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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-12
GIRLS KNEE SKIRT
STARTLES new YORK
PEOPLE PLEASED, SHOCKED
AND ASTOUNDED AT DARING
DISPLAY OF LIMBS.

NEW YORK.-Somewhere in New
York there is a young woman who is
wearing the unofficial short skirt,
Which ends at the knees and gives
daring display of limbs incased in
leather. 1t may be that more than
one young woman has adopted this
skirt. But the one which appeared in
broad daylight on Broadway created
furore. Moreover, it astounded OBJ
servers, annoyed important dressmak-
ers, peeved Paris fashion circles when
they heard of it, and incidentally in
terested some Of New York's tiredest
business men.
1t may be an unofficial skirt the
young woman wore down Broadway,
according to the views of those per-
sons who set the fashions, but it GER
tain!y created interest.
Opinions on 1t Vary.
Some New York women who have
seen the skirt venture to say that it
may be the first indication of the
Partisan wartime modes which soon
Will reach this country. One woman,
VINO is supposed to know, says it is
the most daring and worst skirt she
has ever seen. But another, after a
glance, went into ecstasy and marvel
ed at its lines, and gave it her stamp
OF approval. Still another New York
woman, high in the sacred councils
Of those few who make and decree
the fashions for women, gasped when
she saw it and declared it to be Sim
ply shocking"
According to the latest style books
which New York women have been
perusing for some data on the short
skirt it appears that the little frag-
ment of clothing" be it ever so short
and astoundingly narrow, is not what
Paris fashion circles have decreed for
the spring and summer seasons.
AS a matter of fact Paris has not
yet done any decreeing for these
seasons, and nothing at all can be
done in the matter until Paris, the
fountain head of fashion, has poured
forth the information.
Paris Is High Court.
No end of sewing may be done,
millions of garments may be made,
but until Paris speaks this apparel
will all be rated merely as clothing
not as fashion.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-12
LIVE STOCK BOOMS
ON SOUTHERN FARMS
THROUGHOUT ENTIRE SECTION
ATTENTION is TURNING TO
HOGS, CATTLE AND FOOD.

ATLANTA, Ga.-One of the most
significant developments of recent
years is the tremendous growth of
interest among southern farmers in
the raising of hogs and cattle. There
seems to be little doubt that the
trend of thought on southern planta-
lions is to become more and more
the source of the nations food, and
it is significant that farmers are get
ting greater representation on the
local chambers of commerce through
out the south.
Governor Dorsey, of Georgia, has
issued a proclamation urging farm
ers, bankers and commercial leaders
of the state to take concerted action
for an increase of 10 per cent in
pork production this year. The
Fourth National Bank, of Atlanta,
has announced that it will lend mon
ey to be used in buying stock. Glenn
son College, of South Carolina, is
making statewide drive for the
purpose of increasing interest in the
pure-bred hogs. The farmers in the
neighborhood of Ozark, Ala, has this
year sold their surplus supply of
hogs for $146,000. Farmers of Lex
ington, Miss, last week realized S4,-
1920 for two cars of "co-opera-
lively" sold hogs.
DR.. w. w. Fennell, of Rock Hill,
S. c., finds hog raising a money-mak-
ing business. From a small lot of
Duroc-Jerseys, recently sold by him,
he realized $1,000. The Chipley
tFla.) Packing company last week
paid $4,000 for 529 hogs. In the
Nashville (Tenn.) market heavy hogs
advanced thirty-five cents per hun
dred last week A carload of Duroc
pigs brought $1,000 in Albany, Ca,
February %. Last week six cars of
hogs and cattle brought $4,000 in
Americas, Ga. The farmers of Ter
relI county, Ca, according to The
Dawson News, have sold this season
hogs and cattle amounting to $780,
900. At Plains, Ga, last week six
carloads of hogs and one carload of
cattle brought $4,000.
The counties Of Osceola, Levy and
Orange in Florida and Franklin in
Alabama are making special progress
this year fighting the cattle tick. The
farmers around Greenwood, Miss,
are finding that cattle and hogs pay
well on poor hill lands. Brevard
county, Fla, has organized a live
stock association. At Hastings, Fla,
there has been organized the East
Florida Ranch company, for the pur-
pose of developing lands few miles
from the st. Johns river.
Dawson, Ga, is maintaining her
record this winter as one of the great
est stock markets in the Southeast.
During this season, according to the
Dawson paper, thirty-fve carloads of
mules have been sold there at an
average price of $275 head. This
week Atlantians are using more Geor-
gla than western grown beef. The
special brand this week is pure-bred
Black Angus, from V. E. Mangets
stock farm, near Newman. The White
Provision company, of Atlanta, is
spending $4,000 day for Georgia
hogs and cattle.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-12
WOMAN'S EMANCIPATION" NOT
THRILLING SPECTACLE In N. Y.
Few of the Newly Enfranchised Sex
Embraced the Opportunity to Reg
lister For the Election This Month.

