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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
Amazing Power of Bon-Opto
To Make Weak Eyes Strong
Doctor Says 1t Strengthens
Eyesight SO per cent in One
Weeks Time in Many Instances

spared tho trouble and expense Of ever
geiinE glasses Eyo troubles OF many
descriptions may be wonderfully benefit.
ed hy the use OF this prescription ii
nome. 60 to rny active drug store nj
get bottle of Bon-Opto tablets Drop
one Boh-Opto tablet In n fourth Of o glas,
of water and let n dissolve with this
llquld hatha the eyes two 10 four times
dAllS. You should notice your eyes clear
up pcroepilhly right from tho start. and
Inflammation and redncss viii quickly
disappear II your eyes bother YOU even
Uttle II II your duty to take steps %
save them now before It ls 100 late
Many hopelessly blind might have saved
ihelr hght II they bad cared for their
eyes IN time
Nots Another prominent phy.lcl,n 70
whom tho above article was submitted said
"" tho hon -bpt0 prescription II truly
n Wondeftul 'Ne remedy tts constituent
ingredients are well known 10 eminru,
eve specialists ANA widely prescribed nv
them. have used II very sur,rs.fulIy 10
were strained through overwork or mi.fit
glasses | ran highly recommend Il In cas-.
~ Wehk. waterY, aching. suhrtiug itching,
burning eyes. red lids. blurred vision or for
eyes lhflamei from exposure 20 smoke sun.
dust OF Wind II IL one % the very few
for regular use In almost every family Do
Bon Optn, referred 10 above. IN not Pat
ent mtdlcin" or secret femedy II IL an
ethical preparation, tho formula tetng
printed on tho package The mAnufAr.
turcrs guarantee II 20 strengthen ey.siEht
stance. or refund the money II can h.
obtained from any good druggist and IL
sold In this city by WestfRll DRUG Co aud
other druggists ADV
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
A Free Prescription You Can Have Fllied
and Use at Home.

'snO Use Al fomc.
Victims Of eye strain and other eye
weaknesses and those who wear glasses,
will be glad to know that according 20
Dr Lewis there Is real hope and help for
them. Many whose eyes were failing say
they have had their eyes restored hy this
remarkable prescription and many who
once wore glasses say they have thrown
them away. ono man says, after using
II: II was almost blind Could not se"
to read at all Now | can read every
thing without my glasses. and my eyes dc
not hurt any utbrr A. night they would
pain drCadiully Now they feel I'm. all
the time. II was like 4 miracle 10 me
lady who used II saws. The atmos .
phero seemed hhzy with or without
glasses, but after using this prescription
for fifteen days everything seems clear
can read even fine print without
glasses" Another who uh,d " says. 81
was bothered with eye strain caused ~
overworked tired eyes. which induced
fierce headaches have worn glasses for
several years. both for distance and work
and without them | could not read my
own name on an envelope or tho type
writing on the machine before me. I
can do both now aud have discarded my
long distance glasses altogether. ! can
count the fluttering leaves on the trees
across the street now. which for several
years have looked like a dim green blur
20 me. ! cannot express my JOY at wht.
II has done for me"
II IN believed that thousands who wraf
glasses can now discard them Ia rea 81
sonable time aud muitiiudeH more viii he
abls to strengthen their eyes so Dc 10 be
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26

ard and Margaret, and tell them We
shall hope To see them at the family
reunion at Christmas time ! trust
Margaret will not be Inconvenience
She probably can invite some friends
oi her own II she has made prcpara.
tlons for Us. and will probably have a
much better time than II We came You
know as usual thing wives are not
very keen on entertaining their huN
bands people
with much love. mother dear
"Nour aiicctlouale daughter.
Elizabeth Harrison
A Heavy Heart
put the letter down with feeling
Of amayement at MS CartlcSS call'u'.
ness. The covert Snccr at m, hospital
ny | did not resent partly because !
was used to similar ,lurung remark,
from the lips oi Dicky'S mother partly
because knew IN my heart that the
writer was correct in her lutcrc.Cc. !
had no, been anxious TO entertain
Dicky's sister and her family, but !
had done ny very best to make ade,
Quate preparation ior the guests
But that a woman could dlSappo,n'
an old and frail mother N birthday
yis, because she wished to avoid IN.
conyen,encing the members OF WON
ans club seemed to me the acme ot
hcar,lcssncSs Nv heart ached Tor the
lonely old woman who ! was sure, was
weeping bitter tears OF disappointment
m her room up stairs | longcd to 50
tn her and comfort her, hut ] wa, itaid
,ha, she would repcl me, afraid too
that IN some way she would attribute
her daughters failure TO make the visit
to some iancied lack OF cordlality on
my part
Then my mind turned TO the practical
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
ROOT TO START
FOR RUSSIA SOON
Mission Accepted After Con-
ference With Wilson,

