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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-04-29

enburgh piled them all around-a
Japanese evening wrap of blue and
lined with apple-hued taffeta which
cost $110; a cerise satin wrap
she paid $1,4O0; another of pale blue
and gold brocade, lined with pale
| yellow satin and trimmed with blue
! fox, for which the bill was $500; a
dainty little $65 waist of pink PANIED
velvet trimmed with real lace;
short sable coat which cost $4,000
at Worth's; a black crepe-meteor
semi-tailored afternoon gown by Lu-
ellie, trimmed with lace frills, which
cost $780, a white crepe meteor of
the simplest design billed at 1925;
another 1925 brown taffeta tricked
out with white ruches; a $500 Callot
creation of watermelon pink panne
garnished with Venetian lace; $500
black charmeuse frock finished with
jet and point lace; stunning even
ing gown of American Beauty panne
trimmed with old Oriental embroid-
cry, which cost $40.
This, said Mrs Van Valken
burgh, lis just tiny part of the
wardrobe | have to have. I keep at
least seven tailor suits on hand and
they have to go as soon as they get
demode. This is not extravagant of
me. Surely not a soul would say
that it isl
And shoes; o, dear" she ran on,
warming up to her subject. II real
ly must have 80 pairs working at the
time to keep up with other women.
You simply can't get a decent pair of
shoes in Paris for less than SIS and
the gold buckles cost 500 more
pair. Of course I don't have to have
but a few pairs of these; my maid
changes them for me, so you see I'm
quite economical.
"Why, the other day bought just
three little pairs of shoes and the
bill was $50. For all my street gowns
have to have the tops made of the
same material as the dress, and that's
where the bootmakers get you
nothing less than $40 a pair. But
that's the topnotch of style you
know.
Hats almost forgot them. 1
suppose 1 have to pay $4,000 a year
for mine, and I'm careful. The
cheapest thing you can get is $45,
and it's more apt to be SIS. Alphon-
sine in Paris thinks nothing of charg-
ing me 500 for a hat; a perfectly
plain one there costs me $50. He
wanted $500 for one trimmed with
sable, but was too clever for him
l had my own sable put on and the
hat was only SIS. He charged me
$50 for just one mauve plume; but
then, of course, I can use it again.
At that | have to have at least 25
hats a year.
But there's one thing We women
can save on nowadays-that's ling
erie. It's so skinny that just a lit
tie material is needed. But it wears
out awfully quickly and you have to
have a lot of it. OF course I get the
very incest of everything, but l don't
spend much more than $1,000 a year
for all of it, and that includes my
silk stockings
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-04-29
NON-P PARTISAN LEGISLATURE
FIRST SINCE 1904 NOT SMITH
AND BROWN FACTIONISTS.
Incoming General Assembly Should
Work With Governor-eleCt Sla-
ton in Perfect Harmony.

ATLANTA.-On Wednesday, June
25 there will assemble in Atlanta
the first non-factional legislature
since the one of 1904.
Beginning with the general assem-
bly, of 1906-O8 and continuing on
down through that of 1902 the
various Georgia legislatures elected
have been either pro-Brown or pro-
Smith, and much of their activities,
perhaps the greater part, have been
fashioned along factional lines and
designed to secure factional advant-
ages.
The new legislature elected at the
same time John M. SlatOn was nam
ed governor is largely composed OF
new men, members-elect who belong
to no fa:ti1l in Ge3r-
gia. and who are presumably free
from acute partisan bias or inclina-
ton.
Governor Brown and former Gov
ernor Smith have each served one
full term in the executive office and
a fraction of another. Governor
Brown has almost two entire terms
to his credit; Governor Smith has
one entire term and one-fourth of
another.
Gubernatorial honors, therefore,
seem to be about even between Jos.
NJ. Brown and Hoke Smith.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-04-29
The Famous Redfern.

