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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-10-25
PICKETT RUNNING
JUST FOR FUN OF IT
Roscoe Admits That He Hasn't a
Chance to Be Elected Gov
ernor of GEORGIA.

ATLANTA, Ga.-The distinction
of being the only candidate in the
history of Georgia politics who ever
admitted at the outset that he didn't
have a chance to be elected is en-
joyed by Roscoe Pickett, former state
senator from the Forty-first district,
who has announced himself a candi-
date for governor on the republican
ticket
Mr.. Pickett frankly admits that he
is not running with any idea of being
elected, but simply for the purpose of
forming the nucleus of an opposition
political party in Georgia.
He will be recalled as the senator
who had controversy with Thomas
B. Fielder, the Atlanta lawyer and
prohibition advocate, during the fight
in the legislature over the Savannah
recall bill. Senator Pickett de-
nounced Mr.. Fielder in a speech on
the floor of the senate and Mr.. Fielder
wrote him a note in which he called
the senator liar and another name
and invited him to come out of the
senate chamber and resent the insult.
On the evening of that day Fielder
was stabbed in the Kimball House by
G. K. Vason, doorkeeper of the house
of representatives.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-10-25
Twelfth DISTRICT. M. Cutler,
Dublin, Ga.
Statement by Mr.. jackson.

Twelfth District M. Cutler,
Dublin, Ga.
Statement by Mr.. Jackson.
OF this announcement Mr.. Jackson
says:
''These electors will go on the re-
publican presidential ticket, at the
head of which will appear the names
of Hon. Charles Evans Hughes for
president and Hon. Charles Warren
Fairbanks for vice president. They
are each and all high-class business
men who stand high, and command
the respect and confidence of the
community in which they live and
are highly and well known through
out the state They are men who
have made a success in business and
stand fer the policies of the republic
can party as a matter of principle
and who believe protection against
foreign competition is thc vital thing
for the upbuilding of the industries
"This ticket has the. Endorsement
of the South and Of Georgia in par
ticular.
and support of the republican ma
tional committee and the executive
and campaign committees. 1t is the
recognized straight and regular re-
publican ticket, and all who are sup
porting Governor Hughes for the
! presidency will vote this regular
ticket because they wish their votes
counted and made of service. Any
other ticket put out by individuals
under the guise of any organized
| movement and alleged to represent
the republican party or its members
can only be irregular and votes cast
for such ticket will be votes thrown
away.
VIII Support Ticket.
THE great rank and file OF repub-
Leans will heartily support the regu-
lar republican electoral ticket, and
the great majority of the progress
sives who have followed Col. Roose-
welt back into the republican party
will follow the example he has set
them by his words and deeds in be-
half of and in support of the regular
tickets as put out in each state by
the regular republican organizations
in those states.
''The republican campaign COM
mittee have opened headquarters in
rooms Al and 43 Inman building, At
lanta, Ca, where there is a full and
competent office force of clerks,
stenographers and large supplies of
campaign literature, textbooks, cam
paign buttons and Autographs of the
candidates for president and vice
president. Members of the campaign
committee and State Chairman Pick
EFT and National Committeeman
jackson are on hand daily to well
come all callars and give them the
latest campaign dope and furnish
them with literature and buttons, etc.
"a cordial invitation is extended
to one and all. who intend to support
and vote for Governor Hughes to call
at the headquarters, and those who
live out of the city who cannot find it
! convenient to call in person are ask
/ ed send in their names by mail for
literature and other campaign mat
ter. advertisement.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-10-25
"BLACK AND TAN"
JOINTS IN CHIC AGO
Revelries in Cafes Where Blacks and
Whites Mingle Are Under
Investigation.

CHICAGO.-Rev Myron E. Adj
ans, pastor of the Night Church and
a member of voluntary vice inves-
tigating committee, testified with
William P. O'Brien, suspended police
captain, to-day that Chief Of Police
Hcaley and other city officials were
cognizant of vicious resorts in the
district in which O'Brien was in COM
mand. Mayor Thompson, whose tes-
timony was expected to be the climax
of the hearings of State Attorney
Haynes application for warrant for
Healy's arrest, did not take the stand
to-day.
Much of the day was occupied with
descriptions of the revelries in the
numerous cafes that had sprung up in
the territory south of the former seq
regated district and which was inhab-
tied by a large percentage of negroes.
Among the Objectionable develop
ments of the last year, it was said.
were the so-called "black and tan"
cafes, where whites and blacks min
gled together.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-10-25

