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RICE A SCHEME FOR A BIG GROP
HIGH PR
Agricultural Department Advises the Farmers Against Too Much
Cotton. Wall Street Planning to Get Farmers’ Money Next
Fall by Putting Up the Price of Cotton Now.
Commissioner of Agriculture Stgv
ens says he believes the present high
price of cotton is pothing more than
an effort on the part of those who coo
trol the cotton market to cause the
southern farmers to plant an unusually
large crop this year, thereby bringing
on & tremendous output next season in
order that the prices can be reduced.
And Mr. Stevens is very much op
posed to seeing the farmers of Georgia
bite the bait which has been set for
them, and urges them to take no no
sice of the present high prices, and to
plant even less cotton than they did
last year. Mr. Stevens has watched
the sitaation very closely for the past
fow weeks, and says there is no doubt
but thatthe 10-cent cotton of today is a
ruse to bring on a larger crop in order
that it can be purchased pext fall for
6 or 7 cents.
“] would be glad if the newspapers
of the state would say for me to the |
farmers of Georgia,” said Mr. Stevens,
“ithat the present high price of cotton
is only a scheme to bring about a large
crop. If it is discovered that a large
crop is planted you will see the price
gradually go down, and by the time
the cotton begins to open che pricesl
WEBSTER’S GOOD RECORD.
That County Has Not Had a Sin
gle Bankruptcy Case.
Col. H. A.Wilkinson, referee for
this district, informs The News that
there has not been a single case in
bankruptcy in Webster county
since the bankrupt 'aw went into ef
tect four and a half years ago. This
is somewhat of a remarkable record,
copsidering the number of people
who are taking advantage of this law
10 be relieved of their debts.
The other counties in this district
are Terrell, Randolph, Quitman, Clay,
Miller and Stewart, and tkere have
been a number of cases before the
reieree from each of these counties.
MR. C. W. LEWIS DEAD.
A Well Known Drummer Dies
of Paralysis. |
Mr. C. W. Lewis, the well known
tobacco drummer, and an uncle of
Messrs. C. G., W. J. and A. A. Lewis
of Dawson, died at his home in Monte
zuma Saturday morning at tour o’clock
of paralysis, and was buried Sunday
morning with Masonic honors.
Mr. Lewis, who had reached the
ripe old age of 69 years, was perhaps
the oldest drummer who visited Daw
son, he having traveled through this
section in wagons before the railroads
were built and before Dawson was
eyen a village.
Though a man of mature years his
age rested lightly upon him, and he
was of a genial, jovial disposition, and
was as light-hearted as a boy.
Mr. Lewis made countless friends
during his long years of travel, and his
death will make sad many hearts.
Messrs. C. G., W. J. and A A. T.ewis
went from Dawson to attend the burial.
It’s not what we eat, but what
we digest that makes strength.
The trouble with most weak
people is, they can neither eat nor
digest good food.
Such people can’t work success
fully. It takes fuel to make steam,
and it takes food to make strength.
A young fellow came in the
store the other day. He was
white and thin. “I'm afraid I'll
have to give up my job,” said he.
«I'm tired before the day is half
gone. Iseem tobe losing strength
all the time.”
The clerk said: « Fred, I know
something that will help you. It's
Vinol. The boss has got hold of
a way to prepare cod liver oil so it
tastes all right. Hecalls it Vinol.
There is iron in it, and it’s just the
stuff for fellows like you. It'll
give you an appetite. It won't
hurt you anyway. Lots of folks
round here are taking it, and they
tell their friends, and they come
and get it. If it don’t help you,
come back and get your money.”
We endorse what the clerk said.
We wouldn’t have put time, money
and reputation into Vinol, if we
hadn’t known it was different from
the general run of medicines.
About ninety-eight out of one
hundred run down people, weak
mothers, pale children, and old
people find it helps them.
BELL BROS,
Druggists.
will have struck the bottom.
“The (Jeorgia farmers and the farm
ers of the south should take warniog
and plant even a smaller crop than
they did last year, if they possibly can
do so. It would be much better for
them and for the state and for the
south if they would plant more grain
than cotton.
