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ALUGUST 26, 1908.
HOT BOX IN GIN CAUSED $4.000 10SS
plant of Bridges & McLendon in Eastern Part of the
County Completely Destroyed by Fire.
About 8 o'clock last Wednesday
morning the large ginnery of Messrs.
7. W. Bridges and M. W. McLendon,
ceveral miles east of Dawson, was
completely destroyed by fire. :
pesides the plant 200 cords of
wood, the seed out of five bales of
cotton and half of the bale of cotton
that was being ginned when the fire
was discovered were burned. Twelve
pales of cottgn which were on the
1,'())l)llSSlONEBS HAVE FINISHED
REVISING JURY LISTS.
small Increase im Both Grand and
Traverse Jurors. Names Drawn
for November Court.
The jury commissioners have fin
ished their work of revising the jury
lists of Terrell county, which is done
every two years, and drawn jurors
for the October term of the City
Court and the November term of the
Superior Court.
The past two years there were the
pames of 567 traverse jurors in the
pox. and 218 grand jurors. In the
revision the number of traverse
surors was increased to 642, and the
number of grand jurors to 250.
Following are the mames of the
jurors who have been drawn for the
next terms of the Superior and City
courts:
Grand Jurors.
W. E. Moreland, T. W. Haddock,
B. M. Davidson, G. T. Marshall, John
Sears, J. D. Weaver, M. D. Laing,
J. F. Cocke, H. i Kirksey, H I
Rainey, J H. Davig, J. € Hings, J.
(. Holland, J. B. McCorkle, Henry
Marlin, D. F. McLain, G. W. Bolton,
Chas. Deubler, J. H. Ellerbee, F. T.
Jennings, W. W. Kirksey, H. F. Mec-
Niel, C. M. Gormley, F. M. McNulty,
H. A, Petty, J. R. Strickiand, C. H.
Price, W. J. Mathis, S. McGill, J. A.
Shields.
Petit Jurors—First Week.
W. A. McLain, W. A. Davidson,
J. M. Bigelow, W. R. Baldwin, Jr..
W. G. Chambless, J. W. Copeland,
Shelly Thornton, T. A. Saunders, J.
G. Battle, J. A. bhieming T O,
Whitchard, J.. . Baptiett. 3 W
Moreland, J. D. Henry, J. N. Bolton,
W. H. Lark, T. K. Cobb, D. ¥. HEng-
FRAARARASRERASEREARAERESSaAaRBESS
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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 in this or
any other city, town, county
or state, We want to handle
anything you have for sale,
both large and small. Now
don't think for a moment that
Wwe can not sell your property
and refuse to list it with us.
You know we can't sell it if
You don’t list it with us; and
we know we stand a good
chance to sell it if you give us
& trial. 1f you have anything
for sale list it with us at once
and we will advertise it at our
“xpense. Should we fail to sell
it we are the loosers and not
you, .
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Gass & Co.
lplatform and about the gin house
were moved and saved.
The loss is $4,000, with no insur
ance. The proprietors spent a good
deal of money this summer over
hauling and improving the property.
The fire is thought to have been
caused by friction in the condenser.
The flames were shooting out of the
flue at the press when fist seen, and
had gained too much headway to be
extinguished,
Hish. I 2. Turner, B. 1.. Moreland,
g W Hautman, W. C. Horsley, R.
L. Bridges, T. P. McNeil, W. T. Fra
zler, J. C. Simpson,-A. L. Jowers, J.
A. Davis, B. H. Fitzpatrick, Joe Mc-
Eachern, L. W. Bridges, R. B. Mec-
Lain, J. W. Chapman, J. J. Johnson,
J. D. Averitt, S J. Furgerson.
Petit Jurors—Second Week.
J. H. Whitchard, J. T. Williams,
W. R. Avera, P. T, Everitt, J. H.
Sutton, W D. Ward, Wm. Hasty, G.
S. Commander, P. C. Colley, J. T.
Davis, J. 8 Kennedy, W. T. Moore,
d. B. Hamilton, J. C Roberts, W.
