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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-02

The proposal for a meat investiga-
ton was prompted by an announce
ment that the navy had bought near
ly 800, 900 pounds of Australian fresh
beef at a half cent a pound lower
than the best prices of American
packers and 10000 pounds of cam
ed corned beef from the Australian
packers at cents a pound cheaper
than the lowest price in the United
States. The price paid was 1870
cents a pound for the fresh beef and
1887 cents for the corned product.
Announcing his intention to ask
for a congressional investigation of
the navy's beef contract Congress-
man Britten declared that he wanted
to develop why the public could not
benefit by the advantage Of buying
from Australia if the navy could
do so.
Representative Mcclellan of Ten
nessee had pending in the house a
bill to prohibit interstate transporta-
ton of any food products kept in cold
storage more than ninety days. He
contends its enactment into law
would go far toward solving the cold
storage question.
Agents of the department of JUS
tice took up their work today in all
the principal cities. They will report
particularly on eggs and dairy prod
ucts and will attempt to make an
estimate of the quantities in cold
storage and how long they have been
there.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-02
PROBE EGG AND MEAT TRUST
UNCLE SAM Is SATISFIED THAT
THE MARKET IS INFLATED.
Meat Is Sold to Govern
ment at Low Prices, But the Pub
lie Is Not Benefited.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Another
federal investigation into the high
cost of living, promising criminal
prosecutions if Attorney General Nc
Reynolds can find an alleged cold
storage conspiracy, got under way
today and a congressional investiga-
ton of a different phase of the cost
of living problem was threatened.
While special agents of the depart
ment of justice are sitting charges
that eggs, poultry and dairy products
are being piled up n cold storage to
maintain high prices and even force
them higher Representative Britten
of Illinois is preparing to ask for a
congressional investigation into
prices of meat.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-02
TIPPING THE EXECUTIONER.
Victim Expected to Hand Him Any
where From Five to Fifty Guineas.

Public executioners in England
used to add very considerably to
their official salaries by the extortion
Of tips from their victims, and a man
of any rank was expected to hand
his executioner anything from 5 to
so guineas.
If the tip was liberal enough it was
possible to defeat the ends of justice.
The famous Jack Ketch once confess
ed to having accepted 20 guineas
from a notorious criminal, in consid-
Grafton of which he gave him an OPP
portunity to slip off the scaffold and
mingle with the crowd. Whereupon
Ketch made a feint of pursuit, seized
white-faced little tailor from
among the spectators and strung him
up instead.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-02
GEORGIA, A NATURAL GRASS
COUNTRY. TAKES TO LIVE STOCK

a gray sandy loan, with a heavy red
clay subsoil.
The soils of the eastern portion Of
the mountain region are red loans
and clays derived from the weather.
ing of the rocks of this section.
Within the western mountain and
plateau region the soils are princi
pally sandy and silly loans derived
from the weathering of sandstone
and shale. The soils of the lime
stone valleys consists either of dark
brown or red clay loan and clay
soils, or of cherry gray silt loans
or stony loans. Extensive areas of
the mountain section in northern
Georgia are covered by forests.
Georgia has one of the best dairy
farms in the United States, and is
destined to become a great live
stock producing section. 1t is a nat
ural grass country, affording the best
of pastuTage. The ranches of the
cattle man is near the eastern mar
kets. Cattle shipped from any point
in Georgia one day are N New York
the next. The Hereford, Red Poll
and grades of these breeds crossed
with native stock are the popular
types of beef cattle. Sheep and An
CORA and merino goats thrive well.
Prices of Farms.
Georgia ranks tenth in population
and twentieth in land area among the
states. In 1910 the average value for
the whole state of farm lands, with
buildings and improvements, was
SITS per acre, and the average size
of the Georgia farm is 92.6 acres.
The average value of a Georgia
farm is now about $4,000, of
which nearly $3.50 represents
the value of land and buildings
slightly more than $275 that of live
stock and about SIS that of imple
ments and machinery. Farm lands,
OI COuloG val y Ii NaluC anu PAlNC'
ranging from SO to $25 and 800 an
acre, according to location, transport
tation facilities, improvements, near
ness to markets, etc. Good lands,
that will produce in abundance every
crop that can be grown in the tenn
perate zone, including tobacco of fine
quality, can be purchased at from
$12 to $25 per acre.
Farm Expenses.
Nearly two-fifths of the farmers
hire labor, the average amount ex-
pended by the farmers hiring being
SIG. During the ten-year period,
1S9O-19OO, the total expenditure for
labor increased $5,974,OOO, or 1925
per cent. About a sixth of the
amount reported as expended for Ia
Dor is in the form of rent and board.
About one farmer out of every four
reports some expenditure for feed,
and about four out of every five pur-
chase fertilizer. The amount ex-
pended for feed is S4,097, 900, or
$53.93 per farm. The total amount
reported as paid for fertilizer has
increased $11,122,O0O, or 1898 per
cent, during the decade, the average
per farm reporting being $71.36.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-02
DIR. Hobson's Ointment Heals Eczema

