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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16
THE ROAD DRAG A FINE SUCCESS

In view of the fact that there is SO
much being zone in the way of build
! ing better highways and that Vari-
Gus .lethods of building them are be-
ing discussed the following interest
ing article from the Montgomery
! (Ala) Advertiser in regard to the
road drag will more than likely be of
much interest:
Wednesday was probably one Of
the best days in the history of De-
mopolis and the Cane Brake section,
for there was gathered together here
the active, progressive citizenship of
Marengo, Sumter, Dale and Perry
counties to discuss good roads gem
orally, and the east and west state
highway in particular.
Many of the business men of De-
mopolis took day off" and spent
their entire time talking and advo-
eating good roads.
The meeting was largely due to
the activity and efforts of Messrs.
John c. Webb, Jr, and c. C. Clay,
who were assisted by Hon. ~ G.
VIM, NJ. B. Wilson, John C. Webb
and others in entertaining the visit
ors. The morning hours were given
to inspecting the dirt" roads Of
North Marengo and South Hale. Au
tomobiles carried the visitors over
these roads and a mile minute"
inspection was made, c 5 well as a
careful, business-like observation of
what has been accomplished in this
section of the state.
Mr.. G.. NJ Mitcham discussed the
history of road building, the econom-
ic value of good roads and the alb.
solute necessity for economy in road
building. He told of his surprise in
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16

The Club members have been busy
this week making preparations to
build a log cabin club house on the
lot offered by Mr.. Durham. This club
house viii fill a Iong-felt need in
Dawson, and give those who have
homes too small to entertain clubs
in an opportunity of helping in the
good work being carried on in the
town. Besides, IL will be a social
center, in which we can call a meet
ing at any time and feel at liberty
to use just as we see fit. The grounds
will be parked and beautified, and
as these restfuI spots are few and
far between in our town all should
appreciate them enough TO put their
shoulder to- the wheel and help turn
out one more attraction for Dawson.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16
SNAP SHOTS FROM DAWSON WOMANS' CLUB
Edited BY
Department Chairmen.
Terse Comment and Suggestions on Local
Matters of Timely Interest.

Some vacant lots in our town need
cultivating If the owners cannot do
this why not offer them to some one
else rather than keep them as blot
on the entire neighborhood. tbs
disheartening to improve yoar own
property when the next-door neigh
Dor hasn't moved the laws this
summer. Let us seek improved sur
roundings for home and public bUiId-
ings by having artistic effects prevail
on TIE outside as we'll as on the
inside
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16
STICK DRIVEN THROUGH
BODY: rs RECOVERING
AFTER Having Big ScaRtEfng Hurled
Through Him Charlie McCraRie
Apparently Getting Well.

Apparently Getting Well.
ABEL, Ga.-Cthariie McCranie, the
young man SO desperately wounded
at Phillips mill last Friday by hav-
ing scantlihg pushed through his
body, is believed to- be ON the ROAD
to recovery. This morning he was
playing hrs banfc..
The scantiings, which measured l n
by p inches, entered the abdomen
in the region Of tine appendix, and
went clear through his body, its exit
being just below the right kidney.
The scsntling extended beyond ais
back AZ? INCHES.
The timber remained in McCra-
nie's bOdy two hours until the plbysi-
clan arrived
McGran5e, has had no fever and no
bad symptoms, and is getting along
extremely wen.
His case is considered the most
remarkable that has occurred in this
se4tdon.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16
MOVING TOWARD
DIVERSIFIED FEARNEESGG

From tft4 Savannah News.
Extensive purchases of different
kinds of improved farm msphimry
in Georgia can but mean but one
thing, aud that is that the farmers
are going in for diversified farming.
They aaRs getting away from the ALI
cotton idea and are finding that it is
better ant t@ plant all tn siTr aGneag5e
in one crop
Recently there was a parade CE
reapers in WaIdosta, such az parade as
was newer seen there tss&orea, The
Montgomery Monitor tells of large
number. OF moving machines that
were parked for a short time before
its office, i'm Mt Vernon ready for the
distribution to farmers in that sec
tom. Purchases of reapers and NOW
ers mean that consiGerab lF acreage
is producing hay and grain OF differ
enu Kinds. That is whist Georgia
needs, hay and grain3 both for the
feeding of farm animals and for sale.
When the harvest time. comes there
ought to be a number of parades in
Georgia of farm wagons laden with
hay, oats, wheat and corn moving to-
wards the railroad freight depots
And there ought to be plenty of hay
left behind on the farms to keep the
cattle we'll fed 1t is a mighty good
sign when Georgia farmers begin to
increase their purchases of macain
cry needed for the harvesting of naI
and grain.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16
The Gypsies.

