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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-14
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
CONVENE TOMORROW
IMPORTANT QUESTION TO COME
BEFORE GENERAL BODY AT
SESSION THIS WEEK.

Rev. 7. NJ. Galloway left Monday
Co attend the Southern Baptist con-
vention, which will meet in Hot
Springs, Ark, tomorrow, the 18th.
Mr.. Callaway's congregation made
up purse to defray his expenses.
Several issues of vital Importance
will be brought before the conven-
ton.
That which is probably attracting
the most attention and which will
probably be warmly debated is the
question of woman's> representation
in the church. Several of the most
prominent Baptist ministers of the
convention are for the new step,
while others will vigorously protest
against any measure which will in
any way alter the present relation
ship of women.
The church year in the Baptist
church closed April 80, and showed
one of the most successful years on
record.
The reports of the three great
boards Of the church always attract
quite a good bit of attention and
comment. These boards are the home
and foreign mission boards and the
Sunday school board. Reports will
be read from the chairmen of all of
these boards, and it is expected that
they will show large percentage of
improvement over last year.
Other issues of Importance to be
brought up at the coming convention
will probably bring about equally as
much discussion and debate as that
of woman's representation. The
Southern Baptists at this time have
no pension fund for their aged and
superannuated ministers, and large
number of the laity and clerical dele
gates are in favor of a plan to pro-
vide a million-dollar fund for this
purpose. Others of the convention
are strongly opposed to passing any
such measure, thinking it will tend
to lessen the respect in which minis
tiers are now held.
Georgia Baptists Increase Gifts.
According to the secretary of the
mission board of the Georgia Bap-
list convention there had been rails
ed by the Baptists of the state at the
close of the fiscal year on May 1
S97, 507 for foreign missions, as com
pared to S66,307 raised for the same
purpose for the preceding fiscal year,
which ended on May l, 1917.
A corresponding increase is noted
in the amount raised this year for
home missions. The total for this pur-
pose raised up to May / this year
was $69,841, as against $37,816 rails
ed during the year which ended May
l., 1917.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-14

been taking a terrible. toll. KENNEL
hill alone cost the Germans 10000
casualties out of the $4,000 men in
the attacking columns. And the hill
was defended by one regiment of
Frenchmen-3,000 men!
Halls A+vent of Americans.
Meanwh0f Hral divisions of Ital-
strengthen the 9tr ne, and the
transportation of Z forces
across the Atlantic he. id a
scale undreamed of three :
ago. And every shipload of a.
cans reaching France increases Ii.
confidence of the allies. Premier
Lloyd George, of England, who re-
Gently returned to London after a
visit to France, spoke enthusiastical-
iy of both the quantity and quality
of the American forces.
st is simply problem of staying
power" writes British correspond
ent from the battle front. "The enc
my is taxing the British as heavily
as he can, but in so doing he is tax
ing his own forces even more heavi-
ly. He is fddling for positions which
would give him greater advantage"
Channel Ports in Danger.
The Germans are now less than Is
miles from the channel coast, and
have carried the last natural defense
line in that region. To be sure the
channel ports still are beyond gun
range, and many battles are yet to be
fought before they fall, if they do.
But already some of the British
newspapers are discounting their cap
ture by the Germans.
'Dunkirke, Calais and Boulogne
have not yet fallen" comments the
London Times, "but their evacuation
is not inevitable. What we must re-
member is that the Germans cannot
win the war by the occupation of the
channel ports. In fact, if their road
to Calais and Boulogne is strewn
with as many German corpses as was
the road to Ypres it would be a good
bargain for Gen. Foch to strike"
Beginning to Grumble.
There are rumors of growing dis
satisfaction in Germany as the result
of the terrible losses, if we are to be-
lieve dispatches from neutral coun-
tries. In fact, Amsterdam reports
that the Germans may not be willing
to pay the price for the channel ports
if the losses continue at the present
high rate. Internal strife in Austria
has brought the dual monarchy near
the verge of revolution.
The sudden revival of the German
"peace offensive" also is taken as a
sign that all is not well with the kai-
ser's arms.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-14
SKY ABLAZE WITH FIRE
OF UNITED STATES CANNON

