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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-02-14
Inventory and Appra,ssment-
Referee ro Hold court-

Referee To Hold Court
Referee w. A. Hosack will hold q
session of court in the common pleas
court room Thursday afternoon, com
mencing at o'clock to hear the Penn
matter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
Give Him Another Chance,

According to press dispatches II
will be several weeks before it is
found cut what Canada proposes to
do with Harry Thaw. He is in the
Quebec Jail, and the lawyers for
and against him have gone to their
homes. Harry Thaw sowed many
crops of wild oats, unquestionably.
He is not and has never protested
to be on the Sunday school order.
He may be a bit "nutty," too, for
all we know to the contrary. But
somehow we cannot repress the hope
that the Kanucks will let him go
where he will, and give him another
chance to lead decent life as free
man. The boy has had lot of hard
experience, and the Staying of Stan
ford White was under circumstances
that command somewhat of sympa-
thy for Thaw.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
Interesting Crop Figures

A contributor to the current issue
of Farm and Fireside shows how our
American crop yields per acre are
vastly under the crop yields of Eu-
rope. He says that we must cut
down our big farms and ranches and
divide them into smaller tracts. 1t is
a common saying, he adds, that a
man can make more money in the
cultivation of ten acres than he can
from twenty acres, and more from
twenty than he can from thirty. Fol-
lowing is an extract from the article:
eff our farmers can make any
thing with an average wheat yield of
10 bushels what might they not make
with 26, the same as some of our for
eign countries?
From wheat we turn to oats
While our yield per acre is 20 bush
els that of Germany is over so; Aus
tria's is practically the same as ours;
Hungary's is very little better;
France comes with 31.6 Winchester
bushels, and the United Kingdom
with IA. Our barley yield of 25.S
bushels is not so bad in comparison
with the foreign countries, for Rus
sia's is 143: Germany's 35.3; Aus
tria's 26.3; Hungary's PA; Frances
23.6; United Kingdoms IS.
Rye finds the United States with
an average yield of 16 bushels; Rus
STA 115 Germany 25,6; Austria 19;
Hungary 17.6; France IT; Ireland
37.5.
"In potatoes the United States
takes the lowest average of any coun-
try. If our irrigation states record
average of 119 bushels were main
tanned throughout the country it
would not be so bad, and then it
would be low in comparison with the
foreign countries. But our average
drops down to "a bushels, while Rus
STA has 100; Germany zoo; Austria
ISL; Hungary 1871; France 1888;
United Kingdom 1898. Big yields
of potatoes are very common in some
of those old countries
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
A MAN AND A MOB.

From the Macon Telegraph.
Occasionally we hear of that di-
verting paradox, 'an orderly lynch
ing" but mostly the mob is described
as "maddened." The average mob,
however, is not too "maddened' to
appreciate a gun with the right man
behind it, as was shown at Spartan
burg, S. c., when William J. White,
the county sheriff, stood Just inside
the dynamited jail gate and an
nounced:
Gentlemen, I hate to do it, but
so help me, God, I am going to kill
the first man that enters"
The Spartanburg mob was capable
of dynamiting a jail with a view to
lynching a negro charged with though
not convicted of a frfghtful crime,
but it ceased to be 'maddened" when
the first man to enter" was threat
ened with death. 1t became cool and
calculating. He means it, boys, -
| the word passed round. 1t was quite
plain that he did mean it, and not a
member of the once furious" mob
dared to do anything but to go quiet
ly away. Sheriff White of Spartan
burg is man.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
The Drunkard

