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By E. L. RAINEY.
GIRL'S LOSS OF BOTH HER LEGS
DID NOT PREVENT MARRIAGE
CINCINNATI, O.—The romance
and glory of unswerving devotion
were shown yesterday in an unusual
ipeident that occurred at the New
port court house, when John B.
Rapp, big and strong, of Portland,
[nd., carried into the clerk’s office
q frail young woman, who had lost
poth legs in a railroad accident.
They made application for a mar
Passengers Consume Thousands
of Tons of Fresh Meats.
200,000 POUNDS OF POTATOES
And six Million Five Hundred Thou
sand Eges Are Eaten. Fifty-One
. Thousand Bottles of Champagne
and More Than Halt Million Gal
ions of Beer Drank.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—Is it the
oyroscope attachment on the mod-
L trans-Atlantic liner or the ball
pearings on which they run which
has reduced seasickness among the
passengers? That some explanation
is due comes to one's understanding
after a little examination of food
figures relating to 1907, picturesque-
Iv set forth by the chief steward of
one of the big liners.
Seasick passengers, no matter how
many are carried, could not com
fortably consume food costing at
wholesale more than $4,000,000.
This is seen at once, when it is
noted that tne expense for coal on
the same line was but $7,000, and
their consuming capacity is notori
ously greater than that of passen
gers.
As to champagne, which is said to
be an excellent cure and for that
matter a preventive of seasickness,
passengers last year pulled the plugs
out of only a few more than 51,000
bottles of champagne.
When it comes to claret the fig
ures jump so respectably that it is
seen that a man may raise a thirst
somewhere west of Suez. Of that
ruddy beverage the first-class pas
sengers consumed 129,209 bottles.
But the consumption by the third
class passengers make that appear a
mere tipple by comparison, for those
in the steerage jcyfully drank not
less than 121,297 gallons.
| Some Brandy and Beer.
Of the various grades of brandy
e passengers consumed 20,641 bot
les and 73,394 gallons. But these
re after all trifling nips, for of beer
nore than half a miinon gallons
vere drunk.
The recent installation of the a la
arte system in restaurants of the
nodern liners accounts tor an amaz
g growth in the consumption of
lelicacies.
Restaurant diners on the liners
viose figures are being considered
onsumed many thousand partridges,
Hipe, quails, pheasants, grouse, can
as-back ducks. They demanded
indreds of thousands of live lob
ters and crawfish, of fresh little
-1»-1"1\*>. blue-points and soft-shell
Tahs
They consumed such a quantity
L green turtle soup that the chefs
zml_m use 13,407 pounds of fresh
urtie in its making. !
10,600 Tons of Potatees.
1 Coming to the more substantial ar
'Cles of diet it is found that of fresh
e there were used 8,311,927
l"’”"‘f“‘-‘:- and of pork and veal and
;';' ‘i'Miil three-quarters of a
o o Pounds of each. Potatoes to.
“m‘”“! '*‘l‘l“-“‘ \\'mghf*d' in excess f’l
QE.I', Ols, a very lair cargo in lite
m™
_l”f’m bassengers consumed of eggs
79,000, and of calves’ liver and
:‘l‘\ appropriate quaptity to
omina 1t the eggs, and with their
R I‘~-?’=>‘l 216,603 tins of mar
e and other such sweets.
R ‘1:;ms(l‘ that besides what
’f“flm‘: ;:‘.fl“‘l'lill passengers took on
L Vilh them 2,877 226 ¢lgars
b - kages of cigarettes were had
Whin. Shmoking steward.
eo -, -1€ consumption of Dbeer,
!,“"H'j‘“"i Spirituous liquor indicates
bl. Stherous liying, fAgnring: on
s.,{}_"‘.“‘:“s all the passengers car
med . car each passenger con
b >.'or &l only five-sixths of a
nd the .. dch cheering beverages
ral "\'w"‘\“liiufl consumption of min
gures 1. vas a full gallon. These
f .\r‘j_,,"‘:’j’ ot include 76,223 bottles
hig. 2ed milk, dealt out to the
el on board.
