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GUNS STILL ROAR;
' ARE PAYING NO ATTENTION TO
pEACE TALK—NO REST FOR
} RETREATING FOE.
Despite the rapidly increasing talk
of peace the allied armies continue
to exert the maximum amount of
- pressure on the hard-pressed German
| and Austrian defense lines. The
Italian front assumed the leading role
the past week, Gen. Diaz’s men
launching a major offensive that has
pecome a debacle for the Austrian
armies, now so badly shaken in mor
ale by talk of peace negotiations.
The drive against the Austrians is
peing carried on mainly by Italian
troops, but two British and one
French division, with several Ameri
can units, have been identified in the
fighting.
Eighty thousand prisoners and 1,-
600 guns have been captured.
French Nip Another Salient.
On the main battle front the
French armies have succeeded in
eliminating the salient formed by the
junction of the Oise and Aisne riv
ers, just northeast of Laon and La
Fere. After two weeks’ fighting
Gen. Petain’s men nipped this sa
lient on both sides, and the Gérmans
were compelled to fall back over a
30-mile front to a depth of twelve
miles in places.
To the north of the French the
British armies have reached the
Scheldt river defenses, behind which
the Germans are standing in force.
The British advance has been halted
temporarily by this waterway, while
the big guns are being brought out
and the supply system of Haig's
forces placed in shape for another
major attack,
The Americans and Germans con
tinue their stubborn combat between
the Argonne forest and the Meuse
river, and also east of the stream.
This battle has been a ding-dong af
fair for a month now, the Ameri
cans always on the offensive, but
gaining ground very steadily. The
Germans are in retreat beyond the
Freva positions, and have retired so
rapidly at some points that the
Americans have experienced difficulty
in maintaining contact with the en
emy. Since the American troops
entered the battle in this area they
have inflicted more than 75,000 cas
ualties on the Germans, including the
capture of 22,000 prisoners. They
have freed 40 villages from enemy
domination and reclaimed 500 square
miles of territory for France.
l Field Marshal Foch, since he as
sumed the offensive in the Soisons-
Chateau Thierry counter-attack on
July 18 has wrested 7,500 square
miles of French and Belgium terri
tory from the invaders. In that time
also the allied armies have occupied
2,500 cities, towns and villages, have
freed 2,500,000 of the civilian popu
lation of Belgium and France from
German rule, and have inflicted near
lv a million casualties on the German
armies, of which number nearly 350,-
000 are prisoners.
Another Severe Blow to Turks.
In Asia Minor Gen. Allenby com
pleted during the week the first phase
of his drive against the Turks by the
capture of Aleppo, the railroad junc
ton where the rail line running
southward from Constantinople splits,
one branch running toward Bagdad
and the other down the seacoast to
Jerusalem. With Aleppo in -the
hands of the British, the entire Ti-
Tis and Euphrates river valleys fall
‘iomatically into the hands of the
\llies, as the only sunply line for
these valleys is lost to the Turks.
! he fall of Aleppo also virtually
‘lears Syria of the enemy and opens
the way to the invasion of Armenia,
to the north, and of Turkey proper,
on the ostarn tip of the Asia Minor
De Ila.
ORE STAMP ONLY FOR
LETTERS iS BEING URGED
People Now Making Up Postage With
Two or More Stamps.
i üblic apparently has develop
td the habit of using stamps of sev
fral denominations to make up the
amount of postage required on let
ers or packages. This practice is
brobably due to the fact that when
?}r”“*-‘“fl postage was changed from
© ¢tnts to 3 cents the government
Was unable to supply the 8-cent
Samps in sufficient quantities and
Y mike up the new amount of post
gi- ; And 2 cent stamps were com-
Postmaster Cheatham has received
from the postoffice department at
?‘“-\‘hwmn the following on the sub
ect
"As a measure of economy post-
Masters and postoffice employes are.
rected to emcourage the public to
¢ stamps of the highest denomina
-101 suited to the amount of postage
fquired on all mail. For example
d-cent stamp instead of three 1-
1t stamps should be affixed to let
s needing 8 cents postage, and a
J-cent stamp instead of five 2-cent
tamps should be attached to parcels
Sluiring 10 cents postage. Co-op-
Tation hetween postoffice employes
"¢ the public in the sale and use of
“mps of the higher demominations
Il effect g lapge saving to the gov
"Ment in the eost of producing,
AMsporting and eancelling them.”
HE PRIZE FAT MAN -
OF THE CIRCUS IS DEAD.
p4m Irwin, exhibited throughout
Y"}".’_‘“ ntry as the “Fat Boy,” is dead
o % home, Three Rivers; Mich.,
o influenza, He was 58 years old
Weighed 710 pounds.
