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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30
THE WEEKS HAPPENINGS
IN AND AROUND HEROD
News Notes and Personal Mention
Pithily Paragraph For Readers.

Plthlly Paragraph For Readers.
Lieut.. Carey Melton has recently
visited the homefolks. 1t is crafty
ing to know that he has been trans
ferred from a Mississippi camp back
to Camp Wheeler. Carey is making
good.
Rev A. w. Quillian filled his
appointment here Saturday and Sun
day-his last before conference. His
many Baptist friends hope that he
will be returned, and of course his
own church wants him.
Messrs. McLendon, Melton and
Cocker, Mrs. Cocker, Mrs. Dennis, Mrs
/ McLendon and Mrs Hass will attend
the Bethel association at Salem, near
Edison, on Wednesday.
Miss Cleo Ayecock, Mrs. John T.
Cocker and Mrs. Dennis spent several
days in Atlanta attending the fair,
some fine shows and shopping. They
report a fine time.
A number here are practicing Hoo
verism. One of our successful and
popular housewives says she has
been a Hooverite for many years.
The Misses Brim entertained at a
spend-the-night party Friday night
/ They had a delightful time. Miss
! AyecOck was guest of honor.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. McLendon, Mr..
and Mrs. J. H. Brim and Mr.. and
Mrs. J. E. Brim with others wor-
shipped in Sasser Sunday.
Mr.. WaIcott has placed Raymonds
in the homes of DR.. Collum and Mr..
J. L. Hass and a number are enjoying
the sweet music.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dock Melton, Mrs.
/ Willie Melton and Mrs Dekle from
Dawson have visiter Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Melton.
Mr.. Edgar Worsham and family,
Of Fort Gaines, were appreciated Wis
itors here Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. S. E. Cheney, of Atlanta, and
Mrs. Riley Curry of Shellman, have
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis.
Mrs. Dennis, Miss Helen Melton
and Miss Nora Smith attended the
W. B. M. U. in Arlington.
Mr. Will Latham and Miss Annie
Belle Latham, of near Dawson, have
visited at the Smith home
Mrs. Elm Collum, Miss Dorothy
Collum and Master Julian Collum
have visited near Americas.
Our farmers are busy threshing
peanuts. Some of them are disap-
pointed in the yield.
Miss Carrie burlington will visit
in Dawson this week as the guest of
Mrs. Andrew Hill.
The Methodist Sunday school has
/ changed its hour of meeting to 2:30
IN the afternoon.
Mr.. George Smith has returned
from Acworth and other points in
North Georgia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned McLendon, of
Yeomans, have been recent pleasant
visitors here.
Mr.. Frank Altman, of Akron, O.,
is glad-handing with his many friends
here.
Miss Annie Belle Latham, of near
Dawson, has visited the Misses Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ike Layton, of near
Cotton, have visited here.
Misses Brim and Miss Ayecock
visited in Sasser Saturday.
Mr.. Tom Sampson, of Ocilla, has
visited Mr. George Smith.
Messrs. Harris and Dennis spent
Sunday in Brentwood.
Mr.. Joseph West has visited in Sale
City on business.
Mr.. Corley McLendon visited At
lanta recently.
DR.. Elm Collum took in the fair in
Atlanta.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30
Imprisoned Twenty Years.

prison from which it was never able
to escape.
Imprisoned Twenty Years.
Death may have followed by suf-
location" Mr.. Sellers theories. ma
ture then began its process of seal
ing over the opening with new layers
of timber. The depth of these layers
indicates that the snake may have
been imprisoned 20 years, if not long
er. It's mummy chamber was beau
tifully polished within, indicating
that the snake might have traversed
its walls for days or weeks before
succumbing."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

CHICAGO, Ill.-Robert Fitzsim-
mons, former champion heavyweight
pugilist of the world, died at hos
pital here early today, after an i'll
ness of five days of pneumonia.
Fitzsimmons, until he sank into
his final stupor, fought for his life
as he had fought for victory in the
ring. Physicians declared life was
prolonged several days by the grim
determination of the man.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

Poes, Shoe
l. Mems,
Pal prices.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves.

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. 1t acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 60 cents.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30
When the Honeymoon Sets.

When the bride asks hubby what
he did with that SO bill he had the
other day, the honeymoon goes down
with a dull thud and takes the count.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30
SURPRISE WEDDING OF
COUPLE KNOWN IN DAWSON


A Montgomery paper prints the fol
lowing item of interest to some in
Dawson: "a marriage which came as
surprise to their many friends of
Montgomery was that of Miss Mabel
Claire Jennings to Mr. Robert En-
NETT Compton, which took place at
the office of the judge of probate of
Elmore county, at Wetumpka, Ala
bama, October %, 1917. The bride
was one of Montgomery's most popu-
lar young ladies, while Mr.. Compton
is prominently connected with the
business life of Montgomery. Mr..
and Mrs. Compton are at home to
their friends at ia Wilkerson ST.,
Montgomery, Ala"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30
POCKET IN WALNUT
LOG SNAKES TOMB
REPTILE THOUGHT TO HAVE
BEEN IN ITS MUMMY CHAM
Der TWENTY YEARS.

