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We have the best, because we go only to the source that supplies the best. Our departments are neither a guess nor a hazard; they are a growth—coming through a period of years, a little stronger each season. They are not grown, and will never be; to stop growing is to stop living. Our New Goods for this Fall are now on Display. You will like the new fall styles. Manufacturers, to urge early buying, gave us low prices. We always give our customers the advantage of any price concessions we get. Now’s the time to buy your materials for making fall clothes, also school clothes for the children. We have the rough-and-tumble kind of things for the children, also all of the dainty little things mothers love for their children. En to wear. We always welcome children in our store. We desire to lay particular stress upon calling your attention to our Ladies' Ready-to-wear Department. This Department has just under way, one a change, complete and generously equipped. Our display for this season will be far the largest and most varied ever shown in this section. We extend all a cordial invitation to all to call on us and inspect our new Goods. Announcement of Millinery Opening Next Week Two Stores: 120-122 Main Street Phone 73 GUINEA PIGS BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS MAKING THE SPARK OF LIFE IN HUMAN BEINGS SCIENTISTS BELIEVE POSSIBLE. NEW YORK.—The production of guinea pigs by artificial means, announced in a dispatch from Philadelphia, has been accomplished in the University of Pennsylvania, says the New York Press. Though the eggs of fishes have been developed by artificial means through the discovery of a saline solution by Prof. Loeb of Chicago life in mammals, never was created artificially until the biologists in the University of Pennsylvania began a series of experiments that is reported to have been amazingly successful. There is in the biological laboratory of the university guinea pig that was produced by artificial means and which is regarded by the scientists as an apparently perfect specimen. Two other pigs, similarly produced, died in a short time. A Step in Biology. The successful experiment, scientists in this city admit, is a great step forward in the science of biology and perhaps paves the way for the artificial production of human beings. Scientists in the Rockefeller Institute for Research refused to discuss the discovery. Other scientists in the city who have devoted their lives to biological chemistry said that if the discovery has been made—and they admitted that it would be only a local development of the work done by Prof. Loeb—then the artificial creation of the spark of life in human beings is possible. The scientists who carried on the experiments by which the guinea pigs were produced include Dr. Edward Lodholz and Dr. Ralph W. Lillie, both of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Lodholz is in Europe carrying on further work with the hope of pushing his experiments to a great accomplishment. Though the work thus accomplished is admitted to be still in the experimental stage, the scientists, it is said, have proved one thing, namely, the possibility of creating life in an animal. Men Who Succeeded. Philadelphia scientists admit they owe much to Prof. Loeb, to Dr. Frank, the famous scientist of Europe and to other biologists in Vienna and Paris. They also admit that they are indebted greatly to Dr. Francis Carrel of the Rockefeller Institute. That physician, as was an expert several months ago, proved that a large amount of keeping alive and growing animal tissue, such as lung and similar organs, was used in the treatment of lung and similar organs. One of the values of that experiment way to the end was to show the development of a weak human body by the use of a solution. The Dawson News, the greatest help from the Dawson News, is the greatest help from the Dawson News. Prof. Loeb, whose work in artificial apoplexy, as the branch of biology is termed, gave the first important discovery to the world. Prof. Loeb took the eggs of sea urchins and by applying to them a saline solution caused the eggs to develop, with the result that the fish were hatched. Those fish, however, did not grow so heartily as did fish in the natural way, but the discovery made by Prof. Loeb in his experiments in Woods Hole, Mass., gave a great stimulus to scientific research in biology. The Life Prescription. Following the discovery of the new solution by Dr. Carrel of Philadelphia scientists have been experimenting with one of a similar nature. That solution, it was found, would cause human tissues to grow. When that fact was established, the scientists were ready to proceed a step further and see if life could not be artificially created in animals. Guinea pigs were selected first. Several female guinea pigs were isolated for several weeks. Each was kept in a separate cage and was fed carefully. A lock was put on each cage and a seal attached to it to prevent the possibility of anyone except the scientists themselves from opening the