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Bv E. L. RAINEY.
N TURKISH GREEN VAULTS ARE
KEPT THE GREATEST TREAS
URES IN THE WORLD.
LONDON, England.—lf the Turk
is driven out of Europe, as is gener
ally predicted will be one of the re
sults of the war, it will require a
fieet of boats to carry the personal
wealth of the Sultan across the Bos
phm‘US.
In the Green Vaults of the Porte
lies hidden away what is perhaps the
greatest treasure in the world, collect
ed for centuries by Turkey’s greedy
rulers and hoarded away from the
gaze of any inquisitive mortal. No
one has ever been able to estimate
the value of the Sultan’s jewels, for
the treasures are guarded day and
night. There are at least twelve sets
of heavily-barred doors to pass be
fore the actual entrance is reached
to this Aladdin’s cave. For every
lock there are two keys entrusted to
as many custodians, each having
twenty-four guards. These are sup
posed to spy on each other as well
as protect the guardians of the keys.
The Geen Vaults of Constatio, as
the treasure caves are called, are
within the grounds of the Porte. Ap
proached through a court called
Dar-es-Sa’adet—the court of Felici
ty—it is seen to be a low-domed edi
fice with an interesting doorway, en
riched with marbles and tiles.
Set and Unset Precious Stones.
The jewels appear to consist main-
Iy of set and unset precious stones.
All information regarding them, how
ever, 1s kept ‘secret, because of the
impoverished condition of the coun
try, and if the exact amount of the
Sultan’s wealth was discovered cer
tain unscrupulous leaders, such as
Enver Pasha, who is now on the
“outs” with his royal master, might
be tempted to lead a band to “break
in and steal.” For years it has been
common gossip in the European cap
itals, however, that if a person offer
ed $3,000,000,000 for the Green
Vaults and secured their contents he
would make a great bargain.
Perhaps the throne of beaten gold,
adorned with millions of rubies,
pearls, diamonds, sapphires and em
o‘r.alds. set in mosaic, is the most daz
zling object in the treasury of the
“Shadow of God on Earth.” How
Selim I ever brought it from Persia
away back in the fifteenth century,
when traveling was so difficult, is
quite beyond human comprehension.
Nowhere in World Like It.
Nowhere in the world are there
precious stones to compare with the
two g¢great emeralds which adorn the
top of the Sultan’s throne. One of
them weighs four pounds and the
other is only a trifle smaller.
On a table of ebony and sandal
wood, within reach of the throne,
stands a marvelous golden tankard
encrusted with 4,000 diamonds. By
Its side lies a platter wrought of the
burest oold and literally veneered
with diamonds. On the ground sur
founding this dazzling sight are
Scattered thousands of rubies, pearls,
trquois and emeralds, mingled with
exquisitely-carved diamond buttons.
Effigies of Sultans.
1T.1“f""~‘ are effigies of the Sultans
(‘ n robes of state from 1451 to
1830, with jewels on the feathers of
In}(‘..r turbans, daggers and swords
\}'.nvh\ are priceless, as are the won-
Geriul rubies and emeralds in the
clasps of Ibraham and Solyman 11.
No museum in the world can boast
& richer collection of armor, scimi
s shields, pistols, saddles, san
dals, canes and. the like, all bejew
elled or wrought of gold.
. When the Sultana gives a banquet
{l}lhur harem the treasury is gener
ally raided for the occasion. At
one of these revels some years ago
Jouauets of diamond flowers stretch
e irom shoulder to shoulder were
QU by the Sultan’s favorites. The
Sultana herself was adorned with
"oves of pearls of unparalleled size,
iilul N her ears were birds the size of
}Uttr!-}hos holding in their beaks
Sparkling gems,
_ln the language of the street. it
i(.hrmznlv will be “some’” moving day
Yhen the Sultan is forced to pack
Up his belongings and move.
FURTHER CcUT IN USE OF
SUGAR FOR NEXT TWO MONTHS
New and More Rigid Restrictions by
the Food Administrator.
