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THE DAWSON NEWS.
By E. L. RAINEY.
PROHI CANDIDATE WOULD ENFORCE
LAW WITH ARMY AND NAVY
Eugene W. Chafin of Chicago,
candidate for the presidency on
the prohibition ticket, in address
es delivered in Woodford county,
Texas, declared he will, if elect
ed, and finds it necessary, use the
regnlar army and the navy to en
force anti-liquor laws.
“1f 1 am elected president on
the third of November,” declared
tovernment Experts Find Home
of the Bacteria Family.
DEATH LURKS IN OLD DISHES
Twenty-three Kinds of Danger Are
piscovered. The China Under
Consideration Was Taken From
Ordinary Eating Places. Refrig
erators and Ice Boxes a Menace.
To those who leave their offices
each day to snatch a hasty lunch
the government has a word of advice
to offer. It is this: Whenever a
restauranteur offers you a cracked
mug and a chipped and seamy plate
on which food is served flee it as
vou would the pestilence; for in the
cracks and seams lurk thousands of
bacteria, and they draw no distinc
tion between the millionaire employ
er and his $lO a week stenographer.
The bureau of chemistry, at the
head of which is Dr. Harvey W.
Wiley, has just concluded experi
ments on cracked china utensils
taken from the lunchrooms of Wash
ington. The conditions they find
there are duplicated in every large
city.
The examiration of the chinaware
came about as a result of a crusade
against unhealthful kitchens and
serving rooms. The government
chemists were turned loose and they
ran millions of germs to cover in
the cracks.
Twenty-Three Species Found.
Dr. George W. Stiles, bacterio
logical chemist, had charge of the
tests,. Several dozen cracked mugs,
plates and saucers taken at random
from lunch rooms and cafes and
hotels were examined. Dr. Stiles
discovered 23 distinct species of or
ganisms. In the final test it was
found that these organisms ranged
in number from 486 to 14,580,000
to every square inch.
Nearly all of the bacteria belonged
to the family of bacillus coli, which
Dr. Stiles says “unquestionably be
longs to the group of undesirable
bacteria, particularly when associ
ated with foods in any manner.”
The bacillus coli is blamed for
many inflammatory diseases, princi
pal among which is appendicitis.
Many of the other baeilli found
vere due to filthy conditions. The
kitthens may be spotless, but the
'mpossibility of cleansing the uten
sils thoroughly when they are
lt".ralcked leaves the bacilli to mul
iply.
Dr. Stiles, in discussing the re
sult of his tests, says:
tThis is g question which must
lecessarily appeal to every responsi
ble individual. When we consider
the great number and variety of or-
Ednlsms studied in relation to these
craicked mugs the question of house
hold sanitation becomes more im-
Perative than ever, and a study of
the sanitary conditions in private
and public life in many instances
would furnish startling results.
Dining Rooms Perfect, Iceboxes a
Menace. :
“‘Many of our hotels, public res
taurants, cafes, ete., are particular
0 see that splendid serving rooms
are provided ang elaborately fur-
Rished, but et one go behind the
ifflnes and note the changed condi
lons, ;
“The sanitary aspect of refriger
ators anq iceboxes may develop con
ditions beyond human toleration. It
'S a regretable fact that many such
PMaces oftep contain highly objec
tionahle material, and if not intend
ed for immediate use it often con
aminateg and ruins the entire con
tents of the icebox.
vy Seems highlv desirable to
:”mi"m“ the use of cracked dishes
Ior the reception of food materials
e to make g appeal for a more
Carefy] Observation of the known hy-
Sehic meagures and to protect our
food trom Unnecessary and undesira
ble f‘ontamination.”
Dr, Wiley ig chagrined that the
IQS.ES Were not made sooner.
We might have introduced a
‘facked ching plank,” he said, “in
both the Chicago and Denver plat
formg,
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CUTHRERTS FIRST BALE.
Girown by J. A. Hilliard and Sold for
T“""".V-Three and a Half Cents.
o Cithbert received her first bale
‘:f leW cotton last Tuesday. It
far STOWD by J. A. Hilllard, on the
olg 2L C. L. Tumiinge. The cotios
"0 tor 2g3c SeEE a pound.
Mr. Chafin, “and have a congress
which will pass a prohibitory law
if there are any communities
that refuse to obey the law, and
the civic authorities are unable
to enforce it, I shall use the pow
er conferred upon me by the con
stitution and call out the militia,
the standing army and the navy
and enforce prohibition on every
inch of territory under the Amer
ican flag.”
