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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-05-22
avsr Notes III

Lightning mover strikes twice Ii
he same placs. For that matter, luck
seldom comes back 70 play return
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-05-22
Majority Of Friends Thought Mr..
Hughes Would Die, But
One Helped Him to
Recovery.


Pomeroyton. KY In interesting adj
vices from this place, Mr.. A. ]. Hughes
writes as follows: II was down with
stomach trouble for five (5) years, and
would have sick headache so bad, at
tines, that thought surely | would die.
tried different treatments, but they
did not seemto do me any good.
got 50 bad, could not eat or sleep,
and all my friends, except one, thought l
would die. He advised me to try
Thediord's Black Draught. and quit
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-05-22

y " -~~~ ~~c~>~e ~ oRAAN.
ID do not have clear records for
loyalty. Democracy can win
this year, but it will win only il
it deserves to win.
1t is by no means certain that
the convention will pursue the
course recommended BY chairman
Morton and the state committee.
Many Democrats over the state
whoEhave been sincere 10 their
advocacy Of local option as a
Democratic measure will not
submit to a statewide declara.
ton without a struggle. II the
local optionists predominate in
the convention the Independents
who are doing the ''watchful
waiting" act will again support
the Fusion candidate for Cover.
nor and Hooper will be elected.
Two elections have proven con.
ciusively that majority of the
people Of Tennessee favor the
state. wide prohibition laws.
Upon the wisdom Of the in.
structions Of the county conven.
tions depends the success Of the
party.--Jackson Sun.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-05-22
STOMACH TROUBLE /
FOR five YEARS \!

taking other medicines. !, decided a I
take his advice although ! did not have
any confidence In II.
Ihave now bstn titins BlaekuD tiuaa
for three months, ard X has aiiSt pa
haven'thad those sxiul sIdE |.sdssA
since began wing n Il
| am % ihankid ior wha BlAckS u,
Draught M done |orns..
Taediesd's R,B||sk- DisasAl y ssss
found aytry valllble msdIgI1l IN 49,,
rsngemenis elihs stomach
keptin eysEyianity n =! \ \
Get package tods ,]'|
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-05-22
penatIc 0lSl)0rt D

= 49,
das mass meetings and
Jed conventRsns we're held
4 every county II che
te for the purpose Of
delegates to the state
tits conventions 70 be
Nashville % May 20 and
D the action al these
INVENTIONS depends the
the DemQcratic party
atoriAtand legisla-
lion. II the county
hs followed the recon.
of the state commit.
tructed the delegates
. platform upholding
election and prohibi-
pd for the nomination
atorial candidate who
|nded upon to obey
ID the letter Of the
r Democratic party
better opportunity
han 1t has had since
of the Indepen.
pt.
lnsubstantial con.
Governor Hooper
the Democrats.
ty loyalty will be Of
Governor Hooper's
hon has been - free
as that Of any Of his
rs and many Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-01

else his mind to think Of a local subject for a
local story. He Just sits and waits. Pretty
soon the man or woman comes along. All
Okra walks round the square at least once
every evening. And to get around II they
have 20 pass the hotel.
Well we were among the first TO quit inc
dining room, and, emerging into the outer
air. and finding two chars vacant, we Snppcu
into them Tilted back against the building
we were smoking in disgrunted silence
when Ezra Bimble in his beard came along.
~Boug sore, Gents. said he. Tonight $
the night. Cards are stacked, an there
gon' to be a show. Keep your seats. l
work right in front OF you.
So he did. \ platform mounted on lour
barrels placed near the curbing proved 20 DC
his show ground. When we took Our seats
the makeshift stage was bare; but soon a
gailv caparisoncd Senegamblan appeared
from somewhere and affixed to the front OF
the floor two flare lamps which cast an out
landish light over the heads OF the rapidly
collecting crowd. This done, he disappeared
for a moment, returning with square chest
covered with red paper bearing markings
evidently Chinese. He placed this on the.
platform. disappeared again, and returned
with two camp chairs, banjo, and BimDle
Ezra wore a long black coat, white plug
hat and the fake black whiskers. tie
seemed to be looking for some particular OBJ
iect. Not finding it, he nudged the musician,
and the colorcd man obliged with casey
Iones." During the fourteenth or tltteenth
verse of this classic look of satisfaction
appeared in the eyes OF his employer. Tie
stopped the singer, raised his nat t ora, d sec
ond, gazed majestically over the heads 81
the audience, cleared his throat, ana started
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THE GIFTED MR.. BIMBLE

