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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1914-05-09
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0VERSHAD0W ALL
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Success at SaltiIIo Forne
Three-Sided Rush on Next
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HOT WORDS PASSED
BY CONGRESSMEN

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While he Mexican situation is wi
"ardly cam, pend.nG formal openir:
Of the conference OF South Ameri ~
n:cdiat"rs at Magyar, Falls, May Is
there continued al active undarour
.'nU VI discussion end preparation.
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tCtlohallst headquar:ers here cf
sweeping victories OF their forc'.s
near Gan LUIS PotoSl and other po.nl.
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occur.
The news of Constitutionalist sue
cesses reached here in dispatchey
from General Carranza to Ra,hao
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the Constitutionalis; cabinet. VIII
has a direct wire to the headouartcr
or General Carranza in Chihual.uu
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&c that three converging campaigh.
we've IN active operation each within
soo niles or MeXlca City. Genera
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from me Pac1:c coa:t side, had car
tured all the intervening territor!
was oeSelglns MaZa' an, and VA
threatening Mexico C:;y from II
west.
Bitterness in Conqress Debate
Congress again came into the Mexi
can situation yesterday when a caus
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over the res tuition of Senator Tn
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The South American mediatorc
completed their plans for beginning
the conference at Niagara Falls. tIead
quarters will be established at a
leading rotel which has advanced the
date Of it's opening to accommo date
the conference. The mediators with
their secretaries and stenographcrs.
making 4 Dartv of about Is. will Ie we
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23
Lost In Cotton Grading.

Saving millions of dollars now lost
annually by cotton growers and
small manufacturers is the object
of a bill by Representative Lever OF
South Carolina, chairman of the
house committee on agriculture.
The measure will appropriate $780,
600 to be used in determining rela-
tive spinning values of the different
grades of cotton as already standard
lied by law, and for demonstrating
the result of this work to producers
and consumers of cotton.
The department of agriculture has
standardized nine grades of cotton
and is concluding its first investiga-
ton for testing the waste and tensile
strength of these grades. The Lever
bill, which will be urged for early
action, proposes to determine the
relative spinning values, and when
this is done to provide machinery in
the department for carrying this in
formation to the farmer and the
manufacturer.
The house committee on agrfcult-
ure has been advised that Texas
alone is losing $4O,OOO,0O0 because
neither buyers nor farmers have any
idea of the value of off-color cotton.
This condition of affairs exists to
some extent in every cotton produc-
ing state each year.
The farmer, in the sale Of his cot
ton, is absolutely at the mercy of
the local buyer in the matter OF
grades in SO cases out of 100.
Except for the determining factors
of dirt, trash and stains the farmer
has no way of knowing what grade
of cotton he is about to sell and is
forced to sell at the grade determined
by the buyer, and many of the buy
ers are almost as lacking in informa-
ton as the farmer himself.
Some action should be taken to
secure in the sale of the Souths crop
it's intrinsic value.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23
A COUNTRY TOWN.

Here are the stores that front upon
the square,
And the unhitched teams that
MUNICH upon their hay;
The stir of enterprise is everywhere,
And the busy scene proclaims it
Saturday.
Great bearded men are trading to
and fro,
Their figures stopped with toll,
their faces brown;
The fleeing centuries may come and
go,
But here is changelessness-
country town.
Here in old dreams a city was to
stand,
But that fond hope is dead forev-
er more;
On every prospect is the fertile land,
Stretching its verdue to the towns
mans door.
Thus it has been, and thus it shall
be still
When last the sun shall in it's
course go down,
A while to linger on the sun-kissed
This is immutable-a country
town.
Here, too, is gentleness unimpaired
BY all the follies that the winds
have blown;
Nor human vanity has greatly cared
For all the glories that it might
have known.
So it was long ago, and shall re-
main
And God knows what shall blow
as thistledown
Into the quiet streets and out again;
This is unchangeable-a country
town
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23
The Meat Problem and Small Farmer