WASHlNGTON Nprll ~ -Ehhu
Root, former secretary of state after
conferences early today with President
Wilson and Secretary Lansing. formal
ly accepted the chalrman,hlp OF the
American commission to Russia
Mr. Root spent an hour with the pres
ldcnt at the White House discussing
the Russian situation The president
outlined fully what he desired To- a,.
Compll,h
The commission viii be composed II
three or four principal members and a
staff Of secretaries and assistants II
is expected to leave for Russia within
IA few days
The need, of Russia as outlined 10
President Wilson arc for POLITICAL hn
ancldl, transportation and commercial
advice and assistance
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26

side oi my problem Nv pantry was
proylSioncd ior the feeding ot six extra
guests. II seemed a shame and mock
cry OF the day for Just three OF Us to
sit down 10 tho feast Tor which We had
made such preparation But where was
! to find guests at this late hour eSpe
clally those who would meet m, mother
in-law's approval:
One thing | must do At once. set
Dlcky at his studio II he had not al
ready gone to meet his sister. and tell
him that he had no guests to meet |
went al once TO the telephone and gave
the studio number. to the operator
Mother Grahsm's Offer.
What's thati They're not coming
DiCky'S voice was sharp with angry
amazcmcnt as ! told him the news
'Nhateycr'S the matter with Elizabeth
Docs she think we're running a Shor,
order restaurant out here that she can
break an engagement as coolly as ,ha,
Bu, don't YOU care III ring up the Un.
derwoodS We always used to dine at
some hotel together, and ! know | can
Get them to come out And perhaps the
DurkceS are going 'o dine quictl, a,
home They do frequently know IN
bet they'll come over Wen have a
better time than IT Eliabeth'S gang did
come
But Dicky" | protested u don,
think we ough, to do that Your moth.
er is terribly disappointed about this.
and YOU know. while she doesn't oh
lect to Lillian any more she does not
like Mr. Underwood at an iccl As L
VIC ought not to have any ono who
would annoy her at an am So Sot,
Tor her tor know ,he !, really sui
icr,ng over this
Margaret NV mother In law .,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
WARTIME RATI0NS
FOR CHICAGO HOTELS

CHICAGO, April h War time food
rationS struck Chicago today The
management OF leading hotel an
nounced a mcatlcSS day weekly begin
ming on Friday
" number oi other clubs hotel,
and cafes including the Union League
club, 1t wa, asserted tina, not only is a
meatlesS day under consideration. but
also a general curlailmen; Of menus.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
WAKE Up FEELING
FRESH AS A DAISY

Ie, Cascate'' liver vnw liver and clean
your thirty Zee, ni bowels w,thou, grip
inp You will wake up feeling grand
Tour head will he clear. breath right.
tongue clean. stomach sweet eyes bright
step elastic and complexion rosy .-
they're wonderful Get a l0.cent box
now at any drug s,ote. Mothers can
safely give a whole Cascare, TO children
at any time when they become cross.
fevetish. bilious. ,onrre coated or con.
stipated-CaseatetS are harmless, ADJ,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
Mems Night Shirts

are very ,pccial today at so. The
material is an excellent muslin,
trimmed arirac,Ivcly IN hraid,
Boys Night,hlri,. Of muslin d
60 H. wears. S0C
Childrcn's palamaS. pink ar
blue. tuck trimming. button fast
cnlng, % to ~ ycar>-9Sc
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
REVELATIONS
.0RMlFE
Why Mother Graham Turned to Madge
for Sympathy and Swept Much Bit
ternes Away.
6V &e[o Gorrisono


