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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-19
Another Georgia Distinction

Georgia lays claim to the largest
family in the land. 1t is not Judge
Dick" Russell's well known family
of fourteen, either.
Joseph Peters of Catoosa county, a
prosperous and highly regarded farm
er who lives about three miles from
RinggoId, is the proud father of
twenty children, all of whom are
alive and well and nearly all of whom
are still on the old home plantation.
Mr.. Peters is the ideal father, accord
ing to the patriarchal ideals and &C
cording to the anti-race suicide no
lions for which Colonel Roosevelt is
famous. Eighteen of the children of
Mr.. Peters are by his first wife,
well known Georgia woman who died
a few years ago. By his second wife
he. has two.
One of the most remarkable feat
ures of the family is the fact that
among the twenty children there is
not o single set of twins.
Can any other state in the union
beat it?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-19
Busy Helping Georgia.

The Georgia State Chamber of
Commerce has undertaken number
of things that will promote the well
fare Of the people of Georgia, and
already gives promise of being live
and useful organization.
Among other things, it is promot-
ing county organizations for the pur-
pose of bringing the farmers and
merchants into close cooperation in
buying and selling. Just now spe-
cifc purpose is to combine forces
against the threatened boil weevi
invasion
Governor Slaton has issued an Of
fetal proclamation on this subject
urging that meetings be held il
every county, city and town in thu
state to devise ways and means o
organizing county chambers of com
merce to work in conjunction wit
the state chamber in this importan
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-19
THE KNOCKER.
From the Madison Madisonian.

From the Madison Madisonian.
The following definition of a
knocker, found. in an exchange, is
the best The News has seen of that
community wart:
after God finished the rattle
snake, the toad and the vampire
He had some awful substance left,
with which He made knocker. A,
knocker is a two-legged animal
with a corkscrew soul, a water
logged brain, and a, combination
backbone made of jelly and glue.
Where other people have their
hearts he carries a tumOr of rot
tening principles. When the
knocker comes down the street
honest men turn their hacks, an
gels in heaven take precipitate
refuge behind their harps, and the
devil bar-locks the gates of hell.
1t is said there are some knock
ers in Dawson. There may be, but
it is safe to say that none of them
will own up to it after reading this
picture of themselves. Quit knock
ing, and boost awhile.-Dawson
News.
Commenting on the above article
the North Georgia Citizen, Of Dalton,
aaid in its last issue:
I'VE have read many descrip-.
ttons of the general knocker. We
have written few ourselves, but
the best one coming under our OBJ
servation is the one printed above.
We clipped it from The Dawson
News, one of the states leading
weeklies. The Dawson paper cred
its it to an exchange. This is I'M
fortunate The author should be
known, so that a monument in i'm
perishable bronze might be erect
ed to his memory However, there
is much consolation IN the refec-
ton that what he has said is
sufficient monument"
The Madisonian has no defense TO-
the "knocker''-tlfe fellow with
perennial crouch, who is soured OF
everything and everybody, and who
goes around armed with a sledgt
hammer all the time. And yet We
wonder if that kind of a man doesn
fit in somewhere. in the Universe
Plan, made up of mighty system o
checks and balances by a Might!
Hand?
There is a vast difference between
knocking and criticisfng. No mai
likes criticism, and the moment h
falls a victim to the critics tengu
or pen the average man yells knock
er! knocker!" Especially is this tru
with the average office holder or pub
lie official. The Madisonian has lit
tie respect for the "knocker" as W
described him above-but we beliey
in wholesome, legitimate, frfendl
lcriticism.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-19

In anticipation of the ever increas-
ing demand for commercial fertilizers
there has been ordered by the state
department of agriculture fourteen
million fertilizer tags for the season
of 1914. This is sufficient tags
for 100000 tons of fertilizer. And
no valuable return will be received
from the use of a great part of this
guano for the reason that the land
will not be properly prepared and the
crops cultivated in a way to get pay
ing results. Fertilizer will not do it
all, and in Georgia many thousands
of dollars paid for it is wasted an
nually.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-19
BUYING YOUR HOGS BACK.