DIR. HobsOn's Ointment Heals Eczema
The constantly itching, burning
sensation and other disagreeable
forms of eczema, letter, salt rheum
and skin eruptions promptly cured
by DIR. HObsOn's Eczema Ointment
Geo. W. Fitch of Medota, Ill, says:
I purchased a box of DR.. HobsOn s
Eczema Ointment. Have had eczema
ever since the civil war, have been
treated by many doctors, none have
given the benefit that one box of DR..
Hobson's Eczema Ointment has" Ev-
cry sufferer should try it. We're so
positive it will help you We guaran-
tee it or money refunded. At all
druggists or by mail so cents. Pfeif-
fer Chemical Co., Philadelphia and
St. Louis.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-02
~ SALOON MEN INDICTED.
Bibb Grand Jury Returns True Bills
For Illegal Sale.

Forty-eight indictments have been
returned by the Bibb county grand
jury against the proprietors of Ma
con saloons.
In all nearly 100 true bills have
been found. and half of them relate
to the violation of the prohibition
law.
Practically all of the indictments
so far found were based on evidence
secured by the detectives of the Law
Enforcement League.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-02
Food Prices Steadily Soar.

Statistics Systematically gathered
by agents of the department of labor
and made public here from month to
month show that at all the principal
Industrial centers of the United
States the prices of foods needed by
the average working mans family
have steadily been soaring for the
last % years and in a great many in
stances have passed the high price
marks of 1907, which were then I'M
precedented. Sugar, according to
these statistics, is the only commod~
ity showing a reduction.
Any congressional Investigation
will be separate from that of the de-
partment of Justice. Attorney Gen
eral McReynolds' agents will make
their reports direct to Washington,
and what. evidence is gathered will
be weighed to determine whether
there are any grounds for prosecu-
ton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-02
To Prevent Blood Poisoning

apply at once the wonderful old reliable IR
PCRTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL. sur
---' --e-ei--~ -'--. -e'i----e pain aud heals a
Evening journal., 1913-02-14
NEWSY DOlNCS
OF new CASTLE
Defective FIue Causes Fire
That Threatens to De-
StrOy House
GET GOOD PRICES
FOR FARMING EFFECTS

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEW CASTLE, Feb 14--Prompt
action by volunteers prevented what
threatened to be a serious fire at the
residence Of John J. Sheridan, South
Fourth street. The fire is supposed
TO have been caused by a defective
hue. and the piano and parlor furni-
ture were badly damaged
Shortly after o'clock, Michael
Hendler discovered the fre, and ac.
companied by Officer Lewis and other
citizens, rushed upstairs. Grabbing the
blankets and quilts from beds In other
rooms they fought the flames. Mean.
while the chemical engine of the Coco
viii Fire Company had arrived but
did not go into service. The princi
pal damage was TO the furniture anC
rugs The smoke blackened the pa
per IN several rooms, and the piano
pictures and furniture in the parloi
are practically ruined
The water which was thrown on tn,
( burning rugs in the parlor Leaked
through the floor above the grocer,
store The loss amounts TO severa
hundred dollars, covered by insur
ance.
Samuel Toppin is in a critical con
dition.
James Hatton is handing around
cigars in honor of the arrival at hi:
home Of young son.
The attendance at the sale Of stool
Il, of Mrs. Eta Blackburne yesterday
was large. and the prices realized
were fair. Cows sold from SIC e
$50, and horses from S35 20 S100
Farming implements brought gooC
prices. Mrs Blackburne will re-
move to Rose Hill, and Lea Brown
will occupy the Rogers farm which
Mrs. Blackburne vacates.
The fourth quarterly conference oI
the NJ. u. Church will be held this
evening. A special musical program
has been arranged. Henry r. Isaacl
of Wilmington, will address the Sun
day school next Sunday, and on the
following Sunday the speaker will be
Mayor Rodney
c. Ferris Jemison left today for
a trip through Florida.
Miss Mabel Clewell is visiting rela-
tives in Bethlehem, Pa.
Several persons from here attended
the inquest last night in Wilmington
as to the death of Henry G. Nalle
Or Harold G. Conn, Of the Delaware
Hospital, and DR.. George W Gross
of this city, testified that Nalle told
them he had jumped off the trolle,
car at Megginson's switch. Vandyk,
Roberts reiterated that he had seer
Nalle jump off the car. The jur,
returned the following verdict:
THAT Henry G. Nalle came to hi
death January 10, from peritonitis re
sulting from punctured intestines b
being pushed or falling from trolle
car No. 80 of the Wilmington AM
Southern Railway Company. Januar
n at Megginson's switch, between
and o'clock p. m"
Evening journal., 1913-02-14
REPORT MADE
ON ANTHRAX
Council Receives interesting
Communication From
Board of Health