Charged in Senate That Solic
itors-General Wax Rich.
S s .
Bill of Mr. Peacock Placing Stato’sl
Attorneys om Salaries Brought on
an Interesting Discussion. Might
Use Income to Corrupt Ballot.
Under special order Senator Pea
cock brought up in the senate Thurs-l
day a bill entitled an act to prescribe|
salaries for the solicitors-general of |
the several judicial circuits of Geor
gia, and to provide for the applica
tion and disposition of costs now ap
plied by law to the payment of solic
itors-general, and for other pur
poses. In the general discussion of
the bill Senator Taylor facetiously
remarked that he thought that the
purpose of the bill was to bring the
lawyers on the same grounds as the
physicians, who charged the same
fee whether their patients were cured i
or died.
Get' More Than Judges. |
Senator Williford stated that in
many cases these solicitors-general
receive more than the judges, and
argued for a uniform salary. He
also spoke of the nossibility of these
solicitors-general using a part of
their income for the corruption of
the ballot, and that it had been
charged that cases had been settled
for the fees paid. He urged that
these officials be removed from even
a possibility of bribery.
Senator Howard, one of the au
‘thors of the bill, spoke in favor of
‘the measure. He thought it was un
just that the salaries of the judges
should be fixed, while those of
the solicitors-general are not. He
thought that a fixed salary would
result in securing the very best offi
cers of the state as solicitors-general.
| Senator Felder suggested that it
might be better to have all fines and
forfeitures paid into the state treas
ury aMd then have the solicitors
!general paid, as are the judges.
' The senate adjourned before the
Dbill was disposed of.
PROHIBITION LOSES IN TEXAS.
Incomplete Returns Show the Meas
ure Was Voted Down.
Incomplete returns from the Tex
as democratic primary election show
that the state-wide prohibition
amendment was defeated. The vote
so far received is 68,805 for and
77.726 against the amendment.
The total vote is estimated at
300,000, and of this number 208,-
000 have been accounted for, many
persons not voting on this proposi
tion. The election law declares that
no specific demand for legislation
shall be made in the party platform
unless it shall have received a ma
jority of all the votes cast in the
primary election, and the submission
proposition, it is believed, will fail
of this requirement by perhaps 50,-
000 votes when complete returns are
received.
DOZENS WERE PROSTRATED
By Ammonia Fumes From Bursted
Tanks at Ice Factory.
A dozen persons were overcome
and as many seriously affected by
the fumes of ammonia in conse
quence of the explosion of an ammo
nia tank in the Hygeia Ice Compa
ny's plants in Philadelphia.
The explosion damaged one dwell
ing adjoining the plant. Charles
Solosky, aged three years, was blown
out of a window by the explosion
and fell upon a canvas awning un
injured.
The fumes of the ammonia pene
trated houses for a square around
the ice plant and created a panic.
The police patrols were answering
calls in every direction to take
strangling persons to the hospital.
Flames of Burning Oil Field Are
Fifteen Hundred Feet in the Air
TAMPICO, Mex.—The oil field
fire, near San Geronimo river, 71
miles southwest of here, has in
creased in fury. Several subteran
nean explosions of gas have occurred
the last three days, causing open
ings through which the burning oil
is now flowing in greaf sluices.
DAWSON, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1908.
INTO COLLECTION 80X
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Frenzied Worshipers Threw Fifty{
Thousand and Their Jewels.
IT WILL BE SENT TO HEATHEN
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Persuasive Tongue of Rev. A. B.
Simpson Broke All Records at the
Convention of the Missionary Alli
ance in Pennsylvania. Addresses
| Stirred Several Thousand Hearers.
All records for contributions toi
the cause of missions were broken
at the closing exercises of the thir
teenth annual convention of the
Christian and Missionary Alliance
for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Dela
ware, Maryland and the District of
Columbia, which has just been held
at Rocky Springs, Pa., near Lan-‘
caster. |
Under the persuasive influence of
the Rev. Dr. A. B. Simpson of New
York more than $52,000 was raised.i
a large portion of it being in cash,
while some of the more frenzied took
Jewelry from their persons and threw;
’it into the contribution plates. |
\ Active missionary workers from?
!the foreign fields gave their expe—i
riences and told of the great need of}
funds to rescue the millions of heath
ens, and one of the speakers called}
for volunteers to work in the for
eign climes. About a dozen young
persons stood up and gave their
names.
Following these addresses, which
stirred the several thousand hearers,
the annual missionary offering was
taken up, under the direction of F.
