The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-05-05
N THE SAHARA'S GASES
Prominent Americans Are Seek
ind Grants to Grow Cotton.
Hiyf LEFT TOEXPLORE DESERT

y Armour and j. L. Mott of Chi
caoo Head Best Equipped EXpedi-
ton That Ever Entered the Black
continent. Nearly Two Hundred
White Men in the Party.
London cable to the Chicago
pocord-Herald gives an account of
On expedition into the Sahara Desert
=, discover fresh lands in the GASES
Ear growing cotton. Allison V. Ar
,,orr and Jordan L. Mott of New
work are headed now for the heart
Of Africa with one of the largest and
hest equipped expeditions that ever
entered the black continent.
Nessrs. Armour and Mott COM
Melted fitting out the expedition be-
fore they left London ten days ago.
The last consignments of tents, sup
niles. arms and ammunition have
been dispatched to Genoa, to be
loaded on a ship for Tripoli
Nearly 200 white men, including
many European soldiers of fortune,
have been engaged to command the
army of blacks with whose aid the
two Americans hope to fight their
vav through the Touregs and the
wild. cruel, nomadic tribes whose
country is still almost the least
known territory in Africa.
Armour and Mott, it is understood,
decided on this dangerous undertake
inc after hearing of the success of
Tsidore Morse, John McFadden, ''the
ENGLISH cotton king" and of several
others interested in cotton, on get
ting from the Italiant government
enormous concessions of land in
Erythrea, southeastern Egypt, where
is some of the finest cotton growing
land in the world.
Control Vast Era.
The land obtained by Morse, Nc
Fadden and their associates covers
millions OIL acres, extending from the
Red sea west to a line drawn
through Kansala, parallel with the
Red sea coast line. The acreage is
as large as that of the original grant
obtained by the chartered company in
RhOdesia.
So we'll have Morse and McFad-
den guarded the secret of their tre-
mendOus grant that even now it has
not reached the ears of many per-
sons outside of the Italian govern
ment. Morse left London five days
ago for Rome to settle further de-
tails in connection with his conces-
sion; his plans are progressing to
put the cOttOn-raising scheme in &C
tive operation.
The German emperor, whom he
has often entertained aboard his
yacht, is a close friend of Allison V.
Armour, and formerly was his class
mate at Heidelberg. The emperor
is deeply interested in the outcome
of the undertaking.
Plans for Expedition.
The expedition will land at Tri-
poll, and, according to present plans,
will strike inland with the object of
reaching Chat, the chief city of the
Toureg country, 500 miles south by
west from Tripoli. AS $50 miles of
the northern part of the Sahara
must be traversed to reach Chat the
tApeulllOn Will De transported ny
camels from a point 100 miles east
of Tamassanin. From Chat the great
caravan will go southeasterly, keep
ing we'll to the southwest side of
the Tarso mountain range, toward
Lake Tchad, in which neighborhood
are some of the most fertile GASES
in the whole vast desert.
South of Lake Tchad the eXpedi
tiOn will enter the domain of the
Sultan of Bornu. on whose good
Offices Armour and Mott count. They
expect the Sultan to provide them
with a military escourt.