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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-11

If you know good thing and have
confidence in it yourself, your love
for humanity compels you to impart
to your friends that which you know
to be worthy of praise. We positive
ly tell you that we cannot speak too
highly of Drew's Salve in the treat
ment of Group, colds, coughts, sore
throat, bronchitis, tonsilitis and pneu-
monia. Try it and if not benefited
we, your druggist, will refund your
money.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-11
|ICR DAWSON
|RlANS ARE KILLED
/ FIGHT IN HAWKINS
orSULT OF THE DRAFT
oF THOMAS SIMON.

.TI.night battle between Syr-
i americans in Hawkinsville
!, night Thomas Simon and
1 relatives of Mike Saliba,
4 Known Dawson merchant
|, q short time residents here
Elod and three others wound
If whom is in a dying con-
|0ne Syrian who escaped has
lated on a farm two miles
Evansville. A posse of forty
to capture him.
Iyouble is said to have started
1 drafting of a Syrian alien
Thomas Simon, who is said
relatives in the Turkish
Eimon's name was certified to
Eict exemption board because
Of proof of his claims. He
Of the officials of the local
| a crowded drug store Sat
Igbt. and is alleged to have
he official.
| then ran to the Syrian
|pDt by himself and his broth
h Simon. The two Syrians
formers wife loaded Win
rifles and revolvers in plain
the street and prepared for
\ battle, it is said.
In the evening the police at
to arrest Thomas for the as
Then the Syrians opened fire.
DOrtch, popular man about
In wounded in the lung. M.
|br, postoffice clerk, was shot
the ear, and John Hill, plant
shot through the arm. In the
b shots, the wife of Thomas
WAS killed. When her body
Eked up in the street every
L in the revolver which was
ID IN her right hand was
Simon brothers then barri-
hemselves in a vault inside the
BID defed the police. They are
to have opened fire on every
b approached.
bal vehicles were struck, but
else was injured.
tly after 4 o'clock Sunday
g the crowd prepared to close
be Syrians. The Syrians tried
be through a rear door, shoot
|they retired. Thomas Simon
It and killed in his flight.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-11
kORGE V. BELL
alES IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Ele of Dawson Citizen Passes
way at Ripe Old Age.

He of Dawson Citizen Passes
'way at Ripe Old Age.
George V. Bell, an uncle of
Charles g., w. j. and A. A.
Dawson, died at the home
hughter in Greenville, S. c.,
lst, aged 70 years.
lewis had visited in and near
and was well-known to
1fe. He was a consistent mem
the Methodist church and a
Fate veteran, having served
the entire period of the war
RnDer Of a company from this
K Of Georgia.
/ survived by one daughter,
'homas w. Parks, of Green
e. and one son, DR.. j. P.
Branchville, S. C. The in
Was in Mountain View
Cemetery near Greenviile.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-11
WILL UNDERTAKE TO SUPPORT
A FRENCH WAR ORPHAN
Loyal temperance Legion Is Raising
Funds For That Purpose.

Who is not interested in the French
war orphans? The Dawson girls and
boys of the Loyal Temperance Lee
gion have undertaken to raise a sum
for the support of one of these and
they offer you an opportunity to
help. Mr.. Greer has kindly agreed to
put on benefit next Friday after
noon at the Pleas-U theater, the first
of series of the famous Edison
family, group pictures, which every
one who likes high class entertain
ment will wish to see. There will be
something to please every member of
the family and those who enjoy the
pictures will have the added satisfac-
ton of helping to save little life.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-11
|RTERLY CONFERENCE.

Fourth quarterly conference
|bFonwood charge will be held
aTood the 18th and 18th of
fth J. B. GRINER, P. C.
|Food, Ga, September 18th.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-11
RELIGIOUS NOTICE.

