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

saw a dark complexioned young man
leaning over the rail the moment be-
fore she felt the sting on her hand.
Her hand became numb and the feel
ing spread quickly as in Mrs. Graft S
case to her entire arm. She left the
seat and hurried to the women's rest
room. There she was on the verge OF
collapse when an attendant revived
her.
Miss Lee said she was in another
theatre when 'she was stuck by nee
die. She became faint and two
young men, who were in the box,
aided her, telling theatre attaches
that they were her relatives. Her
sister arrived, however, and the men
made off,
There is q drug whose effects par
alIel those described by the three wo-
men, according to DR.. Jos. A. Shears,
an assistant to the health commits
sioner of New York city. A charge
of one grain, he said would kill.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12
MRS. 8RIMBERY WINS AGAIN
Congressman Park Has Recommend
ed the POstmistress at Albany
for disappointment.

WASHINGTON-Mrs. Nellie b.
Brimberry will be reappointed post
mistress at Albany, Dougherty coun-
ty, on the recommendation Of Con-
gresham Frank Park. He recon-
mended her reappointment today and
Postmaster General Burleson will re-
spect his wishes, with the result that
the president will send her name to
the senate for another term of four
years.
The Albany postmastership carries
salary of $4,000 annually, and is
the most lucrative and desirable piece
of patronage in the district. Mrs.
Brimberry's present term will expire
December 18th. She has given uni
versaI satisfaction during her occu-
pancy Of the Office, and Judge Park
was moved to recommend her for re-
appointment because he believed her
record entitled her to further recog-
milton from the government.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12
MR.. PARK HAS PISTOL BILL
NEW CONGRESSMAN PUTS THE
MATTER UP TO CONGRESS.
Says Pistol TOting I-eans Murder,
and Wants Federal Aid in Stop
ping the Practice.

! WASHINGTON.-An amendment
to the federal constitution to permit
congress and the states to regulate
the practice of ."pistol toting' was
offered in the house today by Repre-
sentative Frank Park of Georgia.
Judge Park predicted that the
amendment would receive the over
whelming approval of congress and
the states. He said his experience
on the bench had convinced him that
the evil of pistol toting was directly
responsible for a large percentage Of
the grisIy homicide records of the
United States. He has taken advant-
age of the first opportunity to remedy
the evil.
The Number Surprising.
The number of negroes walking
the streets and country roads of
Georgia armed with Colts automatic
revolvers would surprise YOU" said
Judge Park. Imagine even a peace
lUl negro Will Il IGNOIF6i u Eoo4it7
against his person in one pocket and
flask of liquor in another and you
can predict what will happen when
he goes to a dance or engages in a
card game in the woods, or is dis
charged from a job.
"The second amendment to the
federal constitution now reads, "A
well regulated militia, being neces-
sary to the security Of a free state,
the right of the people to keep and
bear arms shall not be infringed.' My
amendment proposes to add the
words, Provided that congress may
regulate the carrying of small arms
in the territories and in the District
of Columbia, and each state may reg
ulate the carrying of small arms
within it's BORDER. | believe the
amendment will get a two-thirds vote
in congress and be approved by three
fourths of the states"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12
ROTH ASSET AND LIABILITY
,,rryIL sTIRS POLITICIANS AS
u,rTL AS FARMERS TO ACTION.
,,-ble II Means Great Financial Loss
# Has Afforded Opportunity for
NIuch Political BuncOmbe.

An Atlanta dispatch to the SaVan-
.-,b News says that despite the fact
.no+ The Mexican cotton boil weeyil,
,r5ica is about to come into Georgia,
g.. rrobably one of the biggest finan-
.:.I liabilities which Georgia faces
+ha boil weevil is in one sense at
least an asset.
He has made one of the very best
r.t,a political assets which Georgia
.m.fr1s have had the opportunity OF
yelling themselves of in long time.
Far he gives almost every official
came opportunity to help the farmer,
avon IL it be only chance to make a
I.tle taIk and to express the hope
that the weevil will not do much
damage.
Nevertheless, the boil weevil as a
.aliH.aI asset has done no small
.monpr of good, for accepting the
fact that his coming is inevitable the
..+or#on given him by the politicians
has rnouestionably stirred not only
the farmers, but the business men OF
the state. to action, all Of which
means that when this pestiferous bug
hits Georgia next year he is going to
find the state in pretty good position
to fight him and in a large measure
tn suppress his activities as well as
financially able to meet his on
slaughr.
The boil weevil has already played
lis part largely as political asset.
His next appearance will be in the
shane Of a material liability whose
extent will depend upon how well
the cotton planters Of Georgia know
what to do when he gets here.
According to the best authorities
if will be two or three years before
there are sufficient weevils in this
section to do material damage.
Get ready for them now.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12
MESSINA STILL A RUIlED CITY
AFTER FIVE YEARS 10000 DEAD
LIE BURIED IN WRECKAGE.
Overwhelming Earthquake and Tidal
Wave Destroyed Two Hundred and
Fifty Thousand People.

