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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18
THE POOR THINGl

Miss Lorena Carroll, a nineteen year old
girl who is attending fashionable school,
told Surrogate Fowler, of New York City,
that she is unable to live on the $12, 500 in
come allowed her from the estate of her
father, Joseph D. Carroll, and asked that
the sum be increased to $20,850. Only a
year ago her allowance was boosted from
$500. She inherited the bulk of her
fathers estate in trust.
Miss Carroll told the court that she is
$4,000 in debt for the expenses of her main
tenance last year. Her proposed budget for
the coming year includes $4,000 for the up
keep of touring car and limousine, $4,000
for wearing apparel, $4,000 for pleasures,
$4,000 for household expenses shared with
her mother, $3.50 insurance, $4,000 for edu-
cation, including French and music, and
81 900 for medical and dental treatment, in
Guiding medicines
Evidently the young woman hasn't heard
of the war, or is ignorant Of the meaning
of the words save and economic.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18
NATURE WILL PAY.

Mr.. Henry Wood, a staff correspondent
writing from Paris, says French statesmen
and economists predict that with the close
of the war the world will witness one of the
greatest eras of colonial development it has
ever seen. The reason is as simple as it is
inevitable. 1t will find all of the belliger-
ents, regardless of who is the victor, with
their national wealth greatly reduced with
their national resources practically exhaust
ed, and with debts to pay tina, will stagger
the most ardent statistician.
Only one means of quick recuperation
will be open to them, and that will be the
exploitation to their fullest extent of the
undeveloped resources and natural wealth
that still remain more or less intact
In precisely the same manner in which
he colonies of England, and to more limit
cd extent those of France, have saved their
mother countries in the present great mill
tary crisis it is expected that they will
again play a life-saving role in the great
economic and industrial struggle that must
follow the war in the efforts of the various
beligerents to again get back on their feet.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18
Natures Balloonists.

Did you ever see a spider fly? Go out
by the roadside on a warm windy day and
look for the flying web strands, spun by the
busy spider, then watch him as he ''fies'
from one point to another
1t looks like bundle of slender. shining
strands of silk tied in a knot in the center.
and the long ends blowing free in the wind
In reality it is a spider, one of Natures
flying things, and it is skilled in aeronautics
Its first move toward flight is to climb to
the top Of weed twig, plant, or fence
then to face the wind, to elevate its body,
and to stitfen it's legs. Its spinning-machine
throws out either a single filmy thread or
group of them, which the wind lengthens
out as far as possible and a place of at
tachment is found. The spider then springs
into the air, usually drifts downward, mean
while loosening another glistening streamer
which with the former one makes a support
for the spider while in the air. When the
spider wishes to return to earth its spin
nlng-machine winds up the foremost thread
to be used again, and the spider drops to
resting place. This balloon performer is
capable of flying to considerable heights.
Another flying spider, found in Texas
makes use of her floating streamers to trans
port her young to distant places, and thus
Widens the territorial boundaries of her
tribe. The weight of this tiny spider is only
two grains or so, but the firmness of her web
makes considerable lifting power. Having
spun a tiny basket for her family she cuts
it loose from its base, and flies before the
wind, even as high as several hundred feet.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18
Wonderful Discovery Failed.

Last year people all over the country were
building potato "pens." Somebody, some
where, it was said, had raised enough po-
tatoes to last an ordinary family a whole
year in an Openwork box eight feet square.
The box was filled with soil and seed pota-
toes in the spring, and that was all there
was to it. The vines grew out through the
cracks all around and the bin was full of
good tubers in the fall. Fine business it was.
The only trouble with this grand scheme
was that it didn't work. Prof. Christie, of
Perdue University, says that in Indiana most
of these skyscraper potato gardeners didn't
get back their seed. Of 40 pens tried in
indianapolis, according to City Garden Sup
ervisor Osborne, not one succeeded.
Experiments by the United States depart
ment of agriculture were equally disappoint-
ing. In potato pen at Washington twenty
pounds of seed were planted and eight
pounds of potatoes were harvested. The
barrel plan was just as bad. The crop
from two barrels weighed less than two
pounds.
1t doesn't pay to be a mossback, of course,
but it does pay to stick to approved methods
of farming
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18
BEING USEFUL

A good deal is being said these days about
the mon useful" class. You will have no
cause to worry over the possibility of being
thus designated if you arise about o'clock
in the morning, help the wife-who is doing
her own work-get breakfast, hoe in your
garden thirty minutes, go to your Office at
eight and then do two mems work while
worrying like old Harry over how you are
going to make enough to meet the increased
demands which bob up on every hand, go
home at six, meet the family with a smile
just the same as if everything was going
along in its accustomed way, after supper
push the lawn mower for half an hour be-
fore meeting with some liberty loan or Y
M. c. A. committee If you do this and
some one breathes the word Stacker" be-
cause you do not do something in addition,
which they are specially interested in, we
suspect you will pass inspection as being
usefully employed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18
Administrators Sale

