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JUNE 5, 1917.
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TREETS CROWDED WITH
PERS WHEN GERMANS
N TO DROP BOMBS.
wN ON THE SOUTHEAST
oF ENGLAND.— The most
. airplane raid yet under
jy the Germans on Great Bri
grred here late this after
| ile the streets were crowded
shoppers, promenaders and
' returning to their homes.
B iders dropped a large number
| ¢ apparently in haphazzard
from A 4 mile or two übove
. ~ killing 76 persons, mostly
or children and injuring near
more.
frst raid to arrive was the
of a squadron of five. It was
¢ such height that it could not
sgainst the brilliant sunlight
"B fooded the cloud-flecked sky,
by trained observers with good
_ The raider was followed by
or four at a slightly lower
p. They sailed in a bee-line
the town, dropping bombs con-
V.
y persons in the streets first
of the air raid when they
explosions of bpmbs around
The zone in which the bombs
ropped cut a wide swath across
fy, with the chief damage in
pping and residential districts.
mbs, which were of large size,
hed completely houses and
itores which they struck. .
l of the Mexican Rebel Wins
Suit for Recovery of Vak
le Gems Taken by Officials.
PASO, Texas.—Twenty-five
nd dolars worth of jewels be
to the families of Francisco
ipolito Villa, the Mexican rev
ry leaders, recently were dis
on a table in the United
district court here. The jew
re seized from Mrs. Francisce
ipolito Villa when they were
to abandon their palatial
in Jaurez and come to El Paso
time when the Villa revolu
=B covernment in northern Mex
lapsed.
it was instituted by Hipolito
gainst the custom officials for
overy of the jewels on the
that they had been worn into
ited States as articles of per
ornment and were not liable
re for non-payment of duty.
eral court upheld this con
and returned the jewelry to
ers.
ded among the jewels were
d brooches set in platinum,
d bracelets, necklaces of dia
and emeralds, loose diamonds
carats in size, and a jewel
led with assorted jewels. In
wel casket was found a dia
‘t‘_\-x«‘.(f«‘z “medal of valor” giv
rancisco Villa by the Mexican
ut':um\‘.xs_u government for
b In action before Villa broke
1€ government then headed by
enustiano Carranza.
BEAN FOUND
IN COLLECTION BOX
rising Pastor Auctioned It Off
rd Got Total of $7.50.
Rev. Leroy Mitchel, pastor of
8 Methodist church at slount
. 1 L, was undaunted when he
@ White bean in the collection
fe pastor announced to his
" the “joke” that had
aved on the church and ask
16s. He sold the bean in com
bidding for $7.50.
Do not allow the
25 of undigested
%0 10 accumulate n
Urbowels, where they
¢ Bsorbed into your
JStem, i:zdigestion,con
tipation, headache, bad
00d, ‘and numerous
et troubles are bound
0 foliow, Keep your
Stm clean, ag thous-
M 3 of others do, by
12 an occasional dose
the old, reliable, vmd
_t:ble, family liver medi-
Thedford’s
gick- Draught
s W F. Pickle, of
u 8 Fawn, Ga,, writes:
"¢ have used’ Thed
org’s Black-Draught as
anily medicine, My
Aertin-law could not
¢ calome] ag jt seemed
Sed Black-Drau;éhtaga
I laxative an liver
Rulator , , . We use it
the family and believe
tis the besfv medicine for
ne_htver made.” “Try i,
Sst on the fne—
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SMITH AMENDMENT TO INTER
STATE COMMERCE OPPOSED
The House Committee Has Made an
Adverse Report on It.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The house
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce declined to-day to agree
to the senate amendment adopted at
the instance of Senator Hoke Smith
of Georgia, which would put the bur
den upon the interstate commerce
commission in the case of every ap
plication for an increase in rates, to
conduct a hearing where the rail
roads would be required to prove
that the rates asked for were just
and reasonable.
Senator Smith’s action was design
ed to block the 15 per cent. advance
in rates asked for by the railroads
because of increasing costs of all ma
terials.
The original Adamson bill, which
the house committee insists upon,
merely provides for increasing the
membership of the commission to
nine members. This is of immediate
importance, says the report submit
ted by Chairman Adamson, to pre
vent the commission being over
whelmed with work.
SWEET POTATO STORAGE.