EIbJ AIOtaScAIN 4 COpAC'
Five years have now elapsed since
the dreadful earthquake and tidal
wave left the city of Messina, Italy,
in ruins and still the traces of the
awful disaster are on every side. In
the city of MessiEa alone more than
100000 persons persisted and today
at least 10000 Of the victims lie bur-
led in the ruins. The earthquake
extended over an area of 100 square
miles and the fatalities numbered a
quarter of a million.
Little has been done toward re-
building Messina, due chiefly to eX
orbitant labor demands A year ago
the government gave out a contract
for 100000 worth of repair work,
but the laborers demanded a mini
imum OF $1.40 a day and have not
only done. no work themselves but
have prevented others from doing so.
Messina today looks much the same
las it did the morning after the great
disaster Of December. 1908. While
the old city is a ruin and all but
dDGuQCuGu lu6IC - d new AltH III
which the survivors, numbering
about 10000 souls, live. The best
Of the houses in this newer city were
furnished by the United States which
not only furnished the material, but
sent skilled workmen to erect the
new buildings.
The italian government proposes to
expend $12O,0O0,0OO in the work Of
clearing up the ruins of Messina and
erecting buildings. Large grants
have been made for the erection Of
workingmen's houses and several
public buildings are to be built.
There is an enormous treasure still
lying in the ruins Of the wrecked city.
With the exception of Rome Messina
was the wealthiest city in all Italy.
Few Sicilians bank or invest their
money, preferring to conceal their
boards, and it is estimated that fully
1872, 100000 has been recovered
from the wreckage Of the city. One
local firm alone had 100000 in cash
in it's vaults when the crash came.
Some of the churches were rich in
valuables. One of them, the old Nor
man cathedral, had art treasures val
ued at s10,0O0,OOO when the earth
quake and tidal wave overwheIm-
ed il.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12
AN EGG BOYCOTT.

Eleven Thousand Chicago Women
Band to Force Down Price.
In Chicago and vicinity alone H.
coo women are said to have Joined
the egg boycott which was started by
women and which they expect will
spread over the country. Several
thousand Chicago husbands are eat
ing eggless breakfasts. If majority
of the husbands throughout the coun-
try, exeert those who keep chickens
are re6Uced to the same extremity
the price of eggs will be forced to fall
and TIE women will have given ar
exhibition of their power to rule the
world
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12

ATLANTA, Ca" Honest, judge,
don't understand about that cat. 1t
was certainly one strange thing. The
lady up stairs said the kitty was
troubled with mango, and I told her
oil was good for it. l took the cat
down in my store and poured kero-
sene on it. Pretty soon l struck a
match to light my cigar. When l
threw the match down that fool cat
just jumped on it-then puff-that
cat was afre and chasing all about
like something mad. l guess it was
mad, all right"
THAT will cost you $25.75," re-
piled Recorder Broyles to A. S.
Chomsky, a grocer on Houston street,
up for cruelty to animals.
''Aint there some way to appeal
this thing? l amt satisfied" said
ChOmsky.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12
BILLIONS PUT IN DIAMONDS
Demand for Jewels Has Increased in
This Country, and the Price
Has Also Gone Up.

