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We state candidly that we believe our fall line of merchandise is the best in every respect we have ever handled since being in business; also we are con
vinced that -ou cannot find a better selected stock, considering styles, quality and price, anywhere and we want to convince you; and as most of our fall pur
chases have arrived there is no better way than to come and see. We extend to all a most cordial welcome to come and examine our line. It will afforq
us pleasure to show you;in fact, we will be much pleased to have you make our store headquarters while in town.
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Our line of Hamburger cloth
ing, for fit, quality, wear, style,
and price, cannot be rivaled.
When contemplating purchasing
your fall suit examine this line.
We believe we can please you.
The Wachusette shirt is as
good as the best.
i We want your trade, and if good goods and cheap prices are any inducements, we believe we can meet your every requirement.
J. . ROBERTS. DAWSON, GEORGIA.
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| “CANNON BALL" GREEN'S MANY LINES IN THE SOUTHWEST.
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i HIS PRIVATE COACH.
Had it not been for the invasion
of the railroad in the southwest
Cannonball Green would have been
a millionaire today. As it is he is
a Caddo county, Oklahoma, farmer,
who was recently appointed a school
land ‘appraiser by Gov. Frank
Frantz, but he is also one of the
most interesting as well as one of
the most uniaque characters in the
southwest, writes a Bridgeport cor
respondent of the St. Louis Globe-
Democrat. He drove the stage lines
on the old overland California routes
when the guards had to keep the In
dians away. As driver and owner of
gseveral lines of stages, however, he
was an adept and always brought
his business through without any se
rious losses from depredations by the
Indians.
In the early days—shortly after
California began to boom-—Green
took the prize at the Sacramento fair
as the best stage driver. There were
many entries. The express compa
nies came up with their fine teams
and coaches, the railroad companies
had entered their teams and drivers,
who ran in connection with the va
rious railway lines, and many an old
timer was there, too, with his over
land coach, but Cannonball Green
carried away the honors. He was
dressed as an old stager, had a bron
co team and was covered with the
red mountain dust. After all the
drivers had exhibited their best
stunts with their teams Green cut
a figure 8 with a six horse team
around the judges' stand in such a
manner as to make even old timers
hold their breath.
Green’s biggest coup as a stage dri
ver was during the opening of old
Oklahoma in 1889. The Rock Is
land Railroad then ran only as far
south as Pond Creek, Okla., a sta
tion at that time in the Cherokee
strip. The Rock Island made a con
tract with Green for transporting its
passengers from the end of the line
over to the edge of old Oklahoma at
$6 each. The day the excursion
started the railway company wired
Green that 600 passengers would be
on the first train. It was seen then
that the job was one of magnitude,
but Green scoured the country and
employed every farmer who had a
wagon or buggy, and with these, to
gether with his stage line, he car
ried out the contract.
Cannonball Green owned a stage
line all through the west in the early
days, connecting with the Santa Fe,
Colorade and Texas Panhandle.
When the boom struck western Kan
sas there was a big demand for his
stage lines. Garden City and Leoti
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Haggard's Specific
Tablets
the old reliable cure for Constipation, In
digestion, Nervous Debility, Kidney and
Bladder Trouble and all kindred diseases.
They never fail to build up the health and
strength. For Piles, Irregular or Sup
ressed Menstruation, Leucorrhoea, etc.,
E‘laggard's Suppestories should beused in
conncction with the tablets. Send for
book of particulars. Dmlfigim sell them
at 50c per box, or they will be sent pre
aid upon receipt of price. . . . . Adtrrm
E‘h@ald Spedg Co., Atlanta, Ga.
—KOLD IN DAWSON BY—
wsan Drog Co. and People’s Drug Stor
We are selling the Thompson
Glove Fitting Corset, and there
is none better. All sizes, all
styles and quality.
"We have a complete line of
the popular H. & W. children’s
waists; also of boys’ blouses and
jackets.
were after him for a line connecting
the towns, and asked him to make
a proposition.
“I'll come for six town lots in each
town and $l,OOO bonus,” was his re
ply, and the towns took him up.
He made the first trip with great
ostentation. The greatest speed ever
attained in Garden City up to that
time was made by Green, but in the
center of the town a coach wheel
caught a truck gardner’s cart and
scattered cabbage, pumpkins and
everything else all over the street.
An angry German, the owner of the
cart, rushed out and demanded dam
ages. Green was wearing plenty of
diamonds. He waited until the crowd
was sufficiently large, and then in
quired the amount of the damages.
The Dutchman thought $25 would be
about right. Cannonball Green took
from his. pocket a roll with a $5OO
wrapper, contemptuously peeled off
a $lOO note and.flung it at the gar
dener. That made Green solid for
ever with his patrons.
