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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-24

With war news putting extras
on the streets every few minutes pol
itics have vanished not only from the
front page of the Atlanta newspa-
pers, but practically from sight. Men
who have contemplated sounding a
clarion call to their friends in the
gubernatorial affair have wisely de-
cided to wait awhile. 1t would have
to be a powerful blatant call just
now to attract even passing notice.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-24
TO THE PUBLIC,

In retiring from the above firm
desire to thank the public for the
very liberal patronage that has been
accorded us and to bespeak a con-
tinuance of the same for Mr.. Eng
lish. G. G. LEWIS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-24

Prof. H. S. Bowden will conduct
a unique if it is not successful cam
paign for the office of state school
superintendent. Beginning June LIST
he will visit every one of the sixty
six Georgia counties in which litter
acy has increased the past five years,
walking from one community to an
other, meeting the people and speak
ing at the country school houses.
He has mapped out for himself a
strenuous campaign.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-24
SPECIAL NOTICES

FOR SALE-Registered Jersey bull
calf, three months old. $50 will
buv it. ROY SMITH.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-12

Mrs. Josephine Brown. 50 years olds fractured arm Monday in fall a.t her home. 19e Gilbert street. She was taken to Bridgeport hospital.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-12

expending the proceeds. A project to spend five million more in the same way is already on. foot and seems likely to be adopted The seventeen miles from Jacksonville to the seashore is already paved in the form of a magnificent brick boule- yard. The trip to St. Augustine can be made largely on paved roads and a doezn pretty suburbs are accessible by similar highways.'
 Other Florida counties are running sDuva1 a. close race in the matter of road improveme HiIlsboro county has just issued a million dollars of brick road bonds
 Gov. Park Trammen of Florida, is an earnest good, roads advocate and hopes to see movement consum- mated for the building of continuous auto roads from Jacksonville to Tam pa, the entire length of the state.
 St. John county has let a single con tract for 64 miles of brick road. San ford is preparing to sell a half million Of road bonds De Sota county has called an election to approve an equal amount. Orlando will vote November Ii on $6oo,Ooo worth of bonds. Gainesville has taken initial steps toward a million dollar road bond is sue. Alachua county is also planning heavy expenditures.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-12
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
Manitoba.

The first step toward the formation of the Province of Manitoba was talk en by the Dominion government for ty-fcur years ago today, May IF. 1870, but. owing to the insurrection of the Metls or haif-breeds led by Louis R5eE the Province was not duly con H~cituted until the following July, r~ada Adams G. Archibald assumed ais duties as lieutenant governor. Manitoba was carved out of what had previously been known as Rupert's Land, or the Red River Settlement, which had been a part of the domain of the Hudson's Bay company until its purchase by Canada in 1869. At 1ke time of its admission to the Dom- 4nion the Prairie Province had a. popnlation of only 1S,0O0, largely ln- dians and haif-breeds- Many or the troops from eastern Canada, sent to suppress the Riel rebellion, settled m the new Province and within ten years the population increased to 61.- 0Oo. The second Riel war and dis astrors boom stopped Manitoba's pro- xreHs for little while, but it soon recovered Emigrants from the United States. the eastern Provinces and Eurcre brought the population to 1S400o in 1901 and to 455.614, In 1s1E while Winnipeg, from iron tier village, was transformed into metropolis of 1s5.055 progressive people,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-12
Anniversary A of Santa Ana's
 Accession to the Presidency.

Anfo11fc Lopez de Santa Ana is a
 name highly esteemed by Mexicans as that of one of their greatest generals
 and presidents. but it still leaves a
 bitter taste in the mouths Of Texans, who cannot forgive or forget the tragedy of the Alamo. It was eighty one years ago today, May 12, 1883. that Santa Ana became president of the Mexican republic. He had taken a prominent part in the expulsion of the Spaniards from Mexico, but Au- Rusttn Iturbfde. the leader of the reb- els, had no sooner established his em- pzre and set up his throne than Santa Ana turned against him. It was Sam Ia Ana, in many ways the most force fu1 and powerful of Mexsco's fifty three presidents, dictators and rulers, ~f1o proclaimed fhe republic in 1922. 4 naajorIty of the troops Hooked to bis standard, and Augustfn I. was forced to flee the country He went tu Italy, but returned the following year. and was executed. Gen. Quad : alhne Victoria became president of fife Hspublica Mexicana, and in 1880 8x1stannehte made himself dictator, mracceadfna Guerrero, who had ever ft9rs1Fn Vtetorza- In the meantime santa Ana had added to his popu- 3arify by aiding in the defeat Of a ED4nish armw which had been sent
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-12