From the Columbus (Mo.) Herald.
Suppose we figure little upon this
matter of the high cost of living.
Farmer Jones raises perfectly good
bacon hog, but he does not make Iba-
con of it. He sells that hog to a
shipper for, say, SIG. This shipper
sends that hog to St. Louis and sells
it for $3.50, gaining small profit
after paying expense of shipping and
selling. The packer works up the
porker into perfectly good bacon, and
the hog begins it's journey back to
the farm.
The wholesaler pays the packer
$50 for that hog in bacon and sells
it to the country merchant for
$32.50. The country merchant sells
the bacon to the farmer-and many
a farmer does buy his own bacon
for $40, and the farmer who should
have made bacon of the hog in the
first place has actually paid every
man in the deal all the profit there
is in the transaction, from the origi-
nal SIG to the final $50.
II the farmer had made the bacon
in the first place could it not have
been used at much less expense, or
profit, that the farmer instead of the
would have enjoyed?
What is the answer?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-19
Notice to Debtors and Creditors

State of Georgia, Terrell County
Notice is hereby given to all credit
ors of the estate of J. P. Lee, late of
said county, deceased, to render in
an account of their demands to me-
within the time prescribed by law,
properly made out. And all persons
indebted to said deceased are hereby
requested to make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned. This LIST
day of December, 1913.
C. B. WEAVER, Administrator of
Estate of j. P. Lee, Deceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-19
Notice to Debtors and Creditors

State of Georgia, Terrell County
Notice is hereby given to all parties
concerned that l have been appointed
administrator of the estate OF Mrs.
L. NJ. Johnson, deceased, and that
parties holding claims against said
deceased or her estate will present
them to me, properly made out, and
all parties owing said deceased Or her
estate are requested to come forward
and make payment to me at once.
This Dec. I, 1913. ]. F. G. DANIEL,
Administrator Estate of Mrs. L. NJ.
Johnson.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-19

Carnegie has given away all his
wealth but a beggarly $25, 100000.
This is enough to give all the rest
of US in the United States % cents
each for Christmas" says the Savan-
nah Press. Dawson is expecting $10,-
600 of what he has left. He agreed
some months ago to give that amount
in the shape of public library
building.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-19

President Wilson has announced
that he will pardon nobody in the
federal penitentiary just because it
is Christmas. The president has the
good example of former Governor
Joseph NJ. Brown, who announced
that as his policy while in Office and
carried it out.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-19
Shareholders Meeting.

A meeting of the shareholders of
the Dawson National Bank of Daw-
son, Ga, will be held at their bank
ing house on Tuesday, January 10,
1914, at II o'clock, for the purpose
of electing directors and for the
transaction of any other business as
may properly come before said meet
ing. r. L. SANlLLE, CaShlef.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-19
Guide Signs Are RObbng the Great
''An7eTcQn Sahara" of It's Menace

by elk-skin shoes secured in place by
lacing about the ankles. The dog S
nose is an infallible detector of bad
water, and in many other ways the
aid of this mute assistant is of such
a nature as to be indispensable.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-19
Shareholders Meeting.

A meeting of the shareholders OF
the City National Bank of Daw-
son, Ga, will be held at their bank
ing house on Tuesday, January 10,
1914, at II o'clock, for the purpose
of electing directors and for the
transaction of any other business as
may properly come before said meet
ing. K. S. WORTHY, Cashier.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-19
WILL OPPOSE SOLONS.
Atlanta Women Are to Fight Those
Against Suffrage.

At the regular meeting Of the At
lanta Equal Suffrage Association let
tiers were addressed to all members
of the state legislature asking them
to state clearly their attitude towards
woman's suffrage in Georgia. The
members of the association announce
that unless the solons comply with
this request they will be opposed
tooth and nall by all members of
the association and its friends.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-19
Withdrawal of Reward.

The reward, heretofore offered, Of
$3.50 for the arrest and delivery to
the Sheriff of Terrell county OF Ar
thur, alias Bogue, Williams is here
by withdrawn. The parties who
placed the money in my hands for
the payment of the reward have
withdrawn it. This December 18th,
1913. NJ. G.. HILL,
Sheriff Terrell County, Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-19
THE UNIVERSAL EGOTIsT.

