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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-01
STATE SENATOR WILLIAMS SAYS
He WILL OPPOSE W. ]. HARRIS
Resigned Recent Nomination for Leg
stature to Run for United
States Senator.

DUBLIN, GAG. H. Williams, re-
Gently nominated for the state sem
ate IN the sixteenth senatorial dis
'rict, yesterday resigned this nomi-
nation and announced his candidacy
Tor the United States senate as an
independent republican against Will
nam j. Harris, the democratic nom
NEE for this office.
Mr. Williams says in his announce
ment that he is loyal and will back
'ne president in his war work, but
onat Wilson has not acted consist
GnViy with the people of the South in
ildC ne told W. ]. Harris a few DAYS
oeIore the state primary that no
Prlce-hXing for cotton would be done.
"a after the primary announced that
cotton" 40 '''o - NV ~
u Mr.. Williams takes the position
ma the South has nothing to expect
rom the democratic party as long
a., as she sticks to one party, and calls
upon the people to break away and
x Eet IN a position to be recognized by
'he national government.
Runs Hundred Flows.
Mr.. Williams further added that
Il ne did not do more in six months
as a republican than Harris as a
bbiSmoGrat in six years he would quit
'i' Joo and put his salary back in the
treasury.
The candidate declared that he was
corn field lawyer with 100 plows
s,,. was doing all he could to raise
supplies, that he had paid more war
oa this year than any man in his
congressional district, that he had
bbought more liberty bonds and would
buy oyy more and had given more to the
tid Cross and Young Mems Chris
o oa Association than any man in the
oG;uhty. Also that he has given his
unIn1eteen-year-old son to go to France
ana tight for his country.
he IS one of the best known citi-
lens as OF this section of the country,
o oau ms announcement will be re-
SelYea with establishment as we'll as
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-01
GERMANY And u. S. A.
READY FOR LOAN RACE
NINTH TEUTON DRIVE AND 4TH
,1RFRTY CAMPAIGN TO OPEN
NEARLY TOGETHER.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Germans
,ro about to subscribe to their ninth
s,ic+orv" loan. Whether it will be a
uvictoryp loan depends in some meas
,,ro m how the American people ac-
cent the new war taxes now being
framed by congress.
The German loan opened Septem-
her %, just five days before the
United States started it's fourth lib
ertv loan, and for the next four weeks
Americans and Germans practically
will be engaged in a race to drop
their dollars into the hopper of the
war mill.
The amount of the German loan
!. not known here, but it is known
# will be made in the form of bonds
at 3 per cent. interest and treasury
notes. Both securities are to be is
sued at 90, which is about the aver
age at which all the German war
loans have been foated.
It is through the war loans-a long
series of them, in fact-that the Ger
man Empire has financed its part of
the world struggle. Taxation has
been resorted to, Of course, but as
compared with taxation in England
and France, or in the United States,
the extra tax burden has been light,
indeed.
Before the war Germany had
adopted some rather stringent laws
for taxation. The war once a reality,
they decided to meet actual expenses
by loans and impose only enough ex-
ira taxes to meet the interest on the
loans. But as it fell out, Germany
was building her hopes on a poor
foundation. 1t was believed by the
German people that the war would
be over in a few months; that Ger
many by means of the tremendous
military machine which she had been
building throughout the years, would
crush her opponents before the end
of 1914, Belgium, France and Eng
land were to pay heavy indemnities
to recoup the German treasury.
German Debts Get Heavier.
Had this plan materialized the Ger
man idea Of war finance would have
worked; but the war went on; it is
still going on, and the German debt
is still piling higher. Present-day
Germany is worrying little over fl
nancial straits in which the nation
finds itself. Posterity must pay the
penalty.
Today the German public debt is
$27757000,000, about S1,000,000,-
600 less than that of Great Britain
and $17,000,000,000 more than that
Of the United States.
Austria has public debt of $12,-
782,O00,000 while the debt of France
despite the fact that this country has
been most torn by the actual fight
ing, has contracted about $6,000,-
100000 less than that of Germany.
Before the war Germany had pub
lie debt of only little over 1,000,-
100000, less by a narrow margin
than that of the United States.
Actual figures as to the amounts
Of the various German war loans are
unavailable.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-01
WTLLIE'S BEAN STALK RIVALS
BOY JACKS WONDERFUL One
Texas Lads Vine Is rs Feet Long,
and Bears Pods 4S inches in
Length. Planted in July.