According to reports there are
more Gypsies in Georgia this spring
than in many years before. Scores
of their picturesque bands are camp
ing in the rural districts or on the
edges of the large towns, retarded in
their annual flight North by the iate
spring. The gypsies are fer the most
part horse traders ard fortune tel
ers. many of the bands Ceing said 10
De rich. They usually ray for what
they get; and the reports CT kidnap-
ping and thieving which in the oAd
years used to make gypsy bands
dreaded seem practically unknown
in this part of the country.
While the gypsies have apparently
become more honest as class they
have lost none of their wonderful
picturesuueness. The women still
dress in their semi-oriental cos
Tunes in which bright colors pre-
dominate. Some may be attired in
ordinary skirts and shirtwaists
which are commonly seen, but bright
colored scarfs, ribbons, heavy jewel
~ and ear rings always add a for
eign touch to their costumes. TIT
men are roughly dressed, but they
too. have bright bits of color some
where about them. They are stron=
agile looking people, with straish
black hair and shaggy eyebrows
which help sometimes to give the
faces a rather ferCcious expression
they have a language of their ow
out nearly all of them speak En-
fish in addition.
BESIDES the bands Of real gypsj
roaming around the country the
are other bands Of American hor
traders, wrongly called gyDsies -
because they lead nomad life.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16

seeing such splendid roads in the
| Cane Brake section and said that Mr..
j. b. Wilson of DemopOlis had ex-
ploded a long accepted theory; that
is, he has been able to maintain good
and substantial roads through the
prairie section of West Alabama
without the use of gravel, stone or
other material.
Mr. Keller dwelt at length on the
improvement of the roads in this
section. He stated that J. B. Wilson,
road commissioner for North Maren-
go, had more intelligently and thor
oughly demonstrated the value OF the
road drag" than any other road
builder in Alabama. He told OF his
trip to this section two years ago, OF
how it was almost impossible to traV-
ell over our roads in winter, and how
everyone said it was impossible to
ever have good roads without costly
material to crown the roads. me
state engineer gave much encourage
ment when he told his audience that
the dirt roads leading out of Demop-
oils where the best dirt roads he had
seen.
He was so pleased with the pro-
gress made that he suggested a
road drag" convention be held at
Demopolis during the bad winter
weather next year that the people Of
Alabama can see for themselves good
roads, made only of the dirt from the
road itself. He was enthusiastic in
his praise of the work done, and stat
ed that he had not believed 1t pos
sible to build and maintain good
roads throughout the winter without
the use of some expensive material
used in the construction.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16
Gov.-EIeCt SIaton Optimistic,

In a recent interview Governor
elect John NJ. Slaton expresses conf
dence that the state of Georgia will
experience little difficulty in the re-
funding and reissuing of the $3,679,-
600 of the states bonds which will
fall due in 1915, during his admins
tration. The governor-elect has been
studying the financial situation and
making preliminary investigation,
with the result that he says he finds
Georgia's credit is second to no 9TH
er state in the union. Personally,
| would like to see the new bonds
taken up in Georgia" he says. They
would be state, county and municipal
tax free and exempt from the federal
income tax Their purchase by Geor-
gians would be a gratifying tribute
to the state within itself. However
that may be, there seems now reason
to suspect that the refunding of the
bonds will be effected in anything
other than the happiest of circum-
stances
If it becomes necessary to have the
new bonds taken up in the North,
according to Governor Slaton, there
will be no difficulty in doing so. "a
thing that seems to particularly in
terest the bankers and financial
kings of the North" he says, lis
Georgia'S constitutional prohibition
against any increase of the states
bonded debt. Another feature that
they will take into consideration is
the fact that Georgia constitutional
ly pledges all of the states property,
even including the executive mansion |
and the Western and Atlantic rail-
road, to the payment of the states |
bonds No other state can hope to |
surpass and few to equal the genu-
inc and substantial security Georgia
offers for its bonds. We have con-
stantly decreased them, and have in
iicated a wise and conservative in
3istence upon the payment of our
iebts."
Under the law it is necessary to
determine this whole matter in adj
yance of the maturity of the bonds,
md therefore provision must be
made for the refunding either by the
legislature which meets this summer
n by the session which Immediately /
succeeds it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16
PATRIOTS A PLENTY.

