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An Offering Almost Unprecedented In The History of Qur Store
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Two Stores--120-122 Main Street DAWSON, GEORGIA " Telephone No. 73 .
IS WHETHER PRESIDENT'S PRO
GRAM FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE
SHALL BE SUPPORTED.
LEADERS ALREADY ON GROUND
Is Apparent That There Will Be a
strange Alignment of Representa
tives Without Regard to Party. A
Big Fight Is Certain.
WASHINGTON.—They are lining
up for the gigantic struggle in con
gress on the issue of national defense.
Party lines are crumbling and polit
ical differences fading in the new
alignment. ‘Tariff and the currency
are subordinated to the main issue:
Whether we shall adequately defend
our possessions.
(ongress convened Dec. 6th, and
the question of preparedness is the
leading issue. The defense program
of President Wilson is the question
that surpasses all others.
It will be a strange alignment. Re-
Publicans and democrats will be
jumbled up in an inextricable tangle.
Representative ‘Gardner, of Massa
chusetts, a republican, will fight
shoulder to shoulder with Champ
Clark, of Missouri, the democratic
speaker of the house, for the presi
dent’'s program.
Claude Kitehin, democratic house
leader from North Carolina and the
adherents of the extreme pacifist
views of Bryan, along with Edward
W. Saunders, of Virginia, the demo
cratic eawcus chairman, are oppo
nents of the president’s policy.
Other issues shrink before the par
amount question of defending what
we have. What are questions of in
ternal policy compared with the ques
tion of outward defense? What bus
iness will there be left us if the mail
¢d fist comes knocking at our doors?
This is why republicans are for
geiting tariff questions in the matter
of public defense. This is why dem
*rats are forgetting their past dif
ferences before the question of na
tional existence. It is a life or death
Matter. 5
~ As the time draws near for the
battle jn congress it becomes appar
ent that the president cannot count
on a golid democratic party behind
him. The democratic majority in
the lower house is only about 25 at
most, which is a small margin in 2
‘Wembership of 435. It requires the
THE DAWSON NEWS.
deflection of but 13 democrats from
the defense proposition to make its
defeat certain on a straight party
vote.
Republicans Will Support Wilson.
It is therefore, apparent that to
put through any defense program
will necessitate securing support
from the other side of the house.
Many leading republicans stand
committed to a defense plan, and it
is believed the president will not lack
men when it comes to a vote.
The opposition’s point of view is
expressed by Representative Saun
ders, of Virginia, the democratic cau
cus leader, in these words:
“If we are going to spend anything
Jet us wait until the war in Europe
is over and then we will know better
how to prepare ourselves, if any
preparation is needed. There will
be plenty of time. All this hurry
about the matter is needless. 1 have
not made up my mind as to the de
tails of this program that 1 will pro
pose.”’
The president can count for sup
port on those representatives whose
constituents went out last summer
by the thousands and took military
training under regular army officers.
In general, coast cities and states
seem more alive to the dangers than
A week more and we shall see the
the territory further inland.
giants in a grapple over the main
jssue of the session of congress, per
haps the most decisive issue that has
faced the house since the civil war.
ROUNDS UP SHEEP
IN FLYING MACHINE
Herder Views His Flocks From Dizzy
Heights Instead of Tricky Bron
cho Neck. Old-Timers Amazed.
OMAHA Neb.—lt’s all off with the
old-time sheep herder. Hereafter, in
order to be up to date, a sheep herder
must tend his flocks soaring around
over them in an aeroplane.
Jim Dickie of Thermopolis, Wyo.,
has set the pace. He has just re
turned from the Pacific coast, where
he saw wonderful demonstrations
with aeroplanes, and was prompted
to order one of the latest models.
Today Dickie is goaring over the
plains of Wyoming looking over his
various flocks of sheep.
‘The lambs and some of the ewes
were a little afraid at first,”” said one
of Dickie’s herders, “for they thought
the old man was 2 monster eagle
coming around looking for tender
meat. But now they are getting
used to it.”
Dickie is an old-time gheep man
of Wyoming. He has tens of thou
sands of sheep scattered all over the
ranges of Wyoming. He expects to
visit the various flocks and their re
spective herders once or twice a year,
but the flocks have grown S 0 numer
ous that each year this has become
a greater task.
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 7, 1915.
B
RAILWAY THAT WAS PIONEER
IN DEVELOPING THIS SECTION
IN OCTOGENARIAN CLASS.
ANNIVERSARY IS THIS MONTH
An Interesting Story of the Laying
of the First Rail in Savannah. It
Was a Memorable Occasion of
Great Interest.
The Central of Georgia railway
will be eighty years old on Dec. 15.