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN PICARDY.-The American ar
tillery throughout the night was
pounding the German positions at
Catigny, Courtemanche, Fontain-
Sous-Montdidier, Mesnil-St. Geor-
ges and all roads and woods in the
vicinity.
Under the extremely heavy fire
the Cantigny-Framincourt wood
has been torn up by high explo-
sives. Enemy supply trains were
subjected to deluge of shells. The
sky was ablaze with the fire of
American artillery. The Boche
guns replied against our rear or
CARNATIONS.
The clearing weather has ena-
bled excellent observation. French
airplanes hover over the German
lines in focks.
The front is now sea of mud,
and conditions are similar to the
early stages of the war, when
there were no shelters, and men
were living in mudholes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-14

are worn out it is believed the feet
will be tough enough to permit them
to go through the summer without
socks. When, cold weather returns
the soldiers will be given heavier
shoes and two pairs of gray wooden
socks.
This innovation in the United
States army is being adopted at the
suggestion of the allied leaders, who
have banished socks from their arm
les during the summer months.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-14
ESTIMATES COTTON ACREAGE
$4,000 ABOVE LAST YEARS
Acreage in Georgia and Texas Same
as 1t Was in 1917, While Several
States Show a Reduction.

J. w. Jay & Co., of New York, in
their annual acreage estimate place
the area planted in cotton this sea-
son at 35, 1923, 900 against 34,60O,OOO
government fgures) last year-a
gain of $4,000 acres.
The report shows that Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma,
Missouri and California increased the
acreage, while North Carolina, Flor
ida and Tennessee planted less than
a year ago. Georgia, South Carolina,
Arkansas and Texas acreage is the
same as in 1917.
In Georgia the acreage is estimat-
ed at 5,178,000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-14
Army Will Be SOcklosS to
Tougher the Feet of Soldiers

thousands of American soldiers in
aiming camps viii go sockless this
~ s'''iller in order that their feet may
'oughened during the summer
a. tfo , SO as to Withstand the rigors
ed winter in the trenches. 1t is plann-
tba W serve out light socks during
thu sprlng months, and to suggest
ana me men grease their feet well
pos @ wear the light socks as long as
S''oie. BY the time the light socks
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-14
The FRENCH ATE SEVENTY
THOUSAND HORSES IN 1917
Several Thousand Donkeys and Mules
Are Slaughtered Every Day. Helps
to Solve the Meat Problem. =

Victor Boret, the French minister
of provisions, wishes to economic on
meat by instituting a meatless week
once month. For those seven days
he suggests that horse flesh be eaten
The latest statistics show that TO-
900 horses were killed for eating
purposes in France last year. Two
thousand donkeys and mules and 800
horses, averaging 500 pounds in
weight, are being killed daily at the
present time.
The British army is supplying 200
horses daily. The best cuts sell at
one franc go cents) half pound.
Horse killers, who made 10 to 20
francs daily before the war, now
earn from 40 to so francs.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-14
WOMEN LIKELY TO
WIN LAIT,Y RIGHTS
THREE PARAGRAPHS OF METH
ODIST CHURCH RULES MAY
BE ELIMINATED.

ATLANTA, Ga.-Announcement
that the committee on revisals had
decided to recommend concurrence
on all memorials requiring laity
rights for women caused much iubi-
lation among the women at the open
ing of today's session Of the general
conference of the Methodist Episco-
pal church, South. While it was stat
ed that minority report probably
will be filed also. women leaders be-
lieved their long standing fight at
last was to be won at this conference.
Rejected Four Years Ago.
The general conference four years
ago at Oklahoma City rejected their
appeals by a vote of I'll to 105.
Elimination of the following para
graphs of the church discipline is
asked by the women:
st is not in harmony with the
spirit of our law that women be men,
bers of a district conference"
: 1T is not lawful to elect woman
as steward"
"A woman may be elected a super
intendent Of a Sunday school but is
not thereby a member of quarterly
conference"
Compromise on Time Limit.
The conference has settled the
question of abolishing the four-year
time limit on pastorates by adopting
by the vote of 155 to 131 a compro-
mise which empowers bishops presid-
ing over annual conferences to con-
tinue ministers at one charge more
than four years in succession on the
recommendation of the quarterly con-
ference, concurred in by majority
of the presiding elders.
The general conference, by vote
of 173 to 100, rejected a proposal to
limit the service of presiding elders
to four years. Thus, the status of pre-
siding elders remains as hereto
fore; they may be appointed to serve
only four successive years in one
district, but may continue as elders
for an unlimited period, provided dis
tricts are changed at least every
quadrennium.
Wants Ban on Dancing Lifted.
An open letter was presented by
j. Henry Smythe, Jr., of Washington,
urging the abolition of the ban on
dancing, theater going and card play
ing. The writer maintained that
movies" should also be added to the
list forbidden by the book of discip-
line, if the church would be consist
ent. The letter was referred to the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-14

Those old ragged looking china
trees around your patch or garden
marks you as careless or lazy per-
son. "Cut it out"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-14
GET BUSY. BOYS AND GIRLS.

