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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-08-17
OUR Big TOBACCO BILL
LADY NICOTINE COSTS AMERI-
CANS 500, OOO, 900 A YEAR.
Cigarette Smoking Among Women on
Increase, as Well as Consumption
of Snuff. Surprising Figures.

OF SnuH. SURPRISING It ISuICS'
The United States spends $780,
10000 every year on Lady Nicotine,
it is stimated-more than any other
nation in the world.
And the fondness for her is still on
the increase, judging from the sta
tistics of production, which show re-
markable and, in some cases, phe-
nOmenal increase in the last decade.
Few other industries have made such
rapid strides in the last ten years as
the tobacco industry.
The $70O,0OO,OOO spent on tobacco
each year is divided as follows CT
gars, $446,OOO, 1000; cigarettes, $73,-
100000; smoking and chewing to-
bacco, $157,OO0,OOO; snuff, $4,000
600.
Five times as many cigarettes are
now consumed in the United States
as compared with 10 or 5 years ago,
when the tobacco trust began extern
sive advertising campaigns. Ten
years ago we smoked something like
8. OO0,O0O.0O0 cigarettes. Now we
smoke more than 16,OOO,O0O,OOO a
year.
Cigarette Habit on Increase.
The cigarette habit among women
is on the increase A large trade has
been built up among the women in
cigarettes in drug stores in resident
districts, it is said.
Plug tobacco is just about holding
its own, the consumption having in
crease1 only 100000 pounds in the
| last ten Years.. The consumption of
twist tobacco increased rs per cent,
twist tobacco increased IS per cent,
| and fine cut tobacco decreased 1,0OO,-
! 600 pounds in ten years.
Most remarkable of all, perhaps, is
| the enormous increase in the pro-
duction of snuff. The public has been
wont to think that the snuff habit
was not long ago extinct. However,
| the snuff habit has caused the pro-
ductiOn of snuff to double in the last
| few years. Nearly 33, 100000 pounds
of snuff was consumed last year, as
compared with 100000 pounds 10
years ago. In 1890 only 100000
pounds of snuff was manufactured.
And Uncle Sam gets his profit from
| the weed, too. Internal revenue re-
ceipts on tobacco for the fiscal year
/ 1915 amounted to 79,9S6,639, al
most twice the amount paid in reve-
nue. tax in 1905.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-08-17
ADMINISTRATIVE Sale.

Georgia, Terrell County.-By vir-
tue of an order from the Court of
Ordinary of Terrell county will be
sold at public cutlery on the first
Tuesday in September, 1915, at the
court house door in said county, be-
tween the legal hours of sale, the
following real estate situate in said
county tO-wit: One 4-room resi-
dence, also one 3-room residence and
a hall, located in southeastern sec
ton of the city of Dawson said coun-
ty below public school building, on
which same is located, being bounded
on the north by lot of Jack Hill,
east by Glass property and south by
property of Mamie Stephens and west
by Oak street. Terms cash. This
Aug. ., 1915. ANNIE c. LINTON,
Administrative Of Estate of a. c. Lin
ton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-08-17

hardly leave mark on the hard
steel.
And while these men watch from
the steel-Iined room there are a dozen
or more fellows busy on the floor all
the time to prevent trouble ana 10
stop it quickly without attracting
attention if any is started. They are
big fellows, these special men, capa-
BILE of almost crushing a man II nee
essary to enforce their rules.
The Mysterious Chief.
If one asks the question, How is
it possible for this place to rum? the
only answer is the shrug of the shout
ders. The story is told that the place
exists as the result of a clan. Inc
chief of the clan sees to everything
and furnishes the protection for all
his men. He comes and goes quietly,
and but few men on the outside even
know him.
The chief of the clan also repre-
sents the liquor interests, 1t is sald'
Nothing is sold except that Whlch
comes from the house or tlrms that
he represents. He will not permit 1t,
for on every drink that is sold he gets
a commission also from the whole
salef.
How does the chief operate? How
can he guarantee this protection to
his men? Why has there never been
interference? Only shrugs OF the
shoulders are answers.
Fully so men are employed IN TINS
place. and all of them are said to
draw big wages. The salaries paid
are understood to be from 81 to $S
a day, including those of the gunner
behind the tank steel.
1t is said, too, there is a limit on
the bets or the amount of money one
can place on the games, and there is
rule, too, that if a fellow goes
broke bucking one of the games he
must be given drink or two, if he
wants it, and some "eating money.
This means, it is said, anywhere from
$3.50 to 49, No down-and-outer is
permitted to leave the place broke.
This makes him feel friendly to the
place and does not squeal. Also he
will return if he gets another stake.
Many men, who have no other place
to sleep, lie on the floor at night,
cuddled up against the walls, undis-
turbed.
1t is a queer place, and probably
the last 'open" gambling house in
America.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-08-17
Public Sale of Armory.