Redfern, the corset that is supe-
rior. We have the latest spring styles
in this famous corset. They are
backed by the guarantee not to rust,
break or tear We have hardly been
able this season to keep full stock.
Let us show them to you now. Your
friend wears one. Ask her. T. S.
& G. B. Martin.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-04-29
FEWER ACRES IN COTTON
New York Authority Thinks GeOr-
gia Is the Only State With
Reduced Area

NEW Notwithstanding to the
estimate of more than 1000 cores
pondents of The New York CONNER
cial the cotton acreage for 1913 is
placed at $685. $40 acres, a gain of
60 per cent from the previous year.
Georgia is the only state showing a
decrease.
The following table shows the es-
innate by states:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-04-29

For rheumatism you will find moth
ing better than Chamberlain Lini-
ment. Try it and see how quickly
it gives relief. For sale by Dawson
Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-04-29

Your druggist will refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure any case Of Itching,
Blind bleeding or Protruding Piles in to II days.
The 1rst application gives Ease and Rest. SOC.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-04-29
FARMERS LOANS EXPENSIVE
AVERAGE RATE OF INTEREST IN
GEORGIA 0.9S PER CENT.
Farmers Here Pay Higher Rate Than
Those of Any Other State in the
South. Averages by States.


South. Averages by States.
Georgia farmers pay $9.9S inter
est per year for every 500 they Dor
row from the banks.
They pay higher interest than the
farmers of any other state in the
South, with the exception only OF
Alabama, where the rate is 1902 pei
cent.
North Dakota, Oklahoma, New
Mexico, Arizona and Alabama farm
ers pay higher rates of interest than
Georgia. 1t may be noted that all
of these, except Alabama, are COM
paratively new states.
Against lessened interest burdens
in many states Georgians are paying
higher rates this year than in 1912.
Last year the average rate of inter
est was $967 per 500. The aver
age for the nation is $7,75.
These figures are compiled by the
bureau of statistics of the depart
ment of agriculture. To country
banks of the United States 5000 let
tiers were mailed asking;
What is the average of the cur
rent rates of interest paid to banks
by the farmers for three to six
months loans? (Rates which will
represent as nearly as possible the
average of all such loans, secured and
unsecured)
What was the average for similar
loans a year ago."
About 80 per cent of the banks
replied.
Averages by States.
Average rates of interest for farm
loans in Southern states follow:
Virginia, CPL; North Carolina, 6.39;
South Carolina, SOC; Georgia, 9.9S;
Florida, $50; Kentucky, CSC; Ten
nessee, 8.2S; Alabama, 1902; Mis-
sissippi, S.26; Louisiana, S.33; Tex
as, 997; Arkansas, 9.67.
AS might be expected the lowest |
rates paid are in the North Atlantic !
states, where the average rate is on
ly $50 per cent Six per cent is the
predominant rate there for short +,
time unsecured loans, and per cent
for secured loans.
The statistician comments. AS
one goes southwark from Maryland |
through the Atlantic Coast states the
rate tends to increase, except that in
Florida, where the rate averages
somewhat less than in Georgia.
banker in Maryland, who reports the
interest rate at six per cent, writes:
Mortgage loans made to farmers are
generally made through lawyers; in
addition to their fees for preparing
the papers the lawyers charge 2 per
cent for getting them the money
In South Carolina and Georgia
the rates quoted vary more widely
than in the states farther north, the
range being mostly to II per cent.
Eight of the 81 reports from Geor-
gia give a higher average rate for this
year than for last year, and but one
a lower rate"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-04-29

e indicates decrease; others are
gains.(
The crop is about half planted in
the eastern belt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-29
VALUE OF A PASSPORT.
The Odd Experience of a Stranded
Tourist In Paris.


Until you go broke in foreign
country you never can realize just
what useful thing a passport is"
said the returned traveller. 1t not
only enables you to get into a country:
II also helps you TO get out. sometimes
in most unexpected way. Every
body abroad thinks well of pass
port. but nobody sets quite so high a
value on II as a pawnbroker
owing to delayed remittance I
had occasion to visit one of those men
In Paris The article | offered for Sc
curity was worth many times the loan
requested. but he refused an advance
on account of unsatisfactory refer
ences My temporary address in Paris
and my permanent address In Wash
lngton were not sufficient guarantee OF
my honesty.
Just as the case assumed a desper-
ate complexion the broker suggested
solution Of the difficulty.
"'Have you passport be asked.
II had. nj the hotel.
"'Fetch It. he said. IL that looks
all right. I'll let you have the money.
up to that time my passport had
been useless piece OF luggage; then
blessed the foresight that had hidden
me secure t"-Washington Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-29
Subscription Rates
All subscriptions payable in advance
FRANK E. HOWE, Editor and Pub
BENNINGTON, VT, JAN. 30, 1913

