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Putnam patriot., 1913-04-25

Feel languid, weak, run down
 Headacheg Stomach aofi'? A good remedy is Burdock Blood Bitters. Ask your druggist. Price S1. sdv
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-24
BAPTIST LAYMEN TO MEET
Governor Brown Is On the Program
for an Address at Chattanooga
On Tithing.

The Baptist Laymen's Missionary
Movement is to hold a convention in
Chattanooga, Tenn, February 4th to
9Th, and it is expected that it will
be one of the largest and most inter
esting conventions held under the
jurisdiction of the Southern Baptist
church. 1t is anticipated that there
vii be in attendance about 1000 lay
men and 1000 pastors belonging to
the Baptist denomination in the
Southern States.
The laymen's committee of the
Flint River Association is now ener-
getically working among the Baptists
of this section in an endeavor to get
large representation from this
association to attend the ChattanoO-
ga convention and participate in the
deliberations there. A reduced rate
has been secured over the railroads.
Governor Joseph NJ Brown, who,
in his contributions to the church,
carries out the old Biblical injunc-
ton of tithing. is on the programme
for an address OF hat subject.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-24

Guadalrajara, Mexico.-Hundreds
of refugees arrived here this morn
ing on a train composed of box cars,
which had been picked up on siding
at a near by village, The fleeing
people had found it necessary to
shovel away a quantity of volcanic
sand before they were able to move
the cars, and for many miles along
the way the train had to be stopped
frequently to clear the debris.
Very little lava was elected from
the crater, which, however, emitted
vast quantities of smoke and sand,
while suffocating gases formed an
unusual feature of the eruption.
A gale was blowing from the
northwest, and this probably saved
many of the inhabitants of the sur
rounding districts, as it caused the
flying. sand and deadly gases to pass
over their heads.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-24
BRANTLEY WAS
GUEST OF HONOR
Cotton and the South Were Subjects
of Speeches at Dinner Given by
Colonel THOMPSON.

WASHINGTON, D. Cat the pa
latial home of Colonel Robert NJ.
Thompson, on Sheridan Circle, to-
night, Congressman VIM. G.. Brant-
ley was the guest of honor at a large
dinner, and during the evening many
beautiful tributes were paid to him.
and much regret was expressed over
E.e and dOWddbsidy'fagr
his forthcoming retirement from
congress. Invited to meet him were
one or more senators and representa-
tives from each of the cotton growing
states, and several gentlemen from
New York
The speeches of the evening wer9
divided into tributes to Congressman
Brantley and discussions of ways and
means to better the condition of cot
ton growers and the South, by pro-
viding better and more stable prices
for raw cotton.
The subject of cotton is one in
which Colonel Thompson has been
interested for many years, and it was
in order to discuss this subject thai
invitations to the dinner were limited
to those interested in cotton.
The activities of the present ad-
ministration is prosecuting crimi-
nally those who SEX to maintain q
fair price for cotton. while ignoring
those who seek to depress the price
below the cost of production, came
in for much criticism during the
evening
Whose present at the dinner from
Georgia were: Congressman Brant-
ley, Lee and Bell Others present
were Senators Williams, Bankhead
Clark and Ransdell and Representa-
tiyes Small and Page of North Caro-
lima, Lever of South Carolina, Ferri:
of Oklahoma, Gambler of Mississippi
Jacoway of Arkansas, Hefiin of Ala
bama, Slayden, Young and Burlesor
of Texas, and Moon of Tennessee.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-24
FARMER REAPS THE BENEFIT
HIGH COST OF MEAT PRODUCTS
PUT MONEY IN POCKETS.
But at the Same Time, Says Secreta-
Py of Agriculture. He Receives
Less For His Crops.