Will be sold at public cutlery, be-
tween the legal hours of sale, before
the court house door in Dawson, Ter
rell county, Georgia, TO the highest
bidder for cash, on the first Tuesday
in September, 1915, that property
located on the west side of Main
street, in the city of Dawson, known
as the Armory property, being the
second story of the two-story brick
building now occupied by the Lamar
Auto Company. said property being
Jointly owned by the city of Dawson
and the county of Terrell, and sold
by joint authority of the city and
county officials. This August 9Th,
1915. R. E. BELL. City Clerk, Daw-
son. Ga. L. C. HOYL, Ordinary and
ex-Oficio Clerk County Commission
ers Terrell County, Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-08-17
COWS HAVE MENINGITIS
SEVERAL FINE MITCHELL COUN-
TY COWS DIE FROM DISEASE.
DIR. Hirlman, State Veterinarian,
Thinks the Trouble Is Caused by
Something Cattle Eat.


The disease which was reported as
having killed several fine cattle for
R. P. Palmer of Mitchell county and
afterwards was reported as attacking
cattle in other sections of the county
has been pronounced by Assistant
State Veterinarian Hirlman to be on
the order of cerebro-meningitis.
E. L. Whitworth, who lost several
fine cattle from the disease, wired
the state veterinarian and he sent
DR.. Hirlman to make an examination
into the matter, and although the af-
fected cattle were dead when he
reached them, from their heads and
the description of the symptoms he
was able to pronounce on their cases
Experiments are now being made,
he stated, with a serum for this dis
ease which is expected to be effective
in its treatment The disease, he
thinks, is caused by mething the
cattle eat.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-08-17
Disagreeable Calomelis Yield
ing to Pleasant Liv-Ver-Lax

Physicians generally agree that the
nauseating, unpleasant effects of cal
omel are due to the undesirably Vio-
lent action it has on the system, For
a long while various substitutes have
been tried, but it was only recently
that the really wonderful remedy,
LIV-VER-LAX, was prepared success
fully by /. K. Grigsby.
LIV-VER-LAX has all the good
and none of the bad effects of Gallo
mel. 1t is a necessity in every home,
always being ready to cleanse the
sluggish liver and bile clogged sys-
TEN, with no unpleasant after effects.
LIV-VER-LAX is guaranteed to
give satisfaction, or your money will
be Immediately refunded. Insist on
the original bearing the likeness of
l.. X. .Grigsby. For sale in soc and
81 bottles at T. D. Lees drug store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-08-17

There's one seat now vacant at
the stud poker table"
The scene is one of the most inter
esting to be found anywhere at the
present time-the best regulated
gambling house in America. 1t is on
the ground floor of a building 20 by
14O feet. There is not even a lock
on the door. Hundreds of men are
thronging it at this moment. The
tables are crowded, chips are piled
high. bartenders are busy, hundreds
of dollars are constantly changing
hands, and all of this is existing in
the heart of the most wonderful oil
field on earth-at clifton, Okla, the
new railroad town at the northern
end of the oil fields in the old In
dian Territory portion of the state.
The gambling house is on the cor
ner of one of the principal business
streets of clifton. 1t is the only one
of its kind in America at the present
time. 1t takes one back to Dead
wood, Cripple Greek and Goldfelds.
It recalls the stories that used to
come from Yukon and Fairbanks.
Utter Defiance of the Law.
It is a penitentiary offense to bring
intoxicating liquors into the old In
dian Territory. The United States
government appropriate les several hun
dred thousand dollars annually to
enforce this prohibition in the In
dian country. Yet in this gambling
house in clifton liquors are sold as
openly as in the most W deepen nom
prohibition place in the world. Fiji
ty gallons of whiskey are said to be
disposed of daily, in addition to beer
and many fancy drinks.
Whiskey retails at SO a quart, or
rs cents for half pint. A drink, not
to exceed a half finger, costs either
Is or 20 cents, according to the
brand. Beer sells at 35 cents for a
half pint.
No one knows where the liquor
comes from. No one seems to care.
1t is sold, day and night, tohundreds
of men who walk up to the bar with
as much nonchalance as if instead
they were on the Bowery.
There is never any trouble in this
mammoth gambling house. There
has never been a killing nor knife
used. Hundreds of the men who
daily and nightly frequent the place
are workmen in the oil fields.
Thronged Night and Day.
Night and day shifts are worked at
the gambling house. The place is
never closed, the games never stop.
and there is never a time when it is
not throngcd with men. An annOunc-
er is busy all the time, Not in a loud
voice. but mingling along with the
crowd, he says quietly but so that all
near him can hear:
There is now seat vacant at the
stud poker table"
"A big winning has been made at
roulette"
Steadily the voice of the fellow in
charge Of the crap game goes on in
the same monotone:
Come on, boys, get your money
down if one wins you all win"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-08-17