. Restrictions upon the use of sugar
Y manufacturers will be even more
Tgid than heretofore during the
Months of November and December,
mcording to announcement made on
Thursday by Dr. Soule, federal food
administrgpop for Georgia. :
Soft drink manufacturers will be
dlowed 25 per cent. of their' normal
Suga p Consuinption. They have been
alloweq 50 per cent. of their normal
*UDply. Tce cream manufacturers are
Put on the same basis, as well as prac
deally a 1 makers of beverage syrups,
bolasses;, confections, chewing gum,
“locolate, cocoa, cough drdps, malted
Milk, soda water and similar articles.
—g iit R R
TATE.WIDE PROHIBITION LAW
'N TEXAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
|
AUSTIN, * Texas,.—The court of
"miral appeals.in a majority opin
n'today held the .state-wide prohi
'Uoh law unconstitutional. The opin-
N is by Judge Morrow. who held
e law is in conflict with the local
Plion feature of the state constitu
10N
ITHE DAWSON NEWS
THE RED CROSS HAS SPENT
$3,300,000 IN BELGIUM ALONE
Nearly $2,000,000 Appropriated to
Continue Work Six Months.
Relief work by the American Red
Cross in Belgium necessitated an ex
penditure of $1,432,374 for the ten
months ending June 30. This amount
went to provide comforts and medi
cal assistance for Belgian soldiers,
90,000 residents of that part of the
little country outside of the German
lines and the 600,000 Belgian refu
gees scattered through France, Eng
land, Holland and Switzerland.
The sum of $1,947,325 has been
appropriated to continue this work
during the last six months of this
year. o'l',' v by the end of this year
the K d’flapy “Il—since the war
began—have . hefor use
among the Belgians u.. 29,-
379,699.
BY DRIVING THE COTTON PRICE
DOWN THE MILLS REAP
IMMENSE FORTUNES.
Apply the “hunger treatment” to
the cotton mills is the advice of
Commissioner of Agriculture J. J.
Brown, to the eotton producers of
Georgia and the South, until they
are willing to pay a fair price for
the product.
“While reasonable market fluctua
tions are to be expected,” Commis
sioner Brown says, in a statement
just given the press, “the recent con
siderable decline is due solely to
manipulation and a meager hand-to
mouth system of taking by the mill
men. It’s just their same old plan;
and it serves to emphasize just now,
the importance of our advice to the
farmer, continually given this fall, to
2o slow in marketing.
“The demand for products from
cotton is greater than in many years.
Cotton goods are selling, in some
cases, even higher than silks. Man
ufacturers are making money as nev
er before. In driving cotton down
they are merely fattening their own
pocketbooks at the expense of the
farmer. They have got to have cot
ton to meet their contracts, and they
are going to buy it.
“These are the facts which should
furnish the basis of action by the
producer. The few who persist in
rushing their cotton to market at
any price are hurting both them
selves and the many others who, in
a gratifying degree, are holding off
the market. They are helping the
mills defeat the law of supply and
demand.”
BILLION DOLLARS TO BE RAIS.-
ED TO AID DESTITUTE AND
STARVINGS JEWS.
NEW YORK.—A fund of $1,000,-
000,000 to be used to*finance the re
construction of the Jewry of the
world will be sought by the joint
distribution committee of the Amer
ican funds for Jewish war sufferers,
which, it was announced here, will,
undertake what it described as “the
largest purely humanitarian projectl
in history to be attempted by indi
vidual effort.”
This money, according to Felix M.l
Warburg, will not be sought alone
through contributions but will em
brace the fields of lending and in
vestment and will be accepted from
non-Jewish as well as Jewish sources.
The plan is based on reports re
ceived from every country where
Jews have suffered during the war.
Commissions of American Jews will‘
be sent to Russia, Rumania, Poland,
Palestine, Serbia, Greece and other
lands as soon as the internationaH
stination permits. |
Monster Force in Need.
Reports from the committee’s rep
resentatives now abroad indicate that
one-quarter of the world’s 9,000,000
to 12,000,000 Jews outside the 3,-
000,000 in the United States ‘‘are
destitute, starving and homeless,”
the committee’s statement says, and
fully one-half of the Jews outside
this country will need some measure
of assistance to enable them after
the war again to become self sup
porting.