An interesting communication on
the matter of anthrax was sent to
City Council by the Board of Health
last night. pursuant to instructions
from City Council. requesting an in
vestigation of conditions at the ware
house of f. Blumenthal and Com
pany, morocco manufacturers. Two
weeks ago Councilman Jacob Zim-
hermann offered a resolution ia
Council providing for the investiga-
ton because of three cases of an
thrax that occurred among employees
of the company. one of which re-
suited fatally. This resolution was
passed and the Board of Health sub
mitted its report last night. 1t fol-
lows:
To the Honorable Members of City
Council, city.
Gentlemen: This board has made a
very careful investigation of the
condition, alleged to exist by your
honorable body at the warehouse Of
the f. Blumenthal Company, and
found that there had been four
cases Of anthrax, contracted by their
employees in handling the raw goat
hides as shipped into this country
form China and India. OF the four
cases, one died, the other three are
recovering.
Anthrax is disease belonging to
the bovine family and is only trans
mitted to the human being by in
fection from direct contact chat is
that there must be a cut or abrasion
on the body for the germ to lodge)
this disease in the human being is en-
tirely local and will only affect the
parts on which the cuts or abrasions
are located
Anthrax has been a menace to the
Continued On Page Twelve).
Evening journal., 1913-02-14
TELL
THEIR SIDE OF
WAGE TROUBLE

W. S. Carter. president Of the
brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen. has issued a state
ment in which he outlines what he
says are tho real issues between the
Eastern railroads and the locomotive
fremen. That statement is as fol-
lows.s
What the Eastern Locomotive Fire.
men Demand.
practically the same wages in
1913 that Western hremen were
granted in an arbitration in 1910;
the increase being about fifteen per
cent. over present Eastern wages;
in addition thereto working condi-
tions now in effect on other roads
and two fremen on the larger loco
motives where one fireman cannot
endure the physical strain. or
Il.-Arbitration Of the entire
matter as provided by the Federal
law.
What the Eastern Railroads Demand
I.-That Eastern firemen work fol-
almost fifteen per cent less wages
than Western fremen receive; under
rules less favorable than on other
roads and without any assistance or
( the larger locomotives. or
! II-Arbitration under the railroads
plan as in the engineers arbitration
/ Why Eiremen Refuse 10 ArbitratS
Under the Railroads Plan.
Awards are based upon false
I htr "A
companies. and considered by the Ar.
bitration Baord after hearings have
been closed
evidence introduced and considered
by Arbitration Board. without wit.
nesses being placed under oath, and
no legal means for penalizing false
testimony as perjury
III-The railroads desire to Sc
cure proposed legislation preventing
strikes, increase in freight rates. etc
are not matters to be decided in an
arbitration Of a wage dispute but are
matters TO be considered by Congress-
or by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
IY-Awards are not based upon tes-
timory and evidence submitted by the
railroads and employees In the rail
roads plan of arbitration at the reg
ular hearings, but upon information
secured by the individual members OF
the board, during the several months
intervening between the closing of
the hearings and the publication OF
the award
V.-Opportunity is not given the
employees to controvert false evil
dencs and testimony, consid red by
members Of the board after hearings
are closed
VITO accept any such plan OF ar
bitration would be a deliberate be-
trayal Of the rights and Interest. !
Of locoomuve fremen by their rep
lresentatives.
Evening journal., 1913-02-14

Arabian lace curtains can be clean
ed by brushing dry oatmeal ;hI Rough
them as ;hey lie on the 1oor. A sheet
should be spread under them.
Evening journal., 1913-02-14
nONnHn

Very Cheap Coffees arc seldom
fully ripened, and will spoil your di-
gestion. To avoid this try our soc
coffee and get 10 stamps. ID. g. A.
Phone, 77S-A $40 King ST.
Evening journal., 1913-02-14

CITY OF MEXICO, Feb. 14.-Gen-
eral Pascual Orozco, who has been in
command of the insurrection forces
in northern Mexico. is expected to
bring his army this way soon. Gener-
Evening journal., 1913-02-14

al Diaz has said that in case his re-
vOlution proves successful General
Orozco will hold responsible posi-
tion and will play an important role
in organizing the new government.
The Washington times., 1913-05-23
HARD SUMMER AHEAD,
STARS TELL PROPHET
Poor Crops, Earthquakes, and
Tornadoes Are Predicted
For Next Few Months.