DALLAS, Texas.-That was some
beanstalk the boy Jack raised in his
mothers back yard 1t was so Won
derful that all American kiddies have
heard about it. But it didn't have
much on a bean vine grown in the
garden of Willie McTavish, of Dallas.
Willie planted his Brazilian bean
late in July. Already the vine is sew
enty-fve feet long and is growing at
the rate of two feet per day. In some
places the stem of the vine is eigh-
teen inches in diameter. The leaves
measure from ten to fifteen inches
across and are from one-half to two
inches thick.
And the beans! Well, some of the
pods measure 48 inches in length and
~ inches in circumference. The
beans themselves are from one to
two inches long. The vine covers
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-01
JUTE MAY SUPPLANT
COTTON IN The SOUTH
EXPERIMENTS IN RAISING JUTE
AND FLAX OPEN WAY FOR
TWO NEW INDUSTRIES.

Triton, Ga.-The possibility that
jute may be grown successfully in
the south to take the place of cotton.
which has been heavily ravaged by
the boil Weevil this year, is devolped
IN an interesting way.
A citizen of Triton has grown in
forty days in his garden some stalks
of jute measuring three and a half
feet in length. The normal growth
of the plant is ninety days. The
stalks grown at Triton are said to
be perfect specimens as far as they
have developed. Investigation dis
closes the fact that jute is supposed
to grow successfully wherever cot
ton is grown.
India has always enjoyed a monop-
oily on jute because of cheap labor.
The full-grown jute stalks measures
about ten feet in length. 1t consists
of thin outside bark, then a fibre,
then soft pitch. The natives soak
it in running water thirty days, rot
ting the bark and the pitch, then go
into the water up to their waists and
pick out the fibre, which is used in
making rope, bags for sugar and cot
ton, and a coarse filler in cheap silk.
Recently, it is claimed, Cuban
has invented a machine to separate
the fibre from the stalk at once, with
out waiting for the long, slow water
process used in Indian.
The possibility of raising jute in
Georgia, coupled with the remarkably
successful experiments in flax rails
ing along the coast, give rise to a
promise of two great new industries.
half the garden. and more than 800
beans have been counted on it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-01
THE ARMY GHOST NOW
WALKS EARLY EACH MONTH
$40, 100000 a Month for Every
Million Officers and Men.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Troops
in the United States now are be-
ing paid within five days or less
after the first of each month and
voluntary allotments are being
sent to relations with only slight
delay.
The efforts of Brig. Gen. H. M.
Lord, head of the financial division
of the quartermaster's corps, have
cut down the time until reports
from twenty-eight out of thirty
two camps and environments for
September show all men had re-
ceived their August pay by Sep
TENDER 9Th.
Paying the men in France is
conducted entirely under the d.
rection of officers there and no re-
ports are available. The huge
monthly payroll abroad, estimat-
ed by Gen. Lord at $40,00O,0OO a
month for every million officers
and men, is transferred to Gen.
Pershing's chief quartermaster in
a lump sum.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-01
DSTTLLERS SEE FATE;
PLANTS ARE FOR SALE
CONGRESS HAS PASSED DRY IA
TON ACT FOR PERIOD Or
WAR, BEGINNING JULY 1877.

The nation will 20 dry for the
period Of the war on July LIST. the
house having passed the senate meas
ure by vote Of III to 81.
Distillery operators and whisky
dealers in Kentucky apparently have
accepted the edict of fate, and are Of
terlng for sale at public auction in
Louisville on Oct. 1 their once lucra-
tive and gigantic business Of whisky
production. The auction applies to
all property except whisky in storage
held by the Kentucky distilleries and
Warehouse company and Julius Kess-
Ter & Co., two of the largest concerns
in the United States dealing in
straight Whistles, and embraces 20
dlstllleries and many whisky brands
which are known throughout the
world. Not only are the brands and
the property offered for sale, but the
good will as well. This latter item is
hard to trace in view of the enact
ment of prohibition legislation
The action on the part of the Ken
lucky companies is taken to indicate
that distillers generally assume that
the adoption of wartime prohibition
is simply a prelude to the final ban
ishment of liquor. At least, it marks
the exit of these companies as man
ufacturers.
Distilleries of Great Capacity.
The combined MASKING capacity of
the Kentucky distilleries now offered
for sale was approximately 1860
bushels of corn daily, and the total
storage capacity was approximately
$4,000 barrels Or $4,000 gallons.
The aggregate amount Of ground in
cluded in the sale is approximately
40 acres.
Many of the distillery plants have
been dismantled entirely, and in some
instances the machinery has been sold
at approximately original cost be-
cause of the excellent market for
copper, used in stills, and for heavy
boilers and machinery in the plants
Some of the new gowns for wo-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-01
Creamy Lid" From Ger the Foam
Now to Perch on j. Hams Dome"
Six Years We've Had It," They Said the Store and No
One We've Seen Fit to Wear 1t Before