Georgia, Terrell County.-By vir-
tue of an order from the Court of
Ordinary of said county, will be sold.
at public outcry, on the first Tues
day in July, 1918, at the court house
door in said county, between the
legal hours of sale, the following de-
scribed property, to wit:
One certain farm located in the
Twelfth land district of Terrell
county, Georgia, consisting of eigh-
ty-one acres off the west half of lot
of Land 200, being all of the west
half of said lot, except 20 acres off
the south side of said west half. said
twenty acres being in the shape of
a rectangle; also 647a acres off the
northeast corner of lot No. 221, be-
ing all of said lot 221, which lies
north of a branch running diagonal
ly across the northeastern part of
said lot. The farm being bounded
on the north by the lands of J. F.
Cooke and 2. T. Mathews. on east
by M. E. Jennings, on south by w.
II. Davis and R. H. Jennings and on
the west by R. H. Jennings, and COM
tanning 1451R acres, more or less.
Said land will be sold as the proper
ty of the estate of M. V. Mathews.
Terms cash. This June 8, 1918. J.
E. MATHEWS, Administrator of the
Estate of M. V. Mathews, deceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18
Melting Our Silver Dollars.

Uncle Sam is melting his silver dollars
and making them into thousand-ounce
bricks. When the work began there were
S39O,OOO,OOO in bags of thousand dollars
each. At the assay Office, which adjoins the
sub-treasury in New York, Is furnaces are
busy. Six bags make melt and each fur
mace Is good for II melts day. The graph
lite crucibles last only half day under a
temperature Of 1900 degrees Fahrenheit
and forced draft of 5000 feet a minute.
The silver is 800 fine.
The bar silver is shipped to the mint mas
ter at Calcutta, India. New York's share of
the coin has been piled in the basement of
the sub-treasury for years. AS it is needed
by the meter it is sent down a chute which
connects the two buildings, landing with a
jingle in a movable bin. When all the silver
has been melted the bags themselves will be
burned so that nothing will be lost. The rea-
son for melting the coin is to provide silver
for the allies. Since April 25 $4,750,0OO
have been converted into bars, and part of
this is on its way to the near east already.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18
For Discharge.

In the District Court of the Unit
ed States, for the Northern District
of Georgia. In re R. A. Cannon,
bankrupt. No. 1888 in bankruptcy.
A petition for discharge having
been filed in conformity with law by
above named bankrupt and the court
having ordered that the hearing upon
said petition be had on July 10, 1918,
at ten o'clock a. m. at the United
States district court room, in the city
of Atlanta, Georgia, notice is hereby
given to all creditors and other per-
sons in interest to appear at said
time and place and show cause. if
any they have, why the prayer of
the bankrupt for discharge should
not be granted. O. C. FULLER,
Clerk. By N. A. Brown, Deputy
Clerk.
W. H. GURR, Attorney for Bank
rupt.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18
For Administration

Georgia, Terrell County.-To all
whom it may concern: j. D. Laing
having in proper form applied TO me
for permanent letters of administra-
ton on the estate of Charley Evans,
known as Grant Evans, a nOn-resi-
dent of the state Of Georgia, leaving
an estate in Terrell county, Georgia,
this is to cite all and singular the
creditors and next of kin of Charley
Evans to be and appear at my office
within the time allowed by law. ard
show cause, if any they can, why per
manent administration should not be
granted to j. D. Laing on Charley
Evans estate. Witness my hand and
official signature, this Bird day Of
June, 1918. L. c. HOYL. Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18
Administrators Sale

By virtue of an order from the
Court of Urinary of Terrell coun-
ty, Georgia, will be sold at public
cutlery, on the first Tuesday in July,
1918, at the court house door in said
county, between the legal hours of
sale, the following real estate, sit
uate IN Terrell county, Georgia, to
wit:
One house and lot in the northern
section of Dawson, Georgia, contain
ing in all about one-quarter of an
acre of land, and known as the L.
Crouch house and lot, in Terrell
county, Georgia.
Terms cash. This 3rd day Of June,
1918. L. CROUCH, Admir-. Estate of
Mrs. Emma Crouch, deceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18
For Administration

Georgia, Terrell County.-To all
whom it may concern: J. R. Mcclure
having in proper form applied to me
for permanent letter of administra-
ton on the estate of Lizzie Weston
) Johnson, Late of said county, this is
to cite all and singular the creditors
and next of kin of Lizzie Weston
j ohnson to be and appear at my office
within the time allowed by law, and
show cause, if any they can, why per
manent administration should not be
granted to j. R. Mcclure on Lizzie
Weston Johnson's estate. Witness
my hand and official signature, this
Bird day of June, 1918.
L. G. HOYL, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18
For Years Support.

