choose scales In the same key.
Their piping. metallic voices, void Of even
the romotest suggestion Of the vasuest
dream OF anything musical IN them, come
into echoang impact in the courtyard.
where they are met by the creaking Of
the wheel Of the knife-grinder.
=
This goes on uninterruptedly for about
half an hour before there is diversion.
The diversion comes in the shape Of two
buil-voiced rulnans. grown men. who with
the consent and connivance OF the janf-
tor (who gets his cut. SLOUGH into the
court and begin to bawl ''Wuxtra pape!
booze hus1kisd lungs. The paper they arc
carrying 10 not an extra. Il q merely
one Of those a1-osclock-in-thA-noo morning
editions o1 an '.svening'' paper But they
keep up On sar.seaFinG shouting. mum
bling words - a. TO give out the impr1s-
sion that something eqnaling in horror
the Titanic disaster has just occurred
somewhere, and following it up with the
scarifying ''Wux-traw! Wuxtraw. until
heads begin to appear at windows and
the nickels begin to drop at their feet.
They've been getting away with this
sort OF thing for years. and they always
have "biters." The very people who yes
tossing out their nickels. only to dnd that
there was nothing whatever out Of the or
binary In the paper. aeain toss out their
uickaas thle megAiNas % they will texuer.
req And the neEx day and ~ lonk q they
i've: fos Moo Tewk = ths little Oh town