I've ridden on elephants, cames, an the
gondolas Of Venice. seen the German hdiSci
marchin at the head Of his troops, an W.T.
messed the moon come up over the opliiiA
an pyramids OF ancient Egypt. we seen some
sights. kind people; but I've never cast my
lamps-pardOn mc-neVcr during my lollS
an varied career as globe trotter nave i
seen anything wat proved solomon III -A''
His Glory was liar
"The greatest single thing ever saw good
friends. was not the work OF man: 1t was the
work of Nature. An I've come here 10
OLra to tell YOU about II. Travellers can
write of the mighty Amazon, poets can
praise the ruins OF old Greece. architeCtS can
,.nII about the beautiful cathedrals OF Eu-
rome: but China, LADIES' an OcntIeilci!'
China. the oldest an wlsest OF nations b
the country witch first doped out the COM
nass. that made navigation possible an gun
nowder by witch we Subducd the savage
ncoDlc of creation. An TO China we owe the
sole. single. an only thing that makes docI
tors an surgeons sit up an take iloI,C''
refer. Friends TO the most eNtraoIuHldi ,
marvellous. wonderful. an unDeIic\ aOi(
proof of the power of Nature, the lrui! ol
a far-lookin' Providence w1ch tor countless
centuries has made II unnecessary lor tiIe
Chinese to resort to foul-smellln evlI-taStln, ,
stomach-rottin' medicines, W lch makes the
surgeons tools useless an unknown IN that
most curious OF nations, an wlch mas made
il possible for the Chinese population TO
grow to the unprecedented proportions OF
four hundred and ninety-two million. souls
Gentlemen an LADIES', refer to the glorious
an God-given Hoang Ho nut, the only
known thing that can, will, an does cure all
human ailments
Bimblc moistcncd his lips from glass OF
water which his grinning assistant handed
him. and unlocked the gaudy chest. Reach
ING in. he drew forth handful OF things
about the size of black walnuts with the
husks on.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-29
Must Paw the Price.

You can feel it in the air, see it
in the faces of the people. that the
causes of depression are growing less.
And times will get better as the days
grow shorter. So cheer up, and put
aside doubt and apprehension. We
are not looking for the millennium
after this stress for all by no means.
Such a shock to industry and effort
as the war has dealt cannot be over
come speedily. The rebound must
be gradual, even slow at times. This
country of ours prospered wonder
fully, and we are the people who,
when prosperity prevails. come
mighty near living up t5 it-enjoy-
ing all that is coming to us and
sometimes more. We must pay the
price of the enjoyment, and recuper-
ate gradually, along wholesome and
legitimate lines. But we may hope
that the worst of the ordeal is over,
and that business and industry will
improve steadily.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-29
A QUAIL'S MEAL.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Nationwide efforts for the protec-
ton of bird life must have a some
what practical basis in order to in
terest the majority of Americans.
The sentimental appeal is to COM
paratively few.
w. d. Hansen, state game warden
of Tennessee, makes an appeal which
should be effective from a strictly
practical standpoint. He urges farm
ers to protect the birds not only be-
cause they are beneficial to the farm
in destroying many pests, but also
because they are true allies of man
and beast in the scheme of creation.
Disease-carrying insects, as well as
those which prey upon vegetation are
the natural food of the birds.
Mr.. Hansen presents many exam
pies of work done by the cOmmOner
varieties of birds, and of these his
analysis of meal found in the stOm-
ach of a single quail is as interesting
as any. This one high liver had stow
ed away 1926 plant lice, 568 mos
quitoes, 100 potato bugs, 100 chinch
bugs, 80 grasshOppers, II squash
bugs, - cut worms, IL army worms
and 8 white grubs. If this bird had
not been killed, but had been per-
mitted to rear her years brood of
young, the daily insectide value of
her progeny would have been almost
incalcula BILE:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-29
WOMEN IN NIGERIA.
From the Blackwood's Magazine.