THE DAWSON NEWS
ARMISTICE WITH TURKEY
SIGNED BY THE ALLIES.
And British Prisoners to Be Freed
And British Prisoners to be Freed
The terms of the Turkish armis
tice, which are now in operation, in
clude the free passage of the Darda
nelles to the allied fleet.
All allied prisoners of war and Ar
menian interned persons and prison
ers are to be collected in Constanti
nople and handed over uncondition
ally to the allies.
Another condition is the immediate
demoblization of the Turkish army,
except such troops as are required
for surveillance on the frontiers and
for the maintenance of intcrnal or
der.
Turkey entered the war in Novem
ber, 1914, when she severed diplo
matic relations with Great Britan,
France and Rusia. She is the second
of the central powers to ask the al
lies for an armistice, Bulgaria having
been given an armistice which led to
unconditional surrender barely four
weeks ago.
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WILL AGAIN ASK THAT
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PEOPLE SIGN PLEDGES
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A NEW FOOD CONSERVATION “
PROGRAM WILL BE STARTED ‘
SOON, IT IS ANNOUNCED.
A new food conservation program
promulgated by the United States
food adminstration, which wall go in
to 20,000,000 American homes dur
ing the week commencing December
2, has been announced. Pledg= cards,
similar to those distributed in the
drive last year, will again play a
prominent part in the coming cam
paign and they will be placed upon
the kitchen walls to stay until the
war is over.
The drive was to have been staged
during the latter part of this month,
but its beginning was delayed until
the fore part of December because
of the influenza epidemic throughout
the United States at the present
When the interallied food council
was held last sumer the needs of
the allies were estimated and the re
sources from which they could be
reckoned were listed, “and the sched
ules show that America must this
coming year send to the armed
forces and the allies half as much
again in food as last year.
In place of 11,750,000 tons the
shipments this year will be 17,500,-
000 tons. We are pledged to send
50 .per cent. more food and from
substantially the same stocks as last
year. There must be increased con
servation to accomplish this result.
It is for this reason that the house
wives of America will again be asked
to stand before the food administra
tion and save and conserve food to
the utmost.
COMMISSICNER BROWN ADVIS
ES GROWERS TO DEMAND
A PROFITABLE PRICE.
Commissioner of Agriculture J. J.
Brown says in view of present con
dition he feels he cannot too forc«ful
ly urge upon the farmers of Georgia
and the entire cotton belt the vital
importance to the cotton producing
industry of asking for their cotton a
price that will at least pay them for
the cost of making it, and of with
holding it from the market until that
price is paid.
‘““As chairman of the Cotton States
Marketing Board,” Commissioner
Brown said, “I want to state that we
have not left a singl> stone unturned
to get at all the facts rezurding the
marketing of this year’s crop.
““While we have been assured there
will be no government price fixing
at this time, it is well known that the
crop feels the effect of the suspense
in which this matter has been left.
Producers and well posted business
men are well aware that it costs on
an average of 35 cents per pound to
make the present crop. It is also
well known that there is going on
some kind of manipulation and "an
apparent concert of action to de
press the price below 25 cents.
“The only solution for this prob
lem is for every man who has a bale
of spot cotton to withhold it abso
lutly from the market until it reaches
35 cents a pound or more, as we do
not believe the non-producing world
wants the producer to sell his crop at
less than it costs him to make it.
Only in this way can we hope to bring
the market situation back to a basis
of the natural law of supply and de
mand.
‘“Every intelligent person knows it
will be impossible for the manufac
turers to fill their contracts unless
farmers sell their spot cotton, as no
‘board’ contracts can be spun into the
fiber.”
Terrell Soldier Praises Work of
~ American Red Cross in France
U. 8. GENERAL HOSPITAL No 18
Waynesvilles, N, C.—To the People
c¢f Terrell County: I am a Terrell
county man and proud of the fact. I
have been in “Uncle Sam’s war” for
the past 27 months—was overseas for
11 months—and I wish to speak in
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5, 1918.
SOME. PROSECUTIONS
COMPLETES AIRCRAFT INVESTI
GATIGN AND MAKES REPORT
TO THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON—CharIes E. Hugh
es, appointed by President Wilson to
make an investigation of the aircraft
department, has made his report to
the president. Government plans for
turning out quantities of #irplanes
and wesults achieved through the co
operation of manufacturers are gen
erally commended in the report, but
a number of specific acts and plans
involved in the task of preparing the;‘
nation for warfare in the air are de
clared subject to criticism. Much
evidence of inefficiency in manufac
turing plants and waste of money and
time is presented, indicating that the{
plans might have been much betteron
the part of both government agencies
and contractors for airplanes. Sev
eral prosecutions by the government
are recommended. I
No fault is found with the manage
ment of aircraft affairs since the re-!
organization of last May, which plac
ed John D. Ryzn in charge. The civil
ian personnel of ‘the aircraft produc
tion board is exonerated of any
wrong doing.
