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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-08-15
UNA HiZANA DE LAS TROPAS AL
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dos alpinos. Y la recomienda al res
to de as tropas. Agrega que en- las
demaS regiouc> de aquella parte
DE- Ia fcontera. solo han tenido lu-
ar r>carumuzas sin mportancia.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-08-15
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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-08-15
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tRAI. HIER t-A.-NH LJJId usIE''
| sobre el concerto que el modernis-
Imo diplomatico ha dado en lamar 81
"A. b. c.
Mi opinion sobre este particular
voy Il darSela, sin ~reticencia algu-
ma. Y ION I'm grandc dolor de mi
alma.
Fl Concerto a. B. c., no Is una
agrupaci6n organizada ell 81 austro
de Ia America: ALI no eXisle todaria
ninguna ~"cntcnte": IejoS de ella, Ar
gentina. Brasil y Chile st Yen en-
ire 81 con no disimu!ados rcius y en-
vidias. ESa trinidad. no Nivc en- la
! c~ordialidad de- los pucblOs que Tt
p~resenta. no liene vida i~nternarIO-
nal: - solo un cOmpucStO hctercO-
genco Y contradictorio. que Ia cali
cii.cria DE- Washington ha inycnta-
do para disimular su> prOp6sIjoS i'll
tcrvcucionistaS y apagar las ju>jaS
i~rri,aciOnrs de- Ia raza latina I'll cl
rontincntc.
Tanto cu Ia djplomacIa como I'll
Ia polilica. cl a. b. c., ma rqui-
vocado >u papcI. Ia rrradQ sObrc
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23
War and Insanity.

The number of English soldiers and Off
GERS who have suffered nervous breakdown
more or less approaching insanity as a re-
suit of the strain Of war has shown such in
crease that some of the leading medical
journals are pleading for special considera-
tion and treatment of them.
The effects of warfare on the nervous sys-
tenn are more marked in the case of officers
than in the case of enlisted men, the latter
in many cases of trench insanity" recov-
ering tone" after a continuous sleep of
twenty-four to forty-eight hours. officers
similarly afflicted are generally sent to spe-
cial hospitals for a rest of a week or ten
days but if they fail to show satisfactory
progress after that time they are invaded
home, on the ground that it is improbable
that they could be again employed in active
service.
The powerful effect which modern war
fare has on the mind is shown says a sur
geon attached to a British ambulance, by
the dreams and Nightmares which disturb
soldiers sleep in dangerous positions. Ner-
vous subjects react in a most striking way
to the shock of explosions in their imme-
date vicinity Some develop tendency to
sleep-walking and are found wandering
about the premises with faces expressing the
utmost terror and anxiety. In the soldiers
dreams the dread of losing contact with his
fellows seems to be felt with extreme fire.
quency, and the horror of isolation cOnsti-
tutes the commonest nightmare Of men in
the fighting line.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23
Patch Work On Roads.

The Valdosta Times thinks too much
money is being spent in road work in GeoT-
gia without obtaining permanent results, an
opinion that is fully shared by The News.
In the following concerning road work
in it's own county the Times describes con-
ditions that prevail throughout the state:
For the last ten or fifteen years there has
been an average of forty thousand dollars
wear spent for roads and bridges IN
I,owndes county. Every bridge in the coun-
ty has been built two or three times. Every
road in the county, that has been worked at
all. has been built, rebuilt and repaired az
ter every rain. Now, after thousands and
thousands of dollars have been spent reach
ing out for something permanent we ind
the average road about as bad as 1t can be
The work must all be done over again. IL
is like an endless chain which goes over
the same ground with every turn"
The officials have done the best they
could with the means and material they
have, but it is evident that the present patch
work should not be allowed to continue. 1t
is time to try to find some better and more
lasting material than sand or clay for the
roads.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23
The War Zone Has Isolated
Holland From the World