WASHINGTON.-Ine farmer was
sharing the profits of the increased
cost of living as far as the prices
paid for meats on December Is last
compared with those of year ago,
according to figures announced by
the department of agriculture. At
the same time the farmer was receiv-
ing less for his staple crops than he
had year previous.
Average prices received by produc-
ers paid on December 5 last show
ed hogs selling at S6.S9 hundred
pounds, an increase of $1.S9 over the
same time in 1911; beef cattle at
1888 was Sc cents higher; veal
calves at $6.SS was 80 cents higher,
and lambs at $50 was II cents
higher. Hogs, veal, calves and sheep
were lower than in 1910.
Prices paid to farmers for staple
crops on January 1 average about
17.2 per cent lower than at the same
time last year, 17.3 per cent lower
than in 1910, SO per cent lower than
in 1909 and ~ per cent lower than
in 1908.
Corn at 4S.9 cents a bushel was 13
cents lower; wheat at 1872 cents
was II cents lower; oats at 1922
cents was 10 cents lower; barley at
1919 cents 81 cents lower; rye at
63S cents 10 cents lower buckwheat
at 66.S cents cents lower; faxseed
at $10S 8 cents lower; potatoes at
SOC 81 cents lower; hay at S11.S6 a
ton SO lower; eggs at 26.S cents 8
cents lower.
Southern farmers were receiving
1922 cents a pound for their cotton,
or 3.8 cents more than year ago,
butter at 24.S cents was $40 of a
cent higher; chickens at 1917 cents
were one cent higher, and wool at
1876 cents was 3 cents higher.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-24
NO TRIPPING OF
THE FANTASTIC TOE
Inaugural BAN Will Not be Held
Chance That There May Not BE
Even q Reception.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The time
honored inaugural ball, the climax
of the ceremonies incident to the in
auguration of the president of the
United States, will not be given this
year. In compliance with President
elect Wilson's wishes the inaugural
committee, at a special meeting to-
day. unanimously decided to elimi-
nate it.
The committee also decided that a
public reception at the capitol or
elsewhere, suggested by Governor
Wilson as a substitute for the ball,
was not within its jurisdiction, and
if one is held congress must appro-
prite and make the necessary ar
rangements for it.
The committee took the position
that the proposed reception would be
aurely a governmental function, UNI
der the control of the joint commit
tee of the inaugural committee. In
resolution adopted, however. the
committee announced that it would
cooperate in every way possible
with all arrangements for the sue
cessful Inauguration of the president
elect.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-24
HAS NOT PICKED CABINET
MIR. WILSON SAYS HE HAS NOT
TALKED TO CANDIDATES,
Expects No Delay in Acceptance by
/ Those Whom He Selects
/ as Official Advisers.

PRINCETON, n. J.-President-
elect Wilson reiterated tonight that
he had made absolutely no decision
as to the personnel of his cabinet
and added that, thus far, he had not
consciously conferred with any pros
pective candidates.
Il would not do that" he said,
until | had finally made up my
mind to pick man. have not con-
sciously consulted with any future
cabinet members" and, though as an
after thought, though / might have
consulted with some men whom
might subsequently choose"
Mr.. Wilson again expressed his be-
lief that it was unlikely any of the
men whom he selects for his cabinet
will decline to accept the portfolios
offered them. 1t had been suggested
to him that many men were loath to
give up their business to enter the
cabinet. he said he realized the sac
rifices that were necessary some
times.
"a cabinet position, too he re-
marked, 'is a very responsible one
where you do not get very much
credit for your success and catch ii
hard for your failures"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-24
TO FIND OUT
WHAT WATER Is
Having Settled What Is Whiskey
Would Now Establish Standard
of Purity of Adams Ale.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The fed
eral government, which for years has
been warning the nation against dan
gers lurking in polluted water, wants
to know what is pure water.
To settle officially that question
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh,
on the recommendation of Surgeon
General Blue of the public health
service, today decided to appoint
committee of scientists to establish
standard of purity in water. The
government has settle what is pure
whiskey, pure wine, pure beer, but
the purity of water remains an un-
known quantity.
The establishment of this water
standard will be the first move of
the public health service in connec-
ton with regulations soon to be is
sued prohibiting the dispensing of
impure drinking water on railroad
trains and other interstate carriers.
These regulations will be enforced in
cooperation with state boards of
health
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-24
FED THOUSAND POOR
OF WEDDING DAY
Miss Gould Decided on Plan While
Messengers Bearing Gifts Were
Besieging Her Home.