Georgia, Terrell County.-To all
whom 1t may concern: Notice is here
by given that the appraisers appoint
ed to set apart and assign a years
support to Mrs. F. E. Commander,
the widow of G. S. Commander. de-
ceased, have filed their award. and
unless good and sufficient cause is
shown, the same will be made the
Judgment Of the court at the july
TERM 1918, of the Court of Ordi-
nary. This June 3, 1918.
L. c. HOYL, Ordinary of Terrell
County. VI
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18

There is too much senseless complaining.
People who fret because they cannot get
some of the little luXuries they used to en-
JOY before he war might do we'll to remem-
Der that their fOrefathers lived without
sugar and without coal till the fourteenth
century, without butter on their bread till
the fifteenth, without tobacco and potatoes
till the sixteenth, without tea, coffee and
soap till the seventeenth, without umbrellas
and lamps till the eighteenth, and without
trains, kilograms and telephones until the
nineteenth century.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18
Exhibit GA"

Georgia, Muscogee County,, R.
c. Walden, do hereby certify that l
am the secretary and treasurer of
the Dawson Home-Mixture Guano
company, and that the following is a
true and correct copy of the minutes
Of a duly and regularly called stock
holders meeting of said Dawson
Home-MiXture Guano company. duly
and regularly held on the 30th day
of April, 1918, at Dawson, Georgia ::
Dawson, Ga, April 80, 1915
Pursuant to a resolution passed by a
stockholders meeting of the Dawson
Home-Mixture Guano company held
on June 27, 1917, a special meeting
of the stockholders of the Dawson
Home-Mixture Guano company, duly
and regularly called for the purpose
of having said stockholders take
proper corporate action to authorize
the surrender of the said corpora
tons charter and franchise to the
state Of Georgia, and its dissolution
as a corporation, was this day held
at the Office of the Bank Of Dawson
in Dawson, Georgia.
"Of the total of 200 shares consti-
tuting the capital stock of the COM
pany, there were present las shares.
represented as follows:
Home-Mixture Guano Co., by
proxy, 116 shares; o. C. Bullock, by
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18

Judging from the number of empty
quarts found about the congressional office
building the congressman are as dry as
Washington" says the Savannah Press. And
judging from the same number of quarts
neither is dry enough to excite comment
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18

1t is always heartening to read an address
made by Secretary Lansing. The secretary
is not rhetorician If one may judge from
the printed word he is no great Shakespeare
Of an orator. But there is never any doubt
as to what he means. And he leaves behind
him a pleasant confidence that he will con-
tinue to mean that very thing next week,
and the week after that.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18

In few days dividend coupons on lib
erty bonds will be payable. 1t has been sug-
gested-and the idea is a good one-that
owners Of these bonds invest the interest
coupons in war savings stamps Any post
Office will take the coupons in exchange for
the stamps.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18

From the first classification as between
occupations that are useful and those that
are useless, understand, will come logical
ly the classification as between those that
are more useful and those that are less use
full
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18

Candidate Dean is still having trouble in
ducing the other candidates to join him in
a talk fest They are glib enough, however
when off on jaunt by themselves, and out
Of range of the hot air guns of the other
seekers after the toga. 1t would be a great
event if they all could be assembled on one
platform.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18

That sub commander was as polite as all
get out to American victims The effect of
it all is lost however, when we reflect that
Potsdam can turn off politeness and turn on
brutality simply by pressing button.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18

paper headline. He ought to be satisfied,
then.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18

Premier Clemenceau proposes to win the
war by maintaining his determination a
quarter of an hour longer than the enemy.
It's fine idea, which cannot be carried out
by setting clocks ahead.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18

Perhaps the boys cover there" will pro-
vide the fireworks that are so essential on
the Fourth Of July.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18

The conclusion is unacceptable that. Sena-
tor Ham Lewis, of pink whiskers fame, is
either very childish in his own thought pro-
cesses or thinks the American people that
WaV.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18

Also, a good may to avoid brutal treat
ment of American prisoners in Germany is
to make sure that we have two Teuts in
prison camps for every American that is gar
nered.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18

a Boston scientist claims that man de-
scended from large lizard which has be-
come extinct. We don't care so much about
what man came from, but we wish some
of the scientists could give us definite in
formation as to where he is going.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18

Those love letters of Mr.. Howard to Mr..
Wilson cannot fail to meet with the unqual-
flied approval and endorsement of the
presidents most ardent admirer
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18

