Newspaper Page Text
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1925,
AS HOLY WAR NEARS SYRIA
IS SHAKEN BY GREAT REVOLT
DRUSE AND ARABIAN WAR
RIORS MOBILIZING AGAINST
FRENCH FOR CONFLICT.
Natives, Harassed by Bandits and
Clashing Factions, Living Amid
gtarvation, Disease and Many Pri
vations. France Holds Protectorate,
The threat of a holy war today is
casting its shadow over Syria and its
chicf city, Damascus, the scene of des
olation, starvation, disease, battle and
jooting, a victim of French army ar
tillerv. Syria, the province which has
peen a center of strife through all his
tory, today is in the midst of a revolt
which may plunge Moslem Asia Mi
por into a bloody conflict with the
(lristian nations which are its neigh
bors. :
Arabs, Syrians and Druse tribes
men already have begun mobilizing
their armies. ;
he natives of Syria and the resi
dents of the city of Damascus thus far
have been the qnly real sufferers. Refi
ugees are leaving Damascus at the
rate of thousands daily, according to
reports, and residents of the country
<ide surrounding the city are suffering
at the hands of bandits and pillagers.
[t is estimated that 5,000 men, wo
men and children have been killed or
arc missing, that one-eighth of the
city of Damascus is in ruins, and that
thousands of dollars in loot has been
ctolen by the brigands terrorizing the
rural sections ,in the vicinity of the
city.
Conditions Are Unspeakable.
(Conditions insthe vicinity of Damas
cus are unspeakable. Thousands of
reiugees are crowded into camps
where disease and hunger stalk hand
in hand. Many of the refugees are
sheltered in houses built of junk, as
many as eight or nine persons being
crowded into a single desolate room,
cooking, eating and sleeping in this
tiny quarter, i
Sanitary conditions are inadequate,
and water and food are scarce. Many
oi the refugees are ill—scores have
dicd of disease, too—and the children
especially are pale and sickly.
France, which holds a ‘protectorate
over Syria, by reason of a mandate
given by the League of Nations, must
act quickly, if a religious war is to
he averted, it is agreed on all sides.
Druse warriors, Syrians and Arabs
arc bitter against,the “foreigners” and
are secretly taking up arms and gath
ering recruits, The whole situation is
actnally a spark which may burst in
to flames of war at any moment.
France fqr years has been having
trouble with the people it governs in
Syria, but no crisis has been so se
rious as the present one. The trouble
began in Damascus after French sol
dicrs executed a score of bandits and
then placed their bodies on public ex
hibition as a warning to the natives.
The natives, incensed at this horri
ble display, attacked a body of French
troops, and a revolt was the result.
French troops attacked the natives
with field guns, airplanes and machine
¢uns. Thousands were slain and part
of Damascus was destroyed in the bat
tle that followed, lasting for several
days.
Just now the situation is quiet, but
it is feared that it is the kind of quiet
that precedes a storm of violent pro
portions. The French government has
hegun to strengthen its forces in Syria
to offset the mobilization of the na
tive warriors. Just at present it seems
hardly possible that a clash can be
averted.
Bandits Have Free Hand.
To add to the troubles of the peo
ple, bandits have a free hand in the
vicinity of Damascus. Many of the
men have rushed to the colors, and
the French troops are too busy to pay
attention to looters. So the thugs
swoop down on farm after farm, cars
rving off all the valuables in sight,
burning and destroying property, and
taking many captives to be held for
ransom, i
The people mill about the country
side like bewildered sheep. The roads
EEEQ
-
E =
% F B
E lho - ]
g °u‘;l - “s ent g
E . attffered tta @
: - ack @
R.E Lys 4 i thWith c @
E gan. sl ¥ ; : s
et en | : ¥ ve ;
E di na i - : ; :
B I :,z‘neusea“rg ¥ ch n;’n t“i. ER
w o“lss ted' KyNev Ontwo @
E sorn dtaand. : | ~ins h” @
eemmt : c onW' 3
“A to wi pilould 2 oulf :
nel getth tls u:‘t ;xan g
ghb rel o Ta orke g
or t:er'. | diwas. g
g : dn’t E
E u : of g
. vor Me ;
E a.vl b M
3 N ed
: b ~ ic
) se ‘"“gaund : :
K :yi?;e: i m3°m
& d:;’.m 1o e ;““°“I : :
ha es ndCleaor : : g
@ fe ve —-gl Wman!anyourgelier @
] t‘:l £ met Oudee mthm net
ic u]y fldm mey g ot EM
@ Be 1 u 3 i t ! It
sonul theot suat t keeel ole Q
& M Blou wpe ; s auk
tm" s op- al bil f 95
E or o ark’anea ; :
Offd"'nswlttt‘" ; r han @
Er s B h: = couead
es “chl‘ ; ld d g
a aho‘;llts acx.:; . are do'
i t;:‘:"my -}
a ind k’pgh:n pea. E
;m“e. fi‘“d : Thle
= you - = B
X : P :
g = :d :
llll: 3
are choked with men, women and chil
dren and household goods, Little
towns are overryn by homeless thous
ands, and the woods and fields are
dotted with their miserable camps.
