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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23
GEORGTA-MADE MACHINERY
THE ROADS OF GEORGIA
Firm in Atlanta Will Make Machin-
cry Suitable For the State.

cry Suitable For the State.
ATLANTA, Ga.-Finding that a
great deal of the road machinery
made in the East was not well adapt
ed to Southern roads Shelby Smith,
former chairman of the Fulton coun-
ty commissioners and in charge of all
road work, has retired from that
work and taken up the machinery
business with a view to making road
machines that suit the Georgia soil
and convict labor. He has associ-
ated with him Ben Lee Crew, a well
known Atlanta business man and a
graduate of the Georgia Tech, who
has long made a study of road work
and machinery.
County commissioners all over the
state who know the two Atlantans as
state who know the two Atlantans as
skilled in good road Improvement
have expressed interest in the new
Southern industry, and it is likely
that made in Georgia" roads will
be more of a homemade product
than ever before. The new firm will
be the Atlanta Road Machinery Com
pany.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23
OLIVER SHOT DEAD
ON LEESBURG STREET
FAKE FINANCTER AND PROBES
SIGNAL CROOK ASSASSINATkD
BY UNKNOWN PARTIES.
DID TIME IN SEVERAL STATES

And Was An Escape From Missis"
sippi. Where He Was Under SEN
tence For Swindling Express Com
napy. Served Sentence in Georgia.
News was received in Dawson
Wednesday night that A. D. oliver
skvrocket ''financier" and ex-conVlct,
was assassinated at Leesburg ABOUT
$50 o'clock by three unknown men.
Oliver, according to reports, was
not armed. He had just come out OF
his bank, which he had opened since
his recent release on bond from jail
on charges growing out of the failure
of another bank he opened in Smith
Vile after serving sentence of four
years in the Georgia penitentiary for
bigamy.
At the time of the shooting the
street was dark. Three men were
seen running away from the place
but nobody seems to have gotten
close view of them.
Oliver was about As years Of age.
He was killed instantly No threats
upon his life are known to have been
made in Leesburg.
Checks for Large Amounts.
In the pockets of Oliver were
checks for more than a half million
dollars. One of these was for $685.
600 on the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company and another for $35O,0OO
on the Columbia County Bank OF
Benton, Pa. Both were made paya-
BILE to A. D. Oliver. The Pennsylva-
MIA railroad check was eleven years
old and the other bore date of May,
1914.
He wore two fine diamonds, one in
his ring and another in his cravat,
the latter being shot out.
He was shot three times with
shotgun with buckshOt. One charge
entered his mouth, severing his jugu-
lar vein.
In a Pauper's Grave.
No one claimed divers body, and
as he left nothing with which to de-
fray burial expenses his remains were
Inferred Friday in the pauper section
Of the Leesburg cemetery. The lot
on which the grave is located was
bought by a former sheriff of Lee
county to bury an outlaw, whom he
had killed some thirteen years ago.
On it lie the outlaw, a Texan, who
had been touring the East cracking
safes and robbing postoffices and
stores; another fugitive from justice,
who was killed at a later date, and
Oliver.
His Appearance in Georgia.
Oliver made his first appearance in
Georgia several years ago. He estab-
lished a bank at Climax on shoe
string" financing, and there, after
running for a short time, it is said
he feeced the people of that COM
munity out of more than 100000.
He managed through his shrewdness,
however, to always keep just within
the law.
While in Climax he married Miss
Rosebud English, a girl fifteen years
of age, and was prosecuted and con-
Wicted of bigamy and sentenced to
four years in the Georgia peniten-
tiary, which he served in the Lee
county changing.
divers plan of operating in Geor-
.gia is illustrated by this incident
during the short career of his Smith
vile bank: Before starting on trip
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23
Notice to Dog Owners.

