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HISTORY FOR THE CHURCH
IS MADE IN FIRST YEAR OF
CENTENARY CAMPAIGN
CHICAGO.—A picture of world
wide missionary enterprise on a scale
making history for the Methodist
Episcopal church is presented in a re
port just made public here. The re
port summarizes first year expendi
tures and achievements under the cen
tenary fund recently raised by this
church.
In' the centenary camipaign more
than 1,000,000 people contributed to
the $108,000,000 pledged, it is stated.
Broad expansion at home as well as
abroad is noted. Among major feat
ures of this development during 1920
are mentiomed the following:
Work is being done among foreign
speaking people in the United States
by 102 English speaking pastors, 283
foreign language pastors, 102 women
workers and 141 other special work
ers.
Two hundred and fifty-five foreign
language students are in training at
colleges, universities and schools.
There was spent $1,093,979.41 to
“continue work in and near military
and naval stations; to help equip
Methodist chaplains; to promote good
will industries; to provide adequate
ministry in negro districts, congested
by the northward migration, and in
great industrial centers developed by
war industries; to provide community
centers in rural neighborhoods increas
ed as a result of the war; to promote
Americanization; and to provide schol
arships for Methodist boys whose ed
ucational training was interrupted
when they went to fight for Uncle
Sam.” .
Surveying Methodist endeavor
abroad, the report says that centenary
funds saved the whole Methodist Epis
copal work in China and India from
disaster imminent on the great reduc
tion in value in purchasing power of
the American dollar.
At Singapore $BO,OOO was spent on
the Anglo-Chinese school. Chinese in
that city have contributed close to
$300,000.
Extensive projects have been laid
out for Japan, where the direct ap
propriation last year was $166,714. The
Korean appropriation was $122,256.
Twenty-six new missionaries were
sent to Africa, marking “an increase
of 76 per cent.”
Physical relief extended to Europe
and Armenia ran into hundreds Oof
thousands of dollars. France, Italy,
Finland, Spain, Norway, Sweden,
Denmark, the Philippines, Mexico,
Central and South America and the
Netherlands Indies received attention.
PRICE OF TWO CHOPS
PAYS FOR ENTIRE SHEEP
Lambs at 33 Cents a Head Retail at
65 Cents an Order.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Why two
little lamb chops should net a res
taurant man as much as a whole sheep
nets a farmer is puzzling Chairman
Fordney of the house ways and means
committee.
A recent shipment of sheep in New
York yielded the owner 33 cents a
head, Mr. Fordney told the house in
discussing the tariff bill.
“Last night,” he added, “I went into
a restaurant and paid 65 cents for two
measley little lamb chops about as big
as hali a dollar.”
: at
MeDOWELL GRO. CO.
3 Ibs best Coffee. . .$1.25
Best Flour .......$1.70
Other Flour .....$1.50
I Riee .. ..... 10
AA barrel Syrup at
Sllon .o, i A
Meal, peck ........35¢
Call and ask for our. RE
DUCED PRICES.
Stomach-Kidneys-Heart-Liver
Keep the vital organs healthy by
regularly taking the world’s stand
ard remedy for kidney, liver,
bladder and uric acid troubles—
&! UQ
The National Remedy of Holland for
centuries and endorsed by Queen Wilhele
mina. At all druggists, three sizes.
Lock for the name Gold Medal on every box
and accept no imitation
Hundred Million
Dollars Missing
g e TR e e
Lost and Hoarded Pennies and
Nickels Deplete From United
States Currency Huge Sum.
One hundred million dollars, mostly
in nickels and l-cent pieces, is absent
without leave from the United States
treasury. This vast sum of money,
held out by Unele Sam’s nieces and
nephews, costs the government more
than five million dollars a ycar and
causes a direct shortage in commercial
coin. So much so that one of the first
acts of the next secretary of the treas
ury must be to devise ways and means
of gathering in what is now called
“dead money.”
