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THE DAWSON NEWS.
py E. L. RAINEY.
WESTERN TOWNS BUILT IN A DAY
Custer, Col., Born from Sunrise to Sunset. Five Hundred
Houses Erected in a Day. Snyder, Okla., But a Name
~ on Thursday, Next Morning a City of Ten Thousand.
The town of Custer, Colo., named
dfter the great Indian fighter, came
into existence in a single day, says
& Denver dispatch. It consists of
fome 500 wooden houses, all of
¥hich were constructed between
Slirise and sunset. Material was
Slh‘il'!wd in from factories, whole sec
tioms of wooded walls, beams, joists
aid roofs in two pieces having been
lade from ('aret'ull,;f prepared plans
il exact specifications.
Each piece of each building was
I{um"’f‘*‘d and laid in order near the
lte it was to occupy so that it could
e the more readily handled. As in
e huilding of King Solomon’s tem
.le' all the pieces were made to fit
o each other, the work of con-
Tiction being therefore only a mat
9’: of fitting the pieces together and
ing a few spikes.
the sites had all been cleared and
feled in advance, and 2,000 men
I addition to the settlers were en
?fd in the building of the town.
¢ largest of the houses was a
%rling house, which was two
::"";l'“'i&h. and shops were erected
' bakers, Dputchers andj other
Tadesmen .
\“: Oklahoma more than one town
p_ up in a day. Thomas City
nq # case in point. Indeed, accord
© 0 report, it came into being in
r,” afternoon. Within a few
1;-"\”""”""‘ persons were comforta-
Mim‘l““‘h and business was set'm
ril;':.& \ NeWSpAREEr. WhS likewise
E “m‘“‘“] circulated amonsg the
e1@~:,ra"j‘(111\1111r__‘~ and a big birthday
“? 41;1.;1’“ was held on the follow
riifl,}" Oklahoma “boom town”
k- Aan up like magic is Snyder.
a': lmfn on a Friday. In antici-
R :'t le“lt interesting event
'law““"'\ of people flocked to the
rs .;4;':.',:4”;: whom were shopkeep
ho . agents and many others
if:.\ "ETe anxious to secure the best
0] zl.)_h the natal day. Until then
o, . A 5 allowed to enter the
Y darea,
2t &
© Sinset on the Thursday Snyder
A GREAT SACRIFICE
- Ot All Fine Goods
AT G. W. DOYIER & UIIINIP'S By =
In order to have money to handle our growing Credit and Supply Trade, which, on account of
the short crop and low price of cotton, will be much larger next year, we are going to reduce
at some price our immense stock of Fine Dress Goods, I%ine Clothing, Fine Wraps, line Shoes,
Fine Hats, and in fact every line of Fine Goods in our house.
—_— T WILL PAY ——m—/m/—/—/—/—/—/—/——/—/—/—
Us to sacrifice them and put the money out in supplies on credit next spring instead of having our shelves filled
with fine winter goods carried over. We have the largest and finest line of Dress Goods, Clothing, Wraps, Shoes,
Hats, etc., that we have ever had, and we can fill your every want. We can turn our money over faster and make
more money in a supply or credit business than we can in Fine Dress Goods, Clothing, etc. Be sure and don’t buy
a dollar’s worth until you see us; we MeaN BusiNEss. Thanking you kindly for past liberal trade, we are your friends,
G. W. DOZIER & COMPANY
. - Dawson, - Georgia.
was nothing but a name, for it was
minus houses, railway and inhabi
tants. But soon after sunrise next
morning fully 10,000 persons were
on the spot. The town was being
rapidly mapped out; the erection of
buildings was in progress; trains
were running; a railway station had
been erected, while two hotels, three
banks and a number of shops were
each doing quite a brisk business.
Almost as marvelous was the cre
ation of Lawton. Within fifty-five
minutes after the site of the town
had ben decided on no fewer than
5,000 lots were taken up. Two
hours later the population had in
creased to between 7,000 and 8,000
persons.
A score of eating places and
double that number of grocery and
other stores opened for business dur
ing the day. A bank, which was
conveyed to the town on wheels, was
able to start operations at once. A
fully equipped newspaper office was
likewise wheeled into the town,
ready for action, so to speak. But
the great business of the day was
lot speculation, some thousands of
lofs changing hands before the ven
ders had owned them many minutes.
SENATOR BACON 1S THE FIRST TO ARRIVE
Georgia Statesman Is in Wagai—r:gton to Attend Session of Con
~___ Hic Health Is Greatly Improved.
glcac- e v catia - YOS R L SRR BT e
Washington, Nov. 20.—Senator
Bacon of Georgia is among the firstl
of the members of the upper house}
of congress to put in an appearancel
here. The senator’s health 1s great
ly improved, and the anxiety of his
friends here is much relieved. Fol
lowing an extremely strenuous sea
son of work on the railroad rate bill
in the last session, the Georgia
statesman almost immediately found
himself in the heat of a state cam
paign. As a result he was forced
to retire to Hot Springs, Va., where
the waters of that famous resort
have completely restored him. Al
though Senator Bacon directed his
DAWSON, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1906.
! PALMER IS A MYSTERY.