The registry fee for year 1915 of
$1.00 on each dog was due and pay
able on January 31st. If not paid
at office of the undersigned by March
18th cases will be made against the
owner of such dogs, as provided in
the ordinance. By order of the May
or. This Feb. II, 1915. R. E. BELL,
Clerk.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23

FARM AND CITY LOANS-I am
pleased to announce that my Loan
Companies have resumed business. Is
am now prepared to make loans
promptly on city and farm property
at 6 per cent interest and 10 per cent
as commission j. r. IRWIN.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23

A-Why are buckwheat cakes like
the chrysalis?
B-They make the butter fly.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23
THE COST OF WAR HAS
BEEN ENORMOUS UP TO NOW
Allies Have Spent Ten Million Dol
lars in Prosecuting Campaign.

lars in Prosecuting Campaign.
LONDON.-David Lloyd George,
the British chancellor of the ex-
cheQuer, in the house of commons to-
day estimated that the war has cost
the allies ten billion dollars for the
current year.
He declared Great Britain could
finance the war for five years out OF
her investments abroad.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23

Our products are cash to everyone
Southern Cotton Oil Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23

FOR sALE-4, 900 stalks seed cane.
$1.00 per hundred. GEO. D. JEN-
NINGS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23

FOR SALE-One one-horse wagon
in good condition. G. M. ROB
ERTS, Dawson, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23

FOR SALE-One good horse. Apply
to P. L. AMMONS, Dawson, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23

WANTED-Ten tons of cotton seed
meal. Cash. M. c. EDWARDS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23

EGGS FOR SALE-Eggs from thor
oughbred White Leghorns. Select
ed settings for soc per Is. MRS. w.
R. WALL.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23

FOR RENT-Two connecting rooms
for light housekeeping. Water,
lights, phone. Cheap. Address 1091a
West Lee street, Dawson.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23

he asked his cashier for several bank
cashiers checks, which he might MI
out as he needed expense money. The
cashier signed several for him. Oil
yer is said to have secured ten or
twelve thousand dollars off these
checks and then is alleged to have
held the cashier responsible for the
money. The latter was prosecuted
and lost his position, but was not
convicted.
A Typical Oliver Bank.
Oliver recently claimed that he
could not pay some bills because he
had lost the combination of his safe.
When he was killed the combination
was found in his pocket and the vault
was empty when it was unlocked.
His bank" at Leesburg was typi-
cal of the mans affairs. Located in
an old pharmacy, there is a wooden
partition, enclosing an office in one
corner. 1t is an example OF the
SrdD-OH pldCeS III WHlCu uo NhOoO
to do business.
He had not single depositor in
his bank. All his transactions, it
seems, were in the North. He owed
rent on his office, it is said, and the
man who had sold him the safe paid
that for him that he might reclaim
the safe. This he did, removing it
from the bank building as quickly as
possible.
A Confirmed Crook.
From the best information obtain
able Oliver was confirmed crook,
and had long led a career of crime.
He was a native of West Virginia,
being reared in a small town Of that
state, and his real name was Charles
Blazer. He served terms in the peni-
tentiaries of Michigan and Ohio, and
under a requisition of Governor Sla-
ton was, when the courts of this state
had gotten through with him, to be
returned to Mississippi to serve a SEN
tence in the penitentiary there for
swindling the express company out of
q sum of money.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23

ROOMS FOR RENT-Nice rooms for
light housekeeping. Conveniently
located and fitted with all modern
conveniences. w. r. WALL.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23

PLOWING-If you want your garden
or patch plowed see me. Prompt
and reasonable. j. R. BRIDGES.
Phone 343
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23

GOOD SOLICITOR WANTED in ev-
cry town. Can make 500 per
month if energetic. Exclusive terri
tory Best proposition going. For
information address w. E. Page, Co.
lumbus, Ca.
Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-10-14
NEWS FROM MAXEY's
 CONSTRUCTION CAMP

(By our Special Correspondent
 J. H. Maxey, who is handling the Tucson, Cornelia and Gila Bend rail- road with the aid of a Ford car, Pat Sullivan and two Mexican diction- aries,w have the road completed by the first of the year. About all the work has been subbed except the bridge building. Talk about a Sunny Jim smile, J. H. has it. We are prom ised a ride in a new Packard!
 Jim went into a barber shop to get his nails manicured. After some time had elapsed, the porter came in all ex- cited and said, MT. Jim, am dat yc Fode cah outside If it is, yo betta look afta it. De ants am draggin it unda de sidewalk"
 The railroad will be 43 miles long and is being built from Gila to AJo, lu serve the New Cornelia Mining com pany at Ajo The mine is located, and is principally copper 50,000,O00 tons developed; 11,000,000 tons will leach ed with acid and the copper recovered from the solution by electricity. The balance is sulphides and will be treat ed by the floatatiOn process. A 4,000 ton mill will be built immediately. John c. Greenway is manager with of fees at Warren, Arizona. RI. Curley is superintendent at Ajo, and very capable man. His experience gained on the Iron Range will help him to make a success of the Cornelia. We spent a very pleasant day with him.
 Ajo is at an altitude of 1700 feet and is in the southern part of the state. Population of about $50, con- sisting of the mine management, the miners, etc.
Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-10-14
(By B. F. Fly)