Buying thrift stamps not only will help
win the war, but will start strategic re-
serve for the battle of economic independ-
ence.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18

Don't be community disturber 1t is true
humanity has 9c0oa weak spots. One man
swears too much, another lies too much
some are not serious enough, others are too
ALFRED serious. some are over-religious,
some haven't enough religion, some are
a@~eeable, others arc disagreeable, a few
FNow'tc much and another few can't know
enough, "oro 2-c leaned, a few are igno-
rant; Ill Of this We all know, so what is the
need of daily discourses on the subject?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18

After the election is over all sides will
give immediate evidence of how little they
meant it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18

The Darien Gazette doesn't want Hon.
Potlpher Peagreen to run for governor or
any other office. Brother Grub is a particu-
lar man.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18

What is so rare as a typical June day in
June?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18

When the Legislature meets it should give
some attention to the state capitol The in
terror of this magnificent structure, which is
visited by thousands of PEOPLE from every
section of the country, Is dingy and dirty
and in a bad state Of repair. 1t is an eye
sore and disgrace to a great state like
Georgia, and humiliating to ones pride
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-06-18

The senatorial candidates are speaking to
small audiences. The people have other
things to interest them.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-13

Franks store will begin its weekly
half-holidays on the first Thursday in
May, closing at o'clock on that day
and keeping up the custom until the
last Thursday in September We hope
the other business houses in town.
will follow the example of Franks
They owe it not only to their clerks,
but to the public and themselves. The
war weighs as heavy on the clerks as
on any other class, and heavier than
on many, for with a few individual
exceptions there has been no increase
in their wages, while they share with
everybody else the increase in prices.
They work much longer hours than
mechanics, and do not receive any
where near mechanics pay. So it is
simple justice to let them have their
weekly half holiday six weeks sooner
than usual. As we have said several
years in succession, there is no good
reason why all our stores should not
close every Thursday afternoon. The
reasons advanced by some of the pro-
prietors can be boiled down to one
basic fact-each is afraid that a
competitor will make a dollar more
than he. Let them all close on the
stroke of the clock and they will en-
tirely rid themselves of this dread.
Right now is the time for all of US to
work together and help each other
all we can. It is un-American to do
otherwise.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-13
GROUND GLASS

We find in the journal of the
American Medical Association" an
article under the head of "The Ground
Glass Obsession,.. the writer of which,
evidently a competent physician,
seems to be skeptical about the num-
erous reports of ground glass being
found in food, which are afoat in all
parts of the country. The writer says
that glass to be concealed in sugar on
flour would have to be very finely
ground, and If finely ground it would
be harmless. An experienced physic-
ian of our acquaintance informs US
that several years ago he experiment
ed on dog by feeding it ground
glass, and that it did the animal no
harm. We have seen a good many
rumors of ground glass in food late
ly, but it is significant that so far
there has been no report of anyone
dying from that cause. In some of
the substitutes being used for wheat
-four now there is more or less grit,
and nervous person finding it in
his mouth might believe it was glass.
And we note that in the stories in the
Tampa papers about the glass scare
in that city, some people exhibited to
the authorities broken glass that
looked very much like they had put it
in the food themselves. Last, but not
least, owing to having often drank
out of bottles that we were in a hurry
to break into, and when there was no
ars rco hor 1cf oil
lowed pound or two of broken glass
ourself, with no harm that we were
ever able to note. So let the ground
glass scare subside until it has some
more tangible evidence.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-13
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-13

We are not worried about the great
battle on the western front and we
have no advice to offer to the generals
and statesmen of Great Britain and
France. In our opinion, they know a
great deal better what to do than
anybody over on this side knows. The
Germans made tremendous prepare
tons for their present drives and il
is not wonderful that they are gain
ing partial successes. It is rather
more wonderful that their success has
not been greater. We do not believe
they will break thru to Paris or the
channel, and unless they do they are
throwing away lives and ammunition.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-13

On Tuesday next, April 16, cleo
tons will be held in all the special tax
school districts of the country, for the
purpose of electing trustees to serve
for two years, and to decide the rate
of taxation for the same time. The
candidates in the Ocala district are
Mrs. William Hooker and Messrs. J..
L. Edwards and Charles Cullen. The
honor is virtually forced on them, but
they are most worthy of it and their
fellow citizens should pay them the
compliment of large vote.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-04-13

The armchair strategists who insist
that the British army hasn't any gem
erals, and there are no great generals
in this war anyhow, might read the
account of the Mesopotamian cam
paign under General Maude. The
truth probably is that an armchair
strategist would not know a general
if he saw him. This war is so vast
that many generals of high merit,
conducting subordinate operations that
are bigger than many former wars
that are landmarks in history, are not
known to any but their own higher
officers.