H. Senft, the superintendent. Phila
delphia and Pittsburg branches re
sponded with subscriptions of $B,OOO
each. Scranton came next, with
$5,000.
' The Mennonites of eastern Penn
sylvania, who are earnest support
ers of the mission cause, gave $4,000.
‘lFrom Pittsburg came an addition of
{sl,ooo, given by a negro branch.
Lancaster city gave $BOO.
Cash offerings exceeded all pre
vious collections, and as the collect
ors passed through the great audi
ence the hats which they carried
were filled with silver and green
| backs.
Scores of persons were converted
|during the convention, a number of
|the sick have been healed through
Ithe prayers of the workers, and one
|convert, it is said, received the gift
of tongues.
| The Alliance members have great
faith in the efficacy of prayer, and
several times during the week some
iof the more enthusiastic prayed all
night.
A TOUCH OF NATURE IN NEW YORK
How a Woodpecker or Squirrel Draws Crowds in Parks.
Hundreds Watch Pigeons Drop Down to Get Grain.
NEW YORK, August 3.—There is
no place in all the world where a
touch of real nature is more appre
ciated than right here in New York.
An industrious little squirrel in Cen
tral Park, or a busy woodpecker on
the side of a tree in City Hall Park,
never fails to attract a crowd that
oftentimes requires a policeman to
disperse. It is this real hungry
longing of New Yorkers for some
thing that reminds them of the coun
try, that every day, whether it be
fair or stormy, draws a crowd of a
hundred or more men to the Madi
son avenue side of the Madison
Square Garden. Two score or more
pigeons that make their home in the
crannies of the great tower come
down to the street every day at noon
for dinner of grain that is sure to
be waiting for them. The practice
of feeding the pigeons was started
by' a policeman who was on that post
a few years ago, and it was generally
taken up by the business men in the
vicinity. At just 12 o’clock a boy
appears with a box overdowing with
oats and immediately the birds
swoop down upon him. They are
very tame and are on terms of inti
macy with many of the men who
assemble there daily.
Roof Gardens on the Big Hotels.
Among the features of the fash
ionable hotels in Manhattan during
the summer months are the attrac
tive roof gardens. Two of the most
attractive of these cool spots are on
According to the government en
gineer who was sent to the scene of
the fire a few days ago the flames
maintained a height of 1,000 to 1,-
500 feet, and the estimated flow of
oil that is being destroyed is 90,000
barrels a day.
It hasn't rained every dog day.
He Is a Unitarian, and Many
Will Not Vote for Him.
Say Many of the Prominent Church
men of the Country. Hundreds
Are Writing Letters of Inquiry on
the Subject. Evangelists Denounc
ing His Religious Views.
“Unitarians teach today what the
deists, such as Tom Paine, taught a
century ago. Unitarians are no more
Christians than are agnostics. Thou
sands of people throughout the
country understand this and they
will no more vote for Judge Taft,
who is an Unitarian, than they would
have voted for Colonel Ingersoll.”
This statement, privately made by
the rector of one of Washington’s
leading churches, reflects sentiments
that are now being heard on every
side, says a Washington press dis
patch. The religion of Judge Taft
promises to become a campaign issue
of considerable magnitude. The
Rev. U. G. B. Pierce, pastor of the
Unitarian church of which Judge
Taft is a member, has received hun
dreds of letters inquiring about the
candidate’s views on spiritual mat
ters. Judge Taft, too, daily receives
many communications of this char
acter, and some of them are of an
abusive character.
Some of Mr. Taft's friends are in
clined to be alarmed by these at
tacks, which are constantly becoming
more frequent. Reports have been
received also that evangelists in
various sections of the country have
denounced Taft for his religious
views and urged their hearers not
to vote for him. A majority of
Washington politicians, however, re
fuse to consider these attacks seri
ously. They point out that Jeffer
son, Adams, Lincoln and Grant were
all unorthodox in their religious
views.
All Souls’ Unitarian church, of
which Mr. Taft is a member, is an
attractive but not impressive looking
structure, covered with ivy, and of
pleasing architecture. In its steeple
hangs a historic bell. * This was cast
in 1822 by Paul Révere, the famous
bell founder whose midnight ride set
all New England in a blaze against
the British. It was hung in its belfry
lalmost a century ago and for many
years was the largest i, 11 in the city,
and the only bell of any size. It
‘was used not only by the Unitarians,
‘but by other denominations, and
pealed out equally to call the peo
ple to holy day celebrations or
church festivals, or to warn the city
of fire.
the tops of the Waldorf-Astoria and
fully cool and are attractively deco
rated with flowers and plants of every
kind. It is not possible to order
from the regular bill of fare cn any
of the fashionable roof gardens, for
they serve only drinks, cooling and
otherwise, and all kinds of ices. On
the Waldorf-Astoria roof in addition
to the orchestra they have just in
troduced a large phonograph which
is concealed behind some palms. The
phonograph is always accompanied
by the orchestra, which drowns any
mechanical sound, with the result
that the majority of people who visit
the roof for the first time are com
pletely fooled and begin to look
around the room for a glimpse of
the man or woman wuo is singing.
