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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
Notice to Oscar johnson.

State of Georgia, Terrell County.-An-
drew Davis, for use of First State Bank,
VS.. oscar Johnson.-In the Superior
Court November Term, 1916.-It being
represented to the Court by the petition
of Andrew Davis, for use of First State
Bank, that by deed of mortgage dated
the 26th day of December, 1913, Oscar
Johnson, said county and state, conveyed
to the said Andrew Davis one acre of land
off of lot No. -, in a square and bound
ed on north by road, east by Natan
Russell, on south by Ransom Smith, and
on east by Hannah Wade, located in
Dawson, Ga, and in the northeast Sec
ton of said town, known as Sardis, for
the purpose of securing the payment of
a note made by the said Oscar Johnson
to the said Andrew Davis, due on the
LIST day of October, 1914, for the sum of
one hundred and Seventy-tWo and Al. 100
which note is now due and unpaid it is
ordered that the said Oscar Johnson do
pay into this court by the first day of
next term the principal, interest and
costs due on said note, or show cause,
if any he has, to the contrary or in de-
fault thereof foreclosure be granted to
the said Andrew Davis, for use of First
State Bank, of said mortgage, and the
equity of redemption of the said Oscar
Johnson therein be forever barred, and
that service of this rule be perfected on
said Oscar johnson according to law:
VIM. G. WORRILL, Judge S. G. Terrell
County.
A true copy from the minutes of this
court. w. ,. DOA1Eh' CIerh'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
WILL MOST DISASTROUS
EARTHQUAKE COME SOON?

known among men of science as an
earthquake area" that the indica-
lions are that what has occurred in
the past at this place will recur in
the future; and that a fertile and
productive area of great extent in the
very middle of the United States may
be again ruined any day. The geo
logical evidence is indisputable that
the New Madrid earthquake OF a
century ago was only one OF several
such disturbances to which this re-
gion had been subjected, and there
is no assurance that another quake
may not be expected. Such dismal
croakings of possible calamity may
not be popular and by some may even
be considered unpatriotic, but men
of science look cOldly and dispas-
sionateIy at natural facts as they find
them, and since their statements are
ultraconservative it is at least reas-
enable to consider the conditions as
they present them.
Cities at Points of Danger.
Apparently Cairo, the prosperous,
the thrifty, which stands on point
of land between the Ohio and the
Mississippi, would have a good
chance of being engulfed and totally
demolished in case the New Madrid
earthquake repeats itself; and ap-
parently Memphis, the energetic and
the beautiful, with her 14O, 900 pop
ulation, would be cracked and up
also in all probability being
invaded and ruined by the fury of
the Mississippi itself gone mad as a
result of the convulsOn. AS to the
danger of a recurrence of the New
Madrid earthquake some years ago
the late eminent geOlOgist, Nathaniel
s. Shaler, of the United States geo.
logical survey, had this to say:
"Analogies indicate the probability
Of the recurrence of the New Madrid
earthquake within a century, since in
all these countries which have been
visited by great commissions, where
observation has extended over a
great length of time, it has been
found that their visits must be eX-
Dected as often as once in hundred
years"
This century referred to by Prof.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
TAKES HIMSELF
TO PENITENTIARY
w. II. Taylor, of Bibb County, Re-
ported at Office of Prison Com
mission to Serve Six Years.

W ASA-A W.
ATLANTA.-In the future it is
dollars to doughnuts" that w. E.
Taylor, of Macon, will leave well
enough alone, and had he practiced
that in the past he would have four
years less to spend on the prison farm
at Milledgeville.
Taylor was convicted in Macon for
assault with intent to murder and
given a sentence of two years. The
verdict was appealed and new trial
granted by the state court of appeals.
A second conviction was obtained,
and this time the sentence imposed
on the defendant was six years.
Bond was made and Taylor ap-
pealed again, the court of appeals
few days ago declining to interfere
with the second verdict.
Thursday morning Taylor called at
the office of the state prison commits
sion and stated that he had learned
of the action of the appellate court in
refusing to grant him another trial
while at work in Alabama, and had
come back to serve his sentence.
Taylor, the prisoner, in custody of
Taylor, the officer, left the office of
the prison commission shortly before
noon to take himself to the state pen
itentiary.
How about my spending the night
at Macon before I begin my term p
Taylor asked as he got to the door.
GO right ahead" answered both
Commissioner Rainey and Commits
sioner Patterson, but don't get away
from yourself"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
Sherif's Sale.

