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(EPTFMBER 30, 1808
sOME SNAKE STORIES OF THE SEASON
ACTS ABOUT BIG SERPENTS.
FAH'\'m-RAISII\*G TALES COME
. FROM ALL SECTIONS.
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-(hs From Snake Bite Not Numer-
D(’zl'“‘ in This Cotuintry. Deadly
Hooded Cobrn Kills Many
People in India.
\stounding smike stories are com
s from Lake ‘George just now,
ing gh 0 fill @ page a day in this
wou,. .avs a writer in the New York
pap;- I;ut nobody seems to get bit
bre o die. ‘We have a population
.tefnabont $0.000,000 in the United
(S)tate< and the deaths from. the snake
pites do 10t average more than touf
3 year. nr. Hornady says ‘‘the num
be.r of tiniid people ‘who are fright
: ened DY harmless snakes each year
mll-“t e uh()ut 2,000:000-”
- Tpe wninent director of the zoo-
Jogical park tells us: “Fortunately
we have not in America any house
hauntilg serpents of great cunning
qnd unfailing deadliness, like the
nooded ‘cobra, or the cobra de ca
pello, of India. The .bite of this
gpecies is very deadly, and whether
wholly' guilty .or not it is debited in
jndia annually with the deaths of be
tween 18,000 and 22,000 persons. It
ig said, however, that many persons
gre murdered on the sly and@ their
deaths are charged up to the account
of 'the cobra de capello. ATI save
ope "of America’s species of poison
ous serpents are 8O éuliar‘l'yi
marked that it is possible « for any
imelligent person to know them 'a,‘l‘ll
nd recognize their dangerous char
gtier in a moment. Why should any
one remain in ignorance? I'ns Teality
~ fhere are only five types %o learn,
411 the rattlesnak®s and massaugas
Peing referable to one group by rea
son of the rattles and buttemn on the
dils.”
Big Rattlers.
The biggest rattler I ewer saw
measured 6 feet 2 inches, and had
18 rattles and a button. He was a
noble specimen of the diamond va
riety, being 33 inches thick in the
middle. Dr. Hornady says the skin
of the largest specimen known to him
is owned by Mrs. C. F. Laftbam -of
Oak Lodge, Fla. The wearer meas
ured, before skinned, 8 feét 5 inch
es, and its girth at the thiekest part
of the body was 15 inches. A beau
tiful nature editorial on smakes ap
peared in a New York morning paper
‘tast Monday. In it oceurred this:
“In these bodies of water mocca
sins swim, and, even as the ‘tired
fawn, rattlesnakes crawl 1o the
brink, cool their tempered fthroats
and lave their speckled bodies in the
waters of the mighty Mississippi.”
Who ever heard of a “speckled”
rattlesnake? Who ever heard ,of a
rattlesnake taking a bath?
Song of the Rattler.
On a railroad survey in the south
Wany years ago a rodman was a son
of 991_1. Sam Houston. We knew him
?*b_ tht‘lw Dick.” One hot day in the
heart of the Blue Ridge mountains it
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People’s Drug Store
To My Friends and Acquaintances:
[ wish to say that from now on I am with the
Dawson Drug Co. on Main street, and will appreci
4l¢ Your patronage. .
[ will have a repair shop far superior to any that
has ever been in this city, and I propose to handle a
first ¢lagg grade of jewelry and make you thoroughly
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Points, Very truly yours to please,
i JNO. P. ALLEN.
was necessary for him ‘to place his
rod in the midst of a hawbush. Hap
pening to be looking through the
transit 1 saw the”boy spring away
several times as if in fear. An &x
-man, sent to his aid, reported that
something was singing in the bush,
We all went forward and routed out
a rattler more than 5 feet long in
the act of springing at “Little Diok:"
We slayed hi¥m wmfter a hard battle
with poles and axes. You could
smell him a mile. The rattler when
aroused to the highest pitch of ex
citement emits a peculiar odor,
something between exploded gaso
line amd sulphuric acid. Many wo
men emit the same odor when in a
fury. Perhaps they got the scent
from Eve. The song of the rattler
is different from the song of Miriam.
