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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-03-27

President Wilson told the Tennes-
see democrats to compose their diff
ferences, make peace and get to-
gether. And the Tennessee prohibi-
ton democrats, answering the pres
ident. as good as told him to mind
his own business, and proceeded to
endorse the administration of Gov
ernor Hooper. They were polite
about it, but that is what their an
swer meant.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-03-27

We congratulate Editor John
Hodges that he has been called to
the postmastership at Perry. He
merited it. But what concerns US Is
to know if he must give all his time
to the postoffice, and in so doing
forego editorial work. If that be
the case we are in doubt whether
he should accept the postoftice. 1t
is a bigger job to be editor OF the
Jerry Home Journal-whose destiny
Editor Hodges has guided forty years
and in whose office the editor OF the
News learned to stick type as an
apprentice-than to be postmaster at
Perry, not to mention usefulness as
a Soldier of the Common Good.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-03-27

California has an Orange Day,
which is to be celebrated by eating as
many California oranges as posi-
Bile. and the Macon News wants Geor-
gia to adopt the same plan and have
Peach Day. It's good idea,
and would do much to advertise and
Dopularize this delicious Georgia
product. AS to the Georgia peach
arino''-well, every day is hers. She
needs no advertising.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-03-27

The Macon Telegraph notes an
other difference between now and
the good old times 1t says; The
lie is passed in legislatures ana
even in congress more frequently
now than formerly. However, in
the old days man swallowed it and
the indigestion that followed was
terrible to relate, while now it mere
" provokes a show of temper.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-03-27

Now that Little joe has let it
be known that he is spending his
time quietly and industriously on
his Cherokee county farm and has
no political designs there is a feel
ing of relief in the breasts of several
prominent Georgians who figure in
big politics.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-03-27
STUMP WILL OUT LAST PAYROLL

From the Macon Telegraph.
The CommerciaI-Appeal says that
Hobson is still on the stump, in Ala
bama, and on the payroll in Wash
ington. However, it begins to look
like the stump will last longer than
the payroll.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-03-27

FOR SALE-Hites Improved Pro-
life Cotton Seed. Absolutely
sound. Yield forty per cent lint.
Best cotton grown for this section.
Price $1.00 per bushel; in larger lots
90 cents. ]. E. WILKES.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-03-27
Is Marriage on a Commercial Basis?

had made the comment went on as
follows:
'All the same, we are coming to
it. if not actually already there.
think in New York, now, we have
virtually got to the same point that
they have in Europe. A man or wo-
man having money can get in ex-
change for it respect, good treat
ment, companionship."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-03-27

$ $ $ $ BORROW MONEY $ S $ $
LONG LOANS ON CITY AND
FARM PROPERTY. Lowest Inter
est Rates. Quick Service. Liberal
Loan Values. L. c. HOYL, Attorney
at-LaW. Dawson. Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-03-27

In the April Woman's Home Com
panion Mollie Elliot Seawell writes
the love story of a modern girl en-
titled The Diary of a Beauty in
the course of which one of the char
acters speaks about marriage DelnS
worked out on a commercial basis.
This drew a sharp retort from one
who heard it, and the person who
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-03-27

FOR SALE-MW seven-room house
on Stonewall street, modern con-
veniences, for cash or easy payments.
Also house and lot on Eighth ave-
nue.. near Seaboard depot, on same
terms. A. P. HATCHER, Cuthbert,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-03-27

With Governor Jack Slaton, Attor-
ney-General Tom Fielder and Con
gresham Bill Hardwick candidates
for the senatorial tOga Of the late
Augustus o. Bacon the contest
should not be devoid of thrills and
thrObs.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-03-27

The aviation meet was a big sue
cess. Our friends came by the
thousands from the surrounding sec
ton. and they enjoyed the show and
we enjoyed having them. The bus
mess men of Dawson should have an
entertainment of some kind often
for the people who support the town
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-03-27

FOR RENT-Six room dwelling on
North Stonewan street. Newly
painted inside and out. Doors and
windows screened. j. H. FARMER,
Cuthbert Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-03-27

FOUND-Last Wednesday auto No.
Between Chickasawhatchee and
Dawson Owner can get same by
giving number and paying cost OF ad.
DAWSON NEWS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-03-27
notice.!