Or. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry helps the stomach digest the food
and manufacture nourishing blood. 1t
has tonic effect and soon enables the
stomach and heart to perform their
functions in a natural, healthy man.
ner, without any outside aid.
Contains neither alcohol nor mar
cotics. Its ingredients are made public
and printed on wrapper. It's pure
Alternative extract made with glycerine
from native roots and herbs.
Sold by medicine dealers in liquid
or tablet form, or send so cents to DR.
Pierce's Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, n. I.
for trial box of tablets.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little Liver Pills. These tiny
sugar-coated, anti-bilious granules-tht
smallest and the easiest to take. One
little Pellet for a laxative-three FOL
Cathartic.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-08-17

It has never failed to cure a cough or
a cold either for my mother, my chill
dren, or myself when other cough reme-
dies had failed. 1t has also stopped
the cough that remains after whooping
cough, Several of my children had it
after this distressing affection. Other
mothers would be relieved of great
anxiety if they would use your Cough
Syrup as you direct it to be used >
Mrs, J. N, FUTCH, ia Henry Street, W.
Savannah, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-08-17
STARTING OVER AGAIN.

why do you object to my marry
ing your daughter"
Because you can't support her in
the style to which she has been ac-
customed all her life
How do you know can't? l can
start her on bread and milk, same as
Won did,"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-08-17

You don't need to suffer those ag-
onizing nerve pains in the face, head,
arm, shoulders, chest and back. Just
apply a few drops of soothing Sloan's
Eminent; lie quietly a few minutes.
You will get such relief and com
fort! Life and the world will look
brighter. Get a bottle today, 3 ounces
for 25c, at all druggists. Penetrates
without rubbing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-08-17
HARD ON AUNT MARY,
BUT THE BOY OBEYED
Mother Win Let Johnnie Have His
Say the Next Time.

Mother VIII Let Johnnie Have His
Say the Next Time.
There is a very stern Philadel-
phia woman who demands instant and
unquestioning obedience from her
children. One afternoon storm came
up and she sent her little son John
to close the trap leading to the fiat
roof of the house.
but, mother" began John.
John, l told you to shut the
trap"
Eyes, but mother"
John, shut that trapi'
"All right, mother, if you say So
but
john"
Whereupon John slowly climbed
the stairs and shut the trap. The af-
ternoon went by and the storm howl
ed and ragged. Two hours later the
family gathered for dinner, and when
the meal was half over Aunt Mary
who was staying with the mother,
had not appeared. The mother start
ed an investigation, but she did not
have to ask many questions. John
answered the first one.
Mother, she is on the roof"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-08-17
MUCH LIVE STOCK DROWNED
BY FLOODS IN FLORIDA

Extraordinary Rainfall Causes Dam
age of 100000.
ARCADIA, Fla.-High water in
the rivers and creeks CT this section
flooding the valleys and lowlands as
a result of the extraordinary rainfall
of the past few days has caused dam
age that will foot up 100000.
Thousands Of cattle and hogs have
been drowned on the ranges. Bridges
have been washed away. Railway
tracks have been undermined and
train service broken. The Peace riv-
err is a raging torrent, and country
roads are impossible in almost every
direction.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-08-17
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The system

Take the old Standard GROVES
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form.
The Quinine drives out malaria, the
Iron builds up the system. SO cents
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-08-17

qualities IN curing
long standing, OBJ
stinate coughs. L
have used it with
the best of results
for four of my
C hildre n, W h 0
would take cold
from wet feet and
exposure, and L
can truthfully say
that | cannot find
any fault with it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-08-17

s 5 S 5 BORROW MONEY 8 s s s
LONG LOANS ON CITY AND
FARM PROPERTY. Lowest Inter
est Rates. Quick Service. Liberal
Loan Values. L. c. HOYL, Attorney
at-Law, Dawson. Ga
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-08-17
A GEORGIA MOTHER
Tells of Coughs and Colds.