The following was sent to Inc
News by subscriber with the re-
quest that it be published;
| You can see him on the street cor
ner of any town, blear-eyed, towsled-
haired and his cheeks flushed with
the hellish flame of alcohol. Per-
! haps you know him. He may be dear
to you. If so, you deserve the sym
pathy of your neighbors. He may be
young or he may be ripe enough in
years to know the fruits OF alcohol
ism. In either case he is going a
road that is hard. 1t is a ghostly
road. The grass along that road is
wet with the tears of motherhood,
and the leaves overhead rustic with
the gentle prayers of wives and sweet
hearts. The horde of rum demons
will pull down the snow white banner
of pure manhood and he will become
a pariah; a being at whom little
children will point the finger of
scorn. Yet he still quaffs the stuff
the devil made last to humble mans
pride. He knows not shame. And
the truth is not in him. He is a hyp-
ocrite; a thief; he will sell his baby's
clothes for money to buy the whiskey
that is running him physically and
spiritually He will make resolu-
tons to quit. He will swear off. Per-
haps he will go two or three days
without drinking the poison. But
the longing will come back and he
must take just one drink, and he new
er stops till he is drunk-loaded is
the popular way of expressing it.
The ghosts of the grain have gripped
his vitals. and he is powerless. AL
cohol rules his subjects with an iron
arm. Once in his power you are
helpless. You are a slave without
knowing it. You are blinded by the
hell-lights of the glass. Once a salve
always a slave. There is no enamel
patton for alcohol servitors. To
quote the words of Herbert Kauf-
man: when we know not the price
to be paid we dare"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
A Kaleidoscope of War,

Turkey has Adrianople, her old
capital, once more, and is prepared
to hold it against all corners with
quarter Of a million men, force
which is in daily process of being
increased and may, in a comparative
ly short time, double its present num-
Der. It is evident that the CONSTANT
nople government will not be caught
mapping as it was in the war with
the Balkan allies, and it is perfectly
safe TO assume that their transporta-
ton and commissariat are greatly
improved. while their recent military
dispositions prove that they have
learned well the lesson of an aggres-
sive campaign such as was waged by
the allies.
Their continued occupation of any
of Bulgaria's former territory would
be an unWise move Tor the MOSlemS
and probably would force the grear
powers into action for their expul
sion. Confining themselves to the re
occupation of Adrianople it is diff
cult to see, in the present condition
of Europea politics, who is ready, al
though some are willing, to driv
them out.
This strange kaleidoscope of wa
has been the result of Bulgaria
greed, and the deserved failure {
Bulgaria to impose its will on Greco
- and SerVia. In her present state {
weakness Bulgaria can do nothin
against the Turk.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
Administrators Sale.

By virtue of an order from the
Court of Ordinary of Terrell county
Georgia, l will sell on Tuesday, the
18th day of October, 1913, before the
court house door in Dawson, Ca, dur
ing the legal hours of sale, to tie
highest bidder for cash, the follow
ing lands towit: The east half of lot
of land number 1871; three acres off
of the south side of lot of land num-
Der 1872, and two and one-half acres
off of or in the southwest corner Of
lot of land number 1876, all lying and
being in the Fourth (4th) district of
Terrell county, Georgia, and contain
ing in all one hundred and six and
thTee-fourths acres, more or less.
Sold as the property of Mrs. L. A.
Chambless, deceased. for the purpose
of paying debts and distribution. This
September list, 1913.
FRANKLIN CHAMBLESS, Admir-.
Estate of Mrs. L. A. Chambless, de-
ceased
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
How to Cut Fertilizer Bills,

From the Moultrie Observer.
Kansas, Illinois, Missouri and Ok
lahoma have had a very severe
drouth, which has cut off their hay
and corn crops fully one-half. This
means high prices for both corn and
hay and meats of all kinds. Our
climate is fully adapted to the
growing of oats, corn and hay and
the raising of live stock as any of
the states in the union. Now is the
time to begin stumping your land
and putting big acreage in oats !;
then follow with cow peas, peanuts,
and soy beans, which are the most
profitable crops that can be raised.
By this method you can cut expen-
sive fertilizer bills and increase the
fertility of your lands and get on the
road to prosperity before the boil
weevil gets you.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
Why Am Thankful 1 Am Country Woman.
BY Gertrude Houghton in Country Gentleman.


blessings mine
dweller in cities.
1 amt windows work I
shutting
glad for the sight of His
shady
growing beyond glad all
made
than that of thankful for the
things which
suggestion of the distant May
mind May
the satisfaction
havi ed m n world of everlasting growth
thankful that for the
children thankful that they first know the
by the plants
by the homey
intelligence of Gods revealed
in OF chicks
of life For their health's
the good food fresh
them naturally like
that they know the living
thankful
Office and mill For these
that
.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
EGG BREAKAGE SERIOUS LOSS.