Cotton seed meal and hulls are
strictly cash with order. Southern
Cotton Oil Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-03-27

FOR SALE-Two dwelling houses Oh
Fourth avenue. Will pay taxes
and ten per cent on the investment
at price asked for them. E. c. PAS
CHAL
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-03-27

FOR SALE-Pure Hite's Prolific cot
ton seed, grown by E. w. Aven.
Call or write J. w. TILLEY, PARROT,
Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-03-27
SPECIAL NOTICES
Wanted Lost
For Sale Found
Lost
Found

FOR SALE-Ten extra fine graded
Jersey heifers that will give milk
soon. Call or write j. w. TILLEY,
Parrot, Ga.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-08-21

sh:l,s, including four monitors, mount
ing 1870 cannon and howitzers.
However, something more than the
pygmy tleet Of Buchanan must be reck-
oned with before the great admiral
could have full swing III Mobile bay.
The entrance il a channel three miles
wide inclosed by sand bars. On the
east side there stood at the time old
Fort Morgan. a brick work, which the
Confederates had strengthened by
sand bags and an armament of three
tiers Of guns. Alongside. at the wa
ter's edge. they had planted a water
battery of seven guns and on the oppo-
site side of the channel erected a new
work, known as Fort Gaines. Three
miles up the channel. on the west side,
u third work, Fort Powell, commanded
the inner bay.
The fleet, led by the monitors, steam
ed up opposite Fort Morgan, firing as
1t passed and receiving the full compile.
ment of Fort Morgan's guns in return.
Suddenly the leading monitor, the Te-
cumseh, careened and sank. and those
following slowed up in anticipation Of
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D. Capt. GEORGE l. klLr1BR. Lat. U. 3 v.

D. Capt. GEORGE L KlLr1ER. Late U. 8 v.
"HE fight Of the navy Of the
south against Federal block
aders was in two years mar
rowed down to q contest for
three ports-Wilmington. Charleston
and Mobile. The last named, having
but one entrance, suffered the most
from the blockade. and early in 1894
the Confederates set to work to raise
it by means Of a powerful ram. Ad-
miral Franklin Buchanan, the CON-
mander Of the Merrimac in the Hamp-
ton Roads battle March. 1862. was then
at the head of naval affairs in Mobile
bay. Other officers of the first ram
still served under him and devoted
their skill and experience to the build
ing Of a new monster, the Tennessee.
with the express purpose Of dashing
into Admiral D. G. Farragut's block
aiding squadron of Mobile and putting
an end to 1t.
About the time the ram got ready
for business Farragut brought up four
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-08-21
SCHOOLS PUSH GOOD ROADS.
Arkansas Pupils. Stimulated by Prizes,
Aid Highway Movement.

Arkansas Pupils. Stimulated by Prizss,
Aid Highway Movement.
With the school children of Arkan-
sas working for better roads citizens
think there is hope for the state to
emerge from it's miry ways.
Poinsett county pupils have already
shown how the highways can be made
better. 81. B. Thorne. superintendent
Of schools in that county. being a good
roads advocate and knowing the good
roads would mean increased attend
ance for the rural schools. issued cir
culars to the pupils showing how u
road drag should be constructed. He
next offered a prize of $50 for the best
half mile of road on each side Of q
schoolhouse. Second and third prizes
were offered. ....
The road drag had been little used in
Poinsett county up to that time. The
%schoolboys went to work with a will
schools that rain would not touch. As
soon as the rain began falling the boys
were out with their road drags.
The farmers saw how good the roads
were about the sc%h0olhouses. and they.
too. began dragging after every rain
until Poinsett is now a leader in good
highways among the counties. Other
counties have followed the example
Of the pupils under Superintendent
Thorne. and the good work is rapidly
spreading.
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disaster the rudder chains. which were
exposed on the deck. were cut in two
by an eleven inch shot from the mon
itor Chickasaw. which had hung close
under the stern of the ram from the
beginning of the fight.
The Tennessee soon drifted help
lessly upon the strong tide. The Hart
Ossipee, each on different quarters.
steamed Mt her full speed. while the
monitor Chickasaw pounded away at
her stern. Suddenly the c%annonading
ceased, and its echoes died away amid
the cheers of the sailors of the whole
feet. The Tennessee had struck her
colors to the Ossipee. Not a single
shot had passed through her shields
and only one had punctured the wood
en- backing underneath the rmo Her
loss was only two killed and nine
wounded. and had her machinery and
apparatus been as effective as her
shield the battle of Mobile bay might
have had u different ending. The sur
render Of Fort Powell soon followed
that Of the ram. Fort Gaines surren-
dered Oh the 9th, but Fort Morgan
withstood siege until the Odd.
Casualties at Mobile Bay.
When the Tecumseh was raised after
the war ended it was found that n tor
pedO. which must have been charged
with several hundred pounds Of pow
der. had blown II large hole In her I'M
derneath and opened almost every
seam in her structure.
The Confederate losses on shipbOard
were twelve killed and twenty
wounded.
Nearly 300 were captured with the
ram Tennessee and gunboat Selma.
which was also one Of Farragut's
prizes.
The Federal losses amounted to 145
killed and 10 captured. The killed in
cluded ninety-three drowned with the
I'll starred Tecumseh. whose COM
mander was among the lost. The
Hartford lost twenty-five killed and
twenty eight wounded. and her COM
panion ship. the Brooklyn. lost eleven
killed and forty-three wounded.
The admiral Of the Confederate feet,
Franklin Buchanan. was on board the
Tennessee and was wounded. The
armor of the ram had not been pene-
trated by Federal shot. but her smoke
stack had been carried away and the
steering apparatus destroyed. 80 that
she was utterly helpless She had
justified the hopes Of her bzilders as
a n ironclad and had been overmatched
with guns. All Of her antagonists In
close lighting that day were wooden
vessels.
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IN DOLLARS AND SENSE.
The Increase Of Values Due to Better
Roads,