Savannah, Ga.-"I think DIR. Pierce's !
Cough Syrup is wonderful in its helpful |
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-24
SOUTH RYEGATE

Constable Craigie, assisted by Others
made raid on Mrs. b. Agostini Wednes-
day and secured 10 pint bottles OF WINS
KEY and other liquors. A hearing was
held Wednesday afternoon before State
Attorney Norton and was continued 10
Wednesday, March "a.
Mrs. Ernest Ingram and two children
went Friday to Barre TO visit relatives
and friends for few days.
Miss Ruth Anderson began teaching
the spring term OF school in the Symes
pond district Monday
Mrs. A. T. Beaton and daughter, Bar
bara, went Wednesday TO East Roxbury
where they are visiting Mrs. Beaton
parents. Mr.. Beaton spent Sunday with
lem there.
Miss Marie Darling went Saturday to
orleans, where she will be the guest oil
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. S. Webster for a fort
night.
Miss Blanche Russell of Barre made
Miss Marie Darling a short visit last
week.
Miss Margaret Ferguson was taken Ill
Monday and is threatened with appen'
dicitis.
Miss Margaret Longmore went Mon
day evening to the Hanover, \. H., hos
pital. 1t is feared she has appendicitis
Mrs. Frank Rosa returned from Han
over, N. H.. hospital Friday, much i'm
proved after her recent attack OF ap'
pendicitis,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Tewksbury anc
their two daughters spent Sunday al
Bradford with Mr. and Mrs. B. II. Hook
err
Miss Marjorie Tewksbury is the happy
possessor OF baby Shetland pony from
| the Speedwell farms, Lyndonville. Th'
pony is the gift of 7. S. Vail to the
young lady.
Mrs. Anna Richard has rented th'
tenement recently vacated by John Nc
Kinnon and will take boarders.
II. T. Lindsey is dangerously III witt
brain fever. as the result of fall OF
the ice a week ago.
T. H. Gihllan is in Boston this weel
on business.
Miss Abbie Corruth has been quite il
with erysipelas and rheumatism, but y
improved.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-24
GROT0N

Ernest Keenan, and James Benzie have
each purchased a Ford automobile.
Mrs. James Adams and Mrs. Z. y.
Clark were visitors in Barre Friday.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
Hart Friday.
Grover smith o. st. Johnsbury was a
sunday visitor in town.
Ross Clark went yesterday to Bath.
y. H., 20 visit his aunt, Mrs. Clinton
Foster
Mrs. Abbie Palmer Of Gsniteyille Is
RAISING the week with her aunt, Mrs.
Mariatah Taylor.
Bernard Brink has moved from the
Tenement Of b. S Eastman 20 Ricker's
Mil W. r. Carpenter viii move into
the tenement vacated BY Mr. Brink.
Miss Nav HaIl. Linnie johnson and
Agnes Taylor and brother. Harold, re-
turned 20 their studies 81 Montpelier
seminary Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. g. II. Pillsbury went r.
Barre Saturday 70 pass sunday - the
home o. their son, Mr. snd Mrs g =
lPiusbury.
Mr. and Mrs. Porter Atkinson IF 81
Johnsburv were n town over Sunday
and Monday.
Mr. and Mr. Timothy Melch aud Dr
lcuv y. weleh Of Mortified we're b.
town Monday and Tuesday
Nh n. n. Collins left Tuesday morn
ing Cor boston 20 buy her spring stoci
I If millinery.
Wasra Wesh WHO makes bis hoin'
I eth BE- san. Warfan. 90 kast tofinth
j. passing q iew dave With be sons J.
Ia Weirh
NJ n BeAlev uas IN Walden seF
e-si aaYs last ueel. installing tslflphon'
instruments for Tho Molly falis com
panF.
Mrs Mariakah Tagam returned Nat
uraar from nsrrf vhere - whs caiie'
T1.uradav 81 tbf ness e. bsr sist'f
M~s Wsr frkus
Mrs d Eaatman Mna sans ffM
ana Nsfh. IA YESTERDAY taF Molcrtt z
rass q so aavs 81 - f,'se Il ~ sfs
- NJ Herfsrs BASEBALL End tafniiT-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-24
On a Mississippi
Steamboat
BY F. A. mitchell