NEW YORK.-While being show
cred with gifts herself and busy with
preparations for her wedding Miss
Helen Gould made the army of home
less men in New York happy with
the announcement that they would
receive treat Wednesday, the day
of her marriage, at her expense.
The feast for the poor was served
by relay to a thousand men in the
basement of the Bowery mission,
in which Miss Gould had long been
interested. A musical entertainment
was also provided
Miss Gould decided upon this plan
Tuesday afternoon while messengers
were besieging her house bearing
wedding gifts by the hundreds. Some
of the packages, it is assumed, came
from the Bowery, where she made
many friends by her philanthropic
work. One present was a silver dish
sent by 277 girls.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-24
WOMEN TO MAKE ALL MEN HEAR
THEM AT THE INA UGURA TON

WASHINGTON, d. C.-An Off
cial announcement issued from
national suffrage headquarters de-
clared that no man would be safe
without protection from the army
of suffragettes that will invade
the capital the first week in
March. After announcing that
more than a score of nationally
prominent suffragists, some of
them pretty young girls, will dash
around Washington during inaug-
uration week holding open air
meetings" the declaration added;
Not single man who attends
the inauguration will be allowed
to depart without having heard at
least one suffrage argument
The suffragettes have been so act
i've in reserving rooms for the
visiting women who will march
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-24
NIP GET RICH QUICK SCHEME
MANAGER" ROCKS WORKED HIS
BUNCO GAME FROM AMERICUS.
Dead Men Tell No Tales Is Theory
He Went On in NictimiZing Rel
atives OF Deceased Persons.

atiVes OF Deceased Persons.
MACON, Ga.-The scheme of c.
Rocks, the enterprising manager OF
the American Grand Prize Contest, y
having headquarters in Americas, to
get rich quick at the expense of rel
atives of deceased persons, was care
fully looked into by the United States
grand jury in session here yesterday,
and a true bill returned against
Rocks.
The operations of Manager Rocks
are alleged to have been carried on
in June of last year. With head
quarters in Americas Rocks was be-
ginning his business through the
United States mails when postal in
spectors got wise to the game.
What the Scheme Was.
The scheme, as outlined in the al
legations Of the Indictment, was as
follows: Rocks would obtain from
newspapers over the country, by a
careful survey of the obituary col
umns, the names of persons deceased
and their former addresses. In let
ter to the deceased person, which
naturally would be opened by surviv-
ors of the deceased, Rocks would ad-
wise that the then deceased person
was the luckiest of all in the con-
test, having just been awarded the
grandest and greatest prize of the
drawing, a handsome $500 eight
piece set of silver"
Rocks further advised that on re-
ceipt of 81 the prize would be sent,
but on a failure to hear the next
nearest contestant would get the
glorious capital prize"
Government Charges Fraud.
The government charges against
the defendant that his intention was
to defraud the persons through the
mails by sending on receipt. of 81 a
set of six teaspoons, one butter knife
and one sugar spoon, all of the
cheapest ware known as white met
al. 1t is charged that the cost OF
the stuff, including postage, would
amount to 40 cents, leaving a net
profit of so cents to Rocks.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-24

in the suffragist parade on March
3rd that the inaugural committee
finds itself embarrassed. 1t is de-
clared that accommodation DUR
ing Inauguration week will be
scarcer than even expected and
the inaugural committee on public
comfort is putting forth extra eff
forts to provide for the crowds.
General Rosalie Jones, who led
the recent suffrage march to Al
bany, proposes soon to issue an
order for the proposed long hike
from New York to Washington,
making it practically mandatory
for the well-to-do suffragettes to
participate.
She proposes to levy upon wo-
men who will not actually march
the requirement that they will
pay the expenses of a substitute.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-24
SOME MODERN HE'LL HOLES
GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF DEG
RAGATION IN CANNERIES.
Revelations Before Congressional In
vestigators Rival Horrors of the
Packing House Jungle"