From Popular Mechanics Magazine.
In order to reduce the enormous
breakage of eggs in transit, which
causes an annual loss of several mill
lion dollars to producers and raises
the price of eggs to consumers, ex-
tensive experiments are being con-
Quoted by the bureau of chemistry of
the United Stats department of agri-
culture for determining the safest
manner of packing eggs for long and
short shipment by rail. The egg pro-
duction in the United States amounts
to about half billion dollars annu-
ally, and the necessity for better
methods of packing is shown in the
fact that over nine per cent of all
the eggs received in New York city
are cracked, and that a large per-
centage of these are unfit for use as
food.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
PEOPLE HAPPY THAT A
HUMAN BEING is TO HANG

From Greensboro Herald-Journal.
Many people in Greensboro were
very much pleased with the verdict
in the Frank case.
1t is gruesome thing to tell about
in connection with the conviction of a
man for murder, when he is to be
hanged by the neck until he is dead!
dead! But wave of actual jubila-
ton swept over the city. Men smiled
with satisfaction-yes, actually
gloated over the fact that a human
being was soon to be plunged into
eternity. At the same time there is
a possibility of the mans innocence
Only God in heaven knows the actual
facts in the case. But a r11n has to
die and some people were made glad
to learn that it was true.
Put in Atlanta it was worse. Men
shouted and waved their hats in the
air. Women waved their handker-
chiefs from street car windows. The
Immediate vicinity of the court house
was the center of the storm, but it
radiated for blocks. There was not
one single piece of disorder or vio-
lence, but there has never been such
a public demonstration in Atlanta
before except at election time.
1t may be that we haven't much of
the present day religion; We know
that we do not attend church as often
as we should, but we have never been
happy over the hanging of a human
being.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
THE SPARROW A BENEFACTOR

From the Triton Gazette.
Is the English sparrow really to be
regarded as benefactor instead of a
pest? A Wilkes county farmer states
that he is benefactor and proves it
by saying that last year when the
army worm was so bad in his corn
field and nothing he tried could stop
them English sparrows by the thous-
ands tlocked to the field and soon
there were no army worms. The
farmer feared the return of the
worms this year, but apparently the
work of the sparrow was final, as
the worms have not been seen again.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
Administrator Sale.

By virtue of an order from the
Court of Ordinary of Terrell county,
Georgia, I will sell ON Tuesday, the
9TH day of October, 1913, before the
court house door in Dawson, Ga, dur
ing the legal hours of sale, to the
highest bidder for cash, the follow
ing land towit: The west half of lot
of land number 131 in the Fourth
(4th) district of Terrell county,
Georgia, and containing one hundred
and one and one-fourth (101 Il }
acres, more or less. Sold as the prop
erty of B. F. Chambless, deceased,
for the purpose of paying debts and
distribution. This Sept. 1st, 1913.
FRANKLIN CHAMBLESS, Admir-
Estate of B. F. Chambless, Deceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
For Administration.

Georgia, Terrell COunty.-To all
whom it may concern: Mrs. F. NJ.
Colley having in proper form applied
to me for permanent letters of admin
istration on the estate of P. C. Col
ley, late of said county, this is
to cite all and singular the creditors
and next of kin of P. C. Colley
to be and appear at my office within
the time allowed by law and show
cause, if any they can, why perma-
nent administration should not be
granted to Mrs. F. NJ. Colley on P. c.
Colley's estate. Witness my hand
and official signature this 21st day of
August, 1913.
w. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
For Dlsmissinn.

Georgia, Terrell County.
as L. l.. Tilley, administrator of
w. A. Tilley, represents to the
Court in his petition duly filed and
entered on record that he has fully
administered w. A. Tilley's estate,
this is, therefore, to cite all persons
concerned, kindred and creditors, to
show cause, if any they can, why said
administrator should not be dis
charged from his administration and
receive letters of dismission on the
first Monday in October, 1913. This
September list, 1913.
w. 3. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
For Administration.