New Tax Levy Will Bring In Eight
Billion Dollars; $76.76 For Each Man
REVENUE BILL WILL REQUIRE
EVERY CITIZEN TO BE AS
SESSED ACCORDING TO HIS
INDIVIDUAL INCOME.
The bureau of internal revenue
soon will have the task of collecting
$8,000,090,000. This is the amount
the revenue bill now being framed
is expected to yield. While it is dif
ficult to realize the immensity of this
sum it is less than one-sixth of the
annual income of the United States.
Divided according to papulation it
would mean a per capita tax of
$76.76, or more than $336 for each
family. The amount of money in cir
culation on Aug. 1, 1918, among a
population of 106,012,000, was
$52.44 per capita.
.Thg total value of all crops on
American farms in 1910, the last
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1918,
LITERACY TEST WILL NOT AP
PLY TG THEM. DEMOCRATS
SHOULD GO TO THE POLLS.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Every negro
now in the army will be entitled un
der the law to register without com
plying with the literacy test, since
the law provides that confederate
veterans and members of the army,
among others, shall be exempt this
test. Undoubtedly the negroes re
turning from the war will avail them
selves of this opportunity and en
‘deavor to make themselves an active
force in politics. This will not hap
pen in the forthcoming general elec
tion, but it will by the time the next
one rolls around, two years hence.
~ In view of this fact it would seem
to behoove Georgia democrats to get
‘in the habit early of supporting their
iprimary nominees by going to the
polls and voting in the general elec
‘tion November sth. The time will
'soon be gone when a general election
can be allowed to go by default, se
cure in the knowledge that nobody
‘will undertake to defeat the demo
cratic nominees,
- Democrats Should Be on Quard.
~ Already the republican party or
ganization in Georgia is paving the
way for future developments by put
ting out a candidate for the United
States senate and two candidates for
‘congress. They are planning to con
duct an active campaign. They seem
‘to believe their candidates, for some
hidden reason, are going to get a
very substantial vote, though exactly
'why it should be expected that the
idemocrats of Georgia are going to
' bolt their primary is not quite clear.
} William J. Harris is the nominee
of the democratic party of Georgia
for the senate. In every congression
'al district the party has nominees,
' two of whom—Gordon Lee and
Thomas M. Bell—have republican
r opposition.
If the democrats stay away from
the polls and let the negro republi
cans do all the voting they are liable
' to have their white primary suprema-
I(-v knocked into a cocked hat by the
election of a republican senator. The
| best way to guard against this possi
} bility is to go to the polls and vote for
everyone of the nominees.
$6,004,000 WAS PAID FOR 3,500,00
PELTS. RECORD BIDS MADE
’ IN ST. LOUIS AUCTION.
~ Fur trading, trapping and allied oc
cupations have this year attained an
importance that is reflected in the to
tal sales in the big St. Louis fur auc
tion—s6,oo4,ooo paid for 3,500,000
pelts by buyers representing many
countries.
Sixty-four kinds of fur, known to
dealers from every part of the world,
were listed in the 350-page catalogue
of the sale. They comprised more
than 3,500,000 pelts, divided into
110,000 lots for the convenience of
buyers. Every state in the union, ev
ery province in Canada, and twenty
five foreign countries contributed to
the catalogue. |
The United States government was
directly interested in the sale, both
from the standpoint of a consi;rnor}
and as buyer. In two hours’ selling
sealskins and foxes owned by the }:ov-}
ernment were sold for an aggregate
of $161,169. ' ‘i
High Prices for Furs. |
For the first time in history the
Russian government—whatever thatl
may mean at this time—sent sealskins.
to an American market and they}
brought record prices, 650 selling for
$14,776. |
The demand for all kinds of furs
was unprecedented during the entire
period of the sale, a demand that was
voiced by dealers from all parts of
the world and from every class of
trade( and many varieties sold fon"
record prices. Muskrat, a fur thati
sold a few years ago for a few cents
a pelt, sold as high as $2.25, while a
record price of $ll for skunk was
reached. In the recent New York
sale one raw skunk skin sold for $9.