Georgia, Terrell County.-Will be
sold on the first Tuesday, the 9Th day,
June next, the following land lev
led on as the property of w. l..
Gumm: 1877 acres of land, more or
less, the same being in Terrell coun-
ty; being parts of lots of land 294
and 295, bounded on the north by
Herod and Dover road, on east by
G. D. Brim estate and C. E. Rainey
lands and R. D. Goss, on the south
by J. H NFcLendon and west by Dan
Senn's lands. Said land levied upon
to satisfy tax fila for 1915 issued
by ]. o. Russell, Tax Collector. Levy
made by R. B. Ferguson, l.. c. j.
z. TURNER, Sheriff. This LIST day
of May, 1916.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
Was Troubled at Night.

Painful, annoying bladder weak
ness usually indicates kidney troub-
le So do backache, rheumatism, sore,
swollen or stiff muscles or joints.
Such symptoms have been relieved
by Foley Kidney Pills. Henry Ru-
dolph, Carmi, H., writes: Since
taking Foley Kidney Pills I sleep all
night without getting up" Dawson
Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
Notice Debtors and Creditors

All creditors of the estate of Mrs.
Nancy l.. Powell, late of Terrell cOun-
ty, Georgia, deceased, are hereby no.
titled to render in their demands to
the undersigned according to law,
and all persons indebted to said estate
are required to make immediate pay
ment This May 2, 1916. GEO. Me-
DONALD, Cuthbert, Ca, Executor
Estate of Mrs. Nancy Powell, de-
ceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03
SIGNS OF APPROACHING DEVAS-
TATION ARE FOUND IN THE
MISSISSIPPI BASIN.
IN CENTER OF UNITED STATES

Scientists Fear the Whole Region
MAY Be AnnihiIated During the
Next CONFUSION of Nature. Cit
les at Points of Danger.
There are some $4,000 square
miles in the very center of the Unit
ed States which seem liable at any
time to absolute humiliation by
earthquake, says the Utica, n. Y
Saturday Globe. 1t comprises an
unstable geologic formation, which
has what may be called the earth
quake disease" This area is known
to have been demolished by earth
quake in times past and, according
to scientists, they are bound to recur.
If some of the most distinguished
authorities on earthquakes are to be
believed another CONFUSION is due
now.
If seems a curious coincidence that
this very territory of fertile and pop
ulous country is the same area
which has suffered most severely
from the recent great floods of the
Mississippi river. This, however, is
merely an instance of cause and eff
feet, for the last great earthquake
which visited the region resulted in
the formation of the sunk lands"
and thus rendered them most suscep-
tible to flooding.
Greatest Quake in the States.
Now what would the average per-
son designate as the greatest earth
quake in the history of the United
States?
why, unquestionably, nine out
of ten people would say, either the
recent San Francisco earthquake or
the Charleston, S. c., quake in
1886"
No, neither of them. These earth
quakes are world-famous because of
the loss that they caused and the
suffering that followed in their wake.
But in severity and extent of dis
turbance they are not to be compar-
ed for a moment with what is known |
as the New Madrid earthquake of |
Mississippi just after the war Of |
1912, which wrought vast havoc over
the surface of the land. The Charles |
ton and San Francisco disturbances
were national disasters because they |
the congested population |
and structures in two large cities. !
The New Madrid earthquake left no
marked impression on the history OF
the country because, although far
more severe and prolonged, it Oc-
CURED in a sparsely settled and at
that time unimportant region. The |
destructive period of the San Fran
cisco quake occupied only a few min |
utes; that in the lower Mississippi |
valley persisted at intervals for more
than a year, greatly distorted the |
face of nature and kept the few res
idents in a constant state of terror |
and apprehension.
But this is somewhat ancient his
tory, it may be remarked It is that;
but History repeats itself" and the |
phase of the New Madrid |
earthquake phenomena is that it was |
not the first to disrupt the same |
area; that i occurred in what is
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

Are you going to the One Cent
Sale?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-05-03

