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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-10
HEN AND EGGS SOLD
FOR TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS
Livestock, Fowls and Various Kinds
of Merchandise Are Given For
Red Cross Work

Red Cross officials found their or
ganization the owner, last week. of
one herd of dairy cows, fat Ply
mouth Rock hen and dozen eggs.
a dozen gold and silver medals of
various kinds, much jewelry and
quantities of Observation-Disclosures
to the Red Cross war fund from per-
sons who could not give money.
A Slav woman of Middletown. O..
donated the hen and eggs. The local
campaign committee auctioned the
eggs for $1,736, and the hen for
1855. Both were returned to the
buyers for resale and will be sent to
headquarters here. Officials said thew
would be forwarded to New York
Tor sale by auction in Wall street.
Cows, hogs, horses and other live
stock have been given by farmers in
a number of states. A negro woman
IN Youngstown, Ohio, had no money
but volunteering to do days wash.
ing. The work was given her and the
pay turned over to the Red Cross
fund. An Oklahoma boy gave hi:
Airedale terrier.
Everything donated that cannot b,
used directly in relief work viii b,
sold and the proceeds added to tn,
Sis, 100000 subscribed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-10
CONTROL OF COTTON
IS STOUTLY OPPOSED
SOUTHERN SENATORS IN RE-
VOLT AGAINST FEATURE OF
THE FOOD BILL.
HAS INCREASED OPPOSITION
TO ADMINISTRATION MEASURE

Petition to Vice President to Apply
Gag Rule and Force Vote Is Tenn
Porarily Held Up. Little Progress
Being Made.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-The addi-
ton of cotton and its products to
articles which the government would
control, voted by the senate today
A to 80, resulted in increased OPP
position to the administration meas
ure. Southern senators promised a
new fight to strike out the cotton
clause, while others plan later to Of
fer amendments eliminating many
other articles from the control sec
ton.
The administration was confronted
with an open revolt of the Southern
democrats in the senate when it
sought to run the steam roller over
opposition to the food and liquor CON
troll bill and force the measure to an
early vote. The Southerners were in
dignant at the inclusion of cotton
in the list of commodities placed I'M
der the governments control by the
measure.
The Southern senators not only re-
fused to sign the petition to apply the
cloture or gag" rule to close de-
bate, but they made it plain that they
would do all in their power to defeat
the bill unless cotton control was
eliminated.
AS result the administration lead
ers temporarily pigeonholed the petit
ton to the vice president to put the
motion to restrict debate and bring
the bill to vote. The petition TODAY
bore the signatures of 20 senators.
both republicans and democrats, but
the motion to close debate would re-
quire two-thirds of quorum, and
with the Southern democrats allied
with the opposition, not enough
strength could be mustered by the
administration.
Senator Johnson. of South Dakota.
offered solution to the tangle con-
fronting the senate. He proposed to
eliminate the whole bill and fatty au-
thorlze the government to comman-
deer men and property wherever and
whenever wanted in the conduct Of
the war
Lower Cotton, Says Smith.
Including cotton in the food con-
troll bill is responsible directly for
the drop in cotton prices and that it
will continue to decline is the asser-
ton made by Senator Hoke Smith.
There is no reason why cotton
should be included in this bill" said
the Georgia senator. 81 shall offer
an amendment to eliminate every ar
ticle from the bill except food and
fuel. That is what was originally
contemplated when the bill was
drawn, and there is now disposition
to load it down with everything"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-10
HERD OF BUFFALO CATTLE
PASS THROUGH GEORGIA
Were En- Route to Florida, and Az
tracted Much Attention.

TOWNSVILLE, Ga.-Fifty head
of buffalo cattle, en- route from Texas
to Manatee, Fla, are being held in
quarantine in the stock-yard of the
Atlantic Coast Line railroad here.
These cattle have attracted MANY
visitors and are the first of the kind
ever brought here. They are very
tall and are shaped liks the buffalo.
hump and all, and with very wide
curved horns. They have been
brought out by a Manatee company
Tor breeding purposes and are said
to be nearer immune from the attacks
of ticks than any other cattle.
They We're dipped before leaving
Texas and were considered entirelv
tick free, but owing to the fact that
they came in contact with other cat-
tie here that We're not considered tick
free, it was decided to hold them MA !
while in quarantine.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-10
Plan For Largest Cotton Crop
Ever Grown Has Been Frustrated
By the Scarcity of Farm Labor