Whirling Bungalow For Him.
Two houses that are to be dis
tinct novelties are to be constructed
in the surburbs of New York. One
man is to build a house at the sea
shore that will revolve by the press
ure of an electric button. The ad
vantages of this whirling bungalow
are obvious, for it will catch the
breeze coming and going. The other
house is to have disappearing walls.
The advantage of this arrangement
is to make it possible to convert the
first floor into one big room for cer
tain occasions when much space is
required, such as receptions or other
social functions. The power will be
electric and the partitions by means
of grooves will be lowered to the
floor level, giving an unobstructed
space of four or five combined if de
sired.
the Hotel Astor. Both are delight-
Mississippi Farmers Will Hold
Their Cotton for Higher Prices
A special from Jackson, Miss.,
says that the Farmers’ Union of Mis
sissippi have determined to hold
cotton off the market is evidenced by
many surface indications.
The Union is thoroughly equipped
for a practical test. The membership
includes a large majority of the
SENATOR CRITTENDEN’S BILL ALLOWS
GOVERNOR TO BORROW A MILLION
Senator Crittenden of this dis
trict has introduced a bill in the
senate to extend the borrowing
power of the governor to the ex
tent that he can contract a loan
of a million dollars for the state
instead of two hundred thousand,
as at present.
Another bill of interest, espe
cially in this section, is by Sena
School Gensus in Georgia Shows
Advance in Education.
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WHAT THE STATISTICS REVEAL
Thert Are 734,877 Children of
School Age in the State. Whites
Have Increased 20,244, and Ne-
Groes 31,744 in Past Five Years.
A creditable decrease in illiteracy
among the children of school age in
this state is shown by the practically
complete returns from the recent
school census.
It is shown that there are 385,814
white children between the ages of 6
and 8 years in Georgia, and there are
349,063 negroes of the same class,
making a grand total of 734,877.
There has been an increase since
1903 of 20,244 whnites and 31,744
negroes. The percentage of increase
has been 5.6 for the whites and 4.5
for the negroes.
There are 9,985 white and 32,368
negro children between these ages
who can read, but not write, and 9,-
393 whites and 32,684 negroes who
can neither read nor write.
The decrease in illiteracy during
the past five years has been 4,146
whites and 5,578 negroes. The per
centage of illiteracy to the total pop
ulation as existing now is 2.4 whites
and 9.3 blacks. Im 1903 it was 3.7
whites and 11.3 blacks, and in 1898,
6.7 whites and 18.9 blacks, showing
rapid strides in the work of elimina
tion, each having been c¢ut more
than half in the past ten years.
In 1902 the number of 126,039
children attended school for at least
five months, while in 1907 the num
ber was 182,075.
A decline in the percentage of in
crease in total school population is
shown. The decrease was 55,899
between 1893 and 1898, 42,263 be
tween 1898 and 1903, and 31,744
during the past five years.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESTON.
Brick Addition to Cobb & Montgom
ery’s Store and a $5,000 Jail.
Work on Webster county’s new
jail at Preston has been begun. It is
to cost $5,000, and will be fireproof
and modern in every respect. The
contract says it is to be finished by
October 15. The old structure has
long been an eye-sore to the town
and county, though it is substan
tially built. The ventilation is bad,
however, and the building has been
condemned as unsanitary.
Cobb & Montgomery are building
a substantial addition to their
store house in Preston, which will
nearly double its capacity. The
building is of brick, 26x70 feet, and
is being rushed to completion. It
will probably be ready next week.
It will be connected with the old
building by an arch. The addition
will cost about $2,000, and was
made necessary by the growing busi
ness of the firm.
It is reported that Mrs. S. Bell,
the popular pronrietor of the Bell
house, and mother of Messrs. John
and Jesse Bell of Dawson, is con
templating moving to Leary, where
she has large property interests.
SENT TAMMANY FIRST BALE.
Savannah Contributed It to Bryan
Campaign Fund.