“Those New Yorkers who control
the cotton situation plan and scheme
every year in order to defraud the
southern farmer of his cotton, and a
big loss is caused every year to those
who confine themselves strictly to cot
ton. Ten cents and over is what cot
ton is pringing now, but watch my
prediction, and if it is learned that a
‘bigger crop than last year’s has been
planted you will see the price begin to
fall, and by next August cotton will
bring only 7 or 8 cents, if that much.
“The time has come, it ceems to me,
for the southern planters to let cotton
alone as much as possible, and to live
more at home. They can do it if they
will. A few men on Wall street con
troi the price of cotton, and, as [ said,
they are scheming now to pay less
next fall than ever, if they can possi
bly do so."”’
ADVANCE IN COTTON GOODS.
High Price of the Staple Cause
Advance in Its Products.
What the high price of cotton mmeans
to the country as a whole is beginning
to be appreciated in local circles as
well as those interested in sthe cotton
business.
Dawson merchants who have not yet
given orders for fall cotton goods will
have to pay ‘‘war prices’’ for the same
when needed.
The dry goods men find that the
price of all manufactured cotton goods
have advanced within the last few
weeks from 10 to 15 per cent. above
the former price, and then even in
cases where the goods have been con
tracted for away ahead of the selling
season it is hard to secure deliveries.
Fortunately for them the business
of the present season is about closed,
but the advance came before they had
made contracts for the next season’s
stock, and so they were forced in many
cases to buy at the increased cost. The
great demand for certain goods that
this condition of affairs has caused is
shown iu the case of the Amoskeag
mills, from which the entire season’s
output of gingham was taken in three
days.
Beautiful line of new embroidery to
be sold at manufacturer’s cost.
THE DAvis-DaviDsoN Co.
WORNER WAIFS.,
The Occurrences of the Week in That
Community. ‘
Well, the boys have begun planting
corn. We understand that Capt. W.
B. Oxford has planted his entire crop,
and Mr. L. P. Lamar has started.
There were a lot of yisitors at the
school house last Friday. Among
them were Misses Viola Lasseter and
Rena Hautman, J. L. Kenyon, Mrs. F.
M. Daniel, Mrs. Lizzie Stevens, Mrs.
Carrie Toler, Mrs. L. H. Snellgrove,
Mr. J. F. C. Daniel and wife and Judge
Daniel ana wife. The exercises were
good. It was decided that Miss lola
Daniel was entitled to the prize for the
best composition, the subject of which
was “Honor Thy Parents.” Let all
take heed and honor their parents.
l‘{\;e know of nothing sweeter in this
ife.
The president of the telephone com
pany at Worner has called a meeting
to be held here March 7 at 2 o’clock.
All parties interested are requested to
attend.
We have a good sehool ‘at Worner,
a.ti)d one of the best teachers in Geor
gia.
Miss Rena Hautman spent several
days here ‘ast week with her many
friends.
Miss Mattie Hautman is teaching
| ausic here, and is meeting with suc
eSB,
CURSED THE JUDGE.
sensational Occurrence in the Superior
Court Rocm at Macon.
There was a sensational scene 1n the
Bibb superior court room Monday af
ternocon. The jury had brought in a
verdict of guilty against Foster Ma
bry, & negre, for burglarizing the store
ot Mrs. Lula Balkcom on the night of
Jan. 24. When Judge Felton came to
sentence Mabry he held an indictment
before him on whicbh he had, on & for
mer occasion, sentenced the negro to
tive years in the penitentary for a
similar offense. As the judge held
the paper he told the negro that he
had sentenced him once before for five
years for burglary. “I’ll give you
twenty years,’’ said the judge, ‘“‘as I
may not be alive. to sentence you
again.” ‘I hope you won’'t. I hope
you’'ll die and go to hell. G—d d—n
you,’’ was the startling and unexpected
reply. The negro had been given the
iimit of punisbment, which accounts
for his recklessness.
| A fine $5O O. L. C. boar at FULTON’S.
CONGRESS ADJOURNS TODAY.
Judge Griggs and Family Ex
pected Home This Week.