The director of the mint is kept
busy purchasing new metal with which
to coin pennies and nickels that have
gone. In 1917 the loss was almost
seventy-five million dollars. Now, to
be exact, it is $98,126,336.38.
In l-cent pieces alone dead money
in the United States amounts to $38,-
924,176.19. The 5-cent nickel is the
greater offender with a charge to its
account of $53,554,754.33. These are
lost coins of current denominations.
The out-of-date specie that cannot be
found and which is made up of the old
3-cent pieces and the like amounts to
$13,747,405.86.
So far as the smaller coins go Un
cle Sam is almost financially embar
rassed. With street car fares rang
ing between 6 and 9 cents the treas
ury is called upon to furnish millions
of dollars in coppers.
FIGURES ARE GIVEN BY THQE
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE.
The cost of producing the 1920 cot
ton crop has been kept hy’ farmers in
all parts of Texas, in co-operation
with the department of agriculture of
Texas, on blanks prepared for that
purpose. ¢
Important data of general character
have been gathered from the reports,
which are herewith given. The items
of cost are reduced to the average acre
basis as follows:
Value of Farm and Improvements.
| Per acre
Tand $57.68 and improvements
CERIRTE s s SARRE
‘'Vlite -of works stock, ..., 901
Value of implements ......... 9.08
Total investment ............$96:43
| Per acre
8 per cent on the investment
L (SO6MBY v e (SR
Value of feed for work stock.. 7.49
Value repairs and blacksmithing .69
Depreciation on improvements,
10 per cent of $18:76......:.. 1.87
Depreciation on work stock, 15
per-cent of §991.. . L @A4D
Depreciation on implements, 20
i per cent of $9OB ... SSS
Taxes and insurange:....i..... £6O
Farmer’s - wages, one man at
$lOO per month and other per
manent labor at $5O per mo.. 28.76
Total average of cultivation,
per acre, for all cr0p5.....550.78
The reports reveal that 57 per cent
of the cultivated land is in cotton, and
70 per cent of the time of cultivation
was devoted to cotton.
5 Per acre
This would make the cost of
producing cotton ...........$62.36
To which is added the extra cost
to cotton as follows:
Extra help cultivating cotton.. 1.70
Sedd for plaptifig. .. oo 0 0 480
Extra help required in picking. 5.45
Ginning and wrapping.:....... 3.15
Storage, insurance and interest. 4.00
Fertilizer or plant food taken
YoM BTI s e a 0
Total expense per acre for cot-
T e eeSN P
Less 306 pounds seed at $25 per
R e e e s s 8
Net total cost of one acre of
cottor' T, o e el o SRO 10
Based upon the estimate of the bu
reau of crop estimates of the govern
ment, of 174 pounds of lint per acre,
makes the cost per pound 46 cents.
225 HOLIDAYS
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- TO BE OBSERVED
Only Eighty-eight Days, Exclusive of
~ Sundays, in 1921 When Some Coun
try Will Not Celebrate.
There will be only 88 days, exclu
sive of Sundays, during the year 1921
when some country somewhere in the
world is not celebrating a holiday of
one sort or another. Even this small
number of world-wide working days
will, be reduced by advances to other
days of celebrations which would oth
erwise fall on Sundays. Moreover,
there will be further abstinations from
toil for religious and other festivals
not recognized as holidays by govern
ments or banks but which neverthe
less will be participated in by many
thousands of men and women. Of all
countries Turkey is most given to
keeping of holidays, there being twen
ty-six days in the year when special
celebrations are held. Scotland, with
only five holidays, is the country most
thrifty of its time.
NOBODY WANTS THIS MONEY
Nobody appears to want the $150,-
000 worth of securities an Indiana
woman found on the seat of a Chicago
taxi-cab, although they have been ad
vertised for weeks. A strange reluc
tance for these times.
“How I Cleared the Mill of Rats,” By
£ Tacker, B L
“As night watchman I believe I
have seen more rats than any man.
