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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-03-27
DISTRICT SUNDAY SCHOOL
INSTITUTE is DUE TO MEET
In Ellaville Nezt Month. Pastors,
SuPerintendents, Leaders and
Leaders Will Attend.

Superintendent, Leaders and
Leaders Will Attend.
Talk it.
What? District Sunday School In
stitute.
Where? Ellaville, Ga.
When? April 1928, 1917.
Who? Pastors, superintendent,
and teachers.
Why? To promote the kingdom
of Christ.
A good time for the meeting, a
good place for the meeting. a good
people to meet, good program in
charge of DR.. j. H. Therrell, field sec
rotary, a good lot of speakers have
been secured, a good presiding elder
says please meet him there, a good
Sunday school board wants you to be
there, a good determination for you
is to be there, good time to begin
planning is now, good delegation
from your ehourch is desired, a good
friend of yours hopes to meet you
there, a good editor will publish this
for you. w. P. HORNADY.
Member Sunday School Board.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-03-27
FAITHFUL NEGRO WOMAN
FELL DEAD ON WAY TO CHURCH

Many Dawson citizens, both white
and black, will learn with regret of
the sad death of Toad Laing, one of
the community's most faithful ne
groes, who fell dead on the street
Friday night while on her way to
church. This woman had the repu-
tation of being absolutely honest and
was claimed by many to be the best
cook in Dawson.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-03-27
A MISTRIAL IN CASE
AGAINST L. C. BRANNON
Change of Venue Will Be Granted.
Next Trial May Be in Terrell.

NeAt IrlaI Way be IN Terrell.
At the recent session of Quitman
superior court at Georgetown a mis-
trial resulted in the case of L. G.
Brannon, indicted for mismanage-
ment as cashier of the Farmers and
Merchants Bank. Judge Worrill an
nounced that he would order a
change of venue, the county in which
the next trial will take place to be
made public later. 1t is understood
that it will be either in Terrell or
Randolph county at the approaching
spring term.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-03-27
REV. HENRY MELTON
WILL LEAD PRAYER SERVICE
Sunday Sermons For Baptists Have
Been Announced.

Been Announced.
Rev. Henry M. Melton of Airing
ton will lead the prayer meeting ser
vices at the Baptist church tomorrow
wednesday, evening. His many
friends are requested to be present.
Rev. T. M. Galloway has announced
interesting topics for his Sunday SER
mons. In the morning he will dis
cuss "The Ministry of Jesus" while
in the evening "The contrast of the
real and the IDEAL" will be consid-
cred.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-12-21

give the attention to proper road
building as we do now.
Public roads have been of uniform
width of &C feet and the by-roads about
40 feet. They have been too wide if
we were to judge by the condition in
which we find many of them. Wasted
land ON either side is used only to
grow weeds.
Why not make them the width that
Is used and plant trees on either side
as we have advocated in these col
umns before? Then the thousands Of
acres of land that are now practically
wasted could be put to some good
use.
Some of the Eastern railroads are
teaching US a lesson in this regard
for they are farming their right-of-
way. On a recent trip East saw
great long stretches of land on either
side of the railroad track planted to
alfalfa. Acres were planted to truck
gardening. I understand similar con-
ditions are to be found in some parts
of California.
For the sake of economy in building
and upkeep let's build our roads more
narrow. Restore the acres of valuable
land to farming. Build scientifically
roads the proper width
and plant trees on both sides.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-12-21
KEEPING UP COUNTRY ROADS
Whether or Not Farmer Lives on Pub
lie Highway He Should Take In
terest in Nearest One.