The Amateur Athletic union can
purge" its books of the records
made by Jim Thorpe, the Carlisle
school Indian, and it can send back
to Sweden the prizes won by Thorpe
at the Olympic games last summer,
but the fact will remain that the
greatest athlete of modern times is
an American Indian. Outside of the
technical ruling of the A. A. U. the
fact that Thorpe played ball with a
little bush league team in the south
has no bearing upon the wonderful
prowess of the Indian in nearly
every branch of amateur sport. This
amateur business is a queer PROPOSE
ton, anyhow. A college baseball
player can take regular salary
from independent" clubs, such as
have been maintained in Bennington,
North Aadms and Pittsfeld, and not
injure his amateur standing but the
instant he "signs up with a club I'M
der the jurisdiction OF the national
commission he becomes a profession
al. Just what difference there is be-
tween the money received from an
independent" and an organized"
baseball manager has never been de-
termined to the satisfaction of most
people.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-29
Suffered Twenty-Five Years
Finally Found fellef.

Having suffered for twenty-one
years with a pain In my side, finally
have found relief in Dr. Kilmel 5
Swamp-Root. The physicians called
IL Mothers Pain" and injections oil
morphine were my only relief for
short periods of time. | became so
sick that | had to undergo a surgical
operation in New Orleans, which
benefited me for two years. When
the same pain came back one day /
was so sick that / gave up hopes OF
living. A friend advised me TO try
your Swamp-Root and | at once com
menced using it. The first bottle dld
me so much good that | purchased
two more bottles. ! am now on my
second bottle and am feeling Ike a
new woman. ! passed a gravel stone
as large as big red bean and sew
eral small ones. have not had the
least feeling of pain since taking
your Swamp-Root and feel II my
duty to recommend this great medi-
cine to all suffering humanity.
Gratefully Yours.
Mrs. Joseph Constance,
Avoyelles Par. MarksVille' la.
Personally appeared before me-
this 18th day OF July, 1911, Mrs.
Joseph Constance, who subscribed
he above statement and made oath
that the same is true in substance
and in fact.
VIM. Morrow. Notary Public.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-29
His Conquest.

lie was q simon pure. edition de
luxe lady killer. The girl In the seat
opposite him was easy to look at
Further. she looked demure and shy
and impressIonabie. IL wasn't long
before he had things going right-he
thought. He had raised the window
for her and readJuSted the blind: be
had fished her bag from under the
seat. where the porter had showed IL;
be had placed her pillow In better
position for her; he had handed her a
magazine. he had looked after her
comfort In every way he possibly
could. and she had been very sweet
about Il besides. He thought he WIS
coming along splendidly. She started
to get OF the train before he expected
her to leave. but he carried her Ing
gage TO the platform for her. Then
she turned and handed him q nickel
with n sweet smile and the remark
Il think Il IL so nice ~ the railway
company Ia furnish an assistant por.
ter"-Argonaut
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-29
A Time When Money Can Be Saved

A Time When Money Can Be Saved
The time of year has come when
there are bargains in the stores on
every hand. Merchants simply have
to turn their stock into cash. II
they didn't they would have no
room to show goods, and they would
have to borrow a good deal OF
money. Consequently they will sell
at low rates.
This is particularly true in many
lines this year, on account of the
mild winter. 1t takes cold weather
to sell winter goods, A great many
people get along on their old
clothes as long as the weather is
mild
And there are reasons for selling
cheap other than those named
above. On any kind of goods where
styles change, and that includes
about everything nowadays, mer-
chant would rather take a low price
today than carry them to next sea-
son and find that on account Of
some within in fashion they are out
lawed.
The columns of this newspaper
every day are directory of bar
gains. The merchants who have Of
ferings to make that you can't at
ford to ignore are telling the pub
lie through these advertisements
about the sacrifices they are max
ing. Time spent in studying their
offerings will pay for itself hun
dred fold in making your selections.
The habit of reading the newspa-
per advertising is so universal that
few people need to be urged to note
what the merchants are saying
about their stocks. Here and there
is a merchant who has not realized
how hopeless a process it is to
clean out an old stock without the
help of the newspaper.
Nothing comes nowadays unless
you get out and go after it. The
public are listening, but it expects
the merchant to take the initiative
A dealer who does not advertise
is looked at as not having enter
prise enough to protect the interest
of the public, and to give them
goods at bottom values.-Rutland
Evening News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-29
The Inevitable commsn,.

