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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-20
Public Sale of Land.

By virtue of an order from the
court of ordinary of Terrell county,
will be sold at public cutlery, on the
first Tuesday in December, 1917, at
the court house door in said county,
between the legal hours of sale the
following real estate, situate in Ter
rell county, to wit: One concrete
store house in the town of Bron-
wood, Ca, and lot on which same is
located, known as the S. w. Denton
store, recently occupied by H. A.
Petty & Co.; also one dwelling house
and seven CD acres of land on which
same is situate, about one-fourth
mile beyond the southern incorporate
limits of Brentwood, Ga, known as
the G. L. Massey property, and &C.
cupied for the past two years by P.
T. Smith, all in Terrell county,
Georgia. Terms cash. This 5th day
of November, 1917. H. A. PETTY,
Administrator Estate of Mrs. A. M.
Petty, deceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-20
EXPENDITURES OF COUNTY
FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER
Court House and Jail.


H's+ Ra%s3s It account etc. for October s5ss0
c. Hoingsworth, chairman salary ocober 2o oSS
dsrd salary udgs Co. o eSSesr s sSss
boy cs se Rone eoS S2 and October eo 25e
JOS s. Clay Co. plumbing court house rAOIe - SO
R. N. Anderson state map for ---- 245
R. B Ferguson l. c. bringing Nose Thomas jail $50
P'ssPf iI351 'f@ sad 50 s S
Printing Co.. Advertising tax rounds and mouse 9S
W. Peddy j. p cost bill per list on file self and c.
J. R. Smith, load or thouse-- - - ESQ
Mr.; sdVeFsng DAWSON News 1900
Jesse Parker advance on October salary, jantor
-------- $84915
County Farm Roads.
armour . Co., meat for cqnvicts October ---$28812
McNeips Garage, big ruck----- ----- --- zoo
Dawson Telephone Co? phone long distance 275
MeIsndo4 900 i $3.50 oats s688o S6SS
6Wson v GrHfs W S s Sa aGuc cee6 a. s. 8493
Dawson for October 2o58S
EafklRs Hardware Co. hardware account Aug Sep and Oct
Collier Drug Co, for -- ---- 244O
Gulf Refining Co., gas oil and kerosene - 144 S
D R R Co. ne concrete euver form in sections $1,000
T Bartlett Son, 215 pounds fish 1851
Standard Co., grease gasoline and oil 1871 i9I 4S
Weaver receiver Dawson Drug Co., drugs convict 425
cooking ST. Washing ST. patching 1879 1879
N 4. Patrick, salary for oober-- - 1900 1900
Charley, salary october--------- ----- -- 1000
W. Chakey salary for October---------
The M CLAIM Coz deh2rging suits and dry goods 1890
Central o Georgia Railway Co., freight $40 4 497
A L. Railway Co., --- 1919
" H Lassste5 expense Of after
j. s. Thomas blacksmith 8195
Grand total for s. 500 a S8'278'5'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-20
ublic Sale of Land.

Georgia, Terrell County.-Under
and by virtue of the power and au-
thority vested in H. H. Turner, or
his attorney, by a deed securing the
payment of indebtedness aggregating
$28,579.00 as the principal sum, H.
Fl. Turner, through and by his attor-
ney, will sell at public outcry to the
highest bidder for cash, all that tract
or parcel Of land lying and being in
the Fourth (4th) district of Terrell
county, Georgia, and lots 1877, 1856,
south half of 1853, south half of 1856.
the east half of 149, and the east half
of 147, lying east of the creek; con-
tanning $50 acres, more or less; the
whole of said lands being the prop
erty known as CHERRY Hill Farm"
The said described land will be sold
before the court house door in Daw-
son, Terrell county, Georgia, on the
first Tuesday in December, 1917.
said first Tuesday being the 4th day
of said month Said sale will occur
between the hours of ten o'clock and
twelve o'clock in the forenoon. The
deed vesting the authority to sell
above referred to is recorded in book
U, pages Ala and Ais of Terrell
county deed records, and the notes
secured by said deed are unpaid.
H. H. TURNER,
By L. c. Hoyl. attorney.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-20
TO OBSERVE GREAT
sun ECLIPSE In JUNE
ASTRONOMERS EXPECT MUCH
FROM ONE OF SEVEN SIMI-
LAR EVENTS IN CENTURY.