The particular isolation of the kingdom
Of Holland as a result Of the war zones es-
tablished in the North Sea by the principal
belligerents brings a worlds sympathy for
the brave little kingdom and her people,
who are receiving so many of the ills Of war
with little chance of ever sharing in its
benefits. In this connection an extract of
a study prepared by William Wisner Chaplin
for the National Geographic Society is full
of interest:
Here is a section of the globe which was
almost entirely overlooked by nature in the
original distribution of iron and other met
ais, of coal, stone, wood; in fact, to great
extent even the land itself was wrong side
up at the start. The existence of Petrograd
and Venice is regarded with wondcrment,
although they are cities covering small
areas. What, then, can be said of Holland,
where the land, made and reclaimed from
the sea; while even the water, against
which Dutch ingenuity SO long and success
fully plotted, has repeatedly obeyed their
summons and come to the rescue of besieged
cities, over Whelming their enemies and pre-
serving me nation.
"One-quarter of the whole kingdom lies
below the normal level Of the sea, while 30
per cent of all the territory of the country
would be submerged but for the dikes.
For a time Holland was one of the three
leading powers in Europe. Warfare has
marked the existence of her sturdy people
from the first. For when not fighting with
swords they were battling with picks and
shovels."
Mr.. Chaplin then tells how, although the
country is largely treeless, one of the finest
forests in the world is to be found at Tne
Hague, and describes the affection OF the
people for it, often saving it in time OF stress
by sacrifices and voluntary offerings. He
reminds us that Amsterdam is built on W
islands, connected by more than $50 bridges;
that the Royal Exchange is built on 34,OOO
piles and the Royal Palace on nearly ~
900. He says that Il, 900 of Amsterdam
Jewish population are engaged in diamond
polishing, and that Holland deserves her
reputation of being the most liberal in char
tiles of all the European countries. He con-
tinues:
ION the front facade of many houses
hanging between the windows, are mirrors
placed at such an angle that those inside
without being seen, may view the street III
any direction, including the front door and
any one seeking entrance. The home life Oh
many of the people is said to be so qulet
that wishing to see all that is going on about
them they employ these spies. "
Mr.. Chaplin states that Holland, one-fourt1
as big as New York in area, ranks thlrd
among the countries of the world in the
number of its colonials, and fifth in the area
OF its colonies; that she rules six times as
many colonials as home people; and gov
ems an outside area fifteen times as large
as her home domains; that il France were
as densely populated as Holland she would
have 96,000,000 people instead of $4,000
900. In spite Of this lack Of elbow room
her imports amount to $236.40 per capita
to our $18.41. and her imports to $2OS.oS
to our $24.66.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23
THE SOUND OF FLYING BULLETS.

From Outing Magazine.
There is but one sound plainly audible
from a flying bullet, and this is audible only
when the bullet travels at high speed, at the
rate of 1900 feet per second, or more.
Missiles from all army rifles OF modern
times, which vary in velocity from 1000 to
5000 feet per second, create vacuum i'm
mediately behind the bullet. The result is
sharp crash as the bullet passes, caused by
the air closing rapidly in behind the bullet
base
At considerable range two distinct reports
are audible to the person by whom the bullet
is passing At 700 yards the sound may
be described phonetically as ''pack-punk'
The first sound comes about three-fourths of
a second ahead of the latter in the case of
the United States army rifle, the new Spring
field The velocity of this rife is 1900 feet
per second at the muZzle.
The first sound is that of the bullet pass
ing through the air. 1t is like nothing so
much as long and very violently cracked
blacksnake whip The second sound comes
about three-fourths of a second later. 1t is
dead, heavy, and is more like thud than
the 'crack" of rifle.
The difference in the time Of the two
sounds is because the bullet travels much
faster than sound. Noise progresses at the
rate of about 1000 feet per second.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23