terne. Away.
r. ! had cherished any lingering re-
sentiment at my mother in laws
= hgh-handed procedure in inviting
her daughters family Tor ThankSgiv.
ing wi,hou, consulting me, 1t vanished
completely at the sigh, oi the elder
womsn's stricken face when she read
the special delivery letter, saving the
expected guests were not coming
Not coming" echoed bewildcrcd.
Tor II was ! o'clock OF the day before
Dicky'S birthday and Dicky was to
mec, his sister and her family and
bring them out OH the s o'clock tram.
why, what is the matter Is some
one III T."
Ny mother in-lawS proud old face
was working pitiiully She held the
letter out to me.
No. no ono is III" she said toneleSS-
Is "Nou may read It II YOU like II
has a message for YOU"
She put the letter in my hand. and
went swiftly II unS,eadlly gu, OF the
door and up the stairs to her room
| opened the letter and read the
brief message
Dear Mother" !, began 81 am
sorry to disappoint YOU, for we cannot,
possibly come today but Of course YOU
are coming to Us Christmas a. usual
and then YOU must stay longer so that,
we can have the visit We have been
cheated out oi now You see my dear
est friend. and next door ncighhor.
Mrs. Buckman. has been taken sudden.
" III She was to entertain our wom-
ans club HE day after Richards birth.
day. and | have offered TO have them
come to nv home instead So It will
be impossible for me 10 come to YOU
Please present my excuses ~ Rich
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26

me to slip a oaressing arm about her.
u canno, tell YOU how sorry ! arm for
this disappointment, | wish could
make !, easier for YOU"
With swift. impulSiye movement.
totally unlike her. she turned and put
her face against my shoulder. held
her closely happy in the thought that
she had come TO me ior sympathy |
iclt that though my mother in-law and
! would m all probability have many
clashes m the future, there could never
again he the bitterness between US that
there sometimes had been IN the past
tCopyrighD
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26

voice. lmperlous a. ever. but with a
Soitcned irieudllnesS instead OF It's usu.
al accrhity, sounded from the landing OF
the staircase above me Please tell
Dicky 90 ask the UndtrwoodS or any
one else YOU and he wish for tomorrow
| shall not mind IN the least Indeed.
| think guests, NO matter who they are.
will make It easier Tor nc"
PauSng only to give Dioky her mes
sage. | hung up the receiver. and hur
ried up the staircase To the pathetic OH
figure still standing upon the landing
Mother Graham. said earnestly.
and something abou, her cmboldcnci
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
Few Drops When COrns Hurt,
Pain Stops! Corns Lift Out
Don't let corns ache twice! Lift any corn or
calus off with fngers-Here's magic!
Women! Keep it on dresser!

No humbug Any corn. whether hard,
OF, OF hctNecsihe toes. will loosen right
up and III, ont. without any pain.
This drug is called ireesone and 3, a
compound Of ether discovered by a GIN
cinnatl man
Ask at any drug store Tor a small
bottle OF ircefone, which will cost but
a uiilc, but is sufficient to nd one, ieet
Of every corn or callu,
Put few drops upon a tender corn ot
calluS Instantly the soreness disappears
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26

and shortly the corn or callus will liit
of with the fingers.
FreeSone doesn't ca, out the corns or
callu'es. bu, ShtivelS them without, any
irritation Just think No pain at all:
no soreness or smarting when applying
It or ai,erwafd
Women Keep ireeione on your
dresser and apply few drops when
ever a corn begins aching Pain stops.
corn goes
Genuine iteytone !, sold in little bot
ties packed in round, wooden case
Adv
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-26
Get a 10 Cent Box of
"CaSCaretS" for Your
Liver and Bowels.

Tonigh, sure Take Cascares and
enjoy the incest s,ntles, liver and
bowel cleansing you ever experienced
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30
$26S,6S6 Is GEORGIA'S
RURAL POST PORTION
SECOND ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION
MADE TO STATES UNDER
FEDERAL LAW.

WASHINGTON Apportionment
of $10,000,OOO to aid the states in
the construction of rural post roads,
the second annual distribution in ac-
cordance with the federal aid road
law, was announced today by Sec
rotary Houston of the department of
agriculture. The funds are the ap-
portionment for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1918. To meet the cost
of administering the law 100000
has been deducted.
The following amounts are receiv-
ed by Southern states:
Arkansas, $165,378; Florida,
$111,952; Georgia, $268,658; Ken
lucky, S194,943; Louisiana, $134,-
949; Maryland, $4,000; Mississippi,
$177,811; North Carolina, $685.
1853; Oklahoma, $230,278; South
Carolina, $143,615; Tennessee,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30
COUNTY TEACHERS
FORM ASSOCIATION
PARENT-TEACHER CLUBS OR
CANNED AT PARROT AND
YEOMANS.