We are confronted with the GER
tainty that within few years the
range production of cattle will cease.
Anyone who reflects upon the change
in Texas within the past 20 years
must see what the logical drift is.
There are 100000 farms now where
once millions of cattle roamed upon
the range.
Another subject that merits con
sideration is the terrific waste due to
unprotected range cattle. In winter
the losses amount to millions OF
head due to exposure, starvation and
disease. In summer dTouth deprives
millions of food and water with con-
sequent heavy losses. The range
losses will continue until cattlemen
take steps to guard against the dan
gers of winter exposure and summer
drouth 80
Anything, however, that will en-
courage the 100000 small farmers
of the South to prepare for market
each year from five to ten head OF
beeves will help to solve the prob
lem, not only of meat but of the
prosperity of the farmers themselves.
Houston Post. as.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23

Secretary Houston has appointed
special committee of experts to in
quire into various factors which con-
tribute to conditions attending the
present unsatisfactory meat produc-
ton in the United States. 1t is
subject of tremendous importance,
and no doubt it will be ascertained
that many factors enter into the dl-
minishing meat production.
Some Of these factors are well un-
derstood. The constantly decreasing
range area. due to opening up new
farms, has been attended by no In
crease in the production OF farm cat
tie TIE advancing price Of lands IN
the older states is driving settlers TO
the cheap lands of the ranges. That
is a natural movement, and the erect
upon meat production will be disas-
trous unless the small farmers OF the
whole country, especially the South,
make it a point to maintain small
herds
The unprecedented slaughter of
calves is responsible for some OF the
decreased production. Farmers who
pay no attention to the production OF
forage sell their calves to escape the
expense of feeding them, and thus
what would add much to the meat
production is lost.
The general introduction of silos
among thrifty farmers of the country
might tend to restrain the slaughter
of calves. So widespread has calf
slaughter become that some of the
statesmen are considering the enact
ment of laws to put an end to it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23
IN LAWLEss ATLANTA.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
If you were a respectable citizen
homeward Flooding your weary way,
just at dusk;
If you were hungrily thinking OF
the steak sizzling on the broiler;
If you were just five minutes walk
from the business heart OF the town
and dreamed you were secure;
If a figure suddenly sprung from
a dark alley, thrust pistol in your
face, presented you with smashing
''uppercut," ''frisked" your pockets
of currency and important documents
and fed with sneering laugh;
If in poignant resentment OF loss
of currency and dignity you yanked
forth a gun and blazed away twice
at the dwindling figure;
If two stern minions Of the law
rushed up and, instead OF sympa-
thizing with you and chasing the
outlaw, 'pinched" you for firing on
the streets and carrying concealed
weapons
Wouldn't it make you mad?
Wouldn't it jar you?
That is what happened the other
night to a guileless Atlanta citizen.
Probably he is still wondering how 1t
all happened.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23
Suspicious of New York.

In some quarters there appears to
be distrust and apprehension as to
the establishment of the regional
banks provided for in the new cur
rency law-distrust of New York
and apprehension that the metropolis
may become the seat of too power
full, dominating institution, a re-
gional bank Those who have a sus-
picion that somehow or other New
York is to be watched and check
mated in the matter are no doubt
entirely sincere and mean well. They
look upon the new system, which
the country is now trying to square
itself with, get adjusted to, as
beneficence, and that it will be
grave error if any section of the
country, especially any city, is al
lowed to get the best of other sec
tions. 1t is probably not to be won
dered at, either, if there is some ap-
prehension that the greatest city of
the land will manage to so manipu-
late conditions as to maintain it's fl
nancial supremacy. There are those,
too, who have not forgotten how New
York, in 1907, having their money
held on to it at a time when it was
needed and desired. We can readily
recall how the conditions pinched us
down here in Georgia, where we had
to handle a cotton crop that was for
sale. Cotton growers have to have
spot cash, you know. 1t is the
real money crop, and it is not
surprising, therefore, to discern the
watchfulness and concern here al
luded to.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23
Why Huerta Doesn't Resign