YER, Colo.-Astronomers
throughout the country already are
preparing for the work of observing
the total eclipse of the sun, which
will occur June 8, 1918, and which
will be visible in it's totality along
sixty-mile strip extending across
the United States from the south
western corner of the state of Wash
ington on the Pacific coast to Florida
on the Atlantic. Astronomers con-
slider themselves unusually fortunate
in their opportunity for observing
this eclipse, one of the seven visible
in the United States during the pres
ent century, in that the center line of
this sixty-mile strip passes within
four miles of the observatory at Den
yer University, where photographs of
the corona of the sun will be taken
with the aid of the great telescope
which is equipped with q twenty-inch
lens.
According to Dean Herbert A.
Howe, head of the department of as
tronomy at Denver University, this is
the first time that the path of total
eclipse has touched an observatory
containing a telescope of this size,
and astronomers are hopeful of
learning more definitely the compost
ton of the suns corona, which APP
pears as a great glow around the
sun when the solar body is obscured
entirely by the moon.
"The altitude of the Rocky noun
tain region is particularly favorable
to observations" said Dean Howe,
land astronomers from all parts of
the United States are preparing to
make observations in this vicinity.
Because of the moisture in the air
on the Pacific coast as we'll as the
low altitude there and at points east
of Colorado the Rocky mountain re-
gion is virtually the only place
where satisfactory observations can
be made"
Professor Edwin B. Frost, director
of Yerkes observatory of the Uni
versity of Chicago, already has made
arrangements to use the facilities of
Denver University for making his OBJ
sevations and now is constructing
special apparatus to be used in con-
nection with the telescope equip
ment here.
To guard against unfavorable
weather conditions here another ex-
petition from the Yerkes observatory
will be stationed at Green River,
Wyo., which also is near the center
line of the path of the eclipse. There
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-20
Sheriff Sale.

Georgia, Terrell County.-Will be
sold at the court house door in said
county on the first Tuesday in De-
cember, 1917, within the legal hours
of sale, to the highest bidder for cash,
the following property to wit: West
half of lot No. "a, in Paschal addi-
ton to Dawson, Ga, and bounded
as follows: On east by property of
John Smith, on south by ten foot al
ley, on west by property of George
Roberts, on north by Southern street,
with all improvements thereon: said
property levied on as the property of
A. Moore to satisfy an execution is
sued from the Justices court of the
1154th district, G. M, of said coun-
ty, in favor of R. G. Kennedy, trans
fierce, against A. Moore. This Octo-
her %. 1917. J. z. TURNER,
Sheriff.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-20
FARMERS CRY FOR HELP;
BADLY BEHIND WITH WORK
Farm Work Behind Time, Potatoes
Rotting in Ground, Fall Flowing
Lays and No Help Comes.

The farmers of the nation have
demonstrated their loyalty both by
buying bonds and growing record
crops, according to B. W. Snow, Chi
cago crop expert. Mr.. Snow recently
sprung to the defense of the Ameri-
can farmer, who had been attacked
for alleged lack of loyalty in not
buying many liberty bonds.
The farmer needs help. not abuse,
said DR.. Snow. The farm owner is
facing problems that are unknown to
the city dweller He answered the
call of the city and grew record
crops, expecting that the harvest help
would be forthcoming from the city,
Now all farm work is wofully be-
hind time, says Mr.. Snow. Potatoes
are still in the ground, in danger of
rotting. Fall blowing is so far be-
hind time that, unless the weather is
open until Christmas, there is dan
ger of a smaller planted acreage next
year.
1t is true, Mr.. Snow said, that
farmers are getting record prices for
their products, but it is also true
that the production cost this year
was greater than ever before Seeds
feed and fertilizer are at new high
levels and labor is not only extreme
ly high, but cannot be procured in
some localities at any price.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-20

will not be another total eclipse Wis
ible in the United States until 1916.
Two hours, fifteen minutes and
21.5 seconds will elapse from the
time the moon first intervenes be-
tween the sun and the earth and the
sun will be totally obscured for a
period of 1877 seconds. 1t is during
this brief period of less than a min
ute and a half that the astronomers
will do their most important work.
Photographs will be taken of the
corona and of the spectrum as well
as the prominences of the sun. These
prominences, it has been established,
are projections of incandescent n.y.
drogen extending millions of miles
into space and which appears as a
brilliant scarlet fame when the sun
is obscured. The composition of the
corona is a matter of conjecture
among astronomers.
The corona as well as the promi-
nences, Dean Howe explained, should
be visible to the naked eye to persons
within the sixty-mile belt of totality
and should be seen to advantage with
the use of an ordinary field or opera
glass.
Although the eclipse will be total
only in the narrow belt extending
from Washington to Florida, a par
tial eclipse will be visible throughout
the country. The United States is
virtually the only place the total
eclipse will be visible.
Dean Howe is preparing to take
telescope photographs of the field
around the sun especially to confirm
or disprove the existence of a planet
called Vulcan, said to be travelling
in an orbit so close to the great lum-
mary that it is extremely difficult to
see even during an eclipse.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-20
PECAN TREES ARE SAID TO
Be In VERY GRAVE DANGER