At special meeting of the Ter
rell county teachers Saturday in Su-
perintendent Lowrey's office, a coun-
ty teachers association was organ
lied. The following officers were
elected:
Prof. w. A. Wheeler of Brentwood,
president; Miss Ruth Walker of Cot
tondale, vice president; and Miss
Eura Belle Bolton of Pleasant Hill,
secretary and treasurer.
The association intends to arrange
such program of work that the va
rious school communities will be ben
eicial to each other. Not only is
this to be true in text work, but also
applicable to the debating and ath-
letic undertakings of the schools.
Miss Cleaton of G. N. & I. College
of Milledgeville, has visited and lee
tured the various schools and was in
strumental in forming the Parent
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30
MRS. N. w. DOZIER CELEBRATES
HER EIGHTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY
Many Other Elderly Ladies Eniay
the Remarkable Occasion.

Quite remarkable was the occasion
OF dinner given by Mrs. Mary Bald
win OH Saturday in celebration of the
eighty-fifth birthday of her mother,
Mrs. N. w. Dozier.
Besides Mrs. Dozier the following
ladies of Dawson were invited to en-
JOY Mrs. Baldwin's hospitality: Mes
danes Rebecca Wooten, A. E. Pick
EFT, c. M. Davidson, J. w. Dismuke,
W. c. Paschal, L. A. Lowrey, j. w. F.
Lowrey, Harvey, j. T. Lee, S. E.
Hornady, S. W. Arnett, J. w. Brown,
j. W. Peddy, w. E. Wall, NJ. M.
Rauch, j. M. Alexander and Dan
Stewart.
The dining table was very attrac-
lively decorated with center piece
of narcissi and violets, while little
violet place-cardls showed the guests
their respective chairs at the table.
Immediately following a six-course
dinner f1ashlight photograph of the
group was made.
This occasion is very remarkable
when it is known that the guest of
honor is now fifteen years beyond the
allotted three score and ten,' and is
enjoying extraordinary health for
one of her age.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30

Teacher Association at both PARROT
and Yeomans. These associations
work for harmony and cooperation
between school and home.
Miss Cleaton announced that she
would send copy of her detailed re-
port on Terrell schools to The News
after her return to Milledgeville.
The next meeting of the Teachers
Association will be at Dawson in the
court house, Saturday, February oath
at 8 o'clock, when this program will
be rendered:
Subject: Development Through
Play.
1. The psychology of play-Miss
Lille Dismuke.
2. The Athletic club-Miss Belle
Bolton.
8. Training for the athletic meet
IT. H. Estes.
A. Open discussion.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30
|0lWSON and TERRELL
NEED BOARD OF TRADE
,,rp SOUTH GEORGIA TOWNS
GET ADVANTAGEOUS RE-
cIITS-MASS MEETING.

nowson has over 5000 inhabitants,
Liz Terrell county has approxi-
InateIy $4,000 people.
This is the best section of the
p,,,tb for agricultural development,
u O;nr ADAPTED to stock or cattle rails
no as well as all kinds of farm prod
D. Besides the natural resources
Do r and Terrell have numbers of
Eacoonized business, educational and
SiiT;ous institutions - banks, oil
lii; 1-S cotton compress, variety manu-
artnring plants, cotton warehouses,
rIbolpsaie grocery houses, various
Fetail establishments, an up-to-date
cbool system and prominent church
If the respective denominations.
lawson owns it's water and light
lants has the most efficient paid
no department of any town it's
ne in the state, and as good a public
ehOol as can be found.
: Yet, with all these advantages
swson and Terrell county are lack
no. Apparently we are lacking in
natural or concrete resources, but
are lacking in thrift" "get-up-
MIDGET" new ideas" progress"
Il is not that our people are lazy
negligent, but it is that we need a
entral driving force.
We need a board of trade with an
Rcient secretary, who is a specialist
ong his line-one who, with the
Oard, can put our city and county
fore the public by showing their
any advantages.
Three prominent South Georgia
ties, in which we have noted re-
arkable progress in the last several
ears were asked the following
uestOns:
How did you establish market
n this or that new crop?
How did you induce a certain cor
prati0n to invest in your county?
How is it that such desirable peo-
are always moving into your
bunty?
The universal answer was that 1--WE
I've board of trade-an organiza-
Dn whose one purpose is to benefit
lr community" So the question:
hy not such an organization for
awSon and Terrell county?
A very prominent and public spir-
ID citizen who suggested that this
hcle be written stated that either
me county or city official should
a mass meeting to determine the
PAS of the majority Of the commu-
y along this line.
further, it is reported that a for
er Dawson man who has been sue
sful in similar work in this and
her states would be available as
rotary for such an organization.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30
HAS SLAYER OF SHERIFF
MORELAND BEEN CAUGHT
An Echo of the Wholesale Lynching
in Lee County