"Your child" he said, sis negro.
You have a negro coachman. 1t will
look bad if / reveal the truth. My
silence can be bought"
The woman gave him $500. Then
she returned to Chicago, employed a
detective agency, found the father
and mother of her adopted child and
proved that the baby was white. But
her $500 was gone.
Trapped in New York Hotel.
The latest of all the governments
charges against the syndicate con-
Germs the alleged blackmailing of A.
r. Wesley, prominent New York
business man, and Alice Williams,
supposed to be a young married
woman, residing also in New York.
The blackmailers in this case, the
government alleges, were Homer
French, George Irwin and doc"
Brady.
According to allegations the three
men gained entrance to a room in a
New York hotel and there found
Wesley and Mrs. Williams. Irwin in
formed the couple that they were I'M
der arrest for violation of the Mann
act.
81 am United States Marshal Mark
A. Foote of Chicago" he said.
"These men are my officers and we
have come to take you back to Chi
cago for prosecution on a warrant
we have there"
Irwin then read and showed to
Wesley forged warrant, the gov
eminent says, supposedly issued in
United States court. Neither of the
couple doubted the auth ,ritv OF the
federal cificers." On the neY' day
they were put on train and taken to
Chicago. Wesley and Mrs. Williams
were made prisoners in hotel there
and were told that Commissioner
Foote would listen to reason" Upon
this hint Wesley gave up $4,000 in
currency-all he had. But the pair
were still held and few days later
Wesley obtained $4,000 more and
turned it over to the Officers" Then
he and his companion were released
Since the syndicate was exposed
many prominent people have writ
ten to the authorities, confessing
that the blackmailers fieeced them
and offering to aid in running the
crooks down. Although a consider
able number of these letters are un-
signed, some are accompanied with
names and addresses and details as to
how the writer's were victimized. Ac-
cording to government officials,
among those who were bled by the
blackmailers are a Pennsylvania con-
gresham, who was relieved of about
$4,000 at the republican national
convention in Chicago last summer;
a Pennsylvania judge, who gave up
sum said to approximate $4,000; a
Philadelphia broker and clubman,
who paid $4,000, and Baltimore So
ciety woman who was trapped for
over $4,000.
Chief Bielaski of the federal secret
service bureau said the other day:
"We know of one man who has been
associating with woman of the
blackmail ring and who still thinks
the woman is his friend"
Among the charges to be brought
against the blackmailers are extor-
ton and impersonating an officer. 1t
is believed that some of them may be
caught in their own net and prose-
cuted for violating the white slave
law during their journeys from state
to state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-10-25
RELIEVE HEADACHES
WITHOUT DOSING
By Applying Sloan's Liniment to
Forehead You Can Stop
the Severe Pains

Many headaches are of a neuralgia
origin. The symptoms of such head
aches are intense and lingering pains
in the brow, temples or back of the head.
There is one certain relief that has
been known and recommended for
years back, Sloan's Liniment. One
application and the dull pain is practl-
cally gone. 1t is easily applied without
rubbing. Rubbing is unnecessary, as
Sloan's Eminent quickly penetrates to
the seat of trouble.
Aching muscles, rheumatism, bruises.
lumbago, chilblains, sprains and stift
neck can also be most effectively treated
with Sloan's Eminent. Cleaner than
mussy plasters or ointments; 1T does
not stain the skin or clog the pores.
At all drug stores, 25c., 50c.s $1.OO.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-10-25
lacknailing Syndicate
Makes "Clean-Up" of
More Than q Million Dollars

supposed to be a young married
to his place of business or wherever
ne could get the needed amount.
His Charming Friend Was Costly.
Here is another method used by
the blackmailers to get money:
A wealthy manufacturer of ma
chinery, who lives with his wife and
children in Chicago, recently became
infatuated with pretty woman
whom ne had met in a cafe Irritation.
At first he was liberal, but when the
romance began to fray at the edges
the woman became ILL., Whether her
illness was real or pretended doesn't
matter. In letter to the man she
suggested that he give her $4,000 on
which to go to the Virginia mountains
for her health, and that he set aside
q fund of 100000 to support her for
the remainder of her life.
eff you do not see the justice of
this plan," she wrote, perhaps your
wife will"
A woman living in a town in Ohio
was childless. Her friends were
mothers Of pretty children and her
mothers heart envied them their
happy condition. She went to Chi
cago, letting it become known in her
home town that she expected to be-
come a mother. At foundling's
home she chose a rosy little cherub
to be her baby. But in some mys-
FERROUS way these facts became
known to the blackmailers. Recently
stranger called at the woman's
home.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-10-25
INTERESTING NEWS NOTES
FROM MIMSVILLE COMMUNITY
Local Happenings and Movements of
People Well Known There.

