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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-09-28

Basle, Switzerland. Sept 28.-Re-
ports reaching here from Altkirch
state that the French surrounded and
annihilated the One Hundred and
Ninth regiment of German reserves
near that place.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-09-28
sombard Austrian stronghold.

Rome, via London, Sept. 2S.-The
fleets OF Great Britain and France
are bombarding heavily all the forti-
fed Austrian positions In the vicinity
of Cattaro, In Dalmatia.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-09-28

Prince Adalbert was born on July
IA, 1884. and is the only one of the
kaiser's six sons who is in the navy,
the others all being in the army. AT
the outbreak of the war he was at
tached to the cruiser Koeln. which
was one of the ships sunk in the fight
In the blight of Helgoland. 1t was re
ported recently that he was wounded
and in hospital. Later it was report
ed that he was dead Apparently
none of these rumors was true.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-09-28
PRZEMYSl- NOW is COM
PLETELY ISOLATED.

London, Sept. 28.-The fall
of the town of Khyrow, tele-
graphs the Petrograd CORE
spondent of the Evening
News, completely isolates the
Austrian fortified position OF
Przemysl as regards railroad
communication. Khyrow Is
twenty miles south OF Prem
ysl and close to the junction
of several railroad lines.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-09-28

which began shortly after midnight
on Thursday and has continued un-
broken, as the most desperate of the
war
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LOSSES or $4,000 OFFICIAL
LY ADMITTED.

Berlin, via The Hague, Sept.
2S.-The latest casualty lists
made public bring the total up
to nearly $4,000 In killed,
wounded or missing since the
break of the war. But 1t is
admitted that these totals are
In no way up to date.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05
VOLCANO BURSTS into ERUPTION
For the First Time in Seventy Years
California Mountain Cuts Up to
Beat the Band.

REDDING, Cal.-Mount Lassen,
latent volcano of the Cascade range,
erupted for IS hours, beginning Sat-
urday, throwink out smoke, steam,
rocks and volcanic ash. The noun
tain is again quiet. An expedition
will go to the peak to see if new
crater has been formed.
The outbreak is the first recorded
in California in 70 years, and the first
of any Importance in 200 years, al
though the Lassen volcanic region is
at the western edge of lava field
reaching as far east as Montana and
containing many craters.
w. J. Rushing, forest supervisor
at Mineral, is inclined to believe that
an active geyser suddenly had devel-
oped. He said his subordinates, who
reported the eruption, had seen no
fire, although the disturbance lasted
a whole night. The smoke and steam
column, he said, rose about 200 feet.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05
LEPER STOPS AT SHOREHAM
John r. Early Registers at Vice Pres
ident MarshalI's Hotel and Guests
Are Thrown Into Panic.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-John r.
Early, who in the last five years has
made many enforced journeys about
the country in box cars and been held
under quarantine in many cities while
medical experts have disagreed on
whether he is a leper, turned up in
Washington again ami before his
identity was discovered. took quar-
tiers at a fashionable uptown hotel.
the home of Vice-President Marshall
and others prominent in capital life.
Early was identified after he had
telephoned to a newspaper asking for
a reporter to interview "Mr. West
wood" The newspaper man at once
recognized the noted patient and in
formed the authorities. They took
Early back to his old place of isola-
ton on the city limits. The hotel was
thrown into a state of commotion.
Early recently escaped from the
Diamond Head quarantine station
near Port Townsend, Wash.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05
GAVE A DEMONSTRATION
MANY FARMERS WITNESS WORK
OF MODERN MACHINERY.
Several Lectures and Barbecue DIM
ner Featured the Demonstration
ON Farm of w. j. Mathis.


