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AUGUST 19, 1908
BIG COTTON CROP GROWS OVER lAKE
Basin, of Underground Water Makes Staple Rise to Won
der of Skeptics. Altitude Too Much for 801 l Weevil.
MIDLAND, Tex., Aug. 15.—They!
raise cotton above a lake in the Mid
jand country. Not in mid air, but
in the rich sandy loam of the Mid-:
jand soil, only a few feet above anf
unmeasured lake of pure water. \
The Midland country water supply
;s remarkable. In the ol\der sections
of Texas further east underground}
water is found in veins or streams.
On a single farm may be found a half
dozen wells, but they will all be in
more or less of a line. |
in Midland country there are no
water veins. The Midland ranch
owner can sink his well in the back
vard, in the front yard er under the
i‘“n_qe‘ just as it suits him, knowing
that he will strike the same lake that
cupplies his enighbor a half dozen
miles away. They have no need of
water-witches or divining-rods.
+ The reason is simple. The Mid
land country’s soil is porous. There
i« enough sand in the loam to let
41l the rain that falls sink through
quickly. And then there is a strong
vein of red clay down below to hold
the water like a giant’s wash basin.
1t is such a lake, only smaller and
nearer ihe surface, which supplies
the city of Baird in Callahan ecounty
with water. The Callaban county
lake lies on the tops of the hills in
which is situated the Clyde country.
The Midland planters began rais
ing cotton less than three years ago.
Prior to that time there were the us
ual number of skeptics who said it
wouldn’'t grow; that the climate was
too dry; that the soil wasn’t right;
that the altitude was too high.
But a few pioneers planted cot
ton. and in 1906 the Midland gin
handled 106 bales. This gin is just
950 miles west of what was consid
ered the western cotton limit in Tex
as in 1900,
" In 1907 the Midland gin handled
nearly 400 bales. This year it will
handle from 1,500 to 2,000.
Midland planters found that the
season for planting cotton is a month
earlier than it is 200 miles east, and
that they can pick the bolls up to
March. The plant grows low, but it
fruits from top to bottom.
Bale to the acre cotton has been
raised already in the Midland coun
try, but the average now is nearer
one-third. Campbell, the dry-land
farmer, has guaranteed to produce
half a bale of cotion to the #cre
Oh, No That Was
Oniy a Joke.
We have not gone out of the
Real Estate business; we like
it too well for that. We are
~here to stay, and prepared to
~sell your property im this or
t any other city, town, county
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each season by his methods, and
those who have already been raising
cotton think that part of his con
tract is easy.
Of course there are no boll wee
vils in Midland county. 801 l weevils
are particular about the altitude,
and 3,000 feet is too high for them.
Neither has there yet appeared any
other insect pest.
Midland is confident of a 10,uu0
bale cotton ¢trop within a few years.
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SAY TAFT ISN'T A CHRISTIAN.
Negroes Charge He Doesn't Believe
in Christ and Bible.
That he is not a christian, that
he doesn’t believe in the divinity of
Jesus Christ, and that he repudiates
most of the Bible are charges made
against Candidate Taft by the Na
tional Negro American Independence
Political League, which claims to
represent the voting strength of
more than 800,000.
The charges were read at a col
ored mass meeting in Washington Lty
Dr. Waldron, president of the organi
zation. Another feature of what he
termed the negroes’ indictment of
Taft, Roosevelt and the repablican
party were that Taft doesn’t possess
the courage and manhood required
in a president of the United States,
and if elected he would be the tool
of Theodure Roosevelt.
““My Mother Made Them.”’
Forty years ago a Georgia boy 14
years old sat on the steps of a store
from 5 o’clock in the morning till
8:30 waiting for the proprietor to
open the door. He had secured a
position at four dollars a week to
sweep and run errands, |
The day before he secured the
place he had tried next door, and
when he asked for the proprietor the
man snapped at him: ‘“Well, well,
what do you want?”
1 want a job.”’
‘“Well, well, where did you come
from?
“I came from Georgia.’
‘No, we don’t want you. Huh,
where did you get those clothes?”
“My mother made them.”
She had made them at night and
the boy had threaded the needle for
her, as many of us have done, be
cause her eyesight was failing and
the poor lamp light didn’t help much.