cage. At a time that was believed to be favorable, the saline solution was injected. The theory is that the solution causes reproduction. The animals at first seemed to give promise that the experiment would prove successful, but they soon grew ill and died. Examinations indicated that the solution had been successful, but evidently had caused the death of the guinea pigs. The experiments were repeated many times. The aim was to ascertain just how much of the solution was necessary to create life, yet would not kill the animal. Finally, the solution was injected into three pigs, and success was assured. Three guinea pigs were born of three mothers. They seemed to be perfect specimens, though they were smaller than guinea pigs born in the natural way. "If the pigs were actually born by artificial means of production," said a biologist, "it shows what many scientists have already believed. It is the first time that artificial reproduction has been accomplished in animals." CAPT. JNO. B. FELDER DEAD. Was Mayor of Americus for Twenty Years, Entered Army at 16. Capt. John B. Feller died in Americus Sunday, the end resulting from a stroke of paralysis. Captain Feller was among the prominent residents of Southern Georgia and generally esteemed. He was a native of Americus and served that city twenty years as mayor. He entered the Confederate army when sixteen years old and rose to the rank of captain of his company. DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 3, 1912. TROPICAL THUNDERSTORMS. In Java There Is One Daily for Five Months in the Year. Thunderstorms never occur in the Arctic regions. Nearer the equator, the more severe are the electric manifestations. In certain parts of Central Africa, the average run of thunderstorms is 250 days a year, yet there are some very curious exceptions. In Sumatra and Java, both very hot climates, there are only 92 storms yearly, and in Borneo only about 50. The gold coast of Africa has only about 60 a year, which is less than one in Florida, though the latter country is outside the tropics. In Java there is a thunderstorm every day for five months. Perhaps the most astonishing fact in regard to thunderstorms is that the island of Mauritius, which is only 550 miles east of Madagascar, has on an average of only one thunderstorm in 80 years. Yet in Madagascar the lightning is more destructive than anywhere else in the world, the annual number of deaths being more than 300. MR. ELDRIDGE DROPPED DEAD Prominent Americus Citizen Expired Suddenly While Watching a Burning House. AMERICUS.—G. Morgan Eldridge, vice president of the Bank of Southwestern Georgia and one of the most prominent and wealthy citizens of Americus and Southern Georgia, dropped dead tonight in the hallway of the Clegg residence, next to his own, from which he had viewed the burning of the Allen Fort residence next door. The destruction of the Fort residence attracted a great throng in the streets nearby and for a time it appeared as though the flames might spread to neighboring dwellings. Mr. Eldridge was 47 years old, and the oldest son of the late Dr. Ervin J. Eldridge. FARMERS PLOW BY MOONLIGHT TO SAVE STOCK FROM A FLY DALLAS, Texas.—Farmers in Denton county are plowing by moonlight in order to avoid the attacks of a fly that has caused the death of live stock in Northern Texas. Denton reports that the situation in that section is improving. In Grayson county, dairymen are the heaviest losers, the attacks of the pest having largely decreased the supply of milk, which has further affected the butter market. Horses are covered with blankets and cast-off clothing to protest. COMMITTEE WILL MEET TODAY The first meeting of the new democratic executive committee will be held in Atlanta in the senate chamber tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 12 o’clock noon, for the purpose of taking up the Blue Ridge circuit judgeship contest and the dispute over the Bulloch county representative. The meeting was called by Chairman Harris following the state convention in Macon, and it is anticipated that there will be a pretty full attendance. There was a lively interest manifested in the convention over the judgeship contest from the Blue Ridge circuit, growing out of the charges of fraud made by H. L. Patterson of Forsyth, who is contesting the nomination of Judge N. A. Morris of Cobb. This matter was brought before the convention in the shape of a contest filed by Mr. Patterson, but the convention decided to refer it to the state committee. If the convention itself had taken hold of the matter it would have been in session possibly several days. Many sensational charges of fraud are made, especially as to the election in Gilmer county. Cobb county, the home of Judge Morris, gave a majority of 500 against him, 300 of which were at the Marietta precinct. In Bulloch county A. M. Turner won for representative over J. R. Miller by a majority of one vote. Mr. Miller asked for a recount, but the county committee decided not to allow it because the notice was not given within the allotted time. The notice could not