lister For the Election This Month.
The emancipation of woman" af-
ter all, was not such a thrilling spec
tacle in New York state as you might
have been led to believe it would be
from all the commotion which suffra-
gists made in securing the ballot
Washington's birthday was fitting
ly selected for the first day on which
women were permitted to register.
The first election in the empire state
at which women could vote was held
on March 5, when four congressman
were chosen in New York city. The
man whose leadership emancipated
the American colonies from foreign
dictatiOn represents the world over
the idea of freedom, and the name.
Washington is thus coupled with uni
Versal suffrage in New York state.
But there was a surprisingly small
registration of women. 1t had been
expected that the emancipated sex
would rush in great numbers to the
registration places to secure the
right of suffrage, such had been the
vigor with which they had fought for
the ballot.
But, like many other things, vot-
ing seemed to lose it's charm as soon
as it was within their grasp, and wo-
men will now start an agitation for
some other "right."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-12
HAVE DIED OF
STARVATION IN JERUSALEM

More Than Half Jewish Population
Die of Famine and Pestilence.
NEW YORK.-More than half the
Jewish population of Jerusalem have
died of famine and pestilence, says
a message received by the Palestine
restoration fund commission through
British government sources. "The re-
naming thirty thousand look little
better than living corpses. Corn is
scarce and dear and other commodi-
ties are practically nonresident"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-12
PARCEL POST WEIGHT
LIMIT HAS BEEN RAISED
After March 18th Seventy Pounds
May Be Sent in First Three Zones.

AS means of stimulating move
ment of farm products to the con-
sumner Postmaster General Burleson
has increased the allowable weights
of parcel post packages, effective
March 18th.
Packages when mailed in the first
or second zones for delivery in the
first, second or third zones may here
after be as heavy as seventy pounds.
They are now restricted to fifty.
The weight limit for all other
zones was increased from twenty to
fifty pounds.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-12

Economy is the fine art of doing
without something without your
neighbor suspecting it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-12
Ceremony Impressive.

Sometimes by a soldiers grave the
near presence of death is brought
home to the mourners by the thud of
bullets and the sound of bursting
shell; sometimes it is possible for the
burial to be accompanied and its i'm
pressivness enhanced by such music
and ceremony as befit the occasion.
Today we stood beyond the sound of
enemy guns; but though no drum
beat and no funeral note sounded,
though no gun carriage bore the cof-
fin, though the mind was not stirred
by that most touching of all symbols,
the charger carrying the empty sad
die, yet the greatness of the man
and the honor in which all held him
lent more dignity and weight to the
ceremony than could any outside
suggestion have given. And this
scene by the edge of the bare des-
ert, engraved on the mind of every
mOurner-and none were present but
those who had served and loved him,
an impression so deep and lasting as
can never be effaced nor ever put
into words.
Among his last wishes Gen. Maude
had asked that men of his old and
well loved division might take part
in these last rites. officers from near
ly every brigade in Mesopotamia were
present, and all his staff, and among
the khaki soldiers stood a group of
seamen, yet the figures who seemed
most in keeping with the ceremony
and most in touch with the generals
spirit were the men he had asked
might be there; the few private sol
diers of his old division, who stood
as the procession passed silent and
mOtionless, each leaning over his
rife with bowed head.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-12
WAR ADDS BILLION TO
STOCK OF MONEY IN u. S.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-War needs
have increased the general stock of
money in the United States more
than $1,000,00O,0OO, from $5,312,-
100000 last April shortly before the
war began to ,351,548,O56 on
March LIST.
Inc increase was caused almost en-
tlrely by the rapid expansion of fed
eral reserve notes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-12

Where there is remorse there may
be penitence.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-12
Tax ceiver's Rounds.