rihceS; tied up in packages they were
 thrown into streams and the faithful sfollowed them for days as a demon
 stration of their fidelity; and at death
 a supply of the leaves was always
 placed with the body of the deceased.',s
 The original home of the coca plant is in parts of Colombia, Ecuador, Pe-
 ru, Bolivia and Brazil while it is now
 cultivated in the West Indies, Ceylons
 India, Java, etc. The plant, Fry throxy1on Coca, somewhat resen- bles the b1ackthorn bush of the Unit ed States, and grows to a height of or feet, according to altitude and climatic conditions. In southern Co., lombia, at an altitude of 5000 feet, and in some other sections of the An deS, it occasionally measures 12 feet in height, but as elevation increases the bush degenerates into a small shrub. The branches are straight and the leaves are green, thin, opaque oval, and tapering at the ends. The pretty little flowers form in clusters on short stems. The Towering season is followed by the production of small red berries. When grown on the CO., ca plantations, or cocaIes, the seeds
 are sown in December and January on
 small plots of land sheltered from the sun. When the plant reaches a height of 2 feet it is transplanted to larger spaces, and it becon1 es produc- tive in about two years and remains so for 40 years or even longer. The leaves are gathered by pluckers who are skilled in their work. Both 1 hands are used and usually only the
 best leaves are gathered. These are
 carried to sheds and spread upon
 stone beds or hard ground to dry The. l drying process is completed in about.
 10 hours and the leaves are then. packed into bales and are ready for shipment Tn pound packages the l best leaves are worth from 35 to 45 cents at the seaport. In 1912 Bolivia l exported $300,0 900 worth of coca leaves. while Peru. where cocaine it
 self is manufactured. exports annual
 Iy about $35O.00O of that product.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-12
The Changing Age

Girls and boys from 4 to Io years of age undergo physical changes which tax their strength to the utmost and the strain is always apparent from pale cheeks, colorless lips, and tired bodies-sometimes eruptions of the skin and the utter lack of the ambition and animation with which their younger years were filled.
 Budding into womanhood and man hood, with the duties of school or business, demands concentrated nouri s h m n [ which is readily convertible into red blood corpuscles, energy and strength. and the very best thing for this changing age is the medical nutriment in Scott's Emul- sion-it possesses the rare b1ood-rnaking properties of cod liver oil in a predi- gested form. hypophosphite. for the nervous system, with the healing. sooth- ing qualities of pure g1ycerine-
 Its nourishing force promotes assimi1a. ton, yields direct returns in abundant. red blood. fills hollow cheeks. tones tbe nerves. makes all good food do good. and does it in natural easy manner.
 The sustaining nourishment in Scott $ Emulsion is so helpful to this changing age that 1t should never be neglected every druggist has 1t.
 ls-l12 Scot & Bowne. Bloomheia. N. gs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-12

Jacksonville. Fla, May 11-( Spe-
 cia1) Florida harvests crops from all
 kinds of soil For instance. that old staple the tourist crop nourishes best
 and yields most on a surface of paw
 ing brick For this reason. Florida
 has set it's heart on being the best
 paved state in the union.
 Good roads propaganda did not move so fast in the south until the subtle relation between paved roa ds and prosperous visitors was discovered. The Christopher Columbus Of this great fact was J. G. Rice. boomer ex- traordinary, who promoted the Con federate Veterans reunion in Jackson
 vile May 2 and did it largely on the good road issue.
 Millions of money-the total can | 1y be guessed--fs spent by visitors to Florida every year. Natives have be-
 come adept in the painless removal Of swollen fortunes from the fortu- nate. The anesthetic consists of one l rart climate to two parts accommo- dation. It has become habit for l F1orfdans to give the stranger what he wants, even to the extent of mak- ! ing the state rather more of a para
 disc than unaided nature contemp-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-12

