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<EPTEMBER 9, 1908.
CITY COUNCIL HOLDS A BUSY SESSION
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put Bicycles Off the Sidewalks
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After Sixty Days. i
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MUSTN'T BUY GOTTON IN SEED
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Committee Appointed to Get Up
an Ordinance Regulating Public“
Hacks. Wwill Buy Anether Hosel
wagon and a Thousand Feet More
of Hose for the Fire Department.
The Water Commission’s Report.
The city council had a busy ses
<ion at their regular monthly meet
;u" Tuesday night, and a number of
'm,;m,rg of interest were up for con
sidt‘r‘l[iou'
The one in which, perhaps, the
most general interest centered was
the ordinance prohibiting the riding
of bicycles onl the sidewalks of Daw
con. When the ordinance caime up
for consideration a petition contain
o about 9225 names protesting
oqinst its passage Wwas presented,
and several citizens were present and
made talks for and against it.
Alderman Lowrey moved that the
ordinance be passed and made ef
tective thirty days hence, and a sub
ctitute was offered by Alderman Me-
Nulty that the ordinance be adopted
and become effective whenever the
¢ity provides bicycle paths along the
streets. The substitute was lost by
a vote of two to four, Alderman Mec-
Nulty and Hamilton being recorded
tor it and Aldermen Lowrey, Shields,
McLain and Hollingsworth against it.
An amendment to his original mo
iion. making the ordinance effective
sixty days after its passage, was
sffered by Alderman Lowrey and
adopted, and the ordinance was then
passed by a vote of four to two, Al
dermen McLain, Lowrey, Shields and
Hollingsworth voting for it and Al
dermen Hamilton and McNulty
against it
It is understood that the council’s
reason for not putting the ordinance
into effect until after sixty days is
to eive time in which to provide
paths in the streets for the wheel
men bhefore prohibiting the use of
To Stop the Buying of Seed Cotton.
An ordinance was introduced, read
and passed as an emergency ordi
nance which is intended to prohibit
the buving of cotton in the seed in
Dawson.
The ordinance, which is printed in
full elsewhere in The News, puts a
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E\\ hy, yes 1 knew you
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ty with me when you
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found that 1 was still
ready to handle it for
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' MANY THANKS TO YOU
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: Now, Mr. buyer, here is a
: partial list of investments ]
{ have which will help you puf
{ some of that money that has
l been lying up rusting, or only
{ drawing you 4 per cent. inter:
: esty to work and make you foun
y or five times that much; so look
: it over and it you see what you
( Want come to see me. If you
{ il 0 see what you want come
: anyway, and if I haven't it |
{ Will try to get it for you.
! One 8-room residence on Col
= lege street, large lot, fine loca
tion,
: One S-room residence on
: (lhn;wh street, something nice.
¢ LOOK at it.
: ‘Hm' six-room residence on
¢ ourth avenue, good and cheap.
{ One 6G-room residence on
= lll;urlh avenue, and very large
¢ ot
= (v‘,f{}"l b-room residence on
{ 'awlord street, extra large
¢ lot, and very cheap.
: _OneGaroom residence on
¢ ‘rawlord street, extra large
{ lot and very cheap.
: One nice vacant lot on John
¢ I streety, must be sold.
( Une 16-room hotel, in a nice
: ]":“' town; pays good interest.
L. e farm of 150 acres of
: x;»:'((lh'\”l;\ cheap, and must be
: ¥ l_il,:‘lw:-:(\ly days; three miles
: “”“l"_‘j"‘.‘:n'{rl of 107 acres, three
{ * 0 Graves.
¢ Yne farm of 12114 acres,
: l“‘}""fi-ij‘v" of Sasser,
: . e Tarm of 151 acres, three
¢ ‘(. tthwest of Parrott.
R . “larm of 80 acres, four
: “ u:!::-;\\llnf Parrott.
{ l““: »‘“‘wnn of 20215 acres,
: “ i v»lilh of Parrott.
E !unfln.l of 10114 acres,
=“““!-u mile south of Bron
i :m:;“::,,,E.;_:g',.f‘l‘.”f _4OO acres two
it sioe -r](!_l mll("s ‘of Herod
. i niles of Sasser.