With the armed conflict that is now IN
progress in Europe the United States is no.
a party, and our only concern is for peace
that will bring to close the bloodshed, the
horror and the suffering that has come to
those who are involved. 1t is important
to the people of this country that we remain
throughout the conflict in the neutral posi-
ton we have heretofore maintained. How
ever, it is but right that the belligerents De
Informed in no unmistakable terms that our
commerce on the seas must be given Its
rights; that the American flag must be re-
spected, and that our merchant ships, when
following legitimate trade, must not be
molested There have been friendly notes
addressed to the European powers on this
question. and it is hoped this amiable pro-
test will not be unheeded.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23
In the Midst of Life.
Cora Harris in Saturday Evening Post

At the headquarters of the French army
in BOulogne l saw more than hundred Off
GERS of both armies. And have never seen
anywhere more splendid looking men. Lean
old generals, broad shouldered colonies, all
wearing the very countenance of victory
One would have said that nothing could de-
feat such men. Yet l shuddered as / watch
ed them, Every single man in that room
was facing death as if it were crown he
coveted.
Once the door was flung open. A man
covered with snow and mud hurried in. He
was messenger with news from the front
A tall young British officer with a face as
keen as a sword, seized his great coat, salut-
ed and went out.
The next day the II o'clock boat upon
which l came to Folkestone carried his body
back to England. That is what happens ev-
cry hour of every day and night. And it
happens like that. This moment he is a
man filled with all hopes and all courage,
more significant and more mysterious than
the stars above his head. The next moment
he is less than the dust he trod. The part
that was hope, courage and mystery is gone.
What remains is so horrible that even love
makes haste to hide it in the earth.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23
American Army on March

The following is from the current issue of
The Future Citizen, the paper printed by
boys of the state reformatory near Milledge-
Vile:
1.-The principal army of America has main
tanned an attitude of armed neutrality for
several months, while the eastern half of the
world has been active, but the command has
gone forth to Attention! Shoulder arms,
forward march,! The plowboy has geared
up old Mike, and the gee, haw' commands
are echoing across hills, more important to
us than all the Observation-Disclosures orders
of the jigadier-brindles intent upon paint
ing the landscape with human gore. The
Southern farms do not present that buoyant,
hopeful aspect that usually comes with the
advent of spring and the plans for new
crop; but the youths Of 1915 are scions OF
the agricultural wizards of 1866, who add
ed nothing to nothing and made one, and
they are going right ahead with determine
ton to do something.
"All the old-time ingenuity and resource
fulness will be revived as we work out new
plans, and Necessity, that old mother OF in
Vention, will come to our aid as we take
on renewed courage and go forth to battle
with conditions that are far from ideal. 1t
begins to look like indiscreet remarks OF ill
advised statesmen have filled the land with
visions of 'twenty-cent cotton, and many
good farmers have already forgotten the
bitter lesson of the recent past and will go
chasing the rainbow of another monster
crop in 1915. The whole thing resolves it.
self into matter of individual interests, and
each man for himself must Judge whether
he will join in the stampede and SOW the
wind of cotton seed and wake up next fall
only to reap the whirlwind of low prices and
empty cribs and smokehOuses. Already we
hear Of those who will plow up grain sown
in the fall and plant the land to cotton on
the fimsy excuse that the stand is poor any
way and the prospects are favorable for a
good price next fall. We would not raise a
we know that at time like this hope is the
one element that must enter literally into
all our plans for a new crop, but that hope
should be based on something more tangi-
BILE and more substantial than the empty
prophecies of public men, who have no
thought of anything more than to utter some
cheering sentiment that may help to restore
normal conditions"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23
Mr.. Buy Grub and
His Pititul Plight
]. e. Yount in Progressive Farmer.