The hour for night services at the
First Baptist church has been chang
ed from 7:45 to 7 80 O'Clock.
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18

ment of $4,000 other adult scout OH
cials, was doubtless the most extensive
campaign for the Liberty loan conduct
ed by any single organization.
For the first time In the history OF
the Boy Scout movement the president
of the United States personally called
upon the Boy Scouts of America to CO.
operate with the national government
Each scout was given twenty-five or
fifty circulars, with definite inStruc'
tions to place each circular personally
in the hands of member of house
hold.
In Philadelphia 13 boys the first day
secured $50, 700 worth Of subscriptions
and in three days over $15O,OOO.
The first Liberty loan bond sub
scribed for by troop Of scouts, so fal
as has been reported, Is the property
of Troop 60 of Manhattan. The troop Il
located at the West End Presbyterian
church.
The campaign met with hearty re
sponse In the Pacific coast states. I'M
scout movement, so thoroughly organ
lied in the East and middle West. ma
gained strongly on the other side OF TN
Rockies only In the last two years, fol
lowing the establishment of a nationa
field scout commissioner In that dis
trict.
sThe casualty lists from the battle
fields Of Europe will soon contain tn
names Of American soldiers. HoN
many there will be among the klllet
wounded and missing depends upo
the duration of the war. If the 80
Scouts can shorten the war even D
one day they will save hundreds pc
haps thousands Of lives.
The successful sale Of Liberty bono
means a great moral victory whic
will inspire the men behind the gur
and equally demoralize our enemies'
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18

SOU IS
Fl p
conducted by National Council of the
Boy Scouts OF American
SELLING LIBERTY BONDS

The Boy Scouts Of America have re
,ponded mnnfuly to the president
npppnI in the largest single piece OF
financing ever attempted by the Cnited
Stotps "overnment-the tiouting OF the
Liberty loan.
The president realized that the flrSt
grent battle for us in this war is IN be
fought on American soil and that any
weakening on our part would only giNt
announcement To our enemies. 1t was
bpcauSe the Boy Scouts are FOR Coo
md country" that the president right
fully expected them to rise up IN th'lf
might and deliver Il telling blow.
How to reach the common people
that was the big question. Ihrrt
were II. .SO5, ,Sl5 dwellings in the Cnite'
States in 1910, with an average OF -
persons each. The increase since l9l'
| is estimated ut from 10 to l. per cent
| Tpon the Boy Scouts was laid th'
| task of making two calls at each %
| 1000, 900 dwellings-0ne call to delV
or the presidents Liberty bond mes
sage and the second to receive tn
bond subscription.
The campaign which these 23S,T'
boys carried out under the direction
of some 1000 scout executives AM
scoutmaSters, and with the encourage
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18
We
Dreamer
A
Ry Miriam Lee
BY Miriam Lee

Copyright. by W. G. Chapman)
"Well, young man. what do you
think of it?''
"It's dream"
"Ah, is 1t not. indeed-of grandeur,
of opulence, OF vast uncounted mil
lions :" exclaimed old Prof. Peter Bur
ton.
81 don't mean 1t In that way" sup
plementcd Lysle West. II regard your
proposition as visionary, impracticable
and unreal"
Unreal? ha ha, you couldn't make
me more hopeful than by saying that
chirped the old man gleefully. 1t
what has seemed unreal and impossi-
Bile that has scored the grentest trl-
umphs. Everything Is unreal until II
is accomplished. Then 1t becomes com
monplace. But that Is neither here
nor there. You know all about me-
chanics. know all about the pre-
clous metals. You have been recon-
mended to me as q skillful engineer.
wish to employ you. offer you
fair price for your services for say
ninety days. You act as though yo'
don't want the job. Then say so
will hire somebody else"
"Not at ALL" Lysle hastened to say
"only your scheme appeals to me a.
chimerical and I must speak tn
truth"
"Oh. we'll pass over that" exu
berated the professor lightly. "Ali yo'
have got to do Is to come ont with M
to Basin Valley. You are to examin
the vicinity and lay out plan for M
to commence operations. When w
have settled on the point where thes
Will begin, you are to figure out tn
equipment I shall need. | want to &c
a start. l want to get my boring ml
chinery on the ground. I want to
down couple Of thousand feet. so a
to bore out q solid rock core shown
the strata formation. Then l shall
to New York and interest the miilioI
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18
ROMANS BUILD MANY ROADS
MANY Of Those In France Have Iefs
No Traces but Location o.
Others 10 Known.

