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TUESDAY. ]ANUARY 4, 1921.
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NITED STATES
HAS ONE-MAN FLAG
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PRESIDENTS SELDOM SggN.
USED WHEN HE APPEA
AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
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“.AsHI,\'GTON. D. C,——"Mzost folk
gnow of some of the perquisites that
1 accrue t 0 the next president of the
{"nit(‘d States, such as a band, which
s at his _di,-posal—-—the marine banc'i—
a'n d the white house conservatories,
which provide the first lady of the land
with flowers, but it s not so generally
gnown that one of the honors bestow
ed upon the chief executive is a s;?ecxal
fla’%ifis flag is not seen frequently. It
does not float over the white house.
Its use 1S reserved for the most part
for occasions when the president ap
pears in Nis c.x-offic:o function-as com
mandfl’-ilx-(fhlcf of the army and -the
nd«‘f\h'k- president’s flag consists of the
coat-of-arms @s they appear on the
president’s seal, against a biue back
ground, and flanked by four stars. Its.
pistory and use are described ‘in the
monograph on flags of the world of
the National Geographic Society as
| follows: T
T 101}(\\']1('11 the president visits a vessel
of the United States the president’s
flag is broken at the main the moment
he reaches the deck and is kept flying
as long as he is on board. I'f the vessel
can do so, a national salute of twenty
one guns is fired as soon as possible
iter his arrival on board. Upon de
parture another salute of twenty-one
- guns is fired, the president’s flag be
ing lowered with the last gun of the
ute. e )
Sal]\\‘}l!‘“ the president is embarked
in a boat he usually directs that his
flag be displayed from the staff in the
bow of his barge. When he passes in a
poat flving his flag vessels of the navy
parade the full guard, four ruffles are
| given on the drum, four flourishes are
| sounded on the bugle, the national an
them is played by the band and offi
cers and men salute. When the presi
dent is embarked in a ship flying his
flag all saluting ships, on meeting her
at <ca or clsewhere, and all naval bat
teries fire a national salute on passing.
“Previous to the present order there
were two designs displayed on flags
and on colors to be used in the pres
ence of the commander-inschief of the
army and navy. The navy design was
of an ecarlier date than that of the
army, and consisted of the coat-of
arms of the United States, as shown
in the Great Seal, upon a blue ground.
This happened to be almost identical
with the infantry colors. |
, “The president’s colors were de
signed to be distinctive from the in
fantry colors, and consisted of a-blue
wground with a large crimson star, out
lined heavily with white. Within the
star was to be seen the coat-of-arms
of the United States, and outside the
star within its angles were powdered
small stars of the number of states
in the union.
“The double display of flags and
colors at the grand army review in
1915 caused considerable comment,
and as a result the suggestion was
made to the president that the navy
flag might fittingly be made distinctive
irom the infantry colors by the ad
dition of four stars—one in each cor
ner. The flags of an admiral and of
a general bear four: stars, as a sign
oi command. The president approved
of the idea, but directed that the coat
of-arms, as shown on the president’s
seal, be used upon the president’s per
sonal flag and colors.”
ASKS TO TAKE OFF TRAINS
AND ABOLISH STATIONS
G. F. and A. Railroad Says It Wants
To Curtail Expenses.