We all would be happy as brothers
And a beautiful world this would be
Had it merely happened that others
Were only as perfect as we.
-Woman's Home Companion.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-19
For Rent.

The two Shelton dwelling houses
on Main street. Close in and all
conveniences. Apply to C. c. Mar
tin, Dawson, Ga, or w. P. Shelton,
Dothan, Ala.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-19

Gore, Gap. A. Morgan had oc-
casion recently to use a liver medi-
cine, and says of Foley Cathartfc
Tablets: ''They thoroughly cleansed
my system, and l felt like new man,
light and free. They are the best
medicine have ever taken for con-
stipation." They keep the stomach
sweet. liver active, bowels regular.
Dawson Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-19

Atlanta is fearful that her locker
clubs are going to be locked up. And
so are some others who are not At
lantans, but make periodical visits
there.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-19

Albany boys have formed club
whose motto it "Shoot no fire crack
ers on Christmas" Dawson boys
would put the public under obliga-
lions to them by forming a similar
club.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-19
Statement of the Condition of
The First State Bank,
RESOURCES

Located at Dawson, Ca. at the close Of business
| Dec. Bird, 1913.
Arizona republican., 1913-04-26
Excuses Given by English Clerks

One prolific of clerical humor. says a writer in the April Strand, consists of cuse-mak ing for attendance at the office. A favorite formula for several generations has been, T should like attend my grandmothers funeral, sir Some times this touching request occasions mild surprise
 II thought MT. Brown, buried one grand mother year and another the year before?"
 That is true, sir the response. It's my poor grandfather's fault; he married again
 Very well. Let this be the last grandmother during the busy season, Mr. Brown
 Another employer. who had granted of his clerks leave of absence to attend the funeral of aunt, shortly afterward surprised to meet the young gentleman enjoying himself at we'll known cricket ground
 You've made quick work your aunt Mea- dows,' he remarked, grmly.
 "Oh, found I'd made mistake in the hour. The funeral isn't until this afternoon, sir. I felt very low and thought I'd come here to get cheered up And Meadows heaved a sigh
 By odd chance that afternoon the employer again encountered his clerk in the vast crowd surg ing from the match.
 "Ah. I'm very glad I didn't go to the funeral. sir' said the latter brightly My tailor didn't send my clothes. hear it most affecting affair, and I should have been most completely incapaci tated tomorrow Now I'm fresh lark
Arizona republican., 1913-04-26
=5 Arizona Republican Editorial Page
A Model of a Will

We recommend to all readers of The Repub- lican earnest perusa of the last will and of the late J. P. Morgan, printed in full in the New York newspapers which reach ing Phoenix. It is a brief document, of only 13,OOO words, and be printed in about pages of an ordinary newspaper It is we'll worth the study of any man, for no one can foresee what exigency of fate will leave him encountered with estate which he cannot carry hence and which he would therefore prefer to have distributed among his friends according to his own fancy.
 In dying, MT. Morgan preserved his control, at least, to the third generation, almost absolute if he live exercise it. It is a will without loophoe for which the prying lawyer would look vain if he at that task. From it's appearance, it is un- breakable.
 But it's provisions generous Not servant any of the numerous establishments o forgotten and his remembrance of of them princely.
 The concluding article is a recognition of the ability o attend ther own affairs fo it provides:
 Article XXXIV.-Any gift other provision under this will any codcil thereto benefit of any shall be taken and held by such and for her sole and separate property and estate. from any debts. liabilities trol of or by any husband she may ever have"
 No fortune hunting husband gets look-in here. No question of community property be raised over any of the bequests of the will. The $5O,O00 bequeathed to Miss DaCosta. the librarian of MT. Morgan. be applied to the liquida- tion of the debts of future husband. and the $10O00 bequest that Miss Thurston, her assistant is made equally to her
 Again, urge those who contemplating making wills. to study the effort of Mr Morgan Some of the articles may be found superfluous in he O few of he least riff nf thay need not be used.
Arizona republican., 1913-04-26
The Tax Payer
By WALT MASON