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Senator J..
Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois, was back
in his seat in the senate today, fully
recovered from the fatigue and ex-
posture of his eventfuI voyage home
from the front.
The outstanding development in
connection with his return was the
disclosure that he had brought back
from England the most magnificent
cream-colored silk plug hat ever seen
on this side of the Atlantic.
The "tile" represents the crown
ing achievement of the senator's SEN
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-01
FEEDING FIGHTING
MEN OF AMERICA
THREE MONTHS SUPPLIES BACK
OF SOLDIERS. HUGE AMOUNTS
ARE REQUIRED DAILY

The American army in Europe
could be fed and clothed and all its
comforts looked after for a period
OF three months if not another pound
OF supplies arrived in France. accord
ing to statement made at Tours.
France, by officers of the US.
quartermaster department.
1t is a huge undertaking to feed
100000 men even for a single day,
100000 soldiers scattered in the
trenches, on battlefelds and in camps
along 800 miles of the fighting front
and for a depth of 500 miles. And
when are added housing and clothing,
and the period is extended through
the winter months of cold and frost,
with the prospects that another L.
100000 may be sent overseas before
long, one gets some idea of the mag
nltude of the supply problem.
Supplying the Men.
In the food branch alone it takes
more than 100000 pounds of food
every day to feed the army. This
prodigious daily consumption of food
embraces 100000 pounds of flour
baked into 100000 pounds of
bread every day, $4,000 pounds of
fresh beef, $4,000 pounds of pota-
toes, 100000 pounds of sugar and
$4,000 pounds of tomatoes. The pep
per and salt for a single day is AZ
500 pounds.
Army coffee is roasted at the rate
of 10000 pounds a day, and it takes
10000 pounds of solidifed alcohol
to cook this coffee through the month.
The beef is the bulkiest product used
each day, and occupies a daily space
of $4,000 cubic feet, or about the
dimensions of a business block, of
solid meat. Flour comes next, reuuir-
ing $4,000 cubic feet of daily space,
and potatoes about the same. Here
are some of the other daily items
Bacon, 225,000 pounds; beans,
$4,000 pounds; rice, $4,000 pounds;
onions, 100000 pounds; evaporated
fruit, 10000 pounds; jam, 10000
pounds; milk, $1,000 pounds; vine
gar, 100000 pounds; lard, 10000
pounds; butter, 81, 900 pounds; syr-
up, 100000
Rations for the Trenches.
These, being included in the ra-
tons, every one of the 100000
men is entitled to his full allowance
and it must go forward to him wher-
ever he is. So that besides the vast
daily stock there is the qeustion of
unfailing daily delivery, first by rail-
ways and cannon trains, and then to
the individual soldier.
Often on the field or in the trench
es he is supplied from marmites, or
huge thermos bottles, carrying hot
food for eight men, and often, too,
the delivery in the trenches is by the
Yukon pack used in Alaska and by
the Hudson bay voyagers and In
dams.
Besides this 100000 pounds of
food moving forward daily to the
troops each man carries with him
two days emergency ration, five
pounds to the man, or an additional
100000 pounds of food for an
army of 100000 men. Of the
emergency ration, carried on the
back, there is outstanding every day
100000 pounds of corned beef and
100000 pounds of bareback, $780,
900 pounds of sugar, $4,000 pounds
of coffee, 10000 pounds of salt and
100000 pounds of solidiied alcohol
for heating and cooking while on
march.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-01

atorial career, and is said to harmon
ize perfectly with the purple vests,
rainbow haberdashery and lavender
spats which so often have thrilled
the senate in the past.
The new lid has not yet been un-
yelled and will be kept hidden from
the public until an occasion adequate
to its dignity arises. Senator Lewis
kept his new possession a secret in
New York, he explained, because he
didn't want the ship news reporters
to Scoop the Washington CORE
spondents on his latest acquisition.
The price of it was $50.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-01
NEW TAX RECORD is MADE
IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA
Frat Time in History Returns Are
Over a Billion Dollars.