The man laughed at the boy, and
with a feeling of disappointment and
just a little hurt he walked out and
went to the next store. Here he
secured a place. Mr. Hill was kind
in his treatment of the boy and he
worked his way.
Twenty vears later he was in busi
ness on Broadway with a partner.
. One Saturday night they were get
ting ready to go home. An ald,
yoorly dressed man came and plead
-2d with the partner tc buy something
from the samples he had.
. “No,nno, we dont need a thing. '
. “Well, please give me a little or
‘der so I can get my commission to
luight to keep me over Sunday. I
ireally haven't anything to eat.”
. At this juncture the boy firom
IGeorgia, who now owned half the
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SOLD PIG'S BLOOD; GOT RICH
Quack’s “Remedy” Was Presumed to
Have Been Obtained From ix
ecuted Criminals.
The extraordinary credulity which
still prevails among a large section
of the popultation of Germany was
well illustrated by a prosecution at
Brunswick, which resulted in a man
named Charles Albrecht being sen
tenced to three years penal servitude
for criminal quackery.
Albrecht practiced as a quack doc
tor, and to his many clients he rec
ommended the blood of executed
murderers as a remedy for all kinds
of ailments.
The demand for this gruesome
medicine was enormous, and in order
to cope with it Albrecht obtained a
quantity of pig’s blood, which he bot
tled and sold as the blood of be
headed murderers at $3 a bottle.
His profits were very large, and
his patients, who numbered hun
dreds, blindly obeying his directions,
drank the pig's blood, believing it
to be the blood of criminals who
had died on the scaffold. The same
remedy was recommended for heart
digease, consumption, gout, skin dis
cases and practically every other
form of sickness.
MUST TELL WHERE IT WENT.
Georgians who are ambitious for
political careers in the future must |
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tell what these careers cost them.
This was provided for in a bill which
was passed by the legislature requir-l
ing all candidates for office, from
United States senator to representa
tives in the legislature, to file a list
of all their campaign and election
expenses with the secretary of state
and publish it in the newspaper
where the candidate lives. |
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Foley’s Kidney Remedy will curel
any case of kidney or bladder trouble
that is not beyond the reach of medi
cine. No medicine can do more.
Dawson Drug Co. and People’s Drug
Store. .o I
CROWD ON HUNT FOR LIONS.
A Drive at Bridgeboro Failed to
Jump Large Animal.
Conservative people who have SO
often read sensational stories of
““wild beasts’” at large in different
sections of tne state have been slow
to believe the continued rumors and
Stories that have come from the
northern part of Colquitt county and
from the southern part of Worth
county to the effect that lions or ex
tremely large tigers were roaming
the woods and devouring the sheep
and calves. The Moultrie Observer
says that so continued have these
stories come, and from such reliable
sources, that it is no longer doubted
that some strange animal, in fact
a number of them, are living in that
section. The animals have been
seen at short range in the day time
by perfectly reliable parties, and
their tracks may be seen by anybody
at any time in the roads and fields
near Bridgeboro these days.
Some nights ago a party from
Moultrie went over to Bridgeboro
with their dogs to hunt the animals.
They carried a number of dogs with
them, and they had no difficulty in
finding fresh tracks. The dogs
balked on trailing the animals with
the exception of one coon dog that
followed them slowly for a distance.
There was never a jump made, how
ever, and after making a drive
through the territory that developed
nothing the party returned home.
It is quite likely that the hunt will
be had again soon and other dogs
tried. There is considerable inter
est in the big game, and every fresh
story is listened to with the deepest
interest.
Broadway business, overheard it and
saw the old man. He said, ‘“‘Yes,
we’ll take something from you. Put
us down for five dozen each of these
three.”
The old man was so excited he
could hardly write the order. He
had only hoped to sell a small order
at most, and was begging for that.
The Georgia boy helped him tie
up his samples. He walked out at
the same time and they went a little
piece down the street together. The
old man said he was very grateful
for the order; he needed it so much.
‘“Yes, yes, I know it. I know you,
old man. You may not remember
me, but just remember that any time
you are hard up of a Saturday night
and need an order you can always
get it here.. But you may not re
member the boy who asked you for
a Jjob twenty years -ago. You
laughed at my clothes. If you ever
have a chance again and a boy from
Georgia asks for a job don’t laugh
at him and ask him where he got
his clothes. Good bye.”