NEW YORK, May 23.-walI street
brokers. police grafters. taxicab COM
panies and pro-Murphy politicians are
not the only ones who are going to
have a tough summer If William Pro-
bssco. of Elmont L. L, is any good as
a prophet. and he says he is. Every
body II going to suffer some.
Didn't ] predict the San Francisco
earthquake. the Titanic disaster and
every other calamity worth mentioning
IN the last few years?" he inquired
when he thought he had detected a
gleam Of skepticism in the eye of his
questioner.
s"Well." sarcastically interjected lis
tener. you didn't predict what hap
pened to the Republican party last No
vember. T. r. beat you to that one"
Undismayed by such fiippancy, the
prophet proceeded to hand out the fol-
lowing crop Of calamities:
Diseases In animals and poor crops
all along the line sending up the cost
Of living at a tremendous rate.
An earthquake on August @
Heavy rains right along from now
until the end of August.
Tornadoes after a total eclipse of the
moon In the middle of September.
Iheu series Of earthquakes
J. If. BY this time there are any people
left on earth to notice what is happen
Ing they Will feel frost that will kill
everything alive In vegetation
Prophet Probasco has been studying
the heavens with his pocket telescope
tn his retreat in the woods near Elmont,
and he says the earth has been making
Preparations for hundreds of years TO
give the United States a general shak-
ting up. People who have noted sharp
che0ges In the climate of New York,
and kAve fallen into the habit of Jest
ing about these phenomena, really have
no idea Of the gravity Of such signs.
II - said to be one of the sorest spots
In the civic pride Of winsted. Conn.
tl-et tsere is no prophet Of the first
order tnere. like De Voc. of Hacken-
lack, o. Probasco. OF Elmont
The Washington times., 1913-05-23
WILSON CRITICISED
BY REPUBLICANS
Baltimore Postoffice Place Stirs
Up. Trouble for President
in Senate.

Sharp criticism of President Wilson
was voiced on the floor In executive ses-
sion of the Senate last evening. 1t
came from Republican Senators, and
arose from the Executive interference
in the Maryland Senatorial fight. lead
ing to the appointment of Sherlock
Swami as postmaster of Baltimore to
help William L. Marbury. Swami was
finally confirmed by a close vote.
This was the first criticism Of the
President in executive session in this
Administration. Republican Senators
held the President should not use
patronage to influence the result of a
Senatorial fight, whether Democratic or
Republican. Senator Smith of Mary
land spoke for confirmation Of Swami.
The Senate in executive session con-
frmed Edward X. Campbell for chief
Justice Of the Court Of Claims Ernest
Lester oJnes was confirmed as deputy
commissioner of fisheries.
Many postmasters were also con-
hrmed. and sixteen army promotions.
The Washington times., 1913-05-23
WASHINGTON GIRL
Wins AT ATHLETICS
Miss Margaret P. Larner Gets
High Honors in Contests
at Smith College.

Any girl of the 1,soO or more students
attending Smith College, that fashion
able institution at Northampton. Mass,
who by any one particular accomplish
ment attracts attention is usually de-
serving of all the honor she receives.
Consequently when a young girl like
Miss Margaret p. Larner, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Larner. OF this
city, distinguishes herself on the ath-
ietic field as well as In the classroom.
her companions and friends are un-
stinted in their showering of honors.
Miss Larner, who is considered one of
the youngest as well as one of The
brightest girls at the college. has just
clinched the reputation Of being an atfl-
ietic star in the spring meet annually
held by the girls at the institution.
The young Washington girl played in
the tennis tournament last week and
held her own until very near the finals,
when she was taken slightly Ill from the
effects of the sun. Miss Larner rallied,
however, in few days and acquitted
herself admirably in the volley ball
game between the juniors and seniors.
The Washington times., 1913-05-23
POSLAm SOAP
A TONIC F0R
YOUR SKIN

