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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-02
OCTOBER EXPORTS
BREAK ALL RECORDS
War Munitions Worth $40, 1892, 400
Exported in Day to England,
France and Russia.

NEW YORK-EXports from the
port of New York during the first two
weeks of October reached the record
breaking total of $76,184, 1853, of
which virtually two-thirds represent
ed war munitions and supplies, ac-
cordtng to figures made pNblic to-
day. Exports yesterday amounted to
$15,8S2,409, and if the amount of
business during the remainder Of the
month is equal to that of the first
part all monthly export records at
this port will be eclipsed.
During the first week of October
goods valued at $34,215,76O, of
which $21, 306,1S2 were for direct
use in the war, were shipped from
here. Virtually all of these exports
went to England, France and Rus
STA or Italy. The following week
showed $41,69S, 400, said by customs
officers to be a record for seven years.
OF the first week total $4,1S3,-
295 was for explosives; $685. S65
for shells, cartridges and weapons;
S2.367.91S for automobiles, trucks
and tractors, and $2,734,7 09 for
copper, brass, iron and steel man /
features, Lead, zinc and nickel to-
tailed more than 100000 for the
same period, and railway materials
exceeded 1850, 700.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-02

Some of the most active buyers in
the pure bred market for beef cattle
recently have been Georgians. AS
a result some of the best animals of
beef breeds that have been sold re-
Gently have gone to Georgia farms.
The buying is evidenced in both the
Hereford and Shorthorn sales. Not
only have buyers been in Northern
and Western sales, but breeders have
realized that there was enough inter-
est in Georgia to make it worth while
to ship carload lots to Georgia points
and conduct auction sales.
One of the notable purchases made
recently was a son of Perfection Fair
fax, bought by Redwine Bros, Fay
etteville, Ga, at a sale where 1 4 sons
of Perfection Fairfax averaged ST.
615 each. The college of agriculture
has recently purchased some heifers
from the same strain. J. T. Ander-
son, Marietta, Ca, who was one OF
the buyers at the McRae sale IN hent-
land, Ind, purchased of the same
strain eight head to add to his al
ready large herd. Mr.. Anderson is
one of the pioneers in the Hereford
cattle business in Georgia.
No county in the state has made
such progress in developing beef cat
/ tie as has Newton county. There are
now in that county fully 800 register
ed breeding Herefords. No less than
/ II carloads of Herefords have been
placed in that county during the past
two years. Evans LunsfOrd is one of
! the pioneers in that county. Cowan
Bros. are building up large breed
| ing herd on an excellent basis. L. w.
Jarman has brought three carloads
of pure-bred Herefords into the coun-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-02
PRICE FIXING
IS TO BE STOPPED
The Governments Victory Over the
Kellogg Company Is Far Reach
inc in Its Effect.

DETROIT, Mich.-The govern
ment's victory in forcing the Kellogg
Toasted Corn Flakes Co. t. abandon
its system of price fixing has brought
a score of kilograms and many let
tiers to the United States district at
torney from all parts of the country
and manufacturers who control the
sale of their products as did the Kel-
logg company.
The decree eliminates the fixing of
prices on products after they have
left the hands and control of the
manufacturer. This means that
many other firms throughout the
country will be compelled to change
their selling methods at once. espe-
cially where they have attempted to
fix prices under the protection of pat
ents on cartons containing their
goods, as was the case in the Kellogg
suit.
In accepting the finding OF the gov
eminent that the Kellogg people we're
doing business in violation of the
Sherman antitrust law the firm was
given time to dispose of approximate
ly two million cartons of breakfast
food still on the market at the fixed
price; but that after October 10 the
price contract shall be abandoned.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-02
COST OF TITLES
IS NOW INCREASING
Many American Girls Who Married
English Noblemen Are Hard Hit
BY the Income Tax.