When the local board of cost review convened this morning at o'clock Dr. Elwood Mead occupied my old seat at the extreme end of the long table in the center of the room occupied by the previous local board of cost re- view To the left was the witness chair; to his right sat former Chair man Fleming. Next to him Official Stenographer Clark, my seat beins next.
 Dr. Mead called the board to or der. He explained the object of the review, and said that the signers of the petition asking him and MT. Flem- ing to take up the review represented considerably over three-fourths of the land owners of the Arizona lands in the Yuma project. He then outlined the general scope of the inquiry about to begin. Attorneys Molloy and h. graham and Messrs Bondesson Schutz and other water users together with Project Manager Lawson and and Chief Clerk Stilson being inter- ested spectators, ready to testify when called upon.
 MT. Lawson was the first witness. He was asked to explain the itemized statement of book accounts, particu- larly with reference to the allocation of the costs of Laguna dam as applied to each unit of the project. In reply, he said the records showed that this dam, sluiceway and regulators amount ed to cost of $15.70 per acre. In this connection he figured the 4O,O0O acres in the mesa as part of the pro- ject.
 The distribution system, mains and laterals, aggregated a cost of $500 per acre. He estimated that it would cost $15.70 per acre to put water on the mesa. This included the enlarge ment of the main canal from the dam to the spillway in order to get suffi- cient electric horsepower to better be aDle 10 pump the water to the lands on the mesa
 The levce and river front work cost approximately $2,OO0,000
 In answer to a question put by Dr.. Mead, MT. Lawson said the river pro- lection work should not be charged to the project. The only reason, in his opinion, for charging that expense to the project was to get the project started. O., CT lands are being pro- tected by such work by the govern ment without cost to the lands, and he could see no reason why Yuma project should be charged with that expense.
Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-10-14
COTTON FUTURES ACT
 IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Associated PressJ

New York, Oct. 13-Federal Judge Heough today decided the cotton fu- lures act unconstitutional, and ren- dered Judgment in favor of Daniel T. Hubbard, ct al., in the suit to recover damages for an assessment made and collected by the collector of internal revenue.
Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-10-14
.DR, MEAD CALLS COST REVIEW
 BOARD TO ORDER AT 3 4. M.

Had it been known in advance how much of this was to have been done, the project, in all probability, never would have been begun, because of the expense of the levee, or river front work It will be necessary to keep on doing this work indefinitely. To complete the entire revetment work, he estimated roughly, would require about as much more money as has already been spent-in other words, about $4,OOO,0OO This, of it. self, if charged to the project would be equal to about $35 per acre.
 Mir. Lawson gave the total acres un- der irrigation this year as 21,109 acres in Arizona, and about 5000 acres in California, and 300 acres in the Gila valley, or about one-fifth of the total irrigable area. The canals are now prepared to irrigate considerably more.
 The condition or the Colorado and  Gila rivers does not justify further work in the Gila section. The danger is from eroding. Not only that, but the roads are of such character that ingress and egress is difficult. Hig,. water may make a cutoff, but the cut off may not be permanent.
 ;v, cultivation in the Gila valley subject i to irrigation.
 ''The river channel" said MT Law son, ''is gradually filling up from Yu- ma to the dam, due to the increased 1 length of the river, caused by constant changes from erosions. A slight eff feet on the river in raising it's bed, is caused by the sluicing out of the set tling basin, but this does not material l ly affect the raising of the bed of the river from Yuma to the dam'
 He testified that there are 25S own CTS of irrigable land living on the farms in Yuma valley, to 145 renters.
 The total cost of operation and maintenance on all lands in Arizona to date has been $4S9,219.51, of which there is deficit of $247,760. If all 1 the lands had been in cultivation, the cost would not have been materially i increased; and by using all the water that the canals are capable of, there would be less inclination for them to be filled with silt
 Regarding preliminary cost that is charged against the project MT Law son designated about twenty items that in his opinion should be charged to S4uma project, aggregating in the neighborhood of half million dol lars.
 Dr. Mead asked MT. Lawson if he
Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-10-14