Another fur that sold higher than
ever before was lynx, the record
skin bringing $B5. Fisher sold as
high as $lO2, and marten at a top
price of $Bl.
census year, was $5,000,000,000.
The total value of all live stock on
farms on Jan. 1, 1910, was slightly
less than $3,000,000,000. In one
year the taxpayers are called upon
to pay more than the a@gregate val
ue of all farm crops in 1910, plus
the value of all farm animals.
Each Person to Be Assessed.
The tax amounts to virtually one
third of the total value of manufaect
ured products as reported to the
census bureau in 1910. That amount
was $24,246,435,000. The value add
ed to raw material by manufacture
was $9,878,346,000 in 1914, or only
23.4 per cent. more than the pro
posed tax levy.
The new revenue bill is being
drawn in a manner to impose the
least burden wnossible. Every man
will be assessed accordimi to his in
come and each will be cal led upon to
do his share, g
SMITH IS OPPOSED TO
l TAX ON BANK CHECKS
| Georgia Senator Regards It a Vexa
tious Detriment to Business.
WASHINGTON, D. (C.—Senator
Hoke Smith announced his opposition
to. the tax on bank checks which the
senate committee on finance has tent
atively written into the war revenue
bill. The Georgia senator regards
this tax as vexatious, comparative
ly non-productive and a detriment to
the free flow of commercial trans
actions. Protests have already begun
to reach Senator Smith and other
members of the finance committee
against the bank check tax. Some!
banks advise they would prefer to
stand additional business taxes rath
er than to have patrons annoyed by
a stamp tax. 1
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EPIDEMIC YET SEVERE;
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IS ABATING, HOWEVER}
MORE THAN 25,000 DEATHS RE
PORTED. STERN PREVENTIVE
MEASURES ARE TAKEN.
While the ravages of Spanish in-!
fluenza, “grip,” and pneumonia werei
reported to be as severe as one week!
ago, the epidemic is dying down in‘
the army camps and cantonments. 1
The public health service, in Wash- |
ington, announces that it now is mo-i
bilized for a national campaign}
against the dread disease, which has
claimed at least 750,000 victims in
~one month, with a death toll of more
‘than 25,000 men, women and chil
‘dren.
‘ The health service has just added
four more stations to fight the dis
'case in the states in which the out
”break is severe. These are at Colum
' bia, S. C., Richmond, Va., Columbus,
Ohio, and Baltimore, Md.
- The report that the spread of the
disease shows signs of abatement in
'the army camps is taken as one of
lhzxppy significance, for it was in the
army camp at Camp Devens, Mass.,
that the epidemic first made its ap
pearance. Since the beginning of the
scourge the cases in army camps in
this country reported were 250,000,
‘and victims of pneumonia were 35,-
465. The death toll was 10,741 men.
f Stern Preventative Measures.
In the meantime the civil authori
ties have not been lax in taking meas
ures to relieve suffering and to pre
vent the further spread of the epi
demic. In many cities the work has
been heart-breaking. In Philadelphia
and in small Pennsylvania towns
there has been difficulty in dispos
ing of the dead because of a short
age of undertakers and coffins. In,
Washington, D. C., sufferers have
walked the streets delirious, and vir-i
’tually in a dying condition, because
of the shortage of doctors and hos-]
pital accommodations. l
Eighty army surgeons were sent
from Washington to Allentown, Pa.,!
and then distributed throughout the
state to coal mining communities,
where the disease has been specially
virulent.
Deaths in Washington city averag
ed 65 a day for the past ten days.'
Steps have been taken by the gov
ernment to erect a “hurry-up” tem- |
porary hospital, where all may be
treated. About 1,500 new cases were
renorted every day last week.
Theaters, motion picture places, sa- |
loons, halls, schools, churches andl
other places where the public gathers
in normal times, have been closed for |
two weeks in nearly all the eastern |
states, save in New York city, where|
the scourge has not made itself mani-]
fest in an epidemic degree. Daily
death reports in Greater New ank[
were only about 150 a day. !
