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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-02-13
FERTILIZER SALES ARE
ABOUT like LAST YEAR
INDICATIONS ARE THAT COT.
TON ACREAGE WILL BE
LARGE THIS YEAR.

Sales of fertilizers in Dawson have
been brisk for several weeks, and it
is believed that the total sales will
be as large as those of last year, if
not larger. The sales to date have
been as great as last year at this time,
approximately $500 having been
shipped to Dawson.
In 1915 and 1916 the sales were
off about 40 per cent from previous
years. 1t is believed that the sales
IN 1917 will be in about the same
amount.
There are no kainits on the mar
ket. The cost of acids this year is
about so per cent to 60 per cent
greater than last year. They have
advanced from 81 to S11.50 per ton
over last years prices. The short
age of acids in Georgia will run
about 10000 tons, according to well
Informed fertilizer men.
Potash has also advanced consider,
ably. 1t has jumped from $2.T5 a
unit last year to 81 per unit this
year.
1t is understood that much of last
years output of acids from fertilizer
plants went into the manufacture CT
munitions and that this caused the
shortage this year for fertilizer.
Sales of fertilizers indicate that
there will be a large acreage of cot
ton this year. It is not thought,
however, that the cotton acreage will
be as great as last year. There is a
notable change in plans, according
to fertilizer men, in that fertilizer
sales indicate that there will be more
peanuts, beans and other such crops
planted this year than ever before
In the history of this section.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-02-13
BROWN APPOINTED
TO SUCCEED PRICE
New Commissioner of Agriculture
Elect Will Assume His Duties on
Thursday of This Week.

Governor Harris has appointed j..
j. Brown, commissioner of agricul-
ture-elect, to succeed J. D. Price in
office for the unexpired term ending
on the Saturday following the fourth
Wednesday in June. Mr.. Brown will
assume the duties of the office on
Thursday of this week, the day fixed
by Mr.. Price for his resignation to
take effect.
After June Is Mr.. Price will take
up his work as head of the Georgia
Experiment Station to which position
he was elected last October to sue
seed j. H. D. DeLoach, resigned. Mr..
Price recommended to the chief ex-
ecutive the selection of his assistant.
Cliff Clay, of Americas, as his success
sor.
There were four applicants for the
position, each of whose friends were
very active. They were J. j. Brown
of Bowman, ommissioner-elect: j.
I. Williams of Round Oak, former
president of the State Agricultural
Society; Cliff Clay of Americas, as
sistant commissioner of agriculture.
and A. S. Chamlee of Barlow, an in
tiuential farmer and an appointee Of
Governor Harris as trustee of the
Georgia Experiment Station.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-02-13
NEW STATE ROAD
LEASE AGREED ON
For Term of Fifty Years Railroad
Will Pay $45, 900 Month, and
Spend 100000 a Year.

The Western and Atlantic railroad
cimmission and representatives of
the Nashville, Chattanooga and ST.
Louis railroad has reached an agree
ment whereby the Western and At
lantic railroad, at the expiration of
the present lease to the Nashville,
Chattanooga and st. Louis railroad,
December 27, 1919, is to be released
to the present lessee for a term of
fifty years at an annual net cash rem
tai of $4,000 and minimum cash
expenditure of 100000 per year for
improvements.
A provision, included in the new
lease but not in the present one,
which will be of benefit not only to
the state, but to the counties and
municipalities through which the line
of the Western and Atlantic passes
is the requirement that the lessee
shall pay taxes upon it's rolling stock
and equipment.
1t is estimated that this tax will
bring an annual net income of $4,000
into the state treasury, while the sew
eral counties and municipalities
through which the road passes will
receive their prorata, amounting to
another $4,000. The counties which
will profit by this arrangement are
Fulton, Cobb, Barlow, Gordon, Whit
field and Catoosa.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-02-13
SEES HORSE FAMINE
WHEN WAR ENDS
Ten Million Have Been DESTROYED
Since the Outbreak, Is the Be-
lief of an Expert.

