davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Spectator., 1915-03-23

treat you like a man, so try to be one. I'll help you all l can, but you must do your part. v
 That was the burden of his talk. Each week he addresses a meeting of the prisoners. He invites complaints, and will list en in private to anyone's griev- ance. At these meetings he gives good, plain. understand able talks on character, recom- mends that they read good books and tells them the advantages of education.
 There is an atmosphere of hope, of self-help and coopera- tion in that prison today, where formerly were hate. plotting, and incipient imbecility,
 The great object always be- fore Warden Tynan is to turn out men and women who will not continue to prey on society. Heretofore it has been really difficult for an ex-convict to exist unless he turned his hand to crime. All avenues of honest labor were seemingly closed against him. The novice learn ed the ways of crime in prison. and on account of harsh treat ment meted out to him by prison officials he became filled with a hatred of the more fortunate.
 The statutes of Colorado pro- vide for the indeterminate sen, tences and the paroling of pris- oners. These two laws are of great value in reforming con victs. The first one gives the prisoner an incentive to do his best while in jail in order to reduce the time of his stay. The second gives the warden a hold on the men after they leave the institution
 Most of the labor done by the prisoners is out of doors. This prevents prison pallor" and tends to keep the convicts in good health, Farming is engag- ed in on an extensive scale. They raise chickens and pigs. They raise grain and alfalfa with which to feed the pigs and horses. Also lot of garden truck is produced for the table. Probably the most extensive work attempted by the prison CTS is road building. Gangs of convicts are constructing splen- did roads all over the state. These are of untold value to the farmers of Colorado, and they are also proving wonderfully attractive to the tourists.
  1 An astonishing feature of the road building lies in the fact that the road gangs although working miles away from the prison, are on their honor, They are not manacled in any way, they do not wear stripes and they are not accompanied by armed guards. The fact that no crimes have been com mitted by these gangs when left to themselves, and that escapes are practically unknown under the new system. tends to prove that Colorado has solved the
The Spectator., 1915-03-23
Their pays of Fate.

Certain days of the week or month have constantly been marked ones in some persons lives. Nearly all the chief events of Thomas a'Becket's career, including his murder and the translation of his body. occurred upon . Tuesday. Henry VIII and his three children Edward. Mary and Elizabeth expired upon the same day of the week-Thursday.
The Spectator., 1915-03-23
Public Sale

1 will offer for sale at public auction in Altus on Saturday, March 27th, between l and 2 D. m.,'1 bay horse, l 23-Spring- field wagon, set of double har- ness. R c. Engli sh.
The Spectator., 1915-03-23
Cleanup Your Fields.

AL lIllS llIIle lIlcTe lS IluCli work that can be done in the state of cleaning out the hiber- hating places of many kinds of insects, such as the cut worm, potato beetle, boil weevil, corn ear worms and numbers of other insects that can be killed out by burning the fence corners. rot ten stumps, old logs in the field, ditch banks and the ends of rows that never have been culti- vated. There will not be much required in the way of work and time at the present and much can be accomplished now that will be of untold value later on in the season. We must remem- Der that on every farm at some time during the growing season there is an occasion to have anxiety over the presence of some sort of pest or insect. Now is the time to make the first and really the most import ant step toward the prevention of these pests. Burn out the fence corners, ditches, and old logs and stumps in and about the fields. It will repay you an hundredfold.
 The above means of prevent ing insects and crop pests is in reality cultivation of the crop and should be regarded as such. The best farmers now are con- vinced that cultivation begins long before the plants are up and follow that practice. Asid
 from the killing out of insects there is another reason for early cultivation. Grass can be con trolled if we start early enough and we cannot start early enough unless we begin the cul- tivation of our corn, cotton and other crops before they come up. This cultivation should be done with a section harrow so as to cover great deal of ground in a short time and because the harrow or cultivator or weeder is really the best means of kill ing out the young grass that will be up and under way by the time the crop comes up unless we kill it out. A harrow or weed der will not kill grass after it has had the same start that the crop has. A sweep and a hoe are the only remedies we have left and too many trips are re- quired to the row to be forced to depend on these implements.
 The first cultivation should be made with the harrow diagonal ly across the field. It does not make any difference whether the soil is loose, foul, clean, tight or heavy. the harrow should be used before the plants come up. If the land is clean a second cultivation should be given across the field in the op- posite direction with the harrow, and a third cultivation should be given a week or ten days later, again reversing the direction. By this time we are ready for the cultivator. And if there is a great deal of undecayed vege- tabe matter in the field it will not be found safe to use the harrow in the first cultivations because of the danger of drag ging up the seed and young plants. In this case use the cultivator for the first cultiva- tion instead of the harrow. Then we can continue the use of the cultivator until the plants get so large that it is no longer safe to use this implement. Then grass and weeds can be controll- ed by the ordinary means.
 John H. Page Commissioner.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-20
DAWSON GA TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 20 1915.
PAINTER FAMILY
GETS INSURANCE
Settlement Reached Between COmpa-
MES and Beneficiaries of Man
Who Was Drowned in 1913.

