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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-06-11
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Mr.. Rasmus Hansen from William
Iowa visited friends here over
Sunday.
Mr.. Chris Lange is having a good
sized barn built on his farm three
miles west of town.
Frances Marquesen gave a party,
to her friends at her home Tuesday
evening, fine time is reported.
Leo Esbeck is fairly we'll over the
operation he underwent last week,
for the removal of adnoids.
The Misses Kathdne, Maren. and
Margaret Jensen spent Sunday even
ing with trends on Washington St.
s $500
Chris Faaborg and wife entertain
ed good many relatives at their
home south west of town Sunday.
Steak Jensen and Nels Nielsen
(blacksmith) left our town the 9th.
er day. We expect they have gone
81 ht seeing.
Mr.. Aurthur Axelsen who has at
tended school at Hutchinson, Mimi.
retured last week to his home east
of town.
The Misses Mary Petersen and
Kathrine Jensen. returned Sunday
morning from visit with friends
in Atlantic.
The part that Miss. Lizzie Hansen
gave Sunday evening was reported
to be a very good one by her
friends, who were there.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05
Alleged Hog Cholera Cures.

Evidence of what appears to be a
well organized compaign to delude
farmers throughout the country into
buying an alleged cure for hog choI-
era, under the impression that this
has been investigated and approved
by the United States government, has
reached the department of agricul-
ture.
The Weekly News Letter, a publ
cation issued by the census depart
ment, says:
Articles praising this medicine,
benetol by name, are being sent out
broadcast to newspapers. These ar
ticles are so worded that it appears
as if the department of agriculture
had received reports from the state
Of Minnesota showing that the med
icine had proved most beneficial. AS
a matter of fact the one report re-
ceived by the department was an I'M
official and unsolicited statment sent
presumably from the promoters
themselves. The department attaches
no Importance whatsoever to this
statement. 1t has no reason to be-
lieve in the efficiency of any proprie-
tary cure for hog cholera and does
not recommend any. Under certain
conditions it urges farmers to protect
their stock with anti-hog-chOlera Sc
rum, but that is all.
I'm connection with this attempt il
may be said that the medicine, which
is now put forward as good for hogs
was advertised some time ago as {
means of killing tuberculosis, typhoiC
and cancer germs, according to al
article published in the Journal 0
American Medical association. At tina
time it was asserted that the arm
was interested in it. As a matter @
fact the army was no more intereste
than than the department of agricu
ture is now.
In view of the evidence that th
attempt to create this false impre
sion is persistent and widespread, a
hog owners are warned to commun
cate with the United States author
ties before accepting as true al
statement that the government re
ommends any treatment other tn;
tae serum already mentioned"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05
Mr.. Parks Cotton Tax Bill.

The people of Georgia and other
southern states are watching with in
terest the progress of a measure in
troduced by Congressman Frank
Park, of the Second Georgia district,
providing for a refund of the amount
paid to the United States govern
ment for the cotton tax which was
illegally levied after the war, and for
the use of the refunded money in
pensioning Confederate soldiers and
widows of soldiers.
The Georgia congressman, who is
the author of the bill. has the en-
dorsement of other southern leaders.
The measure provides for a continu-
ing appropriation of $5,O00,0 900 for
fifteen years, the amount of the cot
ton tax levied upon the cotton grow
ing states after the civil war. The
proposal is that the amounts refund
ed be distributed among the states in
proportion to the respective amounts
illegally levied upon those states.
The question of using the illegally
collected cotton tax money to pension
the heroes and heroines of the war
between the states has met with much
opposition among the old veterans,
who oppose any proposition that they
be made objects of charity by the
national government when their own
Dixieland is so abundantly able and
willing to care for them in their few
remaining years, and has been the
subject of many warm speeches in the
annual reunions for several years
past.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05
OUR PRESBYTERIANS.