Man of Excellent Pennsylvania Fam
ily Doing Time in Georgia.
An application has been filed with
lthe Georgia commission for commu
tation to present service of the life
sentence of a man whose name is
given as Wilson Palmer of Pittsburg,
Pa. Palmer was given a twenty-year
sentence in 1887 for the alleged rob
bery of the Mitchell residence in
Thomasville. After serving about
two years at Coal City he conspired
with some other convicts to escape.
In a fight which followed two guards
were killed and Palmer was twice
indicted for murder. He was sen
tenced to be hanged, but was com
muted to life imprisonment. 1t 18
isaid that he comes of an excellent
[Pittsburg family, and there is no
|doubt about the fact that attorneys’
fees have been forthcomirg all right
lto take care of his case.
For the past seventeen years he
has made a model prisoner, is a man
|of ability and even brilliant attain
. ments, it is stated, and a number of
| prominent Georgians have joined in
|the petition for his release. It is
lsaid it can be proven that he had
'no part in the Thomasville burglary.
Palmer’s real name is unknown.
GENEROUS ALASKA.
Alaska not only furnishes Uncle
Sam with $18,000,000 worth of new
gold annually, but generously offers
to fill his coal bins. And we bought
the whole country for $7,500,000.
. TPR -« T TWt o e
campaign from the rotunda of the
Homestead hotel at the springs he
came out with flying colors. As an
authority on constitutional law the
Georgian shares honors with his
democratic colleague, Senator Bai
ley.
e
Give children a remedy with a
pleasant taste. Don’t force unpleas
ant medicine down their , throats.
Kennedy's Laxative (containing)
‘Honey and Tar is most pleasant to
take. Children like it, and as a re
\lief for colds, coughs, etc., there is
nothing better. ~No opiates. Con
forms to national pure food and drug
law. Sold by Dawson Drug Co.
WEALTH OF CHRIS CONNOR
PROVES TO BE FUNNY HOAX.
Had Matrimonial Designs, and Re
port That a Fortune Had Been
Left Him Grew.
Considerable light has . been
thrown upon the alleged fortune
which a New Yorker is said to have
left Chris Connor, formerly of Sa
vannah but now an express messen
ger at Waycross. The newspaper re
porters have been on Chris’ trail and
they have found that he has been
very industrious himself in scatter
ing the report of the windfall.
It has been found that the letters
addressed to the newspapers telling
of the great good fortune that had
come to the young man were in a
handwriting very much like his own
and that the stationery used was that
of the Southern Express Company,
upon which young Connor does most
of his writing.
Connor is engaged to marry a
young lady in Savannah and it de
velops that the engagement was
brought about largely because of the
fact that he had fallen heir to the
private car and several houses be
longing to his old friend in the north.
So far wnere have been no tangible
evidences that he has ben remem
bered in the will of a millionaire.
He wrote to the mother of his
fiance that he was going to send her
a clipping from a New York newspa
per with a full account of his legacy,
but the clipping has not come yet.
The impression is that somebody has
had a pipe dream and will soon
awake.
PAID MR. SMITH HIS $17,000.
Governor Terrell has just repaid
;to Hon. James M. Smith of Ogle
thorpe $17,000, which he advanced
‘the state last spring for the purpose
of paying pensions of Confederate
veterans because the pension fund
gave out. The money was subse
quently appropriated by the legisla
ture.
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.
Itching, blind, bleeding, protrud
ing piles. Druggists are authorized
to refund money if Pazo Ointment
fails to cure in 6 to 14 days. 50ec.
OIL AND FERTILIZER CO.
OF DAWSON, GA.
We have again commencod to crush cotton seed; we
thank our patrons for past favors, and earnestly so
licit your future patronage. We are prepared to pay
the highest cash prices for your cotton seed, and can
sell you the best of cotton seed products at prices
equal to any of our competitors. Our company is
composed of home people, and our plant is built
with home capital; why not patronize home people
and your home industry?
We Sell Gooking Oil
Why pay 10 cents for
lard and lard compound
when we can sell you the
best of cooking oil, put
up in half gallon cans, at
8 cents per pound? Our
cooking oil goes farther
than hog’s lard or lard
compound, and is better
and more wholesome than
either. Some one has
said of the French that
they have gained a world
wide reputation for good
cooking because “they
make good bread, and
have the wit to keep
fresh olive oil in the
home and know how to
use it.” And so the
American housewife
could easily attain a sim
ilar reputation for much
skill in many home com
forts did she but appreci
ate the many excellencies
that lie in good refined
cotton seed oil.
'SEND US YOUR ORDERS,
Which Shall Have Prompt Attention
VYOL. 25---NO. 9.
Special Feed Meal
We manufacture a spe
cial feed meal, which is
much better for -cattle
feeding, and we can
sell it to you for $1 per
ton less than other cot
ton seed meals.
OUR ACME FEED
is composed principally
of cotton seed produets,
forms a well-balanced
ration for cows, giving
better results, increased
milk and butter produc
tion.
COTTON SEED
HULLS.
We sell them both sack
ed and in bulk; also cot
ton linters.
REMEMBER
that cotton seed prod
ucts, as a feed stuff, is
the most concentrated
and richest food stuff on
the market today.