'The slow vibration of a large set of
Tattles gives a sort of clicking sound,
but when the snake is thoroughly
aroused ‘the ‘spiteful whirr sounds
like meat frying—according to Hor
nady.
The rattles of a snake are com
posed of little pieces of crinkled horn
hooked to one another in a kind of
telescope developed in a year until
the smake reaches maturity.
The ‘coach-whip snake is so called
because of its resemblance to what
is known'to the trade as™ ‘‘snake
whip.” It grows to a length of 5
@r % feét. I have heard “‘oldest in
habitants’’ tell the most incredulous
staries of 'this variety.
‘Smdkes and Their Young.
' Some snakes lay eggs, some give
birth to their young. The smeli in-
Trabitant of an egg is provided with
a Single sharp tooth which is used
‘as a_pick and saw for cutting open
the shell when he is ready to be
“foomed.”” And as soon as he
emerges fromg the shell this tooth
falls out of his head, being of no
further use to his serpentine career.
Do sndkes swallow their young? 1
say, yes. Dr. Hornady says no. I
’killed -a very large female mocca
sin that was sunning herself on a
broad, flat, very hot rock in a slug
gish southern stream. When I first‘
'saw 'her she was surrounded by a
litter of young, about 15 in number,
and from 8 to 12 inches long. The
‘moment she awoke, as the batteau
struck the rock, all the young gis
appeared as if by magic. I mashed
her head before she could reach the
‘water; ‘then ripped her open and
found all the young in her stomach.
A smake cannot bat his eyes. He
has no eyelids. He can look you
straight in the face without blinking,
which is'more than the average man
ican do. His optics, however, are at
will cleaned of dust by a film which
rolls over them. The chicken has
much the <same kind of eye. Some
men are called ‘‘snake-eyed because
they can gaze, or stare, a long time
without elosing the'lid. Washington
has an eminent lawyer (a claim agent
before congress) who can bat his
eyes 300 times a minute when ex
cited. Tom Lawson says he never
looks a man'in the eye during a busi
ness transaction, because he would
be sure to give himself away:; but
as soon as the deal is made he can
look any one ©wut of countenance. In
other words, he avoids the furtive
glance until the job is done.
HOME FOR FORLORN CATS.
Women Have. Formed ‘The . Cat
Club” in Washington.
Washington is to have a home for
stray and disabled cats, says a dis
patch from that citf. Ai organiza
tien has been formed, of which Mrs.
H. L. West is president. The name
of the organization is the Cat Club.
The purpose of the club is to fur
‘nish a home for the keeping of cats
whick have no one to eare for them.
A numtber of ladies prominent in
the social circles of the capital city
are* members of the e¢lub, among
them Mme. de Bius of the Persian
legation; Miss Mary Pett, Miss Susan
Robinson, Miss k. Anderson and Miss
Louise Robinson.
A committee has been appointed
to select a site for the erection of
the home, and it is rumored that an
option has been taken on a lot at
Chevy Chase, #ne of Washington's
most fashionable suburbs, which will
cost $2,500. A meeting will shortly
be called at the New Willard Hotel
to discuss these matters.
Justice Harlan iz the owner of
perhaps one of the most valuable
cats in this country, known as the
“sacred cat,”” which was secured in
Burmah, and is said to be worth
$l,OOO.
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DeWitt's Little Early Risers are
small pills, easy to take, gentle and
sure. Sold by Dawson Drug Co.
HATES WORD GOVERNOR”
Little Joe Says the Executive Has No
Right to Attempt to Control the
Manhood of Georgia.