Mr.. and Mrs. R. M. Minis and Mr..
T. S. Minis motored to Dickey Sum
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Minis enter
tanned at fish and oyster supper
Saturday evening in honor of their
mother, Mrs. Collier, and other rela-
tives.
Mr.. H. ]. Patton and little grand
sons of Brookfield have returned
home after spending few days with
Mrs Robert Minis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl johnson and lit
tie son and Mr.. 7. S. Minis will visit
relatives and friends next Sunday at
Moulfrie.
The musicale at Mr.. R. M. Minis a
few. nights ago was delightful af-
fair and thoroughly enjoyed by all
present.
Mr.. NJ. G. Minis has accepted po-
sition with the Southern Express
Company in Dawson.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Brunette enter
tanned Sunday in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. c.. D. Minis.
Mrs. D. w. Collier arrived Satur-
day to be the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
c. C. Collier.
We are all glad that little Lucille
Minis has fully recovered from her
accident.
Mrs. E. G. Jordan called on Mrs.
Justin Minis Friday afternoon.
Little Miss Mary Lou Burnette WIS.,
tied in Dickey recently.
NJ and Mrs y. w. Collier visited
here recently.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-10-25
LEE COUNTY'S OLDEST
CITIZEN PASSES AWAY
M. A. A. Paul Dies From Grief
Caused by Death of Wife.

Mr.. A. A. Paul died at his home
here last Sunday morning at about 8
o'clock. Mr.. Paul was born in Lee
county 80 years ago and has lived
here ever since, and was probably one
of the oldest natives of the county.
He was a conscientious and consist
ent christian and for practically all
his life had been a member of the
Baptist church. Of an unusually
vigorous vitality and jovial DISPOSE
ton, he was gifted with the faculty
of making and retaining friends and
was universally loved.
He had never been in bad health
and grief over the loss of his wife,
who preceded him just week, was
the cause of his death.-Lee County
Journal
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-10-25
A child can't get strong and robust

A child can't get strong and robust
while intestinal worms eat away at
its vitality. To give the child a
chance to grow these parasites must
be destroyed and expelled. WHITES
CREAM VERMIFUGE is guaranteed
to remove the worms; it also puts the
vital organs in healthy, vigorous con-
dition. Price 25c per bottle. Sold
" Dawson Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-10-25
lerates Among the Big Rich
Ind High Society People,
Ind Finds 1t Easy Money.
|r7overnment Is Rounding
Them Up.

uASHINGTON. - United States
.o+ service agents expect within
noxt two weeks to have in Gus
: al of the twenty-five or more
hers of the blacklist trust" that
"a dnned scores of wealthy men and
NON for alleged violation of the
"white slave" act. A nation
10 dragnet has been spread to
+hor in these human vultures, male
female, and more than a dozen
roodv have been arrested in Chi
30 Philadelphia and New York.
sneciic charge upon which sew
u of them are to be brought to
81 is the alleged blackmailing of
: Regina Klipper of Philadelphia,
In it is believed by officials that
& bor victims have paid the syndicate
s,llv 100000. William Butler,
III +o have been the "brains" of the
'rnsniracy, pleaded guilty on the
EI;nper charge this week IN New
fork citv and was Immediately sem
enced to eighteen months in the fed
Iral prison at Atlanta.
a card index of men and women
those supposed wealth and tendency
Inward the gay life made them good
prospects" has been unearthed in
shicago. Checked against the names
vere alleged secret facts in the lives
4 these persons, which made them
and suggested them as
,ossible prey for the blackmailers.
Evidently the gang, by laying in this
upply of family skeletons, had pre-
AIRED for several years of operations.
Authorities declare that the crooks
ad made a systematic study of al
lost all the well-to-do families in the
Tnited States. 1t had listed the
ames of all young men who sowed
heir wild oats, and even after such
ersons settled down to quiet, re-
pectable lives the gang kept accu-
ate records of their doings.
Confession Revealed Methods.
1t has been definitely established
lat the band made its headquarters
Philadelphia. Frank Croker, who
red Mrs. Klipper into trouble, con-
ssed to the police and gave in de-
il the operations Of his confeder-
es = how they got information
,out prospective victims and how
ey compelled them to pay tribute
r hushing up shady incidents. A
.riety of tricks were employed but
e following is one Of the favorites:
The women of the sand were good
oking and the men were classy"
i'd fashionably dressed. They al
avs seemed to have plenty of
oney. 1t was easy, therefore, to
ingle with wealthy persons at sum-
er resorts, restaurant dances and
her public places. One of the gem
,man crooks, say, made the ac-
Iaintance of a wealthy man. A
rty was started and woman friends
ire introduced. The wealthy man
time would be told by one of his
w lady friends of quiet road
use where it was safe to go for
tie outing" The place suggested
is usually across the state line.
While the couple were in room
the roadhouse several men would
eak in and pretend to arrest them
r violating the Mann act; that is. :.
r crossing a state line for immoral
rposes. In practically all cases
2 man, after being shown a flake"
.rrant for his arrest, would pay
,ney to hush the matter. If the
IN arrested" hadn't sufficient
,ney with him at the roadhouse one
the band accompanied him either
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-10-25
TWO WHITE MEN KILLED
IN MONTANA RACE RIOT
Northerners Do Not Get Along With
Their Brothers in Black.