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I RE;j, ESTATE AGENTS
license of $5OO on anyone who buys
seed cotton within the city limits be
tween May Ist. and December Ist.
of each year. Any one taking a
license for this purpose shall regis
ter his name with the city clerk and
state the location of his place of bus
iness.
It is said that a good deal of stolen
cotton is brought to Dawson in small
quantities during a season and sold,
and the ordinance is intended to pre
vent this.
According to report some parties
bought several bales of cotton each
in this way last season.
More Hose and a New Wagon.
Quite a sum will be spent in im
proving the equipment of the fire de
partment. Chairman Hollingsworth
of the fire committee was authorized
to buy another thousandg Treet of hose,
and Aldermen McNulty, Hollings
worth, Shields and Lowrey were ap
pointed a committee to buy a new
hose wagon.
It is stated that the present wagon
is in bad condition, and besides that
the department needs another wagon
on which to have hose already
coupled for use in cases of emer
gency.
The hose wil cost upward of SSOO,!
and the wagon $5OO. i
To Regulate the Hacks. |
The public hacks of the city came
in for a share of consideration, and
the council proposes to regulate the
charges of the owners and penalize
them for failure to keep their en
gagements.
Aldermen Shields, McLain and
Hollingsworth were appointed a com
mittee by Mayor Hill to get up an
ordinance that will make the hack
men toe the mark and deliver their
passengers at their destinations on
schedule time for a certain price.
The Water Commission’s Report.
The water and light commission
made their report for the quarter
ending June 30th.
Their receipts for service during
the three months were $2,395.16,
and disbursements $3,640.28, show
ing a deficit of $1,200, to cover
which the council drew a warrant on
the city treasury in favor of the
commission.
Other Matters.
Mr. E. B. Freeman appeared be
fore the council and asked permis
sion to build a wooden annex to his
dwelling, which is in the fire limits.
Action was deferred until the next
meeting.
The counecil didn’t tackle the near
beer question, but adjourned to meet
again on Monday night for consider
ing the proposed ordinances to re
voke the licenses now in existence
and preventing the sale of the foamy
‘beverage altogethcr.
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.iWHATS BECOME OF THEM?
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}Lee County Tax Books Show That
i 798 Negroes Have Disappeared
| From There Since Last Year.
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’ Quite a curious condition is devel
oped by this year’s tax digest of Lee
lcounty, says a Leesburg special to
'the Albany Herald. The tax books
'show fewer by 798 colored poll tax
§payers than there were for last year,
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and the question is being discussed—
Iwhero are they? Nobody has been
'conscious of an exodus of negro la
ihm', and in fact as many if not more
have moved in than have gone out
'since the numerous bars have closed
lup in the cities, demanding fewer
ihangors—on. No one knows the rea
'son of the condition of affairs.
' Another condition that has caused
comment is the fact that a consider
'able number of our best white citi
zens, through some mistake, were
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‘left off the tax books as voters or
otherwise, and in making up the new
jury list for the county the jury com
missioners were compelled to go by
the tax books, as a result leaving
tmany citizens off as qualified jury
men. Some desire to be eiigible, and
of course some do not, and the ques
‘tion has been asked if this would
affect the legality of the jury lists as
‘made up. It is not known whether
any objections would be made or
whether they would be good if made,
but some talk has been going on
around the corners about it.
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HUNTING SEASON HAS OPENED.
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Doves and Deer Can Now Be Slain |
by Sportsmen.
With the coming of September
many of the sportsmen have com
menced operations ol the game
which the law allows to be killed.
Tuesday last opened the seasol for
the hunting of deer, marsh hens,
snipe, woodcock and summer ducks.
The deer privilege extends to Jgn—
uary first, the marsh hen and snipe
open season to March 15th, and ‘the
woodcock and summer duck to I‘cb-'
ruary first. Doves are in season from
July 15th. to March 15th., this l”‘l‘Vl'l
lege having been the only one whxclp
went through the last sessioll of the
legislature. The former opening date
was September Ist. W ild turk(tl.\-
pheasant, partridge and (1\11”1‘ can ’g
shot between November 18t an
March 15th., inclusive. |
Millions of botties of Foley's Hon
ey and Tar have been sold without
any person ever having experienced
any other than beneficial results from
its use for coughs, colds and lung
trouble. This is because the genu
ine Foley's Honey and Tar in the
vellow package contains no opiates
or other hariaful drugs. Guard your
health by refusing any but the gen
uine. Dawson Drug Co. and Peo
ple’'s Drug Store.