Relief measures are’ being taken, but
the refugees are so widely scattered
that not much can be accomplished.
Land of Many Races.
Syria is a land of many races, each
with a different ambition—and that is
one explanation of the troubles of the
French protectors. The conquerors
and invaders of -a score of nations
have left bodies of their troops there.
In fact, Syria contains more different
races, nationalities and religious
creeds than any other spot in the
world. Successiully to govern the land
and to please all would require the
wisdom of Solomon. So, observers
point out, it is not surprising that the
French regime is stormy.
- Particularly the Arabs, Syrians and
the Druse tribes are eager for inde
pendence, both religious and political.
For years hatred of the French dic
tators has been brewing in their
minds. So .the present revolt may
prove to be the opening for which
they seek.
France May Withdraw.
In some quarters it is predicted
that France, which holds a protecto
rate over Syria through an order of
the League of Nations, will be forced
to withdraw from Syria, leaving the
Syrians to govern themselves, in or
der to avert an actual religious war.
France would hesitate to take this
measure because of a loss of political
prestige which it would cause, but it
is believed that this move is virtually
the only one possible now.
In Syria the people are dumbly
awaiting developments. Observers see
the grim shadow of a holy war de
scending upon the blackened city of
Damascus, the refugee-dotted roads
and fields of Syria, and the French
troops and the Arabian, Druse and
Syrian wagriors massing to meet each
other on the field of battle, if the
worst comes to the worst.
The Skies Brightened i
As the Earth Whizzed
. ’
Through Biela’s Comet
Showers of Meteors Only Greeting of
Heavenly Wanderer as It Went Like
Bullet Through a Fog Cloud.
The earth passed through what is
leit of Biela's comet Wednesday night
and might never have known it except
for a shower of meteors which burned
up brightly and harmlessly in the up
per air.
The earth, a compact body com
pared with a comet, which is a flimsy
affair composed of small rocks and
gases, usually of lesser density even
than air, went through the heavenly
wanderer like a bullet through a fog
cloud, the earth’s dense air burning
‘thc comet’s constituents miles over
head, leaving floating .luminous clouds
to sift slowly downward as cosmic
dust.
" The comet, named for Von Biela,
who observed it in 1826, came into
the solar system out of outer space
‘ages ago and was “captured” by the
giant planet Jupiter, a monstrous
world 86,000 miles in diameter,
thbugh the force of gravity. Jupiter,
however, did not entrap it, but forced
it out of its original orbit so that it
never got away into space again but
moyed around the sun in a computed
period of revolution of 6.7 years.
In 1846 the comet separated into
two parts, which have not been seen
since 1852, but when a meteoric show
er in late November occurred astrono
mers assumed that the earth was pass
ing through fragments of ‘the comet.
Corn Borer Is Gradually
Invading New Terntory
A Small Insect Said to Be Enemy Is
Imported From Europe.
The European corn borer has in
vaded corn fields of Ohio. Like an in
vading army, the pest is spreading
out. Unless new methods prove to be
more effective than the older ones ap
pearance of corn borers within the
southern belt may be anticipated. Fear
of huge losses to farmers are enter
{tained.
Scientists of the federal government,
of the college of agriculture of Ohio
state university and of the Ohio de
partment of agriculture are working
on methods of control. Destruction of
stalks is one plan, but this has been
only partly effective. They also have
imported a small insect from Europe
said to be the natural enemy of the
borer to attain what is called “biolog
ical control.”
et TSSO
ISOU'I'H GEORGIA CONFERENCE
DEFEATED UNIFICATION PLAN
Majority Against Merger Was More
Than Two to One.
Geéorgia Methodism is oposed to
unification by a vote of more than two
to one, on ballot figures of the North
and South Georgia conferences com
bined. This total vote is 662, with 452
against the issue and 210 favoring it.
In the North Georgia conference at
Grifin the vote was 235 to 116, includ
ing solid negative vote by the 93 lay
delegates, while in the South Georgia
conference at Macon it was 217 to 94,
with, tth 80 lay delegates all voting
“no.’
The vote in the South Georgia con
ference arrayed friend against friend,
and in one instance brother against
brother.
