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~ Convenient and Interesting Autumn Fashion Display. |
Almost daily new arrtvals appear direct from fashion centers only to increase the broad and very tempting Autumn display already
here. Never 1n the history of our business have we been so well equipped for supplying the people’s every wants. : : :
Dress Goods,
The most complete line o dress goods ever shown
i 1 awson. Superb weaves of character, unique in
style and ¢ loring. It consists of all the new colors in
Broadcloth, Serges, Cheviots, Mohairs, Sicilians, Tat
fetas, Panamas, Prunillas, Silk finish Henriettas, Fan
ey striped Worsted, French and Domestic suitings, and
an unequaled line of black goods.
Silks,
Complete assortment at lowest prices. Black and plain col
ored taffetas. Satin taffetas, Bengaline and Messaline; silks,
and all the new striped and persian effects for waists.
‘ MEN’'S NECKWEAR.
We are showing everything that is new and good in neck
wear here. The colorings are gorgeous, the patterns arefex
clusive, qualities fine.
DAVIS-DAVIDSON COMPANY.
NNEWCONVICT BILLBE PUT IN OPERATION?
.
e Doubt as to Effectiveness
of the New Measure.
I THE PROSPECTS ARE
Enough Counties Take Conviets
Work on the Roads? Putting
Overs to Work on the State
m. Can State Convicts Be
rked by the Cities?
@ve doubts are expressed by
Well informed persons as to
flectiveness of the new convict
If the large counties take as
a 8 the friends of the bill seem
0k will be taken there will be
tat difficulty in bringing the
S¥Stem to an absolute end as
| 8. There are serious doubts
B SUCh a resylt being obtained.
E e are, ang will be on March
i next, ahout 5,000 convicts to
| Posed of, They are about
E divideq between felonies and
= €anors i
. T the present law, by which
$ may havye their proratai
f felonjes only 615 of thati
'€ on the publis roads. The
er are Worked by lease. ‘
®unties working their own
Vill continue to do so, and
‘» ¥l join in. It is not ex-1
howey ', that more than 801
Will elect to work all their
Viets, These, as a rule, be—“
large Counties, will probably
U two-thirds of the whole |
Y means of pro rating. The}
MMmission will then be left
€ oOf the ey ‘aining one-third.
Misdemeanorg .are now in
;, }')]]”‘; felo in the scheme
il.lim”' : commission will
. Ve nearly 2 000 eonyiots
or after all the counties
*0 their pro rata share.
fans fq, disposing of this
pr‘"‘"”f"'_?. but wholly experi
| ;xo'nm» may take them,
| ' for I convicts or their
The “Overs,”
ot mf_””" Officials declare that
lhae-q le im*ins: of the bill.
alpith iar:.i }‘lynonletar.y lonßßan.
.:'e; Youlq ‘;:m J)er in the house
uch - 4 greater induce-
B I arrangement would
5 R know what
they were doing. Under the one pro
vided they must run-the risk of hav
ing to surrender the ‘“overs’ at any
time and to constantly suffer from a
burdensome system of exchange.
Then the cities may be allowed to
take convicts if any excess remains,
to be paid for at $lOO per annum.
Political Aspects.
The political equation is apt to
prevent. any extensive utilization of
this provision. The cities, which
alone of the municlpalities will care
to use any appreciable number of
state convicts, are not likely to rumn
counter to the labor vote by taking
them. The work that the convicts
would be called on to perform is
such as is done in large part by free
labor at fair wages. Such work
constitutes patronage which no city
official is likely to discontinue by
having it done by criminals.
Another alternative is to place a
large number of prisoners on the
state farm or other farms. There
are at present 203 employed in this
manner, and the farm is crowded.
The extension of the farming idea
will be dependent on the money
available for equipping the same.
This will have to come from the
near beer license tax. A state offi
cial offered to lay 2 wager a few
days ago that $lO,OOO would not be
realized under this law. The act is
being contested, and if gustained
many now liable to it will discon
tinue the business.
May Release 500.
A last alternative, not mentioned
in the bill, but which the governor
is placing much stock in, lies in the
Persons parole bill. It would be
possible under this measure to re
lease 400 or 500 convicts, and no
doubt many should be released.
However, it is understood that the
governor intends exercising the priv
lege conferred by the law to as great
an extent as can be done with safe
ty to the public in case an excess of
convicts otherwise demanding leas
ing or ‘‘contracting” is found to ex
ist next March.
The application of the law for such
a purpose might prove unpopular.