Products of the Southern Cotton
Oil Co. are strictly cash.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-30

roots forty acres Of heavy timber.
Here pillars decorating buildings were
hurled from their places and hdlf-
buried In the Garth: COW was tossed
over twcmtyfoot wall and the sur
rounding country WAS strewn with
schoolbooks, letters, carriage wheels,
quilts. blankets, etc, while many BUSH
els OF grain were snatched from barns'
and sown cHtravagantly over many
acres.
These instances show that while the
mississippi Valley liz supposed TO be
the home OF tornadoes, they occur in
the East Atlantic States also AS
matter or fact. they occur occasionally
as far North as New England Here
they become the subject OF poem by
Oliver Wendell Holmes. in Which nc
describes the erratic hight of shirts
and petticoats from tho clotheslinc Il,
the backyard and, most lamcntablc Of
all. his Sunday breeches They also
show that the tornado does no, always
confne it's attack to the period from
April to September. but may appear
as early as February.
The tornado is still little explored
phenomenon. Few people are inclined
to sit down and make deliberate and
elaborate notes on the progress or pc
culiaritics OF the tunuel-shape cloud
while listening TO the loud. ominous
rumble OF it's approach Instruments
for testing the barometrlc pressure oc-
casioned by IL have nj once been shat
tered. The n,ost accurate details on
record have 'een supplied by terrified
spectators who have bean able 10 lot
down their mcmo!cs Of confused inn
prcssions.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-30
Prisoners Build Roads

Over ",ooo German prisoners are now
at work III France under the direction
OF the French highway engineer In
building country cross roads which Will
materially improve the transportation
facilities OF France. y party OF nfty-
seven prisoners in one locality built
l,600 meters or over thirty-fivc miles
OF road in twenty days, telling trees.
hilinE bitches and breaking over 600
cubic meters OF stone. Plans arc now
completed for over 500 miles Of roads
connecting small towns. which are
likely to he completed within the year.
The prisoners are lodged in camps with
good provision for comfort. Their
menu Is said To include q number OF
strange food combinations. including
chocolate and sauerkraut.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-30
Shakespeare Day hy Day.

The test: IN friend should bear his friend.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Caesar, iv. 3.
For the man who hears it:
~ jest's prosperity lies i'm the car
Of him that hears it. never in the tongue
pf him that makes it,"
Loves Labor's Lost, V. ..
For the fair and square:
~ peace above all earthly dicni,ics
y still and quiet conscience"
Henry Will. iii. .
For the una representatives.
How sharper than Il serpcnrs tooth II is
TO have thanl<lcss child
king Lear. L. L.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-30
The Derclicf,

Make way Make way! to the larboard
The chop and the swell arc mine.
And ! am the ghost Of the brawIinE
tide.
The lord OF the whclminr brine.
And am the wrath of the inky rain.
Made mad by the swash and swirl.
That pillaged the souls Of n hundred
men,
Who sunk in a dizzy whirl
rag,
And lavish your dole and fee.
Rut turn your prov. Make room!
Make room.
For there's never truce for me!
wall;
silence the braZen bell;
mufiled the song Of the salley-sIave
In "A maze and dream of hell.
For mine is the blood OF the blacklist
night.
Made red by the comets narc;
And I am in league with the rampant
blade
That leaps from the thunder's lair.
! masauc in tho tarSc Of the aftcrElow,
crouch i'm the track where the green
bills whirl
And hide in the quilted foam.
O. long wide waves. with their snowy
bloom,
When the winds are at rest, are
mine:
And the organs hrll OF the equinox,
Which musters the hordes in line
Comes echoinG back from the low
frontier
And craes. where the breakers boom.
Like the grooming notes Of lorelei,
For am the sleuth OF Doom
And ever the cry Of the wandcr-lure,
Alert with a lifting wing.
Is urging me on through the sludse
and sbume.
With a sugg and a heavc and swing.
And 7 am alive. though the dead be
And huddlcd in crowds below,
With their faces paled in murky
sleep.
Make way! Make way: 70 no!
For 7 am in search OF the gIut and
sack,
The plumber of ship and crew.
And ] am tho skipper OF wrack and
And my hundred souls are true!
And am the stumbling block OF life
The lord Of the whclming brine;
] TANK the gates Of the curving world,
And its great sea paths are mine,
-Herbert Randall, In Boston Trans
script.
I
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-30
SEEN ON THE SIDE
ireland's Folly.

