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By E. L. RAINEY.
NZA SWEEPING
FORTY-THREE STATES
e
MORE THAN 500,000 ILL. THEA
TERS, THE CHURCHES AND
SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED.
In one week Spanish influenza kill
ed 5,000 persons in the United States.
The epidemic has spread to 43 states
and there were more than 500,000
new cases reported. In army camps
alone 23,796 cases were reported in
four days, with a death list during
that period of 1,388.
In many states theaters, churches,
schools, motion - picture houses, sa
loons and in some cases public res
taurants and soda fountains have
peen closed, and will remain closed
till the epidemic dies out.
In Atlanta all public places have
been closed. Eleven thousand soldiers
are quarantined at Camp Gordon,
where there are several hundred cas
es and have been many fatalities.
East Is Hardest Hit.
United States health service au
thorities believed early in the week
that the epidemic was at its “crest”
and that the lists will begin to dimin
ish now.
The total number of cases in army
camps in this country since Sept. 13,
when the epidemic first became
alarming, is reported by the war de
partment as 167,691. It is estimated
that the civilian list is more than
300,000 cases.
The New England states New
York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
have been hardest hit in the epidem
ic. The disease has been most felt in
eastern army camps, swiftly spread
ing to the civilian population. Of the
large cities Boston and Philadelphia
were most affected, hundreds dying
daily since Sept. 20 in each city.
The epidemic started to spread
west about Sept. 25, and on Oct. 8
was reported to have reached the Pa
cific coast. Drastic measures were ta
ken by the authorities of Washing
ton, Oregon and California, and all
public places where crowds might
gather were immediately closed.
In Washington, D. C., the epidem
ic spread very rapidly, largely be
cause the city is ecrowded with war
workers. Washington has an abnor
mal population just now, with per
haps 100,000 more persons in the
city than lived there two years ago.
On Oct. 9 the health authorities of
Boston reported the disease to be
partly checked. The state appropriat
ed $50,000 for the immediate erec
tion of a large hospital to treat the
victims of the disease. In 81 cities
and towns of Massachusetts on Oct.
8 there were 5,670 new cases report
ed, with 304 deaths in that period.
New York city was not severely af
fected and theaters, saloons, schools
and churches remained open.
Authorities ‘“‘Nail”’ Some Lies.
Silly stories that gained consider
able circulation, charging that the
spread of the epidemic was due to
German spies who imported and cir
culated the influenza germs, have
been branded as absurd by the au
thorities,
One of these stories was to the ef
fect that pro-German army surgeons
had been caught propagating the dis
ease in army camps and had been
“shot at sunrise.”
Capt. J. P. Yoder, of the army in
telligence corps, said the surgeon
general’s office had investigated a re
port that went the rounds of the
camps several months ago that a
score or more men at each camp had
been shot by their officers. It devel
oped that this story spread when a
recruit heard an officer remark that
he had “shot 25 men that day.” The
recruit took it literally, while the of
ficer referred to “shooting” the men
with anti-typhoid serum.
GERMANY HOLDS 1,480
UNITED STATES PRISONERS
American Casualties Number 40,000,
Mostly Wounded and Missing.
. Members of the American expedi
tionary forces, who have been identi
fied as prisoners of war in Germany,
numbered 1,380, according to an an-
Nouncement made from the office of
the adjutant general of the army. In
addition 220 civilian interned in
Germany have been identified, as
g?ve 61 sailors held in Constantino
€.
Total casualties of the American
expeditionary forces to Oct. 1 were
Mmore than 40,000, according to the
war department. Of that number 28,-
000 were either wounded or missing.
The number of Americans killed in
action, including nearly 300 at sea,
'S more than 8,000. More than 5,000
2:\«5 died of wounds, disease or acci
aent,
NO ARMISTICE UNTIL
GERMANY HAS EVACUATED
Must Abandon Occupied Territory
Before Guns Are Silenced.