Caesars army marched the 45 miles
which lie between Reims and Sols-
sons in one day, fact which proves
the existence Of roads in that part
of Gaul. Tin from Cornwall took one
month to reach the Rhone from the
French side Of the Channel, the route
being complicated by the necessity for
crossing rivers and mountains. Some
of the roads Of old Gaul were mere
cart tracks. which ran through the In
terminable forests, and these have LETT
no yestige Of their presence. But the
direction Of some Of the roads which
the Romans built is known. Two OF
them ran through Paris. forming a
crossroads. one the modern Rues st.
Jacques and st. Martin, and the other
| running in a southeasterly directlon'
the Rue st. Antoine and the 1a>
nous Rue de Rivoli.
The direction Of the great Via DO
mitiana also ia well known. Starting
from Lyons, 1t crosses the caro-
Herault region from northeast to
southwest. and passes over the RhOne
at Aries, running through Mines. Pon'
Ambrose, Substantion, st. Thibery
Beziers, and Narbonne, the Narbt
Martius of the Romans, and the cit!
which Is famed In these days for III
heather honey. Not far from st. Thi
berry, the Via passes over the Heraul
and the Ort, and then follows the an
cient road Of Colombiers and crosses
the Capestand by Roman viadnct, tn
Pont Selmis at POntserme.
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18

thought bedroom He ran
smokefled he on
He
his plight threw long cohesine to him.
With doubled
Friedman himself ledge with licking the
then MADE MS
slowly while hundreds below
cheered
Mary Ja old her sister Beatrice twenty and b
fourth hoor ana
with aid ladders The ladders snort
the
the fremen o
extnSished the Dae
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18
THE SCOUTS FIRST AID.

Aleck Batony of Troop 1, Hammond
Ind, received letter OF commehda-
tion instead Of an offering of Gala
lilies because he knew how to avoid
the death grip Of drowning person.
He was swimming with friend, VINO
became exhausted and lost his head
for few moments. Aleck knew just
what to do and did 1t with neatness
and dispatch.
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18
.it 10 a Woman, a Girl.

aires In the marvellous Worlds Treas
ure Corporation. Limited, prove my
prospect and go for that vast core Of
pure gold In the middle Of the earth.
every we'll, am your obedient serv-
ant" said Lyle, only half convinced
that his employer was not a feather
Drained lunatic.
Lysle West, out Of work and tired
Of the city. was not disinclined to earn
a liberal salary out among the wilds
Of nature. II was only now on the
eve Of departure that the professor
revealed the real details Of his under
taking.
what I'm after" he told Lysle In all
seriousness, 'is to discover the vast
core of pure gold that has dripped
through the upper strata when the
earth cooled off. Naturally the heav-
lest mass would sink the farthest.
can prove that by samples taken down
a few thousand feet. am In hopes
that. two thousand feet down as a
limit, the core Of Croesus can be To-
,ated. Then, boring into the mex
haustible mass Of precious metal, we
can begin to unearth it in cart loads, a
constant stream of 1t. Oh, l have
figured 1t all out scientifically. 1t VIII
cost money, but the initial development
work done, capital will flow In to me
to carry out my work"
Lysle had learned that the old pro
fessor had once made rich strike II
the far West involving enough to keel
him from want for tbe rest Of his days
This he had ventured on an alleged ra
dunn mine, where he had sunk all n
had.
"Then my wife died." the professo
explained to Lysle. "Her estate went t.
my daughter. All. Dorothy! my onl.
solace in the world-soul of generosity
she has given me the last ten thousan'
dollars of her little fortune to finans
me for my experiment. She, at leas'
believes In my plans and myself. Deal
loving. loyal Dorothy! J"
It was a desolate spot that to whlc
the professor took Lysle week iatel
It appeared that ne had purchased
: large acreage. known as Basin Vale!
remote from roads and cities. II
former possessor had tried agricultur'
and had failed. He had left a habi
able house, In which the professor an
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18

