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[f you knew that your neighbor would suddenly be taken away from his family, leaving the family entirely dependent on the charities of this old world, and
vou knew that by contributing $1.15 toward this family you could save them from want and suffering, would you? Of course you would. Well, the business of
;i;is company is to find 999 more men just like you. This will give 1,000 organized men who, through their contributions, will contribute $l,OOO to the family of
cach deceased member when a member dies. We have now been searching for this number for several days. Several hundred have been found. Soon we will
have the desired number. If you desire to join this movement before the Terrell County Branch is filled see the undersigned Officers or write to the Home Office,
you will be promptly waited on. | |
| ; LA A s HOME OFFICE:
The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of Georgia. vaioosra. ca
Local Board of Officers of Terrell County Branch:
A. J. CARRVER, President, Dawson, Ga. ;
R. L. SAVILLE, Secretary and Treasurer, Dawson, Ga.
Medical Directors:
Dr. W. B. Cheatham, Dawson, Ga.
Dr. Guy Chappell s “
NEEDS THAT *BIG STICK™
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PRESIDENT'S ANTI-PROTECTION
15T DECISION STARTS ROW.
Wants to Buy Material and Supplies
for Panama Canal Where He
('an Get Them Cheapest.
R. M. Larner, the Washington cor
respondent of the Savannah News,
says there is the biggest kind of a row
in the republican household over the
announcement, with the sanction of
the president, that the Panama canal
commission will buy supplies for the
canal from foreign countries because
the material and ships needed can be
obtained abroad cheaper than in this
country.
“Roosevelt has upset the pan of
protection milk in ‘this Panama canal
business,’’ was the way a high protec
tion republican congressman express
«ed himself whil‘iscussing this sub
ject. which is the political sensation of
the day. 5
Leading republicans, like Grosven
or and Babeock, both members of the
committee on ways and means, are
outspoken in their coudemnation of
such a 4 course as is proposed by Sec
retary Taft and the canal commis
slon.
Ammunition for the Enemy.
“We are furnishing the democrats
with sufticient ammunition to blow the
old protection ship of state out of wa
ter, if they take advantake of the op
portunity it gives,”’ says General
Grosvenor. The general was loth to
vlace all the blame upon the presi
dent’s 'shoulders, but as one of the
leading apostles of the high protect
ive system he reluctantly confessed
that the course proposed is an admis
sion to the whole world that the pro
tective system upon which the repub
lican party won its way to power in
this country is faise in prineiple and
not the foundation of American pros
perity.
There are but few democrats of na
tional prominence here now, but the
rank and tile of that party, who have
consistently fought the protectin the
ory are unanimous in declaring that
President Roosevelt is at heart an an-
U-protectianist, and without intending
10 do 5o has furnished the democratic
‘eaders the “*big stick’” with which the
brotective system may be sucecessfully
attacked in every democratic news
baper and on every democratic stump.
President Is Censured.
l£ading republicans are further in
“used upon learning that the decision
inder which the canal commission is
tthorized to buy supplies in the mar
€ls of the world, wherever they may
"¢ obtained at the lowest rate, was
"tached at a luncheon given to the
"embers of the commission by the
President. Seeretary Shaw was the
"’:“.\ member of the cabinet present.
: "he president is severely censured
‘Ur'laking such action without con
":L’ ng all of his party advisers.
~tier members of the cabinet had no
fnowledge of it until the announce
“ent was made in the papers. The
‘hnouncement was given the widest
f;:f'}"g“ity at the instance of the presi-
DOESN'T KNOW HIMSELF.
4\' Missouri man has married his
x sister-in-law, thus becoming his
“UL's brother-in-law and his brother
“-law’s father. the husband of his
‘aughter's sister and the uncle by
tiirriage of his own grandchildren.
‘‘er he thinks it over awhile he will
‘4ot semebody to showhim who he is.
FIGURING UPON THE ACREAGE
Government Will Soon Announce the
Acreage Planted in Cotton.
Just now cotton dealers, together
with the ‘‘spot cotton’’ holders and
the farmers, are figuring upon the
first government estimate of the acre
age planted this year. This most val
uable information will be given out
June 2nd, and upon it depends largely
the course of the cotton market. It is
stated that inguiries from all over the
world are reaching the department
relative to the acreage.