would favor recommending that the Bard U. S. Experiment farm be turned back to the project. He said he cer- tainly would, in which event it would bring profit to the project, whereas it now brings in no revenue whatever, the water being furnished free.
 MT. Fleming asked about those eel ebrated horses and mules (jackasses not included) where they are shown to have made profit of $44,000. MT. Stilson gave a detailed explanation of the transaction which shows that is the mules and horses were now sold they would show clear profit of not less than S30,000, which wholly clear ed up that question.
 Attorney Molloy asked some ques- tions pertaining to the mesa, particu- larly as to why 7O,OO0 acres on the Mesa were not included instead of 10000.
 Mir Lawson sent for large relief map and showed that the 10000 acres embraced all the length of the mesa, leaving out about 30,O00 acres nearest the mountains.
 Mr. Molloy went into many ques- tions pertaining to the cost of the project, particularly with reference to surveys all over the project, suggest ing that these surveys were unneces- sary because they had already been made by the land office
 MT. Lawson explained that the land office did not make surveys in the detail necessary for reclamation pur- poses, which settled that question.
 It was brought out that the Wash ington office has cost the project S147,000; local office and general ex. pense, $300,000; $41,O0O supervising engineer; $19,OOO expert engineering A hypothetical question put to MT Lawson by MT. Molloy, as to what could or could not have been done within certain given time was ruled out by Dr. Mead, he holding that in ithe interest of time and economy it was not necessary to press such ques- tions. for it might involve MT. Law son in controversy with his superior officers and do no particular good The question was at once withdrawn Attorney Molloy, after MT. Lawson concluded his testimony, addressed the board on the question of the "con. tract entered into between land own CTS and the Geological Department of the Interior Department. He made a strong plea to substantiate his con tention, reading all the documents in the possession of the water users. He had just got fairly started when the board took recess for dinner.
 The board reconvened at 2 D. m.
Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-10-14
GERMAN STEAMER
 LEONHARDT IS SUNK
Associated Press)

COPENHAGEN, Oct 13.-The Ger man steamer Leonhardt was subma- rined today in the British Baltic cam paign to cut German supplies from Scandinavia. The crew was taken off in small boats by the British war ships.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-07-22
Caroline Chapel.
.SoeliaIk0 Tie We7Os.

Spedait0 tie We7Os.
g. P. Layue, G. M. johnson and
the Whitwell Choir came to Caroline
Chapel Sunday night and entertained
a large audience with songs, solos,
duets and quartets. All had a nice
time.
Mr. Henegar, of Florence, Ala, has
been visiting his sister. Mrs. Halle
Francis, this week.
A large crowd attended Sunday
school Sunday.
Misses Ethel and Josephine Privett
called on Misses Mary Joseph andHen-
ry Ellen Harris Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Lewis attended
singing Friday night.
We are sorry to pen the death of
Mrs. John Miller. She was laid to
rest at the Sardis graveyard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Parker visited
Mr.. and Mrs Jordan last week.
Andrew Lewis was all smiles Sun
day night.
Mrs. Emma Privett attended sing
ing Friday night.
Mrs Grover Gates visited Mr.. and
Mrs W. G. Moore Friday night.
G. Fl. Lewis called on John r..
Rogers Monday.
Jim Miller attended Sunday school
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Billingsley
attended singing Friday night.
Lum Thomas visited j. H. Privett
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Evans visited
Mr.. and Mrs Burke last week.
VIM. Jordan took dinner with J. R..
Rogers Monday.
Miss Ethel Privett looked sad Sum-
day.
Miss Josephine Privett spent Fri
day night with the Misses Lewis.
We had nice shower Sunday.
Come on, "Azaica," with your piec-
es. Petite Soeur.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-07-22
Caroline Chapel.