Green isle machrec, how could you be
SO foolish and forEetful
Of what each son for you had won?
How make your friends rcgrctful?
Your gallant fight for truth and right
Success ut last attended,
And Justice gave her sword to save
The soil YOU had defended.
The tyrant old grown just and bold.
Dccp-rooted wrong had rghtcd:
The worlds applause acclaimed your cause,
With laurel crown reuuited
Home rule at last. old sorrows past
n future crowned with beauty
Green isle machree how could YOU be
ForGetful Of your duty?
You'd gained your fight for truth and right,
And Freedom smiled upon YOU.
And then. cajoled by German gold,
y mad ambition won you.
Green isle machrcc, who would he free,
Learn now that freedom blesses
Those who can servc-who will not Swcrve
When trcachcry carcsses.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-30

views of DR.. Sundays personality and
methods had nothing to do with his decision.
III the issue involved related only to the
purpose for which the structure is to be
built" he says. Il should sign the bill with
out hesitation but meritorlous purpose in
no wise warrants the Legislature in dis
pensing with the safeguards which it has
heretofore set up. under general laws, for the
protection of people who assemble in large
halls"
AT this distance the decision of Governor
Mccall appears highly sensible. The good
people who are promoting the Billy Sunday
campaign for Boston should be the last to
desire the law violated or evaded. The tabor
nacle will have to be erected OF some ma
terial less easily destructble than wood or
else Boston will miss one OF its inrreuuent
chances TO be saved
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-30
I'attltnEs.

When man offers YOU favor late in the
daN OF the event In which he is the interested
party, you won't lose much if you decline his
offer.
sincerity is not of the hour. 1t doesn't die
when the night comes on, but keeps vigil and
stands 10 help YOU when YOU arise to meet the
cares aud responsibilities OF the next day
Don't trust y woman who devotcS more Time
to cultivatinS her smiles than she does to
winning smiles from others by her deeds
Many man has been carried under hy the
weight Of his dignity.
People who FISH for compliments do SO in shall
low
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-30
Germany Inclined 10 Yield

IT is undenabe that there is stronger and
better nope now OF the satisfactory adjust
ment OF our relations with Germany than
there has ever been in the past In per
mlttinS the publication in the German press
or the comments OF American newspapers
on the Presidents note. Berlin evidenced a
wish to convince the people that the crisis
was real, and that the President was sup
ported by his countrymcn. The publication
can have had no other effect
The Kaiser certainly does not want a run
ture of relations with the United States,
which. with good reason, he apprehen(ls would
be followed sooner or later by declaration
OF war. Despite the clamors OF the navalists
he Will 20 as far AS he can. probably, in
meeting American demands
The principal obstacle in the way of under
standing may well prove to he that distrust
OF German promises the experience of a year
has cngendcrcd in the American government
and people President Wilson has told Ger
many that its solemn pledges have not been
redeemed. Under such circumstances new
and unequivocal, capable of no misunder-
standing whatever. There must be no fur
Their excuse for submarine commander TO
make what is subsequently described as a
mistake There must be no more such
mistakes" sank the Arabic and the
Sussex there must be no further possibility
OF them.
That much promised. and submarine war
iarr reduced To the terms and sub jerted to
the limitations OF other warfare at sea, con
hnued peace should be possible. 1t is not
possible on any other terms
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-30

~, PoMics Down Home" is. or are. getting warm
G Inc Wilmington Dispatch says: 1.-The Charlotte
IJnaE oSnserVes SO TO speak. that the Rcpub
'cahs or North Carolina are putting their hest
men men forward for Office and. reading between the
lines, IL therefore secs a hard fight ahead for
ine democrats: While we do not share the
latter ldca. yet 1t is Il fact that tho Rcpubl-
cans are placing some mighty strong men in
e ers ru nhams and is also fact that tho Demo
they are confident OF victory. 1t liz sound doe
trne never to take anything for granted, and
ftrenTfh OF your opponsnt than to underestimate
douhy sure. while the latter might cause accly
dental defeat" '
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-30
The Colonel Iiccps 1t Tn

COLONEL ROOSEVELT has now come out
y in favor OF the proposed amendment to
The Federal Constitution, comforting the bal
lot on women. President Wilson has de-
rtared himself for woman suffrage through
the action OF the States, and has voted for il
in New Jersey, but the Colonel scorns such
gatherings lie is for the whole thing, right
now and everywhere.
II is IL accord with my policies" in their
present edition. Tho Colonel is for Il bigger
army than the President bigger navy than
the President moro war than the President
more peace than the President and more
everything than the President Naturally
therefore, he is for more votes for women
ihan the President Anything TO beat Will
son"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-30
,h r"t Ter, T"s for Confederate veteran.