FORTY MILLION FEET SAWED IN
UNITED STATES LAST YEAR.
Figures Compiled by the Bureau of
Forest Service Disciose Some
Interesting Facts.
Figures of the lumber cut in 1907
compiled by the bureau of the census
and forest service shows the largest
total ever reported in the United
States, exceeding by over seven per
cent. the cut reported for 1906, until
then the record year. This does not
necessarily show a larger actual cut
than in 1906, for the returns last
year were more complete than ever
before. The figures themselves dis
close some interesting facts.
In 1907 28,850 mills made re
turns, and their production was over
forty billion feet of lumber. This is
' believed to include 96 per cent. of
'the actual cut. In 1906 22,398 mills
\reported about thirty-seven and one
half Dbillion feet. According to
these figures nearly 29 per cent. more
mills reported last year than the year
before, while the increase in pro
duction was only a little over seven
per cent., it might be thought that
the amount actually manufactured
must have been greater in the earlier
yvear. This, however, would be a too
hasty inference, for it is almost
wholly among mills of small indi
vidual output that the gain in the
Inumber of establishments reporting
has been made.
Before the year closed the general
business depression was severely felt
in the lumber industry. It was not,
however, the most important cause
of a falling off in the production of
the year where a falling off occurred.
For decline in production took place
only in certain regions. The south
is the region of greatest activity in
Ilumber production, and yellow pine,
the most important wood, forming
33 per cent. of the entire cut of the
country. The cut of yellow pine re
ported shows an increase of 13 per
cent. over that of 1906.
In the early part of the year many
of the southern mills cut so heavily
that in spite of the curtailed output
which followed the business disturb
ance later the total was greater than
ever before. But in both the lake
states and the northwest a smaller
cut was reported than for 1906,
though the number of mills reporting
increased.
It is a striking fact that though
lumber prices have been steadily go
ing up during the last half century
the per capita consumption of lum
ber has also been going up. In 1850,
according to the best figures obtain
‘able, the average consumption to
each person in the country was 250
’feet, in 1900, 460 feet, and in 1907,
480 feet. This illustrates what has
been found true the world over—
that with industrial progress the de
mand for wood becomes greater and
greater.
WEED GROWERS GET JOLT.
Were Promised Forty Cents, and
Get Eight.
Tobacco growers, like cotton grow
ers, have their troubles, and just
now, from reports emanating from
the tobacco regions in south Georgia,
these troubles are multiplying. An
Americus man who spent several
days there recently tells the Times-
Recorder that the tobacco growers
are greatly exercised in the unexpect
ed horizontal decline in the price of
their product, and it would not be
surprising if real trouble results.
According to the statement made by
the Americus man the tobacco grow
ers were promised at planting time
the price of forty cents per pound
for their tobacco. Now, however,
that the time for delivery of the
goods is at hand they are told that
cight cents instead of forty cents is
all that can be paid. The tobacco
cannot be held, as in the case of cot
ton, and the farmers must act quick
ly if their rights are to be protected.
It is said that in one instance, re
cently, this was done at the point of
a gun, the tobacco farmer thus de
manding the forty cents price prom
ised instead of the eight cents of
fered. And as he got it the suppo
sition is that the other growers will
stand pat for their claims as well.
“IN A BAD WAY.
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Many a Dawson Reader Will
Feel Grateful For This
Information,
When your back gives out:
Becomes lame, weak or aching:
When urinary troubles set in,
Your kidneys are in a ‘“bad way.”
’ Doan’s Kidney Pills will cure you.
‘ Here’s evidence to prove it:
Mrs. Sallie Cobb, living on corner
of Mayo and Lamar streets, Ameri
cus, Ga., says: ‘I have only words
of praise in favor of Doan’s Kidney
Pills, and sometimes think I would
not be alive if I haa not"learned of
this remedy. Doan’s Kidney Pills
cured me of what seemed to be an
incurable case of kidney trouble. I
suffered for ten years from the mal
ady. I had hemorrhage of the kid
neys, the secretions being irregular
and unnatural in appearance. I was
weak, and had finally given up hope
of ever getting better. 1 then heard
about Doan’s Kidney Pills, procured
a box and they helped me so much
that I have used six boxes, and for
two years have been perfectly well.