WASHINGTON.-The importation
Of various kinds of jewels in the
United States during the year 1913
have amounted to more than fifty
seven million dollars, according to
official figures issued today By the
government bureau of commerce,
This figure is thirty per cent in
excess of the highest record yet es-
tablished in this country, for these
Injuries.
The bureau officials declare that
the actual value Of all diamonds in
the United States has reached the
enormous sum of nearly one billion
dollars.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12

Observation-Disclosures, grape
fruit, knives, spools Of red tape,
borsesaoes, $3.50 pounds of timothy
hay, oats, meal and bran, straw, ar
MICA, gargling oil, mustang liniment
and assafoetida are among the items
for which expenditure was made out
of the contingent senate fund for the
period since last March, up to the
end of the last fiscal year.
This information is disclosed in
the report of James Baker, secretary
of the senate, which has just been
sent to the public printer. The mus
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12
$4,000 LETTERS PROTEST AGAINST
HANGING OF MRS. WAKEFIELD

terday, while from points widely
scattered throughout the west have
come newspaper clippings, lists OF
names and letters giving personal
opinions of the law or of the case.
Here and there is a request that
the law be permitted to take its
course. A new feature is the mailing
in of photographs of children One
photograph had written across it:
The mother of these children is
praying for the life of the mother of
the Wakefield babies
Up to date more than $4,000 let
tiers and petitions have been re-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12

HARTFORD, Conn.-Although
nearly eight months have passed
since the body of J. Pierpont Morgan
was buried on the summit of Cedar
Hill cemetery the grave is now as it
has been from the day of interment,
closely guarded, particularly at
night. During the day no specially
assigned Waterman is kept there, but
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12
60 CONJUGAL KNOTS UNITED
Thirty Divorces Before Luncheon
and as Many in Afternoon in
State Capitol.

State Capitol.
Thirty divorces be-
fore luncheon and as many more be-
fore court adjourned for the day was
the record set by Judge Ben Hill Of
the Fulton superior court for the
opentng day of the divorce docket
yesterday.
The most pathetic case of the day
was that Of a once beautiful factory
girl. who married a rich young soci-
ETY. man. Fred A. Rounsaville, son OF
rich resident. The young mans
PARENTS, it seems cut him off because
of his marriage to the factory girl.
Her Husbands Deception.
The girl says that after the trouble
came up her husband presented her
paper to sen, telling he it vas sim
ply q re- -.,iaticl of propert' rights
and thai if she signed it ni' father
and mother would forgive them, and
all would be we'll. Only after she had
signed the paper, she said, did she
learn that it was the acknowledge
meut of service in divorce papers
which he had filed against her at his
fat.er's request.
All Mrs. ROunsaville now asked
was a removal of her disabilities.
This was granted.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12
SMITHS BILL RECOMM NDED
Agricultural Extension Work Is Pro-
posed. House Committee Has Re-
ported Favorably on Lever Bill.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Unanimous
approval today was given by the SEN
ate committee on agriculture to the
bill of Senator Smith of Georgia for
a system of agricultural extension
work. The measure would propose
to unite the federal agricultural col
leges in a plan for carrying informa-
ton to the public. An original ap-
preparation of $48O,OOO to be yearly
increased until it amounts to nearly
$500 600 is proposed. Provision is
made for a director of cooperative
agricultural extension work to be
appointed by the secretary of ayr
culture. Plans for agricultural and
vocational teaching and training will
4 be taken up in separate bills.
The house committee on agricult-
ure had voted to report favorably al
extension work bill introduced by
Representative Lever Of South Caro-
lima.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12
SOLDIERS ARE FED CHEAP
UNCLE SAM PAYS ELEVEN CENTS
DAY FOR EACH MANS GRUB.
Low Priced Foods Are Bought in
Large Quantities. The Cooks Go
Through Course of Training.


NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at the
Washington barracks army school for
cooks and bakers insist that they
have gone some distance in solving
the problem of the cost of living.
They are furnishing three meals a
day for big men of healthy appetites
at II cents per day per man, or less
than 4 cents per meal.
1T is to be admitted that this low
cost is produced in part by the guam
titles of beans, rice, cabbage and
other lOw-priced foods which are
found frequently on the menus, but
even so the army cooks are ready to
challenge housewives to a competi-
ton on cost.
Undergo Long Course OF Training.
Moreover, they are not fearful Of
a comparative test Of efficiency in
cooking.
Men who learn to be cooks for the
United States army go through a
considerable training course. They
are sent to one of the three army
schools, Of which one is here, one at
Fort Riley, Kan, and the other at
the Preside, in San Francisco.
For a month the recruit is a
fourth-class cook, and does little but
peel potatoes and watch his superiors
in the culinary line. Then he is ad-
vanced to the third class and given a
little more to do in the preparation
OF meal.
The third month, as a cook Of the
second class, he is put directly under
the man who prepares the meal. The
fourth month he is a regular cook,
and himself supervises and prepares
a meal If he has progressed thus
far he will be a cook the rest of his
term of service.
The army cooking lessons include
much preparation in variety OF me-
nus, and when a student is through
the course he is able to prepare Off
hand 30 different breakfasts, dinners
and suppers The army school Of
cookery knows of PSI receipts, and
knows them by practice. They are
not gained through cookbooks, but
have been carefully worked out by
the army cooks themselves.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12

HARTFORD, Conn.-Faster than
the clerks in the executive offices at
the state capitol can open them came
petitions to Gov. Simeon E. Baldwin
asking for clemency for Mrs. Bessie
J. Wakefield, sentenced to be hanged
for the murder OF her husband. The
correspondence goes into the waste
basket as fast as opened, but over
flowing waste baskets sent to the
boiler room barely keep pace with
the incoming mail sacks.
Six thousand signed petitions from
Louisville, KY, came by express yes
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12
Votes For Children Advocated By
The Wife of Government Official

Male or female, old or young, rich
or poor, wise or foolish, the indiVid-
ual is the citizen
"Since men and women both con-
tribute their part to society's make
up" Mrs. Post continued, leach
should be equally considered. The
children as an important factor OF
the group should also have due con
sideration"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12
SOME QUEER THINGS WHICH
NATION BUYS FOR SENATORS

tang liniment and horseshoes and the
hay were for the senate stables in
which are kept the horses to draw
the senate messenger wagon. Just
what the grapefruit knives were used
fer was not explained
Among the other expenditures
was $15.12 for floss pillows and nu-
merous items for bags Of salt for the
senator's bathroom, mineral waters,
taxicabs to convey senator's from
night sessions to their homes, and
items for dinners furnished to the
senate pages detained at the capitol
by late sessions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12
CAN'T BURY DEAD IN DENVER
City in Grasp of Terrific Blizzard.
Snow Piled Deep in Streets and
Suffering Is Great.

DENVER, Colo.-A sharp drop in
the temperature TO-DAY made the
work of removing the deep snow
from streets very difficult.
Suffering is greatly aggravated.
There are forty dead awaiting
burial unable to reach the cemeter-
tes.
A large reservoir near Boulder
broke, threatening that city with a
food. There is great suffering over
the state.
The prospect for early relief is not
encouraging
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for chill
dren" are being advocated by Mrs.
Alice Thatcher Post, wife Of the as
sistant secretary of labor She ad-
dressed a meeting of the Women's
Single Tax League Of Washington on
the subject last night.
'The individual soul is the ulti-
mate social unit" said Mrs. Post.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12
Guard Still Watches the Grave Of
J. Peirpont Morgan at Hartford

at sunset an armed guard goes on
duty until sunrise.
The body of Mr.. Morgan was in
tered here April IA, in a concrete
lined grave with a huge slab OF
stone covering it. A cemetery Of
fetal said that the Morgan family is
paying for the guard and it will be
continued as long as the family de-
sires.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12
ROUNTRER GETS PLUM.
Park dominates Him For Postmaster
OF Town OF Boston

Representative Park has recon-
mended j. B. Rountree as postmaster
at Boston, this making the fourth
postofIice he has had to fill since com
ing into Office. MIR. Rountree has
been mayor Of his town and has rep
resented Thomas county in the legis-
lature.
He has a number of friends here
in Dawson who congratulate him on
his appointment,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12

Woman's love for dry goods and
mans love for wet goods cause about
nire-tenths of the domestic discC~d in
this wcrld.-Americus Recorder
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12
AGAINST COMMISSION FORM.