Savannah’s first bale of new cot
ton was bought Thursday by the Sa
vannah Bryan Democratic Club, and
immediately compressed and shipped
to Chas. F. Murphy, leader of Tam
many Hall, New York.
The placard announces that it is
the first bale, and concludes: ‘As
surely as cotton is king Bryan will
be elected president.” The bale is
to be auctioned off in Tammany Hall
and the proceeds will be devoted to
the Bryan campaign fund.
farmers of the state. A warehouse
has been established in almost every
community. When the season opens
and the cotton begins to move in
volume the Union will have, it is
said, from 150 to 200 warehouses of
its own in which cotton may be
stored in to await the prices of the
market,
VOL. 26---NO 45.
tor Cowart to repeal the law per
mitting towns located on county
lines to vote themselves wholly
into one of the counties. Senator
Cowart lives in Arlington, which
is split in half by the line of
Calhoun and Early counties, and
there has been some agitation of
deciding by a vote of the people
whether the town should all be
made a part of Early county.
Does the Sensation of the Geor
gia Gonvict Lease Muddle.
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TERRELL REPRESENTED ENGLISH
While He Was Attorney-General,
According to the Testimony of a
Prominent Atlanta Capitalist, Who
Says He Signed a Contract That
Was Drawn by Former Governor.
| Sensation after sensation is being
developed by the testimony before
the legislative committee that is
probing the convict lease system of
Georgia.
The nets cast out vy the commit
tee have drawn into their folds such
men as Joseph Terrell, ex-governor
of Georgia, and J. Sid Turner, chair
man of the prison commission, with
tangible evidence on which to base
charges, while James W. English,
Jr., and James W. English, Sr., and
other prominent lessees figured con
siderably in the evidence.
Through the testimony of Joel
Hurt, prominent capitalist, it was
learned that ex-Gov. Joseph Terrell,
while attorney-general of the state,
was also representative of James
English, Sr., and went to see Mr.
Hurt in reference to a bid for con
victs by Hurt.
Terrell Drew the Contract.
Of that call Mr. Hurt said: “I con
sidered it the better part of valor to
make the best trade I°could. Mr.
Terrell drew up the contract and I
'signed .
Through Mr. Hurt several inter
esting facts were brought out. He
declared that Chief Warden Moore
‘was an agent of Dr. Hamby, the big
gest lessee in the state, and that
on one occasion Moore broke up a
deal for convicts practically closed,
and secured the men wanted for
Hamby.
“We had much trouble at Coal
City. Duke Brock was drunk most
of the time, and used his pistol pro
miscuously. He was so incompetent
and so dissipated that the place was
demoralized. We could not get effi
cient service, and the men we had
employed were threatening to run
away because of Duke's dissipation.
Went to Senator Brock.
“l went to Dr. Brock (Senator J.
R. Brock), the brother of Duke
Brock, and asked if he could not get
Duke Brock to resign. I did not
want to complain to the prison com
mission, but conditions were intol
erable, and our men had notified me
they would go away if Brock did not
resign or quit drinking liquor. Dr.
Brock and I were very friendly, and
[ laid the case before him very
strongly.”
Witness went on to state that Dr.
Brock did not co-operate in having
his brother removed, declaring that
it would cause trouble in the family
between himself and his mother and
sister. He said he then called on
Judge Turner, and after waiting for
some time for the latter to act called
again. Continuing, he said:
“As it was of the utmost import
ance to get some one who would
handle the convicts properly I called
on Jim English, through whom some
of the convicts had been leased. [
knew he was the man for me to talk
to. He agreed to help me get rid
of Brock. I said: ‘What are you
going to do about it?’ He said: ‘I
will send him to another camp.’
Brock Was Transferred.
“Using the possessive pronoun?”
interrupted Mr. Candler.
“Yes, sir,” answered the witness.
“A short while later Mr. Conyers of
south Georgia was assigned to the
place. He was warden of a camp in
which Mr. English was interested.”
BRYANT GOES TO THE PEN.
Negro Who Robbed Mr. Ab Gore's
Home at Benevolence,
At the last term of Randolph su
perior court Bob Bryant, colored,
was convicted of stealing money from
Mr. Ab Gore's house and sentenced
to ten years' imprisonment in the
penitentiary. The negro’s attorney
appealed for a new trial. The time
for the hearing was once postponed
and set for last Saturday. On that
day the prisoner’s counsel failed to
appear, and Judge Worrill passed an
order that the sentence of the court
be carried out at once.—Cuthbert
Leader.