ATLANTA, Ga.-Judge Hart has
completed the consolidation of the
tax digests of the state, and in a
number of ways the consolidation es-
tablishes new records in the matter
of taxation. The total value now of
all property in Georgia on the d.
gests is SLOTS, 266, 1881, the first time
in the history of the state that the
taxable values have reached the bill
lion dollar mark. The total increase
this year over last year is $86,606,-
815.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-01
RICH ARMY SLACKERS ARE
CAUGHT AFTER LONG CHASE

Brothers Ar o. -ested in Venezue.
la. One Vi 2, $4,000 Bond.
PANAMA. q ,oueh thew fed
from Californi. -ough Central
America to Ven la to evade
Tne draft Rober 4 Benjamin
Livingstone, of Lo geles have
been apprehended agents of
the American COVE. 1t. The
men were arrested WI travelling
IN Venezuela with their mother.
They were under assumed names
and had passports issued in San
Salvador. The Livingstones will
be returned to California.
Benjamin Livingstone forfeited
a bond of $4,000 given to insure
his appearance in federal criminal
cases arising out of Roberts al
legged attempt to evade military
service.
The Livingstone family, par
ents, three sons and two daugh-
tiers, formerly owned and operat-
ed shoe stores in Los Angeles, in
Pasadena and San Francisco.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-10-01

Some of the new gowns for wo-
men are to have but one sleeve. -
left that to laugh in.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-25
EMPEY'S MESSAGE TO
THE BOYS WHO WILL
GO COVER THE TOP

Sammy old boy, remember that
you are going over to France to lick
hell out Of Germany. You can do it,
too.
Just give old Kaiser Bill and his
wonderful efficiency staff" such a
Yankee walloping that there won't
be enough gas left to fill the en-
velops of one of his baby-killing gas
bags called Zeppelins.
Sammy, you've never been licked
yet and you are getting too old to
learn new habits.
The old folks at home are proudly
watching you, so get busy and make
this little old world sit up and take
notice.
ARTHUR GUY EMPEY.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-25

Mr.. and Mrs. M. T. Dunning ant
son Rodney left for Clear lake, Wash.
where they will make their future
home. They made the trip overland
in their car.
Vestal Heath, former Moscow
boy, is ON his way to France.
Joe Tobin of Genesee is visiting in
the city today.
Herbert Samms, of Northport,
Wash, arrived in Moscow Monday.
Mrs. Tuschoff of Uniontown is
shopping in the city today.
Mary Clarke of Potlatch is visit
ing her sister Hazel of this city.
Mrs. Arvid Freelin, son and two
daughters of Tacoma are visiting at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Gustus
johnson, Mrs. Freelin's parents.
Barney Meyers of Genesee, son Of
Henry Meyes, left Camp Lewis for
New York. In message to his
father he stated he would be either
in Russia or France in two or three
weeks. Barney is a corporal in the
Mrs. Kalinowski and daughter at
tended the Chautauqua in Genesee
Sunday.
Mrs. J. M. Friedman is seriously
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-25

Steubenville. OF sold my short
pants at Newport News" writes Gil
bert e. Boycan, negro boy aged if
teen, from somewhere in France to his
parents here. Playing truant from
school to see some selectfve soldiers
depart, the boy decided to join the
army and enlisted at Wheeling W. Va.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-25
THE LONE VOL F"
At 0RPHEUM
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

A packed. house listened to a great
war talk from the Mr.. Krikorian at
Troy last night. Spot collection
raised, $128; and pledges for, $205.
A. C. Hoyt, precinct captain, expects
to raise the remainder of quota in
day.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-25
Bet $40 on Who Will
Kill the Most Huns


Wilkesbarre, Pa.-To settle
bet of $40 as to which could kill
the most Huns, Alexander Cor
mack, twenty-eight, and John
Gorinski, twenty-three, enlisted
in the United States army here.
I'VE have arranged to carry
stick over with u.s." said Cor
mack, "and every time one Of
us knocks q Hun over a notch
on the stick will go to that mans
credit. We trust each other.
When the war Is over and we
come back the man with the
most notches wins the bet"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-05-22

ings, also attended services here Sun
day morning.
Mrs. Daisy King, Of I.aurens, is Wis
iting her brother,t Mr. J. Il. Burgess
Quite 4 Number Of others attended
thn meeting bat the writer failed to
set their names. The next quarterly
is 10 convene with L.angston some time
III November.
Miss Othello Johnson spent Sunday
with Miss Mary Lou Harlan. Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Harlan of Woodruff, were
also guests Of Mr. NJ. G. Harlan.
Miss Mollic Moore has returned
home from the Stecdicy hospital,
where she was operated on for appcn-
dicitts. We are glad she stood the op-
GRAFTON so welt aud is again able to
be at home to her many friends.
The Rural Improvement association
will have its regular monthly meeting
next Friday AFTERNOON at $3.50 o'clock
Let all the ladies como and help us to
earn another $500 like the one we
earned last year. Mr. Young, our
treasurer. says it is in his office now
for is as soon as we get our claim
signed.
N,r. and MIS-. Tom Harman visited
relatives in Woodruff for the week
end. -
Miss Lucille Cox and Miss Wilkic
81, : -.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-05-22
MI. BETHEL NEWS.