NEW YORK.-That the next ten
years will see the greatest demand
for horses the world has ever known
is the opinion of Wayne Dinsmore.
secretary of the Percheron Society of
America. His belief is based on the
unprecedented destruction of horses
IN the great war in Europe, which
some authorities estimate as high as
1O,OO00,000. This country alone has
lost 100000 horses and mules since
the outbreak of hostilities, through
sales to the warning powers.
When the war is over and the men
under arms return to agriculture and
industry every country in Europe will
be short of horses unless the mar
ket experts are much mistaken. TheS
expect to see hundreds of thousands
exported from the United States aft
ter peace is restored.
Breeders who have ceased to raise
horses in expectation that motor We
hicles are going to supplant them in
nearly all lines of work will soon see
the mistake they have made, Mr.
Dinsnore declares.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-02-13
ORGANIZED FIGHT WILL BE MADE
IN TERRELL ON COTTON PEST

Keep cultivating as long as plants
fruit.
7. To pick boil weevils as soon as
they appear on your plants, repeat
ing this weekly till squares form.
Then to pick and burn all fallen or
infested squares once a week till the
first or middle of July.
8. To pick the cotton early so that
stalks can be turned under at least
three-quarters. To clean up prem
ises, fences, bitches, swampheads,
etc, during winter to kill as many
weevils in their winter quarters as
possible.
8. To grow food for man and
beast, endeavor to have all the year
round garden. To raise poultry and
fruits.
10, To raise all of the swine and
cattle possible, using the best quail
ty of animals obtainable and seek to
employ best methods in handling
them.
II. To grow variety of crops in
rotation, using legumes as one of
the crops.
II, To read literature and attend
meetings having for their purpose
Improvements in agriculture and call
on county agent or other qualified
person for information.
Can Diminish Harmful Effects.
1t has been found that the harmful
effects of the weevil can be greatly
minimized if proper steps are taken.
Therefore, the farmers are getting
together, realizing that only through
cooperation can this be accomplish
ed. In Alabama and other states
where the weevil has existed for
some years there were in almost ev-
cry section farmers who depended
solely upon their brother workers to
destroy the weevil. That is, they al
lowed the weevil to work unchecked
on their farms, believing that their
neighbors would take the necessary
precautions, and that it was useless
for them to pick up the squares and
burn them, when the "other fellow"
would do it.
1t is planned to keep down any
such spirit in Terrell county, and
with that end in view aggressive
farmers and business men have
launched this organized fight, hoping
to enlist the aid and cooperation Of
every cotton planter in this section.
The county farm demonstrator,
MIR. Allen, is enlisted enthusiastically
IN the campaign, and will render val
liable assistance in promoting better
agricultural conditions.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-02-13
five MEN TO RULE
THE NEXT CONGRESS-
INDEPENDENTS CAN GIVE pow
Err EITHER OF BIG PARTIES.
REPUBLICANS IN LEAD.

Five Independents, elected to the
house of representatives in Novem-
Der, will hold the balance of power
during the next session of congress,
according to latest figures compiled
in Washington. The tabulation gives
the Republicans a total of PIG mem
bers and the Democrats 214, with five
men in the independent column. Re-
publican leaders declare the indie
pendents, three of whom are classed
as Progressives, will swing back to
the old party and insure a majority
In the election of speaker. In that
event James R. Mann, of Illinois,
floor leader in the house, will become
speaker, and Representative Lenroot,
of Wisconsin, will become floor
leader.
Democratic leaders also claim they
will control the House and return
Champ Clark to the speakership. At
all events the five independents will
favor the party which grants in great
er measure their demands for legisla-
ton and reforms desired for their
constituents and by progressive poll
ticians generally.
How Independents Stand.
The first roll of the new house
showed six Independents, but Repre-
sentative Schall, of Minnesota, Pro-
gressive, has announced that he will
line up with the Republicans. Rep
resentative Randall, of California,
Prohibitionist, subscribes to the pro-
tective tariff principles of the Repub-
icans. Representative-elect Kelley,
of Pennsylvania, a former Progress
sive, was elected this time on all tick
cts. Representative-elect Fuller, of
Massachusetts, was elected by Re-
publican district.
Representative Martin, of Louis
lana, Progressive, is doubtful. His
district is Democratic but rebelled
against having sugar placed on the
free list. Meyer London, Socialist,
generally sides with the Democrats.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-02-13
ARE MANY MEN OF
MILLIONS IN U. s.
INCOME TAXES SHOW 10000
MILLIONAIRES, WITH NEW
YORK FAR IN LEAD-SMALLER
INCOMES ON INCREASE.