Speciai 10 tie Ne7OS.
Prof johnson and G. P. Layne, of
Whitwell, came down to Caroline
Chapel Sunday night with their choir,
aud had a singing, which was enjoy-
ed very much.
J. A. Privett and little daughter,
Beulah, of Dunlap, visited friends and
relatives here last week.
The singing was attended by very
large crowd Friday night
Mrs. Halle Francis, little daugh,
ter, Elizabeth, and Miss Fannie Hen
negar, called on Mrs. Emma Privett
Monday afternoon.
". j. Rogers, Dock Daffron and
Lum Thomas spent Sunday with j. Fl.
Privett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Parker visited
home folks from Friday until Monday
Miss Fannie Henegar of Jasper, il
visiting her cousin, Mrs. Halle Fran
els.
If YOU want to see Misses Mary Jos
eph and Ethel Privett smile, ask them
how they enjoyed the day Sunday.
Mr.. aud Mis-. L. L. Billingsley at
tended singing Friday night.
Scott Jordan was all smiles Sunday
night Wonder why.
Festus Lewis looked cute Sunday.
Come on, Shamrock, and "Old
Fashioned Girl. aZalea.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-07-22
Griffith's Creek.
Special 10 the Macs

Special 10 tie Me7Us.
Visiting is the order of the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Griffith visited
A. Layne from Saturday until Sun
day.
J. T. Floyd visited J. R. Smith
Sunday evening.
Ollie Griffith went back to Whit
well Monday. We were sorry to see
her go.
Mrs. j. T. Floyd called on Mrs. G.
G. Griffith Sunday evening.
W. W. Griffith visited his father,
Fl. L. Griffith from Friday until Sun
day.
Mrs. W. F. Cranshaw visited Mrs.
Nellie Floyd Sunday evening,
j. D. Griffith visited at Il. L.
Griffith's Saturday.
Rev. Bone filled his regular appoint
ment here Saturday night and Sunday.
A very large crowd gathered at
Griffith sCreek Sunday for the purpose
of having singing, and we sure do
hope that everybody enjoyed them
selves. We ask them one and all to
come again, for we sure do enjoy hear
ing good singing, so come again.
Rev. Lon White preached an inter-
esting sermon at this place Sunday ev-
ening.
Joe NJ. Kilgore was out on the Creek
Sunday buggy riding. Wonder who
he was looking for.
Rev. j. Fl. Layne was out here
Sunday to hear the singing.
Frank Layne and family of Gray's
Greek, called on his father, A. Layne,
Saturday and Sunday.
Rev. Sam Wilkey was on Griffith 8
Greek Sunday morning.
Walter Green called at A. Layne's
Sunday evening after the singing
J. H. Higgins was on the Greek
Sunday.
Hello, Reporter" have you ever
got over your sick spell yet AS you
have made it this long, you will get
all right. You will have to be careful
next, time and not eat too much.
Would like to know how you are get
ting along selling postcards Come
on WITH your pieces to the News, for
they are Just fine.
Walter Green and Miss Mamie
Layne sure did look cute, walking the
street Sunday evening
81. L. Griffith went to Whitwell
Friday on business.
Albert Griffith called at J. d. Grit
fith's Saturday morning.
Mrs. w. c. Thompson called on
Mrs. Homer Condra Friday evening.
Mountain Ranger.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-07-22
Looneys Greek.

Special to Tie Ne7OS.
Ernest Kelly from Whitwell, called
at Riley Fosters SUE dayevening.
Kelly Bailey called on James Foster
Saturday evening. .
jamie Foster called on Lille Yoch-
EN- one day last week.
Hattie Foster is staying at sweet
water now at Jack Smiths.
Julia and Milton Foster have the
whooping cough. ,,,,
Ransome Smith called on Bill Pick
EFT one day last week and got two
calves. ~.
Claud Massengale is on the sick list.
Hone he will soon recover.
Roy Mssengale and Jim Foster made
a short trip to Whitwell Saturday. =,
Ernest Kelly took dinner with Bud
Foster Sunday.
Haley Foster called on Florence Eos
ter Saturday.
Joe Pilgrim was out Saturday morn
ing driving sold Gray.
jamie and Myrtle Foster called on
Mrs. Massengale Saturday evening.
Mrs. Angie Holloway spent Sunday
with her sister, Florence Foster.
"'' Lone StaI.