S L
INJECT TONIC IN SHEEP
TO GET MORE WOOL
An elixir that is said to make wool
grow faster than nature originally in
tended if should has been discovered
by a Japanese doctor, and has been
used with some success sO that sheep
may be sheared three times a year.
The tonic is injected into the veins
of the animal. :
LESS HOG CHOLERA NOW
' THAN EVER*BEFORE KNOWN
IGovornment Advises Breeders to Go
Along Very Cautiously. ;
} The low mortality of swine because
of hog cholera during the fiscal year
}cnded June 30 is regarded by veteri
nary experts of the United States De
!partment of Agriculture as occasion
for extreme watchfulness. Deaths from
this disease were the lowest since rec
ords of losses have been kept. Expe
rience shows that hog cholera has pre
vailed at periodical intervals, and
charts based on past records indicated
numerous outbreaks were to be ex
pected in 1925.
~ Apparently the low ebb of the dis
icasc during the last year is ewidence
of the effectiveness of previous yge of
‘thc preventive serum treatment. But
‘this apparently favorable condition,
‘depdrtment specialists point out,
should not deceive hog raisers into a
sense of security.
~ Judging from experience in com
bating hog cholera the principal dan
?ger lies in the large proportion of
}.swinc that have not been immunized
against cholera, and therefore are sus
ceptible to it. Should the disease bg
igin to spread heavy losses are to be
‘cxpected before outbreaks could be
brought under control.
WORLD EXPERTS TO GATHER
IN FIGHT AGAINST CANCER
American Society Calls Meeting to
Combat Evil Taking 100,000 Lives.
A New York dispatch says in an at
tempt to fight cancer, which causes
more than 100,000 deaths in the Unit
ed States every year, the American
Society for the Control of Cancer has
decided to call a meeting of fifty of
the most prominent cancer experts in
Europe -and America in September.
Specialists irom England, France,
Switzerland, Belgium and Holland
will be invited to join with Americans
in formulating a groundwork of fact
and opinion from which the campaign
against cancer may proceed. Dr. How
ard Canning Taylor is president of
the society sponsoring the meeting.
COUNTRY WILL BE CATLESS
IN 1928, SAYS FELINE FOE
Millionaire Crank Giving Prizes to
Those Who Kill Them.
The country will be catless by 1928,1
Rockwell Sayre, Chicago. millionaire
and hater of cats, believes. A cat-kill
ing campaign, which he sponsors, is
making such good prbgress that thrcei
vears more should see the last of the‘
animals, Sayre says. |
| Letters from all parts of the coun
try indicate that the cats are being
eliminated at a fast pace, he said.
| Sayre gives prizes to the more ex
pert killers.
| Sayre says that cats have no useful
|purposes and they breed disease and
%kill song birds.
TURKEY TO MOVE AHEAD
i 584 YEARS IN ONLY ONE DAY
|
Plan to Sybstitute Christian Calendar
| For That of Mohammed.
‘ Advices from Constantinople say
lthat a parliamentary commission has
lrecommended substitution of the
lChri.stian calendar for that of Moham
'med.
l Consequently 584 years will be add
'ed next year, making the date 1926
linstead of 1342. |
The hours will be counted ‘from
lcne to twenty-four.
222222..
!
iSHELLMAN CITIZEN CLAIMS
l BRIDE AT ROCHELLE, GA.
Mr. S. B. Holman and Miss .Annie
Minnie Lee United.
| The marriage of Mr. S. B. Hol
man and Miss Annie Minnie Lee has
been announced.
l The bride is the accomplished
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. T. Lee,
Im‘ Rochelle, and the groom is a high
ly esteemed citizen of Shellman.
They have hosts of triends who ex
tend best wishes.
RED PEPPERS END
RHEUMATIC PAINS
When you are suffering with rheu
matism so you can hardly get around
just try Red Pepper Rub and.you will
have the quickest relief known.
Nothing has such concentrated, pene
trating heat as red peppers. Instant re
lief. Just as soon as you apply Red
Pepper Rub you feel the tingling heat.
In three minutes it warms the sore
spot througly and through. Frees the
blood circulation, breaks up the conges~
tion—and the old rheumatism torture
is fione.
owles Red Pepper Rub, made from
red peppers, costs little at any drug
store. Get a jar at once. Use it for
lumbago, neuritis, backache, stiff neck,
sore muscles, colds in chest. Almost
instant relief awaits you. Be sure to
get the genuine, with the name Rowles
on each packages
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
LOGAN THOMAS, M. D.
Office at Doverel
Hours 7:30 a. m. to 1 p. m.
Afternoon by Appointment.