ner Featured the Demonstration
ON Farm of w. j. Mathis.
The implement demonstration held
at Dawson on June End was among
the first of a series planned through
out Southwest Georgia by District
Agent j. G. Oliver and a number OF
county agents. The need of more
improved labor saving implements on
Georgia farms has long been felt, but
not many have availed themselves OF
the opportunity to double their earn
ing capacity on the farm by USING
more mule power and less farm labor
ers. The latter is fast becoming one
of the most sapping forces on farm
profits, and the only way to eliminate
this force is to substitute horsepower
and improved machinery with which
one laborer can do the work of three
with one-furrow ploys. Years ago,
in order to double the producing
power of the world the number OF
muscles had to be doubled and this
meant the doubling of the number OF
mouths. Thus we see that it was inn
possible to produce enough to have
reserve in time of need. But it is
gratifying to see the farmers OF Ter
rell realize that this is an age OF
machinery on the farm.
The morning hours were devoted to-
implement demonstrations on the
farm of Mr.. w. j. Mathis by Mr.. "
C. Collier, representing the Avery
Machinery company, and Mr.. G. A.
Smith, representing the International
Harvester company. The good work
of the machines was nicely demon
strated in the presence of a large
number of farmers. At the noon hour
nice barbecue at Pond Lily park
was a very attractive feature Of the
occasion. In the afternoon a number
of interesting lectures were delivered.
The first was on the BEST Methods
of Removing Stumps," by Mr.. r.. n
Morgan, secretary of Terrell county
Chamber of Commerce. This was fol-
lowed with a lecture on the Care
and Depreciation OF Farm Maehin-
cry" by Mr.. R. H. Kent, demonstra-
ton agent, and an interesting talk
on the Necessity of More Feed Stufrs
and Rotation of Crops" by Mr.. ]. G.,
Oliver, district agent.
The meeting closed with a lecture
on the Need of More and Better
Stock and Machinery on the Farm, =
by Mr.. V. S. Collier.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05
OPENS CAMPAIGN SATURDAY.
j. Randolph Anderson VIII Make a
Speech in Cobb County.

]. r. Anderson Of Savannah, can
didate for governor, will make his
opening campaign speech at Marietta,
Cobb county, on Saturday, June 9Th,
and will then define his position on
all state questions. Mr.. Anderson
has a farm in Cobb county upon which
he spends large portion of his time,
and it was in response to an urgent
invitation from friends there that he
decided to go to Marietta for his
opening speech. The business men of
at a recent meeting, gave
Mr.. Anderson their unanimous en-
dorsement, asserting that he is man
fitted in every way to give Georgia
strong, business-like administration.
The democratic executive committee
of Chatham county also unanimously
endorsed him, commencing especially
his ability, experience and high in
tegrity."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05

within the massive locks which con-
troll all the operating machinery.
Although these tunnels are bril-
liantly lighted by electric lights, each
member of Lieutenant Kennedy's pa
troll carried an electric fiashlight and
used it to look into every corner in
which man or material might be
concealed. While this painstaking
search was in progress in the part OF
the locks screened and protected
from public view another patrol was
moving along the outside of the locks
and requiring everyone but the guard
Immediately on post to leave.
Locks Under might Orders"
When the patrol in the tunnels had
completed it's examination the mas
sive steel gates at the exits were
double locked and put under charge
of an. armed guard. The key to these
tunnel locks was carried to and kept
in the possession only of the COM
manding officers. AS soon as this
latter work" inspection was com
pleted and these keys delivered to
the commanding officer the locks
were said to be under might orders"
These required the sentinels to stop
and prevent anyone except officers OF
the guard-even members of their
own company not on duty-from
moving about on or in the vicinity
of the locks. This rule obtains until
daybreak.
At 5 O'Clock in the morning, when
the first of the canal operatives and
workmen begin to arrive, the day
orders" 20 into effect. These allow
sentinels to pass all workmen and
others who are identified by their
foremen or other wise provided with
passes signed by one of the commits
stoned officers of the company on
duty.
All during the construction of the
canal the signature Oh any oHo VI
many officials would open all canal
work to the possessor. Not so now
as was discovered by a local photog-
rapher. With cable from several
newspapers in the United States to
take pictures of the boats carrying
the first commercial cargo through
the canal, this picture man obtained
a note from the ex-secretary Of the
canal commission, written on the i'm
pressive stationery of that official.
The sentinels at Gatdn looked at it
and promptly said, mo good here;
get the captain to give you pass,
Mister
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05
CONTINUED DROUTH IN COTTON BELT
Rains Are Badly Needed Throughout
South, Says Weekly Bulletin, of
Weather Bureau.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Continued
drouth in the southeastern states,
with further excessive rainfall over
much of Texas and Oklahoma, were
the marked features of the weather
of the week, according to the Ma
tional Weekly Bulletin of the weather
bureau.
I'm the eastern portion of the cot
ton belt one of the severest spring
drouths ever known is greatly retard-
ing the growth of early planted cot
ton and delaying the termination OF
late planting" says the bulletin.
"In the central portions of the belt
showers afforded relief from the
drouth in some localities and the
early cotton crop is reported in good
condition, but generally late and
growing slowly.
I'm the western part of the belt
including the greater part OF Texas
and portions of Oklahoma, excessive
rains have prevented any improve
ment in cotton and the soil continued
too wet for cultivation and large
areas in Northern Texas remain un-
planted.
"Over the eastern belt the fields
are clear, but in the western portions
they are badly in need of cultivation
and many have been abandoned.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05

