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QUAKE CAME WITH -
EYEWITNESS GIVES GRAPHIC
ACCOUNT OF IT. EARTH
SWAYED AND GROANED.
Belated /stories of eyewitnesses of
one of the greatest catastrophes in
history, the earthquake in Japan, are
only now being received in this coun
try because of the fact that cable
communications with the stricken na
tion has been seriously interfered
with by the. gigantic upheaval.
. It is now definitely known that the
great volcano, Oshima, off the coast
of Japan, has sunk to the bottom of
the sea. Simultaneous with the earth
quake the volcano erupted hot lava,
belched flame and smoke, and then
with a terrible rumble disappeared
beneath the surface of the ocean with
the thousands of persons living on
its slopes.
Tidal Wave. |
The sinking of the volcano caused
a stupendous tidal wave to sweep.
shoreward and raise havoc with the
docks and shipping along the coast. |
One eyewitness says that in the
cities of Tokio and Yokohama the
merchants were closing their shops
for the week-end, it being Saturday,
Sept. 1, and clerks were issuing fyom
the buildings when ‘“hell broke loose.”
* “Three minutes before noon” he
said, ‘“‘the earth began to groan and
sway beneath our feet. Buildings al
so swayed and groaned. A deep rum
ble seemed to issue from the bowels |
of the earth. I ran out to the middle
of the sireet, watching, with fear
clutching 2t my heart, the pitching
buildings that threatened momentari
ly to topple over on me. From out thc.
building rushed the pallid thousands,‘
some shrieking, some sobbing, some
moaning, the majority. laughing hys
tepically! . .
Fled From City.
“1 ran, staggering and falling on
the rolling, fluid-like earth, toward the
nearest open space. Behind me the
buildings were crumbling to the
ground with a terrible grinding and
groaning sound, intermingled with the
piteous shrieks of the trapped people
on the streets.
“From the famous Hibiya shrine,
where many marriages take place, I
saw a bridegroom rush out with his
bride, blood on her nuptial garments.
I continued to stagger forward. The
earth was still like fluid, swaying and
pitching and tossing. The old thatch—‘
ed-roof houses and old brick buildings
seemed to withstand the strain bet
ter than the new types. ‘
Buildings Toppled. l
“The noise was awful. Buildings
were crashing to the ground; men,
women and children were raising pit
eous cries to heaven; the deep roar
was still coming from beneath the
surface of the earth. Finally 1 gained
the open spaces on the outskirts of
the city. I looked back. A dozen fires
Nwere burning fiercely, blackening the
sky with a pall of smoke. The city
was a shambles. Half delirious I
struggled on, not knowing whither
I was going, not caring, just so I
reached a place where the earth was
stable beneath my feet.”
RESOLUTIONS ON DEATH |
OF MRS. H. F. MELTON‘
Herod and Community Loses One of
Its Most Beloved Women.
Again- has the angel of death en
tered our church and taken from us
one of our consecrated members. In
the going away of Mrs. H. F. Melton
we have sustained a distinct loss. She
was one of our charter members and
was always consistent in the Chris
tian life. In all life’s relations, as
mother, wife, sister, friend and neigh
bor she was loyal to all; one whose
place in the home and the church|
cannot be filled. In token of our love
aud avnpreciation be it resolved: First,
that we emulate her example in her
Christian life; may ‘it be an inspira
tion to us for higher and nobler Chris
tian service in the church she loved.
Second, that we attend the services
in God's house, read the Bible and
obey its command as she did. Third.!
that we deeply mourn our loss and
tender cur sincere Christian sym-path_vl
to the children and all her loved ones.
(Signed) C. M. Harris, Mrs. Mamie
Hammah and Mrs. Jesse Smith.
TIN CAN TOURISTS HAVE
BEGUN ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE
The annual exodus of so-called ‘“tin
can” fourists from the north to Flor
ida has already begun in large num
bers. Automobiles of every sort and
description, from motorcycles with
side cars to luxurious pullmans on!
wheels are seen daily passing through
Dawson southward. They have made
their journey in ample time to avoid
the rigors of winter in the north. |
SAGE TEA KEEPS
YOUR HAIR DARK
Gray hair, however handsome, de
notes advancing age. We all know the
advantages of a youthful appearance.
Your hair is your charm. It makes or
mars the face. When it fades, turns
gray and looks streaked, just .a few
apglications of Sage Tea and Sulphur
enhances its appearance a hundred-fold.
Don't stay gray! Look young!