Since this is to apply only to farmers-real
and imitation-ev else will please to
stand aside. And as Mr.. Buy Grubs case
is the most urgent we will attend to his first.
Mr.. Buy Grub is generally ''onecrop'
man, but his one crop 10 not always money
crop, although he plants and cultiVstes it
with that end in view. he is the man who
makes it necessary for one line of the coun-
try merchants letter heads to read Dealer
in Staple and Fancy Groceries, He is the
man who doesn't know where his next meal is
coming from, nor where his last came from,
fo- that matter But if he has the cash or
credit to buy a few meals ahead we would
And that they came fl ON everywhere in the
u. S. A. His -four very likely comes from
Minnesota, his com from Illinois, MS pota-
toes from Maine, his beans from Michigan,
his dried fruit from California, his canned
goods from Maryland, and his meat from
anv one of a dozen different places. For
every single one of these articles OF food Mr.
Buy Grub is paying at least twice what it
would cost him to raise them on his own
farm If were asked the old question
who pays the freight" Id point my finger
straight at Mr.. Buy Grub.
This same Mr.. Buy Grub is the man who
is guilty of keeping the South away down
toward the bottom financially for all these
years, and this, too, in spite OF the hrst ex-
plorers who declared our country to be the
fairest the sun ever shone upon,' in spite
of the fact that we are blessed above all
Others in climate, long growing seasons,
rainfall and other natural advantages.
Mr.. Buy Grub can't afford to fool with
such little thing as garden, or II ne plants
one the weeds and grasshoppers soon have
full possession of it.
Now, let's have a look at Mr. Live-at-
Home. He lives better than any king on
earth. In fact, all the regular king jobs
of the Eastern hemisphere could go hang
for all of him. He and his family are con-
tented and prosperous, and neither the high
cost of living nor the upward trend of
prices is worrying him mite.
OF course this condition did not come
about by Mr.. Live-at+Home sitting down and
dreaming, nor did he bring it about by wav
ing the magician's magic wand He knows
that Just about everything comes to him who
waits, if he hustes while he waits, so he gets
up early in the morning and hustles, and he
keeps this up pretty regularly IL months in
the year He grows his own hog and apple
pie and has very little business to transact
at the grocery store, except to sell his sur
plus products.
Mr.. Live-at-Home has learned the value
of a good garden and orchard, and acts ac-
cordingly. He has something either fresh
or canned on his table 365 days year, and
it is not the wilted, stale stun that has been
picked over for week, either.
Mr. Live-at-HOme keeps one or more good
COWS to supply the milk cream and butter
so necessary for the proper development OF
growing boys and girls.
Mr.. Buy Grub couldn't keep a COW, be-
cause a cow isn't built to manufacture milk
out of the stuff he raises on his farm.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23

Ever hear of a man marrying woman
to reform her? And ever hear OF one
trying to reform a woman before ne mar
ried her. in fact, we never heard OF man
marrying, or wanting to marry, woman
who needed reforming" says an exchange
Only the women themselves are willing TO
take such hazards. AS a usual thing man
begins by placing woman on pedestal, ana
then sets about with primal and uncon-
scious cunning to see how quickly he can
pull her down. The moment he succeeds
in tumbling her over he leaves her 10 shllI
for herself and goes off in search OF an
other pedestal and another woman to knock
off of it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23
The Last of a Notorious Crook.

viii death clarity or deepen the mys-
terry which has always attached to "A. D.
Oliver banker" during his sojourn in
this state? Oliver has been a prominent,
if notorious, character in the Georgia
NEWSPAPERS and, for that matter, his af-
fairs have been of interest throughout
the South Who is he? Where did he
come from?-MacOn News.
The ASSASSINATION of Oliver is a deplora-
BILE occurrence, and those guilty Of his muir
der should be apprehended and brought to
Justice as speedily as possible.
But the death of this man ends the ca
reer of one of the most notorious crooks the
country has known in recent years, and
about whose career there is no mystery, as
various newspaper articles have stated. He
has served terms in the penitentiaries
of several states. including Michigan,
Ohio, Georgia and Mississippi. In the lat
ter state he was convicted of swindling the
express company and not of bigamy, as has
been printed His real name was Charles
Blazer. and he was reared in West Vir-
ginia village.
The man had become nuisance in this
section of Georgia, and his shady schemes
were a source of annoyance to legitimate
Banking interests of the state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23
DESERVES WHAT HE GETS.
From the Triton Gazette.