TENNESSEE GROWERS WHO RAISE HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND
BUSHELS, PREVENT WASTE BY MODERN 'APPLIANCES.
“My money crop for the last ten
years has been sweet potatoes,” was
the answer W. R. Hawks of Weakley
county, Tennessee, gave me wnen
I asked him how he liked farming.
And I knew from the twinkle in his
eyes that he was satisfied with the
result. Then he took me over his
place. He told how farms near-by
had, in three years’ time, come to
have more than a thousand acres in
sweet potatoes a year, and how the
farmers depend upon the local sweet
potato association to market their
erop.
Mr. Hawks is secretary and sales
manager of the association. Ten
years ago he found himself without
much means. Legal difficulties took
from him all that he had, except
$5OO and two_ mules. He found a
place on a farm in Weakley county
where his family might live and
where he might work. He began to
raise sweet potatoes. It was not
long until the place upon which he
had built a storage house became his
to control.
“It has not been easy work by
any means,” said Mr. Hawks. “Our
neighbors saw me driving to town
quite frequently with my wagon bed
filled with potatoes. They knew that
I had nothing when I started, and
that I had been buying land since
that time, and they were not slow in
putting two and two together. They
began to raise potatoes. In 1914
they began in earnest. Then there
were about 40 acres in sweet pota
toes in the community; now there
are 1,000 acres.”
Storage Houses Insure Success.
Every grower has a storage house,
for sweet potatoes require good stor
age. The first house, built in 1904
on a farm adjoining Mr. Hawks’, is
still standing, and is being used. It
holds 250 bushels. It was large
enough in 1904, but conditions have
changed. The last house built holds
more than 15,000 bushels.
“Our storage houses are responsi
ble for much of our success,” con
tinued Mr. Hawks. ‘“Sweet potatoes
must be handled like eggs and kept
at the right temperature if they are
to be put upon the market in good
condition. I have had a great deal
of experience in bedding and grow
ing the slips and setting. out, but the
main thing is to dig the potatoes
properly and have them ready for
market in good condition.
“But let me begin at the begin
ning of our work and tell the rea
sons for our marketing success in
‘the last three years,” said Mr. Hawks.
“T assume that you are not so much
interested in the growing of the crop
as you are in the methods that have
_made it possible for us to get money
out of them after they are out of
the ground.
“Our methods of growing potatoes
are not much different from those of
others. Our soil is just average. Rich
soil will not grow sweet potatoes
very well. In fact, much of the state
is not adapted to the growing of
the potato because the soil is too
fertile. Our clay soils are just right,
and we use the best methods we can
learn of to produce as many of the
best potatoes as any land will pro
duce. We grow the Florida yams and
the Jersey sorts. Markets around
here like these kinds.
“And the storage houses on your
farms keep them until you are ready
to sell?” I inquired.
“Yes, we have no trouble at all.
One member of our marketing asso
ciation who did not desire to sell un
til he could get the high market price
sold for 35 cents a bushel more than
those who sold early.
“Our houses are not all alike.
Some men build one way and some
another. There are 76 storage hous
es in this neighborhood, each built
after the owner’s own idea, but all
have closed roofs. The walls are dou
ble, made of ceiling lumber and filled
with sawdust. Every feature of the
building is intended to help keep the
potatoes from frost. We provide
plenty of ventilation and we use a
fire at the right time.
“When we commenced to house po
tatoes we thought we had to have
them in mmfl bins or one of two
bushel crates, but as time wfit on
Harry B. Potter in Farm and Fireside
ALSO WRECK PLACES OF BUSI
NESS. INDIGNANT AT THE
IMPORTATION OF BLACKS.
EAST ST. LOUIS, lI.—A mob of
8,000 men, which ran riot here last
night, shooting and beating negroes
and wrecking negro business places
and homes, dispersed &t the dawn
of day, leaving behind them a trail
of broken heads and bruised bodies.
Half a dozen deaths may result.
Smoldering indignation against
the importation of 8,000 negroes in
to the city since January 1 was
fanned into flames when two white
men were held up and robbed in
the early evening. The news spread
to a delegation of 60 members of
East St. Louis trades and labor un
ions, who were at the city hall pro
testing to the council against furth
er importations.
provided we fired properiy and did
not put in too many before firing.
I know men who have put in 300
bushels of potatoes and have had as
fine potatoes as I ever looked at.