E. Aycock, B. M. Roberts, J. H. Ken
nedy, 8. J. Rainey, W. D. Grubbs,
J. B. Thompson, W. K. Pace, A, J
Carver, G L. Spann, T. C. Geise, E.
C. Berry, C, G. Lewis, J. F. C. Dan
iel, P. L. Mathews B. . Perry, C.
W. Beott, A R Rindahh. H 1
Rauch, J B. Roberts, E. W. Aven,
W. C. Wills, Toney Lavely.
October Term City Court Jurors.
O. L. McNeil, Ralp McLeod, H. E.
Rauch, J. A. Grimes, C. T. Lowrey,
D. Williams, P. M. Hankins, J. D.
Brim, € S: Lee L. BE. Cannon, J. M.
McLendon, J A. Hiller, C. T. Norton,
W. D. Bryvant J C. Hollingsworth,
J. L. Glass.
WHOSE FIGURES ARE RIGHT?
Those of Mr. Smith and the Grand
Jury Committee on the Cost of
the City Court Do Not Agree.
Editor of The News: I saw in
your issue of the 12th. inst. a com
munication from J. H. Smith in re
gard to the cost of running the city
and superior courts. There is a con
siderable difference between his
statement and the report made by a
committte of the last grand jury as
to the cost of each court. One or
the other are at fault. The commit
tee’s report says that the average
cost in 1905 to dispose of a case in
the city court was's4.99, and in the
superior court $24.08; in 1906 city
court $9.32 and superior court
$34.47, and in 1907 city court $8.59
and superior court $56.47. ' The
committee also claims that instead
of the city court being an expense
to the county it is a saving in the
way of taxes, etc., by having paid
into the county treasury large sums
of money for the years 1905, 1906
and 1907. If that be true then the
city court ought not to be abolished,
but amended and the defects, if any
exist, corrected. If the officers are
being paid too much for their
services reduco their salaries, and it
might be well to have them elected
by the people, too.
It seems that the county ought to
have some kind of a court to dispose
of petty misdemeanor cases and
thereby save in the way of jail fees,
etc.,, as the defendants may not be
able to give bond and have to remain
in jail until the meeting of the su
perior court, which is only once every
six months.
There will be no trouble in getting
a bill through the legislature fixing
the court any way the people want
it when it is made plain that the
legislation sought is in their interest
and not for political reasons.
The average petition doesn’'t have
much weight these days, as there are
always two sides fighung each other
in local matters, and the legislature
doesn’t care to take a hand in such
factional strife.
As far as I am concerned I feel
but little interest in the city court
fight, but I believe something ought
to be done to stop and keep down
eternal agitation. Let the people g 0
about settling this question in their
own way and for their own benefit,
regardless of the interests of the men
who are financially benefited by the
court or the politicians who are
agitating and moving in the matter
for their own ends. , Very respect
fully, WILLIAM KAIGLER.
Dawson, Ga.
NEW BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY.
Late and Popular Volumes Are On
the Shelves.
The following new books have
been placed on the shelves of the
Dawson Public Library:
The Mother of Man; Wanted: A
Match Maker, Rose McLeod, The
Heart of a Child, The White Cat,
The Adventures of Cnarles Edward,
My Lost Duchess, King Spruce, The
Way of a Man, Rosaland at Red
Gate, Sink and Swim, Julius The
Street Boy, In a New World, The
Young Acrobat, Phil The Fiddler,
Paul The Peddler, Auut Diana,
Among the Camps, Esther, Jarl The
Neatheard, The Little Colonel in Ari
zona, The Little Colonel’s Christmas
Vacation, The Little Colonel’s Maid
of Honor, The Little Colonel’s
Knight Came Riding.
Bilious? Feel heavy after dinner?
Tongue coated? Bitter taste? Com
plexion sallow? Liver needs waking
up. Doan’s Regulets cure bilious at
tacks. 25 cents at any drug store.
OF THE FELONY CONVICTS THE
COUNTY IS ENTITLED TO.
Now Uses But Little More Than Half
Her Quota of State Felons., Gov
ernor Smith Asks for Infor
mation on the Subject.
A few days ago Ordinary W. B.