I can never be thankful enough for
the benefit I received from the use
of Doan’s Kidney Pills. "
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States. ‘
Remember the name-Doan's——‘
and take no other. ]
THE DAWSON NEWS.
French Author Finds It Different
From That in France. Work Girl
and Her Beau Interest Him.
Hughes Le Roux’s book, “Love in
the United States,” is enjoying a suc
cess in Paris which indicates how
keenly anything relating to America
is appreciated by the French. The
author is a very experienced travel
er, who has made a special study of
racial types, but as he has the art
of writing in a light, readable style
it sometimes happens that the depth
of his observations is lost to the or
dinary reader.
“‘Love in the United States’ touch
es on a wariety of subjects, some
times with a shaxp point of criticism,
but in that witty style of which the
French have the secret.
His first impression was admira
tion for the fine physique of the
American whom he saw. The French
cuirassiers would look like sap
lings beside the splendid American
policemen. At the university he felt
a veritable oppression in contrasting
the magnificent athletes whom he
saw with the French students with
their small stature and fatigued
look. According to Le Roux, how
ever, 80 per cent. of these young
American athletes have hypertroph
ied hearts. After that, he says, he
had more pleasure in thinking of the
little French foot soldiers, who at
lecast were sound in wind and limb.
The work girl and her beau inter
ested him very much. He quotes
a rhyme:
She is not so very pretty,
Nor yet of high degree;
But there is only one girl
In the world for me.
That declaration classes the lover,
He is the adorer chained in his ador
ation. The young work girl of
America has found a word which
exactly paints the young man and his
sentiment. She calls him her
‘“steady.” Certainly such a soubri
quet does not contain any irony, for,
after all, what a woman appreciates
most in such a sentiment is security.
And vet such is feminine nature, at
least in America, that the interrupt
ed continuity of devotion of her
“steady’’ does not satisfy her. The
| “‘steady’’ has a rival. Certainly! It
sometimes happens that he has sev
eral.
[ Just as the work girl has her
“‘steady” the college girl has her
}"host young man.”” M. Le Roux be
lieves that in general the American
zirl is over-educated for the position
which she occupies at home. Her
atheltic exercises at her college have
wrinkled and tanned her face. The
muscles of her _meck are too much
in relief. Her fine tresses are in
disorder, her hands are not well
kept, her foot wears a man’s boot.
She has been courted for the last
two years by a young man in a
bank. But she cannot make up her
mind to marry him. Distressed by
his ignorance of things which she
has learned at college she gives him
lessons -at night after his day’s work
is finished, yet she hesitates.
Regulates the bowels, promotes
easy natural movements, cures con
stipation—Doan’s Regulets. Ask
vour druggist for them. 25 cents a
box.
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B. B. Perry & Ca.
Cotton Warehousemen
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TO THE PLANTERS OF TEREBEIL
AND ADJOINING COUNTIES .
wITH thanks for your past patronage we again tender
you our services in handling your cotton crop during
the coming season. We feel assured tnat by long experience
in the cotton business and being in close touch by wire with
home and foreign markets we can procure for you the highest
market price on the day of sale. Our best efforts will be given
to your interest. An ample supply of bagging and ties always
on hand at the lowest market price. Mr. J. W. Gurr will be
with us again this season, and will be pleased to serve all
of his friends.
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B B PEIKIRY & (U
DAWSON, : : : : GEORGIA
| NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
| We beg to advise the public that we are still in “posi
tion to furnish Sash, Doors, Blinds, Brick, Lime, Cement
and all other building material as we were before the
fire. We have made arrangements whereby we can dis
\ patch all orders without delay. Thanking our patrons
’ for their past favors and soliciting their further patron
; age, we are Very truly,
f , : THE VARIETY WORKS CO.
| Dawson, Georgia.
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PIANO AND ORGAN TUNER ANMD 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.
J. G. Parks. “TIME TRIED. FIRE TESTED. R. E. Bell.
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most liberal bonding companies in the United States. See us or
write when in need of any kind of insurance.
Parks & Bell
Officcs in Dean Building, Opposite Court House, Dawson, Ga.
Now is the time to have your Fall Stationery—Bill
Heads, Note Heads, Envelopes, etc.—printed. Bring in
your work and get it “right now.” We have a new and
complete of stationery and inks, and more coming.
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