= . - 80 = WI ' Vi = i1O II iiGCs
I viii st the following places on
the date I'D hours named for the
purpose Of receiving state and coun-
ty tax returns for the year 1918.
Land ow lers should be sure to have
lot number and number of acres off
each lot
Dover to IL a. M, March u.
Herod 2 to p. M, March IL.
Sasser, 8 a. m, March IS.
Chick8 awhatchee, 800 to 3:45 p.
m, March 10.
Brentwood, 8 a. m. to 8, Mar. ID.
Worner, a. m. to IL m. Mar. 10.
Yeomans, 2:30 to 80, Mar 10.
Parrot, 10 a. m. to 3, Mar. 20.
Cotton dale, 10 to IL a. M, Mar. %.
Pleasant Hill, l to 8 p. M, Mar. %.
Graves, / 80 to 3 80 p. m. Mar. rs.
New Eleventh, 10 to IL a. m. Mar.
rs.
Dawson, at court house. April G
and Is. Books close May 1st.
ERNEST BALDWIN, Receiver.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-12
MAUDE'S FUNERAL
HELD in DESERT
THE LAST RITES WERE VERY I'M
PRESSIVE. BURIED IN GEN.
ETERY NEAR BAGDAD.

Within a mile of the
outskirts of Bagdad city, on the edge
of the desert, on land bare of trees,
shrub or grass, protected on all sides
by a low wall of earth, are three GEM
eteries for soldiers. Beside the Gem
etery for Hindus, beside the cemetery
for Mohammedans, is a space reserv-
ed for the bodies of those who have
died in the Christian faith. In this
faith Gen. Maude lived, in this space
his body now lies, surrounded by the
bodies of British soldiers who gave
their lives, as he gave his life, for
the great cause Of liberty; fighting,
as he ever fought, for the honor of
king and country.
On the morning Of November 10
the sun rose on clear, unclouded
skies, as are usual to Mesopotamia
IN the autumn, but as the day passed
a dull haze filled the air, the wind
died, and as the hour of the coming
ceremony drew near the sunless sky
gave uniform leaden hue to the
dust colored desert To us who rode
at noontide across the bare plain it
seemed that the desert had lost ev-
cry symptom of freshness and vital
ity; that the absence of light and
shade, the heaviness of the air. and
the unwonted stiffness gave a feeling
of physical oppression in keeping
with the vcause that brought us to
the city.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-12
LARGE SHIPMENT

Red Top and Early Amber Sor-
ghum Seed received. Get your re-
quirements now.
LOWREY & DAVIDSON.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-12
$45OO,OOO WAS SPENT FOR
LIQUOR IN STOCK YARDS
Such Is Evidence Introduced by Pack
ers at Wage Arbitration Hearing.

CHICAGO, Ill-Evidence showing
there are 500 saloons in the 171
blocks comprising the stock yards dis
trict was introduced by the packers
today in the federal wage arbitration
hearing. 1t was testified $4,50O,00O
was spent for liquor in the district
The object of the testimony was II
rebuttal to that offered by workers
tending to show poverty.
Frank P. Walsh, attorney for the
employees, sought to show the evil
dence of undernourishment was caus-
ed by low wages. Federal Judge AL
schiller, acting as arbitrator, went
deeply into the welfare work done
by the company among employees.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-12
piles cured IN 6 to a DAYS

Your druggist will refund money if PAZo
OINTMENT fails TO cure any case of Itching,
Blind, Bleeding orProtruding Piles in ol4days.
rhe FIRST application gives Ease snd Best, soc
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-12-05
2 ! 'Il....,() ], BAN: 3 5 I|..N|:

The ban on D"bii. gathering l Seward is lifted this afternoon.
 Lodges will be permitted to hol ,hc.. sessions from now on.
 Clubs will be permitted to meet 9 formerly and the churches and Sul day Schools can hold their servicc and meetings nnXt Sunday.
 The Liberty theatre will open mex Saturday night.
 The public schools will open nez Monday morning.
 The quarantine on the Seward hc tel was lifted this afternoon and th many gucsts are again permitted { come and go a5 they please.
 Passenger. by ba.r or t-aiHS wj bc permitted to go about their bus ness as in the days before the cpl Jennie struck the north.
 The Seward Board of Health r, iuasts that all persons having colo 'eman away from the movie theatl ior the present time and the Boar .lso rcauo ts that those having colo asc tha best of care O. themselves :s 60 prevent n:lUenza which woul 1"aia require :rothcr ban Co DO p.w d upon gatherings.
 Thc"c a.g so wany persons in Sey ud 60 thank fer 'ho assistance, at .onJion and care they gave during [! occnt epidemic, .hat the Gateway not going to do it by printing C names for one might be oyo"Iooke But the Seward Board of Heal wants to thank all those who Eelye The Gateway believes that not on hose who helped but the citizens WI ,cfused to be stampedad but wat2h' themselves and kept in good heal should also not be overlooked.
 Anyway. the darn epidemic is O ,r. we all hope for no recurrence, al Q let everybody forget it and 2 own to tho even tenor Of our wa rgain and make up for what has be lost.
 Incidentally the Gateway's fumi eating plant is operating full bls md any money will be taken at fa valuc for subscription or advertisii
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-12-05
Industrial Unrest Can
 EgSjIy Bo Avoided