Fifty years ago man worth ST.
100000 was a rarity in the United
States. Now there are 100 persons in
this country whose incomes range
near 100000 a year. There are
2O9 persons who have incomes of
from 100000 to $1,000, 900. There
are 1851 millionaires in the coun-
try, of whom 1910 are worth ST.
100000 or more. These facts are
taken from the income tax returns
for 1916 filed with the treasury de-
partment in Washington.
Last year the United States col
lected $512, 723,287 in internal rev.
taxes, which was $97, 100000 more
than the year before. Of the total
amount SGT 100000 was on individ-
ual incomes. The reports show that
the income tax, which reaches $780,
600 persons whose salaries range
from $4,000 a year upward, works
more smoothly and costs less to col
lect than any other source of rev.
enue for the government.
Where MilIionaires Are Found.
Five-sevenths of all the revenue
derived from the income tax is col
lected from persons living in or near
the largest cities of the East and
Middle West. Thus, of the 120 per-
sons who have incomes of one million
a year or more, "a, or 81 per cent
live in New York state, the majority
of them in New York city, while only
one lives in Missouri and one in Okla
homa.
200 Millionaires in United States.
Of the 200 who have incomes
from 100000 to $1,0OO,000 a year,
III live in New York. The six states
in which the largest individual income
tax was collected are: New York,
$30,252, 1855; Pennsylvania, $6,313,-
1911; Illinois, $5,566,689; Massachu-
sets, S4,193,828; New Jersey, ST.
$4,000, and Ohio, $2,416,701.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-02-13
CLARK IS SECOND IN
C0UNTRYS RICH MEN
COPPER KING FAST
OVERHAULING ROCKEFELLER
WAS TEAM DRIVER AND SPICE
PEDDLER IN HIS YOUTH.

w. A. Clark, former United States
senator from Montana and mine king
of the West, is believed to be fast
overhauling John D. Rockefeller, oil
king, as the richest man in Aemrica.
War prices on metal have enormous
ly increased Clark's fabulous income.
One difference between Clark and
Rockefeller is, that Clark's holdings
are in his own name. His intimates
declare he could raise S10O,OOO,O0O
in cash in "a hours and that he prob
ably is the only man in the United
States who can.
Clark started his career as a bull
team driver in Montana and as a
peddler of spices, baking powders and
other household supplies in the early
days Of Butte, Mont. He was in
on the first whack at the "billion
dollar hilP' in Butte At 76 years of
age he owns extensive mining opera
tlons in Montana, Arizona, Califor-
MIA, Michigan, oil properties in Mon
tana and the Salt Lake railroad line
- SAAA DUCIG W GOb AIISSlSS.
Sources of CIark's Income.
United Verde, the Arizona copper
mine for which Clark recently re-
fused an offer of $75,000,0OO, is pay
ing 100000 a month. His Butte
properties, though comparatively
small, yield enormous wealth. Every
day he receives a Geographic report
of what is done on each of his prop
critics and thus he keeps posted on all
operations.
Clark is not close with his funds,
He owns a SIS, 100000 home in New
York city and a $10,O00,0OO chateau
In Paris, the adopted home of his
children. Another Clark palace is
located in Los Angeles and his old
home in Butte is one of the finest in
the West.
Clark admits his political cam
paigns cost him millions of dollars,
but asserts that these political bat
ties gave him the philosophy to which
he today ascribes his remarkable en-
ergy and unfailing business acumen.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-02-13
FARMERS AND BUSINESS MEN
UNITE IN WAR ON WEEVILS.
MEETINGS WILL BE HELD AND
CLUBS ORGANIZED.