in Lee County.
A Leesburg dispatch says it is be-
lieved that Moselle Lake, the negro
who is accused of firing the direct
shot that caused the death of Sheriff
D. Ray Moreland, in December, 1915,
has been caught, and is in jail in
Clay Center, Kansas.
City Marshal j. A. Forester of
Leesburg received a letter from Sher-
if N. N. Need of that place, stating
that Lake was in Jail on a charge
of bootlegging and had confessed to
other prisoners that he was "the man
who killed Sheriff Moreland in Worth
county last year. 1t will be recalled
that Lakes father and four brothers
were all summarily lynched last year,
and it is stated that before being ex-
ecuted they confessed, saying that
Maselle fired the fatal shot.
Marshal Forester forwarded the
letter to the sheriff of Worth. county,
and it is presumed that it will be
promptly investigated.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30
free Flower Seed
hastings Catalogue
Tells You About 10

matter whether you farm on g
y scale or only plant vegetables
RGwers in small way, you need
angs 1917 Seed Catalog. It's
now and we have a copy for
taioSClutely free, If you ask for it,
uGning the name of this paper.
@uuition to showing you about all
varieties of vegetables, farm
3, clover and flower seeds, this
I'M = tells how you can get free five
gt tsu varieties of easily grown, yet
r alul flowers, with which to beau
sour home surroundings.
IT, oo seeds of almost every kind
Is SSSarce this season, and you can't
~ 70 take chances in your seed
~ ~ hastings Seeds are depend
An HSseds' the kind you can always
IN NJ On having good luck" with.
sn are going to garden or farm
by Dflng' Why not insure success
s,.l as possible by starting with
r sui seed? Don't take chances
Hsou DO not have to.
O' today for Hastings 1917
N s' It's free and will both inter-
y nelp you to succeed in 1917.
W. ~ HASTINGS CO., Seedsmen,
"a Ga.--Advt.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30
Painful Coughs Relieved.

DR.. Kings New Discovery is a
soothing, healing remedy for coughs
and colds that has stood the test of
nearly fifty years. For that cough
that strains the throat and saps the
vitality try DR.. Kings New Discovery.
The soothing pine balsams and mild
laxative ingredients soon drive the
cold from the system. Have bottle
on hand for winter colds, Group,
grippe, and bronchial affections. At
your Druggist. 50c.-adv.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30

1928, 3O6; Texas, $583,S55; Virginia,
$199,321; Alabama, $208,297.
The law provides that SIS, 100000
shall be appropriated in the fiscal
year of 1919, $20,OOO,OOO in 1920
and $25, 100000 in 1921.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30
ION MARKET BOOSTS
THREE DOLLARS A BALE

IuTlng the week the cotton market
|adVanced from 1859 to 1852 for
an increase of SO points or
~ three dollars per bale.
sT IOi mlddling spot cotton is bring
q cents, while middling brings
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-30
FHITE CONVICT
DIES SUDDENLY
[dn't Missed Day for Sickness Since
Starting Ten-Year Sentence.
From Pierce County.

From Pierce County.
Immediately after breakfast at the
fyict farm Wednesday morning all
guards and convicts gathered
Put the stove, waiting for the rain
Rtop, when one of the prisoners, H.
Williams, a white man 80 years
age, complained of being too
pm and walked to the door, where
fell He was apparently dead
zen reached by one of the guards,
L was only few feet away.
gJr, Chappell, the county physi-
r. was called and a coroner's in
IT, held, the verdict being that
Rth was the result of natural
ses.
Williams was sent up last August
IA Blackshear, Pierce county, for
m under a ten-year sentence.
was apparently in perfect health
ing his stay in the Terrell county
lp' and made a good prisoner. His
IN was shipped Wednesday to
Rycross, where his wife is now liv-
ne county paid all the expenses
OofIal and sent an attendant to
Tor the corpse until it was in the
Ms Of relatives.