From the BIackwood's Magazine.
An interesting account of the mar
riage customs and domestic life Of
Nigeria shows that, while the men
practice polygamy as freely as their
means will allow, the women are by
40 means slaves. The women, for
instance, pound the grain, and when
it was suggested that machinery be
| introduced to facilitate the work and
! lessen the burdens of the wives there
| was a great deal of discussion which
/ finally resulted in a decision to do
( without the machinery on the ground
| that if women were relieved OF the
heavy labor they would have more
| strength to resist the domination Of
their husbands, and this would en-
/ courage domestic warfare. The WO-
men thereupon retaliated by increas-
/ ing the amount of their stealings
from the grain which they pounded,
and everything moved along as
smoothly as ever.
| Women are bought, sold and ex-
| changed, yet they are invariably con-
suited as to the desirability Of this
or that man as husband; and they
are never forced to marry a man
whom they do not like. The average
/ for a well-to-do man is four wives,
and competition for the first place is
! sometimes keen, for the later wives
are virtually slaves to the first. EV-
! cry woman must marry. If for any
reason girl refuses to marry she is
| forced into a life of seclusion, be-
| comes a social outcast, and in the
end has no friends to bury her. She
may be betrothed on the day of her
! birth, but, upon returning her fl
ance's presents, which are prescribed
by rigid custom, she is perfectly free
to acquire another. Sometimes she
remains unmarried until she is TWEEN
ty, and she may have had many fl
ances, who, however, never bother
! her; for when she becomes engaged
she may continue her friendship and
intimacies with everyone but her fl
anCe, whom she may not see until
three days before the wedding. Thus
the easiest way to get rid of an unde-
sirable sutton is to become engaged
to him, and then, once free of his
attentions, the girl can look for an
other more to her liking.
Once married she rules the house,
handles the money, stealing all she
can for her private fortune, and she
may get divorce. Her only concern
is that she may not get another hus-
band soon after the death of her
first one. This is a great misfort-
une, for it implies that she is pur-
sued by bad luck. And all the time
she pities the white woman who
must do all the work of one house
hold rather than share it with sew
eral other wives. Children are very
numerous and very much loved, with
the exception of the first, which is
cordially hated, and more often than
not would be starved or strangled if
the relations of the husband failed to
come to its rescue and provide it
with a nurse, or give it to some wo-
man who has only eight or ten and
bemoans the lack of a larger family
so much that she is anxious to adopt
a few moro
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-29
seo EGGS FOR s1.oo IN CHINA.

In the current issue of Farm and
Fireside appears an editorial on the
Chinese egg supply, containing the
following interesting facts:
Fifteen years ago the price of
eggs in the province of Shantung,
China, was a dollar for 900 Gags.
Now the price has risen to a dollar
for $50. Twenty-seven million eggs
were exported from this province in
1913, most of which went to Eng
land.
Few Chinese poultry raisers pos
sess more than a dozen or so hens.
They hatch most of their chickens in
earthenware incubatOrs, which are
heated by the fires which warm the
living-rooms and the beds-thus all
the heat is saved. We have the word
of our consult OF Chefoo that old
women frequently incubate eggs by
carrying them strapped about their
waists under the outer garments.
This is carrying economy 10 the limit,
it would seem. Most Chinese fami-
lies are too poor to eat eggs even at
the low prices mentioned, and there
fore the entire product, except that
portion used for Matching, is sold.
On the average ten Chinese eggs
weigh a pound.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-29