Georgia, Terrell County.-To all
whom it may concern: NJ E. Jen-
nings having in proper form applied
to me for permanent letters of admin
istration on the estate of Mrs. N. A
Stevens, late of said county, this is,
to cite all and singular the creditors
and next of kin of Mrs. n. A. Stevens
to be and appear at my Office within
the time allowed by law and show
cause, if any they can, why perma-
nent administration should not be
granted to NJ. E. Jennings on Mrs. n.
A. Stevens estate. Witness my hand
and official signature this 10Th day
of August, 1918.
w. B CHEATHAM. Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
Conquered the WeeviI,

! Wilkinson county, Mississippi, is
| the southwestern county of the state,
abutting the Mississippi river. 1t
was in this county that the Mexican
boil weevil first made its appearance
in its eastward march, crossing, no
body knows how, from the Louisiana
parishes. Its march through Wiki
inson was certain and disastrous.
The county was paralyzed. Negroes
began to leave. Land was a drug on
the market. Fields grew up in bri-
ars in many localities. Panic brood
ed over the region.
But these sturdy Mississippians
were not the sort to give up. They
fought, and the Mobile Register tells
the story of how they conquered.
They planted cotton according to
old methods for a while-and had
the weevils eat it up. They faced
ruin. Then the government took
hand and began to show the way to
beat the WeeYil. The lesson was sim
pie; to raise everything on the farm;
to raise corn and tobacco and cane
and other money crops, and then
make cotton the surplus crop; in
other words, not to stake all upon
cotton. If the cotton failed there
would still be a living. The value
Of an early maturing cotton; fast
cultivation, unceasing war on the
weevil, from the time the sluggish
and benumbed insects just out of hi
bernation were first picked from the
crown buds of the little cotton
plants down through the growing and
season when the punctured
squares were picked up and burned
and the stalks burned in the fall-all
this was learned by the Wilkinson
county people Confidence returned.
The negroes ceased to emigrate. 9th
er crops than cotton brought money.
Stock raising has become a fixed in
i1stry there. Now. 10 and behold, !
the Centreyille Jeffersonian says that
the cotton crop of Wilkinson and
Jefferson counties is as fine as a per-
son could wish to see and all indica-
lions point to an abundant yield. 1t
S the vindication of common sense
and improved agricultural methods"
This pest, which has cost the South !
many millions of dollars, is now
knocking at the door of Southwest |
Georgia. Our people would do well |
o take notice.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02

Those who might have fancied that
the administration tariff or currency
measure would suffer materially in
getting through congress begin to
realize that they did not make relia-
Bile forecasts. The administration
will win out. And, to be candid, why
shouldn't the administration win? 1t
faces responsibility. The country
looks to it for measures, and it had
right to expect democratic sup
port.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
For Dismission.

Georgia, Terrell Where
as o. 7. Kenyon, administrator of
Louisa Webb, represents to the
Court in his petition duly filed and
entered on record that he has fully
administered Louisa Webb's estate.
this is, therefore, to cite all persons
concerned, kindred and creditors, to
show cause, if any they can, why said
administrator should not be dis
charged from his administration and
receive letters of dismission on the
first, Monday in October, 1913. This
September 1st, 1913.
w. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
County TreaSurersY

A measure of general interest that
was carried over from the late SEES
sion of the general assembly until
next year, to be then voted upon by
the house, is an amendment to the
constitution introduced by Senator ].
n. Watts of the Eleventh district in
the senate and passed by that body
with a unanimous vote. 1t provides
for the right of the several counties
to abolish the office of county treas
urer. Speaking of the measure Sena-
tor Watts said:
THE office of county treasurer is
recognized as an important one, yet
the duties of the treasurer are con-
coded to be almost without service
rendered, and there has been for a
number of years very strong senti
ment throughout the state that this
office should be abolished. This
would mean a saving to the tax
payers of Georgia of more than two
hundred thousand dollars annu-
ally"
The passage of the bill would not
affect Terrell county, as the county
treasurer here has been paid a sala-
ry for many years. He receives only
5000 a year, whereas in most of the
counties the treasurer receives fees
of from one thousand to several
thousand dollars.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
For Dismission.

Georgia, Terrell County.-Where-
as, j. X. Mercer, administrator of
Sip Richardson, represents to the
Court in his petition 6uly filed and
entered on record that he has fully
administered Sip Richardson's estate.
this is, therefore, to cite all persons
concerned, kindred and creditors, to
show cause, if any they can, why said
administrator should not be dis
charged from his administration and
receive letters of dismission on the
first Monday in October, 1918. Thi.
September LIST, 1913.
w. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
HERE Is A NEW IDEA.