An organized fight against the boil
weevil will be carried on in Terrell
county.
A speech to the bankers, farmers
and business men by Mr.. j. N. Tay-
Tor, of Mississippi, in Dawson We'd
nesday was the initial meeting of a
movement which promises to mini
mize the damage of the cotton pest
throughout this section of the state.
Other meetings will be held in the
county, the places and dates being
Dawson, Monday, February 26, 10
a. m; Bronwood, Monday, February
26, 2:30 p. M; Parrott, Tuesday,
February 27, 10 a. m; Sasser, Tues
day, February 27, 2:30 p. m.
The farmers of this county are
urged to turn out at these meetings
and get ready for the changes which
will surely have to be made in farm
practices if the boil weevil is to be
successfully met and if farmers
are to be saved from ruin.
These meetings will be addressed
by farmers who have made a success
of growing cotton in boil weevil terri
tory, experts in livestock and crop
Investigation.
1t is proposed to organize boil
weevil clubs in different sections of
the county, and in this way there will
be concert of action by farmers and
business men in averting to the
greatest possible extent the ravages
of the insect.
Towns and Conditions.
Towns enlisting in the clubs agree
to the following terms and conditions
looking toward making the farm
self-sustaining under boil weevil
conditions:
l. Not to plant greater acreage
than can be properly cared for by
best methods recommended for boil
weevil conditions.
2. To select good soil for the cot
ton crop and to plant cotton, if
possible, after velvet beans or Brab-
ham or iron cowpeas.
8. To break the land thoroughly
as early as possible to make good
seed-bed in the spring.
A. Obtain selected seed of right
variety for weevil conditions-early
maturing, continuous fruiting, dis
ease resisting kind.
5. To mix all commercial fertiliz-
ers thoroughly with soil before plant
ing, to use as much barnyard manure
as possible, and to use a high per
cent of phosphoric acid in the COM
plete fertilizer for its effect on has
tening maturity.
6. To cultivate frequently and
shallow as often as once a week and
as soon after every rain as possible.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-02-13
EXAMINATION FOR RURAL.
CARRIERS NEXT MONTH
For Places From All Postofices in
Terrell County.


The United States Civil Service
commission has announced an ex-
animation for the county of Terrell,
Ca, to be held at Dawson, Ga, on
March 10, 1917, to fill the position
of rural carrier at Dawson and va
cancies that may later occur on rural
routes from other postofices in the
above mentioned county. The exam
ination will be open only to male
citizens who are actually domiciled
In the territory of a postoffice in the
county and who meet the other re-
quirements set forth in Form No.
1877. This form and application
blanks may be obtained from the of
fees mentioned above or from the
United States Civil Service Commits
sion at Washington, D. C. Applica-
tions should be forwarded to the
commission at Washington.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-02-13
SOUTH GEORGIA METHODISTS
WILL TRY TO RAISE $125, 600

At a meeting held in Macon the
presiding elder of the South Georgia
Conference voted to raise $125, 900
in South Georgia to aid in the cree
ton of school for teachers at Emo
ry University. All of the elders were
present with one exception. The
meeting was presided over by Bishop
Warren A. Gambler of Atlanta.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-02-13
HOT METEOR SETS BED
AFIRE AND BURNS MATTRESS
Missile From Sky Crushed Through
Roof of House-Resembled Jet.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex.-A burning
particle from meteor falling from
the sky crashed through the roof of a
ranch house and set fire to a mat
tress on bed in Webb county.
The story is substantiated by Will
liam Reuter- and L. S. Goforth of San
Antonio, who while on a hunting trip,
were occupants of the deserted ranch
house.
The missile, which resembled a
piece of jet, is the size of hen egg.
The men were sitting in the room
when they saw what they believed to
be falling star start from the sky
and in few seconds the redhot par
ticle crashed through the frail roof
and fell on the bed, burning a hole
through blanket and the mattress
and in the floor.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-02-13
QUAIL PROTECTED BY
FARMERS AS WEEVIL. EATERS
Atlanta Sportsmen Find Most Land
in South Georgia Posted.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS quail hunt
ers who have found their greatest
sport in South Georgia, because of
the abundance of game there, are
finding themselves cut off this year
from many of the largest plantations.
The farmers down there have been
told that quail eat boil weevils and
the posting of land against hunters
has become general.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-02-13
WOMAN PRESIDES OVER THE
OREGON GENERAL ASSEMBI. Y