new counties, and not inconsistent
or in conflict with the provisions of
this Act as found in Sections 829 to
84S inclusive of the Code of Georgia
1910, are hereby made applicable to
said county of Evans, whenever said
county is created, and that said coun-
ty shall be subject to all laws appli-
cable to all other counties of this
state.
Section 2 Be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That
whenever the above proposed amend
ment to the Constitution of this State
shall be agreed to by two-thirds of
the members elected to each of the
| two Houses of the General Assembly,
and the same has been entered upon
| their journals, with the yeas and
nays taken thereon, the Governor
! shall, and he is hereby authorized
I and instructed to cause the above
proposed amendment to be published
! in one or more newspapers in each
| Congressional District in this State
| for the period of two months, next
preceding the time of holding the
next general election; and the Gov
ernor is further authorized and di-
rected to provide for the submission
of the amendment proposed for rati-
| fication or rejection to the electors
of this state, at the next general cleo
ton to be held after said publication,
at which election every person shall
be qualified to vote who is entitled
to vote for members of the General
Assembly. All persons voting at
/ i ole ~, Of he
said proposed amendment shall have
written or printed on their ballot the
words, For amendment to the Con-
stitution, creating the County of Ev-
ans" and all persons opposed to the
! adoption of said proposed amend
ment shall have written or printed
on their ballots the words, Against
the amendment to the Constitution,
creating the county of Evans" If
majority of the electors qualified
to vote for members of the General
Assembly voting thereon shall vote
for ratification of said proposed
amendment then the Governor shall,
when he ascertains same from the
Secretary of State, to whom the re-
turns from said election shall be re-
ferred, in the manner as in cases of
election for members of the General
Assembly to count and ascertain the
result, issue his proclamation for one
insertion in one daily paper OF the
State announcing such result and do
claring the amendment ratified.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That all
laws and parts of laws in conflict
with this Act be, and the same are,
hereby repealed.
Now, therefore, I, John NJ. Slaton,
Governor of Said State, do issue this
my proclamation hereby declaring
that the foregoing proposed amend
ment to the Constitution is submitted
for ratification or rejection to the
voters of the State qualified to vote
for members of the General Assem-
bly, at the General Election to be
held on Tuesday, November 8, 1914.
JOHN NJ. SLATON, Governor.
BY the Governor: Philip Cook,
Secretary of State.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-29
THE LOST BAGGAGE.
from the INDIANAPOLIS Star.

From the Indianapolis Star.
1t is estimated by express and
steamship agents that probably 100,-
600 pieces of abandoned baggage be-
longing to Americans are scattered
about in France, Germany, Austria,
Belgium and Holland. At some
points, so returned tourists say,
these trunks, satchels and other be-
lOngings were piled so high that they
would have made good fortifica-
tons.
Ships now coming over are bring
ing trunks and hand baggage that
were left hurriedly behind, but so
marked that they could be identified
and cared for. Both the express and
steamship companies have agents at
work on the continent trying to gath
er up this property, but as the Euro
pean railroads have no checking sys-
TEN, travellers being expected to
identify their own trunks on arrival
at their destination, it is not likely
that much of it will ever be recov-
cred
The fears of travellers who had in
vested in contraband goods with in
tent to deceive the customs office on
reaching this side will be allayed on
learning that the officers have been
instructed to see that the return
ing trunks get to their owners with
out regard to struggled contents.
With this danger removed consider
how the owners of baggage that new
er does come to hand will mourn
over their lost treasures!
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-29
PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, five proclamations were
issued on August 3, 1914, submitting
five proposed amendments to the Con-
stitution to the vote of the people at
the next General Election, and
Whereas, after said prOclamations
were issued the General Assembly by
Act changed the date of the next
General Election from Wednesday,
October 7, 1914, to Tuesday, Novem-
Der 8, 1914, it is therefore
Ordered: That each of the afore-
said ProclamatiOns be amended n
the following manner, to-wit:
That wherever the words "at the
General State Election to be held on
Wednesday, October 7, 1914" ap-
pear the words ''at the General State
Election to be held on Tuesday, No
vember 8, 1914" be inserted in lieu
thereof, so as to submit said propos-
ed amendments to the people at the
General State Election which will be
held on Tuesday, November 8, 1914.
JOHN NJ. SLATON, Governor.
By the Governor: A. H. Ulm, Sec
rotary Executive Department.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-29
Another Birthday.