BRISTOL. Tenn.-Imprison
in vacuum in the heart of walnut
log , feet in diameter for Is or 20
years is the most unusual experience
of a black snake of the racer type,
according to authentic information
vouched for by M. l.. Settlers, mill
man of johnson City, Tenn.
The discovery of this reptile was
made when the saw in the veneer
plant suddenly uncapped the vacuum.
An examination of the unexpected
chamber in the heart of a sound log
of walnut revealed the 4-foot racer
coiled in hermetically sealed prison,
the chamber being as large as a
mans head. The snake, which had
probably been dead for many years,
was still perfect in form and retained
its shape until lifted from it's snug
position.
All Attest Truth of Story.
"This is not snake story in the
ordinary sense of the term" said Sci
fers when asked about it. at is a
fact attested by all the employees of
our mill. The log, as nearly as am
able to tell, came to US in shipment
from Waynesville, n. c., from which
locality we have received some ex-
ceptionally choice logs Of walnut. The
supposition is that the snake climbed
the tree and slid down into a hole
caused by decayed limb. How LONG
the reptile may have used this cham
Der as home one can only imagine;
but 1t seems to me natural to pre-
sumo that by the dropping of a bit
OF bark, which darkened the small
opening, the snake found itself in ?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

Hot Chocolate and Bouillon and all
kinds of hot and cold drinks Fruits
of all kinds.
BLACKS ICE CREAM PARLOR.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-16
THEIR MARRIED LIFE"