Cheatham received the following let
ter from Governor Smith:
‘““As; you are perhaps aware, an
extra session of the Georgia Legisla
ture will be held within the next
ten days to consider the question of
how the convicts are to be handled.
“Will you kindly advise me wheth
er your county handles felony con
victs, do you think it probable that
your county next year would use
felony convicts, provided there is no
charge attached to the use? Do you
think your county would wish more
convicts than its quota? Please let
me know how many convicts you
think your county could use in all,
there being no charge for same.”
Judge Cheatham, after conferring
with members of the board of county
commissioners, replied to the effect
that Terrel! would avail itself of an
opporturity to use its full quota of
felony convicts or the public roads.
Since the passage of the law some
years ago permitting the use of state
convicts on county roads Terrell has
not used the full number to which
she is entitled. Her quota is 17,
only 10 of which have been used.
The proceeds from leasing the other
7 have been applied to the public
school fund.
From the governor’s letter it ap
pears that he regards, for the time
being at least, the working of all
convicts on the roads as the soiution
of what disposition shall be made of
them.
SEABOARD TO SPEND MILLIONS
In Improving Its Property in the
South. Some Things It Will Do.
The Seaboard Railway is planning
to spend more than a million dollars
in improvement, which will include
terminal facilities and the replacing
of wooden bridges with steel struct
ures all along the line.
Already the receivers have award
ed contracts for terminal improve
ments at Tampa, Fla., involving an
expenditure of half a million dollars.
The contract calls for completion of
the work January Ist.
The receivers have awarded other
contracts for bridges, railroad bal
lasting, etc., involving an expendi
ture of nearly three-quarters of a
million more. The money for the
work is already in hand.
It is the intention of the receivers
to make Tampa one of the chief ports
of the system.
All wooden bridges on the system
will be replaced with steel structures.
Nine bridges will be built at a total
cost of $220,000.
Twelve thousand tons of 75-pound
standard steel rails will be laid be
tween Portsmoeuth and Norlina.
This work will cost $260,000.
Authority has been given to im
prove dock facilities at Wilmington,
at a cost of $140,000.
A new warehouse to cost $50,000
will be built at Jacksonville. About
$lO,OOO is to be spent improving the
facilities at Fernandina, Fla.
The Seaboard will build a terminal
stations at Athens, Ga., at a cost of
$75,000.
CAN'T BE SEPARATED.
Some Dawson People Have Learned
How to Get Rid of Both.
Backache and kidney ache are
twin brothers,
You can't separate them.
And you can’t get rid of the hack
ache until you cure the kidney ache.
If the kidneys are well and strong
the rest of the system is pretty sure
to be in vigorous health.
Doan’s Kidney Pills make strong,
healthy kidneys.
Mrs. R. E. Bowen, living at 92 R.
Twelfth avenue, Cordele, Ga., says:
"I suffered from kidney complaint
for sometime, and used a number
of different remedies. There was a
severe pain in the small of my back,
and I was also troubled with dull
headaches. Some one advised me to
try Doan’s Kidney Pills, and I pro
cured them. I used them in accord
ance with the directions, and they
helped me a great deal. ¥he pain
in my back has been relieved, and I
feel stronger and better in every
way. There is no doubt in my mind
as to the efficiency of Doan’s Kidney
Pills as a kidney remedy.”
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OLD RUMOR REVIVED.
Will Hanson FLeave Presidency of
Central Railroad?
An Atlanta dispatch says the old
rumor has been revived that under
the Harriman control of the Cen
tral of Georgia Railway Company
President J. F. Hanson is to be re
placed by a practical railroad man.
It is based largely on the report that
extensive improvements in the prop
erty are contemplated, for which
purpose a practical railroad man
will be put in charge.
This recipe is highly recommended by one of
our correspondents; try it for desert tomorrow:
Peel five large bananas, rub smooth with five
teaspoonsful of sugar. Add one teacup sweet
cream beaten to a stiff froth, then add one loc
package of Lemon JELL-O dissolved in 1% tea
cups boiling water. Pour into mold, and when
cold garnish with candied cherries. Serve with
whivpped cream, or any good pudding sauce.