Application has been filed with the
Georgia railroad commission by the
Georgia, Florida & Alabama railroad
for authority to discontinue its pas
senger trains 3 and 4, between Cuth
bert and Tallahassee. The road asks
authority also to discontinue its agen
¢y stations at Kimbrough, Benevo
-I}'llo',} Cornyce, Babcock and Eldoren-
Go. The rcason given for the request
is msufficient business to maintain
these agencies. The gross and net
carnings of the road, it is argued, have
fallen off and the decrease in earnings
will not meet the increased cost of
operation. The case is set for hearing
January 14,
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8 for headache, sour stomach, tor- 88
L:’, pid liver and feverish colds . .” 5
pg declares Mrs. Annie Whitmore, Q€
b 9 of Gate City, Va. *“lt is easy to ]
2% take and does not gripe, as a 33
lot of medicines do,” she adds. ©% |
“It is good to take in a hot tea 39
for colds, or can be taken in & 28
dry powder. I can’t say enough 99
for Black-Draught and the sick~ D%
ness it has saved us.” 3¢
Th df d’ :
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2Q medicine,inthousandsof homes. b¢
89 ‘1 do not use any other liver 9%
§g Medicine,” says Mrs. Mary O. 94
::. Brown, ol Elltopl, Mi“. “lt-' ‘:'
80 Splendid for sour stomach, a ¥3
B 8 Dad taste in the mouth or torpid €4
R® liver. 1 keep it all the time, use &¢
o it with the children and feel it %
B 2 has saved ug many dollars in '1:
05 go;tor bills and many days in &3
80 bed.” 54
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RO ford’s, '
88600 E 82 §¢
Mule Market Slowest
Known in Many Years
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill.—Sales at
the mule market here, considered
one of the largest in the world, are
only about one-téenth of what they
were last winter, according to deal
ers. About 75000 head were sold
last winter when prices were at
their peak, but dealers say it is
probable less than 20,000 will be
disposed of this winter. “The de
cline in demand and in prices began
last August,” J. W. Harvey, repre
sentative of a large mule company,
explained. “This is attributed to
the fact that farmers in the south
are not buying because of the low
prices for cotton, tobacco, lumber,
rice and sugar. Most sales of mules
in the winter season are for the
south.” Another dealer said the on
ly demand was for mules to be used
in mines. - The “mine mules” are
selling from $B5 to $3OO, a drop in
the maximum price of $5O apiece
since a year ago, it was said. Prices
for other mules range from $75 to
$275, compared with 4 range of
from $2OO to $5OO twelve months
ago, it was added.
SIXTY-FOUR MEN ARE CHARG
ED WITH THEFT OF $1,250,-
- 000 WORTH OF GOODS.
The trial of the 64 men indicted by
the last federal grand jury at Macon
on charges of congpiracy in connec
tion with the alleged robberies from
the American Railway Express com
pany on this division of the Central
railroad. will begin at a special term
of the United States court which has
been called by Judge Evans to con
vene on the first Monday in March
for that purpose.
The 64 men are charged with hav
ing stolen from the American Rail
way Express company in the six
months before their indictment over
$1,250,000 worth of goods of all kinds.
It is thought mow that two weeks
or more will be consumed in the trial
of the cases. Four days were re
quired by the federal grand jury which
indicted the men, and it is said that
much additional” evidence has been
collected since by both sides. .
Some of the defendants are well
known and prominent men in this sec
tion of the state.
Hatfield Rendered Unconscious by a
Blow on the Head. His Cloth
: ing Was Then Robbed.
J.-W. Hatfield, the well-known con
ductor on this division of the Central
railroad, was attacked in Macon by
two negro highwaymen a few nights
ago while he was hurrying to the sta
tion to take out his train on the trip
to Mont‘gomery.
The robbers felled the conductor
with a blow upon his head. They
hastily ransacked his clothing for
money, turning his pockets inside out,
but obtained only a few cents.
One of the robbers grabbed the con
ductor’s satchel and both fled ifrom
the scene, leaving him unconscious on
the sidewalk. ‘
Some time later other railroad men
stumbled over the conductor and called
the police and he was removed to his
home, where he regained conscious
ness. - Doctors said he would be all
right in a few" days.
There was nothing of value in the
satchel except some wearing apparel
and report blanks useful only to the
owner.
20 Lessons in Home Economics Boil
ed Down to Meet Requirements of
Housewife and Student.
“Twenty Lessons in Domestic
Science,” by Marion Cofe Fisher, has
cently been received by us for review.