Representative of Federal Depart
ment of Agriculture Says Is Due
to Faulty Pruning of Them.
According to S. M. McMurran, a
demonstration from the United States
department of agriculture, the vast
pecan interests through this section
of Georgia are seriously threatened
with total destruction from faulty
pruning.
There are in South Georgia thou
sands of acres devoted to pecan Gull
ture, representing an outlay of thou
sands of dollars. Mr.. McMurran says
that in the recent years when prun-
ing became necessary, it was not
properly done, permitting attacks
from beetles and fungi which is de-
veloping into heart rot. He is con-
Quoting demonstration work showing
the people how to avoid this, and if
his advice is needed this vast indus
try may be saved from destruction
Owing to the enormous investment
in pecans through the territory men.
toned, the work being done by the
government is considered of vast i'm
portance and those who have theil
money in it hope that the work ha.
commenced in time to save the trees
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-20
Public Sale of Land.

By virtue of an order from the
court of ordinary of Terrell county,
will be sold at public outcry, on the
first Tuesday in December, 1917, at
the court house door in said county,
between the legal hours of sale, the
following real estate, situate in Ter
rell county, to wit: The west half
OF land lot No. 173, in the Twelfth
district of Terrell county, Georgia,
containing "A acres of land, more
or less, except acres in the north
west corner of said half lot, owned
by A. P. Chapman; also 2 acres of
land off the southwest corner of land
lot No. 173. Terms cash. This 5th
day Of November, 1917.
H. A. PETTY, Admir-.
Estate of D. ]. Sessions, deceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-20

Santa Claus will be at Toyland or
Lee street.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-20
MEAT ANIMAL PRICES AID
. VANCE 62.2 PER CENT. IN YEAR

Prices of meat animals-hogs, cat
tie, sheep and chickens-were 622
per cent. higher on October IS than
a year ago, 87.3 per cent. higher
than two years ago and 1871 per
cent. higher than the average Of the
last 7 years on that date, the depart
ment of agriculture today announced.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-20
MONEY IS PLENTIFUL
in this SECTION
WITH GOOD CROPS AND HIGH
PRICES FARMERS ARE UL-
IRA PROSPEROUS.

Richer in agricultural resources
and offering greater prospects for
Dawson, their trade center, than they
| have been in many years are the
fertile farm lands of Terrell and of
nearby sections of other counties.
That almost unheard of prosperity
has come to the adjoining sections
is plainly evident.
The farmers are literally rolling
in wealth, and they and their families
are coming to Dawson in large num-
bers to buy whatever the market has
to offer. Their pockets are full to
overlooking, due to the high prices
which their products are command
ing.
They are selling cotton-when
they want to--at $145 bale, price
that would have seemed fabulous not
very long ago. Cotton seed now COM
mand $500 a ton, when not so long
ago they were given away for the
bagging, ties and ginning of the sta
pie.
Peanuts a Big Help.
Peanuts are selling for S1.75 a
bushel, Notwithstanding that two OF
three years ago there was no market
for them. Corn is selling for S15O
a bushel, whereas it was formerly on
ly sixty cents; hogs for Is cents a
pound on foot, as compared to prices
a short time ago of nine and eleven
cents dressed.
There are peas, peanuts, corn and
velvet beans in abundance on every
farm, as we'll as the soy bean, with
its wonderful possibilities as food
and forage
A visit to the farms is an eye-open-
er in many ways. The buying of
good cattle and high grade hogs is
an encouraging sign of the times. 1t
is very common sight, indeed, to
find silo and dipping vat.
And the farmers wife has done
her part also. Everyone has canned
and preserved and enough has been
put up in almost every home to last
for year.
Land values remain gilt-edged, and
there have been numerous sales at
from $40 to $75 an acre.
The negroes have come in for
their share of prosperity also, and
are buying goods and automobiles
One woman recently bought and paid
S425 for secondhand Ford.
Conditions now existing have nev.
er before been equaled.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-20
What is LAX-FOS
lAX-F0S is AN IMpR0vEn CAScARA

IAA-FUS IS An IMPROVED CASCARA
A Digestive Liquid Laxative, Cathartic
and Liver Tonic. Contains Cascara Bark,
Blue Flag Root, Rhubarb Root, Black
Root, May Apple Root, SIENNA Leaves and
PePsin. Combines strength with pala-
table aromatic taste. Does not grippe. Soc
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-20
Public Sale.