This is a fire time for the Boy
Scouts and Girl Scouts to make
ten strike by aiding in the harvesting
Of the grain and canning crops.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-14
CLOUD BURST STRIKES TOWN
AND KILLS SEVEN PEOPLE
Flood Carries Dozen Dwellings and
Occupants Down Creek.

CLARKSBURG, W. va.-seven
persons were killed when a cloud
burst struck Big Isaac in Doddridge
county today.
The food carried a dozen dwellings
and their sleeping occupants down
Big Isaac creek.
James Gardner, carpenter, his wife
and their four children were killed.
Mrs. Elroy Enoch lost her life. Four
Of the bodies have been recovered.
Tuesday is said to be the only day
of the week not recognized as the
Sabbath by one people of another.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-05-14
FINE STANDS OF GRASS.

Some fields have poor stands of
cotton and fine stands of grass, but
the weather man is helping out all
he can for killing that grass.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-07-12
Not a Bite Of
Breakfast Until
You Drink Water
Says glass Of hot water and
phosphate prevents illness
and keeps US fit.

Just as coal, when 1t burns, leaves
behind certain amount of incom.
bustible material in the form of ashes,
so the food and drink taken day after
day leaves in the alimentary canal a
certain amount of indigestible ma.
terial, which IL not completely olimina.
ted from the system each day, be.
comes food for the millions of bacteria
which infest the bowels. From this
mass OF leftover waste, toxins and
ptomain-like poisons are formed and
sucked into the blood.
Men and women who can't get feel.
ing right must begin to take inside
baths Before eating breakfast each
morning drink glass of real hot
water with a teaspoonful Of lime.
stone phosphate In Ii to wash out OF
the thirty feet OF bowels the previous
days accumulation of poisons and
toxins and to keep the entire alimen'
tary canal clean, pure and fresh.
Those who are subject to sick head
ache, colds, biliousness, constipation
others who wake up with bad taste
foul breath, backache. rheumatic stiff
ness, or have a sour, gassy stomach
after meals, are urged to get quarter
pound of limestone phosphate from
the drug store, and begin practicine
internal sanitation. This will cost
very little. but is sufficient to make
anyone an enthusiast on the subject
Remember inside bathing is more
important than outside bathing, be
cause the skin pores do not Absorb
impurities into the blood, causing poor
health, . while the bowel pores do
Just as soap and hot water cleanses
sweetens and freshens the skin, &c
hot water and limestone phosphate
act on the stomach, liver, kidneys ant
bowels
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-07-12
A WORD TO PR0FITEeRS
By President Wilbur OF Stanford
University.

This is no time to talk of money
or of profits. for the world is using
new medium Of exchange today,
in order to obtain that liberty, free
dom and justice which II demands.
That medium OF exchange is the
precious blood of men and boys, the
best that we have, and we are send
ing them by the hundreds, yes, the
hundreds Of thousands. They 60
forth singing: LAS He died to make
men holy, let US die to set men
free" The man who comes out of
this war with one dollar more than
he had when 1t began has taken II
from the blood of the men who died
for him. May God forgive himl
The American people never will.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-07-12

health. I believe the Compound will
cure any female trouble. Mrs. ALICE
HELLER, Christopher, Ill.
Nervousness is often a symptom of
weakness or some functional derange-
ment, which may be overcome by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, as
thousands of women have found by
experience.
If complications exist, write Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for
suggestions in regard to your ailment.
The result of its long experience Is
at your service.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-07-12

A boy is always boy, but man ism t
always a man.
Troubles are like babies; they grow
larger by nursing.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-07-12

HeTNOuSiicoS, q III
was in a run down
condition. Two of
our best doctor s
failed to do me any
good. l heard so
much about what
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V e G e ia bic Com
pound had done for
others, l tried it
and was cured. /
am no longer ner-
vous, am regular,
and in excellent
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-07-12

Prepared by Prof. Frances h.
Freeman. Home Economics Director.
United States Food Administration.
Orono. Maine.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-07-12

Love may be blind, but the average
mother-in- law isn't.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-07-12
HOW THIS
NERVOUS WOMAN
GOT WELL
Told by Herself. Her Sin.
cerity Should Con-
vince Others.