It was four score years ago that the
first rail was laid in this system. On
that occasion there were very formal
exercises in Savannah. The follow
ing story from the current issue of
“The Right Way,” an interesting lit
tle paper gotten out by the Central,
shows just what was done on that
memorable day far back in the last
century:
“On Dec. 15, eighty years ago, the
first rail of what is now the Central
of Georgia railway was laid at Sa
vannah, amid scenes which we of this
day and time can hardly understand,
but it is indeed refreshing to know
of the high esteem in which the pros
pect of rail transportation was held
in those days.
“On Deec. 15, 1835, William Wil
liams, under the direction of the
streets and lanes committee of the
city council, laid the first rail. At
3 o'clock in the afternoon of that
day a procession of citizens formed
on the bay, headed by the mayor and
board of aldermen. With the ‘Geor
gia Hussars the Chatham Artillery,
the Republican Blues and the Savan
nah Volunteer Guards in the van the
procession marched through the prin
cipal streets to the South Common.
As they passed ‘the cantoment, Or
United States barracks, the United
Congressman Landis Predicts a
Dry Nation Within Five Years
DETROIT, Mich.—The habitual
jag will receive the surprise of its
life five years from now when he
steps in his favorite drink parlor and
signals with two or three fingers for
his regular ‘‘shock.”
“Some fine buttermilk today,”’ the
bartender will say. “Nice and thick
and creamy. Cold and fresh. How
many did you say?”
States Corps of Artillery fired a sa
lute.
“At the close of an address by the
mayor, in which he congratulated the
people that such a step had been
taken that promised much for the
commercial future of the principal
seaport of Georgia, the Chatham Ar
tillery fired a salute, which was fol
lowed by a salute from the Republi
can Blues and the Savannah Volun
teer Guards. The military escort then
saluted the civie procession and the
march was taken up the bay, where
it was dismissed.
“In the evening the City Exchange,
the City Market, the Pulaski House,
The ‘Georgian’ office and many of
the public buildings and private resi
dences of the city were illuminated.
At the City Exchange a full length
portrait of George Washington and
the Goddess of Liberty in transpar
ency, were exhibited. Bands of music
enlivened the air. Bonfires were
lighted in front of the City Exchange
and the hotels, and rockets and fire
works were added to the display.
“And thus the Central of Georgia
railway was born.”
SPOOK ISLAND SINKS
FOR WINTER SLEEP
Strange Mass That Blooms in Sum
mer, But Hides in Lake During
the Cold Season.
PONTIAC, Mich.—Spook Island,
in Echo Lake, is again disappearing.
Usually this island comes to the sur
face each summer in June and con
tinues rising until Augusi, when it is
about two feet or more out of the
water, and is covered with drooping
vines, grass and foliage.
By the time ice forms the island
hasg entirely disappeared, so that the
fishermen fish through the ice over
the spot where the island was dur
ing the summer. ’
This island consists of peat and
bog, which burn readily when dried.
In the summer stumps come up from
under the island six or eight feet
over night, raising the vines until
the creepers hang in festoons. Large
pieces of the island break away at
times and float around the lake look
ing like huge boulders.
And after he recovers they will
take him to a nice padded «cell.
Yet that is just what will happen
to the man addicted to booze, if the
prediction of former Congressman
Landis of Indiana comest true. He
spoke on ‘‘John Barleycorn” in a
local church and said that in five
vears breweries and distilleries will
be turned into creameries and pack
ing plants.
MAIL: ORDER CONSUMERS OF
WHISKEY DISTURBED BY
. REPORT IN ATLANTA.
ITS AUTHENTIGITY IS DENIED
Southern Express Officials Deny the
Rumor, and Announce That Legal
shipments Will Be Continued. Can
not Refuse to Take Them.
ATLANTA.—A terrible jolt was
shot into the consumers of mail order
liquors by the report published in
certain of the Atlanta newspapers
that the Southern Express Co. had
announced its determination not to
handle any liquors at all into Geor
gia after May 1, 1916, on account of
the stringent provisions of the Sto
vall anti-shipping bill, which would
require the transportation company
to keep a strict record and make
regular reports to the ordinary of
the county into which the shipments
were made.
In the light of such an announce
ment consumers of liquor hegan to
see even their hopes of the meager
half gallon a month fade away. It
was frankly stated that the an
nouncement came from subordinate
officials of the company, in the ab
sence of General Manager Hockaday.
Caunsed Uneasiness.
Although reason might indicate
the fallacy of this position on the part
of the express company there were
many who accepted the report as
true, and much uneasiness followed.