——e—
DR. C. R. McKEMIE
DENTIST X-Ray Work
OFFICE: BRANNON BLDG.
(Over Battle Hardware Co.)
“‘Res. Phone 395 2r. Office 395
THE DAWSON NEWS
THE UNITED STATES HAS
~ BROUGHT BACK MORE DEAD
Number of Dead Soldiers Returned
~ From Europe Is Now 46,300.
Forty-one more bodies of soldiers
killed in the world war were returned
from overseas during the year ending
June 30, according to a report sub
mitted to the war department by
Maj.-Gen. William H. Hart, quarter
master-general of the army.
This brings the total of American
bodies brought back from Europe to
46,300, In addition 229 graves, previ
ously unkpown, were identified.
ALL OUT OF SORTS?
-
SO WAS 'THIS DAWSON WO
‘MAN, WHO TELLS HER
EXPERIENCE,
All too often women accept their
pains and aches as natural to their
sex. They fail to realize that weak
kidneys are often to blame for that
backache, those headaches, dizzy spells
and that tired, depressed f{eeling.
Thousands have found new health and
strength by helping the weakened
kidneys with Doan’s Pills—a stimu
lant diuretic. This Dawson case 'is
one of many:
Mrs. L. E. Welch, 340 E. Tenth
avenue, says: “I was all run down and
suffered from kidney complaint. My
back was weak and lame and it was
a task to get about the house. My
kidneys acted too often and I was so
nervous I could hardly sit still. Doan’s
Pills, from Lee’s drug store, quickly
helped me and the backache and other
symptoms left.”
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan's Pills—the same that Mrs.
Welch had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mirs.,
Buffalo, N. Y.—adv.
BAGS:
S Z
, S . Z
S For Sackmg/;
S Purposes 7]
of all Kinds. Z
el Lol
§ When you Z
S have Bags to Z
Sell Get Our Z|
S Prices E
-
S D =
S =
- Bibb Bag =
b\
s Z
- Company -
S Z
S Macon
I'!"',/ a 31,9 % ‘ :
’: ;/7{‘ e # 4,//:d
“‘!t : 1;' ’V% ) 5 &‘ ?3 ‘
\\\\l',’ W) k i,«-’ /*“ 1': j (/.(L ifi)’ A \35 - ;
AN ~I9J el K 73Vt 2 R
N " : ~
@/mf‘?p\ W 7 ?/\\
~7 Thisis“His”
O ' o)
AR\ SN\ I
G2} ' S [ a
o e~ bMI /
B & 77y
3 &7
g‘:é Q":"“fdé;‘“
e Women who buy holiday re- @%J
<§ membrances for men, or men wfi;fi%fif:\? 1.%,,,
\‘ \ Wbo buy for other men, surely %’@f‘@réfi =
““\ will find a treasure trove of like- % \‘;;’
able things here. =~
3 A ‘n o,
WA ~ %‘?—Z‘é}
AL ‘ = ;‘:'/’
&W\%fi Quality as usual dominates s?’%?@
ST unusually low. ,/’
7z~
7z "'. \ ‘(\\_ - “R‘“"lfi }
Ui o Grimes Clothing &<
"%:‘m?'gi g g
e C
AT ompany 2 1
P "‘l‘ LY - / / ]
\(‘r ) X ‘gi Dawson, Georgia o 7//
NN ( &
N /e
J\ ; 'Q\\ 4 r o
.%‘ ‘ ’
S STAT _— R : I s S
= CoNa? oy <y B Sty NS I Y N Y VBAS
82 Rey RSSO Ja 258 TR
W 7 T OTR TN e
Y TP\ bk L ‘
: fil’%&,}%’;fi ! ¢
. 9 ®
Tax Collector’s Notice
The tax books of Terrell county, Georgia, are
now- open and will close December 20th,
1925. 1 will be at the following places on the
dates named below. Will be at my office on
Saturdays during court and after the comple
~ tion of my rounds.
PARROTT—Monday, November 30th.
BRONWOOD—Tuesday, December Ist.
SASSER—Wednesday, December 2nd.
DOVEREL—Thursday Morning, December 3rd.
HEROD—Thursday Afternoon, December 3rd.
GRAVES—Friday Morning, December 4th.
TWELFTH—Friday Afternoon, December 4th.
NEW ELEVENTH-—Monday Afternoon, Dec. 7th.
PARROTT—Tuesday, December Bth.
SASSER-—Wednesday, December 9th.
BRONWOOD—Thursday, December 10th.
J. O. FUSSELL, Tax Collector
ADVERTISE IN THE NEWS—SELL GOODS
PAGE SEVEN