'l'he present session of congress will
‘adjourn today, and unless the presi
dent calls un extra session, which it is
gaid he may do, this body will no% coo
vene again until next December.
Congressman Griggs and family are
‘expected to reach home from Wash
ington the latter part of this week.
PARROTT PARAGRAPHS.
Batch of Interesting Items from That
Community.
Our school continues to boom, not
withstanding the efforts of the measles
to break it up. When they cause one
to stay at home our hustling Professor
Collins and his efficient assistants gen
erally find another to fill in‘the ranks
with, Miss Hattie Griffith, our new
music teacher, has taught one month,
and both puplls and patrons are high
ly pleased with her work. Good
churches, good morals, a fine school,
good water and a healthy community
certainly make Parrott the ideal place
to educate your children.
J. L. Parrott has just returned from
Enigma, where he spent a week with
Sam Shippey. He reports that he
found a great many partridzes in that
section and killed a large number of
them, He says Mr. Bob Smith of
Enigma has the finest dog he ever
saw. One day, Mr. Parrott says, they
walked out a short distance without
their guns and the dog set a coyey of
birds. Mr. Smith sent the dog back
after the gups, but he did not return
promptly. After waiting some time the
gentlemen heard the report of a gun
and upon investigation found that the
dog had set another covey and shot
into them, killing several.
Following is the bonor roll of the
Parrott school for Febraary: Paul
Collins, Addie Pinkston, Oliver Fus
sell, Marie May, Shelby Thornton,
Carl Aven, Walter Tilley, Bobby
Whaley, Lloyd Aven, Marvin Pierce,
Clyde McNeil, Susie Cook, Louise
May, John McNeil, Alma McNeil,
Belle Leverette, Annie Aven, Clinton
Pinkston, Velma Helton, Golden
Christian, Louil Williford, Juanita
Pierce, Cecil Pritchard, Mary Tilley,
Ruby Ayen, Estelle Dismuke, Bennett
Pinkston, Dora McNeil, Wilton Hel
ton, Roy Pinkston.
At a dove shooting on E. W. Aven’s
place last Saturday about 400 birds
were killed. Mr. Aven killed 35 and
Professor Hankinson seventeen. Mr.
Frank Cook, after shooting 25 times,
found that he had killed nothing. His
friends, however, got together and
gave him all he wanted, and he went
home happy. B
J. W. Tilley has on hand about one
hundred head of cattle that will soon
be fat and ready to put on the market,
Mr. G. W. Lee left Sunday for Bue
na Vista. He drove his pair of fine
bay mares.
E. D. Bolton, who hae been quite
sick for some time, is able to be up
again.
Mr. B. F. Morgan and family have
recovered from the measles.
BROOM FACTORY STARTS UP.
Farmers Should Plant a Large
Crop of Broom Corn.
The broom factory, which has been
idle for some time, has resumed oper
ation and is turning out a large supply
of first class brooms. The promoters
of this enterprise would be glad to buy
their raw material nearer home, and
if Terrell county farmers would try the
cultivation of broom corn they would
find a ready market for it in Dawson.
What's in a Name?
Everything is in the name when it
comes to Witch Hazle Salve. E. C.
DeWitt & Co. of Chicago discovered
some years ago, how to make a salve
from witch hazel that is a specific for
piles. For blind, bleeding, itching
and protrudiag piles, eczema, cuts,
burns, bruises and all skin diseases
DeWitt’s Salve has no equal. This
has given rise to numerous worthless
counterfeits. Ask for DeWitt's—the
genuine. DAwsoN DruG Co.
March,
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flpt‘ il, May
There is a best time,for doing
everything—that is, a time when a
thing can be done to the best ad
vantage, most easily and most ef
fectively. Now is the best time
for purifying your blood. Why?
Because your system is now trying
to purify it—you know this by the
pimples and other eruptions that
have come on your face and body.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
end Pills
Are the medicines to take—they do
the work thoroughly and agreeably
and never fail to do it.
Hood’s are the medicines you
have always heard recommended.
I cannot recommend Hood's Sarsaparilla
too highly as a spring medicine. When we
take it in the spring we all feel better through
the summer.” Mgs. S. H. NEaL, McCrays, Pa.