OLD RUMOR REVIVED.
(;i F. & A, Preparing to Extend
m,“”“’ Cuthbert to Richland? -
‘ ithbert Leader says a report
u.",')‘”“‘“fi“ around to the effect that
o st feared v pue I D o
Eirui,ilfigb?pds in order to extend
Migeme rom Cuyhbert to Richland,
Bthe sllts having been made to
int g Ceaboard tracks from that
olumbus.
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THE DAWSON NEWS.
riage license, the young woman reg
istering as Pearl Ruppell of Port
land, Ind., aged 25. Rapp gave his
age as 23.
He said he and his sweetheart
were engaged to be married when
she sustained her injuries. As soon
as she left the hospital they de
termined to carry out their inten
tions, and were married in Coving
ton by a magistrate.
Wanted by lowa State College for
Its Collection of Bugs.
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And Are Gathering a Great Collec
tion of Common and Uncommon
Ones. Will Be Used to Teach
the Boys and Girls Which Are
Good and Which Are Bad.
The people of lowa have discov
ered that insects have a market
value, and are waging such a relent
less war upon them that bugs of
every description threaten to become
as scarce there as icicles in—well, in
July for instance. The state college
extension department has announced
it must have 40,000 insects between
now and the time of the first freeze.
For the last two months it bas
employed several regular insect
catchers, and still the list is far from
complete. Of late additions have
been made to the force, and the work
is being pushed.
No variety is exempt from pursuit.
The lid is off, and it is open season
for insects 24 hours in the day.
Aristocratic blue and vellow butter
flies are unceremoniously chucked
into the same bottle with plebeian po
tato bugs. Plant lice so small that
they can be seen only with a mi
croscope, and devil's darning need
les as large as humming birds,
bloodthirsty mosquitoes and the un
mentionable bugs that occupy the
leading hotels, all meet death in the
same inglorious way.
But these many bugs are not being
sacrifieced wantonly. They are giv
ing their lives for the interests of
science. They are an offering at the
altar of education. The department
is collecting all the insects, common
and uncommon, injurious and other
wise, that inhabit the state, and
mounting them in sets. The collec
tions will be used at the various
short courses to be held throughout
the state this winter, and also in
the rural schools where agriculture
or nature study occupies a prominent
position. By this means the boys
and girls of the state will be taught
which insects are good and which
ones are bad, so that they may de
stroy discriminatingly.
WILL GET THE USUAL FEES.
Bill to Put Solicitors on Salary
Fails in Senate.
The bill introduced in the senate
to place solicitors-general on salary
instead of paying them by the fee
system has been killed by a vote of
16 to 21. The debate closed with
several speeches both for and against
the measure. The aye and nay vote
was as follows:
Ayes—Boyd, Brock, Cowart, Dobbs,
Felder, Haves, Henderson, of the
Fifteenth; Howard, Johnson, Martin,
Peacock, Stapleton, Walden and
Williford.
Nays-—Bush, Camp, Crittenden,
Farmer, Gordy, Griffin, Hawes, Hud
son, Hughes, Knight, Lashley Mat
tox, Overstreet, Stephens, Sikes Tay
lor, Turner, Walker, Whaley and
Wilkes.
INTERESTING FAMILY REUNION.
Friends here of Mr. J. B. Fulford,
one of Randolph’s prosperous farm
ers and good citizens who frequently
makes business trips to Dawson, will
read with interest the following item
from the Shellman Sun:
“Quite an interesting family re
union is being held this week at the
home of Mr. J. B. Fulford, south of
town. Among the relatives gathered
for a pleasant week’s visit are S. .
Fulford and family ef Columbus, R.
3. Fulford and wife of Birmingham,
Mrs. Wall of Macon, N. W. and W.