The Increase Of Values Due to Better
Roads.
In this enlightened day and age it is
hardly necessary again to point out the
advantages of good roads not only
from a dollar and cents standpoint.
but from an educational and aesthetic
standpoint as we'll. We cannot re-
frain, however. from calling attention
to one or two pertinent facts which
have been brought to light. says the
Homestead. The United States Office
Of public roads has issued some figures
to illustrate its declaration that land
values increase Immediately when
roads are improved. A farmer in Lee
county. Va. owned a hundred acres.
which he offered to sell for 81 800. The
road through the land was improved in
1908. and the farmer opposed the i'm
provement. Since its completion. how
ever. he has refused $1,000 for the
land. On the same road there is a
tract of 5000 acres. supposed to have
been sold for $4,000. A dispute arose
as to whether the sale had been con-
summated. The supposed purchaser
refused to take the contract, and the
owner threatened to sue. After the
road was improved the same tract was
sold for $4,000 to the original pur-
chaser without any additions or i'm
provements on the land for which he
previously had declined to pay $4,000.
From the other standpoint the set of
resolutions adopted by a good roads
convention in Illinois Is of interest:
Improved roads mean better schools and
larger attendance, better health and
quicker medical attention. better farms
and more cultivated land. better crops
and cheaper transportation, better eco
nomic conditions and less isolation. better
church attendance and better citizens. bet
ter postal service and closer friends. bet
ter business and more consumers, better
industries and more employment, a better
state and a better nation.
The road question is a perennial one,
but there is no denying that there is
more interest and discussion this year
than ever before. thanks largely to the
agitation in the legislatures of most of
the states for remedial action which
will give the people the relief for which
they have long been waiting.
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a similar fate. The bay was planted
with torpedoes, and the Tecumseh.
driven hastily ii not recklessly by her
commander. T. T. Craven, when he
saw a chance to close with the Tennes-
see, had landed upon one. She carried
down nearly 100 officers and men.
Farragut In the Rigging.
The disaster to the Tecumseh
brought the whole line of monitors and
gunboats to a standstill directly in
range of the guns Of Fort Morgan and
the enemy's vessels lying near. just
around the bend of the bar. The wood
en- ships suffered terribly under that
fire, and their scuppers literally iran
blood"
In order to get above the smoke
which hung around the decks of his
flagship Farragut climbed into the rig
ging. where he was dashed to the rat
lines by some of the men. Finding
that the vessels in the lead were timid
about going ahead. he ordered the flag
ship Hartford on at full speed. passing
the other vessels. monitors and all,
and when Il voice cried to him from
the decks of the halting ships to be-
ware of torpedoes he roared out: e.
the %torpedoes! l will take the lead"
After that the Hartford and several
other vessels rode upon innumerable
torpedoes. but owing to a defect in the
Eliminates not another exploded. Far
ragut's flagship literally few up the
bay. leaving the Tennessee and her
consorts behind. The latter were
quickly disposed of by the Federal
vessels. and the entire feet having
passed beyond range Of the forts the
fight lay between the Tennessee and
the remaining seventeen ships, which
cast off their lashings and steamed aft.
er the ram.
Ships Close In.
The Tennessee followed up the Hart
ford with the best speed possible.
That was only six knots. for her en-
gines were imperfect. secondhand ones
taken from a river steamer. The chal-
lenge of the plucky ram was accepted
by the Federal vessels tndiscriminate-
~. The Monongahela. going at full
speed, struck amidshfps without dam
aging the monster in the least, but
losing her own PROV and cutwater in
the collision. The Lackawanna imme-
diately closed in and struck with her
wooden bow. simply causing the ram
to lurch a triae. The Tennessee pour
ed two shots broadside into the Lack
awanna and bore away after the Hart
ford.
It was then flagship against flagship.
admiral against admiral. The vessels
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N AND DAD