The whole year round old William Wax reminds that he his The he is tty small yet paying it stirs up his gall and freezes cold Arctic pole, the genial his soul
 Because he pays measly pound to make the blooming wheels go round, he thinks those wheels should always go. he directs fast slow The government should always pause before fash ions any laws votes the blowing a cent if old Bill is content. He thinks he has he right to roast whoever holds important post, O pound the toing statesmen's backs because he pays his trifling tax He writes long letters the press, in which he voices his distress and shows that rascals in vogue that statesman is a rogue. The quiet man who yearly Whacks up twice much old Bills tax, too busy is rant and paw, and there ought to be law The tears still stream down old Bills jowls the less he pays the he howls It neer Old Bill
 Wax that other fellows pay their tax; he bears the crushing weight alone and fills the air with grunt and groan. In every hamlet William dwes and jars the welkin with his yells which daily the grate those who really pay the freight.
Arizona republican., 1913-04-26
King George Has Six Thrones
lHarDers Weeklyl

King George has six thrones. One would nat uraly suppose that the king would "st upon his throne" at Wndsor-that that, to speak, would be the official throne" While however, there palace the Windsor throne is probably the last of all whereon might find the English ereign.
 The throne Buckingham palace is the generally used inasmuch the greater number of ceremonial functions there.
 The king of England may be said to have set of thrones. In the of throne-the corona tion chair at Westminster Abbey-he certainly uses it but This is the rm-eaten, battered, lion footed old oak settle that contains the Stone of Destiny. Upon it since the days of Edward II have been crowned all the rulers of England. This chair might well be called the throne of the British empire" since it is by far the most ancient of the English thrones To be crowned the ruler must sit upon this throne, and other.
 One may be of thing, however, in this connecton-no king of England any one else. for that matter would voluntarily seek seat on this ancient throne than since it is decided ly uncomfortable resting place. It stands. year in and out. in the chapel of Edward the Confes- sor,-and it is removed only on the occasion of a coronation Then, covered with gold brocade. it is under the lectern between the choir and the altar
 The throne with which the British public is most familiar is that which stands upon a dais in the house of lords. The houses of parliament contain another throne-that in the kings robing room This is employed by the king when he is donnlng the regal garb previously entering the house Of peers to read his speech.
 which is very ordinary looking building at the foot of St. James street This throne is very hand some one, standing under magnificent and ornate canopy. here that the foreign ambassadors who credited to the court of St James are re- ceived.
 The throne at Windsor is unique in one re- spect It is constructed entirely of ivory It was a gift from one of the princes of India
Arizona republican., 1913-04-26
Samuel F. R. Morse
By HOWARD L. RANN

If it had been for Samuel F. E. Morse, whose birthday celebrate tomorrow, there would be no such thing the telegraph instrument the peak-headed telegraph operator who delivers four days after the funeral has been held. This is ample reason why should pause a ment and review the life of this great and good man, who started in life with nothing but his initials and wound with decorations than Russian wrestler.
 The inventor of the telegraph n Charlestown, Mass April 27 1791. He became painter and did quite little sculpting. but after pursuing art all Europe without quite catch ing with it, he decided to invent the telegraph. There good deal of need of the telegraph in those days, owing to the fact that it took four MT Morse looked around saw people who had sent dunnng letters in early youth and ceived any reply to them, he captured little loose electricity and taught it to back and forth a long wire and say "ah" He then got up alphabet which always misspells the of the deceased and sounds like the impromptu remarks of who has stepped tack in the bath 
 When Mir Morse tried to sell his invention to wanted to have the commissioners of insanity sit him Finally. however after pawnng all of his household effects except Prince Albert coat and compelling number of his Wife's rela tives to retire from business with pained look, he succeeded in securing appropriation for line between Washington and Baltimore. He used slow grade of electricity at first but it is faster now. that man quote price of shelled corn by wire and get reply the interesting story As result of his invention. MT. Morse became immensely wealthy and did not have to operate with two fingers and his tongue in order to make a living.
Arizona republican., 1913-04-26

Something than the green felt hat is on the way. It is blue derby.
Arizona republican., 1913-04-26
Famous Literary Blunders
(London GlObe)