From the Savannah News.
The Wilson administration seems
to have no difficulty in finding patri-
OTIS. John Shelton Williams quit an
alleged $4,000 a year job to accept
one that pays only $1,000, and now
DR.. Edwin F. Smith of the depart
ment of agriculture has turned down
a $4,000 a year job TO stick TO his
government position, which pays but
$4,000. Such instances as these serve
to remind US that there are men who
are willing to make personal sacri
fees TO serve their country.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16
TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED.
Believed to Know Something of the
Burning of the Ray Property
in Sumter County.

Burning of the Ray Property
in Sumter County.
The Americas Times Recorder re-
ports the first arrests growing out
of the fire which recently destroyed
the barn and live stock on the
farm of Neil A. Ray, near Americas,
Two negroes, Love CAN'T and Nath-
an Chambliss, who live upon the
farm of Mr. NJ. NJ. Lowrey, were
taken into custody and are now in
the county jail.
The arrest OF Chambliss and Gantt
was made at the instance of w. +.
Johnson, a special detective who,
with an assistant, has been working
upon the case for some time De-
tective Johnson states that he is sat
isfied one OFF the two negroes in GUS
tody knows about the burning.
One of tTrem, CframbIiss, formerly
worked upon the Ray farm, as did
his brother, who several years ago
was Killed in an alteration there,
Detective Johnson says. This fact,
together WITH other information in
his possession, not yet disclosed,
leads the detective t0 believe that he
Is upon the right trail in running
down tiie supposed fncendiary, for
whose arrest a reward of $500 is
ssffered
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16
This Interests Every Woman.

A family doctor said recently wO-
men come to him thinking that they
have female trouble, but when he
treats them for their kidneys and
bladder, they soon recover. This is
worth knowing, and also that Foley
Kidney Pills are the best and safest
medicine at such times. They are
tonic in action, quick in results
they will help you. The Dawson
Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16
WON'T BOTHER HER.

From the brownsville Times.
A Tennessee old maid eats an on
ion and drinks a toddy Just before
going to bed each evening. Since
the taste of the lady leaked out it is
more than possible that she may
be allowed to continue the practice
without interruption.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16
MAY TRAP Quail.

State Game Warden Outlines Plan
Under Certain Conditions.
State Game Warden Mercer has
offered a means of solution to the
farmers whose new corn is being de-
stroyed by quail, He insists that
they must not kill the birds,
but says they have a perfect right
to trap them if they want ton
CONDITION that the living birds are
turned over to the game warden to
be distributed in parts of the state
where quail are scarce.
Several farmers in Wilcox county,
one of those which is said to be the
worst over-run, have announced
their willingness to make the eXpe-
riment The birds which are trapp-
ed will be sent to the coast counties,
wher few if any quail are now TO be
| found
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16

If all the land owners OF Califor-
MIA are as bitterly opposed to Japs
owning land as the governor and the
legislature seem to be the Japs will
not be able to buy any land in that
state, law or no law. At this distance
it looks as if politics was sifted out
there would be nothing left
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16
TARIFF BILL IS CRITICISED
+. B. GORDON CHARACTERIZE
LEADERS OF BILL BANDITS.
President of Georgia Cotton Manufac-
tuPePs' Association Makes Gloomy
Forecast i'm Speech.

President OF Georgia cotton ManuIaC-
turers' Association Makes Gloomy
Forecast in Speech.
COLUMBUS, Ga.-forecasting de-
preston and probable cut in wages
| to the lowest notch on account of the
revision of the tariff under the dem
ocratic administration F.. B. Gordon
of Columbus, president of the Cotton
Manufacturers Association of Geor-
gia, in his annual address to the
meeting of the association in this
city, said:
I'VE are now about in this posi-
ton: The cotton mill train on which
we are all passengers and which has
been running along pretty smoothly
on schedule time through what we
been held up by a lot of bandits
not the usual cut-throat variety, but,
much to our surprise, we find them
to be our legislative servants. They
do not say Your money or your life,
but they do say it to what we be-
lieve means an end to our prosperity
if not our very life.
I'm substance they explain that
they regret to treat their masters in
this way, but that they know what is
best and they must cut down these
legitimate profits so they can divide
the money to better advantage. When
the people who built the mills and
the people who keep them going and
the farmers who raise the cotton to
supply them all in due time begin
to feel the disastrous effects of this
hold-up then these same conscien-
tious, able, bandit servants will be
looking for other jobs. :"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16