Dogs wouldn’t go near them. Got $1
package of RAT-SNAP, inside of six
weeks cleared them all out. Killed
them by the score every night. Guess
the. rest were scared away. I'll never
be without RAT-SNAP.” Three sizes,
25¢, 50c, $l.OO. Sold and guaranteed by
IL;awson Hardware Co. and (}ouch‘
ros.
SENATOR THOMAS DOES NOT
WANT CONGRESS TO HELP
BOOST THE PRICES.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—A plea
for consideration for the ultimate con
sumer was made today by Senator
Thomas, democrat, Colorado, before
the senate finance committee, which
is holding hearings on the house
emergency tariff bill designed. to pro
tect the farmers.
Want to Stick Him.
“It strikes me,” said Senator Thom
as, “that some consideration ought to
be given the consumer. Everybody
comes here appealing for “help. Ev
ervbody is in a bad fix. But the re
sult is always the same—stick the
consumer.” |
K. D. Loos, appearing on behalf of
California lembn growers, had asked
for a tariff of two cents a pound on
lemons. Senator Thomas inquired
whether, if this rate was fixed, the
growers would not develop a monop
oly as a result of barring out Italian
lemon exports. The witness insisted
no such effect could be expected, ex
plaining that more lemons were now
stored than at any time in years.
Corkscrews Cheap.
“That may be true,” said the sena
tor, “but that is a fine example of
what is being asked of congress—ev
erybody who has something to sell
is seeking to exploit those who have
to buy.
“Some may need relief, but so does
the consumer. If the relief you seek
is granted—and this applies not only
to the lemon industry, but to all in
dustries—the pecuniary relief comes
out of the consumet.
“Why, the only things the consum
er can buy cheaply now,” said he,
“are corkscrews and postage stamps,
and he has no need for corkscrews.”
SERIOUS SITUATION CAUSED
IN HALL COUNTY AS RESULT
OF ANONYMOUS NOTICES.
GAINESVILLE, Ga.—The critical
situation which has obtained in north
ern portions of Hall county since no
tices were posted several days ago
that no negro would be permitted to
remain ‘“‘north of the Chattahoochee
in Hall county” were anonymously
served by hand and through the mails
upon negro residents has steadily
grown worse.
The number of negro refugees who
have come into Gainesville for pro
tection is estimated as running well
up into the hundreds. The problem of
feeding and housing has become seri
ous. Trouble within the town is fear
ed unless prohibitive measures are ta
ken shortly.
Critical Economic Situation.
A critical economic situation is re
sulting from the attempt to drive out
all negro labqr. The Gainesville and
Northwestern railroad has been handi
capped by the loss of all negro work
men. Two large lumber mills, one a
million-dollar concern, are operating
under armed guards in an effort to
retain negro employes. A few farm
ers have armed their tenants with
shotguns and maintain regular patrols,
while others are crippled by the re
sulting labor shortage.
“The trouble has its origin back in
February of 1920, when a negro was
caught stealing a washpot from his
employer. The thief’s home was “shot
up” by unknown parties. The antag
onism and prejudice. increased rapidly,
leading to the burning of negro lodges
and homes throughout that portion of
the county.
" These citizens declared that no
overt crime on the part of negroes
was responsible for the outbreak in
February nor for that of more recent
date. They stated that the majority
of negroes who have been forced to
flee their homes are of the servant
class and possess good reputations in
their communities.
Two or three white men in the com
munity where the disturbance started
have been arrested.
PLEASES THE MISSUS.
The gladsome time of the year is at
hand, announces E. E. Kelley, when
a peace-loving husband will burn $5O
worth of coal that he may bring 50
cents’” worth of decrepit house plants
safely through the winter.
HOW DOGTORS
Pirst Step in Treatment Is a Brisk
Purgative With Calotabs, the
Purified and Refined Calomel
Tablets that are Nausea
less, Safe and Sure.