Attorney General Gregory in a let
ter transmitting the report to Presi
dent Wilson says he is in “substan
tial accord” with the findings of Mr.
Hughes. : |
The report finds no graft in the
generally accepted sense, but makes
recommendations for proceedings
against army officers held guilty of
dealing with corporations in which'
they were interested. ; |
The chief waste from the original
appropriations of $691,851,866, the‘
report says, was in the abandonment
of two types of airplancs. |
CONGRESS CONTROL
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IS IN THE BALANCE
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ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP OF HOUSE
BEING ELECTED TODAY—4O
SENATORS BE CHOSEN.
Forty United States senators, out
of 96 in the upper house, and 435
representatives, the entire member
ship of the lower house in congress,
are being chosen today. Possible ef
fect of the election on the political
complexion of congress is indicated
by the scant majoribies_ of the dem
ocrats in both houses. They have
52 votes in the senate and the re
publicans 44. In the house there are
215 democrats and 209 republicans,
with a few ‘“independents.”
Important Elections in States.
Full state tickets, including gov
ernors, will be elected in 28 states,
including Alabama. Arizona, Arkan
sas, California, Colorado, Connecti
cut, Georgia, Idaho, lowa, Kansas,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New
York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklaho
ma, Oregon, Rhode Island. South Car
olina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont,
Wisconsin and Wyoming. Pennsyl
vania, Tennessee and New Hampshire
will vote for governor and a few mi
nor officers. Delaware, Illinois, In
diana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Misseuri,
Montana, North Carolina. Utah and
Washington will choose only minor
officials. Florida, Maryland, Missis
sippi, New Jersey, Virginia and West
Virginia will choose only members of
congress.
President Made Appeal.
Six states in the union will vote
on prohibition amendments. Califor
nia and Maryland, prompted by war
conditions, will vote on amendments
enabling soldiers and sailors to vote
wherever they may be. A lone state,
South Dakota, is voting on equal suf
frage for women.
Widespread support and adverse
criticism has followed the publication
of an appeal by President Wilson ad
dressed to the voters of the country,
in which the president urged that
both branches of congress be held to
a majority of membership of demo
crats. The president declared that
the government would then feel cer
tain that the people have fullest con
fidence and trust in the manner in
which the administration is conduct
ing the war.
Many important newspapers scored
the president’s appeal and declared
it unpatriotic and unfair to repub
licans. Other newspapers view the
appeal as a mistake, while others
warmly praised the president for
making his position plain, and these
insisted his claim was a just one and
that the domination of congress dur
ing the war should rest with the
democrats. Republican party leaders
answered the presndepj‘.’s appeal, and
this brought more criticism from the
other side of the political fence.
the highest terms of the Y. M. C. A.
I ueym peuid A[Buipesoxe sem |
learned that ‘“old Terrell” again had
the opportunity of helping the na
tion by subscribing $7.500 to the Y.
M. C. A,, and T am betting she will
“go’ over the top.”
- RAY E. McLENDON.
'GOVERNMENT WILL DOUBLE
| TAX ON THEATRE HOUSES
Congress Has Taken Action That
Means More Expense to Patrons.
The theaters of the country are
expected to play a very important
part in making up the deficiency in
revenue department of the govern
ment.
The house of representatives have
made up, pased and sent to the sen
ate the new theatre tax revenue bill,
providing for the doubling of admis
sions at theaters throughout the
country. In addition to making the
theatre admission tax 20 per cent,
which is double the tax fixed during
the past year, there has been added
by the house a ten per cent tax on
all film rentals as well as a one hun
dred per cent increase in the special
seating tax act. }
NOT SATISFIED WITH PRESENT
PRICES, AND BLAME ORDER
OF ADMINISTRATION.
Georgia peanut producers _are
rapidly getting into the same frame
of mind as the cotton seed producers.
That is to say, they are not satisfied
with the prices offered by the crush
ers.
Down at Valdosta, where the local
peanut market has sagged $9O a ton,
the board of trade and the producers‘
of Lowndes and adjacent counties 4
had a mass meeting Wednesday to
devise ways and means of breakingi
the combine which they believe has
been formed against them. |
Lem B. Jackson, director of the
market bureau of the state depart
ment of agriculture, lays much of
the blame on the rule of the food
administration prohibiting a buyer
of peanuts from holding them longer
than sixty days. He contends that
this regulation tends to jam the pea
nuts into the mills a good deal faster
than the market can absorb them—
and hence the sag in the prices paid
to farmers. He contends that the
regulation works a hardship on the
landlord farmer who buys peanuts
from his croppers, because it puts
him in the same category with regu
lar peanut buyers and forces him to
turn loose the peanuts inside of six
ty days, regardless of the price. Mr.