NEW YORK.-The high cost of ii
ties is growing in England, With
the assessment of SO per cent in
come tax many American girls were
hard hit by an added burden that
was never dreamed Of when they
made their foreign alliances. Here
are a few Of the American women
who are most heavily assessed, and
the estimated annual tax they will
pay:
Mrs. William B. Leeds, formerly
OF Boston, 100000.
Mrs. David Beatty, daughter of
Marshall Field, 100000.
Duchess Of Roxburghe, nee May
Goelet, of New York, $4,000.
Lady Granard, formerly Beatrice
Mills, of New York, 100000.
Lady Walstein. formerly Mrs. Sc
Iigman, OF New York, $4,000.
Duchess Of Manchester Cincinnati
girl, $4,000.
Lady Cecil Bingham, formerly Mrs.
Alice Chancey, $4,000.
Lady Marlborough, formerly Grace
Carr, of Louisville, 100000.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor, formerly
Ava Willing, 100000.
Duchess of Marlborough, Conauelo
Vanderbilt, $25, 900.
1t is estimated that many thous~
ands of American residents in Eng
land will be affected by the new in
come tax. Mrs. BILLY" Leeds, who
built a palace near London, is hard
est hit She has been doing hospital
work and has already contributed
handsomely to the relief work. 1t is
said that she is not complaining of
the big income assessment, but de-
clares she would double it if neces-
sary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-02
PENNSYLVANIA COUPLE
DIVORCE AFTER 81 YEARS
Parties Had Married Others, Think
ing Their Separation Legal.

With the granting of a divorce
at Carlisle, Pa, 81 years after the
original application was made the
most unusual marital tangle in the
history of the locality has been set
tied. In April, 1884, Emma Ketner
brought an action in divorce against
her husband, Harry H. Ketner. Both
persons resided in Carlisle and a pre-
Iiminary hearing was held before a
master appointed in the case. He
died before report was presented to
the court.
Under the impression that they
were legally separated both the man
and woman remarked. Ketner re-
sided in Carlisle and his former wife
marrying William A. Corbett, resi-
dent of the county. Children were
born of the second marriages in both
cases.
The fact that they were not legally
divorced was discovered in April this
year, when Corbett had occasion to
examine court records in reference
to a pension application. The case
was accordingly reopened, with the
result that a decree has finally been
granted.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-02
MAN STRIKES WIFE;
KILLED BY OWN GUN
Henry Colvin Meets Peculiar Death
at Moultrie. Begs Doctors to
Save His Life.

MOULTRIE, Ga.-Henry Colvin, a
well known farmer of this county,
died this morning as the result Of a
wound received last night when his
pistol was discharged as he struck
his wife over the head with the butt
end of it.
Colvin went home late, it is said,
and warm words passed between him
and his wife.
Losing complete control of his tenn
per he snatched his pistol out of his
pocket and struck the woman whom
he had sworn to protect over the
head
In some way the weapon was dis
charged. Colvin dropped it from his
clinched hand and fell heavily to the
floor with mortal wound in his side.
His wife reeled from the blow she
received on the head. but recovered
and managed to summon help. Col
win sobered up shortly after being
wounded, and begged the doctors to
save his life.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-02
NEW PLANET o3 AMBROsI.
BigOudm Claims Is One Lost Sight
of For 30 Years.

PARIS.-Prof. Bigondan, in a
communication to the Academy Of
Sciences announces that calculations
made by Fabry and Blondell at Mar
settles show that the new planet,
whose discovery was announced by
Prof. Sofa of the Barcelona Observa-
tory, is really '93 Ambrosi,' which
has been lost sight Of thirty-six
years.
Prof. Sofa, of Barcelona, Spain,
announced that he had discovered on
September - a new planet in the
constellation of Pisces. The planet,
he said, had a rapid retrograde move
ment. Various astronomers at the
time of his announcement expressed
the belief that the supposed new
planet was one of the asteroids or
minor planets, Of which several hun
dreds are known and many more in
existence.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-02
MORE COTTON WAS USED
THIS YEAR THAN IN 1914
Figures of Interest Made Public by
Census Department.

Observation-Disclosures to IN
announcement from the census bu-
reau there were used in TIE United
States during the month Of Septem-
br 49S,219 bales of cotton, exclusive
of linters This compares with 414,-
1914 for the same month last year.
There are on hand in all establish
ments at this time, according to the
same report. 3,SS6,114 bales. Tnis is
compared with 2,220,517 bales on
hand at the same time last year,
Exports for the month of Septcm-
Der of this year were 500, 031 bales
as compared with 125,77S bales eX-
ported during September Of last
wear.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-02
NEGROES WILL NOT GET
MONEY FROM UNCLE san
Announcement Made Former Slaves
Are Not to BE Paid For Work.