In the first place, it is hardly proba
ble that the express company would
give up a revenue amounting to ap
preximately half a miHion dollars,
in the gross, a year. In the next
place, the express company is a com
mon carrier and can, of course, be
compelled by law to transport any
article of merchandise which it may
legally handle. Under the very strin
gent anti-shipping law it is legal for
any person in Georgia to receive half
a gallon of whisky, or four quarts of
wine, or 48 pints of beer every
month. The express company could
not refuse to handle such packages
if offered them for shipment. That
they will be offered for transporta
tion there is of course, no question.
1t develops, however, that the re
port of the company’'s refusal was
not well founded. It emanated, it is
said, from the talk of some clerks;
there was never any official or semi
official statement back of it. 1
Denied by Officials, 1
When asked about the rumor that
had gained such wide currency au
thorized officials of the express com
pany stated there was no truth in it
for the very good and sufficient rea
son that they could not refuse to ac-j
cept shipments of liquor when the
courts have already held that they‘
are legitimate articles of commerce.
They said that there was no ques
tion that the new Georgia law would
place a good deal of extra work on
the company and in a measure ma.ke‘
it a sort of state constabular gystem
by putting upon it the burden of see
ing to it that no individual receives
more than his legal amount of liquor;
in any calendar month and also re
quiring the company to take affida
vits from individual consignees be
fore delivering packages to them. |
In this connection however, they
declared they would do the very best
within their power to comply with
the laws of the state, just as they
are endeavoring to comply now with
similar laws which are in -force in
Alabama. They further stated in all
prebabilty they would endeavor to
obtain permission from competent
authority to charge higher rates for
liguor shipments because of the ad
ditional expense to which they will
be put in handling them.
FAMOUS ICE CAVERN
IS SOLD FOR #3,700
Freak Mine in Pennsylvania Is Dis
posed of to College Professor.
Covers Twenty-five Acres.
NORTH DINGTON, Pa.—The Swe
den Valley Wonder, an ice mine lo
cated at Sweden Valley, Pa., has been
sold to M. J. Kelley, of Mount Ver
non, Ohio, for the consideration of
$3,700.
This famous ice mine has long been
one of the interesting attractions in
the East. It consists of a large cav
ern in the hillside from which, dur
ing the summer months, ice is mined
and strange as the matter may seem
there is mo ice in the mine in .the
winter months.
Tourists from all parts of the
country visit this freak of nature in
large numbers every summer, the
trip being made by rail to Gouders
port, Pa., the county seat of Potter
county, and from there automobiles
are secured, which soon hurry the
visitors up the beautiful Sweden val
ley over splendid macadamized roads
for a distance of about fourteen miles
to the mine. The ice mine is located}
upon twenty-five acres of ground.
United States government irriga
tion projects completed or under way
represent an expense of $85,000,000
and involve the reclamation of more
than 2,500,000.
VOL. 34—NO. 15.
AMERICAN GIRL'S PROXY MAR
RIAGE OUT IN JAVA FAIL
ED TO MATERIALIZE.
SAD GULMINATION OF ROMANGE
Colorado Girl Traveled Ten Thousand
Miles to Supposed Husband Only
to Find That She Had Been Duped
By Ofticer in Dutch Army.
Another romance has fallen and
broken, like a vase, spilling its rare
perfumes half around the globe.
It was last January that Eugenia
Campbell, of Colorado Springs, was
led to the altar by proxy by a groem
who dwelt in faraway Java.
Java is under Dutch rule. Under
the laws of Java a proxy marriage’
was required, so Harvey V. Duell, of
Brooklyn, then visiting in Denver,
served as the proxy bridegroom,
while the real bridegroom; Jan Pieter
Scholten, an officer in the Dutch '
army, was supposed to lead a proxy
bride to the altar in Java. :
This was to be the culmination of
a romance that had its beginning
when Scholten met Miss Campbell
when he was traveling through this
country two years ago and their ae
guaintance rapidly progressed until®
‘the proposal of marriage and its ac
ceptance by Miss Campbell.
} It was planned that Scholten
should come to Colorado Springs for:
the wedding. Then the war broke
out and he was unable to leave his
command. The proxy marriage was:
the_n de;cided upon.
So the American girl set out for
her 10,000-mile trip to join her
proxy husband in the Orient. When
she arrived at Singapore, where she
was the guest of the American con- ;
sul and his wife, she acquainted them
with the facts. The consul suggested
an investigation before going any
further. The bridegroom-elect was
summoned to Singapore, but what
happened at the conference remains a
secret. It is known, howeve:, that
Miss Campbell ascertained there had
been no pr Xy marriage in Java.
Putting into motion the legal ma
chinery necessary to admit the proxy
bride to Java was also responsible
for the collapse of the romance. It
was necessary that Queen Wilhel
mina should grant a special dispensa
tion for Miss Campbell, go that she
would not be subject to the immigra- *
tion laws of Java. This brought the
American cousul into the affair. Miss
Campbell is at 'home again. 2otE