over in 1929, in answer to the decree
 of expulsion directed against all the. Spaniards in the country The in vaders were completely routed and
 Spain was forced to recognize the in dependence of it's former dependency.
 From the beginning of the republic
 the ambitious Santa Ana had been
 biding his time until the suspicious
 moment arrived for achieving SUI preme power. It came in 1S33 and Santa Ana became the executive head ltof a nation which stretched from Louisiana and Colorado westward to
 the Pacific. Many Americans had settled in Texas, and shortly after
 vention, determined to separate Texas from Coahui1a, prepared a constitu- 1 ton, and asked Santa Ana. to make Texas a separate state of the Mexican hepublic. Col Stephen F Austin
 was sent to Mexico City to present the demands of the 10000 Americans. of
 Texas. The crafty Santa, Ana detain- ed hiIn on one pretext and another until 1885. and, while keeping. the
 Texans quiet by promising to accedt ] to their demands, he raised an army and sent it against the Texans with l the intention of driving them from l the country. The Texans organized,
 selected Sam Houston as commander, and prepared Sto resist Early in 11S36 Santa Ana set out at the head of s 1000 Mexicans to drive out the
 revolutionists and all persons of for 1 eign birth- In March the army reached San Antonio where the old
 mission church, the Alamo, had been 1 converted into fort and was occu- l pied by 15O of the revoIutionists, in lcluding the celebrated David Crock ett and Col. James Bowie, inventor ] of the bowie-knife. After desperate resistance for eleven days, the Alamo | was carried by storm All of the survivors in the fort were butchered in cold blood, with the exception of | one man, who managed to escape. In subsequent encounters Remember l the Afamot'' became the batt1e-cry of l the Texans. A little later another i body Of Americans fell into the l bloody hands of Santa Ana, and 330 were shot. Other atrocities aroused l the Texans to wild fury, and on April 21, 1886, at the battle of San Jacin- to, the Mexicans were routed. There 1 were 750 Texans opposed to 1,S00 1 Mexicans under Santa Ana, but l Houston's men were not to be denied
 their vengeance. The Mexicans fled
 at the first fire, and within eighteen
 minutes, during which they used club
 bed guns, pistols and knives as weap-
 was forever broken. Santa Ana and
 73e other Mexicans were taken pris-
 oners. and 630 Mexicans were slain
 while only two Texans were killed
 Santa Ana was president during sthe war with the United States and held
 office third time from 1853 to 1856.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-12
LOOK AT YOUR TAX BlIL-THEN VOTE.
big debt means a big tax rate.

A mt big tax rate
 Bonding pay twice. to get half 1nuc or the money
 Bonding high rate extravagance costly public holders mortgages pr 9vate homes. You were promised Is mill tax rate debt given you a rate higher than 19 mills
 promoters been they already bonds which eight mills, for interest and principal alone. A municipal is mortgage every Bridge port.
 Only public service corporations will benefited big debt destroy the credit city, municipal ice plant and other municipal plants hat would pay their way.
 Look at your bill. Then vote. The higher debt, the m your taxes will be.
 TAXPAYERS COMMITTEE
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-12
.GOCA-THE WONDER
 PLANT OF THE ANDES


 Cocoa and Coca are two words which are very much alike, so much so in fact, that they are often con- fused in the mind of the average per son, and perhaps by some thought to be the same thing. The presence of 1.-the {o) in the last syllable of the first word, however, makes porten-5 tous difference, for there is absolute ly no similarity between the pro9ucts bearing these names. Cocoa, which is but chocolate with the fat extracted. is the we'll known drink and food made from the cacao bean, the fruit of the tree known botanically as Theo- broma Cacao, while coca is the sex- tract of the leaves of the coca plant, or shrub, whose technical name is Erythroxylon Coca, and from which that DOW erfu1 a1kaIoid known as CO., caine is derived. Both products are indigenous to certain Latin Ameri- can countries, both were in common use by the natives of these regions for centuries before western world was dreamed of in the eastern, and both were first introduced into Europe by the returning Spanish explorers Their place of origin is about the on- Iy thing common to both plants
 The medicinal properties of the CO., ca, leaves are manifold. That re- markable property possessed by the a1ka1oid, cocaine, of producing local anaesthesia has made the plant a boon to suffering humanity and a wonderfully benefcient agent in the hands of the surgeon, even if there were no other uses for it as a cura- tive! Coca, however, has many oth- CT uses, and among the Incas of Pe- ru it was known as the divine plant l because of these varied properties. In the May issue of the Bu1leton of the Pan American Union, Washington, D. C., William A. Reid deals. with the | ,3c+<Nz <7 <,4 the Andes, and tells of many strange customs of the Incas in connection with their veneration of the coca plant, it's peculiar properties, and de- scribes the plant itself in it's wild 4 state and the methods of cultivation. He writes:
 Many years ago when Inca civili- zation refgned over a vast section oi the western part of South America | the young men of the tribes engaged
 in athletic contests and among tn
 most coveted rewards the victor
 could expect were little pouches filled
 with certain dry leaves. Each poucf
 perchance bore the handiwork O s some dusky maiden, marvelousl, I wrought in accordance with tn, s teachings of Mamma Cello, the ia
 nous character who tradition say
 came forth from mysterious Lake l Titicaca to teach the world the art O. spinning and weaving. Accompany d lnS Ine pOucn OI ledVSss or CnuSpd, al
 they called it, was a small gourt
 known as the Popora, containing
 lime; the leaves had been carefully
 p1ucked from the divine plant coca 1 while the lime served to make then
 more pleasing to the taste. The twt
 substances combined formed trength-producing element of won.
 derful power. Subjects of the Inca.
 who thus fortified themselves b, I chewing coca leaves believed thei1
 bodies possessed super-human endur. I ance
 ..The leaves were used at offering. to tho suns to make the smoke at sac,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-12
plated. E. sUPPLANT RAILROAD
ATTRACTIONS. s.