The road question is a farm
question and primarily must be
worked out by the farmer, but
it is a gigantic task, a problem
of magnitude that has become of
state and national concern. But
though it is fast becoming a ma
tional problem its solution is in
the hands of the real farmer out
in the field, to be assisted by the
good wife in the house. The
educational agencies now exist
ing in the immediate farm COM
munities must be utilized to
teach and preach the CONNER
cial, social and intellectual ad-
vantages of good roads.
The farmers institute has
not fulfilled its mission when it
stops its instructions with the
teaching of advanced ideas in
agriculture. 1t must 60 further
to be a real help to Kansas-it
must do its part in helping to
solve the road problem.
Kansas has grown great, but
we have grown great in spite Of
ourselves. How much greater
we could have been it is impos-
sible to conjecture had we used
the millions spent on the roads !
that we now have nothing toy
show for in constructing perma-~
nent, lasting highways, such as
France and Germany have
Governor Hodge of Kansas.
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ironclads from the Mississippi and.
placing them at the head of his feet
Of wooden ships of war, set sail for
the bay, intending to knock to pieces
the forts and slighter vessels defend
ing the city before the famous ram,
Of which he had heard, could come to
the rescue. The battle Of Mobile bay.
Aug. g.. 1864, was the result.
The hull Of the ram Tennessee had
been constructed the previous winter
ON the wooded bluffs along the Alaba-
ma river above Selma. Her machinery
and battery were put in at Mobile,
and at the same time her monstrous
shield received a plating Of iron. She
was modelled upon the Merrimac and
resembled her very much when lying
in the water. Her hull, 200 feet long,
was surmounted amidships by q shield
made of alternate layers of yellow pine
and white oak plank twenty-five inch
es thick. extending at an angle of 45
degrees from below the water over her
batteries. engines and quarters.
The Tennessee's Massive Ram.
The planking in the shield was eight
feet in length. Over it. when COM
pleted. she carried six inches of plat
ing in three layers bolted through the
thick wooden backing. Her guns. six
in number. We're mounted in sponsors
projecting from the sides of the shield.
Her battery was light Of four
four-inch rifles in broadside and two
seven-and one-half-inch rifles in pivot
fore and aft. Her strength lay in her
iron armor and in her massive spur or
ran. This arm was constructed by
bending her planking and plating,
shortened to about six feet, at q sharp
angle all around her bow.
Had other things been equal the ar
nor and iron beak would have made
the Tennessee the most powerful Of all
the dreaded rams Of the Confederacy.
Owing to an accident she was deprived
of the chance of surprising the block
aiding feet and spreading havoc among
the vulnerable wooden boats, 10 the
Merrimac had done before her. She
was carried over the bar at the mouth
of the Alabama on "camels" during the
night, but before the "camels" could
be detached the tide fell, and she
grounded.
Daylight revealed her to the blockadl
ing feet. and after that surprise was
out of the question. She took her
station in the bay for the protection Of
Mobile, and when Farragut sailed up
IN the 9Th of August became the daay
ship Of the defensive feet. This, fee4
comprised. besides the am, three aide
wheel wooden boats. and the whole
armament numbered but, twenty-twl
guns. Farragut commanded eighteed
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wi,oon.in Road TO Cost e1,ooo,ooo.