The United States government,
through a note to the German chan
cellor by Secretary of State Lansing,
hag informed the German govern-
M@t that before an armistice can
be discussed German troors must be
Withdrawn from al! invad>d territory.
He asked Chancellor Maximilian
Whether he represented the German
People or the authorities of the em-
Plre who are conducting the war.
. The message was not a reply, but
! the form of an inquiry. The im-
Perial German government is asked
Whethey it accepts the terms laid
down by the president in his address
' conpresg January 8, and' subse-
COO nddresses,
THE DAWSON NEWS
MOTHER’S PRAYER FOR
DEATH QUICKLY ANSWERED
She Died in a Few Minutes and Was
| Buried With Her Son.
DOUGLAS, Ga.—Early Friday
‘morning John J. Phillips, age about
30, died at his home in Ambrose, Cof
fee county, of influenza after a short
illness. The undertaker was called in
and began embalming his remains.
‘ His mother, Mrs. Hard Brown, age
68, who lived nearby, came in and
reviewed the remains of her son and
stated that she had lost three chil
dren. Then she offered up a prayer
| that she might die and be buried with
her son, whom she loved dearly. She
was seemingly in good health at the
time, and immediately she walked
across the street and lay across the
bed in her home and died instantly.
The undertaker prepared her re
mains for b_-ial and the bodies of
both mothe.oz-o, ' son, according to
the mother’s p. I'o were interred to
gether. "r_,
STATE COMMNI,.~
1.
IS MEETING TOD~
THREE ELECTION CONTESTS
BEING HEARD. PICKETT ONE
OF STATE MEMBERS.
ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 15.—The
state democralic executive committee
is in session here today to adopt
rules, hear three pending election
contests, and for any other business
that may come up.
The organization of the committee
and members from the state at large
is as follows:
Chairman, J. J. Flynt, of Spald
ing; vice chairman, Nathan F. Cul
pepper, of Meriwether; member of
national committee, Clark Howell, of
Fulton; secretary, Hiram Gardner, of
Putnam.
Members from the state at large—
J. J. Anderson, Statesboro; Byron
Brower, Bainbridge; O. B. Bush, Pel
ham; DeWitt C. Pickett, Dawson; S.
G. Austin, LaGrange; H. H. Reville,
Greenville; J. D. Robinson, Atlanta;
B. H. Hardy, Barnesville; E. S. Ault,
Cedartown; J. Z. Foster, Marietta;
Ernest Camp, Monroe; Albert E.
Douglas, Madison; H. H. Dean,
Gainesville; A. S. Hardy, Gainesville;
W. J. Wallace, Macon; H. J. Quincy,
Ocilla; A. T. Woodward, Valdosta;
Sam J. Slate, Columbus; J. T. Gillis,
Soperton; J. Gordon Jones, Cordele;
Emmett R. Shaw, Fort Gaines; Henry
A. Tarver, Albany; C. E. McGregor,
Warrenton.
Members of the committee from
the Third district: B. M. Turnip
seed, Clay; D. W. M. Whitley, Ben
Hill; J. E. Hayes, Macon; A. S. Rai
ney, Schley.
From Irwin county a contest is on
between Messrs. Tankersley and Hen
derson for a seat in the house of rep
resentatives. From the Second state
senatorial district is a contest be
tween J. P. Brown, of Toombs coun
ty, and J. H. Elders, of Tattnall coun
ty. This fight will be heated.
Probably the most important of
the three contests is that of the At
lanta circuit superior court, in which
it will be decided whether or not
Judge Ben Hill, who was defeated by
John Humphries, will be given a re
count. |
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AG
RICULTURE SAYS CONCERTED
- EFFORT BEAT PRICE DOWN.