Huerta is quoted in Mexico City
dispatc' TO the New York World as
saying to an American visitor that
instead of resigning it is his purpose
to hold on to the presidency because
duty requires him to do so. He is
further quoted as saying that his
government is far from bankruptcy,
that he knows where he can put his
hands on $175, 100000, and that
President Wilson doesn't know any
thing about the sort Of government
the Mexican people need.
There have been so many stories
from Mexico City that Huerta was
getting ready to resign and that his
resignation might be expected any
day that the foregoing from Huerta
himself is calculated to make one
wonder where all the stories relative
to his being ready to resign origi-
nate.
Just now, says the Savannah Morn
ing News, the constitutionalists are
not making as much Roadway as it
was expected they would when they
drove the federals out of Chihuahua.
They do not seem to be in need OF
either arms or ammunition. Their
need is a larger and more thoroughly
organized army. They are as much
in need of money as Huerta is. They
are forced to live off the country and
hence are not making friends of the
people of the territory in which they
are operating. Judging from the
slow progress they are making 1t VIII
be weeks, and even months, before
they will be able to move on Mexico
City with a force sufficient to justify
them in expecting success.
The Morning News says one rea-
son, if not the chief one, why Huerta
refuses to resign is the effort of Pres
ident Wilson to force him to do SO.
He is a stubborn old man and bitter
" resents having been hidden by
President Wilson to resign. Evident
" he intends to show the world thai
he cannot be ordered around by the
head Of another government just as
if he were of little or no account
Being in that frame OF mind he viii
go to any length to hold on to the
presidency, and he will do it unde1
the guise of doing his duty to hi
country.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23
RETURNS JEFF DAVIS PROPERTY
Government Sends His Heirs Two
Dueling Pistols and Other Arms
..~. Gaizad Near Close ~ War


WASHINGTON.-Secretafy Garri-
son today directed the return to the
heirs of Jefferson Davis two dueling
pistols, a double-barrel pistol and ap-
purtenances seized by union troops
near the close of the civil war. Mr..
Garrison took this action upon re-
ceipt of an opinion from Attorney
General McReynolds that the presi-
dent of the confederate states had
never been legally deprived Of his
ownership of the property and that
all of his rights had been restored to
him by President Johnson's amnesty
proclamation. The pistols, which
have been in custody of the war de-
partment for nearly fifty years, will
be turned over to Joseph A. Hayes of
Colorado, whose wife is Jefferson
Davis eldest daughter. The shawl
and raglan belonging to Mrs. Davis,
and said to have been worn by Mr..
Davis when he was captured, were
not included among the articles for
which Mr.. Hayes asked, but it is ex-
pected they will be relinquished if
the Davis heirs request them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23
mrs. DIXON LOSES IN HIGH COURT
Widow Cannot Recover Damage For
Husbands Death, Which Resulted
From Wreck on Central Road.