and. hurt Mary so that perhaps she
would leave them. That would
mean the thankless job of hunting
a new maid, and Helen's spirit quail
ed at the thought.
You needn't have anything to do
with this" Warren went on. "Pu
simply tell her that we are having
unexpected company and that she
will have to stay and help you with
dinner. You might get younger
girl to come in and wait"
why not get a younger girl to
come in and help me and let Mary
go?" suggested Helen.
There you go again, spelling the
girl. You're afraid of her and you
her. Well. I'll tell her. I'll go out
into the kitchen now and speak to
her about it."
Helen waited anxiously for War
rem to return, which he did after
about ten minutes, stern look on
his face. p.
81 knew you had spoiled her." he
burst out. "She refused to stay In"
We'll, Warren, 1 don't blame her.
anu l. 1OA OliCB elll 6ldus
You don't mean to say that you
would be willing to stand for that,
do you? Well, am managing this
thing, and I told her if she felt that
way she could go for good"
Warren Curtis, you never did
such a mean, unfair thing" Helen
cried. why, 1 wouldn't lose Mary
for anything in this world. She
shan't leave us. And. Furthermore.
she is going out on Thursday, if
have to get a hotel chef to help me
with that dinner. I don't care what
the cost is. but I am not going to
lose Mary" And Helen, her nerves
worked up to the breaking point.
burst into hysterical sobs.
Warren looked at first disgusted
then uncomfortable. Finally he
crossed over to Helen and patted
her awkwardly on the shoulder.
Don't be such a goose. Helen" he
began, tentatively. You'll make
yourself sick. crying like this"
Helen jerked her shoulder away
from him.
Don't touch me-" she gasped out
between sobs. You think it's a
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you please to let me do so. I have
a right to do it-Miss Dart-Eliza-
beth" he added simply-"for l love
you?"
I stood transfxed Suddenly a
great light broke upon me and ]
had a glimpse into my own heart.
"You-you"-I said incredulously,
you don't know what you are say
ing-you scarcely know me-"
I dared not let myself realize that
he appreciated the full significance
of his declaration.
"I only know / love YOU" he said
quietly | have known it for weeks.
I have not tried to put that love out
of heart, Elizabeth-for 1t is too
wonderful. 1t has changed life for
Mccullough I thought life was
good before 1 met you. But l did
not know then. Are you surprised,
dear?"
The wind had risen suddenly, and
there was a flash of vivid lightning.
accompanied by a clap of thunder.
In the hush that followed for an
instant ] heard a mans firm foot.
step in the house.
"Hark." l whispered. "I hear Mr..
Nortor coming down! Stay here,
and let me go alone to meet him.
"Nonsense!" Hugh Parker ex-
claimed bluntly. What are you
afraid of? Haven't we a right to be
here together"
Ito BE Continucd.)
'vhs1. LL.gjsshrdl utaun taun ahnu
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But, Warren dear, that's Mary's
day out"
We'll, suppose it is,' returned
Warren, imperturably. She'll change
it this week to some other day,
won't she?"
II don't like to ask her to change
her day this week; she has been
planning for ever so long on having
this Thursday for something spe-
cial."
Huh! 1 suppose you call going
downtown to shop something spe-
cial. I always said you let your
maids walk all over you"
she's going to a wedding, War
rem
mined not to be beaten, you can
ask her to stay home or else we'll
get the dinner ourselves"
We'll get the dinner" calculated
Helen. The idea of Warren III a
kitchen amused her.
Yes. we'll get the dinner" War
rem returned. I'm certain that I'm
not going to put these people off,
and I said when I asked them that
I'd have them up to the house"
Warren, you know that the work
of getting the meal and preparing
for it and everything else will fall
on me. Why won't you listen to
sense?"
Now see here" began Warren;
IF you must be nicer to your girls
than any other woman I know of,
why that's up to you, isn't it?"
Warren seemed determined to
pick a quarrel, and Helen, who had
not faced one of his stubborn moods
in some time, felt all the less able
to cope with it. AS soon as War
a. lNV11 1nr elN err
bewildered. She could not seem to
reason at all, and tears seemed the
only way out.
What time is this wedding, any
way?" Warren snapped out.
81 believe it's at o'clock" fall
tered Helen.
Seven o'clock. Then what's the
argument about? She can cook the
dinner and help you before she
goes" -..
But. Warren, we don't have din
ner until siXt-thirty, and that's
Mary's day out. 1t wouldn't be fair
to make her work up to few min
utes before the affair"
We'll, by George, she'll do it!
don't know what the girls are COM
ing to these days. One would think
we had to consult all their moods
and give references in the bargain
when we engage them. servant
is a servant. and is a better SER
want for being treated like one. I
always told you that if you treated
your maids more like servants in
stead of like bosom friends you'd
get more out of them"
Helen thought of Mary's kindness
and trustworthiness. Mary had been
a hundred times more to her than a
real servant. She cared for Wini-
fred as Helen herself would have
done; she was never cross, and al
ways willing and eager to repay
Helen for any extra kindness. But
of course Warren could not see this.
He would go ahead in his. blindness
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talking it around that I am your
Jonah, and saying that your only
hope is to pitch me overheard"
That's Dave Kinzie," growled the
Missourian. He seems to have it in
for you, some way"
Nevertheless, he was right"
Smith returned gloomily. Then: II
am about at the end OF my rope, col
onel-the rope / warned you about
when you brought me here and put
me into the saddle; and I'm trying
desperately to hang on until my job s
done. When it is done, when Timan-
yoni High Line can stand fairly on its
own feet and fight its own battles,
I'm gone
"Oh, no, you're not" denied the
ranchman president in generous pro-
test You come on out home with
me tonight and get away from this
muddle for a few minutes. It'll do
YOU a heap of good; you know it
always does"
Smith shook his head reluctantly
but firmly.
Never again, colonel. 1t can only
be a matter of a few days now, and
I'm not going to pull you and your
wife and daughter into the limelight
if I can help it."
Colonel Dexter got out of his chair
and walked to the Office window.
When he came back it was to say:
Are they sure-enough chasing you,
John?-for something that you have
> done? Is that what you're trying to
tell me "
That is it-and they are nearly
here. Now you know at least one of
the reasons why can't go with you
tonight
III be shot If I do" stormed the
generous one. IT promised the missus
I'd bring you"
You must make my excuses to her
and to Corona you may say that am
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life this minute, If I might go with
you to Hillcrest this evening and tell
Corona what 1 have been wanting to
tell her ever since I have come to
know what her love might make of
me. The fact that l can't do it is the
bitterest thing 1 have ever had to
face, or can ever be made to face"
Colonel Baldwin, fell back into
his swing-c chair and thrust his hands
into his pockets.
''It beats the Dutch how things
tangle themselves up for us poor
mortals every little so-while," he
commented, after a frowning pause
And then: You haven't said any
thing like that to Cory, have you?"
mo"
THAT was white. anyway. And now
I suppose the other woman-this
Miss Rich-something-o other over
at the hotel-has come and dug you
up and got you on the end of her
trailing rope. That's the way it goes
when a man mikes and mingles too
much. You never can tell"
Hold on" Smith interposed.
Whatever else I may be, I'm not
that kind of a scoundrel. I don't owe
Miss Richlander anything that
can't pay without doing injustice to
the woman I love. But in another
way I am a scoundrel, colonel. For
the past two days I have been con-
temptible enough to play upon a
woman's vanity merely for the sake
of keeping her from talking too
much"
The grizzled old ranchman shook
his head sorrowfully.
fTNo n Co.-4.-olN
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LOST IN NEW YORK? CONSULT
AN ELECTRIFIED DIRECTORY