This is a complete advanced course
in domestic science and home econom
ics boiled down to meet the require
ments of the housewife and the stu
dent. SO ;
The entire course consists of twenty
practical lessons—one hundred pages
filled with the most valuable informa
tion the housewife can possess—here
tofore taught only in domestic science
schools.
Deo.you know the relative value of
food, which *fruits to use for cooking
and what purpose salads serve, the
correct use of condiments, about prop
er kitchen equipments, about W S
government’s bulletins, how to reduce
the high cost of living, how to pro
mote and protect your own and your
family’s health, how to make house
keeping simpler and” more economical
and pleasant by utilizing modern
science in the home?
This book, we note, is priced at $2
per copy, and from what we under
;stand it contains a complete $lOO.OO
college course, condensed, and it is
;practlca_lly free to every interested
‘housewfie.
The home economics department of
the Calumet Baking Powder Co,
4100-28 Fillmore St., Chicago, IIL, will
be plegsed to place this book in any
interested parties hands upon receipt
of two slips taken from 1-lb. cans of
Calumet Baking Powder and twenty
cents to cover cost of postage and
packing.
SacE R s
Bad Cold and Cough Cured by Cham
berlain’s Cough Remedy.
Several years ago C. D. Glass, Gardi
ner, Me., contracted a severe cold and
cough. He tried various medicines but
instead of getting well he kept adding
to it by contracting fresh colds. Noth
ing-he had taken for it was of any
permanent benefit until a druggist ad
vised him to try Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. He says “I was completely
cured by this remedy and have since
always turned to it when I had a cold
and soon find relief.”
GOT ITS NAME AS RESULT OF
THE INCORRECT READING
OF A WORD. »
Nome, Alaska, has gone into its an
nual winter hibernation, according to
newspaper dispatches, and is expected
to return to life with but little vitality
next spring. This remote mining camp
which, after a meteoric career and
growth into a city, threatens practical
1y to pass eut of existence, is describ
ed in the following bulletin issued by
the National Geographic So iety:
~ “Nome is a town which ali;vays hi
bernates in winter. Situated on the
‘bleak north coast of the icy, storm
swept Bering sea, close to the Arctic
Circle, it is frozen in and snowed in
for about seven months of the year.
Its chief industry, placer gold mining,
depends upon the use of running wa
ter, therefore the activities must stop
when the water congeals. Rather than
spend the long winter in the extreme
cold, waiting for the return of mild
weather, a large part of the popula
tion of Nome has always returned
to the states in the fall, n}aking the
journey back- to the north in June,
when navigation opens.
Beach of Golden Sands.
“The overnight creature of an un
psual gold discovery, the town grew
up on a site that probably could not
have been worse fitted for a commun
ity of human habitation. It is open
to the full sweep of the violent storms
and the heavy waves that often beat
in from the sea. It has a relatively
narrow beach and immediately within]
is a strip of tundra, frozen solid in
winter, but a sea of mud during the|
open season. In this morass the town
grew up. In the early days men and‘
animals floundered through streets
‘that were knee-deep in mud. Later.
the principal thoroughfares were
‘boarded over. Each summer fool
ihardy newcomers built structures on
‘the beach only to have them wholly
‘destroyed by the blasts of September
iwhen, almost without warning, huge
‘waves sweep to the edge of the tundra
\and often into the town itself.
. “Gold was first discovered -near
Nome in 1898, in one of the numerous
'crceks that rise in the hills back of
’thc town and cross the tundra to the
sea. This discovery was widely her
alded through Alaska and the western
states. Thousands flocked to the neigh
lborhood in the summer of 1899 and the
town was born. That season the re
tmarkable discovery was made that the
'sand of the beach at the edge of the
itown was rich in gold, and thousands
iof prospectors with crude equipment
ltook out" respectable fortunes. The
beach could not be filed upon but any
one was permitted to dig there. This
unique feature of the Nome gold fields
' drew more than 20,000 people to the
'region the following summer and the
town grew into a thriving city. Placer
'miners burrowed into" the sand like
moles for thirty miles or more up and
down the beach.