The court of appeals. in decision
rendered Wednesday, sustains the
Sumter superior court in it's decision
that Mrs. G. NJ. Dixon Of Dawson
did not have valid action against the
Central of Georgia railway in the
suit instituted to recover for the
death of her husband, G. NJ. Dixon,
fireman for the Central, and who
was killed in an accident that oc-
Cured in Americas nearly two years
ago.
In this catastrophe, it will be re-
called, Engineer Adams was killed,
as was Fireman Dixon, who, however,
was not on duty at the time, it was
shown by the railway company, on
which fact the defendant based it's
plea for demurrer to the action filed.
Dixon was not on his regular run,
but was a passenger on the train.
He left the passenger coach and went
to the engine, where he rode, and
was killed a few minutes later. 1t
was held that he was there in direct
violation of the rules of the COM
pany, that he had no duty or business
on the engine on this particular oc-
casion, and, therefore, his widow had
no valid ri hit to recover for his
death.
The accident occurred in the yards
of the railroad at Americas when
the morning train from Macon left
the track at a switch and turned
over, both Engineer Adams and Mr..
Dixon being killed.
Mrs. Dixon sued the Central rail
road for $4,000, and was represent
ed by H. A. Wilkinson of Dawson.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23
BANKERS OF OTHER DAYS.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Our grandfathers had a different
notion about some things from that
held by their grandsons and III give
an example of it, President Harry
G. Kitchener of the Bank of North
America-the great-granddadd OF
all American banks-told me yester-
day that one OF the banks early
charters compelled it to pay annual
dividends.
One year during the panic that fol-
lowed JacksOn's smashing OF the
United States Bank, the Bank, Of
North America paid dividend OF
only one cent-not one per cent, but
one cent on each share Of stock. 1t
had earned nothing, but to preserve
it's charter it made the slight distrl-
button.
The current trend of legislative
opinion rarely bothers itself about
what the stakeholder may get, just
so he gets as little as possible.
That one cent dividend saved this
venerable banks record because it
has not missed a dividend in the
century and a third since Robert
Morris and his friends started it. 1t
has paid out $14,43O,450 to its
shareholders, the capital stock being
$1,OOO,0OO.
The Bank of New York is the old
est in Manhattan and Mr.. Kitchener
told me that these two banks have
been doing business with each other
regularly for 125 years. When the
Bank of New York was organized it's
cashier came to Philadelphia to learn
from. the Bank of North America
how to do the job. Morris urged
the New Workers to make theirs a
branch of the Philadelphia institu-
lions, but they refused to do it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23

A widow charged with a trust es-
tate for three children recently told
the court that the expenses of the
three are fifty thousand dollars a
year. In the account of one Of the
boys was a charge for three dozen
bottles of champagne, and a hunting
trip that cost $4,000. The Youths
Companion is right when it says if
the boys ever amount to anything
they may justly regard themselves as
self-made men.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23

The Americas Times-Recorder re-
ports that Congressman Crisp, VINO
has been i'll since he came home
from Washington to spend the
Christmas holidays, is much improv-
ed, and will leave for the capital
today. He will be in Washington
for some time, and is expected to
give the plum tree a few more Vigor-
Gus shakes before he returns to his
constituents.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23

ColQuitt county is going at it in
the right way to fight the boil wee
vii, and has begun the erection of a
large packing house in Moultrie. Not
only will it mean indifference to Mr..
Weevil's presence, but it will, to an
extent, lessen the cost of living and
at the same time enhance the pros
perity of the farmers. 1t is a splen-
did example for other counties and
towns in South Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23
Notice to the Public.

To my friends and customers: l
am in charge of the shop where my
father, w. P. Holman, has done bust
ness for several years. Now, friends,
will appreciate anything in this
line. Every job guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or no pay. Yours very
truly, j. H. HOLMAN.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23

The reader can't depend on news
paper headlines to get the truth OF
the investigation of Judge Emory
Speer, which is now in progress in
Macon, as they are colored according
to the prejudice of the paper for or
against the accused jurist and are
not borne out by the evidence as de-
livered on the stand. 1t is to be re-
GREETED that it is so, but it is that
way. nevertheless.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23

Returns by those who are subject
to the income tax must be made by
March 1st. This tax, now that it has
been established, will never be
abandoned. 1t is a democratic meas
ure today; but it will be continued
by the republicans, should they again
come into power. That is the his
tory of every tax, and the experience
of every government.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23

The convention of the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce at Macon jan
uary 2Sth-29th promises to be the
largest event that has yet been I'M
dertaken by this organization. Re-
ports are coming in from all over
the state of large delegations from
many towns.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23

A French physician, DR.. Hugo
necq, of Lyons, expresses the opin-
ion that the best food for mankind
is MANN other words, that man
should turn cannibal and eat his
kind. Why does not the doctor put
to the test the theory he has an
nounced, and move to some cannibal
isle to eat or to be eaten, preferably
the latter?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23

There is no color line in the big
universities of the North. Alexander
Jackson, a negro, has been elected
class orator at Harvard by his fell
low students. Guess the rest Of the
country can stand it if it suits HaT-
ward .sr.rr.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23
MIR. STERN WAS HERE.