10 June e. afer hao oeen
time 242OOUU CUBIC dee o gus nAu
xns being estimated at S4otNU"
"o looking situation decided that the prooe was
7 had while the New YORK nre
the ~ was Two hose lines WORKING uno
% we're led up well close as possible ana ,ne wa % @ M hose
pressure the lines o
AFTER m ch other gradually raised Meeting as tney u ~
opposed " hne tne
column Oh curtain shutting on the gas from i
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18

Twins Oh, aren't they cunningT
"How proud Mrs. Coal kept looking.
AT everything Carrie said, she seemed
70 he more pleased and every time she
looked at the little bits of fuzz, which
was every minute or two, she seemed
TO grow happier. And what a jolly
family they became, Carries Mrs. Coai
and the FIVE kittens"
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18

nd
stepped out Gum stump toohe!
and OH MS mis- Long and watchns ms & t h tho
ond the neck just e
made quick st This sprawng and Bond hn keu MN " "
making M shirt bound him hand and foot wagon
ppu Of driver roughly tosseo
along anu rawboned oroadshoulderec man anu
hauled reading wild and COWBOY
boots and spurs sos
stories anu 30caioer hghc"e, rue au wv
saddle that he aaound
blue-seel reVofe'''
man" interye
Newspaper With somewhat sorry for having
county jail came man Who the game"
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18
TO TRAIN ADDITIONAL COOKS.

movement has been started to train
additional army cooks. All sc0utmas-
ters and assistants volunteering 10 ac'
as teachers will be given a special
course in army cooking.
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18
Would Make Him Useful.

The Sunday school teacher had just
finished telling her class the story OF
David and Goliath, when a freckled'
faced youth broke forth:
Gee. If David were only alive todayl
We sure would sick him onto the kak
eo~
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18

- y AAaA
Carrie and the
eats name was
Mrs. Coal.
Mrs. Coal had
been given TO
Carrie some time
before when she
was but Il kitten.
Now 8 h Z b Il q
grown to be IA
very handsome
cat. Her fur was
soft and long and
her eyes big and
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18

AS he did Bruyee stepped INTO
MrsB help him.
help unanswered Tor TWO uas
front
had taken off before ne went
for help which she o e
NAL oreturn to
nghbor who organized searching
condition from
of body of her husband was recovered
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18

tenement. Friedman, who is thirty
one years old, and a shoe salesman,
was trapped in his room at the top Of
a five-story tenement house at 1877
Madison avenue.
More than one hundred tenants In
the place were awakened by the
changing of street car gongs when con-
ductors and motormen discovered the
fire. Most of the occupants managed
to leave their rooms by way Of the
rear fire escape.
Friedman DreDared TO leave hut
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18
ARMY OFFICERS ASK BUGLERs.

Regular army officers in charge Oh
recruiting stations in New York city
say that scouts living near these places
who can play bugle, drum or fife, can
do q service at these stations.
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18

seemed to be say
lng. Il could only
leave my mistress
to look after you.
But now, what
friends we will all
be-
" The precious
dears!' screamed
Carrie. Mrs. Coal
looked very proud.
"'And two OF
| them are just as
| black as you are
said Carrie. we
will have to call
them tha Coal
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18

TOCk IL Il IONtIy pHTl UI tIIe Ifho WIZ
the woman was marooned with an ap-
peal for help.
With her husband, Mrs. Bruyere
went on fishing trip three days ago.
They landed on a rock island some
distance from shore. A small squali
set the canoe adrift and Bruyere, who
could not swim, tied line about his
body and waded into the lake after
the canoe.
Getting to the end Of the line and
within q few feet Of the drifting boat,
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18