Use of Machinery.
“By the end of the 1900 season the
beach was exhausted of its easily ob
tainable gold and a large part of the
mushroom population turned away
from the community permanently.
Development of the gold deposits in
the creeks back to Nome continued,
however, and_the town settled to a
permanent population of several thous
and, with a municipal government,
water works, electric lights and other
conveniences of civilization. In the
years between 1910 and the outbreak
of the world war there was a marked
development of the use dredges and
other machinery in the exploitation of
the creek deposits. This lessened the
number of miners employed by the
large companies and still further re
stricted the population of Nome,
;iho(tilgh it remained important as a gold
eld.
“With the disturbed conditions aris
ing from the war, Nome has been
threatened with economic disaster.
The country is still rich in gold, but
the high cost of operation has brought
about the closing of many mining
activities.
“Nome took its name from Cape
Nome nearby, which was named as
the result of a misunderstanding. It
means nothing unless it can be cofr=
strued to signify ‘the nameless.” It was
discovered in the examination of an
early chart that when the physical
features of northwestern Alaska were
named one cape had been overlooked.
The penciled querry ‘name’ was made
beside it. A copyist transcribed the
scrawled question as ‘Nome and the
name has stuck.”
KIDNEYS, QUIT MEAT
Flush the Kianeys at once when Back
hurts or Bladder bothers—Meat
forms uric acid
No man or woman who eats meat regu
farly can make a mistake by flushing
the kidneys occasionally, says a well
known authority. Meat forms urie-acid
which clogs the kidney pores so they
eluggishly filter or strain only part of
the waste and poisons from the Sood,
then you get sick. Nearly all rh -
tism, headaches, liver trouble, nervous
ness, constipation, dizziness, sleeplessness,
bladder disorders come from sluggish kid
neys.
The moment you feel a dull ache in the
kidneys or your back hurts, or if the
urine is eloudy, offensive, full of sedi
ment, irregular of passage or attended
by a sensation of scalding, get about four |
ounces of Jad Salts from any reliable
pharmacy and take a tablespoonful in
a glass of water before breakfast for a |
few days and your kidneys will then aet
fine. This famous salts is made from
the acid of grapes and lemon juice, som
bined. with lithia and has been used for
generations to flush clogged kidneys and
stimulate them to activity, also to neu- '
tralize the acids in urine so it no lonar |
causes irritation, thus ending bladder dis
ordera.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and can
pot injure; makes a delightful effer
vescent lithia-water drink which all reg
ular meat eaters should take now and
then to keep the kidneys clean and the
blood pure, thereby avoiding serious kid
pey complications,
THE DAWSON NEWS
When Pruning Peach Trees Remem
ber Brown Rot Sources of Infection
When the mummied peach is pulled
off during the winter and -destroyed
only one-half of the brown rot source
of infection is destroyed. Where this
mummy is attached to. the tree twig
there is usually to be found a small
canker which is just as capable of car
rying the brown rot disease over win
ter as the mummy itself. This canker
seldom causes any serious injury to
the limb, as in most cases the canker
dies out in one year and heals over;
however;, it serves to carry the disease
over winter to infect the fruit the fol
lowing season. These small cankers
can usually be found by cutting away
the outside bark where the mummy
was attached. : a
This canker source of brownfrot in
fection should be kept in mind during
pruning operations, -and with a pair
of hand clippers remove the twigs con
taining the mummies and destroy both
mummies and such twigs immediately
by burning. In this way both sources
of brown rot infection will be eliminat
ed.. Attention should also be given to
any mummies on the ground under
trees to see that they also are de
stroyed, as these mummies are able
to infect fruit after they are séveral
years old.