-LES NV W A1C tAANh A'OA W CAhs
The irridecent bubble of many a
Georgia plantation darkey's lifelong
dream has been punctured and blown
to atoms by a message which has just
come from the United States treasury
department at Washington annOunc-
ing that this government has not
and never will have any money to
pay ex-sIaves or their descendants for
the labor they put in before the war
in the cotton fields of their masters.
At intervals for the last 20 years
slick negro lawyers, and occasionally
an INSCRIPTIONS white legal advent
urer, have sniped around the rural
sections of Georgia and other south
ern states preying upon the credulity
of the negroes and persuading them
that there was going to be a big law
suit as the result of which Uncle
Sam would pay $68,000, 900 to ex-
slaves and their families the work
they did as slaves before the war.
BY paying the slick talker a small
sum the negro who was approached
could have his name added as a
plaintiff to this gigantic lawsuit.
The thing became so widespread
that finally Uncle Sam, to save other
dupes, has issued a formal statement
warning that a suit of that kind, no
matter how filed, could not possibly
hold water.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-02
VENDETTA IN new YORK
FIFTY SECOND MURDER IN THE
DEATH ZONE OF HARLEM.
PaoIo Greco Makes the Seventh Vic
tim of the death Stable" in
the Last Seven Years.

1t is not in Italy, neither is it in
the mountains of Kentucky, where
this Iawless feud is in progress in
which 80 lives have been sacrificed in
seven years. This violent vendetta is
making it's bloody trail right in one
of the most populous sections in the
biggest city in the country, where
| thousands are passing to and fro all
the time, where police swarm and
hundreds may gaze from their win
dows at the shooting.
1t is, in short, in district of Har-
lem which has become known as the
death zone. There is a stable there
which is known as the murder stable,
because every owner it has had in
the last four years has been killed.
Yet in the - murders in seven years
there has never been a conviction.
There has been but one trial. 1t is a
battling entrance to the underworld,
that murder stable Of New York.
As if to emphasize the seventh
murder of owners of the stable the
latest proprietor of the place, PaOlO
Greco, received exactly seven bullets
in the back of his head. Although
the police came busting up in few
minutes there was no clue. There
never is a clue to the killings in the
murder stable. The proprietor mere
ly gets a telephone call to meet some
friends at a saloon, steps out, takes a
fa11y -fYiJAc from tho offico JOOp q =, X
then drops dead after a pump gun
has spit rapidly at him a few times.
All that's left is the bleeding form.
That is the murder mystery Of New
York.
The chapter Of tragedies had its
beginning in the splitting of a gang
Of horse thieves, for horse thieying
thrives in New York better than on
the plains. The hempen cure has
cleaned out the west of this pest; in
New York horse thieves still ply their
trade. Singularly it is easier in New
York, where thousands Of people look
on, to steal a horse than on the des-
olate plains, where there is no man
inside of ten miles. 1t is only neces-
sary to jump on a delivery wagon,
whose driver has entered a house,
drive around the block in business
like way, turn the rig over to an ac-
complete, who turns it over to an
other, who removes the horse from
the shafts, leaving the wagon stand
ing. The owner finds his wagon; his
horse he may never see.
Here is where the murder stable
comes in: it was the headquarters of
the gang. If you wanted a good
horse you could buy one there cheap
ly, and you might get it out of the
city without being caught. If you
got caught what did the gang care?
they had their money.
But thieves sometimes fall out.
This gang did. In the long annals of
the vendetta, centering around PA
East One Hundred and Eighth street,
the various ramifcations of the story
goes. There are names of Italian
sound; there is the fine Italian hand
in all the killings, thorough killings
artistically done; there is Italian Sc
crecy about it all and the air of mys-
terry which goes with the vendetta.
And thus far it has baffied the au-
! thorities to get evidence.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-02
WEEPING TREE is ONE OF THE
WONDERS OF PLANT LIFE