Every farmer should feel his de-
pendence upon good roads. Whether
or not one lives on public highway
he should take an interest in the near
est one to his farm or the road he
must use to market his farm, orchard
and garden products.
There are many times when a days
work can be spared for the road. Aft
er heavy rains the road may need GER
tain repairs or improvements when the
overseer is not ready to call out the
hands. Why not individual farmers
donate days work Ola the road at
such time?
By keeping road drag and drag
ging the road along ones land after
heavy rains the road may be greatly
Improved. 1t is an easy matter to have
an agreement so each farmer will drag
the road in front of his farm. This
would maintain the road till the regu-
lar hands could be called out at stated
intervals or till the commissioner could
make the repairs.
The time has come when we must
consider the roads an asset, indis-
pensable to the well-being Of the farm
er and his family. This being true, is
1t not every mans duty to do all he
can to keep the roads In good condi-
Hon7
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pected him Of swearing. She rode on
in silence.
"Blue's a dandy horse on bad trails
and In the dark" she observed COM
panionably at last. HE simply can't
lose his footing or his way"
Eyes? That's NICE"
Billy Louise felt like putting out her
tongue at him for the cool remoteness
of his tone. 1t would serve him right
to ride on and let him break his neck
over the bluff if he wanted to. She
shut her teeth together and turned her
face away from him.
So, In silence and with no very good
feeling between them, they went pre-
cariously down the steep hill (the hill
up which Marthy and the oxen and
Jase had toiled so laboriously twenty
seven years before) and across the tiny
fiat to where the cabin window wink
ed a welcome at them through the
storm.
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mic all the time about debts. Mommi
wants me to go to Boise to school mex
winter, to Aunt Sarah's. And dadd.
says there's debts to pay. I didn'
know you had any, Marthy."
"Wel, / have got. We bought som,
cattle, too, and they amt done IS we'll,
they might. If had a man that wa.
any good on earth l could put up more
hay. But can't git nothing outa Jast
but whines. Your paw oughta SEND
you to school, Billy Louise, even if he
has got debts"
HE says he wishes he could, but he
don't know where the moneys coming
from"
"How much IS it goin' to take?" asked
Marthy heavily.
"Oh, piles" Billy Louise spoke airily
to hide her pride in the importance of
the subject. Fifty dollars, 1 guess.
I've got to have some new clothes,
mommie says. I'd like blue dress"
And your paw can't raise fifty dol
lars?" Marthy's tone was plainly bel
ligerent.
Got to pay interest" said Billy Lou
Use Importantly.
Marthy said not another word about
debts or the duties of parents. What
she did was more to the point, how
ever, for she hitched the mules to a
rattly old blackboard next day and
drove over to the Macdonald ranch on
the Wolverine. She carried $50 in her
pocket, and that was practically all
the money Marthy possessed and had
been saved for the debts that harassed
her. She gave the money to Billy Lou
ises mother and said that it was a
present for Billy Louise and meant for
school money" She said that she
hadn't any girl of her own to spend
the money on and that Billy Louise
was a good girl and a smart girl, and
she wanted to do little something to-
ward her schooling.
A woman will sacrifice more pride
than you would believe if she sees a
way toward helping her children to an
education. Mrs. Macdonald took the
and she promised secrecy-with
a feeling of relief that Marthy wished
it. She was astonished to find that
Marthy had any feelings not directly
with work or the shortcom-
ings Of Jase, but she never suspected |
that Marthy had made any sacrifice for
Billy Louise.
So Billy Louise went away to school
and never knew whose money had
made it possible to go, and Marthy
worked harder and drove Jase more
to make up that $50. She
never mentioned the matter to any one
The next year it was the same. When
n August she questioned Billy Louise
,lumsily upon the subject of finances
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-12-21

eff that's the case the sooner you
are past the bad places the better. I'm
all right. You drift along"
Billy Louise specialized briefly upon
the note of calm authority In his voice.
He did not know evidently that she
was more accustomed to giving COM
mands than to obeying them. Her lips
gave little quirk of amusement at his
mistake.
"You go on. 1 don't want a guide
He tilted his head peremptorily toward
the blurred trail ahead.
Billy Louise laughed little. She did
not feel in the least embarrassed now.
DO you never get what you don't
want?" she asked mildly. "I'd a lot
rather lead you past those places than
have you go over the edge" she said,
because nobody could get you up or
even go down and bury you decently.
!. wouldn't be a bit nice. It's much
simpler to keep you on top"
He said something, but Billy Louise
could not hear what it was. She sus-
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-12-21
CHAPTER II.