Reports frem Washington that in
terests favorable to the spinners have
instituted a concerted action to beat
d_gwn the price of cotton and keep it
down has resulted in the issuance of
a statement recently by the state ag
ricultural department urging farmers
to hold every bale of cotton until the
market reacts to previous levels,
Officials of the Georgia agricultural
department make it clear that cotton
growers intend to fight vigorously for
what they consider a fair margin of
profit, and that they will have the
hearty support and advice of organiz
ed southern boards.
Certain Interests Busy.
E. A. Calvin, special representative
in Washington of the Cotton States
Official Advisory Marketing Board,
reported to the Georgia agricultural
department the.efforts of certain in
terests to beat down the price of cot
ton.
“It is reported that spinners are
adopting a hand-to-mouth policy, and
will buy sparingly and only as they
are compelled to have cotton,” wired
Mr. Calvin. “This, with other things,
'will cause a limited demand, and the
farmers should meet the situation by
refusing to sell until the spinners
‘need the cotton and are willing to
pay fair prices for it. Farmers should
‘not sacrifice cotton merely because
there is a combination trying to beat
the price down.”
GOVERNMENT FIXES PORK
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belt” to speed up pork production the
federal food administration has an
nounced its intention of maintaining
the price of pork at $15.50 per hun
dred pounds.
The decision to continue this price
follows a conference with the agri
culture advisory beard. and has the
board’s full recommendation.
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1918.
ANIMALS ARE KILLED
i
GEORGIA ASKED TO CONSERVE
HER MEAT AND LEATHER. |
CAMPAIGN STARTS SOCN. 1
In the year 1917 it is roughly esti
mated that cattle to the value of!
$250,000,000 was destroved by the
railroads of Georgia, and that at a
time when the government was de
manding food production and con
servation of all kinds to speed the
waz.
The department of food conserva
tion has brought to the attention
of the state council of de
fense the important problem of con
serving our national resources of
meat and leather. The tentative fig
ures presented were so startling that
the subject matter became at once
of serious concern. Without hesita
tion the state council immediately
;took up the work of securing actual
statistics on the subject and of taking
steps looking to the elimination, or
)at least a reduction, of this great
waste.
Georgia Loses $250,000,000 a Year.
The public may gain some idea of
the importance of this matter from
the fact that during the year 1917
the money value of animals fit for
food killed by the railroads in Geor
gia was $250,000,000 on a railroad
mileage of about 2,006 miles, which
is $125.00 per mile for the entire
railroad mileage. It is confidently
)stgted and believed taht this average
will be maintained ; therefore, for the
ten Southern states the money value
of the animals killed reaches the
startling sum of two and one-half
million dollars.
| None of this meat is conserved, but
is food alone for the buzzards. The
’ railroads are operated by the govern
‘ment and payment to the owners for
‘the stock killed, while coming direct
‘ly from the railroads, is in point of
fact coming from the treasury of the
' United States. The United States has
‘no money in its treasury that does
}not come from its people, and there
fore the people are paying to the
owners of live stock killed in the ten
’Southern states two and one-half
'million dollars for meat and leather
which is going to waste. The money
value in no sense approximates the
food value under the present necessi
ties of feeding the military and civil
ian populations at home and abroad.
This is especially true when we re
member that live stock killed upon
the railroads is as a rule not fat and
in condition to make meat. Fat stock
is generally well cared for and kept
up out of danger. The poor stock,
' however, are allowed to run at large,
and it is generally from this class that
the killing occurs. The poor hog or
cow is worth more, as a matter of
'food conservation, than its actual
!money value; for instance a one-eyar
old hog too poor to kill for meat by
the expenditure of say $lO.OO worth
of corn may become a fat hog woz_'t‘n
$60.00 for meat purposes, but if kill
ed by the railroads capnot le worth
more than twenty or twenty-five dol
lars. It would require, moreover, an
other year to replace this hog with
another a year old, and time is a mat
ter of grave importancc. It is to the
interests, therefore, of the owners of
stock to preserve and safeguard them
from destruction on railway rights of
way in order that they may be util
ized for meat and leather, and own
ers will be expected to exercise ev
ery safeguard, and those engaged in
the operation of railway trains will
be expected to exercise the very
greatest caution and care not to kl!l
any food animal where it can possi
bly be avoided.