With respect to the comparison be-
tween white and negro farmers, wide
differences also appear. For the en-
tire United States 1915 per cent of
white farmers reported that they had
been on their farms less than five
years, while 645 per cent. of all ne
gro farmers made the same report.
In the cases of farmers showing Oc-
cupancy for five years and over the
opposite is the case. In the south %
per cent. of all white farmers and %
per cent. of all negro farmers were
reported as having been on their
farms less than one year, and 11.5
per cent. of all white farmers as COM
pared with 12.7 per cent. Of all ne
gro farmers had been there only one
year. However, a considerably larger
number of white farmers than of ne
gro farmers remained on the same
farm as operators for period of ten
years and over, the proportion being
27 per cent. and 10 per cent, re-
spectively. -third-93 per cent.
of the white and SO per cent. of
the negro farmers of the south had
been residents of the same farm one
year and less, indicating that approx
imately the same proportion of the
two races was of the class that might
be called floating" farmers.
The figures returned by this 'oc-
cupancy of farm census also show
that the farmers classified as town.
ers, Free" move from farm to farm
much less frequently than the ten
ants.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05
PARENTS Are ARRESTED
IN CONNECTION WITH DISAP-
PEARANCE OF DAUGHTER.
Clothing of Catherine Winters, Miss
ing More Than Year, Found in
the Basement of Home.

Vi
ING More Than Year, Found in
the Basement of Home.
NEWCATLE, Ind.-After having
been held for more than six hours in
the police station here Dr.. W. A.
Winters and his wife, Byrd Winters,
were released when bond was fur
nished in the sum of 100000. The
arrest of DR.. Winters and his wife,
charged with conspiracy to commit
felony" in connection with the dis
appearance of their child, 9-year-old
Catherine Winters, March 20, 1913,
caused great excitement here.
w. H. Cooper 2S years old, unmar-
ried, who was arrested under the
same charge, is in jail in default OF
a $4,000 bond. The principal insti-
gator of the arrests is detective who
arrived here several weeks ago and
began working on the disappearance
of the girl. Several Newcastle bust
ness men, it is said, are behind the
employment of the detective.
Cild's Clothing Found.
The house of DR.. Winters was
searched by officers, who allege that
in the basement wall were found
red underskirt, a red sweater and
hair ribbon, which, it was claimed,
belonged to the girl. Cooper, who
had been boarder at the house, de-
MED all knowledge of the child's dis
appearance
DR.. and Mrs. Winters returned
here from Terre Haute, where they
had been in connection with the
showing of moving pictures portray
ing scenes incidental to the alleged
kidnapping of their daughter. Winters
appeared to be very indignant at his
arrest.
officers took picks and shovels to
the basement of the Winters home
and dug up the basement floor.
Whether further articles were found
or any traces discovered of the body
of the Winters girl the officers re-
fused to say, but it was reported
nothing additional was found.
Evidence Unknown.
On what evidence the detective
who swore to the affidavits against
DR.. Winters and his wife is working
no one seems prepared to say.
Search for the Winters girl has
been made for more than year. Dr..
Winters has made many trips to dis
tant cities, tracing down reports OF
the discovery of the girl. 1t is said
he has spent a small fortune in the
search.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05