JEEL-O is sold by all grocers at 10e per pack- ‘
age. :
THE DAWSON NEWS.
Did you see Hall, the
tin plate artist, with the
two Crouches as seconds?
Say. we can put up a
job of tin work that a
novice can see good points
. NOW IT'S A DRUG INSPECTOR.
Dr. T. A. Cheatham Recommended
for New State Office.
Georgia is to have a pure drug
inspector. This was decided upon by
the legislature at its recent session.
l The duties of the pure drug in-
Ispect()r will be similar to those now
being discharged by P. A. Methvin
as pure food inspector. Instead of
examining food and feed stuffs it
will be his duty to inspect drugs
which are sold in the state, and
see to it that there are no adultera
tions by the pharmacists in Georgia.
This office was created at the ur
}gent insistence of the Georgia Phar
‘maceutical Association, and the ap
pointment of the inspector is to be
‘made by the commissioner of agri
culture upon the recommendation
of this association. It will interest
the many friends of Dr. T. A. Cheat
ham in Dawson, his old home, to
know that he has been recommended
for the place.
The suspected drugs are to be sent
to the state chemist for examination.
One of the articles which will come
under the scrutiny of this inspector
will be cotton seed oil, which is grow
ing throughout the south as a condi
ment and as a medicinal oil. He will
see to it that cotton seed oil is kept
up to the high standard that the
state demands.
The increased usefulness of cotton
seed oil has caused the sale of it to
be greatly increassd the last few
years.
Does your back ache? Do you
have sharp pains in the side and the
small of the back? This is due, us
ually, to kidney trouble. Take De-
Witt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills.
They will promptly relieve weak
back, backache, rheumatic pains and
all Kidney and Bladder disorders.
Sold and recommended by Dawson
Drug Co.
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OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.
FREDERICK FRELINGHUYSEN, Pres.
TRANSACTIONS OF 1907.
INCOME DISBURSEMENTS
FrOmMlums i sei iy Fl 6 601 300 .18 Death C1aim5................$ 5,407,700.11
dnterest ahd Rentd: ..0.. . 4,998,167.43 Hndowmenta . i o 1,405,051.186
Profit and Loss (Balance)..... b,094.72 Andutties oo ol Lk 168,434.70
Surrendered Policies .......... 1,915,032.15
Dividenas .- oo 2,239,455.23
TAt A eet
Total Paid Policyholders. ....$11,135,673.35
: Taxes, Fees and Licenses...... 472,480.36
Insurance Expenses (excluding
LHER) e linscivnavervony -308 C 08¢ 10
Investment Expenses (excluding
TRXEBE .. Lo i 206,139.39
Premiums on Bonds Purchased. . 126,417.98
"Total 00BN, (.. b iiil .$21,667,692.28 Total Di5bur5ement5........514,26%,795.85
Excess of Income over Disbursements added to Policyholders’ Fund $7,360,806.43
ASSETS LIABILITIES
Cash on Hand in 8ank5......$ 1,243,330.33 Moserve Bußd ... .. i, .$103,381,643.60
Loans on C011atera1....,..... 1,183,650.00 Other Ligtilitles .o 0, 1,353,170.43
Bonds, Par Va1ue.,.......... 80,385,090.71 gt b
Real Estate M0rtgage5.........53,859,708.33 $104,734,214.03
el Hetate oy ol uvl 3,661,921.85 Dividends Payable in 1908 *. . 2,476,094.65
Loans on P01ic1e5.........;.. " " 15.786.95¢ 64 Unapportioned Surplus (Par
Interest due and accrued, *and Valltes) | o e S .$ b 5,376,185.20
other agsets .. .. 0. . 3,466,638.02 b o
$112,586,493.88
—_— Market Values Bonds under
Total Assets .............$11%3.600.002 .82 par - value "®o o lonso 680,695.22
* 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.
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R AVILLE, A
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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
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.
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,
E. L. Rainey, The Cable Piano Co., W. A. Davidson, Mrs. Susie
Dozier, J. T. Ragan, R. W. Jennings, J. 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.
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