(LOndOn GlObe)
 The blunders of literary women not only often amusing. but they possess a peculiar fascination There few of us who do rejoice when catch Homer nodding
 Few writers of distinction escaped lapses. from Shakespeare who refers in Julius Caesar to clocks centuries before they were invented, and who makes thunder in King John,' and introduces a pistol Henry VI to the modern novelist who places Bombay in Bengal
 Speaking of modern authors reminds O Miss Corelli who has enriched the world Of zoology with the eight Highland bull-heifers" appearing in her Treasure of Heaven" Thackerays most celebrated bunder the killing of Lord Farin- tosh's mother and then bringing her to life again. mistake which he noticed himself and to which he, draws the attention of the reader, but which it would have been difficult alter subsequently,
 One of the best known poetca quotations embodes classic blunder, which is hardly ever noticed although the lines in daily These Mton's Thick autumnal the brooks in Valombrosa.' The simile is beauti- fu, but inaccurate. for the of VaambrOsa pines which in the of casting their leaves in autumn.
 Another very well known quotation embodying a "howler' is Byron's II stood in Venice the Bridge of Signs, palace and a prison each hand These words would actually imply the existence of prisons and palaces which Byron certainly did not Every reader of Herrlck and good many people who have never read his lyrics know the line, Her eyes the glow worm lend thee" The confusion of ideas is natural enough but naturalists stake their .repu- tation on the glowworm's being in fact sightless
Arizona republican., 1913-04-26
A TRIBUTE TO LORD WOLSELEY
(LOndOn Chronicle

A fine tribute to the late Lord Wolseley will be found in autobiography of Sir William Butler .'Wolseley." wrote Butler, who served under him in many campaigns, had 'the best and most brilliant brain I ever met in the English army. He was possessed of courage equal to his brain power His body had been maued and smashed many times. In Burmah a gngal bullet had torn his thigh to shreds. Insthe Crimea shell smashed his face and blinded one eye But man who rode beside Wolseley could have imagined he had only the power and sight with which he started life. knew him tired l never knew his eye de- ceVed"
Arizona republican., 1913-04-26

stutes safe water He must be taught that safe
 water is essential for his health and happiness and that his inaenable right to demand and receive safe water from the municipality. There is also the difficulty of arousing municipal off,
 cials to sense of their responsibility in the mat ter of water supply. They must be convinced that their plain duty to furnish safe water to the citizens 365 days in the year. Failure to do this
 results in wholesale homicide. and where the facts of pollution known it amounts to passive der.-Dr. Allan Mclaughlin. in the April Popular Mechanics Magazine
Arizona republican., 1913-04-26

differences MT. latter of whom Miss Jerome of New York before she married Lord England and who afterwards became the wife of about the her expected shortly result in absolute divorce
 in 1t believed she will institute proceedings absolute divorce present of
Arizona republican., 1913-04-26
DANGERS OF POLLUTED WATER

The battle for safe water supplies has been be- set with difficulties. It is extremely difficult to shake the citizen of his apathetc at
 titude toward preventable disease. It is necessary to educate him that he will understand the dan in polluted water and the necessity for a safe water supply. He be shown what cOn-
Arizona republican., 1913-04-26

There things that not for sale in New York City. and the Brick church is of them" says a statement issued by the trustees of that bulwark of Presbyterianism, in response to offer sell the property and to another site. It is good thing the point emphasized casionally
Arizona republican., 1913-04-26

.The white is calling for hope" the sport editor of the Los Angeles Times All of which is a misunderstanding of the call The white has lost hope It not disturbed the day Jim Jeffries fell at Reno. and has not demanded successor The white has plenty of hope
Arizona republican., 1913-04-26
No Questions Asked

about the Title, when you are mak- ing sale of real estate, if you can say to your customer, "A guar antee title policy issued by the Phoenix Title and Trust Co. with every lot. :"
Arizona republican., 1913-04-26

The success with which congress cornered the money trust ought to encourage it to go the trail of the baseball
Arizona republican., 1913-04-26

Mrs Bemonts threat to boycott England unless it grants demands of the suffragettes ought to bring stubborn John Bull to his if anything
Arizona republican., 1913-04-26

The legislature has moved rapidly in the last week that the end of the session is believed to be in sight; but what may be only mirage