One OF the wonders Ct plant life is
the weeping tree Of the Canary Is
lands. 1t is Of the laurel family, and
rains down a copious shower of wa
ter drops from its tufted foliage.
This water is often collected at the
foot Of the tree and forms a kind
Of pond. from which the Inhabitants
CT the neighborhoOd can supply them
selves with d beverage that is absO-
lurely fresh and pure.
The water comes out of the tree
Itself through innUmerable little
pores situated at the margin Of the
leaves.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-02

ty during the past six months, and at
the time of this writing has 80 bulls
in shipment. Mr. Martin of CoVing-
ton and others on smaller scale are
actively in the beef cattle business in
that county.
C. L. Shingler, of Ashburn, Ga,
has entered the Hereford business in
an active way, having established a
breeding herd of SO cows and three
bulls, to which he is now adding an
other carload purchased in Kentucky
and Indiana.
Perhaps the greatest factor in in
PRODUCING ShorthOrn cattle into GeOr-
gia has been the Central of Georgia
railroad, which has distributed PIG
pure-bred Shorthorn breeding cattle
along its lines within 1 1 months, and
is still actively engaged in the work.
The Southern railway has also as
sisted many individuals with pur-
! chases and assisted in purchasing a
carload of Herefords for Franklin
county.
J. G. Willingham Of Macon is one
of the prominent Shorthorn breeders
of the state, and has 80 breeding ami
mails as a starter. R. L. Hastey, of
Chipley, Ca, has a breeding herd of
Shorthorns, 20 in number, with
which he has started into the bust
ness. A number of small Shorthorn
herds are scattered over the state.
The small farmer is taking to the
Shorthorn because of its adaptability
to both milk and beef production,
while the larger farmer who wants
to raise cattle on a range basis is
preferring the Hereford
A few Angus cattle are to be found
in the state, but interest very gener-
ally is confined to HerefOrds and
| Shorthorns.
Three or four carloads of Short
horn cattle have recently been
brought to Terrell county by pro-
gressive farmers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-02
Health and Happiness Depend OF
Your Liver,

That sluggish liver with its slug
gish flow of bile is what makes the
world look so dark at times. Dr..
Kings New Life Pills go straight to
the root of the difficulty by waking
up the action of the liver and increas-
ing the bile DR.. Kings New Life
Pills cause the bowels to act more
freely and drive away those moody
days" Csc a bottle.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-02
Every Home Needs a Faithful Cough
and Cold Remedy.

When seasons change and colds aD-
Dear-when you first detect a cold af-
ter sitting next to one who has sneez-
ed-then it is that a TT ed and tested
remedy should be faithfully used. I
never wrote a testimonial before, but
I know positively that for myself and
famil~ DR.. Kings New Discovery as
the best cough remedy we ever used
and we have tried them all
5Oc- and S100.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-02
Malaria or ChiIIS & Fever

Prescription No. 666 is prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER
Five or six doses will break any case, ano
# taken then as tonic the Fever will not
return. 1t acts on the liver better shar
Calomel and does not grippe or sicken. z9e
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-02
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build UD The system

Take the Old STANDARD GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Ouinine and Iron in a tasteless form.
The Ouinine drives out malaria, the
Iron builds up the system. so cents
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-02
INTEREST in PURE BRED CATTLE in GEORGIA

Cattle Are Going Into All Sections and Georgia No Longer
An Affection State. Several Roads Brought to
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-02

Three or four carloads of Short
horn cattle have recently been
brought to Terrell county by pro
gressive farmers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-24
Chas. M. Pratt,