F. Parker, W. B. Welis and J. L.
Benson of Buena Vista.”
SCOUTS TO PATROL THE SKY IN JIME OR
Scouting from the sky, photo
graphing the camps and defenses of
the enemy from balloons and sending
information by wireless to headquar
ters are among the possibilities of
warfare of the future which are be
ing considered by Lieut. Col. George
P. Scriven, chief of the United States
Signal Corps for the department of
the east. Interest in aerial manoeu
vers in war will be accentuated in
the tests to be held by the war de
partment at Fort Mycr in August.
While he does not believe that the
flying machine has yet shown itself
DAWSON, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1908.
Automobile: Turned Three Com
plete Somersaults in the Air.
SUSPENDED OVER PRECIPICE
That Is Three Hundred Feet Deep.
District Attorney Baker and Wife
Have a Rude and Nerve-Racking
Experience While Honeymooning,.
United States District Attorney
Baker, of Washington, who success
fully prosecuted the government land
frauds in the northwest, his bride of
two months and several friends who
were accompanying them on their
honeymoon have had an almost mi
raculous escape from death.
While the automobile in which
they were traveling wasg running
down a sharp hill on Walnut moun
tain, near Liberty, N. Y., the ma
chine got out of control and plunged
over a precipice nearly 300 feet in
height. The machine, a big covered
car, turned three complete somer
saults in the air, and lodged in the
boughs of a tree 30 feet below the
brink of the precipice.
There is hung suspended top
downward with frightened occupants
held prisoners in the enclosed top
of the machine. All were badly
bruised and frightened, but none
were seriously injured with the ex
ception of the chauffeur. His skull
was fractured, one of his ears torn
off and he sustained other injuries.
Salome Dance Is Craze of One Set and Sensation of the Other. Re
formers Having a Merry Time With «Merry Widows’’ and
Sheath Skirt. Sleeping Baby Stops Traffic on Broadway.
NEW YORRK, Aungust 10 _—he
Salome craze has hit Gotham and
so far the police have not interfered.
The leading roof garden shows are
offering Salome dancers ag their star
attractions for the summer months,
and although the ministry is united
in condemning the performance the
dance still goes on and will probably
continue until Anthony Comstock
and his ‘‘vice squad’” get on to their
job again in the cool autumn days.
At Hammerstein's theatre Gertrude
Hoffman imitates -Maude Allan, who
has been the European sensation in
the Salome dance, and has proved
such a drawing card that the other
Broadway shows are falling over
themselves to get Salome dancers.
While you can go to your Bible for
the facts of this dance the theatrical
managers have devised the plan of
telling the story of Salome and Herod
by moving pictures. However, when
the story reaches the point where
Salome dances the picture machine
gives way to real flesh and blood.
In the meantime the ministry is
agog, for a large part of the public
seem to have gone mad over the
“Merry Widow’ waltz, the sheath
skirt and the Salome dance in spite
of their persistent teachings.
A Baby on Crowded Broadway.
It is a very common sight to see
a tiny baby in his carriage wheeled
along downtown Broadway, but one
appeared the other day which show
ad that after all the Great White
Way is just like any other place.
Amid all the noises and confusion
of the busy street the little baby
slept peacefully while the mother
nushed the carriage slowly through
the hurrying, bustling crowds. Peo
ple spied the carriage with its tiny
occupant, however, and stepped aside
while it passed. Occasionally a man
or woman stopped and spoke to the
baby, patting his hand or cheek.
When the mother started to cross
the street the policeman stopped all
trafic until she had safely landed her
charge on the other side. To be
sure only a wee baby, fast asleep
and utterly oblivious of the attention
he was attracting had made a little
journey down Broadway, but those
who saw him slackened their pace,
relaxed their tired faces into gentle
smiles and passed on apparently a
little refreshed.
A Dinner for Five Cents.