When the stagecoach and the steam
boat passed out as the ordinary means
of travel a certain social status passed
ont with them. Both these methods or
TRANSPORTATION fostered something that
no longer exists--the society OF travel
A number Of persons would start ON
tourney In a stagecoach, and the Iact
that they We're fellow travellers mace
them at once acquaintance, olteh
friends and in certain instances lovers,
As TO the steamboat, while the greater
number on one OF them prevented this
automatic sociability, 1t was a unique
! institution.
In the front part of the main saloon
of q Mississippi steamboat was httie
boxlike structure, in which liquors
were served. Passing aft one would
see numerous tables, some or which
were occupied by card players with
stacks Of chips or coins before thehl.
/ At mealtimes these tables were placed
/ together. forming one long table anu
! shortly before a meal was annouhceu
male passengers would line them wait
| ing TO secure seats. In the stern OF
| the boat was the ladies' cabin. When
dinner was ready the captain went
| into this cabin, bowed ceremonlously
70 the ladies, offered his arm TO one
escorted her to seat at the table loi'
lowed nv the other ladies and the men
| travelling with them. When they We're
seated n colored man swung q huge
brass bell. and the first stroke or the
clapper was a signal for every man
who had been waiting to plunge INTO
seat.
One day a gentleman in variegated
waistcoat worn by men OF that gay
and a long skirted coat with large
rollin0 velvet collar stood among the
mon waiting for the signal TO be seat
ed A moment before it came ne turh-
ed and stepped into his stateroom "
laave his hat there. As he emerged
the bell rang, and a man dropped INTO
bis sent The act was a hagrant
breach of courtesy, for the gentleman
had been waiting some time Denina
the chair. and the other must certalniy
have been aware of the fact
| Conscious of some one standing De.
hind him, the seat stealer turned anu
looked UP into a severe countenance
bending over him. But there was
something more severe than the face
a glittering bowie knife, whose place
was pointed down at small bald spot
ON ton of the interloper's head. The
fellow dived under the table ana Ell
facted an exit on the other side.
! After dinner a young man ABOUT
twenty-one years of age approached
the man who had poised the bowie
knife and said
colonel Sinclair, ! believer
AT yo' service subj
II was especially gratified at your
recovery OF your seat ut table. Ihe
man who proposed to dispossess you
took $4,000 out Of me at cards this
morning
Il was looking oyah the game sun.
, II think he is a blackleg.
zone OF the worst. He is a disgrace
: to his calling. | observed his manipu-
lations OF the cya'ds, and ! must con
fess that they were such as no respect
able gambler would use"
"My name is. Hartleigh, sir. am
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-24
CHILDREN HATE OIL,
CALOMEL AND PILLS
california syrup Of FEs~ Bsst fot
Tender stomach, Liver, Bowels
TASTES Delicious

Look back at yuuf ehilahasa ass-
psmerrlsrr tbs Hd0se~ mother insisted -
Gator oil. calumsl athnrttes heH
var hated them. hos you fought against
tnkI ina them.
wtt orr eflsreu. H's digerent Won.
~ 80 F.rr q to 90 fern q rat -
s.r.r7, avrt rratre rhat thet T. ~
,1.siarrrs revolt is wtn funAf
t...8ar rtfte n.tHas err iHtaFsa "
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-24
BETHEL

Rev. w. B. Reynolds, Rev. Z. l.. Halt
acre and Jesse I. Moody were visitors IN
Montpelier yesterday.
Mrs. w. G. Shaw is visiting her sis
ter. Mrs. A. c. Sterling, in Montpelier.
The members Of the senior class VIII
leave Friday for a trip to Washington,
ID. G.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Gray have re-
turned 10 town after spending year or
more in Hardwick
Daniel Lille post held its regular
monthly meeting last Wednesday after
noon. at which time Captain J. T. FL
dredge OF Co. H, nth Vermont regiment,
was their guest After the meeting Mrs.
Lillian Cady. Miss Mae |. Savage, Mrs.
Kate Spaulding and Miss Rebecca Fish
of the Woman's Relief corps served a
luncheon 10 the post and their guest and
the members of the corps, social hour
following.
The woman's Relief corps met last
evening and after the business meeting
bandages were rolled for the soldiers
home.
The ladies Of the Universalist church
will serve a supper in Harrington parlors
on Friday evening.
Mrs. +. A. Davis and her son, Edward
left last Friday for two weeks triF
20 Florida.
Percy Clark. who has been cutting
stone in Bethel and playing basketball
on the town team, met with painful
accident Saturday night while playing
with Co. Of Mortified against Nor
wich university. His arm was broker
while wrestling for the ball with one OF
his opponents,
W. ". Hartwel has an old oak tree
standing about five rods from his house
which measures II feet. seven inches II
circumference. four feet from the ground
Call and see the new spring hats OF
display al astonishingly low prices al
Mrs. +. r. Martell's in the Emery hote
block, Bethel, Nt.-Adv.