Our Americas contemporary, the
Southwest Georgia Progress, was
kind enough to say in its last issue;
THE Dawson News has entered
uDon its thirty-third year, and
during all the years he has been
in charge Editor Rainey has not,
We believe. mailed an issue Of
which he should not be proud
We thank our neighbor for its gen
erous praise, and if its opinion is
shared by those who have read The
News during the many years of its
existence we feel more than repaid
for the toll and effort that have been
expended in an endeavor to give the
people of Dawson and Terrell county
4 newspaper worthy of their patron
aga and confidence. For ourself, we
have not by any means been satisfied
with every issue Of the paper, and
many an edition has been sent out
that fell far short of what we felt 1t
should have been.
The News can refer with pride to
as loyal a constituency or chenille as
that enjoyed by any other paper any
where. we believe, and this realiza-
ton makes all the tasks and burdens
of our work pleasant to bear.
The people have been exceedingly
kind to The News, and to all readers,
to the advertisers who have made the
continued existence of the paper pos
sible through their patronage, to the
correspondents who have made the
columns of the paper attractive with
their bright and newsy letters, and
to our contemporaries over the state
who have aided us with their kindly
words of fraternal support we desire
to convey our thanks, and express
the hope that the paper will be more
useful during the coming year and
throughout all the other years that
lie ahead.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-29
Our Hebrew Friends.

Our homefolks and friends who are
of the Hebrew faith have just cele-
brated their New Year, and every
place of business in Dawson owned
and controlled by Jews was closed
two days. The devotion of the He
brew to the ancient faith is some
thing to admire. The world over
they display this devotion, as they
have done for thousands of years,
Who shall say that the loyalty of the
Jew. even under cruel persecution,
to the faith of his fathers may not
account in some measure for the
success and prosperity he enjoys in
material matters? We congratulate
our neighbors and friends on the
anniversary and all it implies to
them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-29
Sherif's Sale.

Georgia. Terrell County, will
sell for cash to the highest bidder on
the first Tuesday il October, 1914,
before the court house door in Daw-
son, Ga, at the usual time and place
of sheriff's sales in said county, that
certain city lot known as lot num-
Der one hundred and siXty-two (162)
in the City of Dawson, Ca, with all
improvements thereon. Said lot To-
Gated at the junction of College ave-
nue. and Crawford street, fronting
south sixty 600 yards on College
avenue and seventy (70) yards on
Crawford street. Said property lev
led on and sold as the property of j.
D. Bell to satisfy an execution issued
from the City Court of Dawson in
favor of Charles F. Burnley against
j. D. Bell. Said execution having
been transferred to NJ. G. Edwards,
and proceeding for him and in his
name. This the Attn day of Septem-
Der, 1914. NJ. G. HILL, Sheriff.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-29
Another Neglected Opportunity

Another case in which Georgia is
paying tribute to other states for
foodstuffs that can be raised at home
is given in the following report made
by a field representative of the Geor-
gia Chamber Of Commerce. Mr.. A.
S. Hatcher, of Columbus, says that
practically all the black-eye peas that
are sold in Georgia come from Cali
fornia. The freight charges for bring
ing them here are about $500 per
car. Soil and other conditions are
equally right here for their raising.
The lowest price that black-eye peas
ever sold at is $500 a bushel. They
can be raised in Georgia with ? fair
profit for the farmer to sell at $500
per bushel. Mr.. Hatcher proposes
that a number of the richer men
who have the interest of the state
at heart form an organization to
guarantee to all farmers who will
undertake to plant so many acres in
peas a price of $3.50 per bushel. He
states that it is probable that they
would average $500 when sold. But
the $3.50 would guarantee a good
profit to induce the farmers to grow
them. He then advocates an organi-
cation similar to the Fruit Growers
Exchange for the marketing of these
peas. He also says that he is will
ing either to be the first guarantor in
his own part Of the state, or else that
he will go in with one or two Others
and pay the expenses of an obseryant
and qualified man to go to Califor-
MIA and bring back full reports on
how this crop is grown and marketed
there. Mr.. Hatcher also states that
the same conditions apply to the rails
ing of lima beans"
This item of food is just one OF
the many which are proper subjects
for the Southeastern Food Crops
Conference, which has been called
by the Georgia Chamber of Com
merce and the Commissioner of Agri
culture of Georgia to meet in Atlantis
October 9Th and 9Th to plan for or
ganizing every county in the South
eastern states with a view to increas
ing the production of foods and feed
stufs. The campaign for increased
acreage is 10 begin with oats, wheat
rye and other crops for fall plant
ing The commissioners of agricult
are u Inc surrounding states are al
ready sending in the names of dele
gates they have appointed.