sss Y
 In past years the tourist business was. supposed to be largely a railroad adjunct. Localities boasted of their accessibility to good train service.
 But train service" says Rice. is no longer the exclusive avenue for attracting tourists. Even for dis tances Of several hundred miles, the American out for good time pre- fers to travel in his own car. The independ dence of schedule, the fresh air and the sightseeing possibilities are strong rguments in favor of this kind of traveL
 One requisite must be assured however That is dependable smooth highway. one that will bear comparison with a railroad track in continuity and pernanence. Such roads for through traffic are stiu somewhat in the future, but there are scores of magnificent local routes in various Florida counties that can be enjoyed in all kinds of weather.
 COUNTY SPENDS MILLIONS.
 .sDuval county, containing Jack sonville. has already issued half million dollars of road bonds and is
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-12
HUMOROUS.

patronizing young lord was seat ed opposite famous scientist at a dinner one evening not long ago Dur ing lu1I in the conversation. he ad- justed his monocle. and leaned to- ward the scholar.
 .Aw. v know, MT. Jones' he drawI- ed. "I passed your house this rnawn- ing.''
 t.Fhank you, said Jones. quietly. Thank you very much -"-H s Magazine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-12

a were M m quickly a Q r In Q f d len
Evening star., 1914-05-06
CHINESE PIRATES SEIZE
SHIP AND GET $780, 900
Board Vessel in Guise of Passengers
and Kill Officers and
Crew.

SAN FRANCISCO, May "Details of
raid made by Chinese pirates on the
steamer Shingtai March 81. in which
number of the ships officers and crew
were killed and $4,000 stolen. were
brought here yesterday by the japanese
liner Nippon Maru.
The Shingtai, a Chinese-owned yes
sci, which flies the British flag, sailed
from Hongkong in the evening with
seventeen passengers. who proved to
be pirates. Three hours out of port
prearranged signal was given and the
pirates drew pistols and knives and at
tackled four soldiers. who had been
supplied by the Canton government to
guard the vessels treasure. One sol
dier was killed and another injured.
The pirates then rushed into the engine
rooms and took charge. There the
keeper of the ships stores tried to
intervene and was killed. BY disguis-
ing himself as a coolie and hiding, the
Chinese skipper escaped with his life.
According to the Nippon Maru's Of
ficers, the entire coast of China is in
tested with pirates. The government,
being without funds to operate a coast
patrol, Is powerless.
Thus far only native vessels have
been attacked.
Evening star., 1914-05-06
PREPARES FOR RELIEF WORK.
Storage and Packing Committee Of
Rcd Crnss Meets Tonight.

A meeting of the storage and pack
ing committee for Red Cross relief has
been called for this evning by William
+. GUIDE, the chairman. to be held at
the Chamber of Commerce. The pur-
pose of the meeting is to perfect q
working organization that will be pre-
pared to go into service.
The functions of this committee. as
outlined by Rear Admiral n E. Mason.
chairman OF the District of Columbia
Chapter of the American Red Cross.
are to obtain rooms and employees for
the receiving and packing of supplies
that will be donated.
John l. Newbold, president of the
Merchants Transfer and Storage Com
psny, is chairman of the transpaSta1
tion committee. and A NJ Keppel.
president of the Washington Terminal
Company, is secretary of the commit
tee.
Chairman GUIDE announced last night
that the committee now consists of the
following: William F. GUIDE. chairman !;
Chris J. Gockeler and Charles J. Co
lumbus, secretaries: p. T. Moran, d. J.
Callahan. Washington Topham and
John G. Slaven.
Evening star., 1914-05-06
COL. W. C. HASKELL'S FUNERAL,
Services for Late District Official
This Afternoon-Bnrial in Ohio