Guerin five minutes to put out the
flames which had bafaed experts OF
three states summoned to assist IN
controlling the tremendous blaze.
The well is near this city. ana is
owned by the Ouachita satural Gas
and OIL company. The flow was e..
Oo0. 900 cubic feet day under a neau
pressure Of 1900 pounds square incn.
Ch,ef Guerin tells how he did 1t.
sThe fire had been burning since
1O.15 o'clock on the evening OF June
~ cute cuorin "It was eI-
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18

bright and green.
"Whpn Mrs. Coal had been given to
Carrie. she had taken the kitten into
her arms, and said.
"'Oh, you precious black kitten
WHY. YOU nre as black "a blackwell.
ms black as coal | know l will
name YOU Mrs. Coal
And so the name had always stuck
TO the kitten, and now that she was
hig eat the name seemed to suit her
very well.
"Whrnpyer anyone asked the name
of the. cat and heard that she was Mrs.
CooI no one was in the least bit sur
prised. the name almost seemed made
for her.
"And another thing, which CARR"
said showed how much Mrs. Coal ulo
approve of her name one OF her III
yorite places in the house was IN the
old coal bin.
"Often Carrie would go to look for
Mrs. Coal and there on top of the Goa
hin she would be sitting, her green
! ewes the only part of her showing
! color different from the coal.
"And of course no one could ten IL
Mrs. Coal was dirty or not from sl'liE
in the coal, by just looking nj her-
though Carrie naturally suspected tnht
If She had been sitting in the coal She
would be pretty dirty.
But Mrs. Coal was very fuSsy about
herself and kept herself looking me
and clean.
"Now one morning Mrs. Coal was
missing. Poor Carrie did not kno"
what to do.
"She looked in the coal box and there
was no Mrs. Coal. She called through
tha house. Mrs. Coal. Mrs. Coal ana
she burst out crying. Never before
had she called for Mrs. Coal, that from
somewhere or other the sound had not
come of:
".Me-ow. meow But this time not
q sound came.
".Where has Mrs. Coal gone? Car
rie asked everyone.
But no one had seen Mrs. Coal all
+ day.
e "Carrie spent a wretched time. What
: could have happened? She kne" MIS-.
Coal would not want to worry her, anu
Il so that was why she had always COINS
Il m Carrie when she called. Besides
d Mrs Coal loved her little mistress ana
J. how she would purr when she was
t. stroked. OF all these things carrie
II kent thinking while she looked In vain
9. for Mrs. Coal.
y "It was getting late afternoon when
2 Carrie was eating her supper Nothlhg
tasted very good and she was feellhg
v On mournful. AS rule Mrs. Coal had
S come to sit by her side during supper
time, and had always had bowl OF
b. nice warm milk.
,1 ".Me-ow. meow, meow came from
ty behind the door.
Is "'Mrs. Coal!' shouted Carrie. as sh'
IN Jumped from her chair. There $1,000
Mrs Coal In the doorway. Her eyes
e were shining very brightly and sh'
10 rubbed up against Carrie as though Il
u. say:
as az am so happy and how sh'
ne purred.
,l. ".Are you hurt7 Oh. where have Jo'
al been? Come and have your milk, SAT-
ls Carrie. :,
"But from the look In Mrs. Coaf
Ie. green eyes Carrie knew that 81
no wanted her to follow somewhere.
wv "Way back in a storeroom lying o
ID an old worn-out mattress were fiVe Ill
on tie bits Of fuzz.
oy "Mrs. Coal looked at Carrie and the
nv licked the tiny little bits of fuzz WIT
or. her big tongue. My little Kittens sh
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18

upon as bad man." had been arrested
several times and fined. He wanted
to get even, and was waiting behind
a tree for the chief, knowing he would
happen along and likely would be un-
armed, as he had gone out into field
behind his COW barn to set out beet
plants.
Long drew his Winchester and or
dered the chief to throw up his hands.
Bond tried to joke with Long. but
finding that he vas In earnest
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18
New Yerk Fire Chief Covers Himself With Glory

oNRoE LAwthin he arrived the scene former
rnutv fire department
- history Of the world 1t took CnleI
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18
Doq Saved Its Mistress From Miserable Death

watching days the spot in Duck lake wee
by the sagac of her dog wch swan rom e
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18
Saved by Presence Of Mind and a CIothesIne