Mt. Bethel, May 20.--The Mt Bethel
scribe failed to get last weeks news
in time for the last issue.
Mr.. Haskell Henley Of Greenwood
and Mr.. and Mrs. Irby Henley of Fork
Shoals spent last Sunday with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. j. II. Henley.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.. knight spent
last Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Jere-
miah Stone and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Kilingsworth
and family motored to Donalds in their
new car Sunday.
Dr. John ID. Pitts. of Greenwood,
Mrs. Jennie Sharp and little Gcnevieve
OF Ilonea Path, were the weekend
guests Of Mrs. NJ. J. Sharp.
Mcssrs. Allie Sharp and Bramblett
God. Misses Pcarlc and Ruth Hoff-
man. Ethel Sharp, EIcttic and Felicia
Stone motorcd to Clemson College last
sunday and spent the day.
Miss Emily Babb and Mr.. Kcllctt, Of
Grccnvillc, were happily married at
the home Of the brides father. Mr.. j.
O. Babb. last Sunday.
Miss IIcttic Stone has just returned
from visit to Donalds, and HtHH
visiting there she accompanied Mr..
and Mrs. S. c. tkillingsworth to La
vania and Martin, Ga
Mr.. ad Mrs. n. b. Wood and family
spent last Sunday in Greenville.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Carlisle and fam
lily spent Sunday in Spartanburg.
Stone spent the wcek-cnd in Green
vile county.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-05-22
L.tNFORD NEWS.

LanCord. May 20. Saturday morn.
ing was bright ana clear and Lantord
Station had the ladies OF The First
Division as their guests ut the quar-.
terry meeting of the W. NJ L. Most
Inll the churches were rcprcs ented and
Il very interesting and helpful pro-
gram rendered. Mrs. c. L. Bobo ana
Mrs. J. ID. w. Watts made splendid
talks OH the work. Mrs. J. Is. Cook,
Miss Lucille Cox and Mrs. ". D. Pat
terSon read well-prcparcd papers on
The subjects assigned to them. They
were all enjoyed. Both the evening
and Sunday morning services were
We'll attended. A pleasant surprise
awaited the congregation when Rev.
n. 0. LawtOn and family Of Green
viiC. came in and joined in with the
worship. Rev. Lawton delivered d
most excellent sermon and Nj Sam
Lawton and sister, Francis, assisted
ii the music, accompanying the or
@anst with their viOiins in several
elections. The music Of these young
people was highly appreciated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawton and dauyhter,
Francis, and Mrs. w. H. Clcmments
wCrc guests al the home Of Mr.. and
Mis-. Toy Drummond, While sam and
Max I.awton and Miss Bryant we're
Guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. y. Cox.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-05-22
FATHER AT WAR,
TRAGEDY AT HOME
Just What Home Service Means
to a Soldier.

THO futher kisses his wifi, and kid.
dies ,,oodbv shouIdcrs his run ana
marches AWAY IN war
FOR Il ume the current or llie fowS
l., ,rhn,, ,o,n ,h, tr,,,d,, ,Io,h,r
,s l,or ~ M, Ii,,,, ,rnnI or hroth.
or, ,nd si.,ors +, hnIn,nss So f,thor
!, ,rrr :, hoI,lo.s no,hor,
no WHOM, con no Amoric,n soldior.s
f,m;,r ,ool ot ,hic cr,t;co, neriod
Mu.t q bravo mars ,ovoltv to b,s
country moan dosoI,tion ana SUFFERING
IN ,hosn nearest ana dearest 10 him?
No, EmphoticuIly rol The Amcri
con neoplc will nc, normit ,l,c fami-
,ics of their soldiers and Sailors to
suffer because thrir hrrndwinnprs are
fsb,inr for thcir coun,ry And so tho
Red Cross pnp,rtmcnt Of Civilian re.
lief has rrc,tnl , nation. wide or,su.
izntion for homo service for tho fomi.
lies Of soldiers and sailors
Under the hanncr of "Home Sery.
Ice" patriotic men ana women have
eproucA and oro dnvo,jnr themselves
TO the noble task Of hc,njnr soldiers,
families TO meet and adjust the prob.
lens Of EVERYDAY lire ana aiding them