The Presbyterian congregation of
Dawson, though comparatively small,
is standing true to the faith of the
fathers of the grand old church which
has stood firmly through the stress
and strain of centuries for the high
est and best in human life. The Daw-
son church was organized in 1888,
Rev. Dr. Mack being the first pastor.
In regular order the following able
and consecrated ministers have served
the church and left the impress of
their strong faith and Astounding
good works on the community: Revs.
/ Kirkland, Hyde, Bull, Craigg, Quar-
terman, Crosby and ]. A. Stokes.
What the Presbyterian church in
Dawson lacks in numbers is made VI
in the quality of its members, some
of the best people in town being
among its communicates.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05
Sunday AmuSementS.

There is a lively commotiOn among
the religious people of the capital
city on account of the steady increase
of Sunday amusements. When NOV
ing picture places were first opened
here they did not give Sunday per-
formances, but later several began
to exhibit what they termed sacred
subjects. Then they began to ring
in comic. the spectacular or pretty
much anything they pleased. Within
the past two years concerts on
Sunday evenings were advertised at
some of the regular theaters. Before
that celebrated bands and orchestras
could come any Sunday night selected
and nothing was thought of that.
Within the past year the biggest van
deville theater that Washington has
ever had has been giving Sunday
night shows, and lately a Sunday mat
inee was added. This departure has
also emboldened numerous smaller
variety theaters to give continuous
Sunday performances, starting at
o'clock in the afternoon and running
until II o'clock at night Or later, ac-
cording to the length of the program.
The moving picture places ard the
VI rdeville theaters by running fu''
Blast on Sunday have greatly cat
down church attendance. and the
preachers also complain, it is said,
that so much small change is dumped
irto the amusnr ent houses that there
has been a great falling off in church
collections when the plate is passed
around among the congregation.
The late Senator Johnston, of Ala
bama, succeeded twice in having
passed in the senate bill which pos
itively prohibited Sunday amuse-
ments, but it never had any show in
the house. 1t was fought hard in the
latter body, and its opponents man
aged to smother it in committee.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05
WAS TOO MUCH FOR HIM.
Negro Preachers Prayer Grew Too
Deep For a Hearer.

An educated Georgia negro preach
err was offering a prayer of thanks
giving for progress, while one of the
ignorant brethren was roofing for
him.
1--WE are thankful for the bicycle
that can go ten miles an hour"
Amen
1--WE are thankful for the motor
cycle that can make twenty miles an
hour
amen"
1--WE are thankful for the automo-
bile that can go sixty miles an
hour
amen, Amen!"
eve are thankful for the aeroplane
that can move one hundred and fifty
miles an hour"
wait, dar, Niger, OATS one All
isn't heahed bout"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05

Directly through the center of the
gulf states, from Texas to Georgia.
lies a belt of black alluvial soil. 1t is
of great depth and wonderful fertil-
ity and contains a large amount OF
lime. This belt of land has been
known as the BLACK Belt" for many
wears. 1t was the land that was first
settled by the rich planters of the
south. and after the civil war it con-
tanned a large percentage of negro
population. For this reason many
people have supposed that it was
called the black belt on account of
the large number of negroes living
there.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05
Dawson's Pretty Homes

