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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30
BUT WE'RE STILL ON FAMILIAR
TERMS WITH THE INK KEC

From the Triton Gazette.
They are talking about running Editor
Bill Frier, of the Douglas Enterprise, for
Prison Commissioner to succeed Judge Pat
terson next year. We want to stop that sort
of business, right now Only a few years
ago they took Lee Rainey away from his
newspaper job in Dawson to make a prison
commissioner out of him. To be sure, Rain
ey made an Al prison commissioner-ev-
cry body expected that. Good editors like
Rainey and Frier are too hard to get We
need them in our business, making South
Georgia garden spot and homeseekers de-
light.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30
LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS.

From the Macon Telegraph.
Many Georgians have prayed for biennial
sessions of the legislature instead of annual
sessions. Even annual sessions keep the
state in political and business turmoil. But
Governor Harris believes in two sessions in
one year. Many take that view. 1t gives
the boys an outing at the states expense,
and they have such jolly time; it also helps
hotels.
Alabama manages her affairs better than
Georgia. She has only a session in every
four years. Governor Harris always wants
two year. One regular fifty-day session
and an extra session costing only about
$4,000. What is $4,000 to the state ?
Why wait till June? June is too LONG off.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30

1t is not well for the people of the United
States to talk about it's generosity or char
lty to Belgium in view Of the fact that the
sum total of its contributions in clothing,
food and money amounts to only 100000,
while the commission in charge OF relief
work headed by Americans has spent over
$125, 100000 for supplies in this county,
bought and paid for with money contributed
by other people. In this connection it is in
teresting to note that Tasmanians have con-
trlbuted 1888 per capita, while people of
the United States have given only cents
per capita.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30

Uncle Sam is in bad way financially, and
is confronted with deficit of five hundred
million dollars. This includes 5000, 900
that has accrued in the administration of
the government, and $3OO,OOO,OOO paid out
of the treasury on account of the construc-
ton of the Panama canal. For this canal
debt congress has authorized bonds which
are yet to be sold, but for the 100000, 900
there must be revenue legislation, and the
leaders are looking around for something
new to tax or something that can stand a
little more taxation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30
PROFITABLE PECAN TREES.

From the Savannah Press.
The Millen News is authority for the state
trees that are 80 years old, and that are
producing $3.50 worth of pecans annually.
Over in Terrell county, according to the
Dawson News, thousands of pecan trees
have been and will be planted. Owners
OF pecan groves have one of the surest and
most lasting of financial resources. Com
paratively few people have the patience to
develop this profitable phase of country life.
though the reward is entirely commensurate
with the time and labor expended.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30
A Timely Speech.
From the WESLEYAN Christian Aduocate

The Dawson News took time the other
day to pen this sensible line: "The taxpav-
ers of Georgia would have an easier time
if there were not so many tax eaters IN
Georgia" And every time the legislature
meets, says the paper, the "tax eaters'' are
increased in number. Is it any wonder that
it requires so much of the peoples money
to support the government, when it requires
50 many officers to run the government?
Supplying the tax eaters" is getting to be
very burdensome thing to taxpayers in
this state. And the church. our church at
least, might get along just as we'll if there
were fewer offices in it to be filled.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30

On account of the high cost of paper some
of our contemporaries are economizing by
reducing their exchange list. Fortunately
The News has lost only three of its ex-
changes-one weekly and two afternoon pa
pers. We have large exchange list, and
hope to keep it. We appreciate our con-
temporaries. Every one that comes to our
desk, from the smallest to the largest, is
regularly opened and scanned with interest
and often profit
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30

1t was long time coming, but Savannah
has blossomed out as hot-bed of reform.
The latest is that two members from there
will introduce and advocate an eugenics law
when the legislature convenes next summer.
That has the ear-marks of real progress
iveism" We venture the opinion that the
men and women of Georgia will go on mar
rying just as they have always done.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30