of the month. In Texas, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia the
drought has been serious, but cotton
has not suffered as severely as other
crops. In these states on the north
ern line of the cotton belt too much
rain has fallen in many places. The
latter part of the month was more
favorable for cotton, the tempera-
ture being generally high and the
crop, while small, seems to be fruit
ing well. There is complaint of Wee
wills in every infested state, but the
ravages to date seen not so severe
as in former years. The lateness of
the crop is probably responsible to
some extent for this, but the dry
weather prevailing in the worst in
Tested sections has held the weevil in
check. The crop is generally well
cultivated.
1903 Per Cent. Normal.
Cotton production this year was
forecast as 11,633,000 5O0-pound
bales by the department of agricul-
ture today, basing its estimates on a
condition of 70.3 per cent. of a nor
NAL on June rs, and an area of a.
100000 acres in cultivation on that
date.
The condition in Georgia is given
as SO, with 5,178,000 acres.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-10

A resolution offering sympathy to
the negroes who have left the South
for Illinois and gently Gliding the
white people of that state further
treatment of the black labor that has
gone there has been introduced in
the Georgia legislature by Seaborn
Wright of Floyd. The resolution is
as follows:
whereas our colored friends from
Georgia and other states of the South
are meeting with warm, if not
generous, welcome to the great north
ern state of Illinois, and because of
our kindly feeling for them, regard
less of their abandonment of their
old home; Therefore, be it
Resolved by the general assembly
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-10
MISSING BOY THOUGHT
TO BE in A FREIGHT CAR
Search Made For Car Near Which
Lad Was Last Seen.

DULUTH, Believing that a
successful search for car No. 59O099
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
PAUL railroad will clear the mystery
which surrounds the disappearance
of 5-year-old William Mclean, son
Of Captain and Mrs. w S. Mclean,
of the lighter Adele, tracers have
been sent out to points along the
line between here and its destination.
The car was standing near where the
lad was last seen beside a dock Fri
day noon, and was locked and haul.
ed out of the wards of the Spencer
Kellogg oil mill the same evening
bound for Bensonville. III. 1t is ex.
pected to reach its destination to-
morrow
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-10
REVENUE BILL
CAUSES BITTER FIGHT
MEMBERS OF HOUSE DECLARE
THAT SENATE DRAFT is A
ERICH MANS BILL"

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Predic-
tons of bitter fight in conference
between the house and senate over
the war revenue bill unless drastic
changes are made by the senate in
the draft its finance committee re-
ported today, were made tonight by
Representative Rainey, ranking dem
ocratic member of the house ways
and means committee.
Primarily, Mr.. Rainey said, the to-
tai of the senate draft, $780, 00,-
600, must be raised. The house, he
believed, will insist on the measure
carrying at least the $1,800,000,000
originally proposed, on the ground
that congress has no right to mort
gage the future to any greater eX-
tent than by the $7,000,000,000 of
war bonds already authorized,
Mr.. Rainey declared the senate
measure was erich mans bill" and
that the house would stand pat on a
demand that the burden be transfer
red from the shoulders of the poor.
"From the wealthy mans view
point" he said, "the senate draft
certainly is an excellent measure. 1t
would lift income, automobile, retro
active income and other taxes from
the wealthy and settle the burden on
tea, sugar, cocoa and other necessa-
ries used in every home. cannot be-
lieve that there will not be changes
made on the floor"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-10
Prodigal Negroes Invited Back to the
Cotton Blossoms and the Watermelons

of Georgia, That we extend to them
our cordial sympathy in their trou-
BILE, and assure them that the gates
back down to Dixie are open-that
the cotton is blooming in the old
patches-roasting ears are hanging
green from the stalks-the red-heart-
ed watermelons are ripe under shady
es-blackberries are winkin G
through the green leaves, and after
all, the old South may be the best
home to live in.
Resolved, secondly, That with great
Difference to the superior wisdom of
people of Illinois in dealing with the
race problem and full admission of
our blindness on the subject, we
humbly suggest that they at least
deal with their. victims one at time
and then BIZ sure of their guilt"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-10