+ The man from Oshkosh or Pad
ucah can easily find his way around
New York City if he happens to
stop at one of the thirteen hotels
there which have installed the cleo
trio directory. He can find the loca-
tion of any building, street, or carline
by pushing an electric button on
the keyboard, for the location he is
seeking will be illuminated by lit
tic six-volt incandescent lamp.
The directory board is sixteen
square feet in area and the map is
divided into fifty-siX sections for the
city of greater New York. The cur
rent for the board is furnished by
storage batteries.-Popular Science
Monthly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-16
Copyright by Chas. Scribner's Sons
(Cont1nued)

of the soldier who gees the battle GO
ing irresistibly against him and still
smiteS on in sheer desperation. He
saw the carefully built organization
structure, reared by his own efforts
upon the foundation laid by Colonel
Baldwin and his ranchmen associates
falling to pieces. In spite of all he
could do, there was a panic OF stock
selling; the city council, alarmed by
persistent story of the unsafety of the
dam, was threatening to cancel the
lighting contract with Timanyoni
High Line; and Kinzie, though he
was doing nothing openly, had
caused the word to be passed far and
wide among the Timanyoni stock
holders, disaster could be averted
now only by prompt action and the
swift effacement of their rule or-ruin
secretary and treasurer.
They're after you, john" was the
way the colonel put it at the close of
the second day of back -slippings
They say you're fiddlin while
Rome's a-burnin'. Maybe you know
what they mean by that; I don't"
Smith did know. During the two
days of stress Miss Verda had been
very eXacting. There had been an
other night at the theater and much
time-killing after meals in the par
lors of the Hophra House. Worse still,
there had been a daylight auto trip
about town and up to the dam. The
victim was writhing miserably under
the price-paying, but there seemed
to be no help for it. Since the night
of Nerda Richlander's arrival in
Brewster, he had not seen Corona; /;
he was telling himself that he had
forfeited the right to see her. Out of
the chaotic wreck of things but one
driving motive had survived, and it
had grown to the stature of an OBJ
session; the determination to wiring
victory out of defeat for Timanyoni
High Line; to fall, if he must fall
fighting to the last gasp and with his
face to the enemy.
"I know" he said, replying, after
the reflective pause. to the charge
passed on by Colonel Dexter. There
is a friend of mine here from the
East and have been obliged to show
her some attention, so they say l am
neglecting my Job. They are also
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By May Mantone

Here is a costume that is
made of oyster white pom
gee to be. as smart and at
tractive as can be. To give
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and belt could be chosen in
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once more carrying a gun. She will
understand"
Which means, take it, that
you've been telling Cory more than
you've told the rest of us. That brings
on more talk, John. haven't said a
word before, have II"
NO"
well, I'm going to sayit now: I've
got only just one daughter in the
wide, wide world, John"
Smith stood up and put his hands
behind him, facing the older man
squarely.
Colonel Dexter got out of his chair
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fine and manly thing, don't you, to
hurt Mary needlessly just to satisfy
your selfish egotism? Sometimes 1
wish 1 had never seen you, Warren
Curtis" And with a fresh burst of
tears Helen rushed into the bedroom
and closed the door.
watch for the next instalment of
this highly interesting series.
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(To Be Continued)
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9 Out of 10 Cases Pain and
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SUNDAY SCHOOL
~
BY BIN NEWSOr1E

Lesson Aug. 10, ii Chron., 34:14-33.
The outstanding event of this lesson
was the rescue from obscurity of the
written law. Marvellous indeed was it
that thru all the violations the tenn
pie had suffered by various idolatrous
rulers, the writings of Moses had re-
manned undisturbed, possibly in their
place by the ark, and had escaped
either destruction or defilement until
such a time as a king was on the
throne who was minded to require
obedience to that law. We can imag-
inc that even those of the Jews who
had remained pious during all the
periods Of apostasy that the nation
had endured must have had only a
dim motion of the actual require
ments of that law. Tradition in an
cient times was much more efficient
than 1t is now when we depend on the
printed word for information, in
stead of storing 1t up in our minds
and passing 1t on from father to son,
as was the custom those days. Yet
this method of preserving a religion
was insecure, for we all know that
those things which pass from mouth
to mouth cannot retain their purity
and authenticity. The human mind
is so constructed that each successive
speaker adds or subtracts n little of
the truth according to the bias of his
own thots, sometimes intentionally,
but often unconsciously. We can,
therefore, imagine how much the re-
ligion of Josiah's early reign differed
from the real article as set forth by
Moses. They had the symbols and
the rites, as kept by the priesthood.
but the people must have known very
little accurately of what the law de-
manded of them.
When Josiah realized how far
Judah had departed from the Mosaic
code and what awful penalties the
nation had incurred by its infidelity,
he was very much concerned so much
was he concerned that he promptly
sent deputation to a prophecies of
Jehovah to learn how much he and