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Conditions
in many canning factories, which ri
vailed the horrors of the packing
! house Jungle" were told the house
rules committee-a revolving story
in how diseased men, women and
children shaved for meager wages.
A woman was the itness-Miss
! Mary Boyle O'Reilly, who posed as a
factory Operative and gained her
facts from actual work. She was on
the stand most of the day and backed
her testimony with photographs. At
ter her came Frank L. Garrett, sec
rotary of the National Gamers Asso'.
citation, who excoriated sensational
newspapers for publicity that they
have given Miss O'Reilly's work and
insisted that the Gamers would well
come the probe.
What Miss O'Reilly Saw.
Miss O'Reilly cited examples
where children worked long hours
amidst indescribable filth. She told
of women and children suffering
from skin diseases preparing prod
ucts sold in sterilized cans.
One child worked Ill hours a
week. He was 10 year old boy sent
from Buffalo, N. Y.
Another boy came home from his
work, the witness said, and his moth
er insisted that he go to church. The
child replied:
Jaw, cut it out-there amt no
God"
Miss O'Reilly said she found chill
dren from six to ten years of age
working from six to ten hours a day,
working for 20 cents a day
F. c. Praete, deputy New York la
Dor commissioner, corroborated Miss
O'Reilly's story, adding I have
seen girls working in open sheds,
where the filth gave rise to stencil
that was unbearable. l have seen old
men. women and children, nearly all
afflicted with skin and scalp diseases,
working ten to fifteen hours a day
for pittances.
I'm the living shack of one can
merry I saw woman feed a sick baby
with spoonful of condensed milk
that had dead flies in it.
8" We feed this to the baby all the
time the woman told me-
'In q plant at Marion, n. j." the
witness said, Il saw thirty-two old
women working on a floor so damp
from tomato refuse that they could
not have sat down if they desired.
Seven of these women had skin dis
eases. All worked ten to twelve
hours a day and we're paid from six
to ten cents an hour. One of the
women told me she had worked 10
hours day for a month, and that
lately she had been seeing spooks. y
Representative Covington of Mary
land wanted the record made clear
that the plants testified about were
in New York; Maryland canneries
courted investigation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-24

Are the new fashions worn by
women plunging them and hui
mainly apeward, or are they an
ennobling step toward reviving
the pure and classic outlines of
the Greek?
An Atlanta preacher, the Rev.
Hugh Wallace, is denouncing
modern fashions, saying they are
plunging men and women mon
Reward, while scientists and
persons of artistic knowledge
and culture all over the world
are directing attention to the
fact that the new trend OF fash
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-24
SILLY MAN." SAY WOMEN WHOSE
DRESS IS SCORED BY PREACHER

ion is toward freedom OF the
body and toward the supple, un-
affected and pure lines OF the
human form as God made it.
Somebody made Silhouette
picture of one of the new gowns
which the preacher denounces as
fit only for apes, and found its
loose and clinging outlines cast
nearly the same shadow as that
cast by the Venus de Milo cover
ed with drapery.
The women themselves say the
Rev, Hugh Wallace is simply
silly.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-24
MISSISSIPPI FLOOD Is
MOVING SOUTHWARK

Memphis.-The Mississippi river is
flooding all the valley unprotected
by Ievees today from Cairo to Salena,
Ark. Hundreds of families have fed
from their homes and are seeking
safety at Memphis and towns on the
bluffs
The low-lying sections of Memphis
are inundated. The business sec
ton of Hickman is four feet under
.aer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-24
.LOBBIES ARE LINING UP
ALREADY GETTING READY FOR
SESSION OF LEGISLATURE
NEXT SUMNER.
INTERESTING JOBS ON HAND