A Book, a BannocL, and Bed.
DLUE led the way straight to the
ID low, dirt rooted stable of logs and
| stopped with his nose against the
closed door. Billy Louise herself was
deceived by the whirl of snow and
would have missed the stable entirely
If the leadership had been hers. She
patted Blue gratefully on the shoulder
when she unsaddled him. She CROPPED
with her fingers for the wooden peg in
the wall where the saddle should hang,
failed to find it and so laid the saddle
down against the logs and covered it
with the blanket.
Just turn your horse In loose" she
directed the man shortly. "Blue won't
fight, and think the rest Of the horses
are in the other part. And come on to
the house,"
1t pleased her little to see that he
obeyed her without protest, but she
was not SO pleased at his silence, and
she led the way rather Indignantly to
ward the winking eye which was the
cabins window.
At the sound Of their feet on the
wide doorstep her mother pulled open
the door and stood fair in the light,
looking out with an anxious look.
''Is that you, Billy Louise? oh, amt
Peter Howling Dog with you? What
makes you so terrible late, Billy
Louise? Come right in, stranger.
don't know your name, but I don't
need to know it. A storm like this Is
all the Introduction a fellow needs,
guess"
"What about PeterT Billy Louise
asked. isn't he here?"
mo, and he amt been since an hour
or SO after you left. He saddled up
and rode of down the river, to the res
ervaHon, ! reckon"
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-12-21
GOOD
ROADS
PROPER WIDTH OF HIGHWAYS
Writer Advocates Narrower Roads and
Restoring Acres of Valuable
Land to Farming.

Just at this time many are inter-
ested in the question, how wide should
our public roads be? A number Of
things should be considered in an
swering this question, says a writer
In Utah Farmer. The kind of mate
rial to be used in making the road.
The Typographical conditions through
which the road will pass, the proper
drainage Of the road. The special use
to which the road may be put, if any.
For years very little attention has
been given to the waste of land in our
road building. Land has been cheap
and plentiful and years ago we did not
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-12-21
GOOD ROADS IN CONNECTICUT
Concrete Highways Being Built In
twenty-five Cities and Towns-
Cost $4,000 q Mile.

The construction Of concrete high
ways is going on in % cities and towns
In Connecticut, and when these con-
tracts have been completed there will
be about 20 miles Of concrete-surfaced
pavement in that state. The highways
are is feet wide and cost $4,000 a
mile. The longest single street of con-
crete road In Connecticut is two miles
In Cheshire, on the main highway
from Plainville to New Haven.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-12-21

with 9
posterous. handsome and
a of anything,
glutton hardhps heroine
goddess
"The Wolverine"
The the
dry
and of
gospng and just like in real
good You will enjoy this serial.
EDITOR.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-12-21
Good Roads,

Any neighborhood that does not
have enough enterprise to keep two
or three log road drags going for a
couple Of weeks during the late fall, Is
sadly behind the times. Farmers who
are too lazy to do this ought to be
compelled to drag their weary legs
through the mud to town next spring
-as they surely will.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-12-21

and learned that daddy still talked
about debts and interest and didn't
know where the money was coming
from she drove over again with money
for the schooling. And again she ex-
tracted a promise Of silence.
She did this for four years, and not
soul knew that it cost her anything in
the way of extra work and extra
harassment of mind. She bought more
cattle and cut more hay and went deep
er into debt, for as Billy Louise grew
older and prettier and more accustom-
ed to the ways Of town she needed
more money, and the August gift grew
proportionately larger. The mother
was thankful beyond the point Of ques-
toning. An August without Aarthy
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-12-21

Best Results for Dragging.
The best results from dragging are
obtained only by repeated applica~
Ion.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-12-21

The stranger introduces him.
self %s Ward Warren, who has
4 ciaim on Mill creek. Billy
Louise has had many day
dreams about 4 man bearing
that Name.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-06
Aid Given Golonists by France Enabled U. $. to Throw Off English
 Slackles.