In noting that Editor Howell of
the Atlanta Constitution has come
out for votes for women Editor Sto-
vail of the Savannah Press refers to
the fair sex as 'it." He's a brave
man, else he'll now hurry off to that
foreign post.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16

The spring months often find a
woman tired out, with pain in the
back, hips and head, nervous and
sleepless. Foley Kidney Pills will
quickly prove their worth and value
as healer of all kidney and blad-
ser ailments and irregularities
they are a splendid remedy for rheu-
matism, clearing the uric acid from
the joints and system. Try them.
Dawson Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16

You can't rush the GROWER" in
Atlanta any more unless there's a
nickel or a dime in the bottom of
the can. The city attorney has ruled
that it is against the law to peddle
beer, and peddling beer means any
sale by messenger where the money
is collected at the place OF delivery.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16
CARLOAD OF COTTON ON FIRE
Asa Clark, Central Engineer Ran
Train to Waiting Firemeh.

Asa Clark, Central Engineer Ran
Train to Waiting Firemeh.
Casey Jones has nothing on Asa
Clark, the one-eyed engineer of the
Fort Gaines branch of the Central
of Georgia railway, who on Tuesday
added to the laurels he had already
won during his career of nearly so
years. Finding that two of his cars
of cotton were blazing Clark cut
loose his passenger coaches at Col
son, ten miles from Cuthbert, mott
fed the Cuthbert fire department to
be ready at the station and then
threw open the throttle.
On time to the minute he drove
his train into Cuthbert, where the
waiting firemen made short work of
the fire, which by that time was
burning merrily
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16

The seal poachers and smugglers
on the Pacific coast have never put
up a more spectacular resistance to
officers than did unknown fishermen
few nights ago on the bank of the
big pond at Stone Mountain. Two
deputy game wardens were the tar
gets for several volleys of shots.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16
THIS is "IT."

If credit would stop
Then prices would stop,
For that Is just why
They stay up so high.
You see, the dead beat
Must wear clothes and eat
\ fresh tie each day
And the good man must pay.
Ii he can Just get
A good cigarette
And have an account
At the cold soda foUnt.
An automobile
To pace on a mile
And see peoples feet
Fly over the street.
He don't need a dime
To have a good time,
Because it's his way
TO make OTHERS pay. OBSERVE
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16

If the railroads get together with
q union passenger depot at Macon
they will have the hearty thanks Of
the travelling public for supplying a
long felt need. And at this writing
the prospects look good for accom-
plishing that very thing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16

Every person in the town must
hail with delight the prospective Car
negie library We are sure it will
be a thing of beauty and, We hope,
joy forever The temperature of our
civic pride should take an upward
plunge when We look forward year
or so and see a new government
building, a Carnegie library, club
house, and a beautiful monument de-
servedly placed to our lamented gss-
NJ. Griggs.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-05-16

What can we do with vacant lots
How can anybody tell?
What we'd like to do is a different
thing,
AS you all know very we'll.
We would build the cottage neat,
All covered with the climbing rose,
Where YOU hear the patter of chill
Gren's feet
As the summer comes and goes.
And an sure it wouldn't be bad
To Join a few together
TO make a place'where people may go
To rest in pleasant weather.
Oh, friends, would it not be charm
ing
For us all to begin right away
To prepare a club house for the flu
ture
And a place for children to play?
Evening star., 1913-11-21
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-05-01

every day. Each costs him $40; they arc
made of pure amber and are gold mount
ed.
The late King Edward was very good
customer to the tobacco merchants who
were honored with his custom, but | do
not think he ever paid more than s. for n
special cigar, and, of course, he fire.
quently smoked cigars that cost far less
OF late years several wealthy ladies'
have become rather good customers of
the tobacco merchant. I have the custom
of titled lady who is one OF the best
known hostesscs in society, who buys a
couple of hundred cigarettes from mo
every week, which cost her $50. They are
specially made for her from a very ex-
pensive brand of Turkish tobacco, and
with each box of cigarettes she has 100
little gold paper holders.
The lady is not by any means a heavy
cigarette smoker, and buys the cigarettes
for her guests but I know of several
ladies in society, who smoke 40 or 80
cigarettes a day ! have the custom Of
very wealthy elderly lady, who tool;
| to cigarette smoking a year or so ago,
and she now consumes 300 cigarettes a
week.-Tit Bits