A committee of investigating scien
lists approached lady
Madam" said Professor Prewins
the spokesman. Offering her a magnih
cent chrysanthemum OF rare and Lowell.
hue-"madam. permit us 60 present this
flower to you as a token OF our high re
gard"
She clasped the splendid blossom n
her lily hand
Breathlessly the committee awaited
her response.
How beautiful IL isr' she answered.
What an exquisite shade Of purplel :
should love 20 have a dress OF that
color"
DIR. Prewins nodded knowingly 10 the
committee. as II TO say. Il told you 50
The committee winked al the pro
fessor and whispered. You win
Newark News
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-29

1t is interesting to record that the
first grating Of pecan tree was nc
complished by negro slave. and It Is
doubtful whether any other member OF
the black race has ever performed an
economic service to this country that Is
so signal in its Importance In lS4I
Antoine. the slave gardener OF Tees
phore J. Boman Of Louisiana. grated
sixteen trees of the variety that is now
known as the Centennial He later
succeeded in grating 10 other pecans.
and these were the only grated nut
trees in America before ls65.-Archi
bald Rutledge In Outing.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-29
coNvIcTs TO WORK FOR WAGES
$3.50 a Day Pay of Jersey Prisoners
and They Needn't Wear Stripes

Caldwell, n. j., Jan. 27.-Convicts
in the Essex county penitentiary here
who are able to work will be employ
ed building roads, for which service
each worker will receive $3.50 per
day, if the plans of Warden Ferdi-
nand j. Hosp are adopted Fifty cents
of the $3.50 daily wage will go to the
penitentiary, so cents for court costs
and so cents to the support of the
prisoners family.
Heretofore prisoners have objected
to employment on the public roads be
cause they would have TO work In
stripes The Prison Board, however,
has abolished striped suits and plain
suits will be worn hereafter by pri-
soners who have earned the conf
dence OF the warden by good beha-
vior.
There are now 2O7 men and twenty
two women in the penitentiary. An
innovation since Warden Hosp took
office is that every prisoner is suppl
ed with toothbrush and powder.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-29
RUPERT

Harry Sheldon made his parents,
G. B. Sheldon and wife short visit
Sunday.
Mrs. G.. M. Guild attended the
Woodard-Green wedding at Albany
last week
C. Perkins and family are moving
into the house vacated by A. Sykes
and will work for M. B. Roberts the
coming season.
Married at the NJ. E. parsonage by
Rev. d. Hughes, Jan. %, Ellis Will
liams of Poultney and Altai Knights
of West Rupert.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-29
The Spirit Of Winter.

The Spirit Of Winter is with us.
making its presence known in many
different ways--sometimes by CHEEKY
sunshine and glistening SHOWS, and
sometimes by driving winds and
binding storms. To many people Il
seems to take a delight in making
bad things worse. for rheumatism
twists harder. twinges sharper, ca
tarrah becomes more annoying. and
the many symptoms Of scrofula are
developed and aggravated. There Is
not much poetry in this. but there is
truth. and Il Is a wonder that more
people don't get rid Of these all
ments.. The medicine that cures
them-Hood's Sarssparilla-is easily
obtained and there is abundant proof
that its cures are radical and perms-
ns1t
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-29
TRINlDAD'S CURIOUS LAKE.
Its mass of Asphalt With Its Islands
and its Eddies.