BC AhS1~JdtOOH A4NNhSsuC AAtAS NhOtANh
in the Field Early With Its Legis.
Iative Committee, and State Uni.
versity viii Besiege SOlons.
ATLANTA.-The Hobbies are lin
ing up for work before the next leg
islature. The Anti-Saloon League
has gotten early in the field, and has
named as its legislative committee
Seaborn Wright of Rome, w. B.
Stubs of Savannah, and c. w.
Smith of Atlanta. In former legisla-
lures there has been no more earnest
advocate of anti-lobby bills with all
their severe structures than Mr.,
Wright. But as a member of this
committee it will be his duty to in
duce prohibition legislation to the
best of his ability.
Upon the ground that it is a great
moral reform movement the prohibi-
tionists see no grave wrong in using
methods to bring about favorable
action on legislation that they want,
such as personal solicitation and per-
haps even the yelled threat of politi-
cal antagonism, which they would
most strenuously condemn in their
opponents. When it is for the cause
it is one thing and it is decidedly
another when it is against it.
The prohibition legislative COM
mittee will have another interesting
job on its hands, and that is to urge
the Georgia congressman to support
and vote for the KenyonSheppard
bill, now pending in congress, to give
states the right to control liquor
shipments where they are sent TO
persons other than regular consum-
ers. This bill would give the states
almos the same power as was assum-
ed by South aCrolina under it's first
vaded homes to inspect liquor con-
signments and often to seize them.
The prohibitionists are strongly be-
hind this movement, and believe they
will accomplish something if they
secure its enactment, despite the gen.
eral apathy in some sections of the
state with regard to the enforcement
of the prohibition law.
State University.
Another lobby" that is getting
ready for business is that which rep
resents the State University and it's
branches.
AS usual, there is little question
that every branch of the State Uni
versity will be seeking an increased
appropriation at the coming session
of the general assembly, and in many
instances they will be obtained. The
university trustees only the other
day passed a resolution asking the
legislature for an extraordinary ap-
preparation of $4,000 for new
building to be erected on the cam
pus at Athens, and then provided for
putting an effective working force
behind this item.
Back of the university lobby are
hundreds and thousands of men and
women all over Georgia who attend
ed the institution and it's various
branches, and it is these who lend it
power and force. Subtle aggression
is lent it through the proper use Of
this force by men who know how to
present things, and while the uni
versity does not always get all that
it wants or needs it comes close
enough to it to make it worth the
while.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-24

Gasoline sausages'
were used to start incendiary fires
by members of the alleged larson
ring" according to testimony pre-
sented to States Attorney Hoyne to-
day In one fire, it was said, score
or more OF sausage skins filed with
gasoline we're strung on wires. These
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-24
Gasoline SdusdgeS Are Used to
Set Fire to Houses in Chicago

gasoline sausages' exploded when
the fire reached them and spread the
flames. A chemical preparation
known as fire powder" was also
used in starting the incendiary fires.
Use of this preparation enabled the
fire bug to be several miles away
from the building before the blaze
was discovered.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-24
VOLCANO SPOUTS OUT DEATH
Thousands Flee From the Villages
and Ranches as COlima Breaks
Into Violent Eruption.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico.-The
volcano of Colima broke out into viO-
lent eruption last night. Thousands
of people are fleeing from the vii
lagos and ranches in the vicinity. 1t
is believed that there has been some
loss of life in the remoter settle
ments.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-24
HORSE STEPPED ON DYNAMITE.
Every One Thought That Policeman
WhatIey Had Been Shot.

Whatley Had Been Shot.
When Policeman ]. w. Whatley
fell backward from his horse at the
corner of Piedmont and Pine streets
in Atlanta his fall was accompanied
bp sharp report, and passersby nat
uraIly thought he had been shot. He
thought so himself when he regained
Consciousness. But there was not
bullet hole. His horse had stepped
on a small piece of dynamite. Where
it came from nobody knows, but it
famed the horse and threw the rider.
Policeman Whatley's right shoulder
was broken and he was injured in
ternaIly.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-24
THE LATEST IN POLITICS
INTEREST IN GEORGIA NOW CEN
TIERS IN THE AWARD OF
FEDERAL PLUMS.
THINGS OF INTEREST HEARD

There Is an Army of Applicants for
Various Jobs, Thirty-SeVen Being
After a Place That Doesn't EXlst.
The Part Senators Will Play.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-24

The Amounts Asked of Ships Owners
Run All the Way From $25, 900
to $1,OOO,OOO. Archie Butts
Mother Asks for Only 81, 900.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1913-02-21

Only One "BROMo oUININE"
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look
for the signature of r. W. GROVE Cures Cold
in One Day, Cures Grip in Two Days Csc.