Do not . ‘forget the advantages of a
well opened center. Orchardists must
not lose sight of the fact that a hun
dred well colored peaches of uniform
size will net greater returns than one
hundred and fifty poorly colored fruits
BUT LITTLE HELP SEEN FOR
SOIL TILLERS. RESERVE
BOARD WILL STAND PAT.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—-—Congress%
would raise false hopes by the passage
of resolutions promising financial re
lief to the farmer, in the opinion of of
ficials in the executive branch of the
government. The senate has passed a
resolution - directing the secretary of
the treasury to revive the war finance
corporation, and expressing to the fed
eral reserve board the opinion that lib
eral credit should be extended the
farmers of the country.
i This action of the senate was follow
ed by a favorable vote in the house
iand then congress had discharged its
obligation to the farmers who have
been clamoring for help as prices de
clined. But the truth is the resolution
will be practically ignored and will not
aid the situation, and the farmer who
relies on it is apt to be in a worse sit
uation than the one who does mot. In
vestigation at the executive end of the
government reveals the fact, for in
stance that Governor Harding, of the
federal reserve board, will stand pat
and will not regard the, opinion ex
pressed in the senate resolution as
lmandatory. If congress wants any
thing done it must direct the. federal
reserve board to do it by amending
the federal reserve act, and if it does
that it would not be surprising to see
the federal reserve board go to pieces
altogether by the prompt resignation
of several of its members.
American Soldiers on Rhine Are Be
ing Gradually Withdrawn. Enlist
: ments Are Ending.
The American force in Germany
will soon be reduced at the rate of
about 1,200 a month, due to the expira
tion of terms of enlistment, and no
replacements are being sent to Co
blenz, The war department estimates
that by May, 1921, the force will have
been reduced to 7,000 or 7,500 men,
about one brigade.
While President Wilson has issued
no orders for the withdrawal of the
force, substantial reductions are oc
curring from month to month on an
increasing ratio. The force now num
bers about 14,000 officers and men.
Many. of the enlisted men have been
on the Rhine for a long time, and their
enlistments are beginning to expire in
considerable numbers.
{ALL WHISKY MAY BE
l STORED IN KENTUCKY
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Before a con
ference here today with Kentucky in
ternal revenue officials about the ad
visability of concentrating the liquor
supply of the country at a central
point M. W. Williams, commissioner
of internal revenue, indicated that it
Jnight all be brought to Kentucky. “It
would be safe to say,” he is quoted as
having said, “we will not, move the
whisky out of Kentucky that is in it.”
. It was pointed out that two-thirds
of the whisky in the country is in
Kentucky bonded warehouses.
GEMS THAT ARE AFFECTED
BY WEATHER CONDITIONS
Diamond dealers don’t like to pass
‘an opinion on gems when the day is
}damp, It is a fact that weather has
a great effect on precious stones. Mur
ky weather will spoil the appearance
of a diamond, but a really nasty foggy
day will make even the purest stone
seem imperfect. |
WEALTH COVERS MUCH.
“Mummie, why does Uncle John eat
off his knife?” querried the young
hopeful.
“Hush, dear!” replied mother, in an
agonized whisper. “Uncle John is rich
enough to eat off the coal shovel if he
prefers it.”
“] Wouldn't Go Camping Without
Rat-Snap,” Says Ray White.
“Wife and 1 spent our vacation
cariping last summer, smell of cooking
brought rats. We went to town, got
some RAT-SNAP, broke up cakes, put
it outside our tent. We got the rats
alright-—big fellows.” Farmers, store
keepers, housewives should use RAT
SNAP. Three sizes: 25¢, 50c, $l.OO.
Sold and guaranteed by Dawson Hard
ware Co. and Crouch Bros.
of various sizes. Keep the heads well
opened in ogder that the best air cir-!
culation may be obtained, and so that
the tree and its fruit may receive the
full benefit of the sunlight for germi
cidal action and for coloring purposes.
Furthermore, if the tree is well open
ed and thinned out during the pruning
season a much more thorough job of
spraying can be done after the tree
comes in foliage.
Start the clean up work immediate
ly, and take advantage of the first dry
weather to burn adjoining wood and
waste lands. This will be one of the
greatest steps in our efforts to handle
the curculio in the next peach crop.