ATLANTA.-The insurance claims
of Edward o. Painter, the manufac-
turer who was drowned at Jackson
Vile, Fla, May %, 1913, shortly af-
ter he had taken out more than ST.
O00,0 insurance, and around whose
death centered a sensational investi-
CATION have been settled.
The Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, the Equitable Life and the New
York Life, in which he had taken out
the million in policies, have made a
satisfactory settlement with the dead
mans beneficiaries. Although it is
impossible to get positive information
on the exact amount it was published
in New York that the settlement was
based on a compromise of so per
cent.
The contention of the insurance
companies involved at the time a
fight was waged against payment of
the policies was that there were in
dications of suicide in the death of
the millionaire manufacturer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-20
CANNOT DIRECT
THE GOVERNOR
Only Way General Assembly Can deal
With Executive For DereltctlOn
of Duty is by impeachment

ATLANTA.-"Th only way the
general assembly can deal with
governor for dereliction of duty is by
impeachment.
So said President Persons, OF the
senate, in response to a question as
to the general assembly's rights, as
asked by Senator Walker.
The senate was considering a reso-
luton by Senator Walker in which
attention was called to the fact that
the Third district agricultural college
nropertv. prior to the fire there, had
not been properly insured, as is pro
vidad in section 147 of the civil code.
The Third district college brought
on the first argument on the moor
of the house this session, when the
hill asking for an appropriation OF
$4,000 with which to rebuild the
burned academic building came on
for action. The house appropriations
committee amended the bill to $780,
600, and it was passed. Inc state
ment was made at that time that the
property was only partly insured.
Senator Walker. as chairman OF the
senate appropriation committee
Yesterday introduced a resolution d.
recting that the governor insure the
property at Valdosta "as he is re-
ouired to do by law" The senator
explained that the reason he intro
duced the resolution was that his at
tention had been attracted by the
statement of Representative wheat
lev that the property had been only
partly covered by insurance, ana
loss had been sustained when the
building in question was burned.
President Persons ruled the walk
er resolution out of order.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-20
and Thou, TOO, WHEAT?
THE GRAIN MUST BE PROTECTED
FROM DESTRUCTIVE WEEVIB.
Mr.. Lewis, of the Second District Ag-
ricultural School, Gives Simple
Remedy for the Pest.

There is a bug to destroy every
thing. We know very little about
wheat, and were under the impress
sion that once it was made you had
it. 1t seems we were mistaken, and
that very often when you think you
have it you haven't got it at all-the
weevils have already eaten it up.
There has been quite a little wheat
grown in Terrell county, and for
the uninitiated we give the following
from a card in the Triton Gazette
written by S. L. Lewis. of the Sec
ond district agricultural school:
without a word of warning many
wheat growers in South Georgia will
have their wheat very seriously dam
aged and made unfit for -four or for
seed by weevils and worms. This win
cause many to become discouraged
and quit growing wheat.
81 am writing to ask you to give
the farmers the following simple
remedy that will Kill the WeeYlIs ana
worms:
place your wheat in barrels or
tight boxes of any size. Buy from
any drug store one pound of carbon
bisulfide for about thirty bushels of
wheat. Place in saucers or other
shallow vessels on top of the wheat
tablespoonful of the liquid for ev-
cry two or three Bushels of grain.
Cover over the tops of the barrels or
boxes with sacks or quilts and let
stand for a few days. The liquid
evaporates, and, being heavier than
air, the vapor goes downward and
kills all the insects"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-20
GEORGIA TEACHERS MAY
DRAW THEIR PAY ON TIME
If Bill Becomes a Law, and 1t Seems
to Have No Opposition So Far.