=" flames png from tenement house window In which
As he was hanging made his
TO safety by pulling himself hand cOeine another
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18
"R.d Man" Will Pay for His Fun With Sher't

chief OF police OF Horton
UMBER nm a. the point Winchester rifle by Wills Long 10
the LOngW
The St. Charles herald., 1917-08-18
| DADCN'SEy[N|NQ|
[A|RY TALL
BLACK CAT.
ey hAQY GRAHAM' | BONNER

"a little girl" said Daddy. "owned
beautiful biz black cat. The httie
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-24

the Governor of Virginia, and to the
clergy of this diocese so that they
may be fully informed as to the po-
sition of the Episcopal Church of
Virginia on this vital subject.
The council adopted motion to
raise the Episcopal fund to at least
$4,000. The income of this fund is
to be devoted to the salary of the
bishop.
The Rev. DR.. Bowie, of st. Pauls
Church, Richmond, in which it was
urged that local committees be ap-
pointed in the parishes throughout
tn edioccse to cooperate with the
State Board of Health. Boards Of
Education and of Charities as well as
with the Virginia Council of Agri-
cultural Safety. These suggestions
were adopted.
The Standing Committees of the
Council were next elected for the
coming year. Among these are 10;
the Standing Committee of the do
cesc of which the Rev. DR.. Green
dean of the Theological Seminary,
the Rev. DR.. Phillips and Messrs.
Col. Arthur Herbert, j. R. thinner
man and Gardner Boothe, of Alex
andria, are members, the Executive
Committee of the Diocesan Mission
airy Society of which Rev. w. j Nor
ton is member, and the Diocesan
Commission on Education of which
the Rev. s. a. Wallis, of the Theolog-
ical is member.
Nominations next followed for del
egates to the Provincial Synod which
meets next fall. Balloting began
about the time for taking recess
so the results will be announced to-
morrow morning.
A large attendance marked the
opening of this meeting Of the coun-
ell of which some CT the lay delegates
are amongst the most prominent
names in Virginia. Judge Norton
is the delegate from st. Paul's
Church, Alexandria, and Col. Robt.
E. Lee from Zion Church, Fairfax.
A meeting in the interest of the
diocesan Education Commission was
held on Tuesday night.
The following telegram was sent
to President Wilson and the Vir-
ginia Senators by the secretary of
the council this evening, (Wednes-
day.
The Council of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church in the diocese Of Vir-
ginia, in annual meeting assembled,
by unanimous vote, earnestly urges
the carrying out of regulations which
will safeguard military camps from
liquor and vice and the enactment
both on moral and economic grounds
of national prohibition during the
war.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-05-24

AN ORDINANCE MAKING AN Ap-
PRECIPITATION TO BE EXPEND-
ED BY THE COMMITTEE ON
HEALTH. UNDER THE PROVE
SIONS OF SECTION No. s OF
AN ORDINANCE APPROVED
JULY 90, 1912.
BE it ordained by the City Coun-
ell of Alexandria, Virginia:
Section No. THAT the money
hereinafter appropriated may ne e%-
pended by the Committee on Health
from time to time, as may be neccs-
sary, in pursuance OF the provisions
of section No. s of an ordinance APP
proved July %, 1912
Section No. 2-That the sum Of
three hundred dollars DE, and the
same is hereby appropriated ard
available for use by the Committee
on Health as provided in the fore
going section.
Section No. 3.-That this ordinance
shall be in force from and after lis
passage. :,
Passed the Common Council April
"a, 1917.
HOWARD w. SMITH. President
Passed the Board of Aldermen
April "a, 1917
F. F. MARBURY, President.
Approved April 81, 1917.
THOMAS A. FISHER, Mayor
Teste: Daniel r. Stansbury.