Visitors to Dawson are at once i'm
pressed with the fact that the attrac-
tive, we'll built homes would do
credit to city of much larger popu-
lation Many of the handsome build
fngs show the artistic colonial style
of architecture with none of the ec-
centric'tie that sometimes get in
their work of destroying symmetrical
lines. Nothing better illustrates the
character of a people than the places
in which they dwell and of the home
life of the city there is so much of
good to be said, lack of space makes
it impossible to go into detail.
Situated in a rich farming section
of wonderful possibilities, forces are
at work in the broad and fertile
stretches of land that dOubly assure
the coming of many new citizens to
build homes in our city. This will
be the inevitable result of the new
period of growth upon which we have
entered. The housing capacity is
already strained and Dawson must
build more homes to meet the in
creasing demands daily accumulating.
All signs point to the encouraging
fact that Dawson is entering upon
the greatest period of prosperity and
development in all her history. Her
possibilities are as yet but family re-
allied. The farm dweller and the
city dweller meeting on footing of
mutual interests cannot fail to result
in a new era of constructive and per-
manent development for both. Our
future along this line of happy home
life is filled with more promise than
ever before. Industry, integrity and
enterprise are receiving generous re-
wards in good society that offers
ideal environment where home sites
are reasonable, and where comfort is
considered of more value than mere
show Within easy reach Of the bust
ling cities of the state, healthful sur
roundings, excellent business sites,
desirable neighbors, Dawson offers
attractive social conditions for peo-
pie of culture and refinement. This
is the goal to which the energies of
all good citizens are directed, to be
clean in the home life, clean in the
physical and moral atmosphere, clean
in the amusements, in other words to
be true to the traditions of the men
and women who in this southland
built up the highest and best c4viliza-
ton the world has ever known.
Everywhere the signs of substantial
improvement announce to the world
that Dawson has laid aside her swad-
ding clothes, rid herself forever of
the liquor traffic and the train of
evils that naturally follow in the
wake of this curse and has girded
herself for larger and better accom-
plishments.
The continuation of this article,
prepared by Miss Mary Hornady, will
be found on page /, section /, under
the head Dawson Women Play a
Part"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05
FLAG DAY

AS Flag day, June IA, is included
in Chautauqua week, it seems fitting
that a short history of the flag be
given in the Chautauqua edition of
The Dawson News. From a compila-
ton by Francis Scott Key III, grand
son of the author of the Star Span
gled Banner" we CLEAN the following
interesting facts:
1T comes as a surprise to most
Americans to realize that the Stars
and Stripes is the Oldest national flag
in existence. Frances comes next.
England's royal standard was not
adopted till 1901. In 1877 congress
appointed a committee consisting of
General Washington, Robert Morris
and Colonel Ross to designate suit
able flag for the nation. This COM
mittee, as all the world knows, con-
ferred with Mistress Betsy Ross, and
afterwards recommended a flag in
which the stripes recently introduced
were retained but in which the cross,
representing British authority, gave
place to the stars, which were hence
forth to shine for liberty. After the
committees report congress, on June
IA, 1777, in old independence hall in
Philadelphia, adopted the following:
Resolved, that the flag of the 10
United States be 13 stripes, alternate
red and white; that the union be 10
stars, white, in field of blue, repre-
senting a new constitution. April 4,
1878, the committee recommended
that the flag be permanently 10
stripes, representing the l original
states and that a new star be added
for each state admitted.
The flag of the United States at
the time of the revolution had 10
stars. In the war of 1872, IS; in
the Mexican war, 20; in the civil war,
So; in the Spanish-American war, As.
The number today is 48. The Stars
and Stripes were first used in actual
military service at Fort Stanwix, now
Utica, N. Y, on August 6, 1777, and
first carried in battle in a skirmish
at Cooks Bridge, near Wilmington,
Del, September 3, 1777.
The first striped flag was raised at
Washington's headquarters, Cam
bridge, Mass, January 2, 1916, and
On February IA, 1878, Captain
John Paul Jones had the satisfaction
of seeing the Stars and Stripes recog~
nized for the first time by the flag of
France. This was probably the first
recognition by any foreign power of
the colors of the United States of
America.
The first flag was made by Betsy I
Ross. Paul Jones raised the flag for
the first time over an American man
of war. Robert Fulton hOisted it
over the first vessel using steam.
Wilbur Wright raised the American
flag over the first successful airship. |
Captain Stephen Driver was the first
man to christen our flag "Old Glory"
One of the first known instances of a |
flag being raised over a school build |
ing was in Chicago, Ill. Patriotic
lessons in connection with the flag
are now recognized feature of every
school. A large American flag floats
from steel pole 800 feet high at
Mont Clair, N. J.
The largest flag in the world, 800
feet wide, is the property of Pitts
burg, Pa.
In honor of the day We celebrate
June 14) let us commit to memory
the national salute to the flag:
II pledge allegiance to my flag, and
to the republic for which it stands,
one nation indivisible, with liberty
and justice for ALL
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05

Mrs. L. T. Weatherbee, a Georgia
woman, has won nationwide fame in
her joint efforts with Governor Cole
L. Blease to stop cock-fighting along
the state line where the Savannah
river flows.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05

The splendid work of Chamber
lain's Tablets is daily becoming
more widely known. No such grand
remedy for stomach and liver troub-
les has ever been known. For sale
by all dealers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05
Library Hours.