The committees are urged to get this
work started as soon as possible in the
various districts: |
Attention is again called to the fagt
that it is very advisable to remove the
soil from the base of the trees if para
dichlorobenzene has been used for the
peach borer. This soil should be re
placed several days after its removal.
The gas that is generated from this
chemical is about five times as heavy
as air, and the soil should be remov
ed from the base of the trees for sev
eral days from four to six weeks af
ter the chemical was applied to allow|
any gas which has collected in the soil
to escape. This is recommended mere-.
ly as an added precaution against tree
injury. |
PEACH INSECT LABORATORY,
United States Department of Agricul
ture, Ft. Valley, Ga.
14,000 IMMIGRANTS KNOCK
AT UNCLE SAM’S FRONT DOOR
Force of Inspectors Inadequate to
Handle Flood of New Comers.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Eighty immi
gration inspectors at Ellis Island were
overwhelmed with work today as a re
sult of the arrival of 14,000 immigrants
over the week-end, all asking admis
stbn to this country.
The force of inspectors and the hous
ing quarters at Ellis Island, officials
said, were entirely inadequage to han
dle the crowds of newcomers. Other
immigrants reported en route on the
Atlantic are expected to add to con
gestion. The immigrants hail from ev
ery part of Europe. :
BOUGHT THE CAP HE
‘ " HAD THROWN AWAY
‘ A cap purchased by Howard Tap
per, an overseas veteran of the world
war, in a renovated army goods store
in Perth Amboy, N. J., proved to be
one he had discarded in France after
‘the armistice. It contained his name
lwritten on the under side of the band.
To abort a cold
and prevent com
plications take
'al otaLs
The purified and refim;é
salomel tablets that a
nausealess, safe and sure.
Medicinal virtues retain.
ed and improved. Sold
only in sealed packages.
Price 35c.
’ VAT
Petty’s Improved Wilt
Resistant Cotion Seed
[ have been improving this cotton for seven years by
making single stalk selections, and breeding up to where I can
have the most prolific and quickest maturing cotton that I have -
ever seen grow. My foundation stock ‘was Covington's Toole
Wilt Resistant cotton seed. My cotton fields have been -
spected by cotton experts of the State Entomologist and the
State Agricultural College for six years. I refer you to either
of them. | have my private ginnery and do not gin for the
public. In this way I keep my seed absolutely PURE. I have
a nice lot of seed to offer this year at $2.50 per bushel. A
H. A. Pelty, Dawson, Ga.
“SERVICE SPELLS SUCCESS” -
The Toney Lavely
Clothes Cleaning Co.
~ DAWSON, GEORGIA
.
-No More Scorching,
No More Slicking, -
No More Stretching Clothes
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I have just installed the latest improved
steam garment pressing machine. lam
better prepared to handle your clothes than
in the past. The vacuum attachment on
the new machine raises the knap on the
garments and they have a better appear
ance than being ironed with electric irons.
I make a specialty of cleaning ladies’ gar
ments. |am yours for better service.
208 Main Sireet g Phone 312
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The Purina System of Feeding '\‘ 1
keeps the flock laying in the M
fall and the winter, because it i)
supplies plenty of material for :
whites as well as for yolks. This \ JAN.
enables the hen to make complete $
eggs of all the yolks that develop FEC. ™7
in her body. $
When a %:ain ration is fed there is
not enough protein for whites. Many !
yolks that form are not laid, but are
eventually absorbed back into the
system as fat.
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Purina Chows, when fed "y PURINA
according to directions, are ': P"RI ": mlm
guaranteed to make hens lay “H L B "
more eggs than any other feed, (W (scawrcn eLAL IR f::h'
or the money paid for Purina R ™ oncxensoane LRI i
Chows will be refunded. o N N s
Sold in Checkerboard [REERATE AR E
Bags Only by A L
J. M. RAUCH
Dawson, Georgia
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