Jackson wants the food administra
tion either to annul the regulation
[or fix the minimum price to be paid
the farmers.
~ As against these contentions Dr.
‘Soule, federal food administrator for
Georgia, says that the sixty-day rule
was aimed at speculation and profit
eering. In a letter to Mr. Jackson
he declares that Mr. Jackson’s re
quest for annulment of the sixty-day
rule can be designed ‘“only to benefit
the speculators.” He says in the ab
sence of a rule requiring reasonably
quick turn-over of peanuts the specu
lators could first beat down the pro
ducers’ price then go into the market
and buy up the crop and force up the
price and realize enormous specula
tive profits.
Appead To Washington.
Representatives of the _ peanut
growers have called upon the food ad
ministrator at Washington and re
auested steps be taken to' stabilize
the price on peanuts or elsz the gov
ernment’s restrictions upon buyers of
peanuts and manufacturers of peanut
products be removed. The food ar
ministration was asked to call a
meeting of peanut growers, buyers
and manufacturers in an effort to se
cure such a voluntary agreement as
was secured in stabilizing the price
of cotton seed. So lonf as peanuts
are under the same regulations which
govern cotton seed and buyers and
manufacturers are limited to holding
peanuts not to exceed sixty days and
to limiting the amount kept on hand,
it was argued, the price of peanuts to
the grower would be kept below pric
“es prevailing last year in spite of the
increased cost of production. The
food administration has the request
under consideration. -
MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF NEW |
‘ SALT FISH FROM THE SOUTH
Louisiana to Marvket Gar Fish at aj
| Price to Beat the Cod. l
; NEW ORLEANS.—SaIt gar fish,
10,000,000 pounds a year, will go
from Louisiana waters throughout.
the country, according to plans com
pleted by a local fish concern with!
' the approval of John M. Parker, state |
food administrator. Mr. Parker has
eaten the salt gar, fried, baked, stew- |
'ed and pronounced it excellent, even
' declaring it more palatable and nour- !
ishing than the high-priced codfish. |
' Formerly gar fish were used only for |
| fertilizer and bait for crab nets. It
| has been announced that salt gar will
;bo cheap. j ;
NEGRO KNOWN TC BE |
147 YEARS OLD IS DEAD
ey |
Answered All Questions Asked Him
! About Revolutionary Times. !
NEW YORK.—Claiming to be 147
years old, William Masios, a negro
preacher, died here recently after be
ing admitted to Bellvue hospital. |
He answered all questions put to
him by the incredulous doetors about
revolutionary times, and his answers
were o intelligent that the hospital
authorities put him on record as be
ing of that age—the oldest patient
ever admitted to the hospital.
Neighbors say he was born in Rich
mend, Va., in 1771. ;
53,000,000 OWNERS
~ OF LIBERTY BONDS
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{KEEPING TRACK OF THEM ONE
' OF UNCLE SAM'’S BIG JOBS.
| NO DANGER OF LOSS.
In a statement made by Labert St.
Clair, publicity expert attached to the
United States treasury department in
Washington, it was said that, so far
as the total figures go, more than
60 out of every 100 men, women and
children in the United States have
got a liberty bond tucked away.
There have been more than 55,
000,000 individual subscriptions re
corded, and the task of keeping
track of them is one of the biggest
bookkeeping jobs in the national cap
ital. There are other big jobs -of
“keeping tabs,” such as the war risk
insurance bureau, where the “policy”
and payments of every soldier who
has taken out insurance are record
ed; the army department, where a
long and exhaustive folio is kept up
on every officer and enlisted man in
the service, and the department of!
agriculture, where every farm owner
in the country has his own little card!
in the gigantic index.
But the biggest job of all is keep
ing track of the billions of dollars
worth of liberty bonds that have
been sold in the four issues in less
than 18 months.
In First Three Loans. I
The total number of individual
subseribers to the first three liberty
loan issues was about 30,000,000. The
number of individual subscribers to
the fourth loan would probably reach
a total of 25,000,000, it was stated.
The enormous task of auditing and
accounting for the bonds has been
made more complex by the fact that
the issues are interchangeable, and
that holders of the first series may
trade them for later issues. And, it
must be remembered, the rate of in
terest on each issue is differently
planned, just as the life of the se
curity is for a different term. Four
hundred clerks, most of them women,
perform the routine of this big job.
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