Either prepare the recipe at home or
get from any drug store a bottle of
‘Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Com
pound,” which is merely the old-time
recipe improved by the addition of oth
er ingredients, Thousands of folks
recommend this ready-to-use prepara
tion, because it darkens the hair beau
tifully, besides, no one can possibly tell,
as it darkens so naturally and evenly.
You moisten a sponge or soft brush
with it, drawinf this through the hair,
taking one small strand at a time. By
morning the gray hair disappears; af
ter another application or two, its
natural color is restored and it becomes
thick, glossy and lustrous, and you ap
pear years younger.- :
Thrilling Hold-Up in The Diamond
District—Bandit Was a Big Snake
NEW YORK.—There was a thrill
ing hold-up in New York’s diamond
district today. When Max Low, jew
eler, started to open the safe in his
Fulton street shop a hiss interrupted
him. Turning, he confronted the bus
iness-like poison fangs of a diamond
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iNEWS FROM HEROD
'SCHOOL OPENS WITH AN IN
| CREASED ATTENDANCE.
i OTHER HAPPENINGS.
School opened Monday with an in
creased attendance, the school truck
bringing in quite a number. Miss Jen
]kins. with Mesdames Duggan and
Mcl.endon, make an efficient faculty
'and we are expecting big things from
the school. g
| Mr, 2nd Mrs. J. L. Hass and Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Coker were visitors in
Dawson to Mr. Coker Riley before
he was carried to the hospital in Ma
con. We are all glad that he is re-|
covering from his operation.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Smith, Mr.
| Thomas Smith and Mrs. Hannah were
honorees at dinner at the Melton
home this week. It was an informal
but most delightful occasion.
Mrs. Watley Wall entertained a
number of friends at a weiner roast
and lemonade drinking recently, which
was a delightful affair. Mrs. Wall is
a charming hostess.
Rev. and Mrs. Charles McKibben,
who have moved to Graves where
they belong to the school faculty, will
spend Sunday here. All are invited to
hear him preach.
Messrs. J. P. Smith, C. H. Melton
and J. H. McLendon were elected
delegates to the Summerhill Associa
tion which meets in Dawson next
month.
| Mrs. Wall has entertained several
friends from Carnegie at a spend-the
lday party that was a pleasure to all
present,
Miss Emmie Will West, of Jack
sonville, Fla., has been a recent popu
lar visitor of Miss Carrie Curington.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith, with Jim,
Billie and Carolyn, of Albany, were
appreciated visitors here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Williant Massey and
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Massey, of Bron
wood, have visited relatives here.
Rev. H. L. Crumbley preached fine
sermons both morning and evening to
large congregations.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Laing and
Miss Marjorie Laing, of Dawson, vis
ited here this week.
Little Floyd NowcH sang a solo at
the Sunbeam meeting ‘Saturday af
ternoon splendidly.
Mrs. C. C. Turner and her attractive
daughter, Miss Ethel, have visited
friends in Dawson.
Messrs. Frank, Julian, Earl and
Peek Riley, of Dawson, have visited
relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hass and Miss|
Amelia Hass visited in Dawson Sun
day aiternoon.
* Miss Ethel Horsley, of Dawson,
has been the attractive guest of Miss
Bertha Brim. :
Mr. Steadham and other from Do
verel came over to hear Rev. Crumb
ley Sunday.
William and Charlie Harris Mas
sey, of Bronwood, have visited Char
lie Harris, jr.
Miss Florine Riley, of Dawson,
spent the week-end with Miss Ame
lia Hass.
Mr. C. M. Harris will visit Cuth
bert, Iron City and other points this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Godwin, of Albany,
have visited at the home of Mr. J. H.
Brim. ‘
Mrs. Butler and children have re
turned from a- visit to .Arlington rela
tives.
Mr. John Binns, of Lumpkin, has
been a pleasant guest at the Turner
kome.
Mesdames McLain and Duggan and
Mrs. John Coker have visited in Daw
son.,
Miss Florine Coker has rcturned to
Parroit to resume her school duties.
Mr. J. .W. Gay, of Chickasawhat
chee, was among our Sunday visitors.
Mr. Lloyd Miller will lead prayer
meeting Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Hannah will visit in Americus
and Bronwood this week.
Mrs. C. M. Harris has visited Mrs.
Ed Pinkston at Parrott.
Herod Women’s club meets Tues
day afternoon at 3:30.
Mrs. Margaret Duea is visiting
friends at Carnegie.
Y. W. A. meets Saturday afternoon
at 4 o’clock. :
Items From Worner.