PRETTY GIRLS WILL SMILE AT
Secretary Robert Solves Help Prob
lem by Employing Young Ladies.
Big Show Will Be Best Yet.
MACON, Ga.—Women will enter
another field of war time endeavor
when the Georgia state fair opens
here October 30, to continue ten
days. As crowds surge through the
turn-stiles tickets will tbe taken by
pretty girls.
Fair associations are encountering
difficulty in getting sufficient “help.”
Harry C. Robert, secretary and gen
eral manager of the state fair, has
advertised for about thirty women to
serve as ticket takers and in similar
capacities. In dozens of places the
thousands from Georgia and other
states who will come here for the
greatest exhibition in the history of
Georgia will find women taking the
places of men.
Every indication points to the
greatest fair in the history of Geor
gia.
TOBACCO FOREST LOOKS LIKE
AN ARKANSAW CANE BRAKE
Stalks Are Seven Feet Long, Leaves
Measure 36 Inches.
PARIS, Ky.—Courtland Leer has
on exhibition some specimens of a
splendid lot of tobacco taken at ran
dom from a crop grown by him on
the old Bourbon fair grounds. These
specimens, which were blown down
by a high wind, are each a little over
seven feet in height and the leaves
measure thirty-six inches in length.
The tobacco patch in which these
stalks were grown looks like an Ar
kansaw cane brake. The tobacco is
so high that zn ordinary man could
eagily hide there without being dis
covered.
IMPORTANT TO HOLDERS OF
CONVERTABLE LIBERTY BONDS
Until November 9th Can Be Exchang
ed for Interest Bearing Bonds.
The privilege of conversion which
arose in consequence of the issue of
4% per cent bonds of the third lib
erty loan will expire on November
9th, and under existing law cannot
be extended or renewed. Holders of
the 4 per cent. bonds lose nothing by
exercising the privilege of conver
sion and gain 14 per cent. interest
per annum. Holders of 4 per cent.
bonds should not wait until the mo
ment to exercise the privilege of con
version, but proceed to do so prompt
ly. Delay will rezult in over-burden
ing the banking institutions of the
country and the treasury department
by making it necessary to handle =ll
conversions at the last moment, and
may result in the loss of the privilege
of conversion altogether.
Holders of coupon bonds are
strongly advised to request issue of
registered bonds in order to protect
themselves against the risk of loss,
theft and destruction of their bonds.
Official department circular No.
114, with forms of application. has
been distributed to federal reserve
banks and banks of trust companies
throughout the United States. These
institutions are asked; as a matter of
patriotic service, to a!:sist bond hold
ers in exchanging 4 per cent. bonds
for 41 per cent. bonds, and in reg
istering their bonds.
FOR “FENCE FIXING”
. =
BOTH HOUSES HAVE BEGUN
THREE-DAY RECESSES UN
TIL AFTER ELECTION.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Congress
will prove to the country that poli
tics has not adjourned by taking a
recess, starting Friday and continu
ing until after the November elec
tions.
The house paved the way for the
recess by making an agreement to
start a series of three-day recesses.
They will continue until after the
elections, with the exception of a few
days, when the house will meet to
pass the $7,000,000,000 appropria
tion bill necessary for carrying out
the enlarged military program.
The republican leaders in the house
took the initiative in arranging for
the recess.
Will Maintain Quorum.
The democrats in both the senate
and house gave hearty support to the
republican move for an opportunity
to go to their home districts and “fix
their fences” before the election.
Speaker Clark and Chairman Sher
ley agreed on behalf of the majorityf
party to maintain the necessary
quorum that must meet every third
day in order to continue the recess
until after the election. Mr. Sherley
agreed to give the members of thei
house ample notice before the appro
priation measure is reported fromi
committee, so they can get to Wash
ington to vote for it. |
In the.senate the judiciary com
mittee laid aside the proposed investi
gation of the activities of pro-Ger
man brewers. |
PROHIBITION ROLL CALLESHOWS :
Has Been Ratified by Fourteen State!