Cotton growers, cotton manufactur
ers and cotton speculators are all
anxious to know whether the indica
tions are for a big or only an average
crop. Of course they get no inkling
of the information the department is
receiving. In faet, the department
itself will not know what the figures
will show until they are consolidated
on June 2.
It can be stated with almost abso
lute certainty, however, that the crop
of 1905-6 will not be nearly as large
as that of 1904-5, even if the acreage is
as large, for the reason that such a
fall for harvesting cotton as last fall
was doesn’'t come more than once in a
quarter of a century.
GHOSTS HELD A CARNIVAL
Spook Story from Kentucky That Has
the Appearance of Being Genuine.
Ghostly footsteps and uncanny
‘noises have forced the family of Dr.
Joseph King to give up their home
‘near Rothwell, in Menifee county,
Kentueky, after a year’s residence and
vain endeavor to stop or find a satis
factory; solution for the mysterious
sounds.
- Mrs. Robertson, from whom Dr.
King bought the property, says she
had summoned from beyond the grave
the spirit of her dead husband, and
‘also the spirit of a murderer hanged
years ago, and that to them is due the
wierd sounds and phenomena that
have unstrung the nerves of Dr. King
and his family.
The ghostly incidents began three
days after Dr. King moved into the
house, when he was aroused by a cold,
clammy object being placed on his
face. Then followed a series of almost
nightly disturbances. The sounds of
heavy objects falling behind their
chairs would be heard, gates would
slam and no one be seen. At other
times ghostly voices would be heard in
song and conversation. Sounds as
though firecrackers were exploding up
stairs would be followed by an ex
plosion as of dynamite behind the
chairs of the family as they sat around
the fire. Ghostly footfalls would walk
across the floor and heavy canes be
pounded. but nothing could be seen.
This sort of thing continued for a
year, when Dr. King, finding his wife’s
health giving away under the strain,
removed from the place.
BET THOUSANDS ON BILLIARDS.
Suit on Gambling Notes Develops
Much Gaming in Georgia Town.
As the result of a suit brought by
W. L. Hawkins against B. A. Car
lisle, on notes amounting to several
hundred dollars, which was alleged
by Carlisle to have been given to se
cure gambling debts, it has developed
that gambling was carried on last fall
to an extent unprecedented in Flowery
Branch, Ga. |
Thousands of dollars were won and
Jost, the heavy betting being usually
on pool and billiard games. It is
stated that on the occasion during a
close game.of pool between Carlisle
and Hawkins a single ball represented
a value of $l,OOO. “
DAWSON, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1905.
WOULD YOUZ?
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Former Mayor Lowrey Discusses the Proposed:
Bond Issue and Sewerage System. Entire
City Should Have Benefit of It. Daw
_ son News Editorial Endorsed.
Epiror NEws: KEndorsing as Tdo your recent article in regard
to Issuing bonds for waterworks and sewerage, I write to emphasize
the ideas you set forth. I am an ardent advocate tor both water
works and sewerage. But, ag I understand matters, when this
issue is made we are at our limit and can go no further in improve
ments, however urgent the demand. Hence, it behooves us to look
carefully into our ways and to understand perfectly for what we
vote. Waterworks we must have. They are indispensable to the
safety and general welfare of our town. But every man who is
taxed to (1(-‘fra_v the expenses of them should have the benefit. 1
well remember that under the arrangement that has so fortunately
been removed by the United States supreme court many of our
friends were taxed to defray expenses of a system that did not reach
them, and from which they could derive no personal benefit. This
is both ungenerous and unjust. We have no right to tax the many
for the benefit of the few.
Now as to sewerage. Popular opinion and general comfort and
healthfulness demand that we should have a complete system of san
itary sewerage put in and arranged in all details according to the
latest and safest methods. We want no imperfect system, This
thing should be placed in the hands of the most competent engineers
and plumbers without regard to conditions; or it should be aban
doned. We want no imperfect, leaky system that would deal sick
ness and death to our people. Now, are we ready? Are we able to
undertake this? ‘No man builds a house without first sitting down
and counting up the cost.”” Let us do this. Let a map of the town
be drawn and every main of the sewerage be given, with the ap
proximate cost, before we ask our people to vote for these bonds,
We want to vote intelligently and for the best interests of Dawson,
and this we cannot do unless we know for what we vote. Give us
the details and a platof the system proposed before you ask us to go
to our depth in debt. Respectfully, J. W. B LOWREY,
PLOW TRUST TO BE FORMED.