Christopher, Ill.-"For four years l
suffered from Irregularities, weakness,
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-07-12
CHARLEV0IX COUNTY HERALD
q. a. lIsk. Publisher
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR

Entered at the postoffice at East Jordan
Michigan. as second class mail matter.
The Pulaskian., 1918-04-26

It looks as If there were about as
many silk suits as there are wool suits
In the displays at the shops. One
hears women who have no need to
save money saying and repeating it,
that they are not buying wool clothing
at all. They intend to look to cotton
and silk to supply them with what
they need, for this summer and they
are doing this from patriotic motives.
Wool suits are being remodeled, fresh
ened with new collars and cuffs Of
satin, or garnished with fiat silk braid
In many precise rows, and we are
pointing with pride to these made-over
possessions
In the meantime those VINO manu-
facture silks are centering attention
on new beautiful and very practical
weaves, for all sorts of wear. There
are among them some wonderful, dis
tinctive dress fabrics.
AS silks become more and more
practical they will continue to replace
The Pulaskian., 1918-04-26

There is much refinement in the
STYLES appearing In new blouses, both
for ordinary and dressy wear, because
they are simple and depend upon fine
needlework decorations for their fin
ish. The receipt for the artistic in
blouses demands simplicity and sim
plicity is interesting in proportion to
exquisite finish and originality In the
design of garments and their garni-
lures. Women who are gifted with
fine sense of clothes are charmed with
the return of some of the beautiful,
old-time ideas of decorative needle
work in the new blouses, inspired by
work that was all done by hand in
those distant days when many women
oecupied much of their time with sew
ing.
But it happens that in modern YER
sions of these old ideas machine work
often takes the place of handwork.
Even at that, considerable handwork in
basting as preparation for the machine
is necessary. Among the examples of
this are blouses in which small cord
is introduced between two thiclznesses
of georgette crepe or other sheer ma
terial by fine machine stitching on
each side of the cord. This makes
The Pulaskian., 1918-04-26

wool. Already there is not much diff
ference in the designs for street suits
between those of silk and those OF
wool. In the foreground of the pic.
ture there is suit of satin and neal
enough for comparison one of WOOL
Their lines and style features are very
much alike. The silk suit has a skirt
with more fullness at the front than
usual; it is plain and hangs straight.
The coat, in the mode of today, Is
uneven in length with long points al
the front. Its body Is extended at
one side to form part of wide girdle
where three fancy buttons finish 1t.
These buttons appear again as deco
ration on the sleeve where 1t flares
at the hand.
In this suit a shawl collar is supple.
mented by sailor collar under it.
This order of things is reversed in the
wool suit where small separate col
lar on the waistcoat, overlays the coat
collar
The Pulaskian., 1918-04-26
DOM EsTIc.

In the first local option elections
held in New York state 20 cities went
dry and 10 wet.
All Illinois is celebrating the ami
versary Of her admission into the
Union, as that event took place on
April Is. 1918.
In spite or lie strict regulations the
flour dealers and millers have man
aged to increase their profits from II
cents per barrel in 1918 to 55 cents in
1917, according to a report of the trade
board
According to the advance sheets OF
aou4an Catholic Directory there are
l.,4Io,o03 Catholics in the United
States at present. The estimate is
Ls.Id TO De conservative.
r'eaeral ofnciaIs have taken over
-ae maintenance and operation OF the
Lille canal
PRESIDENT Wilson announces he re-
srets ali UNJUST suspicious OF loyal
Gormans, put says ne doesn't know
what ne can 90 about 1t.
An immense plant for the manufac-
ture of nitrate by the government is
To De opened soon at Mussel Shoals,
Ala.
Holland LAS at last accepted the
terms OF the United States by which
she is tc surrender certain number
or ships 10 the allies.
bill Furnishing by 30 years impris-
onm~nt All injury TO war material or
supplies has been passed by congress.
Gen. Wood says that drive after
drive and loan aIter loan Will continue
until we WIN the war.
The Pulaskian., 1918-04-26
NEWS OF WEEK
Told Herewith in Tabloid
Form
Condensed Items Of Interest
for Every Member of
the Household
MISCELLANEOUS.