and its Eddies.
The asphalt lake at Trinidad occu-
pies depression OF about ia acres
and Is probably the center of an ex-
tlnct volcano. II is n lake In most
senses of the word. for there are well
defined shores and islands scattered
through II mt intervals. aud the surface
IL In constant motion. There are also
movements which may be ascribed to
currents and eddies The center of the
lake Ia about foot higher than the
edges. this relation being maintained.
although the lake as whole has been
lowered by the constant removal OF
material from It.
The depth OF the deposit Is not ac-
rurately known. but the lake fills up
quickly when the surface Is removed
The surface IL not level. but Is COM
posed of irregular tumescent masses OF
various sizes. AS the spaces between
are always full of water, these masses
are prevented from coalescing. The
softer part OF the lake constantly
evolves gas, which consists largely Of
carbon dloxide and sulphureted by
drogen. and the pitch. which Is honey
combed with gas cavities. continues to
exhibit this action for some time after
Its removal from the lake
The asphalt from Trinidad in its
fresh state can he picked up and mold
ed without soiling the hands. The sub
stance IL pulled apart on the surface
with picks. aud the pieces are carted
away to the ships In the hay OF Car
denas. Cuba. asphalt is drawn up from
the bed OF the sea through eight or
nine feet Of water Hsrper's Weekly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-29
Lord Bacon's Dream,

Lord Bacon. the wisest Of mankind,
was superstitious and had firm faith
In "signs and tokens" When In Paris
he dreamed that he saw the family
home In England covered with blact
mortar. and he insisted that IL was n
sign Of death. In due time be received
the announcement OF the death OF his
father. who had passed away the night
Of the dream.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-29
How's This

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case Of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
T. J. CHENEY G CO. Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned. have known +. J.
Cheney for the last Is years. and believe
him perfectly honorable IN all business
transactions and financially able e. carry
fut any obligations made BY his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE.
Toledo. o
Halls Catsrrh Cure g. t.fen Internally,
acting directly upon Tire blood and nu-
cous SUI faces o. the system. Testimonials
cent FIRE. Price - cents DR. bottle. sold
~ an druggists.
AXE Halle Family Pills fn- constipation
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-29
Safes, WAY to XIII Flea

To kill a flea. says the Scientific
American. the surest way would I've To-
place him on one OF those lmpenetra-
BILE plates used I'm naval warfare and
conline him thereon by means Of ca.
bles fastened securely to each OF his
several legs. then to train upon him
from az near a distance as would b,
feasible an irresistible projectile from
one Of those twelve inch guns.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-29
Heat From Cold Water.

Feat from cold water seems fabu
nus. but Il Is an established fact. The
rater Is decomposed by electricity
into its constituent gases, hydrogen
and oxygen. When these gases are
reunited the act of combination causes
the evolution of intense heat. The
we'll known llmellght Is an example OF
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-29
Don't Fool Yourself.

Into the belief that there will be no
change and may be no loss in the ex.
perience Of your life Make sure OF
something and use well-arranged life
insurance. the sole Invention Of IN.
man skin 10 safeguard that end. Ma
tional Life ms. Co. Of VI Mutual
Earle 8. Kinsley, General Agent
Mead Building. Rutland. VI Adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-29
d X | N X
II A B II
RELIABLE HOME TREATMENT

The ORRINE treatment for the
Drink Habit can be used with abso-
Lutte confidence. 1t destroys all de-
sire for whiskey, beer or other alco-
holic stimulants. Thousands have
successfully used it and have been re
stored to lives of sobriety and use
fulness. Can be given secretly
Costs only $100 per box. If you 'ail
to get results from ORRlNE after a
trial, your money will - refunded.
Ask for free booklet telling all about
ORRINE. B. A. Quinlan, Druggist,
North street. Bennington. Vt. Adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-29
Letter 20
Or. Kilmer & Co.
Binehamton, N. v
PROVE what swamp-ROOt WIN DC

Prove What swamp-Root VIII DO
For You.
Send to DR.. Kilmer & Co, Bingham
ton. n. Y. for a sample bottle. IL
wiIl convince anyone. You will also
receive a booklet Of valuable inior-
nation. telling all about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing, be sure
and mention the Bennington Even
ing Banner. Regular ffty-cent and
ope-doIlar sire bottles for sale ct ali
drug stores.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-29

Women ere horn gamblers"
That IL rather a violent statement"
1T Il true. Mighty few Of them but
are willing to marry. Houston Post
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-13

HO amongst us is not super
stitious though we may hest
tate to acknowledge it?
There are so many supersti-
tons connected with the