Sunday school has been lagging a
bit for the past few Sundays on ac
count of sickness and death. We hope
to see all the teachers and pupils back
next Sunday. There will be preaching
at Bethel next Sunday at 3 o’clock.
Schoel opened Monday with a large
attendance. The teachers are Mr. Lyn
wood Holland and Miss Arliffa Davis.
Miss Frances Williams and Miss
Jessie Daniel are attending the A. and
M. school this year.
The sing at Mr. Bert Snellgrove’s
on Sunday night was enjoyed by a
large crowd.
We aré expecting Mr. Dan Cupid
to visit our conumunity soon.
The community is grieved over the
death of Mrs. J. L.. Kenyon.
Miss Edna Wishard is visiting her
sister, Mrs. J. C. Daniel.
We regret to report Mrs. Oscar
Whittle on the sick list. ‘
GOOD THING—DON'T MISS 17.
Send your name and address plainly
written together with 5 cents (and
this slip) to Chamberlain Medicine
Co., Des Moines, lowa, and receive in
return a trial package containing
Chamberlain’'s Cough Remedy for
coughs, colds, croup, bronchial, “flu”
and whooping coughs, and tickling
throat; Chamberlain’s Stomach and
Liver Tablets for stomach troubles,
indigestion, gassy pains that crowd
the heart, biliousness and constipa
tion; Chamberlain’s Salve, needed in
every family for burns, scalds, wounds,
piles and skin affections; these valued
family medicines for only £ . cents.
Don’t miss it.—ad. TF
back rattlesnakd, coiled expectantly
on a stool before the safe.
LLow vyelled. Patrolman Mitchell
came, saw and conquered with a blow
of his night stick. Mitchell was from
Florida. So was the snake. The rat
tler was 314 feet long. How the snake
got in the store is a mystery.
}BUSINESS MEN OF ALL SEC
! TIONS OF COUNTRY WILL
i MEET IN NEW ORLEANS.
, ATALNTA, Ga.—Bankers here and
lin other parts of the state and the
g.sonth. according to Teports reecived
lin Atlanta, are taking unusual inter
' est in the forthcoming National 801 l
I\V'ecx'il Convehtion, which is to Dbe
held in New Orleans on October 16
and 17.
Governor M. B. Wellborn, of the
' Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, cov
ering the states of Georgia, Alabama,
Florida, Tennessee, Missippi and Lou
isiana, has urged bankers throughout
the sixth federal reserve district to at
tend the convention. The Atlanta
rbzmk. it is stated, is vitally interested
‘in the solving of the boll weevil prob
lem, affecting as it does the large ag
ricultural territory of the district. |
It is estimated that the loss to
American commerce by the boll wee- |
vil, according to bankers here, is a
billion and a half dollars in the last
five years. It is well called the “bil
lion-dollar bug,” as they point out.
Governor Wellborn, of the Atlanta
federal bank, and other leading finan- |
ciers, who have discussed the subjectl
here, show that the enormous losses
caused by the weevil fall upon the |
shoulders of the ‘farmers, bankers,
transportatios, manufacturing and the
mercantile interests. It is therefore,
bankers assert, a problem which se
riously affects the financial interests
of the south and one which the bank
ers should assist in solving—if any |
solution may be found.
The New Orleans convention has
been called by the Louisiana Bankers’
Association, joined by Governor John
M. Parker, of lLouisiana, and Mayor
Andrew J. McShane, of New Orleans,
to devise ways and means to combat
the Yosses by the boll weevil.
It is expected that the conventioni
will be attended by the most repre
sentative body of business men ever
held in the south.
FLORIDA SHORT ROUTE
WORKED TO WEBSTER LINE
The ccunty road force, under direc
tion of Warden C. D. Marshall, has
just finished working that link of the
Florida Short Route from Dawson by
way of Parrott to the Webster county
line, and that road is now in fine con
dition. This highway was taken over
for maintenance by the state highway
department some months ago.
To The People of Terrell County.
There Is No Occasion For
Pessimism; The Same Fertile Land
That Made Terrell Famous Is Here
$1,500,000.00 from \§/hjle the crops of this county are greatly reduced, there is no occasion for
il cogz: pessimism; the cotton crop with its seed will return to this county at leat
$1,500,000.00; the peanuts a considerable sum; hogs, cattle, chickens,
beans and other products will add their mead.
Millions i’:l the past The same fertile land that made Terrell famous is here. It has already pro
s duced its raillions and will produce its millions more. The same equable
climate; the same recuring seasons, the same sunshine which tranmutes the
life of the field and forest into wealth, the same gentle rain which sustains
man and beast, bird and vegetable kingdoms, are ours.