H0ao TO Coot $1SVVVSVVV'
Fifty representatives of cities. vii
lagos and towns from Fond du Lac to
Green Bay have organized the Fox
River Valley Highway association for
building seventy miles Of concrete
road at a cost Of approximately ST.
100000. The highway will be a trunk
line connecting Fond du Lac. Oshkosh.
Neenah. Menasha. Appleton. Kaukau-
ma. Depere. Green Bay and intermedi-
ate villages.
Memberships at 81 each will be sold.
the plan being to enlist at least $1,000
persons in the valley. each of whom
will receive a lapel button. to be worn
until the necessary funds have been
subscribed.
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came together bows on. but the am
sheered and received only a glancing
blow. The Hartford gave the Tennes-
see a solid broadsldc, but the shot roll,
ed off from her plated shield. scarcely
leaving a dent. At the same time the
ram sent a ninety-five pound shot
through the Hartford. killing and
wounding thirteen men.
1t had been Farragut's purpose in
this attack to drive the flagship upon
the low protruding decks of the ram.
The wooden hull Of the Hartford
would Of course be crushed in the en-
counter. but with a hold full Of water
she would weigh down the Tennessee
and send her to the bottom.
The eagerness of the ram to avoid
the blow made 1t the more evident
that the plan was feasible. and Far
ragut ordered his ship forward the Sec
ond time, but the Lackawanna came
steaming up on the same hazardous
errand and cut into the Hartford
amidships, knocking two portfolios into
one, upsetting a heavy Dahlgren and
completely demoralizing nearly all on
board. Undaunted, the admiral order
ed his ship ahead again. but the Lack
awanna, which had backed OF. came
up ON the other side and barely es-
capped giving her own flagship a Sec
Ond blow.
The Tennessee a Wreck.
AS the Tennessee sheered to avoid
the Hartford she dropped into the
midst Of the feet, u target for 100
guns, whose concentrated shots began
to tell on her vulnerable parts. Her
fagstaff disappeared and the smoke
stack also. Her heavy iron port shut
tiers, the second weak point in her con-
structiOn. became jammed by the heavy
solid shots rained upon them and could
not he opened to run out the guns for
firing. Admiral Buchanan and the pilot
I'D @ wounded. and as a finishing
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The War Fifty Years Ago

Gallant Naval Battle In Mobile Bay---Federal Fleet
Led by Admiral D. G. Farraeut Attacks Confederate
Ships and Forts---Ironclad TecumsehS Sunk by a Sub
marine Torpedo---Farrafut Heads an Attack Upon
the Confederate Ram Tennessee---Lashed In the
Rigging of His Flagship Hartford---lenores the Tor
pedoes---Attempts to Ride Down the Tennessee.
Surrender of the Ram and Two Forts.
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FUNDS AND WHERE DEPOSITED
Name of Depository and Balances
Subject to Check.
Cash in Treasurer's Hands 5 6l.O2
Cash Items 562O.75
Wilton Bank, Wilton 5000. 2761.4O
Mclean Co.. State Bank,
Wilton 3O44.1 4
First wt'i Natl Bank, Washburn 5l6e.ao
Washburn State Bank, Wash
burn ............ 4740.95
wood .............. 3O43.36
WOO ...... ............ 3149.87
N. w. State Bank, Cole
First Natl Bank, Garrison 345s.7o
First State Bank, Garrison 3124.97
farmer Bank. Garrison .. 2547.75
First State Bank, Maxi. 3O8O.54
Citizens State Bank, Max. 2855.77
First State Bank, Benedict 194S.ll
dict 2376.11
First State Bank, Dogden.. 2354.32
First State Bank, Russo .... 2O25.42
First State Bank, Mercer. 30O4.12
Mercer State Bank, Mercer 29S3.63
First National Bank, Turtle
Lake ........... s123.12
Total $66022.93
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SINKING FUND REPOSITORIES
Name of Banks and Amount of
Certificates.

Name of Banks and Amount of
Certificates.
Wilton Bank, Wilton ...... $88O.00
First Natl Bank, Washburn $4,000
Washburn State Bank, Wa.h-
burn ........ ............. $4,000
First State Bank, Under
wood .......... ......... $4,000
Security State Bank, Under
N. W. State Bank, Colehar-
Dor .......... .......... $4,000
First Natl Bank, Garrison $4,000
First State Bank, Garrison. $4,000
Farmers Bank, Garrison 80. $780, 90
First State Bank, Max zee. $500
Citizens State Bank, Max. $4,000
First State Bank, Benedict $4,000
Security State Bank, Benedict $4,000
Dogden State Bank, Dogden $4,000
Mercer State Bank, Mercer. $4,000
First State Bank. Mercer.... $50. 90
First State Bank, Turtle
First National Bank, Turtle
Lake ........ ............ $500
Total $1,000. .......... s~15s4o.oo