III Dill DcCOHeS hdWs anu LII ooOIlS
to Have No Opposition So Far.
ATLANTA.-Georgia school teach
ers may begin to draw their salaries
on time before long, if Senator Walk
er's bill becomes law, and it seems
to have no opposition so far. 1t pro-
vides for the issuance monthly Of
treasury warrants drawn by the gov
ernor which the federal reserve bank
has agreed to discount its current
ate of interest. Senator Walker says
it will save teachers in Georgia $780,
900 year in interest and guarantees
the prompt payment of salaries.
In the past the teachers warrants
have been handled by banks which
had to borrow money to meet this
demand, but as they had to pay six
per cent or more for the funds the
teachers lost heavily in discount fees.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-20
WIDOW OF BRODDUS
ASKS FOR $4,000
Sensational Suit in United States
Court Against Eugene Benton
Follows Killing Year Ago.

Court Against Eugen0 DentoH
Follows Killing Year Ago.
MACON, Ga.-A suit filed Satur-
day in the federal court by Mrs. Ida
NJ. Broddus, now a resident of New
port News, Va, against Eugene Ben
ton of Monticello, to recover $4,000
reckoned IS the value of the life of
E. S. Broddus, husband of the petit
toner, who was shot to death by
Benton, recalls a tragedy which a
year ago shocked all middle Geor-
gia.
Newspaper readers are still famil-
lar with the details of the killing,
which created a profound sensation
at the time because of the prominence
of the principals.
At the preliminary hearing, at
which time Benton was acquitted, it
was claimed that Broddus had threat
ened the life of his slayer and had
demanded large sums of money from
him because of his alleged relations
with Mrs. Broddus.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-20
WANTS A LIMIT
ON THE EXPENSES
Boykin's Bill Would Give MEN of
Ability But Not of Wealth Fair
Chance" to Secure Office

ATLANTA.--To enable men OF
ability but not of wealth to have a
fair chance in Georgia politics, as
Senator Boykin put it, bill has been
introduced in the senate by Senator
Boykin fixing the maximum amount
of campaign expenses for all state
house officers, and making the VIC
lation of the provisions of the bill a
misdemeanor. The bill further pro-
vides that no person violating the
provisions of the act shall be declared
the nominee of his party.
The bill puts maximum of $4,000
for the total amount to be spent by
any candidate for governor, for cleo
ton or nomination, or by his friends
directly or indirectly
Supreme Court Judges.
Candidates for the positions of
judges of the supreme court, court of
appeals, railroad commissioner, pris-
on commissioner, commissioner of
commerce and labor, attorney gener-
al, state treasurer and commissioner
of agriculture are limited to max
imum of $4,000.
Candidates for Judge of the supe-
rior court or for solicitor general are
confined to $1,000, while candidate
for the general assembly is put under
$500 limit.
The bill provides that within ten
days after the date of the consol1da-
ton of the election returns any per-
son shall have the right to file with
the chairman of the executive COM
mittee of the party charges of the
violation of the act The chairman
shall notify the candidate, and a hear
ing shall be held before the county
democratic executive committee. The
results of this hearing shall be re-
turned to the chairman of the execu-
tive committee of the state, who shall
act on the findings in accordance with
provisions of the bill.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-20

NEW YORK.-As the result of
meeting of representatives of the Ma
tionaI Retailers Association, the Ma
tional Boot and Shoe Manufacturers
Association, the National Shoe
Wholesalers Association and the Ma
tional Last Association a decree was
issued today against the so-called
freakish STYLES of women's shoes
The manufacturer of shoes of odd
coIors. lacing at the side and back,
was disapproved, and it was agreed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-20
CENTRAL DECLARES
MILLION DIVIDEND
SIX PER CENT ON PREFERRED
STOCK AND FIVE PER CENT
ON COMMON.
1T AMOUNTS TO $l,I5O,OOO
Is Third Annual Dividend On PREFER
ed Stock, But Is First Payment on
Common That Has Been Declared
in Several Years.