The 'leak" investigation at Washington
will not disclose anything that is not al
ready known. AS everybody knows, for
years and years officials and foreign repre-
sentatives have taken advantage of infor-
nation concerning governmental affairs to
make every dollar possible in the stock mar
ket. The present case is mere incident
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30

We observe that the International Paper
Company, which manufactures the supply
used by this newspaper and many thousands
of others, is advertising for bondholders of
the corporation to offer their holdings for
sale, the proceeds to go to the sinking fund
Which indicates that the international Paper
Company is getting along.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30
THINGS THEY NEVER TALK ABOUT

Bryan-Peace or Prohibition.
Roosevelt-Anything.
Lawson-Crooked Stock Deals.
Watson-Religion or Politics.
IhaW-Blackmail or Persecution.
Sunday-Rum or Baseball.
Baseball Magnates- Frat.
Actors-The Movies.
Farmers-Crop Troubles.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30

New Jersey has had another big munitions
explosion. Four hundred thousand pounds
Of powder were destroyed, and this followed
close upon the heels of the greater catas-
trophe in which loss estimated at SIC, 0O0,-
GOO was sustained. This freight conges-
ton" is being relieved
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30

The plans of the revolt in India are said
to have been laid by Doc Cook. Poor DR..
Cook! Whether in the billiards. of the cold
North or in the heat of India his adventures
are always failures.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30
Give the People a Chance.

Darien Gazette: Biennial sessions of the
legislature are needed in Georgia and the
people want them. And it is to be hoped
that the coming session of the legislature
will act favorably on the bill. Let the solons
give the people chance to vote on the prop
osition.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30

It's wonderful what information those
departments at Washington impart to the
public. The bureau of agriculture has
issued booklet telling, with official dignity
and authority, how to distinguish an old hen
from young chicken.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30

Mr. Carl Vrooman assistant secretary of
agriculture, asserts that the Garden of Eden
was the first real national park. This ex
plains, perhaps, why apple trees are elmi
mated from our parks.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30

Ed COrwin, a justice of the peace in Kan
sas, who complains of having married only
one couple in five years, ought to be proud
of being the only justice of real peace in the
country.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30

Lyons Progress: The Dawson News wants
to know how those Atlanta space filters
found out that Georgia sent to other states
last year fourteen million dollars for meat
products. AS far as we are concerned we
don't believe the yarn
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30

In times of peace it seems rather expen-
sive to wreck battleship like the Milwaukee
While trying to salvage sunken submarine.
The sinking of the submarine should nave
been lesson enough for the navy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30
A Disgusting Gent.

Albany Herald: "Swat the spitterr' He
is almost as dangerous a menace to public
health as the ubiquitous fly, against whom
isingly appraised
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30

The Walton News has entered upon it's
thirty-seventh year 1t is a splendid news
paper, one of the best in the state. We wish
Editor Caldwell and his associate continued
prosperity, and many more anniversaries.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30

The San Francisco suicide who left cash
for drinks for his numerous friends prob
ably figured that he would get few that
way, and hasten their arrival too.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30
Sure!

Walton Tribune: The News tells us that
Dawson sunshine has not advanced in
price" Good. But is it plentiful?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30

Editor Patrick Griffin has purchased a
linotype, and will make the cambridge Post
Searchlight a better newspaper than ever.
And that's saying great deal.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30

Just as we had dismissed Harry Thaw for
doing well, because he was keeping out of
print, he jumps in and grabs a front page
Mace AGAIN
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30

After all, the st. Louis man who was
found with heart, liver and spleen on the
wrong side, is not the only man who is al
ways wrong.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30
The Blessed Women.

Savannah Press: We rather like this plan
OF having women orators on Confederate an
nlversarles. 1t is the women who are keep
ing the memory of the old Confederate
green, anyway.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30
DAWSON, GA, JANUARY 80, 1917

The entire staff of the Emergency Hospital
in Washington went out on a strike. Watch
the lower death rate in that city for the next
month.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30
Points From Other Pens.
Thrilling Statistics.