Various Factories Will Be Merged
into One Giant Combine.
A project is on foot to combine the
Avery, Moline, Oliver and other lead
ing plow factories into a single com
pany, which shall practically control
the industry.
Of the concerns which are to enter
the combination the best known is B.
F. Avery & Sons of Louisville. The
authorized capital of this corporation
is $900,000, 6 per cent. preferred and
£500,000 common stock, of which 3582,-
000 of the former and $408,000 of the
latter are outstanding. There is a
bonded indebtedness of $300,000, but
all the bonds are held and owned by
the corporation.
The Moline Plow Works at Moline,
111., make plows and other farm imple
ments which are in high favor over a
wide section of the country, while the
Oliver works at South Bend, Ind.,
manufacturing the ‘‘chilled breast”
plow, is one of the leading concerns in
this line. In addition to these three
another large plant at Louisville is
being negotiated for, and ultimately
the merger will take still wider scope.
From Albany to St. Andrews Bay.
A project is now on foot to build a
railroad from Albany, Ga., to St.
Andrews Bay, Fla. _
Dr. H.' A. Cook, Parrott, Ga.
SAYSHOTEL KEPT HIM PRISONER
j“’arronmn Man Files a Unique Suit
« in Macon for Damages.
H. G. Howell of Warrenton has filed
a novel suit against the Arlington
‘hotel in Macon. He claims $l,OOO
general damages and %35 as special
damages, alleging that he was held a
prisoner in the hotel for two days,
beginning March 5. His charges are
that during the first night after he
registered "at the hotel some one
entered his room and stole his every
article of wearing apparel: that al
though he made known his predica
ment to Mrs. Birdie Crummey, the
proprietress, no assistance was given
him; that because of his penniless
condition resulting from the robbery
he was not allowed to have fcod or
water, and for two days he was left to
starve or provide for himself as best
he could.
He says that he was ordered to leave
the hotel, even when it was well known
that he could not appear in the streets
in his denuded condition: that at the
end of two days he managed to attract
the attention of some strangers who
went to his rescue and notified his
friends, and that these provided cloth
ing for him. :
Branch Agency Managers:
J. W. GLASS AND ]. D, LAING, ¥
‘ Dawson, Georgia. :
Medieal Directors:
Dr. A. F. Weathers; Shellman; Ga.
Dr. C. W. Gunnels, Bronwood; Ga.
SPENDING MUCH SPONDULIX.
Nothing Stands in the Way of Senator
Clark in Building His Mansion.
[t appears that Senator Clark of
Montana not only bought a big bronze
manufactory to help along the work
on his New York palace, but tive oth
er considerable plants as well. First
he bought a marble quarry in Maine,
then a stone finishing plant in Maine,
next a marble factory on Liong Island,
then a woodworking plant on Long
Island, then a decorative plaster plant
and last, or rather latest, the bronze
foundry. The western Croesus is de
termined that nothing shall interfere
with the building of his palace. If
other plants are necessary to carry
out his plans he will buy them. It is
the understanding that in several in
stances manufacturers endeavored to
‘‘bleed’’ Senator Clark, knowing him
to be very rich, and he bought the
plants in preference to submitting to
the bleeding process.
t AN ELITE DAIRYMAID.
'Wife of a Chicago Millionaire Goes
Into the Milk and Butter Business.
In the days of the Pompadour it
was a favorite trick of the beauties of
the court to airay themselves in the
costumes of shepardesses, with a crook
in their hands, and stroll over the vel
vet lawns of the castles and chateaux.
Watteau painted them for all time,
and they still adorn the brick-a-brac
corners of the wealthy.
But in these sober days of commer
cialismm we come upon an instance of
at least one woman of wealth and so
cial position who has decided to be
come in truth a dairymaid and serve
pure milk to the fashionable friends
whom she has been accustomed to re
gale with tea and small talk.
The lady is Mrs. Scott Durand, the
wife of a millionaire of Lake Forest,
near Chicago. Tn the cutskirts of the
little college town, which numbers
among its elite many of the most ex
clusive families of the north shore,
stands the Durand home—a tall im
posing two-story frame structure. On
either side stretch natural woods.