[ The Georgia boy came back years
ago. He is one of the state’s best
citizens. He is worth now from a
'half million to three-quarters of a
Emillfon dollars, and strangely his
‘name is usually down for the largest
~amount on subscription lists that in
' any way concern the poor and the
. boys.
I How fortunate were the boys who
' wore the clothes mother made.
. Few men today ever wore a gar
'ment made at home. The poorest
'boys today are too proud to have
‘anything but store-made goods, and
‘'we wonder what this country will
'be when all the grown-up country
'boys are gone.
i This is just a little anniversary
story with a moral: ‘Do unto otners
as you would be done by.”’—Atlanta
Georgian.
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HE IS ‘*OFFICIALLY DEAD
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‘Gen. Dan Rucker Paid Off by Insur
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| “Dead” Written on Policy.
A Washington dispatch says Brig
adier-General Daniel H. Rucker,
United States army, declares that al
though he is ‘‘retired’” he is a long
way from dead, and can prove it if
the insurance company which charges
him with being on the other side will
only give him a chance.
In its letter to General Rucker the
company said in effect:
“Under American experience ta
bles of mortality all lives are as
sumed to have expired before the
age ninety-six, and officially you will
have to be dead, so that we can pay
you off and cancel your poliey.”
General Rucker declares he will
live as long as he likes, insurance
company or no insurance company,
and tables of mortality to the con
trary notwithstanding.
But the company has offered him
his award, which amounts to a large
round sum, and as he accepted it
he will be considered dead,
At least his name will be can
celled, and a big rubber stamp will
put ““‘dead’” in red letters on the pol
icy sheet.
General Rucker has an illustriousl
career as a soldier. He entered the
service in 1837 and fought throughl
the civil war with honors. He dis-|
played such gallantry that he rose
step by step until 1882, when he
retired with the rank of brigadier
and the brevet of major-general.
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No one is immune from kidney
trouble, so just remember that Fo
ley’s Kidney Remedy will stop the
irregularities and cure any case of
kidney or bladder trouble that is not
beyond the reach of medicine. Daw
son Drug Co. aud People's Drug
Store.
SRRSO AN
CASTORIA.
Boars the The Kind You Have Always Bought
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THE DAWSON NEWS.
E Did you see Hall, the %
E tin plate artist, with the {
E two Crouches as seconds?
E Say. we can put up a
E job of tin work that a ‘_
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BEAVERS BUILD A BIG DAM
And Save the Government $2,000.
Surveying Party Finds Its
{ Work Already Done.
A New Westminster, B. C., dis
(patch says: The activity or a colony
[m‘ beavers at Little Mud Lake last
ifall saved the government an ex
penditure of over $2,000, according
to Supt. J. H. McLelland of the
Trent Canal, who is authority for
the remarkable story.
A dam was built for the purpose
of raising and conserving the water
in Little Mud Lake in order that it
might be let loose in a waterway at
times when low water threatened to
‘hamper navigation or interfere with
‘the many industries which are de
pendent upon the canal for power.
~ When a survey party reached the
¢pot to the amazement of everybody
it was found that a perfect dam, 700
feet long and seven feet deep, had
been built by the beavers during the
winter months. There is not a leak
discernable, and no likelihood of the
structure giving way for years to
come.
PAPER HOUSE COMES SOUTH.
The Anderson-Wilsen Paper Co.
of Richmond, Va., will open a large
house at Savannah, Ga., by October
Ist. They will have rooms Nos:
310, 312 314 dand 316 Bay street
east, and 313-315 River street. It
will not be a branch but an equal
with their Richmond house, and
their prices will be the same. This
house will be a great saving of time
and freight to southern printers and
publishers. Mr. L. A. Morgan, of
Americus, Ga., will continue to look
after their interest in this section.
Bilious? Feel heavy after dinner? |
Tongue coated? Bitter taste? Com-I
plexion sallow? Liver needs waking
up. Doan’s Regulets cure bilious at
tacks. 25 cents at any drug store.
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The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co.
OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.
FREDERICK FRELINGHUY SEN, Pres.