BILLINGS, Mont.-Two white
men are reported to have been killed
by seven negroes in a race riot near
Mill, Mont, recently. A third white
man is reported to be seriously
wounded.
Five negroes and two whites have
been arrested.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-02-10
THE RUINS ON THE HILL.
Where Richard of the Lion Heart
DWelt In France.

Perhaps the loveliest spot in all the
winding miles of beauty along the
river Seine between Rouen and Paris
is Petit Andely. Ragged and shattered
looking, the stony hills rear proudly up
above the placid river and sleepy town,
and squarely upon its crest looms the
ruin of Richard the Lion Hearts Castle
Gallant, a great, burst keep and a
few bits of massive wall. Once the
castle flaunted its Jmenacing leopard
standards against the blue and white
and gold of the Frankish skies, but
that was before Philippe Auguste
stormed and smashed it and smashed
the townsfOlll while he was doing it.
Now, ghostly and wan. the stark
ruin shimmers upon its hill. with never
a single spear to CLINT from keep or
barbican. The spears are still grow
ing far below-the stout young poplars
on the river bank and island sentinel
ing through golden days when the riv-
er is cleaning jade; in the fiery sur
sets, when it mirrors back every
sturdy limb and feathery frond, and
all the silent blue nights, when the
stars bend cracking down to whisper
and coquette and the ripples chuckle
softly against the rich brown banks
Arthur Stanley Riggs in National Geo.
graphic Magazine.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-02-10
The Parson Bird.

Among the feathered inhabitants Of
New Zealand there is Il bird called the
parsOn bird. or tui. 1t is about the
size and shape Of Il blackDird. but has
a pair of delicate white tufts at its
throat and is glossy dark green 9TH
erwise, which looks black in the sun
shine. 1t can be taught to crow, to
speak, to whistle tunes, and, besides
these tricks. it has a repertory which
is not often equaled by any other
feathered songster. At vespers it has
a note like the toll of a bell or the
clear, high note of an organ. 1t can
mimic every bird in the bush to per-
fection. 1t will break off in the mid
die of an exquisite melody and in
dulge in a strange melody Of sounds
which are impossible to describe, but If
you can imagine "the combination of
a cough, laugh, a sneeze, with the
smashing of pane of glass;" 1t will
be some approach to the idea.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-02-10
From Medicine to the Drama.

The earlier part of Victorien Sardou's
career was beSet with many trials and
difficulties. His parents wished him to
take up medical career. and he began
his studies with some zeal. The love
Of the drama, however, was far greater
than the love of the pill box. and in the
interval of the other work Sardou was
busy upon play. Life was struggle
for him. for he had little money, though
he managed to get journalistic work to
supplement his more slender income
His first play was failure, and Sar-
dOu rushed from the theater vowing
never to enter one again. He fell seri-
ously i'll, was nursed back to health by
Mile. de Brecourt, an actress who lived
on floor below, and from that time
his fortune was made.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-02-10
SsE1's Crv Humor

When the gallant Welsh captain, Da
vid Gam, was sent forward by Henr,
V. to reconnoiter the French army be
fore the battle of Agincourt he fount
that the enemy outnumbered the Eng
fsh by about five to one. His repor
to the king is historic:
There are enough to be killed
enough to be taken prisoners ant
enough to run away"
This quaint forecast of the result OF
the battle at once spread through the
camp. and doubtless every yeoman
archer of the valiant company felt al
inch taller. We know that it was al
most literally justified by the event
Poor CAMS dry humor was equaled
by his courage. He was killed while
in the act of saving the life of his
prince. e.-London Standard.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-02-10
1HE WHlr In n,r- uannrLs.
IT is Caused by the Pressure Of Mod
ern Hich Power Powder.