few years ago. In patch of soil,
taken from a hedge roof of about %
inches long by II inches wide and
28 deep, he planted a dozen acorns,
and took note of the number of
plants which grew from seed natu-
rally contained in the soil.
At the end of the year he had
taken out, as they came up, 155
plants. The following year Sc more
plants were removed and in two sue
ceeding years oil.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05
FARMERS MOVE OFTEN
FIFTY-TWO PER CENT. ON FARMS
UNDER FIVE YEARS.
I'm North 81 Per Cent. Remain on the
Same Place Five Years, A Per
Cent. in West and Al in South.

WASHINGTON.-Do farmers in
the United States move from farm
to farm, from home to home, as
much as city people? If they move
every few years, are they as efficient
farmers, and can they know their
farms as they should? Would con-
slant change mean low yields of
crops, and little interest in the COM
munity? These are some of the ques-
tions affecting rural communities
that are coming to the forefront, and
for the first time a partial answer
can be given with authority.
During the agricultural census of
1910 the following question was sub
mitted to each farmer in the United
States for answer: How long have
you lived on this farm" Of the g.
361 SOP farm operators in the United
States April Is, 1910, 5,794,76S, or
81 per cent. answered the question
satisfactorily. From the data OBJ
tanned from the answers to this in
quiry a bulletin will be issued soon
by the bureau of the census.
Period of Occupancy.
One of the most important facts to
be shown in this bulletin is that APP
proximately so per cent. of all the
farmers who answered the question
satisfactorily had occupied their
farms less than five years. This per-
centage applies to all farmers, white
and negro, whose answers were re-
corded, and for the entire United
States. This short period of occu-
pancy for over half of all the farm
ers in this country becomes all the
more significant when it is taken into
consideration that it requires three
or four years for a farmer to become
acquainted with the various condi-
tons on his farm, such as soil, eli
cate, etc, and put it in good condition
for raising crops.
Another important fact to be
brought out in this bulletin is that
different conditions are found in diff
ferent sections of the country. In the
north ST per cent, or nearly three
hfths of the farmers, had operated
their farms for five years or longer,
while only % per cent. had been
there one year or less. In the west
the proportions we're A and p per
cent, respectively; while in the south
only Al per cent. had been on the
same farm five years or longer, and
"a per cent, or over one-third, had
been there one year or less.
A greater number of farmers had
operated their farms "Jess than one
year" than from five to nine years,
Inclusive
White and Negro Farmers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05
STOLE TON OF DYNAMITE
TRAGIC MYSTERY MARKS THE
FINISH OF PANAMA CANAL.
Soldier Guard in Gatun Locks Killed
and Body Thrown in the Water.
Sightseers Now Barred.