Tuesday, February 6, 1917, is an anniversary notable and memorable to France and the United States. One hundred and thirty-nine years ago On February 6, 177S-was signed the famous treaty of alliance between the two nations, the only treaty of the kind ever entered into by the United States, cementing Friendship that has endured until now and one that the peoples of the two nations hope may enduie forever.
 Early in the days of the American revolution, when the colonists were fighting for independence and for ex- istence as people, France had lent to them secret aid in money and military supplies. but il was not un- til the French government had rec
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-06
PATTERSON LAMBASTS
 THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC
Former Tennessee Governor aud Dr' Stearrs of New York Address
 Big Meeting Here.

Former Governor Malcolm E. Pat terson of Tennessee and Dr. EdWn |. Stearns of New York city addressed a large meeting at the Shrlners' temple Sunday afternoon in the interest oi nationwide prohibition. The speak CTS told of plans to make the natloh dry. and the benefits to follow the enactment by congress of leglslatlon prohibiting the manufacture, lmporta- lion or sale of alcoholic liquor III the United States.
 Mir. Patterson frankly discussed hla former alliance with the liquor lh'el- ests and his fondness for drink. was never a drunkard,' he sald. l simply drank too much.
 Mr. Patterson reviewed the march of prohibition the past few years, ana stated this nation has grown Ill all kinds of deals save ideals. There are corn and wheat deals, but patriotism in America has reached It's lowest ebb. He declared Americans to De the "easiest duped people on earth and said. i've need love for the country bebaptized." There is no place now where one can get nation al idea. The country must have a moral ideal or go to pieces. lie de- clared saloons must be banished, and that the liquor cannot any more De regulated than one can regulate . 1 Mexican revolution.
 Mr. Patterson pictured the bene1l- cient result of nation wide prohibition
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-06

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-06
'G0 ON WITH SHOW SAYS CHORUS GIRL.
 BADLY BURNED
Miss Esther Wilson F'ortu nate That Hawaiian Cos
 tune Is Scanty.

Esther Wilson, the girl on the end" member of the chorus of the Douthitt- Wilson Comedy company, was pain fully but not seriously burned about the body yesterday afternoon about 3:45 o'clock, just before the curtain was to rise on the afternoon perform ance at the Orpheo theater.
 The attending physicians last night announced that none of the burns are deep, but that the girls condition is very painful, but not serious. The fact that her costume was extremely scanty is considered fortunate cir cunlstance, as the flimsy material was quickly destroyed and easily ex- tinguishable.
 The girl, with other members of the company was made up' and ready for the curtain to rise. She was at tired in Hawaiian costume, consisting principally of fleshljngs and a skirt suppored to be of glass. Approaching gas heater to warm herself the blaze suddenly attached the skirt of the costume and in moment the girl was living torch. She rushed fantically off the stage into the alley,
  suing her. One of the men overlook i her in few steps, wrapped a heavy macintosh about her and threw her to the ground, extinguishing the l flames and covering the girls al most-naked body, her clothing having been burned off her.
 l A physician was hurriedly sum- moned and the girl was taken to the Davis hospital in the Holderness am bulance, and will remain a patient at the hospital until her burns arc healed.
 1 While those around her were at tempting to ease the girls sufferin2s and urging her not to worry, she her self was beseeching them, Don t worry about me; I'm all right. You go ahead, it's time for the show to start" At the hospital she urged the physicians not to tell her comrades ot the show company that she was bad ly hurt
 "Tell me if I am badly hurt" she said, "but don't let them know; it will only worry them."
 The audience startled for a mo- ment by the flare quickly became calm, and, despite their worry ovel the condition of Miss Wilson. other members of the company staged theil performance as if nothing out of the ordinary had occurred.
 1t,, :ll
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-06
Don l'tFussSoAbout Your Complexion