Columbus voters REJECT Il DECISIVE
~. 702 Against aud 31S For.
An election was held in Columbus
Wednesday, under a special act Of the
Legislature, on the question of the
adoption of a charter providing the
commission form of government for
the city, resulting in a vote of 1872
against commission government and
318 for, a majority of Ala against.
The election passed off quietly.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-12

A stingy heart never swells with
emotion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-27
BUILDING
|NJUREDBYF FIRE
Decatur POstOffice Is Dam
aged, But No Mail Re-
ported Lost

Decatur, January 26.-tSpccial)-The
Decatur postoffice came very near be-
ing destroyed by fire about 6;30 o'clock
this morning. The fire originated on
the second floor, over the grocery store
of Foster II. Pointer, in the office of
a novelty company The office was
badly injured by fire. as was also the
floor Of the second story.
The grocery store of Foster II. Poin-
ter and the postoffice were bady dam
aged in the interior by water, but the
fire did not reach the lower floors
The water in the postofflce was in
the rear of the building, hence no mail
was injured. Some of the furniture is
badly damaged by water.
1t is impossible to estimate the loss
at this time. The loss on the building
will not be so heavy, but the loss by
water to the grocery stock of Foster
II. Pointer is heavy. The damage TO
the fixtures in the postoffice will be
considerable The losses are partially
covered by insurance.
How the fire started is a mystery.
Mr.. Il. Appleton. in whose office the
fire started, says there was no fire In
his room.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-27
RAILROADS PLACE
BIG STEEL ORDERS
Additional Orders For Pas
senger and Freight
Cars Placed

New York. January 26--Three rail
roads-the ST. Paul. the Great North
ern and the Chicago and Northwestern
came into the market last week for
supplementary orders for rails aggre-
eating 10000 tons and additional or
ders from Canadian roads aggregat-
Ing 10000 tons nave practically been
placed with American mills. The Can
ton and 1Iankow railroad OF China has
ordered 5000 tons of rails Brazilian
road 5000 tons Of standard sections.
and Canadian traction lines 5000 tons
of girder rails from the United States
Steel corporation.
The railroads have placed additional
orders for passenger and freight cars
aggregating 1900 and negotiations are
under way for $1,000 additional cars
calling for 100000 tons of steel pro-
duets. The Rock Island has ordered
90 locomotives and the Erie 10 engines
in the last week making January book
ings the largest monthly orders for
such equipment since 1906.
There is more interest in fabrica ted
structural steel mall sectiops Last
week the fabrieating shops 6ok or
ders for little over 1900 tons Of
structural shapes.
Among other interesting contracts
pending are 10000 tons of plates and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-27
DEPRESSED STOCKS
SHOW RECOVERY
Adverse Factors Were Less
Effective During the
Past Week

New York. January 26.--Adverse fac
tors which had been operating to de-
press stocks were less effective last
week and the way was opened to some
recovery Bear traders discovered that
they had been selling stocks faster
than supplies in the market warranted
and their demand to cover shorts ac-
counted, as much as any positive re-
cooperative forces. for the reversal in
price movements in the forepart of the
week.
Among these recuperative forces was
the submission OF the Turkish govern
ment to the advice of the powers to
lconcede the demands OF the Balkan al
lies. The subsequent disorder in Con.
Istantinople impaired the effect on the
markets. Confidence remained that the
war would not be renewed and the dis
appointing first response of financial
markets to these Developments did not
destroy belief in their ultimate power
to solve many of the difficulties which
have grown up in the money markets
since last autumn.
The opinion has grown that the weak
ness of the American stock market has
been due more than was at first sus-
pected to the heavy return of securities
to New York for sale after the war
broke out. They were brought here
at the time in the hope that return
demand would soon revive but the buy
ers found themselves in difficulties be-
fore that revival came, owing to the
lstringency of the autumn money mar
ket.
| Last weeks large outflow OF gold
! from New York to France and Argen-
| tina had little effect in equalizing money
conditions. Money remained easy in
New York and firm abroad and foreign
exchange in New York held firm. The
plethora of money in New York also
| has failed as yet to cause any effective
| Improvement in investment demand.
| Publication of the bills recommended
| to the New Jersey legislature by the
| President-elect seemed to lessen the ap-
lprehension caused in the stock Snarket
! by this subject. Misgivings persisted
over the solution of the Union Pacific
dissolution problem Sale of a stock eX-
change seat for $4,000, the lowest price
| for several years, was a symptom of
the feeling of disbursement.