The virtues of work, |et us take courage, renew the old fashioned virtues of work, economy,
cconomy and thritt and faith in the future—which inspired our fathers to convert this
wonderful county from a primeval wilderness to a land of plenty, believing
that that beneficient Providence which smiled upon their efforts will crown
ours with success—and we will win.
_LET’S GO! |
: : . | Member
B ANK OF D AWSON : Federal Reserve System
Capital $100,000,00
THE DAWSON NEWS
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DR. YARBROUGH WAS
‘ JURY
MACON DENTIST CHARGED
WITH DIRECTING FLOG
GERS IS ACQUITTED.
MIACON.—Dr. C. A. Yarbrough,
prominent Macon dentist, Saturday
afternoon was acquitted of complicity
in Macon flogging atrocities by the
jury after a deliberation of more than
two hours. ;
The verdict, delivered before a court
room jammed with spectators, seemed
to bring no surprise. ; :
The dentist, who was identified by
three victims of the lash as a partici
pant in their abduction and flogging,
merely smiled and intimated that it
was no more than he expected.
More Trials.
With Yarbrough's acquittal few ex
pect convictions in the cases of seven
other men facing the same charges.
The first of their trials was called on
Monday, according to Solicitor Roy
B. Moore. -
Solicitor Moore admitted that the
dentist’s case was the strongest and
most important the state has. He
gave that as his reason for calling it
first. |
The father of Jane Addams, the
great social service worker, was' state
senator in Illinois when she was a
small girl, ‘
W. C. BRADLEY CO.
Columbus, Georgia
COTTON FACTORS, WAREHOUSEMEN
and FERTILIZER MANUFACTURERS
Paid up Capital $500,000
Sumplis . . . 5250000
Columbus need your cotton. Our local mills con
sume 150,000 bales of cotton a year, which insures us
an active demand the year round.
The Bradley Warehouses, modern n every way,
have a capacity of 25,000 bales. v
Prompt attention given every shipment when re
ceived, and liberal advances made at low rate of in
terest.
Our fertilizers are made from the highest grade
materials obtainable, and prompt service guaranteed.
Your patronage solicited.
“LOST TREE” HAS PLACE
| IN THE HALL OF FAME
Famous Oak Discovered in Cincinnati
. By Thomas Lee in 1836.
The “Lost Tree" that has been
widely discussed throughout the
country is not “lost” at all, for there
are a great many of them.
All that is lost about this genus
Franklinia is the place where it was
first found. The early ‘discoverers car
ried seeds to Philadelphia and the
plant has been in cultivation ever
since. There are plenty of the plants
in this country and in Europe.
But there is a real “Lost Tree” in
America as far as classification goes,
and that is the “Lee Oak” at Cincin
nati, which has been given a place in
the Hall of Fame for trees with a his
tory.
This trec was discovered by Dr.
Thomas Lee in 1836. In 1870 Sir Wil
liam Hooper, the English naturalist,
with Prof. Asa Gray, spent some time
in searching for other specimens.
Acorns from this tree have been
sent to the Academy of Sciences at
Philadelphia, the National Museum at
Woashington and to Harvard.
NOTICE, TAX PAYERS.
_The city tax books for the collec
tion of city taxes opened September
1, 1923, and will remain open until
November 1, 1923, at which time they
will close and executions wiil be is
sued against all defaulters.
Q 9 18:7¢% R-R. JONES, €ity :Clerk:
You're Not In Style Unless
Your Hair Is Bobbed
WE ARE EXPERIENCED BARBERS
AND CAN PLEASE YOU
Courtesy and Politeness our Motto
PRICES REASONABLE
HALL’S BARBER SHOP
NEXT DOOR TO PALACE THEATRE
Ask this agency for “My Property’—aq Ualuabkl
Farm Inventory booklet. It is free to.farm °wnm.l
Tor every risk the
farmer takes~
theve is a Hartford
Poli ’
HE Hartford Fire Insurance Company
offers a farmer complete insurance
protection against practically every
form of loss that he faces. The Hartford
will not only make good losses caused by
FIRE. It will insure against windstorm
- damage, against the destruction of a crop by
hail or if you have valuable live stock there
is a very practical form of life insurance |
policy that pays your loss if the animal dies.
' There is also a Hartford policy that protects
you against loss if your live stock is injured
or killed while being shipped to market.
There are other forms of Hartford Insurance.
Ask this Hartford agency about them.
R. L. SAVILLE & CO.
DAWSON, GEORGIA
TUESDAY, SEPT. 13 jg