From the Milton County News.
The editor of the Commerce News
suggests as the best way to get full
tax returns from the people is for the
state to furnish each tax payer with
three drinks of corn liquor just be-
one way of making the poor man as
rich as the rich man-and maybe
that's Brother Shannon's idea of
equalization" But we fear it would
be dangerous for the tax collector to
try to collect such taxes from the
people when that 'day-after" feeling
had set in.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
For Leave to Sell.

Notice is hereby given that w. S.
Dozier, administrator of the estate of
William H. Huckaby, deceased, has
applied to me for leave to sell the
lands belonging to said estate, and
that same will be heard at the Octo-
Der, 1913, term of the Court of Ordi-
nary of Terrell county, Georgia, to
be held Monday, Oct. 6, 1913, at l.
o clock a. m. This Sept. 1st, 1913.
w. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
For Leave to Sell.

State of Georgia, Terrell County,
Notice is hereby given to all concern
ed that J. F. c. Daniel, administrator
of the estate of Mrs. L. NJ. Johnson,
deceased, has applied to me for leave
to sell the lands belonging to the es-
tate of said Mrs. L. NJ. Johnson, and
that same will be heard on the first
Monday in October, 1913, at ten
o'clock a. m. This Sept. 1st, 1918.
W. B. CHEATHAM, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
EXCURSION RATES.
Excursion Fares Via the Central OF
Georgia Railway

TO CHATTANOOGA, TENN, and re-
turn, account G. A. R. encamp-
ment, Sept. 1920, 1913.
TO KNOXVILLE, TENN, and re-
turn, account National Conserva-
ton Exposition, Sept. / to Nov. l.
TO MACON, GA, and return, account
Grand Lodge of Georgia F. and A.
NJ, October $3.50, 1913.
TO NEW ORLEANS, LA, and re-
turn, account Grain Dealers Ma
t1onal Association, October 14-16.
For full information regarding
fares, dates of sale, limits, ETC., ap-
ply to nearest ticket agent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02

A new addition to our exchange
list is the McDufie Progress, a splen-
did paper of which Ben A Neal is
editor. The Progress recently issued
4S-page edition that reflected great
credit upon the publishers and the
business men of Thomson and sur
rounding section.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02

Happily for this territory the bank
ing institutions of Dawson have all
the ready money needed to handle the
cotton crop, Notwithstanding the fact
that none of the governments mil
lions have found their way into the
banks of this section.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02

The next great European war will
see battles fought in the air as well
as on sea and land Man is gradually
mastering the science of aerial fight
and is applying the knowledge in per-
fecting more diversified means OF
slaughtering his fellow man. Every
great nation in the world is busily
engaged in building aerial battle
ships, so to speak, and some of them
have already acquired fleets which
may become Important factors in the
next great struggle.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02

The Telegraph says The News is
mistaken about the Maconites lining
up for hot municipal campaign. Ac-
cording to our contemporary, it is to
be one of those quiet, CASTOR and AL
phonse kind of elections that is so
unlike Macon. Anyhow, we are glad
to hear it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02

The Shellman Sun tells what it
thinks of the railroad commission for
not ordering another passenger train
on this division of the Central. 1t
isn't very complimentary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02

The Herald reports the appearance
of caterpillars in the cotton fields of
east Dougherty. If the pest gets
an early start it will do a tremen-
dous amount of damage 1t is al
most, if not quite, as destructive as
the boil WeeVil.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02

According to the Valdosta Times,
the best meat on the Valdosta market
is raised in Lowndes county. What
a fine thing it would be if a like
boast could be made by every county
seat in the state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02
Usually the Case.
g Savannah Press

From the Savannah Press.
Big noises are no sign of achieve
ment.-Waycros Herald.
This is certainly true. The men
! who make the most noise are not
always the most brilliant. Some peo-
pie say that empty barrels make a
loud noise. This applies to some of
these noisy men, also
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02

The season for killing the biggest
rattlesnake and catching the biggest
fish is passing. There have been
some whoppers reported around here.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-02

The corn tassel' currency seems
to wave in victory.