We usually have a hallway come
down the house. If the house is 18
feet wide the hallway will be about
six feet wide, which leaves six feet
on each side for storage space.
“As the potatoes come in from,
the fields we put them on the
‘shelves.” We do not fill one bin and
then start on another. We aim to
keep an equal number of potatoes in
each bin all of the time. This more
nearly equalizes the heat on the po
tatoes. We lay down a few cut po
tatoes in the house, and when we see
signs of decay in the potatoes on the
ground we start the fires, even if we
have to stop all the digging in the
field to do it.
“We use coal stoves. Some are
using charcoal ovens. The women of
the neighborhood were in the habit
of using charcoal ovens in the house
for ironing, and we thought of them
for our storage houses. We keep the
temperature from 75 to 90 degrees.
Sometimes we fire until bedtime, and
then open up the next morning and
go on with the digging, but usually
we dig four or five days before we
begin the fires. If the weather is
cpen and dry we can dig five days
before we see any signs of rot, and
of course, if we see no signs of de
cay we go on digging.
“We fire the potatoes eight to
twelve days, owing to the size of the
potatoes, their condition when taken
from the patch. When the little
sprouts begin to peek around the end
of the potato we throw the door
wide open and cool the house as
quickly as we can. It takes eight to
ten days to cool the house.”
Market Demands Uniform Product.
“Oh, yes; now we grade. At first
we did not pay much attention to
the grading of the potatoes, but the
market deamnds a uniform product
now. Our first year we were able to
sell our potatoes in bulk in cars at
$1 a bushel. Now we have to have
potatoes in a shipment uniform, and
they must be put up in smaller con
tainers, such as crates, barrels, or
baskets.
“In the field we make two market
grades. We class them as we dig
them. The seed is put in one pile
and the eating potatoes in another.
This season we are making three
grades: the seeds, the jumbos, and
the number ones. We have found
that the seed-potato business is a
thing of the past—there is very little
money in seed potatoes now.
“Persons who grow potatoes, all
have their own seed, and, even if
they did not, a few men in a com
munity could supply all the seed that
might be needed for all the others.
We class the potatoes and put the
good ones in the house. The smail
seed potatoes we put where we can
feed them to the hogs. With a lit
tle corn they make excellent hog
feed.”
At this point Mr. Hawks became
very earnest, as if to convinee me,
but I was not doubting him. I did
not doubt a man who can manage
a shipping association in .30 success
ful a way. I knew it had been suc
cessful, but did not know to what
extent. I stepped into the bank, and
the cashier, an officer of the shipping
association, told me that in 1914
from five carloads shipped the re
turns were $2,500, in 1915 from 55
cars handled the receipts were $20,-
000, and “with the 1916 crop,” said
the cashier, ‘“‘we look for greater
things.”
VILLA OFFICER RIDES GAILY
TO PLACE OF EXECUTION
Saluted Friend From——Automoßile and
Gave Command to Shoot.
JAUREZ, Mexico.—Elutario Soto,
formerly a major in the Villa army,
was executed here yesterday after
conviction by courtmartial on the
charge of buying ammunition for the
rebels,
Soto rode to the execution place in
an open automobile gaily responding
to greetings along the way. He gave
the command to shoot to the firing
squad.
Wheaever You Need a General Tonic
Take Grove’s
The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valrable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It actson the Liver, Drives
cut Malaria, Enviches the Blood and
Tullds up the Whole Systemn. 50 cents,
THE DAWSON NEWwWS.
A crowd quickly gathered, and
when somebody yelled, “Get that nig
ger!” the spark had reached the pow
der.
The mob swept through the streets,
stopped and searched street cars for
victims, and tried to break into the
jail, where a number of negroes
were rushed for safekeeping. Am
bulances followed in the wake of the
mob, picking up bruised and uncon
scious negroes.
Police gave up attempts to cope
with the situation, and 125 members
of two companies of the Sixth Illi
nois infantry, under Major R. W.
Cavanaugh, was called out by Mayor
Fred Mollman. The soldiers wera
swept from their feet, and when it
became evident the small force was
inadequate, Adjutnat General Dick
son was appealed to for aid. General
Dickson responded that he was pow
erless to call out the federalized
guard units, pointing out that they
were under direct call of President
Wilson.
Dozens of saloons were wrecked
in the colored district, and every
negro found was beaten. Many beg
ged on their knees for mercy. Hun
dreds escaped across the free bridge
to St. Louis, carrying bundles and
suitcases.