Doctors have found by experience
that no medicine for colds and influ
enza can be depended upon for full ef
fectiveness until the liver is made thor
oughly activ®é. That is why the first
gtep in the treatment is the new, nausea
less calomel tablets ecalled Calotabs,
which are free from the sickening and
weakening effects of the old style ealo
mel. Doctors also point out the faect
that an active liver may go a long way
towards preventing influenza and is one |
of the most important factors in en
abling the patient to successfully with- |
stand an attack and ward off pnen-l
monia. | .
One Calotab on the tongue at bed!
time with a swallow of water—that’s !
all. No salts, no nausea nor the s]ight-!
est interference with your eating, pleas- |
ure or work. Next morning your eold |
kas vanished, your liver is active, your |
system is purified, and you are fooling!
fine, with a hearty appetite for break- |
fast. Druggists sell Calotabs enly in !
original sealed packages, price thirty- |
five cents. Your money will be cheer
fully refunded if you do not find them
delightful.—(Adv.)
THE DAWSON NEWS
Served Guests With Egg
Over a 100 Years Old
At a breakfast at West Salem,
Wis., Mrs. Walter Cole served an
egg which it is authentically stated
was 100 years old. It had been
brought, from China by Miss May
Thompson, many years a mission
ary at Nau Chang. The egg had
been steeped in quick lime and cov
ered with such and other wrap
pings to preserve it, following
methods long known to the Chi
nese. The egg was quite palatable,
the guests said.
Honorable S. G. McLendon, Secre
tary of State, State of Georgia.—Your
petitioner, the Bank of Parrott, of
Parrott, Georgia, respectfully shows
that it is a body corporate under the
laws of the State of Georgia and by
virtue of a ‘charter issued by the Hon
orable Phillip Cook, secretary of
state, State of Georgia, dated January
25, 1906.
Petitioner further shows that on the
7th day of December, 1920, the board
of directors of said bank by proper
corporate action voted to call a meet
ing of the stockholders of said bank,
to be held on the 21st day of Decem
ber, 1920, for the purpose of consid
ering and acting upon the proposal to
reduce the capital stock of said bank
from twenty-five thousand ($25,000.00)
dollars to fifteen thousand ($15,000.00)
dollars. !
Petitioner further shows that notice
of said meeting of stockholders was
mailed to each stockholder of record,
or in case of his death to his heirs and
legal representatives, addressed to his
last known residence, at least ten
days previous to the date of the said
meeting, and that at the said meeting
a majority in ameunt of all of the cap
ital stock issued and outstanding was
present, represented either in person
or by proxy. An abstract from the
minutes of the “said meeting being as
follows:
“Parrott, Ga., Dec. 21, 1920.—Pur
suant to a call of the board of directors
of the Bank of Parrott, the stockhold
ers of said bank met in the office of
the bank on the above date for the
express purpose of considering and
acting upon the proposal to decrease
the capital stock of the said bank, no
tice of said meeting having been mail
ed to each stockholder, in case of his
death to his heirs or legal representa
tive, addressed to his last known" resi
dence, at which meeting a majority in
amount of all the capital stock issued
and outstanding was present, repre
sented either in person or by proxy.