Ine more you massage, steam, manipulate and fuss about your
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-06

that no more appropriate time than the anniversary of the treaty of al liance could be chosen for a pra2- tical demonstration Of this nations friendship for France. For her gen- erous and unselfish services to the United states at the most critical period in our history Washington pledged, on behalf of every citizen III the United States to France, the most unalterable gratitude de'-unfor- gettable, imperishable, eternal.
 What more appropriate time could there be for paying off portion Of this debt of gratitude than the an niversary of the treaty? What bet ter way could there te in which to pay it than by sending generous aid for the support and education of the needy children whose fathers have lost their lives in the defense cf their homes and country?
 Donations in any amount to the French War Orphans Fund are so- licited by the society Checks or post office money orders should be made payable to the American society for the Relief of French War Orphans, 120 Broadway, or to the Fatherle $ Children of France Branch of The American society, 655 Fifth avenue, New York city .I
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-06
Today Marks 139tl1 Anniversary Signing Treaty by France and U. s.

ognized the United States an an in- dependent nation and by the treaty, offensive and defensive, had bouni itself to fight together with the American people for that indcpen1- ence--neither to conclude or separate peace-that the tide of battle began 1 to turn.
 Washington would not have suc- ceeded without the ai1 given to the American people by the French gov ernment King Louis XVI and the French people. Washington fought i England with his hands tied. The continental government had no exo- cutive, and congress, afraid of a standing army. would authorize only short enlistments. So that Washing ten frequently had to discharge ons army and form another in the face Of the enemy. His troops we're poorly disciplined and still more poorly supplied with clothing, arms and am intuition. Many defeats in New Eng land, New York, Virginia and the South greatly discouraged the patri ots and it requires no deep study cf our nations history to bring to Americans a realization of the fact that, but for the soldiers and ships, l the funds and support given by France, the revolution would have been crushed. Without the aid of the French soldiers and the French fleet which blocked the mouths of the James and York rivers, the decisive blow could not have been dealt by Washington at Yorktown. The able generalship of the Marquis de Lafay- cite was shown nowhere in the revo- lution more brilliantly than in this siege. His quick eyes saw that Coril- 1 his little army to cut off possible escaped by the British, he urged Washington to hasten with his army to Virginia. Accompanied by Rocham- beau and his French troops the Amer ican general appeared before York town and the result was the surren- der of Cornwallis and his army. In siding with the Americans and in signing the treaty of alliance of ITS, as well as in the participation i of France in the revolution. the French Kings advisers knew the na- tion was courting financial disaster. In entering the war Trance had no other object than to help us secure cur freedom and independence The aid rendered and the sacrifices made i by Lafayette and his companions in arms were primpted and compelled by the nationwide enthusiasm of the French people of all classes for the American cause,
 Appeal for Children.
 The American Society for the Re lief of French War Orphans, in issl- ing an appeal to the people of the i United States to aid t in it's efforts on behalf of the children of France made fatherless by the terrible war that now involves the greater part of Europe, calls attention to the fact
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-06
FAITH NEWS NOTES.

Miss Imogene Harrington of Rison spent Saturday and Sunday here with her cousins, Misses Lena and Gertrude Harrington.
 J. B. Wilson and Wilson WordloW of Randall were business visitors here Tuesday.
 MT. Tucker of the Standard Lumber company of Pine Bluff was here We'd nesday.
 Rev. Balls held his regular services at Drake Memorial church Sunday morning at Ii o'clock and Sunday night at ' o'clock.
 Those who visited Pine Bluff the past week were D. B. Andrews, Mrs T. M. Flasch, Mrs. A. o. Griffin, Mrs Iva Gaddy and J. T. Herr.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-06
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