It is a source of a great deal of
comfort to a host of New Yorkers
who have felt the pinch of hard
times to know that they can get a
good meal in Manhattan for a nickel,
and if they wish to be extravagant
and add three cents to their outlay
to be entitled to consideration Col.
Scriven believes that experiments
made in Europe with the dirigible
balloon as well as with lesser ones
in this country show that these ships
of the air will be valuable in col
lecting information about the enemy
which heretofore has been impossi
ble.
In discussing these possibilities
Col. Scriven said he is of the opinion
that balloon accounts may be en
abled to get an almost complete pho
tographic picture, showing fortifica
tions and the distribution of forces,
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OET THE GREEK ON FIRE
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iNearly Fifty Thousand Barrels of
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l Whiskey Burn in Kentucky.
'WITH DROUTH ON IN GEORGIA
It Was Surely an Awful Destruction
of the Thirst Quencher. Several
Cabins on the Bank of the Fiery
Stream Were Completely Burned.
At Midway, Ky., four Immense
bonded whiskey warehouses of
|(}reenbanm Brothers’ distillery were
ldestro_ved by a fire than started in
?the rear of their warehouse and
spread rapidly. Two other ware
houses caught on fire.
The flames spread to the distillery
proper, and the conflagration threat
[ened to wipe out the whole of Mid
l way.
I IForty-seven thousand barrels of
| whiskey were burned.
i As the big warehouses were en
‘gulfed in the flames thousands of
barrels of whiskey burst and poured
’imo a branch of Elkhorn creek
nearby.
The whiskey on the water quickly
caught fire and the creek became a
fiery stream.
Six negro cabins on the bank of
’tho creek were consumed, and the
Southern Railway trestle spanning
Itlm (‘l‘(f<‘l( was destroyed.
i Special trains were made up at
ll,(mis\'illo and Winchester, and these
towns rushed fire fighting apparatus
to the stricken town.
they can have some desert. In ad
dition to satisfying the wants of the
inner man this inexpensive meal is
so conducted that the man or wo
man who feels he or she would rath
er die than accept alms of any kind
cannot possibly have any objections
to partaking of this repast. It is a
straight business proposition, not
philanthropic or based on charity in
any way. This novel and inexpensive
restaurant is conducted by two voung
ladies. who style themselves Domes
tic Economists, and they have the
backing of the Practical House-keep
ing Association, an organization
formed for the purpose of teaching
the inhabitants of the tenement dis
tricts how to live economically.. At
present the young ladies give their
services, but they believe that in a
short time the five cent meal can
be so figured as not only to pay all
expenses but there will be a small
salary for the workers. The food is
scientifically cooked, and a good
meal. The managers claim that the
scheme is entirely practical and they
believe that in a short time they can
educate the women of the tenements
to prepare attractive meals at home
at a similar cost.
TAX NEAR-BEER SELLERS $2OO.
Alcohol Restriction Is Cut Out by
the House.
The lower house of the general as
sembly has passed the hill by Mr.
Wise of Fayette placing a tax upon
the sale and manufacture of liquids
in imitation of beer. Restrictions as
to the quantity of alcohol was cut
out.
The bill places a tax of $2OO on
dealers and s3vo on manufacturers
and distributing agents. It provides
that any one convicted of violating
the law shall forfeit his license and
be excluded from the business in
future. '
What the senate will do with the
measure is yet to be determined.
WILL EXHONORATE GEN. EVANS.
While it is yet practically impos
sible to forecast what turn the in
vestigation of the convict sys
tem will take with regard to
the matter of impeachment, an At
lanta dispatch says it is a safe as
sumption that no steps will be taken
which will involve in such a pro
ceeding General Clement A. Evans,
a member of the commission, and
one of the foremost of living con
federate veterans. Therefore wheth
er the other members of the commis
sion will be trid on charges of offi
cial inattention and neglect is a mat
ter of considerable doubt.