tails now, but Jerry found that he
would have to live with three other
families in a four-roon1, tumbledown,
insect-ridden shack on Catherine
street and pay Sc a week for it, too.
The $5-a-Day Myth
''He found 10000 of his race jam
med and crowded into space less
than mile long and four blocks
wide, and rents prevailing that would
pay for the finest house in Waycross.
He found disease stalking every
where, especially the white plague,
and be found jobs were not numer-
Gus and far, far from the promised
SIS a day.
'<He found 20 men sleeping in one
room, hundreds of his race hungry
and living on charity. He found men
and women sleeping on the floors of
a mission and a hundred sharpers
looking for his money with the eyes
of an eagle and the heart of vul-
ture. His little fund is going fast,
he has a job at So a day, and it isn't
going far to feed six mouths. More
over
''But you can't picture what Jerry
is up against unless you go visiting
over in the district. And every day a
hundred more of his race are coming
into Detroit, victims of the wiles of
employment agencies from the North
and repeated by careless newspapers
AS folks down there would say: cit
certainly is burnin' shame"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-10
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE
FIGHTS COTTON CONTROL

The Georgia house Of representa-
tlves has set itself squarely as OBJ
posed to the proposed governmental
control of cotton prices. By a vote
of 101 to l it adopted resolution
offered by Mr.. Johnson, of Barlow,
declaring;
1t is the sense of the Georgia Leg
lslature that there is no necessity for
government control of cotton prices.
1t is unfair, unjust, and ineuuitable
for the government to ATTEMPT To
control cotton prices when it refused
to help the cotton farmer in time of
need or unless minimum price is fix
ed which would insure fair profit. !"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-10
ORATORY FLOWS FREELY
OVER LEGISLATIVE HALL
RESOLUTION ENDORSING PRES
IDENT WILSON'S WAR POL
ICIES FINALLY ADOPTED.
VOTE WAS SECURED AFTER
EXTENDING SESSION 20 MINUTES

Member From Hart Spoke Against
Resolution Until House Recessed.
Was Passed Later With Only Five
Dissenting Votes.
ATLANTA, When Represen-
tative Pace of Sumter county intro
duced resolution in the house to
indorse the policies of President Will
son, Representative John Seaborn
Wynne of Hart took the floor to OPP
pose its passage and spoke until 1
O'Clock, the hour of adjournment,
thus preventing its coming up for
final action.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-10

women were among the assailants.
Let the women have her." was the
cry among the men, and white women
began tearing the garments from
their victim.
The negress' cry, please, please,
l amt done nnthin@
by blow nrdinara
which woman swung like a baseball
bat. Another white woman seized the
victims hands and the blow was re-
peated. Fingers tore at her hair and
her waist was stripped from her.
Nov, let's see how fast she can
run" suggested a woman as the me-
gross broke loose. The women were
loath to leave her alone, but after
following her with their blows for a
short distance they stopped and she
ran crying down the street.
The women next tried to get an
aged negress who was guarded by
three militiamen. One of them wres-
tied with the soldier for his rife and
others succeeded in getting in few
blows.
Labor Leader Explains Riot.
Michael Whalen, president of the
Central Trades and Labor council
here and likewise city clerk, gave
one explanation of conditions which
he thought led to the rioting.
Last SUMNER" said Whalen, a.
500 white men went on strike in the
packing plants of Armour & Co.,
Morris & Co. and Swift & Co. Eight
hundred negroes from the South
came into the plant as strikebreak-
ers. When the strike was over the
negroes remained at work and an
equivalent number of white men fail
ed to get their jobs back. Since then
there has been stream of negroes
arriving. AT least $500 negroes have
come from the South in the last year
Many of them failed to obtain work,
or to hold jobs once obtained. Bur
glaries, highway robberies and petty
crimes began. The people became ex-
asperated and determined to drive
them out of town."
Mr.. Whalen said that the chief OBJ
lection to the negroes was that they
would not unionize and would not
strike. Managers of plants mention
ed by Mr.. Whalen asserted that not
white man had been deprived OF
work because of the negroes. Even
with the negroes it was difficult to
get enough labor they said. They
explained that rosy letters written
back home by the first arrivals &C.
counted for the continued influx
from the South.
Twelve companies of militia are
patrolling the streets today, and the
city is virtually under martial law.
Southerners Offer Haven to Negroes.
A committee of business men from
the South, headed by L. W. Valiant
of Greenyille, Miss, have arrived
here to charter a special train OIL
steamboat to take back "home" ne
gro families who migrated here un
der promise of better working con.
ditions. Officials here are opposing
this because of pressure brought to
bear by manufacturers, who insist
negro labor is necessary for the oper.
alton of their plants.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-10
WHEN U. S. TROOPS
TO ENTER TRENCHES?
MUCH DISCUSSION IN WASHING
TON ON SUBJECT. PREPAR-
ING FOR NEXT MOVE.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Complete
reports from Major General Pershing
upon the landing of his first expedi-
ton in France have been received,
and there was much discussion as to
when the American forces will take
over part of the great battle line
in France. Whatever plans have been
made in this regard are closely guard
ed, No official of any branch of the
government would admit having any
knowledge on the subject.
In a general way, however, it is
known that considerable period will
elapse before they can be thrown for
ward into the trench The men.
fresh from the tropics or. from the
Mexican border, must be carefully
acclimated to prevent sickness.
Speed Political Move.
Admittedly the main purpose of
sending the force in the brief period
that was allowed to make ready and
get them across was political.
The great need of the moment is
as explained by Marshall Joffre and
his British associates was to- send a
force with the flag at once to show
the people of France, straining I'M
der the great burden of war, that
friend was at hand. There will be
no letup to the effort to keep the
force now in France fully supplied
with everything an army needs.
When other divisions may be sent
has not been announced, but the
work of making them ready is going
ahead day and night in every section
of the country.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-10
WRITES TO LEARN THE
NAME OF HIS WIFE