Dublin Herald: Congress is still talking
several million words a day more or less.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30

The kaiser's new task is to ''force peace
on our foes" It's just like the war.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-07-12
SCOUT ACTIVITIES.

Rochester (Mass.) Boy Scouts re
Gently flashed a message across the
city from the roof Of one high building
to the roof Of another, by mean Of a
semaphore, thus winning $40 from
Jerome R. George, president Of the
Woodchester council, Boy Scouts of
America, who offered that amount for
the correct sending and receiving Of
a message which he had prepared. The
message read: "The president says he
will promptly approve an efficient and
democratic plan for national prepared
ness. What is the matter with the
Boy Scout plan"
The Boy Scouts Of Tacoma, WASH.
have been making themselves useful
this winter in cutting wood and shovel
ing snow for dependent. women and old
people. They divided the town into
districts and carefully looked after
every case which needed help.
A branch Of the Boy Scouts Of Amer.
ica has been organized at Tokyo.
Japan, with the assistance Of Col.
James A. Irons, the American military
attache. About twenty American boys,
all Of whom are pupils OF the Tokyo
grammar school, have formed the nu-
cleus Of the organization.
A scout chooses az his motto 'Be
Prepared" and he. seeks to prepare
himself for anything-t0 rescue a COM
panion, to ford a stream, to gather fire.
wood, to help a stranger, to distin-
gulsh right from wrong, to serve his
fellow-men, his country and his Cod
always to "Be Prepared"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-07-12
TO BE FIRE SCOUTS.

Fire Chief Elliot Whitehead Of Oak
land, CAL, appreciated the value Of the
scout preparation and believing that
the scouts can be counted on in emer-
gencies, is planning to form a fire.
patrol in each troop. These patrols
will receive recognition at fires and
will be counted on to prevent fires.
Instruction in fire-hghting and proven
ton and direction for forming the fire
patrols is given by the chief himself.
Patrol leaders and older scouts are
eligible to join these patrols.
At the end Of the course Of instruc-
ton, a short civil service examination
will be given and the scouts receiving
the highest credits will be eligible for
election as fire chiefs, assistants and
captains.
The patrol will be taken to visit the
fire houses; the fre-fghting apparatus
will be explained and demonstrated
and fire drills will be conducted.
A distinctive badge or shield will be
worn by the fire scouts. This organiza-
ton will not conflict with the organiza-
ton in the schools, but will serve to
strengthen O, as the school fire war
dens will be even more efficient IL they
are fire scouts.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-07-12
MOST PROFITABLE SIDE LINE
Cost Of Raising Turkeys 10 Small
Where Free Range Can Be Given
Some Important Factors.

For those who are favorably stu
ated for raising turkeys, q. more profit
able side line can hardly be found.
Given plenty of range where the tur.
keys can find grasshoppers and other
insects, green vegetation, the seeds Of
weeds and grasses, waste grain, acorns
and nuts of various kinds, the cost of
raising them is very small and the
profits large. Grain and stock farms
are particularly well adapted to turkey
raising, and 1t is on such farms that
most Of the turkeys are found. Little
has ever been done in the way of rails
ing turkeys in confinement, and where
1t has been tried the results have been
discouraging. Plenty of range is es-
sential to success in turkey raising.
In selecting turkeys for breeding,
the most important factors to be con-
sidered are vigOr, size, shape, bone.
early maturity and color Of plumage.
The body should be deep and wide, the
back broad and the breast round and
full. The head should be Of good size
and Of a clean, healthy appearance. A
strong, well-made skeleton is shown
by thick, sturdy shanks and straight,
strong toes. 1t should be the aim of
every turkey raiser to have Il flock Of
purebred turkeys, ever though they
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-07-12
FRUIT LAXATIVE :.
FOR SICK CHILD
"CaIifornia Syrup Of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup Of
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with.
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish. or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! II coated, give q
teaspoonful Of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in a few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
u~ndigested food passes out of the bow
els, and you have q well, playful child
again. When its little system is full
Of cold, throat sore, has stomach.ache,
diarrhoea. indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, a good "inside cleaning should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions Of mothers keep California
Syrup Of Figs" handy; they know q
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for a So
cent bottle Of California Syrup Of
Figs" which has directions for babies,
children Of all ages and grown.ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-07-12
RINSE FUNDS FOR H W
Important Savings Effected by Issu.
anee Of Bonds on Deferred Serial
Retirement Plan.