ed Stock, But Is First Payment on
Common That Has Been Declared
in Several Years.
SAVANNAH. The regular annual
dividend of per cent on preferred
stock and per cent on con mon stock
was declared yesterday by the board
of directors of the Central of Geor-
gia railway at the quarterly meeting.
This is the third annual payment of
dividends on the preferred stock, but
is the first payment of dividends on
common stock that has been declared
in several years.
Five per cent interest, payable on
income bonds, was also declared.
More Than a Million.
OF the preferred stock SIS, 900, 900
has been issued and the dividends
amount to 100000. There are S.
100000 of common stock, on which
the dividends just declared amount
to $25O,OOO.
The interest on the income bonds
amounted to comparatively little, be-
cause there are only 100000 worth
of these bonds now outstanding.
The total amount of dividends now
payable as a result of the declaration
is 81, 100000.
Directors Are Gratified.
The meeting was presided over by
Charles H. Markham, chairman of the
board. The others present were:
President w. A. Winburn, Vice Pres
ident A. R. Lawton, Geo. W. Tiede-
man and Geo. ]. Mills, all of Savan-
nah; w. H. Peasants of New York,
w. c. Bradley of Columbus, John
Murphy of Atlanta, and Capt. j. w.
English of Atlanta.
The directors expressed themselves
as being pleased with the showing
made by the company in view of the
rather unfavorable business condi-
tions which have prevailed during
the last Quartes.
Steamship Dividend Also.
Practically all of the preferred and
common stock of the Central is held
by the Illinois Central, the directors
being about the only outside holders,
so that only a very small part of the
dividend payments will be paid TO
CeGgta stockhOl lers,
The directors of the Ocean Steam
ship Company declared their usual
quarterly 4 per cent dividend. This
company has for a numbe" of years
paid dividends of this amount.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-20
UNCLE SAM SELLS
ALASKAN LANDS
Sale of Town Sites Along Line of the
Governments New Railroad Be
gins at Ship Creek.


SHIP CREEK, Alaska.-The sale
of town sites along the line of the
new government railroad will begin
here today under sanction of Presi-
dent Wilson. Lots will be auctioned
off to the highest bidder, without
limiting the number which may be
sold to any one buyer. Andrew Chris
tenden. chief of the Alaska field di-
vision of the general land office, is
supervising the sale.
The minimum price for single lots
is s25, of which amount SIS must
be paid in cash, and the balance in
yearly payments for period of five
years. Buyers will be permitted to
assign their rights to the lots, and
bids by agents will be allowed. No
stipu1ations as to the race or age of
the buyers has been made.
Uncle Sam will be strict as to gam
bling and liquor, for both are banned
from the lots under penalty of for
fixture. A town will be incorporated
at once, but will not be allowed to is
sue bonds until patents to the land
are issued, five years from now. Other
sales will be held during the summer
to give newcomers a chance to pur-
chase hOmesteads.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-20
HES ALLEGED TO HAVE
EDED JACKSON KILLED
Posse Sc ng Near Cochran Fire
When Negroes DEFY Arrest.

When Negroes Defy Arrest.
COCHRAN, Ga.-Two negroes, Pc
ter Pambo and a man named Jack
son, were killed near here last night.
They are alleged to have furnished
ammunition to James Jackson, the
negro who was slain yesterday when
he resisted arrest after having killed
Marshal Hogg of Cochran, Lem San
ders and Oscar Lawson, Pulaski coun-
ty farmers.
Reports reaching here stated that
the posse searching for two negroes
found them armed and that they
were killed when they resisted ar
rest.
The community was somewhat ex-
cited for a few hours after the kill
ings, but soon relapsed to, normal
conditions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-20
THOUSANDS LOST
IN CHINESE FLOOD
NATIVES IN THREE PROVINCES
SUFFER TERRIBLY, AND DE-
VISITATION is COMPLETE.
CAUGHT LIKE RATS IN A TRAP
No Americans Are Lost, But Mission
Property Is Said to Be Damaged.
Canton Is Cut OFF and Disastrous
Fire Is Reported Raging.