One odd feature of the new law
is that it carries no appropriation,
and the prison commission is left de
pendent on the $150,000 given for
the support of the present system.
Little of this fund will be on hand
’next March, no more, perhaps, than
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DAWSON, GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1908.
R e Lt oo i SR Sl 8 e Bl
We are exclusive agents for the celebrated Johnson @,
Murphey’s shoes for, men. There are none better.,
enough to pay the salaries of the
employes who will continue in or be
added to the service of the commis
sion.
Whether the bill licensing the sale
of near beer appropriates money de
rived therefrom to the use of the
commission is a question. Some are
of the opinion that to make such a
fund as may be collected from near
beer dealers available for the sup
port of the new penal system a direct
appropriation would have had to
have been made. If this view is cor
rect the funds derived will have to
§await the action of the next legis
lature.
" The incoming legislature will,
without doubt, be called on to enact
a new convict bill, as few believe the
present measure will serve with suc
cess for a longer period than three
months.
And the next legislature will not
only forbid leasing, but “contract
work" also.
DOES HARRIMAN SEEK §. A. L?
Reported That His Agents Are Mak
ing a Tour of Inspectiom. |
A Savannah dispatch says John F.
Wallace, traveling in a private car,
is touring the Seaboard Air Lineil
system, accomtpanied by Superintend-i
ent Harry Grimshaw. The two left]
that city Thursday morning to go
over the line from there to Mont
gomery.
Wallace, who was formerly chief
engineer of the Panama canal, is in
the employ of Edward H. Harriman,
it is said, and is making an inspec
tion of the Seaboard Air Line prepar
atory to a report to Mr. Harriman
upon its physical condition.
The Seaboard is now in the hands
of receivers, and it is said that Mr.
Harriman purposes securing control
of the property.
“Good Rum and Tobacco,”
Bill Said, Have Kept Him Alive
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—“Bill”’ Mac-
Cabee is celebrating his Dbirthday
with the aid of a few of his friends
today.
“Bill” is 105 years old.
At 105 Bill MacCabee is still in
the best of health and able to get
around in a lively manner. His eye
sight is good and his hearing per
fect.
“Good rum and tobacco,’”’ says
Bill, when asked the cause of his
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You would have ev'ery bit e "/"’3 \5O
as much confidence as we e i‘-moa
in “Queen Quality” Shoes S }
if you knew them as well : ::
as we. They are really | \
not $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 »
shoes. These prices are / ’4O“ ),
only possible because of /‘® //’/ /
the vast output of over (2
10,000 pairs per day. ‘/y
Get a pair and give'your feet style,
ease and comfort.
A NOTABLE CELEBRATION HAS
OCCURRED IN SALT LAKE CITY.
Eighty-Fifth Ammniversary of Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints. How It Was Founded.
SALT LAKE ClTY.—Yesterday
was a notable anniversary in the his
tory of the Church of Jesus Christ
lot‘ Latter Day Saints, or Mormons.
On September 22, eighty-five years
ago, Joseph, the youthful prophet
founded the sect.
According to Mormon history all
night between the 21st and 22nd of
September, 1823, the prophet com
'municated with a heavenly messen
‘ger who appeared to him three
times. It is one of the most remark
able visits of a being from the other
world on record. After a period of
prayer and supplication, previous to
retiring, the prophet became aware
of the cover of light by which the
angel was surrounded. And then he
saw the heavenly visitor himself.
His appearance is described, even to
his clothing, and his name is given.
Three times the angel appeared
that night, each time with a special
message in addition to that already
delivered. The first timme the mes
senger made known to the prophet
that sacred records were deposited
in a near-by mound. The message
was accompanied by quotations from‘
the Scriptures, proving that the new;
epoch in the history of the world
now about to be inmaugurated wasi
predicted by the ancient prophets.
The second time the visitor appeared
he told the prophet of great judg
ments that were to come upon thej
earth in form of famine, sword and
pestilence. The third time the mes
senger came and warned the prophet
living to such an age.
Bill was a powder monkey on old
Ironsides when she went to Cher
bourg to carry the peace commis
sioners who were to sign the peace
treaty ending the war of 1812. Bill
was born in Baltimore on September
22, 1803. :
Five years ago, when Bill reached
the age of 100, Paul Morton, then
secretary of war, was a guest at the
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Our Millinery Opening
Will Occur October 7th, Bth and gth
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
YOU are respectfully invited to' attend. No
parlors make more extensive preparations for showing
complete lines of Millinery,and none have a wider rep
utation for making their display the most wonderful
and elaborate exhibition of the season’s latest styles
and novelties.