by means of the tele-photo, a new in
strument, with which, by the use of
an extra lens, it is possible to focus
on objects at a distance of perhaps
a mile, and obtain such detail as
will make the picture seem as if it
had been taken at a few hundred
feet., Col. Seriven explained that the
camera could be placed in the bot
tom of the balloon and operated by
clockwork. He said there would be
some danyer of a balloon being hit
by projectiles while engaged in such
scout work, as it had been demon
strated in Europe that a balloon at a
THINKS MORE OF FELLOWMAN,
SO WALL STREET TREMBLES
NEW YORK.—The statement in
Chicago of E. H. Harriman, who re
cently acquirel the Central of Geor
gia Railway, that as he grows older
he is beginning to think more of his
fellowman made all Wall street ner
vous. llf the things he has done to
his business enemies in the past have
been executed with only a passing
thought old stagers in the street are
HAS CORNER ON GOTTON
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Entire Supply in New York Said
l to Be Controlled by Livermore
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iTHIRTY-NINE THOUSAND BALES
Because of Advance in the Market
the ‘*‘Shorts” Have Been Border
ing on a Panic. Prices Had Been
Depressed on Account of Reports
of Enormous Crops.
NEW YORK.—The entire supply
of cotton stored in New York city
and vicinity available for delivery on
contract is said to have been cor
nered by J. L. Livermore, the young
broker who last May made more
than $2,000,000 in a corner on the
July option. The New York visible
supply consists of only 39.000 bales
of cotton, worth about $1,800,000.
During the last two weeks cotton
has advanced in this market over
$3.50 a bale, and the shorts have
been bordering upon panic. An enor
mous quantity of October contracts
have been sold short in New York
because of tne general belief of the
trade in reports from the cotton
states that an enormous crop will
be gathered, As a consequence
prices in New York have been de
pressed far below the c()mmercial‘
value of cotton in the south. |
In consequence stocks at this cen-
Iter have been bought and shim)ed}
away, so that its available supply is
inow the lowest in several Years, Mr.
Livermore and several other cotton
men began buying August (-,ontract.s;\
several weeks ago, until they are
said to have acquired every bale not
under contract to the spinners and
other consumers.
The situation has been made all
the more remarkable by the fact that
the Farmers’ Union has secured
pledges from nearly every planter in
the south that he will not sell cot
ton prior, to December below ten]
cents a pound for middling. That¢
this pledge is being kept is shown
by the fact ‘that in southern Texas,
where the crop is just beginning to
make its appearance, cotton has ad
vanced within the past week 40 to
50 points.
A prominent member of the cot
ton exchange said yesterday that the
short interest in October amounts to
nearly 1,000,000 bales. The actual
value of this cotton would be nearly
1550,.000,000,
ROBBERS VISIT BACONTON.
Failed in Bank Attempt, But Entered
Postoffice and Four Stores.
In the little town of Baconton, in
Dougherty county, Tuesday night a
band of burglars broke into the
Bank of Baconton, the postoffice and
four stores, and made unsuccessful
attempts to enter three other stores.
The gafe in . D & 1. 1. Glavs
ier's store was dynamited and
cleaned of its contents, and cash
drawers were rifled in the other
places. The burglars failed to get
into the postoffice safe, or the bank
vault.
It is believed there is an organized
gang of burglars at work in this part
of the state, a number of towns hav
ing been raided within the last six
weeks,
Small places are always selected,
from four to a dozen stores being
entered in a single night. A short
time ago Poulan had an experience
almost identical with that of Bacon
ton.
GIVES BACK TRAIN.
An order has been issued by the
railroad commission restoring a
double daily train service between
Cuthbert and Ft. Gaines. One of
the regular trains was discontinued
some time ago, but the commission,
on application of the people affected,
has ordered that it be restored.
FUTURE WARS
height of one mile can be destroyed
by gun fire, and a mile is about the
limit of ascent. At the same time
the wrecking of a balloon at such a
height would require the greatest
skill, as there would be no perspect
ive to help in taking aim.