HONGKONG.-Tens of thousands
of natives, it is estimated, have been
drowned by the floods in the Chinese
provinces of Kwangtung, Kwangsi
and Kiangsi and the desolation in
the devastated districts is terrible,
according to the latest reports reach
ing here.
A fire-swept area of one mile and
raging floods are handicapping rescue
work in Canton.
The city was in darkness last night,
the water having inundated the cleo
trio light plant.
Missionaries have arrived here
seeking the assistance of the United
States gunboat Calloa to aid in the
work of rescue.
Last reports from Canton before
communication was cut said the
Christian hospital was in danger
from fire.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-20
No More Crazy Shoes For
The Dear Women Next Season

to return to the more conservative
fashions during the coming season.
Mems shoes for ordinary wear will
be black with cloth uppers and to be
proper the cloth also must be black.
Perforations and other decorations
were frowned down. This was de-
scribed by the spokesman of the con-
ference as return to normal and
sane" lines.
Women's shoes are to remain con-
sentative in design and either black
or tan.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-20
CONSUL MAKES REPORT.

WASHINGTON, d. Consul
General Anderson, at Hongkong, re-
ported today that Canton was isolat-
ed except to powerful steamers,
thousands have been drowned and
tens of thousands are taking refuge
in high places. Thousands of houses
have been burned, American mission
property has either been destroyed
or damaged, and foreigners are TAX
ing refuge at the British consulate at
WI Chow. No Americans have been
lost so far as known.
The state department summarized
its dispatch on the flood situation as
follows:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-20
MAY ASK FOR SPECIAL
SESSION OF CONGRESS

Meat Packers Seek Relief From Brit
ish Detention of Meat CargOes.
Observation-Disclosures meat
packers, seeking relief from British
detention of meat cargoes, have been
asked by representatives of cotton
growers and livestock interests, state
officials in cotton and cattle belts to
join in a general conference to pro-
pose a special session of congress to
deal with the rights of neutrals.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-20
LIQUOR SPLITS THIS
TOWN WIDE OPEN
Line of Cleavage i'm Red Wing, MIMI,
Sharply Drawn Between Advocates
and OppOnents of Licenses.

and Opponents of Licenses.
RED WING, Minn.-The prohibit
ton campaign came to an end to-
night, with the city split wide open.
The line of cleavage is sharply drawn
between the advocates of liquor IL
censes and those who oppose, boy
colts and fighting extending ihto ev-
cry line of business and patronage.
The election occurs Monday, when
the county will vote on the county
option question
So fierce has been the contest that
business men who Joined the water
wagon brigade are being bOycotted
and crippled. Wet business inter-
ests have pulled their accounts out of
dry" banks. The vets have pulled
their business from the only steam
laundry to st. Paul. Brewers and
their friends have quit buying their
feed from dry miller. There are
dry butchers and wet butchers.
Workingmen who signed the wet Pc
tifi0n have lost their jobs. The fight
extends even to garages, newsbOy s,
bootblacks and grocery stores.
There is no neutrality in the issue.
The liquor men find in everybody
not endorsing them an enemy, and
there is no quarter in their cam
paign.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-20
WORLDS BIGGEST ELK IN
FIRE At WAYCROSS

Home of Hon. w. It. Crimson IL Dam
ed by Flames.
WAYCROSS, Ga.-Fire that start
ed from a kitchen fue threatened the
home of w. T. Brinson, the biggest
Elk in the world, here yesterday.
Mr.. Brinson was preparing to have
lunch when the flames broke out.
Quick work by the fire department
checked the flames.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-20
A. c. NJ. GETS FUNDS
REPLACE BUILDING
House Passes Appropriation Bill Car
rying SIC, 900, and Senate Is EX-
pected to Agree.

AMERICUS.-The loss sustained
by the Third District Agricultural
and Mechanical College last winter,
when the academic building was de-
stroyed by fire, will be made up, &C.
cording to the action of the house of
representatives, in passing an appro-
preparation measure calling for $751;
600 for the institution, in addition to
the $4,000 maintenance appropria-
tiOn
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-20

The bill providing for the SIC, 200
appropriation was introduced by
Representative Wheatley of Ameri-
Gus, and it's passage was urged by
both him and Representative Shep-
pard. Its passage in the house was
not seriously opposed, for it is gen.
orally known that the A. & NJ. is
hampered ordinarily on account OF
lack of accommodations for the stu
dents desiring to enroll, while the
loss of one of the buildings entailed
additional hardship on the institu-
ton.
The original bill as introduced in
the house called for an appropriation
of $4,000, but this sum was cut
down slightly by the committee to
which it was referred.
The senate, which also must pass
on the measure, is expected to slide
it through without difficulty, as the
needs of the institution are known
to the senator's and there is no de-
sire on their part to impair the eff
cheney of the college.