Formerly these woods were a park;
now they are a pasture where 50 head
of choice Guernseys, Holsteins and
Jerseys browse contentedly, awaiting
the day that sees them actually a part
of the new sterilized dairy.
In the meantime, while the cows, un
mindful of their recent rise to fame,
graze contentedly, plans for the new
dairy, which will be managed person
ally by Mrs. Durand go steadily on.
$50,000,000 FOR GOOD ROADS.
New York Going into Road Building
on an Extensive Scale.
The state of New York is to vote
upon a constitutional amendment for
the issuance of $50,000,00 “in bonds to
build good roads.
Under the amendment, if it passes,
the counties and towns will add 3550,-
000,000 to this fund, the state standing
50 per cent of the expense, the coun
ties 35 per cent and the towns 15 per
cent. Provision would thus be made
for about 7,500 miles of gravel or mae
adam roads in all parts of the state,
and certainly no money could be bet
ter invested. The roads of the United
States, as a rule, are abominable.
The whole country has not more than
one-tenth the mileage of good roads
than France alone has.
A DEAR FENCE.
Payne Whitney has constructed a
#75.000 fence around his deer park.
This is indeed a dear fence.
VOL. 28--N0.:35.
/IS NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK
COMMISSIONER O. B. STEVENS IN
DULGES IN A BIT OF IRONY.
Well Known State Ofticial Says a Num
! ber of Interesting Things to
a Savannah Reporter.
’ Commissioner of Agriculture Stev
‘ens has just been on a trip to Savan
‘nah, and the Press of that city prints
‘the following:
The Hon. O. B. Stevens of Atlanta
is in the city today. He has business
on the bay, and is talking around
among the Travelers Protective Asso
ciation boys. He is wearing a tag,
not a guano tag, but that of the T. P.
A., and recalls the days when he was
on the road himself. The colonel has
‘not only been a commercial traveler,
but he has also been a political can
%vasser of high order. It is easy to
‘see that the colonel must have been
| one of the most persuasive men on thg
| road.
E **Colonel, how about the fertilizer
tags?’
| **Oh, you mustn’t ask me about
Ithat. Harvie/ Jordan has dismissed
me, you know, and ['m not supposed
}to talk any longer.”’
} Sales Have Fallen Off.
| ‘‘Have the guano sales fallen off
recently ?"’
E “I think so. Just how much I do
inob know. Of course, we cannot tell
‘how many of the tags bought from us
Ihave been actually used. We are now
isending out letters asking for the
acreage in cotton and the amount of
’guano used. The replies ought to be
:‘in about the first of June, and can
then be published.”’
, **Yes, I think the acreage has been
reduced somewhat.’’
l *“Colonel, when are you going to be
railroad commissioner ?"’
| Coleonel Stevens smiled and answer
!ed that Governor Terrell had never
’said anything to him on that point.
} The Governor of Georgia.
’ “*Colonel, who is going to be the
next governor of Georgia?’’
| Colonel Stevens smiles again. This
'tixne it. is a broad, Fulton county
‘smile, the kind that won't come off.
lHe declined to express an opinion.
Colonel Stevens, of course, has his
‘opinions and his ideas. On this point,
however, he declined to take The
Press into his confidence. ]
The knowing ones say that in the
near future Colonel Tobe Stevens
himself may be governor of Georgia.
FIVE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD.
Locked in the Ice Box of Refrigerator
Car His Feet- Also Were Frozen.
Locked for five days in the ice box
of a refrigerator car without food
Emil Schwartz arrived in Omaha,
Neb., Saturday night with frozen feet
and in a pitiable condition of starva
tion. He was liberated in the Union
Pacific yards by a switchman named
Johnson, who heard a revolver shot
in the car and made an investigation.
He was so weak that he could walk
only with assistance, and his frosted
feet were so sore that it was misery
for him to bear his weight on them.
Luckily he had a little money in his
pocket, and after drinking a bowl of
soup at a lunch counter he found a
place to sleep.
Schwartz is an Austrian, twenty-five
vears of age. He was on his way from.
California to New York, where his
parents live.
Two former bank presidents in In
diana are occupying the same cell in
a Kansas prison.