Hood’s Sarsaparilila promises to
cure and kecps the promise.
DAWSON DRUG CO.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Seeds—LANDßETH'S—Seeds
GARDEN AND FIELD.
English Peas, Irish Potatoes and Onion Sets,
SCeD CORN.
Golden Dent, Hickory King, Adams’ Extra Early,
- Snow Flake.
DAWSON DRUG CO.
All orders receive prompt attention. DAWSON, GA.
BRONWOOD BRIEFS.
The Week’s Happenings Pithily Para
graphed for The News Readers.
Following is the honor roll of the
Bronwood school for February: Mer
cer Berry, Hunter Berry, Frankie
Bullock, Willie Bullock, Clifford
Chappell, Tom Chappell, Freddie Bry
an, Charlie Bryan, Louise Chappell,
Helen Chappell, Grace Collins, S. E.
Cook, Jack Collins, Ethel Cowart,
John Denton, Ellie Denton, Will Gun
nels, Gladys Glass, Wesley Glass, Sal
lie Hargrove, Emma Hargrove, Irby
Kersey, Donie Murray, Carrie Ran
dall, Callie Sullivan, Bertha William
son, Wilson Wall.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Powell and Miss
es Jodie Powell and Nona Morgan of
Leesburg spent Sunday here.
Miss Flodie Melton. who has been
the guest of Miss Lula Davison, has
returned to Dawson.
There is & show in town now—the
Mexican Jugglers. It will be here
three night.
Misses Kate Denton and Elvie Jen
nings spent Saturday and Sunday in
Dawson.
The Lanier Literary League will
meet next time at the home of Miss
Ethel Hill.
Ross Davis is spending a few dajys
with relatives and friends in Albany
and Leesburg.
. Mrs. E. C. Berryaud daughter, Miss
Belle, spent Saturday and Sunday at
‘Graves.
~ Misses Emmie and Pearl Johnson of
Bethel spent Sunday with Mrs. J. M.
Cook.
Miss Mary Williamson of Ellaville is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. E. E.
Collins.
Corn planting is the order of the
day, and everybody is hunting good
seed corn.
Miss Eva Barber of Desoto is the
guest of Mrs. J. W. Glass.
Alfred Davison entered school in
Dawson Monday.
Mr. John Stevens of Eufaula is in
Bronwood.
TRIPPLE TRAGEDY AT JONESBORO.
Deputy Sherift Kills His Father-in-Law,
Wife and Himself.
JONESBORO, GA., Feb. 28.—Ellis
Farmer, deputy sheriff of Clayton
county, last night shot and instantly
killed his father-in-law, James Chris
tian, and mortally wounded his wife,
who is now in a dying conaition. He
also attempted to kill his son, but
missed fire. The frenzied man then
turned his gun upon himself and fired.
The shot took effect and he died in
stantly.
1t is claimed that Farmer was under
the influence of liquor when he reach
ed home last night. Upon his arrival
it is said Farmer began abusing and
mistreating Mrs. Farmer, who at
tempted to defend herself against his
attacks, when Farmer drew his pistol
and fired, the bullet piercing the wo
man’s lungs.
James Christian, her father, hurried
to her assistance. As he reached the
room Farmer shot him dead in his
tracks, the bullet entering Christian’s
heart and passing entirely through
his body.
Farmer’s son, who had come into
the room, was covered by the father
with his pistol. Farmer then placed
the pistol against his own breast and
fired, killing himself instantly.
Well Again,
The many friends of Jehn Blount
will be pleased to learn that he has
entirely recovered from his attack of
rheumatism. Chamberlain’s Pain Balm
cured him after the best dociors in the
town (Monon, Ind.) had failed to give
relief. The prompt relief from pain
which this liniment affords is alone
worth many times its cost. For sale
by Dawson Drug Co.
To War on the Doves,
Messrs. R. L. Saville and J. M. Bell
will leave today for Lumpkin to par
ticipate in a big dove shoot near that
place tomorrow. These gentlemen
mey not bring down as many birds as
some others, but none of the gunners
will make more noise or get more en
joyment oui of the occasion.
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