The reception accorded Governor
elect Joseph M. Brown on his visit to
Macon was cordial and enthusiastic
in the extreme. Thousards were at
the Grand theatre to hear him speak,
and standing room even was at a
premium. In the course of his re
‘marks, discussing the governor's
office and its duties, he said that he
ialmost hated that word ‘‘governor.”
“I govern you—the vitizens of Geor
gia, you who are my peers in all the
elements of manhood and citizen
ship. You, who can make and un
make governors. The governor is
really the servant of the people to
do your will. It was the governor's
duty to see that the legislative will
of the people, as expressed by their
representatives, be’' put in force.”
The speaker referred to the several
co-ordinate powers of government
and said he did not construe it that
the governor had rights or powers
outside of the constitution to force
legislation. “I do not believe that
if your representatives differ from
me that T have'the right to come into
Bibb county and tell you what they
ought to @o. Your representatives
are elected to represent you, not to
represent Governor Brown.
“When 1 go into office I am going
to be a tool: Tam going to be the
tool of the sovereign people of Geor
gia. You ‘are going to be the hand
and I am ‘going to be the hammer.
But that hammer is not going to be
raised to smash values or to crush
the hearts of ‘the people. It is going
to be used to build up, not to de
stroy.”
J. K. Jester, Groceries. 'Phone 87.
HIDDEN DANGERS.
Nature Gives Timely Warnings That
No Dawson Citizen Can
Afford to Ignore.
DANGER SIGNAL NO. 1 comes
from the kidney secretions. They
will warn you when the kidneys are
slck. Well kidneys excrete a clear,
amber fluid. Sick kidneys send out
a thin, pale and foamy, or a thick,
red, ill-smelling urine, full of sedi
ment and irregular of passage.
DANGER SIGNAL NO. 2 comes
from the 'back. Back pains, dull
and heavy, or sharp ahd acute, tell
you of sick kidneys and warn you
of -the -approach of dropsy, diabetes
and’Bright's disease. Dwan’s Kidney
Pills cure sick kidneys and cure
them permanently.
J. F. Wright, Preston, Ga., says:
“For some time I was in bad shape
as the result of kidney trouble. The
kidney secretions were unnatural in
appearance and bothered me greatly
during the night by their frequent
action. My wife finally insisted that
I give Doan’s Kidney Pills a trial
and I did se, procuring a box at the
People’'s Drug Store. I can safely
say that they benefited me more than
anything I ever tried, and I can rec
ommend them highly to anyzne both
ered as I was.”
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffaio,
New York, sole agents for the United
States. ;
Remember the mame—Doan’s—
and take no other.
THE. COLD WATER PEOPLE.
They Announce Their Electoral Tick
; et for Georgia.
The national prohibition party has
finally decided to make a contest in
Georgia this year, and a full elec
toral ticket has been filed with the
secretary of state by Banker W. S.
Witham, chairman of the state pro
hibition committee. The notice is
countersigned by J. A. Gordon, sec
retary. Only one of the electors is
not a resident of the .district for
which he is running. This is Her
bert Murphey of Waynesboro, who
is standing for elector from the
Eleventh district. The prohibition
electoral ticket for Georgia is as fol
lows:
At Large—W. S. Witham, Atlanta,
and L. N. Stanfield, Hahira.
First District—Joseph N. Gray,
Swainsboro.
Second District—Dr. L.. B. Bou
chelle, Thomasville.
Third Distriet—Judson Cheeves,
Montezuma.
Fourth District—Leonard Smith,
LaGrange.
~ Fifth District—Dr. J. L. D. Hill
ver, Decatur.
Sixth District—W. W. Milam,
Stockbridge.
Seventh District—G. W. Fleet
wood, Rome.
Eighth District—O. L. Teasley,
B6wman.
Tenth District=—W. J. Wren,
Wrens. :
Eleven_th Distric?b!{erbert Mur
phey, Waynesboro.
Foley’s Orino Laxative is a new
remedy, an improvement on the lax
atives of former years, as it does
nor gripe or nauseate and is pleasant
to take. It is mflm Dawson
Drug Co. and People’s Drug Store.