UNCLE SAM PAYS $lO
DUE A SOLDIER IN 1864
Recipient Is Now Rich Man, But
Check Is Accepted. ;
VALLEY CENTER, Kan.—Fifty
three years ago R. L. Carnahan, a
private in a regiment of Illinois in
fantry, was mustered out of the ser
vice of the government. He had not
been paid for several months, and
according to his figures was entitled
to $67.67.
When he went to the office of the
army paymaster he received $57.67.
It was a case of government account
ants against a private in the army
and the affair was settled as all such
affairs eventually are settled in the
army—Carnahan accepted the $57.-
67, signed the pay roll and forgot
the incident.
He came West, located here, and
the matter, with scores of others of
his army career, was obliterated from
his mind. Carnahan is rich now and
has retired.
WOMEN SACRIFICING THEIR
HAIR TO HELP COUNTRY
Collection Being Made by Prussian
League for Use in Munition Works.
The Women’s Patriotic league, of
Soligen, Rhenish Prussia, is making
a collection of women’s hair from
which to weave belting for use in
munition works. There is such a
dearth of leather that none can be
spared for belt-making and experi
ments have shown that human hair
makes a splendid substitute.
The shorter hair donations will be
used in the making of felt for mili
tary purposes. The Woman’s Patriot
ic league has called upon all the fe
male population of Rhenish Prussia
to make this sacrifice for their coun
try.
GERMAN SHIPS WiLL
TRANSPORT TROOPS
Vessels Will Be Ready to Transport
United States Soldiers.
Three of the largest German ships
seized by the United States will be
ready to transport troops to Europe
within five months. Practically all of
the ships taken from Germany will
be ready by that time, according to
word received by the war department
in Washington. The three big ones
are the Vaterland, the George Wash
ington and another, the name of
which has not yet been given out.
In every home where there is a
baby there should also be a bottle of
McGEE’S BABY ELIXIR. It may be
needed at any time to correct sour
stomach, wind colic, diarrhoea or
summer complaint. It is a whole
some remedy, contains no opium,
morphine or injurious drug of any
kind. Price 25¢ and 50c¢ per bottle.
Sold by Dawson Drug Co.
IS YOUR BLOOD GOOD
OR BAD?
GERMS EXPELLED FROM THE
BODY.
Twenty-four hours after you start tc
take Dr. Pierce’s Colden Medical Dis
covery, poigsonous matter and blood
impuritics begin 1o leave your body
through the liver, bowels, kidneys and
okin. .
It brings new activity to the liver,
stomach and bowels 1 a short time,
thus causing sallowness, indigestion and
constipation to disappear.
Good blood means good health; good
health means strong men and women,
{ull of vigor and ambition, with minds
alert and muscles ever wiking. Any
medicine dealer will supply you with
Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Biscovvry
in either liquid or tablet form.
Longstreet, Ky.—“ Two years ago I
was taken with a pain in my right side.
It kept getting worse until I could not sit
up or feed myself so they ecalled a doc
tor for me. Matter formed in my
right side and the doctor said I would
have to be opcrated on before I would
ever %it well. I would not give up for
it to be done. I wrote to Df. Pierce for
advice. My treatment consisted of Dr.
Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden
Medical Discovery. At first I felt worse,
but I was determined to give the medi
cines a fair trial, and was rewarded by
seeing a vast improvemcnt, and to-day
I am in perfect health. In all I used
eight bottles. I cannot praise your
medicines too highly.”—Miss CoroßriA
P. Rexroar,
.‘ ‘;
three dimes {oratamps) to
fiflm ad enclor ,“wfmfikum
the 'nvalids’ Hotel, Buffalo, . .k,% send
o 8 IS ol L W*
N S T T & A e r..,;fi.,‘ J
LONG AND SHORT
We have the long and the Oragsir ¢
&=, short of it in Clothing for
7 ? Men. We have bought for 'y
’\‘;» the long slim man and for !i%,; S
/A WO\ the short fat man—and all ;; A
@ {§ of the sizes in between. é@i & 4
,| ‘ Our stock of shorts and ¥ ot
WA\ slims is especially well assort- \ko
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| , ting a fit elsewhere and are ?iR
I | about to “take whatyoucan [\l
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|l and get what you want, G
&k, We gave much time and f’ .