After a thorough discussion of the
proposal, the following resolution was
offered by Dr. J. T. Arnold:
Whereas, the charter of this bank
provides for an authorized capital
stock of twenty-five thousand (gZS,-
000.00) dollars, consisting of two hun
dred and fifty (150) shares of a par
value of one hundred ($100.00) dollars
cach, and ; L
Whereas, only fifteen thousand
($15,000.00) dollars of said capital
stock, consisting of one hundred fifty
(150) shares of a par value of one
hundred ($100.00) dollars each, has
actually been paid in and issued by the
said bank; and
Whereas, said amount of actual paid
up capital is sufficient for the present
needs of the said bank; and
Whereas, it is now necessary and
desirable that the amount of author
ized capital stock of the said bank, ac
cording to its charter, shall not ex
ceed the amount actually paid in and
issued;
Therefore, be it resolved by the
stockholders of the Bank of Parrott,
Parrott, Georgia, that an application
be filed with the Secretary of State
of the State of Georgia, praying for
an amendment to the charter of the
said bank, reducing the authorzied
capital stock from twenty-five thous
and ($25,000.00) ‘dollars, consisting of
two hundred fifty (250) shares of a
par value of one hundred ($100.00)
dollars each, to fifteen thousand ($15,-
000.00) dollars, consisting of one hun
dred fifty (150) shares of a par value
o‘fdone hunderd ($100.00) dollars each,
an
Be it further resolved that the offi
cers and directors of the said bank in
its name and behalf are hereby author
ized, empowered and instructed to do
all things necessary in the filing of
the aforesaid application for an amend
ment and for the carrying out the in
tents and purposes of this resolution.
Upon motion of Mr. W. S. Flowers,
seconded by Mr. J. N. Arnold, the
foregoing resolution was adopted by
an affirmative vote of a majority of
the stock of said bank issued and out
standing, said vote being 106 shares
in favor of said resolution and none
opposed to same.”
Petitioner, therefore, prays that in
accordance with provisions of article
9 of the act to regulate banking in the
State of Georgia, and for other pur
poses approved by the Governor,
August 16, 1919, an amendment to the
charter of the said bank be granted
and issued reducing the capital stock
of said bank from twenty-five ($25,-
000.00) dollars, consisting of two hun
dred fifty (250) shares of a par value
of one hundred ($100.00) dollars each,
to fifteen thousand ($15,000.00) dol
lars, to consists of one hundred and
fifty (150) shares of a par value of one
hundred ($100.00) dollars each.
An petitioners will ever pray.
Respectfully submitted,
BANK OF PARROt'ITT, by S I
Carter, President.
Adttest: Roy Pinkston, Cashier.
STATE OF GEORGIA, Office of
Secretary of State—l, S. G. McLen
don, secretary of state of the State of
’Georgia, do hereby certify, That the
three pages of written and typewritten
matter hereto attached is one of the
original copies of the triplicate peti-
Ition of the Bank of Parrott, of Par
'rott, Georgia, for amendment to its
charter, decreasing its capital stock
from twenty-five thousand ($25,000.00)
dollars to fifteen thousand ($15,000.00)
dollars, filed in this office, December
29, 1920; and this copy is certified and
returned to bank as required by law.
In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and affixed the seal
of my office, at the capitol, in the city
of Atlanta, this 29th day of December
in the year of our Lord One Thousand
Nine Hundred and Twenty and of the
Independence of the United States of
America the One Hundred and Forty--
fifth. S. G. McLENDON,
Secretarv of State. |
FORMER DAWSON MEN INTER
ESTED IN INSTITUTION. HAS -
THREE MILLION RESOURCES.‘
ALBANY, Ga.—The biggest busi
ness merger effected in Albany in re
cent years was announced Wednesday |
in the consolidation of two of the lead
ing banks, the Georgia National Bank
and the Albany Bank and Trust com
pany. The banks had practically the
same stockholders and directors and
it was believed they could be operated
to better advantage under one man
agement. |
The combined bank will be oper-l
ated under the name of the Georgia
National Bank, and will have resourc
es of more than $3,000,000, making
it the largest bank in Albany, and-be
lieved to be the largest south of Ma
con in Georgia.
The officers of the old Georgia Na
tional Bank are F. F. Putney, presi
dent: E. B. Young, active vice presi
dert; E. E. Wetherbee and J. S. Farn
ham, vice presidents: W. M. Bald
win, cashier, and J. L. Sumter, assist
ant cashier, and these will be officers
of the combined institution, which
will have a capital of $300,000 and sur
plus and undivided profits in excess
of $200,000.