Charles M. Pratt is a multimillion aire of the Standard Oil group with whom he was associated in the up- building Of that company. He has never been especially active in rail- road affairs. His home is in Brook lyn where he was born in 1855. lie has devoted time and money to odu- cational matter, is a trustee to Am herst college, which has been the beneficiary of his gifts, and is pr 2si- dent of Pratt institute, Brooklyn. Re signed from the New Haven.
 Edward D. Robbins.
 Edward D. Robbins, of New Havsn, who was general counsel for the com pany during the years most of the great mergers were completed. is considered one of the ablest corpora ticn lawyers in New England. He held this position from 1906 to 1914, when he retired Previously, he had been Connecticut counsel for the road for many years. He is about 60 years cid.
 D. Newton Barney.
 D. Newton Barney of Farmlngton, Conn.,, is Connecticut capitalist. His many financial interests, lnclud- ing directorships in tho Aetna Llfe Insurance company, the Hartford Aetna bank, the United States bank, the Securities Trust company and the Morris bank, all of Hartford. He IS also treasurer of the Hartford Elec- tric Light company. He is 56 years old. Resigned from the New Haven.
 Robert w. Taft.
 Robert w. Taft is a New England cotton manufactures and banker. His heme is in Providence. R. l., where he was. born n 1868. He is president of the Merchants National bank of that city and has other large financial int rests in Rhode Island. He became a director of the Rhode Island com pany. the New Haven holding cem- panies for trolley lines in that state: Resigned from the New Haven. / ...s..4 A. II. Robertson.
 A. Heaton Robertson is a Connscti- cut attorney and has been active. in Demc cratic politics in that state. He served Tn it's legislature and has been a candidate both for governor and United States senator. He was born iu New Haven in 1850 where he still lives and has large banking and in dustrial interests. These include di- rectcrships sin the New Haven Ice company. Resigned from the New Haven.
 ,fsAae ]. s. Hemingway. s9g James S. Hemingway of New Haven is one of the leading bankers in Connecticut. He is vice president of fhe Seconi Nationsl bank of New Haven, commonly known as "the rail road bank" and is treasurer of the New Haven Savings bank. He is about 56 years of age. Resigned from tho New Haven.
 Henry K. McHarg.
 Henry K. McHarg is NeW York banker and broker and former gov ernor of the New York stock ex- change. He has extensive coal and l coke interests in Virginia and has ! been identified with the Wabash and other railroads in addition to the New Haven of which hs is still director
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-24
Sketch of Defendants in the New Haven
 Conspiracy Case on Trial in New York
Brother of John D. Rockefe Her Among Millionares Ac cused of Criminal Vio lations of Sherman stF
 Anti Tr ust Law

New York, oct 23-William Rocke- feller is brother of John D. Rocke- feller, and one. of the richest men in America More so than his brother, he has been a large factor in the railway world, having been at vari- Cus times officer or director of some of the most important railroads of the country. Although he recently severed his connection with the New Haven, he is still listed as director of the New York Central, the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul, and the Deia- ware, Lackawanna & Western. MT. Rockefeller is now "A years old and has been in poor health for years, suffering from an affection of the thrcHt. Three years ago the congress sio!ral committee which investigated the money trust" desired him as a witness and over the protests of his physicians, an attempt was made to examine him at his Southern home at Jekyll Island, Ga, where he was locat- Cd after weeks of search by subpoena servers. The questioning was aban- doned when he was seized with laryn- zeal spasms and aftsr his physicians rrotastea that the ordeal might cause his death. MT. Rockefeller lives at Tarrytown, N.
 Lewis CasS Ledyard.
 Lewis Cass Ledyard is cne of the promins nit lawyers of the country. He wes for years counsel for the elder J.. r. Morgan and was his chief adviser in the organization or financing of a number of the great industrial and railroad enterprises with which the Morgan firm has been connected, notably the Unitad States Steel cor- poratiOn. :, In several of them he be- came a director, including beside the Nsw Haven. the New York Central, Northern Pacific and sthe American Telephone and Telegraph company. He took prominent part in the fam ous d gal which resulted in the acquis- tion of the Tennessee Coal and Iron co 5pany by the United States Steel e poraticn during the panic of 1907 aua testified in the subsequent gov ernrnent proceedings against that ccrporation. He is no longer con- nected with the New Haven. He is GA years old and lives in New York.
 c. M.i Miller. i4
 George Mccullough Miller. aged s3' is the oldest of the defendants. He is an attorney and a specialist in cor .poration law. He has been promi- nently active for years in church and charity affairs in New York and is a director of the Central Trust com pany and the Greenwood Cemetery cooperation. Resigned from the New Haven.
 GhaS. F. BrOoker.
 Charles r. Brooker is best known as brass and copper manufacturer He is president of the American Brass compar which op crate largs factories in Connecticut, and Is rated as many times a millionaire. He was born in Connecticut in 1S47 and has been actively identified with the af- fairs of the state. He served in its legislature and was a member iron Ccnnecticut in 1900 and 1912 of the Republican National committee. His home is in Ansonia, conn. Resigned from the New Haven.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-24
Aanciords Too Greedy.

Attempts to nx by statute the wages { agricultural laborers in England were largely responsible for tho great evolt of 1881. or Wat Tylers rebel icn." It represented the Gespairins ,ffort of landowners to get back to ae level ot wages before the black Hath same to make labor dear. But he lord of the manor cvershot the aark. He wanted tho day wage kept Own to four coats to six cents . day lad he put siI cents to eight cents iS ae schedule thero might have beet o rebol!lon