in Regular Form-No Smoking.
SALEM, Ore.-A woman presided
as speaker over the Oregon house of
representatives for the first time
when Speaker Robert N. Stanfield
turned the gavel over to Mrs. Alexan-
der Thompson, representative from
The Dalles. While "Mrs. Speaker"
presided none of the men on the
floor lit a cigar
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-02-13
FEAR 81 A DOZEN FOR EGGS;
SPECTATORS ARE ACTIVE

Chicago is a-thrill with rumors that
eggs may rise to a dollar a dozen
because of the operations of specula-
tors for the European markets. The
advance is not expected to be imme-
diate, but next fall, and it is said
that butter may be similarly affected.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-02-13
ltGRo WHO WENT NORTH
rum SOUTH CONSERVED HEAT

"'ed Chicken on Iron Pipe While
NeIghbor's House Burned.
gorge Anderson, colored, decided
Est nake the most of his neighbours
'afo .une and roasted his chicken
biI lanes that were licking up the
b;l ol9g adjacent to his home in
Far ~ueiphla. When warned by po-
|on %ah that he should leave the i'm
bseG kitchen on the second floor
=, mouse, Anderson declared he
|Eict JUST conserving heat and that his
t5o would be carved just as soon
'"s oihcers left his premises.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-27

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-30
JOSEPH JOFFIRE

had all that could be given them of food and supplies. It was his genius that won the battle of the Marne. that placed the troops in reserve to strike at the opportune moment. that real- ized that the forts around Paris were, in the light of the examples at Liege and Mons and Maubeuge, worthless as points of defense and that the gar- risons of those forts could be used to better advantage in the field as an additional army to attack the German} flank. It was Joffre who gave tho word when to turn and strike the on] coming, increasingly confident Gerl mans. It was Joffre who fought that wonderful battle. who sent the lines back to the Aisne and who then pro- ceeded to create a new army to make sure that the invaders should not come farther south. Joffre's name was always in the dispatches and the American people grew to love kim as a fit representative of the marvellous France that stood forth so gloriously before the world.
 Now that Joffre has retired from his active duty and has come to Amer- lea as missioner of alliance he is received. as have few people who ever came across the sea, with the hearfieAt and most sincere greeting of esteemS&
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-30

From the Washington Star.
 11OSEPH JOF'FRE. marshal of
 France, has apepa1ed extraordl- narily to the American people. In the early days of the war, when all was confusion, his name appeared more and more distinctly as the man upon whom France was depending.
 There was no man on horseback" supremely prominent and with a bril- liant reputation. Joffre was far from that sort of figure, plain, unosten- tations, placid, unheroic type of man, very true indeed to the French type, and yet with a splendid military record of which the American people knew nothing. but which made for his pres- tige in the difficult work of prepara- tion and defense. Joffre was just the man of the hour. all-seeing, sa- gacious. deliberate of consideration and yet quick of decision. He said little, heard everything. He inspired the army. He awakened the affec- tions of the "poilus" He held them strongly bound to him as friend. They called him papa" He personally inspected all ranks. He was every where seeing that the men were as comfortable as possible. that they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-30
HOTEL LOBBNES
Pleasant Mid-week Entertainment


 Perhaps the greatest charm and at traction of the dinner and dance being held each Wednesday evening at the Southern club" said Harry Jones' con sists in the informality of the affair AS has been chronicled in the social columns of The Age-Herald this Affair has of late been very well attended, in- deed, and continues to grow in favor so- cially among the members and their guests. And at the present time few ladies will fail to accept an invitation provided a previous engagement does not interfere. The musical entertainment of- forded is of the best, and the dancing floor could hardly be better, or more ad- vantageously arranged.
 Tn these warm summer months the man of affairs and of business does not wish to spend the better portion of the evening in arraying himself in formal evening apparel Simplicity and light en- tertainment of an informal nature are desired after the trying hours of busi- ness!'