It is understood that one of the
first steps of the combined institution
will be plans for a handsome new
sbank home on a prominent corner
which the Georgia National Bank has
recently acquired here.
OLD-TIME COLD CURE—
DRINK HOT TEA!
Get a small package of Hamburg
Breast Tea at any pharmacy. Take a
tablespoonful of the tea, put a cup of
boiling water upon it, pour through a
sieve and drink a teacup full at any
time during the day or before retiring.
1t is the most effective way to break
a cold and cure. grip, as it opens the
pores of the skin, relieving congestion.
Also loosens the bowels, thus breaking
up a cold.
Try it the next time you suffer from
a cold or the grip. It is inexpensive
and entirely vegetable, therefore safe
and harmless.
Rub Soreness from joints and muscles
with a small trial bottle of old
; Bt. Jacobs oil
Stop “dosingf’” Rheumatism.
It’s pain only; not one case in fifty
requires internal treatment. Rub sooth
ing, penetrating “St, Jacobs Oil” right
on the “tender spot,” and by the time
you say Jack Robinson—out comes the
rheumatic pain. “St. Jacob’s Oil” is
a harmless rheumatism cure which
never disappoints and doesn’t burn the
skin., It takes pain, soreness and stiff
ness from aching joints, muscles and
bones; stops sciatica, lumbago, backache,
neuralgia.
Limber up! Get a 35 cent bottle of
old-time, honest “St. Jacobs Oil” from
any drug store, and in a moment you’ll
be free from pains, aches and stiff
ness. Don’t suffer! Rub rheumatism
away. !
Cotton Seed
And
Peanuts
While prices have been at a low
level this season, we have paid the
very best price the market would .
allow, which in some instances has
been more than the price paid by
other mills and buyers.
We are in the Market at
All Times for These
- Products.
And believe it to your advantage
to see us before selling.
- Southern Cotton Qil Co.
Dawson, Georgia ;
R .l
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Compares Operating Results of No.
vember 1920 with March 1920.
Review the results of operating the Central of Georgia Railway
during period following the return of the property to the owners, The
transition period found the company with an unusually large number
of bad order cars and 10COH10t!Vۤ.alld-mllCh of th_e rolling stock wag
due for heavy and thorough repairing. It was during this period thy
the company was called on to handle the heaviest movement of passen.
ger and freight traffic in its history, and to Qq this it became necessary
to manufacture increased transportation facilities out of increased eff.
ciency. ~ ' .
'l}‘]he improvement is measured by the average tonnage per car ang
the average mileage per car day. The following figures show what hag
been accomplished: .
Average Tonnage Per Car
March November Percentage. Equivalent
1920 1920 Gain : To
24.6° 27.3 11 Per Cent 790 Cars
~
Average Miles Per Car Day
March November Percentage Equivalent
1920 1920 Gain 14 To
20.2 30.1 49 Per Cent 3,500 Cars
Or a total equivalent 0f......................4,290 Cars
The number of tons moved one mile during the first nine months
of 1920 was 1,105,990,000 or 85,365,000 tons more than during the first
nine months of 1918. A :
The increased car loading combined with the increased mileage
had the effect of increasing the car supply 4,290 cars. If the enlarged
capacity provided by increased efficiency had had to be produced by
new cars, it would have required an expenditure of $12,870,000, a sum
of money which would have been permanently added to the property
value of the company on which the shippers would ultimately have
to pay a return through rates.
The bad order locomotives on March Ist numbered 58 or 19.4 per
cent of the total owned locomotives, while on November Ist the bad
order locomotives were reduced to 34 or 11.1 per cent of the total own
ed locomotives.—Advt.
Registered
Mathis Toole
Cotton Seed
Healthy, very resistant and quickest cot
- ton to mature a crop that
| know of.
$1.50 PER BUSHEL
BUNCH VELVET BEANS $2.00 Bushel
ORDER TODAY v
W. J. MATHIS
Dawson, Georgia
TUESDAY, JANUARY 18 195