The first stage run ever made by
Green was from Helena, Mon., to
Fort Benton, at the headwaters of
the Missouri river. He later estab
lished his southwest system in 1872.
The fixed schedule of the route was
100 miles a day, no more and no
less. Once a driver came in two
hours late. The driver told Green
that there were no passengers and
he thought he would let the horses
take it easy. The driver was new
and received a free lecture on the
wreatment of horses. Those who
knew how to handle them knew that
the horses had been injured in be
ing allowed to ‘‘take it easy,” for
in service like that the horses must
be forced to accustom themselves ‘to
one gait and keep it.
Cannonball Green in those days
would lay bets with his passengers
that he could change teams quicker
than any of them could light a ci
gar. He always won, for the harness
was equipped with snaps like those
on fire harness, and he used to make
the change without stopping.
General Manager Kipsley of the
Santa Fe was once making a trip
over Cannonball Green’'s line. Green
always kept his private coach, which
he used as a pay coach. When the
?general manager reached Greensbor
iough, in Kiowa county, Kansas, Can
nonball Green informed him his pri
vate coach was about to start in the
direction he was going, and invited
the Santa Fe official to accompany
him. A runner was sent ahead to
announce the party. - The owner of
the cannonball stage ling and the
‘railroad stockholder had traveled a
long time over the hot desert.
“It's hot,” suggested Cannonball
Green. Kinsley assented.
“Thirsty?” inquired the owner of
the stage line.
t “A few cold bottles would go good
pow, wouldn't they?” suggested Mr.
'Green.
Kinsley was angry at the mention
of the seemingly impossible, and sat
without replying. Green sat for a
long time without saying anything.
‘Then he went to the other side of
the coach, turned up a seat and dis
played an ice chest with a choice se
lection of liquid refreshments.
It was some time afterward that
Cannonball Green received a letter
from the Santa Fe, stating the com
pany was about to send a new pri
vate car to California, and asked if
he would like to occupy it. He ac
cepted the invitation. While in Cal
ifornia Green received another letter
from the Santa Fe, stating that the
- The Dawson News. Wednesday, October 31, 1906.
company was about to send the pri
vate car back as far as Topeka, and
inquired if he happened to be go
ing that way. It was not until then
that Cannonball Green realized that
the railroad company was returning
the courtesy shown an official.
The stage business was short lived.
The railroads put the stage coach
out of business. Cannonball Green
soon found out that it was impossi
ble to run a coach line for a distance
of less than 100 miles. There were
few places after Oklahoma was open
ed to settlement where there was
not a railroad within that distance,
and- for distances less than that the
livery stables took all the business.
It was, therefore, soon over. Green
had made lots of money, but he had
also spent it. He took a claim in
Grant county when the Cherokee
strip was opened, and was afterward
elected treasurer of that county.
Then when the Kiowa and Comanche
country was opened in 1901 he set
tled in Caddo county, the newest
place to be found in the territory,
and here he secured a farm near
Bridgeport large enough to furnish
a profitable livelihood for his sons.
Green is now 69 years old.—New
York Sun.
THE COST OF NEW YORK.
Millions Are Spent Every Year to
j Govern It.
New York city’'s budget next year
will be $116,805,490.37. This is
one-fifth of the total expenditures of
the 151 cities of the United States
having a population of over 30,000.
Including the bond issues, New York
spends one-third. New York spends
more than the six next largest cities
—Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis,
Baltimore, Boston and Cleveland.
Although its population is only twice
Chicago’s its government costs four
times as much. Its debt is more
than a third of the aggregate city
debt, which is larger than the na
tional debt. The per capita debt of
all these cities is $57, or less than
half New York’s.
'~ New York’s expenditures exceed
those of any foreign city. The Lon
don council uses only $50,000,000 a
year. Paris expenditures do not
bring the total to the New York fig
ure. The expenditures of the Ger
man empire are less than five times
as great, those of the kingdom of
Prussia six times as great, those of
Spain only a quarter larger.—New
York World.
| Nothing to Fear.
| The question of injurious sub
!stances in medicines which has been
lagitating the minds of many people
idoes not concern those who use
'I Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Moth
| ers need have no hesitancy in con-
I tinuing to give it to their little ones,
i as it contains absolutely nothing in
!jurious. This remedy is not only
| perfectly safe to give small children,
| but is a medicine of great worth and
gmerit. It has a world-wide reputa
| tion for its cures of coughs, colds
iand croup and can always be relied
'upon. For sale by Dawson Drug Co..
!“’alkod Twelve Miles to Hear Bryan.