Will be sold before the court house
door in Dawson, Ca, on the first
Tuesday in December next, one house
and lot on Main street in said city,
known as the late B. H. Brown home
place, containing about one acre.
Sold by agreement of the heirs for
distribution. J. A. FOUCHE,
Executor.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-20
NEGRO is GIVEN BIG
FEDERAL APPOINTMENT
Is Made an Assistant to the Secretary
of State at Washington.


WASHINGTON, D. C.-Emmett
j. Scott, negro, has been appoint
ed an assistant to the secretary of
state
Scott was one of a large Texas
family and in little better circum-
stances than other negro families of
his neighborhood. He showed an in
clination for study, however, and af-
ter finishing high school went to Wi
ley university. To help pay his ex-
penses he used to carry the mail from
the postoffice to college.
White House Coffee, the coffee
that has friends. Every cup a cup
of joy. Try it. ]. NJ. Rauch.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-09-21

1 come down to look at it. 1t suits me
well enough. Seems like a decent
moorin's for an old salt water derelict
like me. The price is reasonable, and
/ guess likely III take it. l guess l
will"
''Why do you guess? By George, l
hope you will"
"Do you? I'm much obliged. l
didn't know but after last night, after
the scrape / got you into, you might
feel-well, sort of as If you'd seen
enough of me-"
The young man smiled bitterly. 1T
wasn't your fault" he said. at was
mime entirely. I'm quite old enough
to decide matters for myself, and /
should have decided as my reason and
not my inclinations told me. You
weren't to blame"
Eyes, | was. If you're old enough
I'm too old, l caI'late. But l did think
however. there's no use goin' over
that. 1 don't want you to think that
I've hove overheard that responsible
ty' / was so easy and fresh about TAX
in on my shoulders. It's there yet,
and I'll see you squared with Caroline
afore this wage is over if l live"
His friend frowned.
You needn't mind" he said. 81 pre-
fer that you drop the whole miserable
business"
"Well, maybe. But, Jim, you've tax
en- hold of these electric batteries that
doctors have sometimes? It's awful
easy to grab the handles of one Of
those contraptions, but when you want
to drop 'em you can't. They don't
drop easy. | took hold of the handles
of Bije's affairs, and though it might be
pleasanter to drop 'em l cantor l
WON'T
'"Then you're leaving your nephew
and niece doesn't mean that you've
given up the guardianship"
Captain Elisha's jaw set squarely.
81 don't remember sayin' that 1t did,"
he answered. with decision. Then, his
good nature returning, he added; well,
Jim, there's just n thing more. Have
1 disgraced you a good deal bein'
around with you and chummin' in with
you the way l have? That is, do you
think I've disgraced you? Are you
ashamed of me?"
II? Ashamed of you? You're jok-
ing!'
mo, I'm serious Understand now,
I'm not apologizin'. My ways are my
ways, and 1 think they're just as good
as the next f~eller's, whether he's from
South Denboro Orwell, Broad street.
I've got a habit of thinkin' for myself
and actin for myself, and when | take
off my hat it's to a bigger man than
1 am and not to a more stylish hat.
But since I've lived here In New York
I've learned that, with a whole sot of
folks. hats themselves count moro than
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-09-21

what's underneath 'em l haven't
changed mine, and l amt goin' to.
Now, with that plain and understood
do you want me to live here in the
same house with you? I amt f1shin'
for compliments. | want an honest
answer
He got 1t. Pearson looked him square
~ In the eye.
81 do" he said. 81 like you, and l
don't care a blank about your hat. Is
that plainY'
Captain Elisha's reply was delivered
over the balusters In the hall.
"Hir' he called. Hi, Mrs. Hepton."
The landlady had been anxiously
waiting. She ran from the dining
room to the foot of the stairs.
"Yes?' she cried. What is it?"
Its a bargain said the captain.
I'm ready to engage passage"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-09-21