Pupils and others of the Waterloo,
Ia, high school broke into the build
ing. seized all the German books and
papers that could be found and threw
the whole assortment In the river.
The stranded German vessel Rhein-
land has been refloated, and the AL
lies will put her In immediate COM
mission.
The Mormon church Is out in doc
ument urging widowers of that faith
to wed as soon as may be.
Claude de Groffenriel, AZ, editor of
the Shreveport Ga.) Times, Is dead
at his home in that city.
information has come to the British
authorities that allied prisoners of
war are being employed in trench dig
.ging almost up on the front lines
Swift & Co., packers, have decided
to increase their capital by s50,000,-
600. Stockholders will be permitted
Word comes from Geneva that Won
Hindenburg was wounded by an avi-
ator's bomb at Strassburg.
A bulldogs antics attracted neigh
bors to the house of Jesse Crozzier at
Council Bluffs, Ia, and led to the dis
covery of his dead body in the bath
room.
The Pulaskian., 1918-04-26
arTTlE M. MAUNEY HAD NO
Dc otM TO DAMAGES AGAINST
AUSTIN G. MILLER.
eapREME COURT so DECIDES
:. a,riI. 1914, Mauney Sued For Ger
)" Ill. III diamond Pebbles Which He
claimed Belonged To Him, But
Miller Won the Case.
Little Rock


Tho supreme Court handed down
= oninion in the famous Pike County
n;omond Mine controversy, holding
hot Bettie M. Mauney had no claim
- damages against Austin G. Miller.
M M. Mauney, husband of the APP
nollant. owned 40 acres of land in
p;ro County. which he believed con-
tainod diamonds. Thirty acres Of the
.roct were sold to the Ozark Mining
romnany. and on April 3, 1912.
Mannev contracted with Howard A.
Miller to lease the remaining 10 acres
nm a 5O-year contract for development
as a diamond mine.
Nauney was to receive one-fourth
of the output and. certain options
we're also granted him by the con-
tract for the remainder Of the dia-
mond-bearing rock.
Miller subsequently organized the
Kimberlite Diamond Mine C Wash
ing Company, to which he assigned
his lease, the trustees of the COM
pany being composed of H. A. Miller,
A. o. Miller and NJ. V. Wilder.
This company spent 100000 in de-
velopment work. Shortly after the
Kimberlite Company was organized
the Ozark Company went into bank
ruptcy and its lease was acquired by
the Kimberlite Company.
Mauney entered suit against the
Millers on the ground that they were
not acting in good faith. The cause
was carried from the Pike County
Chancery Court, where it originated,
to the federal court, where it was
dismissed for want of equity. IN
April, 1914. Mauney sued for certain
diamond pebbles which he claimed be-
longed to him, but Miller won the
case. Mauney died in 1915, and his
widow entered contract for divi-
sion of the pebbles, which contract
was complied with.
In August, 1916, the administrator
for the Mauney children began action
against the trustees for division or
any diamond-bearing property that
might have been found since the pre-
gious settlement, setting up lack Of
good faith on the part of the Millers.
The court found that the Millers, as
trustees and as members of the Kim
berlite Mining Company, were work
ing the claim in apparent good faith.
The Supreme Court upheld this view,
but stated that the decision did not
preclude further action along the
same line If such action became nee
essary to enforce any contract or to
protect any equity.
Chief Justice McCulloch handed
down the opinion, which was dissent
ed from by Justice Hart and Wood.
The Pulaskian., 1918-04-26
GRIM | NAL..

John Rubecka, %, German-Ameri-
can, was taken from the street at
Tulsa, Ok. tarred and feathered by
the knights of Liberty"
Miss Henrietta Guion of st. Louis
made and sustained charges of espion-
age against two Chicago men and
they are in Jail.
Frank VILLAINS, negro, 20, is in a
St. Louis jail charged with attacking
white child, Genevieve Mckee. 8
years old.
John Marchelle OF Sturgeon Bay,
Wis. is charged with the murder of
his wife and burning his house to hide
the crime.
A thief sent to prison for nine days
In Memphis stole the prison mule on
the first day and will get long term
in the penitentiary
Kenneth e. Young, II, an auto ban
dlt, was slain in a pistol duel at To-
ledo, o., and the arresting officer was
sorely wounded.