have been given because the count had not been completed. The county committee is perfectly willing to have the recount made, but wanted a higher authority for it. The state committee will also pass on this question. E. L. Rainey will attend the meeting as a member of the committee from the Third district. There are fifty deaths of stock in the county, and no abatement of the pest is reported in that section, and it is feared live stock interests will suffer heavily. At Sherman, fifty deaths of stock have been reported. Cows refuse to eat and a milk shortage is threatened. Horses and cattle are being driven blind. In the city, the horses' legs are clothed in overalls and the flies are attacking the people. The pest is the worst ever known in this section. BIG LIFE INSURANCE FIGURES, Over $400,000,000 Paid Out Last Year in United States and Canada. Life insurance companies in the United States and Canada distributed $592,540,000 during the year ended December 31, 1911, according to figures just compiled by the Insurance Press. Of this enormous sum $401,140,000 was paid to the beneficiaries for death claims, matured endowments and other benefits under the policies of level premium companies. The total of the amounts paid by regular companies in dividends to policy holders for surrender values, to annuitants and on claims in foreign countries was $191,500,000. Benefits of all kinds under policies—death claims, endowments and dividends—in the transaction of regular business increased largely in 1911. The regular companies alone wrote or revived $3,000,000,000 worth, or $400,000,000 more than in 1910. It is noted that fraternal insurance companies are passing through an epoch of stress and destruction and early disruption is predicted for some of them. There were forty-seven payments of $100,000 or more on single lives during 1911. Of these, the largest was $720,288 on the life of Frank T. Howard of New Orleans. BIG MEN ARE BEST HUSBANDS Police Matron Has No Faith in Little Fellows With Sharp Noses and Says So With Much Spirit. CHICAGO.—There has recently been considerable discussion as to whether big men or small ones made the best husbands. It is the experience of Mrs. Anna Murphy, chief police matron, that the big fellows should have the preference of the young women and that they should especially avoid the little men with sharp noses. “Big men, whether it is in business or in matrimony, are easiest to get along with,” she said. “They are more even tempered as a rule than the little fellows. They are more likely to be easy-going and less irritable and more generous. The little man is more likely to be nervous and fidgety. “A man with a sharp thin nose is apt to be a scold. Where a man of small stature is endowed with a nasal organ of this sort you have a bad combination. There you have a prize fault finder. He will rail at everything—from the way the steak is cooked to the way his socks are darned.” Mrs. Marie Leavitt, clerk of the court of domestic relations, who every day hears many a tale of domestic woe, said it was a fact that comparatively few big men figured as husbands in the cases in her court. “The small men greatly outnumber big men in the cases that come before us,” she said. Success is merely an ability to transform a stumbling block into a stepping stone. We have moved our stock of Clothing and Men's Furnishings into the building formerly occupied by Carter's Cash Store on Leestreet, next to Nasworthy's Pharmacy. Macy, where we will be glad to welcome and serve our friends. Call and See the New Things for Fall Hermans Ask Central to connect you with our Store if you cannot send a messenger. We have two telephones, No. 56 and No. 68. We will gladly respond to your every want with an expediency that will make you enjoy trading here. We offer you the best treatment and the most courteous service, and we will make you feel at home in every way. If you are just one bit in doubt as to exactly what you want, we will send you different lines of goods to select from. By all means Let Us Fill Your Prescriptions For here you have no high prices to pay. Our work is so systematized and we have such a full stock of high quality drugs that we are never at a loss for just the exact medicine your doctor prescribes. Our experience, education, and equipment are at your disposal in order to ensure you speedy recovery, better health, and give you the medicine that your doctor wants you to take. If there is any reason you have for not dealing here, we’d like to know it. It’s our aim to make this store right in every particular. We insist that our customers must be satisfied. We mean what we say, and what we say, we do, and we’ll do everything to make you satisfied if good high quality drugs, service, and the right prices are to be considered. Drugs don’t linger long on our shelves, for we sell what we buy, and quickly too. Right prices and courteous service make things move. When in a hurry, buy your order to us, and we'll hurry good goods to you. DAWSON DRUG CO. Two Telephones: 56 and 68. Call either number. VOL. 30.---NO. 83. 