{ Fred Schelly, 80 years old,
| walked twelve miles to Logansport,i
‘flnd., to hear Wm. J. Bryan, and
'when he reached the outskirts of
'the town fell unconscious from ex
‘haustion and is in a critical condi
‘tion. Mr. Bryan, hearing of the af
ifair, ordered that Schelley be taken
ito a private hospital and cared for
}at Bryan's expense. |
! Where It Belonged.
: New Bookkeeper (.to employer)—
;How shall T enter up the five thou
'sand dollars that your old bookkeep
‘er ran away with—profit and loss?
‘i Employer—No, charge it to rua
ning expenses.
For the ladies we have the
Drew-Selby line of footgear in
many lasts and all sizes. For
durability and style they are
worth twice what we ask. There
are none better.
Our dress goods line is replete
with all late styles and weaves.
ODVER THE RIVER WELL-KNOWN
MAN HAS GONE TO REST.
Aged Veteran and Jurist Has Passed
Away Full of Years and Useful
ness. Relatives in Dawson.
Judge J. B. Pilsbury, a brother of
Misses Mary and Agnes Pilsbury of
Dawson, and who was known and es
teemed by many here, died at his
home in Americus Tuesday night.
The following account of his death
is taken from the Americus Times-
Recorder:
“Judge John B. Pilsbury passed
away at 7:15 o’clock last night, the
end coming after a period of illness
extending over many months. In
view of his very serious condition
recently the announcement of his
death will cause little surprise among
his friends.
“But throughout the city and this
entire section of the state it will be
received with profound sorrow.
“For a half century Judge Pils
bury has resided here, and the posi
tion of prominence which he held in
the social, business and political life
of this section made him known of
all men.
“And among all he was ever held
in highest esteem.
‘““After an active business life his
health failed several months since,
and the decline has been gradualsbut
inevitable. For many weeks recent
ly he was closely confined to his
room, and family and friends real
ized fully that the end was near.
‘“And as fell the curtain of even
ing yesterday fell, too, the curtain
upon the stage of his career.
“Judge Pilsbury was a native of
Winnsboro, S. C., but while yet a
young man removed to south Geor
gia. He served gallantly through
the civil war with the First Georgia
regiment, and by no one was the
tattered stars and bars held any
dearer.
‘“After the war Judge Pilsbury en
gaged in the practice of his profes
sion, the law. He was for many
years judge of the inferior court of
Sumter county, and later of the
county court of this county. {
“For years, too, he wascommander
of Camp Sumter, 642, United Con-‘
federate Veterans, and to his efforts
is due much of the success of the
camp.
‘“Judge Pilsbury was 72 years of'
age, but, despite his years, walked
as erect as when he marched in the
army of northern Virginia.”
More Than One Way.
Mrs. Vail—That horrid Mrs. Gale
could never make a man happy.
Mrs. Frail—She did, though. She
got a divorce from her husband last
week. ;
Do You Suffer from Kidney Troubles? |
We guarantee one bottle of Smith's
Sure Kidney Cure to benefit or cure,
or vyour druggist will refund your
money. Price 50 cents! Kendrick's
Drug Store.
MADAMB DBAH S PILLS.
A Sare, CerTAly RELIEP for SUPPRESSED MENSTRUATION.
NEVER KNOWN TO FAIL, Safe! Sure! Speeds ! Satis
faction Guaranteed or Money Refunded. Sent prepaid
for $l.OO per box. Will gend them on trial, to be paid for
when relieved. Samples Free. llf your druggist does not
bave them send your orders to the
UNITED MEDICAL CO., BOX 74, LANCASTCR, Pa.
.
Sold in Dawson by Bell Bros.
To Cure a Cold in One Day i
ati inine Tablets. on ev
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See our beautiful line of para
sols. They are the best in the
city for the price.
When in need of Rugs, Art
Squares, Curtains, Shades, Fur
niture, don’t forget we handle
them and will appreciate your
trade.
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We want to call your attention to the
Latest Designs in
Traps and Runabouts.
We are now showing in the salesroom of
our Repository styles of Traps and Run
abouts up-to-the-minute in design. In get
ting in and out of our trap you do do not
have to stand on your head or use a step
ladder. But you will find the vehicle very
accessible even for stout ladies. We are
living in a progressive age. Styles were
never known to make such sudden
changes as in the past year. It's a style
that will not be duplicated by others. Of
course it will be imitated, but imitation
and duplication are as widely different as
chromos and oil paintings. There is noth
ing of the “freak” about it. Simply an
exquisite model by an expert designer
who knows how. =We have anticipated
your wants, and the only insignificant
feature in the policy of our business is
tl;le price---too small.
LOWREY X%
DAVIDSON.
The “Just Right” Shoe, for
comtort and wear, will give you
complete satisfaction in every
respect.
Our line ot novelties and la
dies’ dress wear embraces every
thing new and stylish. Call and
inspect this line.