The use of high power powder in ri
fes has given rise to phenomenon
which did not exist in black powder
days. This is known as whip" and is
due to the pressure and vibration set
up by the powder 1t is constant with
given loads and is always in the same
direction.
Sights are aligned by the manufac
turer to compensate for this whip in
proportion to the powder charge used.
In firing auxiliary cartridges it will Of
ten be found that the rifle shoots off
center. As matter of fact the bullet
from the auxiliary is travelling in a
true line with the bore and it is the
sights that are wrong. The lighter
charge of the auxiliary does not pro
duce the usual whip. with the result
that the line in prolongation of the
bore of the rifle along which the bullet
travels is not the line given by the
alignment of the sights.
Two other rifle terms that must moi
be confused are upsettage and keyh0i
ing. keyholing is the tendency of thc
pulIet ~ turn OVER Ill night, Wnlle up
settage is the slight shortening of the
major axis of the bullet due to the
force Of the charge. 1t was peculiar II
black powder fired behind lead bullets
and does not exist to any appreciablt
extent in metal jacketed bullets with
smokeless powder. In the latter case
the charge burns more slowly and the
jacket stiffens the bullet against the
sudden blow from behind-Outing.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-02-10
ORIGIN OF THE PERlSCOPE,
The Rejecting SpygIass Used at the
Siege of SebastopoI.

Speaking of the origin of the peri
scope, the following extract from the
writings of the well known inventor of
Peppers Ghost" gives the credit to
the clerical profession. Pepper wrote
soon after the Crimean war:
During the siege of Sebastopol num-
berS of our best artillerymen were con-
tinually picked off by the enemy's rifles
as well as by cannon shot, and in order
to put Il step to the foolhardiness and
incautiousness of the men. very in
genious cOntrivance was invented by
the Rev. William Taylor, the coadju.
tor of Mr.. DeniSon in constructing the
first Big Ben bell. 1t was called the
rejecting spyglass. and by its simple
construction rendered the exposure OF
the sailors and soldiers who would look
over the parapet or other parts Of the
works to observe the effect of theil
shots perfectly unnecessary. while an
other form was constructed for the
purpose Of allowing the gunner to lay
or aim his gun in safety.
THE instruments were shown tC
Lord Panmuro, who was so convinced
of the importance of the invention that
he Immediately commissioned the Rev
William Taylor to have a number OF
these telescopes constructed. and il
the siege had not terminated just a.
the time the invention was to have
been used no doubt a great saving OF
the valuable lives of the skilled artil
lerymen would have been Effected
London Express.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-02-10
TREES In BOOKS.
Probably the Most Curious Collection
OF Volumes In the World.


OF Volumes In the World.
There is perhaps one of the most
curious collections of books In the
world to be found in a small town on
the continent of Europe, says the Lon
don Tit-Bits. 1t is really a botanical
collection. Outwardly each volume pre-
sents the appearance of block of
wood, and that is what it actually Is.
But an examination reveals the fact
that 1t is also complete history of
the particular tree which it represents.
At the back of the book the bark
has been removed from a space which
allows the scientific and the common
name of the tree to be placed as a title
for the book. One side is formed from
the split wood Of the tree. showing its
grain and natural fracture. The other
side shows the wood when worked
smooth and vanished. One end shows
the grain as left by the saw and the
other the finely polished wood On
opening the book it is found to con-
tain the fruit. seeds. leaves and other
products of the tree. the moss which
usually grows upon its trunk and the
insects which feed upon the different
parts OF the tree. These are supple
mented By a full description of the
tree. In fact, everything which has a
bearing upon that particular tree Sc
cures place in the collection.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-02-10
Distilled Water.

Distilled water after having been ex-
lubrious of drinks. Its daily use in
measured quantities is helpful in cases
Of dyspepsia and greatly assists the
general functions of the boly. Every
large steamer carries a waite, distillins
apparatus by which sea water is made
fresh. In the days before steamers
primitive distilling apparatus was used
on warships and vessels carrying pas
sengers.