.ft-uftA.
People of a county intending to raise
funds for highway improvement would
do well to consider the advantages to
them Of the deferred serial plan over
the ordinary sinking-fund plan of re-
firing long-term bonds. Under the Sc
rial plan, a certain amount of bonds
is retired each year and the bonds so
retired cease to be. an interest charge
on the community. Under the sink
ing-fund plan none Of the bonds is re-
tirable until the end of a definite
period, and the entire sun raised bears
interest for the entire life Of the bond.
The county, therefore, pays interest
on the money so borrowed and in adj
dition sets aside each year as a sink
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-07-12
Died Of Premature Old Age !

How many times we hear Of COM
paratively young persons passing away
when they should have lived to be 70
or 80 years Of age. This fatal work is
usually attributed to the kidneys, as,
when the kidneys degenerate, 1t causes
auto-intoxication. The more injuri-
Gus the potsons passing thru the kid
neys the quicker will those noble or
gans be d~egenerated, and the sooner
they decay.
It Is thus the wisest policy, to pre-
vent premature old age and promote
long life, to tighten the work OF the
kidneys. This can be done by drink
ing plenty Of pure water all day long,
and occasionally taking Anuric, double
strength. before meals. This a be
obtained at almost any drug store. You
will find Anuric more potent than lithia
for It dissolves uric acid as water does
sugar.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-07-12
DISPOSE OF DEAD CHICKENS
Practice Of, Permitting careasses to
Lie About Premises Is Poor One
Burning Is Best.

The practice Of allowing dead
chickens to lie about the premises or
in the brooders and of throwing them
over the fence for the hogs to eat, are
decidedly bad, and directly responsible
for large losses each year by causing
and distributing disease, writes NJ. H.
Becker in Farm and Home.
Burning is the safest and easiest
method for disposing Of dead fowls.
The coal-burning brooder stoves will
take care Of any losses among small
flocks and where considerable num-
bers Of fowls are kept a small laundry
stove or air-tight heater set up In the
feed house or tool room will prove
very satisfactory.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-07-12
Bronze Turkey.

are sold at market prices. The male
at the head of the flock should by all
means be a purebred of the best, type
obtainable. The male is one-half the
entire flock, and by continually select
ing the best females of a similar type
and mating these with a purebred
male, one can soon have q flock of uni
formly large, early-maturing, strong
boned, long and deep-bodied turkeys Of
the same color.
Fifteen turkey hens can safely be
mated to a vigorous tom. If 25 or 30
hens r kept, two toms should not be
allowed to run with them at the same
time, but one should be confined one
day and the other the next. When
two toms r allowed to run together
during the mating eason they fight
badly and the ~strongendoes practically
all Of the mating.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-07-12
PAYING FOR GOOD H W
Little Texas City Finds Merchants Of
NeIshboring Towns Get Trade
on Account Of Roads.