Funeral services for Col. William c.
Haskell. late superintendent OF weights
measures and markets of the District Of
Columbia who died suddenly yesterday
morning. will be held at 4:3O o'clock this
afternoon at his apartment in the Cum
berland. 14th street and Massachusetts,
avenue northwest. Rev. DR.. Samuel II.
Greene. pastor OF the Calvary Baptist
Church. will offlciate.
John n. Haskell Of Albany. N. T.. a
son OF Col Haskell. reached the city
last night and will accompany the body
TO Ashtabula. Ohio, where interment will
take place. Col Haskell IL survived by
his wife. daughter. Mrs. r. D. Lamp
son. and two other sons. Douglas and
Jacob Haskell. all OF whom are at pres
ent in Ohio.
In respect to the memory OF the de-
ceased official flags over the District mar
kets were flown at half stafr today.
Evening star., 1914-05-06
Herndon News Notes,
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


HERNDON, Va. May 1.-THE Rraau-
ating exercises OF Herndon High School
will be held In Walkers Hall Friday
evening. Tomorrow afternoon the plav
Cinderella" will be presented by the
Junior department. under the direction
of Miss Ruth Richards.
At the annual business meeting OF the
Chestnut Grove Cemetery Association
held this week. Harvey Il. Hanes was
chosen president: George W. Poole. vice
president: W. Floyd Middleton. secre-
tary. and DR.. Ernest L. Robey. treas
urer. The board of trustees consists of
DR.. Edwin l.. Detwiler. George ". Poole.
DR.. Hugh B. Hutchison, Warren NJ. Nc
Sair and Capt. w. c. Dey. the latter
being elected to fill the unexpired term
Of the late Isaiah Bready, trustee of
the association since its organization.
At the recent semi-annual business
meeting Of the Fortnightly Club the
following officers were chosen: Mrs. P.
Barnum Buell. president; Mrs. William
l. Robey, vice president; Miss Margaret
Stanton. secretary; Miss Maria r.
Bready. treasurer: Mrs. Matte j. Steph-
enson, parliamentary leader, and Mrs
Russell A. Lynn, librarian
Evening star., 1914-05-06
The First of the
Summer Bathing Suits

@ 4 AVE just arrived New things always of interest 10
iN17 and pretty styles claim much OF their attention
jill j Many changes to be Bathing Suits
tons in making, departures in trimmings unequaed
variety in materials
Many OF the models have tights instead
of boomers making swimming easier, and being
practical
Shown in black navy and cadet blue with sailor collar round
Dutch We neck vaously trimmed with braid silk the
color combinations of fashion All sizes from "a
Priced from 81. 80 to $1,000 each.
Evening star., 1914-05-06
VEXAT|OUS PROBLEMS
NOW UP TO THE HOUSE
Prohibition and Suffrage Resolu-
tions. However. at Foot
of Calendar.

Now that the House judiciary commit
tee has washed its hands of the Hobson
prohibition resolution and the Mondell
woman suffrage resolution. the House
is in the position of saying:
Now we have EN-; what are we going
to do about them
The two vexatious resolutions will
take a position at the foot of the cal
endar and unless some one stirs them
up they will not be heard of on the
floor of the House at this session. How
ever. 1t is not likely the Hobson reso-
luton will slumber in pigeon hole
Representative Hobson of Alabama. ad-
mittedly the greatest foe Demon Rum has
in Congress, intends to confer with
anti-saloon and W. c. T. U. officials in
Toledo tomorrow. and following that con-
ference he may ask for a special rule to
be brought in from the rules committee
of the House, making his drastic prohi-
bition resolution Immediately in order.
Evening star., 1914-05-06
Mrs. Elizabeth Elgir Dead.

Mrs Elizabeth Elgin. sixty-fivc years
old. wife of E. T. Elgin. contractor and
builder. died at her residence, 1913 c
street southwest yesterday. Funeral
services are to be held at the family
home tomorrow afternoon at 4:3O O'Clock.
The body is to be taken to Clifton Va,
Friday morning for interment
Mrs. Elgin was a lifelong resident of
Washington. having lived all her life in
the house in which she was born Her
husband is her only survivor
Evening star., 1914-05-06
Weather Is Ideal.

The day was ane-just as 1t should
be for wedding purposes-and the pleas
ant rooms. porches and lawns OF Pros
pect Cottage. commanding an exquisite
view of the most picturesque portion of
the Potomac. that In the vicinity of
the Three Sisters. presented. with the
Joyous groups occupying them. de-
cIdedly gala appearance"