In Georgia the epidemic has been;
comnaratively ligcht and the number |
of deaths small. It is abating, andt
churches and theaters in the ('itiosl
have been opened again. .
WOCRLD-WIDE SEARCH i
FOR A FAMOUS PEARL}
Notorious Traveler Disappears Froml
New York Hospital With $8,500. I
Police of New York are searching|
for Lieut.-Col. Charles Glenn Collins, |
a British traveler and adventurer.|
who disappeared from a hospital
where he was a patient. With him is‘
gone a pearl worth $8,500, belong
ing to an Indian exporting firm.
Collins, with a brilliant military
record, has been a victim of beautLl
ful women and beautiful jewels
since he reached man’s estate, the
police say.
He twice eloped with American
girls, first with Natalie Schenck, the
Newport heiress, and again with An-l
nie Rumey Wheeler, of Chicago. Both
girls were wealthy.
WASHINGTON UNDERTAKER
ADVERTISE FOR PALLBEARERSI
A “Nice, Quiet Job for Young Men”"
| Is What He Offers. 1
Undertakers in Washington, D. C.,
‘advertised in the daily papers for
professional pallbearers. Here is the
‘way the announcement read:
~ “Names and addresses of young
men employed at night, or who have
spare time during the day.
“We can employ them as profes
sional pallbearers at funerals. Good
pay. Must be refined and neat. Ne
cessity that they have a telephone.”
LABORER DRAWS $70.10
FOR ONE WEEK’S WORK
An ordinary laborer—not a skilled
laborer—who is working for the gov
amment in New Hamoshire. received
$70.10 for one week’s work, includ
ing overtime.
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COUNTRY BOY DOES THRIVING
BUT FRAUDULENT. TRADE
IN SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—Society
folk and epicures of San Francisco
are indignant because for months
they have been deceived. What makes
it worse is that a 16-year-old boy, a
country boy at that, is the “base de
ceiveyr.”
Jimmie Burkett, of Lone Oak, Cal,,
acted as guide for a party of San
Francisco millionaires on a hunting
trip through the mountains of Shasta
county a year ago last summer. Jim
mie is mountain-bred and wise in his
generation. He is_a crack shot and
knows the mountains as a preacher
knows his Book.
The boy killed many squirrels and
caught many trout for the party.
When the camping trip was over he
had entered into a deal whereby he
was to send his San Francisco friends
S 0 many squirrels a week. Gray
squirrels, as is well known, are a de
light to any epicure’s palate.
Fame and Business Grew.
Then Jimmie began sending the
“squirrels” to his friends. His fame
grew and his business increased. Each
member of the camping party told a
friend of the wonderful “squirrel”
dinners. Jimmie’s mail-order busi
ness increased and he was making
money fast. l
But it is against the law to sell |
grey squirrels. The game wardens |
heard about the “squirrel” business |
and camped on Jimmie’s trail. No |
arrest has been made, but Jimmie’s |
business has failed. He ships no more
“squirrels.” His former customers
are indignant and Jimmie will never
guide another party from San Fran-l
cisco. The sportsmen have his “num
bey.” i
The truth is that Jimmie sent them |
no squirrels at all. He just raised the
common or household variety of cats.;
and as soon as they were the size of
a squirrel he killed and skinned theml
and sent them to his customers.
Say “squirrel” to several San|
Francisco capitalists and clubmen zmd‘
a fight will follow. Say “m-e-ow”
and run for your life.
Allen’s
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Have you tried one of these’Ranges?
If you havent, ask your neighbor
about hers.
This is the one with the stove pipe
in the back, and doesn’t throw all the
heat in your face while cooking, it is
~ Also a Great Fuel Saver.
We have a full line with and without
reservoir, also with water fronts. If
you are in need of a nice range call
at our store and let us show you the
superior points of the Princess.
WE ALSO SAVE. DOLLARS
TO THE EARLY PURCHASERS
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Dawsen, ' Georgia
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