FOLSOM SOAP Is the only soap that
Is thoroughly medicated with and has
the hygienic effects Of the great skin
remedy, Poslam. In preserving a beau
tiful complexion and acting as a tonic
and beautifier for any skin.
BY its daily use and with no other
treatment. the skin may be kept In per-
feet health, improved In color and quail
tty and protected antiseptically from
impurities. infection. and disease.
= In richness, Poslam Soap 10 unsur-
passed. II is absolute In purity, soothes
the tender skin-is best and safest for
baby's bath. No soap more free from
alkali can possibly be made.
So many remarkable qualities COM
bine In Poslam Soap that q trial leads
to its appreciation and continued use.
Sold by druggists everywhere; large
and lasting cake. price Is cents.
For a FREE SAMPLE Of Poslam
Soap write to the Emergency Labora-
tories, 80 West 18th Street. New York
City.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1913-05-23
Memorial Service for
Senator Henderson

Delegate from colored churches, Sun
day schools, and religious and secret
societies over a greater portion of the
United States will meet in the Cosmo-
politan Baptist Church at SIP o'clock
tonight. where services In honor Of the
late John B. Henderson. former Sena-
tor from Missouri. and author of the
Thirts erth Amendment to the Federal
Constitution, will be held under the aus
pices of the Henderson National Me-.
mortal League Of America
The speakers who have been invited
include Senator Moses E. Clapp. former
District Commissioner Henry B. F..
Mcfarland. Henry p. Blair, president
OF the Board of Education, and the
pastors of many OF the local colored
churches. Members of the Henderson
family are expected to be present.
The Washington times., 1913-05-23
WEATHER REPORT.

The forecast for the District of CO.
lumh,a-Showers and cooler tonight:
Saturday cloudy and cooler.
For Maryland-Showers tonight: cool
er In east portion tonight; Saturday
cloudy; light variable winds
For Virginia-Showers tonight: cooler
in south portion tonight; Saturday
cloudy and cooler: light variable winds.
The temperature today as registered
at the United States Weather Bureau
and AHIeck'e.
The Washington times., 1913-05-23
TIDE TARIE

TIDE TABLE.
High tide. 1918 a. m. and 1o:4s p. m.
Low tide, AIS, a. m. and 4:56 p. m.
SUN TABLE.
Sun rises. 4:5O Sun sets 7:eO
The Washington times., 1913-05-23
Memorial Hall
Will Be Discussed

Representatives of the Chamber OF
Commerce. Board of Trade. and Retail
Merchants Association. who are inter-
ested in the erection of a George WASH
ington memorial hall, will meet with
the Federation Of State Associations at
905 F street tomorrow night, when mat
ters pertaining TO the erection of the
hall will be discussed.
The Washington times., 1913-05-23
Revenue Cutter Seeks
Stolen Motor Launch

The revenue cutter Apache. assigned
to the Washington Baltimore dis
trict, is patrolling the Potomac river
today in search Of the power launch
Earl Segar, which was stolen several
days ago from her dock in the Kappa
hammock river.
The Apache anchored today OF the
lighthouse wharf at the foot Of Sixth
street After an inspection OF motor
craft she will leave for the lower
river
The Washington times., 1913-05-23
Washingtonians Asked
To See Drug Gardens

An invitation to attend the annual
pilgrimage to the drug gardens. Airing
ton Experimental Farms. at Arlington,
Va, tomorrow afternoon Is extended
to "every physician. druggist. student
washington branch of the American
Pharmaceutical Association. DR.. Ly-
man F. Kebler. of the Bureau Of Chem
istry, Department of Agriculture. is
president Of the association.
The Washington times., 1913-05-23
Claim Agents Honor DooIey.

n. n. Dsoley. Of this city, chief claim
agent OF me Southern railway was
eiectea ono OF the vice presidents Of
the Association Of Railway Clalo,
AKents. now solding their twenty-fourth
annual convertion at the Hotel Emer-
Don In Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1913-05-23
FIirts in Sleep.

CHICAGO, May 23.-"I can't; help it,
judge. / flirt in my Sleep Ernest
Plath told the court when charges
with nodding and smiling at a girl on
Q street car. The flirting somnambu-
list was fined S..
The Washington times., 1913-05-23
Boys Play Jesse lanes.

ApBURN. Me-, May es.-Two boys,
% small the ancient stage coach driver
thought they were dwarfs. held up the
Mechanics Falls stage with huge re-
vofyers. Driver Hackett's long whip
routed them They were captured.
The Washington times., 1913-05-23

Sa.oo Pen Mar or Gettysburg Sa.oo Me-
excursion Friday, May 80, Pennsylvania
Railroad to Gettysburg or Pen Mar
only $500 round trip-special train
leaves Washington z :32 A. M.-Advt.