Beginning May 1st the library will
be open from $50 a. m. to II M.
and from 2 to 6 p. m. Let the pub
lie note the change and be governed
accordingly.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05
NO QUICK SETTLEMENT
PLANS FOR BANKS LIQUIDATION
MEET WITH FAILURE.
Affairs of AmericuS National Bank
Must Be Settled Through the
Usual Channels.

AMERICUS, Ga.-Efforts to quick
ly adjust the affairs of the Americas
National bank, which closed its doors
last February, have failed. DEPOSIT
tors had hoped for liquidation outside
of the usual channels employed by
the government. Receiver t. G. Dun
lap will continue his work toward
liquidation.
Stockholders are to be assessed un-
der the liability act, their liability be-
ing 100000.
Two weeks before the banks doors
were closed a dividend was declared,
presumably on the profits. Just what
depositors will eventually receive is
a mOOted question
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-06-05
Receiver Is Named.

Judge z. A. Littlejohn appointed
w. P. Wallis receiver for the Ameri-
Gus Trust and Savings bank, an off
spring of the defunct Americas Ma
tional, and prior to the closing of that
bank operated by the same officers
The little savings bank was organ
lied under state charter, and had
capital stock of SIS, 900.
Its deposit account, at the time OF
the closing of the national bank
was said to be about $13, 900.
Evening star., 1914-09-30
Total OVER $1,000.
Enrolment Of Pupils in Public
Schools Gradually Increasing.

The enrolment of the public schools
of the District Is gradually mounting
upward. and Ernest L. Thurston, the
superintendent, expects 1t to reach a
high point early next week. At that
time serious problems of congestion
will arise. 1t is believed, il they are to
arise this year The first of October
usually brings back many late "vaca-
TONERS" which means the enrolment
of large number of pupils.
The latest figures on school attend
ance, completed yesterday afternoon.
show a total of 50.7s4 pupils. These
are divided among the various branch
es as follows: White, grades, 30,eO6;
high. 1861: normal, 14s. Colored
grades. 1880; high, 1,433; normal,
100.
Notice of only one case of congestion
of anything like a serious aspect has
reached Supt. Thurston SO far This
was at the Chevy Chase School. 1t is
quite probable, however. that a few
more cases exist which have not yet
been reported to him..
Evening star., 1914-09-30
FILES SEPARATE PETITION.
Stakeholder Asks Receiver for Com
mercial Fire Insurance Company.

George Tyler Hudson of New York
said to be the largest individual stock
holder Of the Commercial Fire Insurance
Company. filed a separate petition today
asking the appointment Of receiver for
the corporation. He cites the suit for
partition and sale of the Southern build
ing. owned jointly by the company anG
the First National Fire Insurance Com
pany. and the suits aggregating $4,000
the Commercial Fire Insurance Com
pany.
Justice Stafford issued q rule on the
company returnable October 9, and also
postponed until that date the rule issued
at the request of John s. Clemence for
a receiver.
Additional charges of mismanasement
and alleged dissipation of assets are
made against the company. ATTORNEY
Robert n. McNeill appears for Mr.. Hud-
son.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-06-27
A PROBLEM
Democratic Party Has Hard
Row to Hoe.
Previous Extravasance Seems to Make
Economy Imperative, and inter
ests Of the Country Are
Bound to Suffer.