From the Triton Gazette.
The Unadilla Leader complains of the fact
that some slick swindlers are travelling about
over different sections of the state taking or
ders for Chicago mail order houses for gro
ceries to be delivered at less than they can
be bought here at home. Some farmers are
said to have been 1eeced of from $40 to $50,
the agent of course demanding cash in ad-
vance. The Gazette doesn't generally enjoy
seeing any one feeced, but we don't know
of any man that deserves it more than the
man who will buy what he needs away from
home. Our idea of the mail order patron
is that he deserve what he gets.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23
The Re0ctiOnarieS.
BY James Galloway in Macon Telegraph.


After the election of 1912 the wing of the
democratic party which denominated itself
progressive" under the leadership of the
Western contingent, turned up its noses in
contempt of all those who were conserva-
tive enough to warn against Western pro-
gressiveism." 'Demotions" were in order;
and also promotions to a certain elect OF
the party. Men of conservative" thought
were under the ban, and ridiculed as re
dictionaries" Back seats to all conserva
tives!
And now comes Savoyard, the political
philosopher and brilliant essayist, and writes
a whole column in The Telegraph singing
the praises of the "reactionaries." He says:
Never was a president more Loyalty or more
jealousy supported than Mr.. Wilson has
been by those who have been grouped as
'reactionaries.' -
The recalcitrants now fighting the presi-
dent were the loud-mouthed ''progressiVes"
who proclaimed from the market place anu
street corners their loyalty. Senator Clark
of Arkansas was notably loyal" and was
promoted And where is he at?'
Senator Simmons of North Carolina was
not regarded among the faithful-too con-
sentative And what of him? He is one the
president leans upon. And the president
leans upon John Sharp Williams of Missis-
sippi Senator Bacon by the 'iprogressives"
was classed as "reactionary' much so
as to be disciplined by the crooked device Of
"demotion;" yet his counsel was welcomed
It the white house, and he proved a tower
of strength in the senate. The war of per-
section of conservatives has passed. The
president has discovered they are men Of
worth and his safest counsellors; further
more, he finds them animated conserva-
tives" in his fight to stay this famine of
ships.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23
GRANPAP ON THE
MODERN METHODS
BY Howard C.. Kegley.


BY some durn scheme of tilin'
John has drained the pesky slough
In the medder. Now he's spilin'
Fer some other trick ter do.
Drat his picter Hmm Lizzie
AIays has their elbows bent.
All las winter John was busy
Maxim fence posts of se-ment.
Slack times, Lizzie she's a-helpin'
John a right smart now and then,
SPECIFY If the kids amt yelpin'
But when they need tendin' then
Johns gas en-iine does the washin.
And dinged if the thing don't churn.
Way John farms is sure caution
wy, them folks has gas to burn!
John has got a patent dingus
Tu divide the milk and cream,
And he's built a concrete thingus
Filled with some burned fodder
scheme
Fer to feed the drafted cattle,
Tu increase their milk supply.
He says half the farmin' battle
Is the what. the when and why
Has q rig for strainin' honey;
Railroad en-iines hitched tn plows;
Just got through a-spendin' money
Fer machines tn suck the cows.
Bought an auto. Liz is Steerin -
Spect she'll run it in the ditch,
But they're both farm engineerin',
An l guess they're getttin' rich.
Progressive Farmer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23

There are many evidences that better
times are close at hand for this country. In
fact. the Savannah News thinks they are
already here. 1t has been frequently SAID
that the steel industry shows pretty accu-
ratelv what the condition of business is
That being the case it can be said with trutn
that business is improving The orders OF
the steel mills are increasing rapidly ana
there is the greatest activity in the ship
Yards. In many of the other industries
there is a great deal more doing than there
was month or two ago.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23

Georgia sowed last fall 10000 acres
more in wheat than the fall before, an IN
crease of 11S per cent, and $4,000 acres
more in oats than the previous fall gain
of 90 per cent, according to bulletin just
issued by the bureau of crop estimates OF
the United States department OF agrlcult-
ure. Over the South as whole the increase
in wheat is about 80 per cent and in oats
1872 per cent.