did think | had her guns spiked, but
she turned 'em on me unexpected. |
thought | had her and her boy in a
Glove hitch. | knew somethin' that l
was sartin sure they wouldn't want
Caroline to know. and she and NAL
colin knew | knew it. Her tellin'
Caroline of it. her story of it, when |
wasn't there to contradict, was as
smart a piece of m~aneuverin' as ever
was. 1t took the wind out of my sails,
because, though I'm just as right as |
ever was, Caroline wouldn't listen to
me nor believe me now"
She'll learn by experience"
q don't mind so much Caroline's
bein' down on me-" resumed the cap
tain. She'll know better some day, /
hope, and if she don't-well, I'm only
a side issue in her life. anyhow, hove
collar in the sassage. But l do hope
her learnin' by experience won't come
too late to save her from what she'll
be awful sorry for by and by"
at must" declared the lawyer, with
decision. You must see to it, Cap
tain Warren. You are her guardian
She is absolutely under your charge
She can do nothing of importance un
less you consent,
"Yup; that's so, for one more year
just one, remember. Then she'll be
of age, and ! can't say 'Boof And her
share OF Bije's money'n be hers too.
And don't you believe that that fact
has slipped Sister Dunn's memory. l
amt on deck to head her off now. If
she puts Malcolm up to gettin' Caroline
to give her word and Caroline gives
it-well, | know my niece. She's hon
orable, and she'll stick to her promise
If 1t runs her on the rocks. And her
majesty Dunn knows that too. There
fore, the cat bein' away, she callates
now's the time to make sure of the
cheese"
But the cat can come back. The
song says it did, you know"
"Um-hm! And got another kick, I
shouldn't wonder! However, my
claws'n stay sharp for a year or there
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-09-21

Gated permanent moorings somewhere
else would notify his niece and neph-
ew of his whereabouts:
For, as 1 told you, although 1 shall not
impose my ompany on you, l am your
guardian same as ever. 1 will see that
your allowance comes to you regular, in
Guiding enough for all household bills and
pay for the hired help, and so on. III you
need any extras at any time let me know,
and If they seem to me right and proper
1 will send money for them. You Will
stay where you are, Caroline, and Stevie
must go back to college right away. Tell
him I say so, and if he does not l shal
begin reducing his allowance according as
I wrote him. He will understand h
mean. And, Caroline. 1 want you and
Stevie to feel that l am your anchor to
windward, and when you get in a light
place, II you ever do, you can depend on
me. Last nights talk has no bearing on
that whatever. Goodby, then, until my
next ELISHA
Stephen read this screed to the end,
Their crumpled it in his fist and threw
it angrily on the floor.
1.-The nerver' he exclaimed. He
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-09-21
XII.
A Surprise For Pearson.

CTEPHEN, the man of the family"
y was the only member Of the
household, servants excepted,
who slept soundly that night. Con-
scious of having done his duty in the
affair with Pearson and his guardian
and somewhat fatigued by the dis
agreeable task of soothing his hyster-
ical sister, he was slumbering peace
fully at 8 the next morning when
awakened by a series of raps on his
bedroom door.
"Ah! What? Well, what is itT" he
demanded, testify opening his eyes.
Edwards, is that you? What the devil
do you mean by making such a row."
The voice which answered was not
the buffers, but Caroline's.
Steve! Oh, Steve!" she cried. "Do
get up and come out! Come, quick!
Something has happened"
Happened? What is it,"
81 can't tell you here. Please dress
and come to me as quick as you can"
Stephen found his sister standing by
the library window, a letter in her
hand. She looked troubled and anx-
ious.
"Oh, Steve" she exclaimed, "he's
gomez
"Gone? WhoT'
Captain Warren. He's gone"
Gone? Gone where? Caro-, you don't
mean he's-deadr"
mo; he's gone-gone and left u.s."
Her brothers expression changed to
i%ncredulous joy.
"WhatT' he shouted. you mean he's
quit, cleared out, left here for good?"
"Yes."
'Hurrahi Excuse me while I gloat!
Hurrah! We got it through his skull
at last! Is it possible? But-but hold
on! Perhaps lis too good to be true.
Are you sure? How do you known
HE says so. See."
She handed him the letter. 1t was
addressed to my Dear Caroline" and
In 1t Captain Elisha stated his inten-
tons s~uccinctly. After the plain speak
ing of the previous evening he should
not, of course, burden them with his
society any longer. He was leaving
that morning, and as soon as he 10