&' thought to the selection of “SE=B &8
our stock of Clothing, and <
are prepared to meet all the Clothing needs of this
community.
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['he McLAIN CO.,
Dawson, Georgia
. ]
Bankrupt Notice.
In the District Court of the United
States, For the Northern Dis
trict of Georgia.
In re H. M. Futch, bankrupt. No.|
1052 in bankruptcy. i
A petition for discharge bhaving
been filed in conformity with law by
above named bankrupt and the court
having ordered that the hearing upon
said petition be had on July 7, 1917,
at ten o’clock a. m., at the United
States distriet court room, in the
city of Atlanta, Georgia, notice is
hereby given to all creditors and
other persons in interest to appear
at said time and place and show
cause, if any they have, why the
prayer of the bankrupt for discharge
should not be granted. 0. C. FUL
LER, Clerk. By N. A. Brown, Depu
ty Clerk. R. R. Jones, Attorney for
Bankrupt.
Sheriff’s Sale.
Georgia, Terrell County. Will be
sold before the court house door, in
the city of Dawson, said county, on
the first Tuesday in July next, during
the legal hours of sale, to the high
est bidder for cash, the following de
scribed property, to wit: A one-fourth
(%) undivided interest in the east
half of land No. Ten (10), in the
Third (3rd) district of Terrell coun
ty, Georgia, containing one hundred
(100) acres more or less, and upon
a five-room dwelling house located
thereon, said dwelling house being
north of the Dawson and Sasser pub
lic road. Said property levied on as
the property of W. K. Pace, to sat
isfy a fi fa issued from the city court!
of Dawson, in favor of Shields-Geise
Lumber company vs. W. K. Pace.
This May 29, 1917.
J. Z. TURNER, Sheriff.
Sheriff’s Sale.
Georgia, Terrell County. Will be
sold before the court house dooy, in
the city of Dawson, shid county, on
the first Tuesday in July next, dur
ing the legal hours of sale, to the
highest bidder for cash, the follow
ing property to wit: Whole lot of
land No. one hundred and nine
(109), in the Twelfth (12th) district
of Terrell county, Georgia, contain
ing two hundred and two and one
‘half (202%) acres. Said property
levied on as the property of W. R.
Avera to satisfy a fi fa issued from
‘the city court of Dawson, in fayor
of the Southern Mortgage company
vs. W. R. Avera. Tenant in posses
sion notified. This May 29, 1917,
) J. Z. TURNER, Sheriff.
i Never Neglect a Cold.
A chill after bathing, cooling off
suddenly after exercise and drafts,
give the cold germs a foot-hold that
may- lead to something worse. Safe
ty requires early treatment. Keep
Dr. King’s New Discovery on hand.
This pleasant balsam remedy allays
inflammation, soothes the cough and
repairs the tissues. Better be safe
than sorry. Break up the cold with
Dr. King's New Discovery before it
i"lgg' late. At your druggist, 50c.
The Till 801 l Weevil
And Cotton Square Catcher
“ Invented and tried out in Alabama
\\\\\ o last season, and proved to save
Q}} three-fourth of a crop. Made in Bir
‘:( mingham and just three weeks in
Georgia, and the fastest selling ma-
N l chine ever placed on the market.
L This machine should be carried
' ¥ 2 over the plant every sto 7 days,
; beginning when plant is § inches
high and continuing until about July
: 15th. Better see your dealer to-day.
B ‘ )) To-morrow sells them all before jon
I§~" 8 i get yours. Machine weighs less than
Ql‘ }lB one gallon of water. Ten weevils
M' A ‘t’ “: ;- killed in the trough to-day saves
]l i bl over a million squares in a few days.
- ii \ 1. That’s all. (Small orders: $1.50 7
X v’ L j/‘ cash with order and $3.50 upon de
y’\i\\‘ D livery f. o. b. Birmingham by express.
&»\‘%fl;\vj ' TILL MACHINE CO., AGENCY
‘/}:,’f.” =3 ::: South Georgia Headquarters
AN T,
B R Moultrie, Georgia.
F. M. McNULTY, Dealer
Dawson, Georgia
Or Will Rent for One or Five
Years Cheap ;
My place 11 miles South of Dawson, adjoining the
Overstreet and Cochran place. Ninety acres of open
land. Write me :
Wauchula, Florida
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