CHICAGO.-"Will you do me
favor Of telling me the name of the
girl ! married in Win county in Feb
ruary, 1912, and also the dav Ana
hour of the marriage?p This rsouast
was sent by W. A. Montpornerv s.
the clerk Of Will county.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-17
BIGGEST CORN CROP FOR U. S.
210,7e5,0 900 Bu.-Oats Production
Increased 100000.

Washington, Oct. 9-Despite an es-
timated loss of 100000 bushels dur
ing September, the country's corn crop
still will be the greatest in it's history.
Latest figures issued by the depart
ment of agriculture show the crop
will be 3,21O,795,O0O bushels, and also
that, despite an estimated loss of g.
100000 bushels during the month, the
spring wheat crop will exceed last
years. Other crops approach bumper
records.
White potatoes show decrease of
almost 100000 bushels, beans loss
of 100000 bushels, buckwheat fall
ing off of 100000 bushels and barley
and rye each a loss of more than g.
100000 bushels.
Oats production prospects increased
100000 bushels with total Of l.
$50, 714,0O0 bushels, making that rec
ord crop and surprising the big crop
of 1915 by 31,000O00 bushels.
The report on the condition of corn
by states puts Illinois at Sc; Ohio, 80,
and Indiana, 80.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-17
"PARS0N" KILLS |, WOUNDS
Dismissed by Judge at Hammond, Ind,
He Murders Rival and Injuries
PoliceWoman.

Hammond, Ind, Oct IA preach
er's jealous rage caused him to murder
his rival and to wound a policewoman
in HammOnd's crowded city courtroom.
Fred Baynes of Indiana Harbor was
fatally wounded. His sweetheart, Miss
Adeline Hartman, Judge Fred Barnett
and City Prosecutor Clyde Cleveland
narrowly escaped death or injury
when Oscar Landmeisser, an itinerant
preacher, turned loose two automatic
revolvers and cause panic among spec
tators.
Landmeisser was shot twice in the
chest by court officers before he was
overpowered and jailed.
Landmeisser appeared in the Calu-
met district three months ago, COM
ing from Muscatine, Ia. Landmeisser
insisted that Miss Hartman should
marry him, but she refused. Land
meisser was arrested and arraigned
before Judge Barnett who dismissed
him with a warning. The girl asked
Judge Barnett to put Landmeisser I'M
der bond Then the erstwhile preacher
drew his pistols and shot down Baynes.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-17
GIANTS BLANK SOX
IN THE THIRD GAME
McGraW'S Men Defeat CHICAGO
ans by Score of 2 to O.
BENTON HERO OF THE DAY
New Yorker Defeats Eddie cicotte In
Slab Duel-33,68e Fans Witness
Third Contest of World Series
at Polo Grounds.