THE DAWSON NEWS.
& ‘\—- - \ v ek s ‘ L";.\
'he Famous Roman Writer Virgil
is credited with the saying “Experto Sredite,” which being interpreted, means, “Believe Him
Who Has Tried.” Good sound advice that; for who can judge’ better than he who has had ex
perience? lls not, therefoge, the testimony of those who know by experience that The Mutual
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policyholders are enthusiastic %in their praise of the company and the treatment accorded to them
by it. The following letters, two from the State of Washingten, one from the middle West, and
the others from the East, substantiate every claim the company has ever made, and speak for
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LIBERAL POLICY CONTRACT. :
Edwin E. Elston, Pres. - Howard W. Rowland, Sec.
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Mr. Harry M. Grinnell, General Agent, ’
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- LARGE ANNUAL DIVIDENDS,
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H. W. Allen, Gen. Agt., \
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R. LoaaaYili g, AGENT, DAWSON, GA
HEARST CREATES SENSATION |
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By His Appearsnce at a Cincinnati|
Hotel, Where the Republicans
Have Taft Headquarters.
One of the» results which the
Foraker disclosures are going to
have on the national campaign is to
increase the difllculty of raising mon
ey for the impoverished republiean
coffers. It is said on good authority
that the effect is already being felt,
says a Cincinnati special to the New
York Sun. Men who were thinking
of “putting up” under the impres
sion that the’ pulglic storm against
corporations had about blown over
have been frightened at this new
gemonstration and are pushing their
wallets further down jnto their pock
ets. .
But the general effect of the dis
closures as viewed by prominent re
nublicans is that they are going to
arouse the republicans of the coun
try from the long sleep which they
have been enjoying since the Taft
nomination. In that respect repub
lican leaders declare that the Hearst
disclosures are going to do thejr
cause more good than harm. #
And speaking of Hearst, he was
in Cincinnati yesterday, right in the
Hotel Sinton, the home of the re-’
publican leaders. He sauntered into
the hotel lobby about 1 o’clock in
thes. afternoon. Senator Murray
Crane was buried in a big leatheri
arm-chair on one side of the lobby
and Senator Dick was in an equally
comfortable place on the other side.
All around were Foraker and Taft
supporters talking only of the Stand
ard Oil disclosures.
“There is Hearst,”” said a newspa
per man out loud, and the effect was
Istar‘tling.
Senator Crane wheeled around in |
his easy chair and peered over his
back. Senator Dick was so aston
ished that his newspaper dropped
from his hands. All the Foraker
supporters began to feel themselves
to see if they had been hit, and the
hotel bellboys began speculating on
the identity of ‘““the tall feller wid de
soft hat.”
The republicans continued to eye
the big Independence League man
over their mewspapers for ten or fif
teen minutes. Then Mr. Hearst dis
appeared to his room. He was on
his way, he said, from Memphis to
New York to attend the state con
vention of the Independence League, |
and he had an hour in Cincinnati be
fore he could get the Lake Shore
Limited. {
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Foley’s Honey and Tar affords im
mediate relief to asthma sufferers in
the worst stages, and if taken in
time will effect a cure. Dawson
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Quick Relief for Asthma Sufferers.
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J. K, Jester, Groceries, ‘,’PhoAne 87.1
NOTICE TO THE'PUBLIE. ¢
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
pateh all orders without delay. Thanking our patrons
for their past favors and soliciting their further patron
age, we are Very truly,
THE VARIETY WORKS CO.
awson, Georgia.
\
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 moßt 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, 8. R. Christle, 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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I CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY
Schedule Effective October 20, 1907.
Arrive from Mac0n.............. 6:50 A, M. 3:20 P. M
Arrive from M0ntg0mery..........12:38 P. M. 9:81 P. M.
Depart for Mac0n................12:38 P. M. 9:31 P. M.
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