Mr.. A. H. Sterne, general manager
of the Alabama Chemical Co., was
here from Montgomery yesterday.
Mr.. Sterne manufactures commercial
fertilizers, and their products are
used extensively throughout this
section by many of the best farmers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23
For Tax Receiver.

The support of the voters of the
county is respectfully solicited for
the Office of Tax Receiver, subject
to the Democratic primary. If elect
ed l pledge faithful and efficient dis
charge of duty. A. E. JOHNSTON.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23

"Will Make 1t So Fools Can Fly
is a newspaper headline. A glance
at the long list of fatalities leads as
to believe they are the ones who have
already been flying.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23
THIS WILL INTEREST MOTHERS

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
a certain relief for Feverishness. Headaches
and Stomach Teething Disorders. move and
regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms.
They break up colds in "a hours. They are so
pleasant tC <he taste Children like them Over
1000 testimonials. Used by Mothers Tor "a
wears They never fail. Sold by all druggist
25c. Sample mailed FREE Address. Allen
Oimsted, Lee Roy, n. Y.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23

Do you begin to cough at night
Just when you hope to sleep? Do
you have a tickling throat that keeps
you awake? Just take Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound. 1t will check
the cough and stop the tickling sensa-
ton at once. Does not upset the
stomach. Is best for children and
grown-up persons. Dawson Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23

Savannah is making a game fight
for one of the regional banks, and
is backed by considerable influential
support. 1t is but justice to say that
her claims are not without merit,
too
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23

An Atlanta judge heard fifty di-
vorce cases in a day. That is unity
ing the matrimonial knot some, AMI
is calculated to make even Chicago
enYiOus.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23
RECEIVES CHECK FOR $40, $50.
Terrell Gets Full Amount Due From
State School Fund.

state SCnOOI unu.
School Commissioner Lowrey has
received from the state treasurer a
check for $10,89O.96 for the public
school fund of the county. This pays
in full the payment due for the year
1913.
Though the state for the past sew
eral years has not been able to meet
it's school obligations promptly the
teachers in Terrell county have new
er suffered. The board of education
has always made provision to pay
them their salaries monthly.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23

1t was not exactly the riot act
President Wilson read to Big Bust
ness on Tuesday, but it put them on
notice just the same.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-23

WANTED-Cash customers in Daw-
son for beef. Buy from me and
reduce the high cost of living. ]. H.
McLENDON, JR., Phone Trunk IA,
short and long.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-05-13
HOPPE BRIDGE DAMAGED.

One span of the Hoppe iron Drldge
across the BraZos river was washed
away yesterday. 1t had been severe
" tested by the overfiows of the past
few months. and the flood of yester'
day caused the bank TO cave and the
section of the bridge next to the lane
on this side slipped into the river and
was washed away. The Eagle learns
the loss to the county will reach per-
haps two thousand dollars, aside from
the great inconvenience to travel by
the bridge being out of commission.
The rain yesterday was very heavy
over a large part of the county, a
number OF the larger creeks being
reported to have reached as nigh
point as known in recent years. The
lands of the county were badly dam
aged, and farming conditions In the
creek bottom farms are becoming
serious indeed. Much cotton is yet to
be planted, made necessary by the
floods. and 1t is fast becoming so late
II would be useless to plant.
The Eagle believes the suggestion
of Commercial Club Secretary Nc.
Knight to plant June corn. peas and
other feed crops should be given
serious consideration by our farmers