Polo Grounds, N. Y, Oct. 11.-Ruhe
Benton, veteran left-hander, put the
Giants back in the world series here
when he shut out the White Sox
2 to O.
Eddie Cicotte, hero pitcher of the
first game in Chicago, tasted defeat
Two bad innings were all he experi-
enced, the second of them netting
three hits for the Giants and their two
tallies.
The game was a tight battle from
the time the first ball was pitched I'M
til Joe Jackson made the final out
with foul to left field that Fletcher
took on the run. Eddie Collins at
tempted to start White Sox rally in
the ninth inning, but his hard-earned
infield hit went for nothing.
The Giants two runs were the re-
suit of a triple by Robertson, followed
by Holke's double. At this point Nc
Graw used play that he rarely at
tempts. He ordered Rariden to sacri-
fee. Holke reached third and was en-
abled to score when Burns sent down
an infield hit
Thrty-One Hose Face Benton.
Only 81 men faced Benton, who let
the Chicago sluggers down with five
hits. Benton struck out five men and
was complete master of the game from
start to finish. Cicotte famed a Giant
batter in every inning. The crowd
yelled itself into Mysteries as the
Giants bounded over enough runs to
win and generally split things during
the one hour and fifty-five minutes of
the game.
The official attendance figures of the
game were announced at 1859.
Davey Robertson is the hero. He is
as much of an idol here as Oscar
Felsch was in Chicago last Saturday,
when he sent the SOx rOOterS into an
uproar with his home-run drive into
the left field bleachers. Davey did
not make a circuit smash, but he man
aged to get three hits, and one of them
started the Giants on to victory in the
fourth inning. This swat, that seemed
to put new lease of life into the
Giants, was a three Dagger to deep
right center. 1t was tremendous
wallop and rebounded from the fence
with a smack. Only the fast fielding
of the peppery Jackson stopped Rob
ertson from completing the circuit.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-17
ALL STAPLE FOOD UNDER
u. S. RULE AFTER NOV. |
eraI License-To Stop boarding
and Profiteerine.

Washington, Oct 11.-Government
control of fOodstuffs is extended to
take in virtually all the essential ar
ticles of diet by proclamation issued
by President Wilson directing the food
administration to license after NOvem-
Der 1 the manufacture, storage, i'm
portation and distribution of some
twenty prime commodities. Many
small dealers are exempted, as are
farmers, who were especially excepted
in the food control law.
The move was forecast in a state
ment yesterday by the food admins
tratiOn declaring it was necessary to
prevent unreasonable profits and to
stop boarding and speculation.
After quoting the food control act,
under which the action is taken, the
presidents proclamation in part says !:
1T is essential, in order to carry into
effect the purposes of said act, to IL
cense the importation, manufacture,
storage and distribution of necessaries
to the extent hereinafter specified
"An persons, firms, corporations
and associations engaged in the bust
ness either of operating cold stor-
age warehouses Or cold warehouse
or distributing Gncluding buying or
selling) any of the following commod-
tiles: Wheat, wheat flour, rye or rye
flour, barley or barley flour, oats, oat-
meal or rolled oats, corn, corn gritS,
cornmeal, hOminy, corn flour, starch
from corn, corn oil, corn strip, corn
glucose, rice, rice flour, dried beans,
pea seed or dried peas, cottonseed,
cottonseed oil, cottonSeed meal, peanut
oil or peanut meal soy-bean oil, soy
bean meal, palm oil or copra oil, oleO-
margarine, lard, lard substitutes, cleo
oils or cooking fats, mil, butter or
cheese, condensed, powdered or evap-
Grated milk, fresh, canned or cured
beef, pork or mutton, poultry or eggs,
fresh or frozen fish, fresh fruits or
vegetables, canned peas, dried beans,
tomatoes, corn, salmon or sardines,
dried prunes, apples, peaches or
raisins, sugar, sirups or molasses.
Excepting, however, the following ::
Operators of all elevators who have
already been licensed.
Importers and manufacturers who
have already been licensed.
Retailers whose gross sales of food
commodities do not exceed 100000
per annum.
Common carriers
{ Farmers, gardeners.
Fishermen whose business does not
extend beyond primary consignment.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-17
RUSSIAN STRIKERS WIN RAISE
Increase in Pay Will Amount to $3,-
25O, 100000 - Newspapers Say
Strike Has Fallen Through.

Petrograd, Oct. 10.-The railway
mems strike has caused the govern
ment to decide to grant the increased
wages demanded as from September 1.
This will necessitate the expenditure
of $3.50, 270,000 annually
A number of railway battalions
have notified the government of their
willingness TO cooperate in ending
the strike. The aggregate increase in
wages demanded is S3.250.000,00
whereas the entire ante-bellum cost of
operating the roads was S1,701, SOC, 900.
The newspapers say the government
considers the strike has fallen through.
The city had bread supplies for two
weeks.