Legislatures This Year. Number |
Which Is Necessary Is 36. |
Since congress submitted the!
amendment to the constitution, pro-i
viding for nation-wide prohibition, |
14 states have ratified it. In no in-!
stance when the question has comel
before a legislature on a straight vote
has the amendment heen defeated.]
In a few states the question has been'
brought up and then postponed. The |
record stands as follows: i
Number necessary to carry amend-g
ment, 36; number that stand irn favor, |
14; number that stand against, none;|
number that have yet to vote, 34;|
number needed of those yet to vote,i
22,
States that have ratified in order|
of ratification, with date in 1918, fol- |
low: Mississippi, Jan. 9; Virginia,|
Jan. 10; Kentucky, Jan. 14; South
Carolina, Jan. 23; North Dakota, Jan.
25; Maryland, Feb. 13; Montana,
Feb. 19; Texas, March 4; Delaware,
March 18; South Dakota, March 20;
Massachusetts, April 2; Arizona, May
24; Georgia, June 26; Louisiana,
August 8. i
NEGROES ARE HELPING IN |
UINTED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN!
Many Darky Lads From Georgiai
Plantations on the Battlefields.
The negroes of Georgia are per-|
fecting a strong organization for the |
United War Work campaign. They !
are manifesting the true American |
spirit in responding to the supreme |
call of the national crisis: America|
first in all things. This is quite time-!
ly, for many a shuffling, grinning,;
happy-go-lucky darky lad from Geor
gia plantations is now a spruce, act-|
ive, hair-trigger soldier on foreign|
battlefields. His welfare, too, is the!
object of the United War Work cam-!
paign. i
CLOTHES OUT OF REACH. |
Underclothing is bervond the reach
of small purses in Maeseyck, Lim
burg. A pair of stockings costs $4,
a plain linen shirt $312, & new suit
$lOO, a pair of boots $5O.
ARE $35,000,000,000
OUTLAY FOR FISCAL YEAR FAR
BEYOND ANY AMOUNT EVER
IN COUNTRY'’S HISTORY.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The pro
gram of the appropriations commit
tees of congress for the present ses
sion is about complete. One latge
estimate, including more than §7,-
000,000,000 for the army, is yet to
be acted upon, but the house and sen
ate will speed that up, although the
indications are they will greatly re
duce it. |
With the end in sight the total ap
propriations for the fiscal year, with
the large outlays for the army and
navy, will go far beyond any amounts
ever recorded in this country before. !
The total appropriations and con
tract authorizations made during the
second session of the sixty-fifth con-{
gress will amount to $35,000,000,-
000. All of this huge sum, except ap
proximately $5,000,000,000, which is
to be carried in a bill to be introduc
ed by Chairman Sherley, of the house
committee on appropriations, in the
rear future, bas been provided for.
Five billion and a half of the total
‘sum is for contracts to be met by sub
‘sequent appropriations.
| The appropriations made include
' those for the final year 1919, and de
ficiencies.
. Secretary McAdoo has sent to con
gress an estimate for additional ap
propriations, totaling $7,500,000,000,
'more than $7,000,000,000 of which is
for the army, but it is believed by
' leading members of the appropria
tions committees that $5.000,000,000
'is sufficient, and that is accounted
for in the grand total of $35,000,000,-
i 000.
| RED CROSS IS MEDIUM
| SENDING XMAS PACKAGES
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f The American Red Cross is the
' medium chosen to reach overseas sol
| diers and sailors with Christmas
| rackages. Postal regulations require
icareful handling of the situation to
conserve space and weight. Every
!possible provision is made to insure
’ the safe receipt of a parcel from this
country to each man in military ser
’vice overseas.
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