It Is going to be a billion-doIlar ses-
sion, and some of the Democratic lead
ers are alarmed by the fact. They fear
the judgment of the voters in Novem-
Der. They recall the economy pledges
made at Baltimore. and the eiabora-
ton of them by the Democratic spell
binders in the campaign that followed
And yet these men seem undis-
turbed by the record respecting other
pledges made at the same time, and
elaborated in the same fashion for
campaign purposes.
Take the tariff. That has been re-
vised downward, but the result prom
ised has not been realized The cost
of living, instead of going down. has
gone up. In some things, present fig
ures are the highest of record. But
they have not been produced by the
Underwood law. What we all now
know Is that, contrary to the Demo
cratic accusation. the Payne law was
not responsible for the high cost of
living while it was in operation Hence
it was impossible for a revision of that
law to lower the cost.
Take the. question of Panama canal
tolls. The Democratic party at Balti-
more committed itself absolutely to
the exemption OF american coaSLWlSe
shipping from tolls, and the nominee
of the convention explained why, and
committed himself to the policy And
yet Mr.. Wilson wants the exemption
law repealed, the house under pressure
by him has voted for repeal.
Both of these pledges were far more
definite than was the pledge about
economy. That pledge was in terms
general and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is
known in politics as play to the gal
leries. 49,.
In the matter of appropriations the
Democrats are face to face with a very
definite proposition. They are for the
time administering the affairs of a
large and developing country. We
have some heavy annual charges, and
both parties have co-operated in fixing
them. AN adequate navy" an up-to-
date army, large pension roll. inter
nal improvements of an ambitious
character, are among the items. The
people in November, 1912, did not vote
to cripple any feature of the accepted
governmental arrangement They e1-
pected the government to be supported
in good style, and according to its size
and purposes and just demands.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-06-27

to project beyond it, coat the project
Ing edge with paste, and turn 1t up
and over the edge of the third gore.
In a like manner paste the five re-
naming cores; then paste the upper
edge of the eighth gore to the lower
edge of the first gore When dry, fan
the balloon full of air, and examine
the seams to make sure that they are
tight
The bottom hoop should be made Of
split bamboo or reeds of the proper
diameter to fit the open end of the
balloon, and its ends should be bound
together with thread Gig. 50. Make
the cross supports for the f1re-ball of
lightweight wire. Fasten the hoop in
the balloon opening by FASTING and
tapping the bottom edges over it.
The fireban is made of excelsior,
soaked In melted candle grease and
bound with fine wire Gig. 81, and is
wired to the cross supports at their
intersection To protect the sides Of
the balloon from sparks, and to. form
a chimney to carry the heat up into
the balloon. make a collar of sheet
asbestos (get this at a hardware
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-06-27
Bull Moose Dead In Arizona.

Arizona was one of the first states
to register the passing of the Progress
sfve party. according to Bracy Curtis,
prominent Nogales banker, who is at
the Willard. There was no Progress
sive party in Arizona any more, none
to speak Of, he said, though in the
election of 1912 Roosevelt beat Taft.
In the Bisbee municipal election
April 20. the Progressives barely beat
out the Socialists said Mr.. Curtis.
"Bisbee was the stronghold of the
Progressives in the last national cam
paign. In the recent election the Dem
ocrats polled 535 votes, the Republi-
cans 507. the Progressives 60, and the
Socialists "a. The Democrats now
look upon the Republicans as their
dangerous foe, and are fearful of the
coming election The Republicans,
naturally. are very enthusiastic, and
are counting on carrying the state this
fall. We may not be able to beat the
Democrats this year, but we are surely
going to turn Arizona into Republi-
can tate-"-Washington Herald
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-06-27
Where Rolls the oresonl

The Herald printed two weeks ago
a comprehensive account from the pen
of Charles Willis Thompson of the
course of the Progressive party since
the memorable contest of 1912. The
figures showed a decline in all the
states of the Union except our own,
and here the peculiar conditions are
only too well understood. Oregon has
now submitted its testimony on the
same subject in the returns from the
primaries, which have just been held
there.
In 1912 the state gave Wilson Al 900
votes, to Roosevelt's 81 900 and Taft's
$1,000. In. the primary registration,
just completed with the presence of
the women nomina1ly doubling the
totals), $4,000 voters listed them
selves as Republicans. $4,000 as Dem
ocrats and-to be exact-6,255 Pro
gressives.
To such a set of figures no editorial
comment can add anything.-Boston
Herald