The balloon in warfare, said this
officer, might also be used to tow ex
plosives through the air and drop
them into the enemy’s strongholds.
He said that such war ballooning,
as he ' foresaw, might necessitate
changes in the construction of our
sea coast defenses.
VOL. 26---NO 46.
wondering what the result will be
now that “the little wizard” has de
termined to apply his mind to it.
Incidentally, the fact is noted that
Harriman is to have a conference
with the Chicago subway financiers,
and as he is reputed to be ‘“‘a practi
cal man” they are wondering if the
interview is in the nature of a little
salt for the tail of some Chicago bird
of finance.
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'Dlstanoes All' Competitors in Ex
i penditures on Real Estate.
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Is Hurrying Now to Ask Bids on
Rural Structures Which Have Al
ready Been Planned. Several to
Be Erected in the Second Cone
gressional District,
As an owner of improved real es
tate the federal government by rea
son of the public building bill passed
at the last session of congress dis
tances all competitors, government
and otherwise.
Buildings and grounds costing
$185,000,000 have been paid for.
Structures in process of erection,
with the sites, will cost $30,000,000
more, Sites to be acquired and
buildings to be constructed thereon,
under the terms of the latest omni
bus bill, which provides, among oth
ers, for government buildings in sev
eral towns of the Second congress
ional district of Georgia, call for the
expenditure of substantially $33,-
000,000 more.
When everything now authorized
is completed—that is when the sites
authorized have been acquired and
when the structures the secretary of
the treasury has been directed to
build are finished—the total invest
ment will be near a quarter of a bil
lion dollars. That is about two
thirds of the initial cost of the navy
—the most expensive of the posses
sions of Uncle Sam.
Annual Repair Charges,
When the building programme is
completed there will be an annual
charge for ordinary repairs of about
$650,000. A yearly allowance will
have to be made for renewal. of ele
vators, boilers and other parts of the
mechanical equipment amounting to
$25,000, and the expense of renew
ing locks and vaults will be about
$lOO,OOO,
It is the boast of the supervising
architect’s office that the annual re
pair bill shows the cost of the gov
ernment to be smaller than can be
shown for any office building-owning
corporation in the world,
These figures relate only to such
structures as are generally termed
public buildings, exclusive of those
in Washington and structures occu
pied as army posts, forts and naval
stations. Nor is any account taken
of the structures acquired by the
treaty of Paris when this country
took over the buildings owned by
the Spanish government,
At this time the government owns
and occupies 552 structures of that
kind. There are 185 under construe
tion and 209 authorized, 129 on
sites to be acquired and 80 on land
already owned. The last bill also
authorized the acquisition of 132
sites, 14 pieces of land to enlarge
sites already owned and extensions
of 50 buildings.
It is to get work started on these
259 new buildings and extensions
that the supervising architect is hur
rying to get bids. ;
Money for the Country,
The money for them will go
where a government dollar seldom
finds its way-—into the hands of me
chanics in the rural districts, for
many of the buildings are to be
placed in towns and cities of from
10,000 to 25,000.
Were the federal government’'s
real property subject to taxation as
other property is taxed it would have
to contribute about $3,375,000 a year
to state treasuries. For taxing pur
poses its holdings would probably be
valued at $175,000,000.
It is notorious that the government
could rent structures suitable for its
needs at a cost much smaller than
the outlay on the public buildings.
No owner would be satisfied with an
income from his buildings as small
as the sum which the government
would pay out in rent were it to de
pend upon privately owned structures
for accommodation.
The only exceptions to that rule
are to be found in the largest cities.
There the government saves money
by being its own landlord. But
every public building in a small city
represents a loss, because the cost of
a small structure for care and super
intendence is larger, in proportion,
than the I.g building in a large city.
But in the last two public build
ing bills the small cities are the
ones that have been receiving eon
sideration. The last bill, in partie
ular, ignored the claims of the large
cities, so that the pie might be dis
tributed among the congressmen
from the rural distriets,. @~