TRANSACTIONS OF 1907.
INCOME S DISBURSEMENTS
Premiums . ooda: 0 F . (816884400 13 Death Claims, oo ... ..., . 8 5,400,700 11
Intenest and Renty, .».... ... .. 4998167 48 Hindowments. .. (. 00,0 0, ~ 40RO TH
Profit and Lioss (Balance)..... 5,094.72 ARnyitien .ol u 0L L 0 168,434.70
. . Surrendered Policles .......... 1,515082.18
INVIAERAN .S iiny,: LOB3B 408 B 0
Total Paid P01icyh01der5.....8511,135,673.35
Taxes, Fees and Licenses...... 472,480.36
Insurance Expenses (excluding :
TRRERY . i o iiiiciaiie. 200085
Investment Expenses (excluding
Taxed) 0 o 206,139.39
Premiums on Bonds Purchased. . 126,417.98
Total Ineome, ... ... ;... ~ 321 667 682 98 Total Disbursements........ $14,306,795.85
Excess of Income over Disbursements added to Pol icyholders’ Fund $7,360,896.43
ASSETS LIABILITIES
Cash on Hand in Banhks. ... . $ 12483490.39 Reserve Tund . ... 4 .$103,381,043.60
Loans qon Collateral. ... .. [.. 1,188,650.00 Other Liabilitles .......... . 1,352.170.43
Bonds, Par Value. . ... ... .... 80385080 71 e e
Real Estate M0rtgage5.........53,859,708.33 $104,734,214.03
Real Patate .. ... .. . ... . 3,661,921.85 Dividends Payable in 1908 #. . 2,476,094.65
Loans on Palielen.... ... ... . 18786804 64 Unapportioned Surplus /(Par
Interest due and acerued, and : VBluge) . ... .00 000 8 8
other asaete o=, .. 4 3,466,638.02 il
$112,686,493.88
e Market Values Bonds under
Total Assets .............$112.586.493.88 par viluete, .. ..., B 0 48
* This item has hitherto been included in the General Surplus.
* * The Market Values of Bonds Owned are the Values as of December 31, 1907.
Place your insurance in a Company that has passed the experimental
stages—one whose dividends have never been exceeded, and is based on
sixty years’ experience; not on imaginary saving in expenses.
Yours truly,
R SAVILLEE. &
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- PIANO AND ORGAN TUNER AND REPAIRER
' I am pleased to announce to the organ and piano owners of
! Dawson that I have had successful experience in my profession.
I guarantee the utmost satisfaction, and invite the inspection of
l the most critical. Rates to all alike: $5.00 for tuning; regulat
! ing and repairing at reasonable rates. A trial of my services will
| prove to you the advantage of having your work done with care
| and precision. A diploma from Polk’s School of Piano Tuning, Val
paraiso, Ind., certifies that I completed the Course of Study and
| Practice in Tuning, Tone Regulating, Voicing and Repairing at that
| institution in October, 1906.
I lam doing organ work at my residence. The people of the
! town and county are bringing their organs to me. Examinations
{ are free.
‘ The following persons will testify to the merits of my work:
| M. J. Yeomans, Mrs. Willie Melton, Mrs. R..L. Saville, Mrs. J. H.
| Davis, J. G. Parks, S. R. Christie, T. C. Geise, R. R. Marlin, C,
| Harris, J. W. Roberts, Judge Griggs, Mrs. P. C. Colley, L. C. Hill,
' K. L. Rainey, The Cable Piano Co., W. A. Davidson, Mrs. Susie
| Dozler, J. T. Ragan, R. W, Jannines I W, Glass, J. W. Wooten,
| Bethel Church, Mr. Jim Lee, J. O. Hammock and Mr. Allen (Shell
| man, Ga.), Mr. Andrew Wall, Mrs. Jno. McLendon and Mrs. Howell
| (Sasser, Ga.), O. B. Stevens (Atlanta, Ga.) Address
MISS KITTIE ALLEN, - DAWSON, GA.
COLLEGE STREET. PHONE 145.
J. G. Parks. “TIME TRIED. FIRE TESTED. R. E. Bell.
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- Parks & Bell
Officcs in Dean Building, Opposite Court House, Dawson, Ga.
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