Sightseers Now Barred.
Because a ton of dy-
Mantle was stolen from canal zone
magazine only a mile and half from
the Gatun locks during the early
hours of the same morning this week
that sentinel of the Tenth United
States infantry, who was on post on
the walls of Gatun locks, was found
in the water of the locks, the officers
and men of the Tenth infantry are
guarding the canal works with a
rigor that makes it impossible for
anyone to go near any important part
of the canal without a permit and
almost certain death to anyone that
does not halt and throw up his hands
the instant he is challenged by d
sentinel
A visit to the guard on the locks
at Pedro Miguel will convince anyone
that after dark at least dozen SEN
tinels would fire at any unknown
persons attempting to run on or in
the immediate vicinity Of the locks.
This strictness on the part of the SOL
diers on the locks, the theft OF the
dynamite and the death of the sentf-
mel have been the subject of far more
interest on the zone during the last
week than the passage through the
canal of the first cargo of commercial
freight.
The Mystery of the Canal.
Up to this time no trace OF the
dynamite and no cause for the death
of the sentinel have been discovered.
The sentinels gun was found on the
lock walls and his body in the water
of the locks, at the bottom. A diver
recovered the body, which was held
under by the weight of the cartridge
belt the soldier was wearning.
Though the theft of this dynamite
is supposed to have been caused only
by a desire to profit by the high price
it brings in the commercial market,
the robbery brought out the fact that
while the Tenth infantry has been
guarding all the parts of the canal
and its appurtenant works that might
be injured with dynamite there was
no military guard over the magazines
on the canal zone, where this and
other explosives are stored in the
large quantities necessary for the
canal work. The guarding of these
magazines had been under the care
of the canal organization. Hereafter
the Tenth infantry will take charge
of them.
That the Tenth infantry is now
guarding the canal works with care
and zeal commensurate with their
cost and importance was well demon
strated when the World correspon-
dent visited the Pedro Miguel locks
at 5 o'clock to see the passage of the
barges Carrying the first cargo Of
commercial freight to pass from the
Pacific to the Atlantic ocean.
Stopped by a sentinel 500 feet from
the lock wall, the World correspon-
dent was taken to Captain Jones, OF
the Tenth infantry, commanding the
lock guard. The captain was receiv-
ing the report of Lieutenant Kenne-
dy. who, with a patrol of non-com-
missioned officers and three expe-
rienced secret service men of the ca
nal zone police force, had just COM
pleted a minute inspe Htion of every
foot of the mile or mo- Of tunnels
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05
Evidence Unknown.
IN SIX OUNCES OF MUD.
Illustrating the Lavish Bounty of
Mother Nature.

Gardeners and other botanical ex-
perts may like to know of the two
following experiments which illus
trate very graphically the lavish way
that nature goes about her work.
One year, in the month of Febru-
ary. Darwin removed from three diff
ferent parts of small pond three
tablespoonfuls of mud, weighing in
all six and three-quarter ounces.
This he placed in a breakfast cup
and kept it covered up in his study
for six months. BY the end of that
time ne had removed in all 537
plants.
Another interesting experiment
was carried out by a Sots gentleman
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05
Decorate Your Auto.

What could be prettier sight than
to have all the automobiles of the
county carrying the national colors
during Chautauqua as they dash
about the city and country? Deco
rate your car today.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05
THIS is THE truth.

The boy who can beat his father
in a hundred-yard dash should be
able to beat him in sprint to the
Youths Companion.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-19

For surely the serge suit with the cape
coat which has made its steady appear
ance this summer is far warmer than the
suit of fashion of last January.
However ridiculous it may appear in a
crowded city street on a warm July day,
the cape is a delightful garment, and the
woman who wants some midsummer ad-
dition to her wardrobe would do well to
buy one. OF serge, with a pique waist
coat that can be easily laundered, il is
serviceable for all sorts of outdoor wear
motoring. boating. travelling, and tramp
ing. OF silk or velvet, it is a very good
afternoon and evening cloak. Some OF
the newest capes are made Of velvet, and
these are for afternoon wear. One re-
Gently imported is made Of black velvet
lined with white broadcloth, and the
broadcloth is turned over the right side
of the cape in the form OF narrow facings.
FIounces and Tupics.
The woman who would have a new
summer frock must consider tunics and
flounces, for either flounces or a tunic
make their appearance on all midsum-
mer frocks.
The material chosen for the frock in
large part influences the style of the
skirt. Thin fabrics can be made into
flounced skirts. Heavier ones are better
in the tunic style.
The fashionable tunic is the long one,