Sir ne ,rh i'n rr, or The Times Dispatch;
,','i,- ne ilIlman Cotton-taN Hill fn, ,.,,,
veterans sons a anI Gc Endorsed by prominent
,In got,Gn out white ribbon BADGE hcnriH
.;ans ""'os' Goiton Tan for ComfedcTat" Vni
= Ende ram ra Hhs,@ni"n I, at, the home Of Mrs
ms city 1t is hoped that the virnI m street
Tend ,n OF veterans sons and daug ers Who ar
-. Nv We coming reunion will lovaIlv ,jccor",o
i ieh'sGiNeS with these badges. so that on renc,
,n. LIZ n'ii!.i'hsha,n :'ll may Virginia as
'.fue' III Dchalf OF OLD Coufe,cr.,ns "
in Ms sons. SPONSORS and maids. ny Your coiors
III 'hiS just cause IN Ala banla & rcunion ~,
Tor the mmandcr-in- chief t;cnc,.I t,o, 'i.!.
EnunG. is backing YOU MRS John n .Snm''
Richmond, April %. ' '''7O'>'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-30
Stalcmate nj Nerdun.

ESPllE occasional outbreaks of German
- activity east west of the AIcusc il
seems to be apparent that the efforts to cap
thre Nerdun already have been abandoned
anu that that ambitious enterprise pursued
Tor time without regard to cost in NUM-
lions or lives, must be written down a failure
Along the greater part of the Nerdun line
lhc offensive has passed TO the French and
me German onslaughts appear designed to
consolidate the ground already won and to
nuke us permanent retention feasible, rather
INan to push the crown prince through TO the
lhler gates OF The fortress.
Even German reserve supplies cannot Ell
cure The daily and nightly consumption of
ammunition on the scale of the recent great
offensive. The ammunition so consumed
represented not only tens OF millions of
dollars. bur many days work OF many thou
sands OF men. On the industrial side there
~ 'imlt 10 such expenditure OF effort. and
81 course. on the human side there is a lmi,
aiso The German staff must have become
convinced a last That. Nerdun was not worth
The dreadful price,. ft.,t. further advances
would represent,
Austrians have captured Mrzlivrh-but
'hey viii have a hard time holding it unless
ihey change the nalue
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-30
Credit Due Mr. Emerson

10 me Editor of The Times Disnntch.
ST. READ your editorial in this morninp,s
p"pcr on subsequent events SUSTAINING III. -.
sertlon made by Mr.. Brandeis concerninr go
~, i"etnods IN the mana,;emcnt Of the rail
~" ~ ,he country. Credit should he ,,iycn
. mrc ,rrinsion Emerson. q leading eHiciencV
,in, 80 anu ai author OF International reputa-
',oh' LOT the statement that the rajIron5s -
ne; ne cGu t, wasted Sloooooo a day In rivina
ms Information to Mr. Brandeis vim nra
canned IT in the course OF his professinn,, " -
vices before the Interstate Commerce C"n,,nis-
.,"h MI. emerson spoke with the knowicLp.
., Gonviction, based upon wide experience j.,
m.u'nAins ana ihstituting efficiency met hods il,
i"li"a9 operation and management Ny OIL
zee, Is not to disparage Mr.. Brandcis bui 10
correct wrong impression and Mace Tho nrod
Il where it properly belongs < EW,TS"
Richmond. April 20 " =. - w.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-30
Then He Inlersto,d.

What made YOU play with Willie Joltem?'
inquired the aronized manlua Didn't tell
you YOU could never tell what he would dog"
The pride OF tho family rubbed damaged
optic. rucfullY.
Yes, you did" he said, finally. land | believed
ii until told him he didn't know how To II . Inf ;,