Two years ago Rockdale, Tex, voted
a bond issue for the construction Of
good roads in that neighborhood. The
people Endorsed the bond issue, but
certain interests fought 1t in the courts
and the roads were never built. Now
the citizens are working to secure the
issuance Of a much larger bond issue
for the same purpose.
Neighboring towns and precincts
have surrounded Rockdale with good
roads to such an extent that the
merchants of that little city are find
ing their trade leaving them to travel
the better roads. As commerce fol-
lows the flag, 30 does country trade
follow the better roads. and the mer-
chants Of Rockdale know it-now.
Every community in Texas that has
spent money for improved highways
has made a good investment. The only
trouble has been that Texas bond is
sues for the building of roads have
left too much of the cost to be paid by
boys and girls now growing up and
far too little is being paid by the men
and women who r getting the larger
part of the value Of these roads.
The United States good roads ex-
perts have found from their investi-
cations that 1t Is not unusal for an in
vestment in better roads to return to
the taxpayers from SO to 100 per cent
profit each year on the total cost of
the roads. With a profit so great on
their invested capital it would seem
the part Of wisdom, and only fair, for
the bonds to be retired in a less period
than in the usual 20 or 80 years.
Houston Post.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-07-12
GREEN'S AUGUST
FLOWER
Used All Over the Civilized World
for More.Than so Years.

Stomach troubles seem to be almost
universal the last few years; I mean
Indigestion in many forms, internal
nervousness, caused by incompatible
food fermentation, coming up Of food,
sour stomach, headache, apparent pal
pitation Of the heart, habitual consti-
patton, intestinal indigestion, caused
by a torpid liver, and a general break
down with low spirits and depressed
feeling. Green's August Flower was
introduced in this and foreign coun
tries fifty years ago with wonderful
success in relieving the above com.
plants. Sold by dealers everywhere at
25c trial bottles OF 75c family size. Sole
manufacturer, G. G. Greer, Woodbury.,
N. j., U. s. A.. Australia and Toronto,
Canada.-Adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-07-12
s12s,ooo,ooo IS REQUIRED
NEstlmate Placed by Governor Dunno
for improvement Of Leading High.
ways Of Illinois.

Needed improvement Of leading
roads Of Illinois will require an outlay
Of $129,OO0.O00, according to Governor
Dunno. Since the lice law became
effective July ], 1913, Governor Dunno
says, the general assembly has appro-
priated a total Of $3.100,OOO. The
counties contribution makes a total Of
$8,200,OO0 available for the state-aid
roads to June 80, 1917. The state
highway commission, in estimating the
cost of the construction Of the state
system at $129,O00,OO0, averages this
outlay over twenty years.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-07-12
BOY
%
Conducted by National Council Of the
Boy Scouts Of America.)
ORGANIZATION OF SCOUTS

When a boy registers as a scout, he
becomes a member Of a group called O
patrol. A patrol consists of eight boys
one Of whom Is patrol leader and an.
other assistant patrol leader. Patrols
are formed into troops. Not more than
four patrols are taken into one troop
and three Is considered a better mum.
Der as the scoutmaster who leads q
troop can get better results with q
small group Of boys than with a large
one.
When a community desires to,derive
the benefits, Of the scout movement
three or five men form what is known
as q troop committee and this COM
mittee communicates with the local
council which holds a charter for that
particular district. In cases where
there is no local council the troop com
mittee applies directly to the national
council. A scoutmaster is then select
ed and he receives a commission from
the national council upon the recon-
mendation Of the troop committee.
Local councils are formed in COM
munities where there are three or
more troops. Such a council is made
up Of ten or more men. These men
are elected as representatives Of the
various interests Of the community in
cMding religious, educational. business
and civic activities. In many cities
each troop elects at least one member
Of its troop committee as a member Of
the local council.
The national council is made up Of
delegates from the various local coun-
ellis, president and ex-presidents of
the United States, governors of the
various states, and a limited number Of
other men distinguished for their
achievements in work for boys.
This in brief is the scout organiza-
ton. It was planned with a view Of
insuring proper supervision Of oil scout
work and of keeping the local council
md the national council directly in
touch with both the scout and the
scoutmaster. AS 500 as any impor-
tant a%ddition'is made to the scout pro-
gram, as o as some mean is dis
covered of doing things better than
they have been done before, this infor-
nation must Immediately reach every
branch Of the organization. Some Of
the best men in the country are every
day volunteering valuable suggestions
to local councils and to the national
council and it is very necessary that
these latest details of scouting should
reach the scout and the scoutmaster
with the least possible delay.