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NEW HATS FOR MEN.
Come and select from a big line of standard and special au
tumn styles in America’s best hats—soft and stiff shapes.
Black and fashionable shades. Our reputation as Dawson’s
leading hat store is well maintained in the present showing.
T e
Clothing,
1t has never been our pleasuse to show you a more attractive
line of Clothing than we are ready to show you right now for
fall wear. They are Hackett Carhart & Co’s. clothes, and the
new colors, new weaves and fabrics are as rich and varied and
attractive as can be.
DAVIS DAVIDSON COMPANY
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that the sacred treasures abouwt to
}be entrusted to his care were not to
‘be used for the gratification of greed,
but for the glorification of God.
The visions occupied the entire
night, and in the morning the proph
et related his experiences to his
father, who felt impressed that the
visit was from God, and advised his;
son to do as the angel had directed
him. Accordingly he went to the!
Hill Cumograph and found the sa
cred treasures deposited as he had
seen in his vision. Here, too, Mo
roni appeared and instructed him re
garding the future work he was
called upon to do.
Thus was born the church, which,
after years of persecutiom, has se
cured temporal as well as spiritual
contrel of one state and is rapidly
extending its propaganda throughout
the world.
FIGHT DEVIL, NOT POWPDER PUF
Said Women to Pastor Who Preached
About Their Toilet Articles.
“I have my private opinion of any
woman who uses a powder puff,”
said the Rev. Mr. Moore of Taylor
town, Pa., in the course of a sermon
the other day. That little attack
upon the powder puff has got the
preacher into trouble. Practically
the entire feminine part of his con
gregation—which means the larger
and more influential part—took of
ferse and proceeded to netify Mr.
Moore that he would have to get
out and seek another job. Mr.
Moore was given to understand that
he was employed to fight the devil
and not women’s toilet articles, and
that when he imagined he had found
a devil in the powder puff he had
made the devil of a mistake.
POG AT $4O AN OUNCE.
Philadelphia Woman Pays Big Price
For a Pee Wee Canine.
Mdlle. Atom, smallest of Griffon
dogs, and which weighs twenty-five
ounces, has been sold for a price gen
erally understood among fanciers to
have been $4O an ounce. She is the
smallest “$l,OOO worth of dog ever
seen in this country, and so far as
is known nothing so tiny of that
breed has ever been seen in the
world. The record for littleness had
been held until her advent by a
Griffon weighing three pounds.
Mdlle. Atom was purchased by Mrs.
John T. Windrim, whose husband is
a prominent architect in Philadel
phia. The little creature was found
in a village near Brussels.
VOL. 27---NO. 1.
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THOMASVILLE'S SENSATION
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A BOLD EFFORT WAS MADE TO
ABDUCT MISS LINTON.
Person Appearing to Be Negro Wo
man Presented Note Supposed to
Have Been Signed by Her
Brother-in-Law.
THOMASVILLE, Ga.-—A carefully
laid plot was foiled here tonight
which involved ome of the most
prominent ladies in the city.
Last night a telegram was sent to
Miss Lucile Linton from Moultrie,
signed with the name of her brother
in-law, Gerald Green, of Athens, ad
vising that he would drive across
from Cootidge today, and that he
wanted to see her om important bus
iness.
Late this afternoom a negro wo
man, now believed to have been a
white mam in disguise, drove to her
house, where she lives alone, g.nd
gave her a note signed by Green,
stating that his team had run away,
and that he was at the home of Mr.
Ritchie, some three miles in the
country, and asking her to come out
with the bearer of the note. She
left with the supposed negro wo
man, but at the outskirts of the city
became suspicious and refused to go
any further. Her companion grabbed
her, but she drew a pistol and suc
ceeded in fighting the person off
and kept her from throwing a blank
et over her head or tying her with
straps of ducking, which had been
placed in the buggy for that purpose.
Her screams attracted Mr. D. J.
Brewton, at whose approach the dis
guised person leaped from the buggy
and disappeared in the woods. Shots
were heard from nearby, proving the
presence of confederates.
The motive is supposed to have
been to get Miss Linton out of the
way so that the house could be
searched for money and valuables.
Her father, J, L. Linton, who died
recently, was reputed to have been
in the habit of keeping a large
amount of money in the house, and
it was probably supposed that it was
still there.
A telegram from Athens tonight
advises that Mr. Gerald Green is in
that city and has not been away for
some time, !
The buggy used by the abductor is
the property of W. H. Mitcflell. and
was stolen from him this afternoon.
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