Ire to bc guided by the type Q: men
 ho have figured all through history IS tne privileged class, who think 1t
 heir religious duty to refuse to deal with organized men, we vii have trouble. If as much dispositicn will be shown by employers to adjust in-
 lustry and its problems as the men
 hey huc, the possibility of uoubIe .iil be reduced to a minimum.
 "Ihc worker who in peace times was .blc to cam SEQ a week has maor war wages and war overtime, .rcauanuy been enabled to go home an uoy night with $lOO in his pocket representing his weeks wage. The man wio has experienced this IS not .oirr to bc willing to stand, a later- tll reduction in it. It is true, of ,ou'Se
 hat he VII hc willing to rorG t the vo,'mn work he haa been put Ng in, ,u. even should othcrr bo g reelection a N,, cost cf living, which seems un- 'c'v ,hu wo Eor is not going 70 ac-
 ,pt a reduction cf lis wages 60 his ,vo-wa~ b"sos. That, however is 9 n.t0,r Q" .lr individual, rather than the union.
 .,onaogivo bor@aiuing will solve ru h of that. ,ael that there mould oo continued cvistancc of tho agency
 no.,gu.ed through the National trar Labor Board. Tho decisions of ,aa. board. providing for a review Of he wage awards every six month. m the basis or changes in tho cos' rr living, "rd more Da~ticul9"iv thr .vanijnr of the right O. collective lav-ain.rg. is entered into tho npgh- Y and n harmonious spirit h. th workc.s and employers alike, will dc ouch so solve the problem through he operation Of the shop committees
 "i Ro not anticipate any I~ck Of fobs. People forget that we have been want nnd nno@ and 'h@. there + mucf production to be cnrht uD w'th anC much essential work to be donn thH' has been neglected or postponed dur ing the war period"
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-12-05
COME TO FIGHT FLU.

The following doctors apd nurses re somewhere in Alaska" having ome north from Seattle to heID the ,atives at various places who ar" sui ering from the influenza: Doctors Nrulish, J. J. Page, L. w. Clark, E. |. Johnson, George Kruse, D. H. Iontgomery, S, E, Drowollcy, Dav- d J. Olcutt or Orin, Edwin P. Woser Edward P. Melner, Thos. Reniy, and William H. Grave.
 Red Cross nurses are Miss Lillian T. Turner, Miss Carrie Oakes, Miss can Nolan, Miss Rose Hatrick, Miss 0tilia Peason, Mrs. Anna Taylo- Mrs Lucy Phillips, Mrs, Mary Me- CorkIe, Miss Marian Pue and Miss Annie Nelson.
 The party has gauge masks and Yaecne for 5000 people.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-12-05
WAS GOING OUTSIDE TO BE
 IN ARMY: SOPHIA VICTIM

Among those. listed as being drowned on tho Princess Sophia wa NIT. and Mrs. Harper, of Fort Yukon, previously stated from Circle. and Eagle.
 Walter Harper was the son of one of the old-timers of the country, John Harper, and was recently married to Miss Frances Wells, the government nurse at Fort Yukon. Taking one of the last up-river boats it was their intention to go outside and offer their services to the country. He, with the aviation corps, and she as nurse m one of the Red Cross units. Their un- timely end will be mourned by large number Of friends in the interior, MT. Harper being highly esteemed by all of the oud timers for his manly attributes.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-12-05
M.ASKANS DIE IN SEATTLE

The following Alaskans all pass .ngars on the last trip Of the steamer Victoria rem Nome. died in Seattle rom influenza Mrs. C. Braten, s. \. Grifriths. Louis Gardcrs, Ike Nor 1grg. Ernest 4 Peterson, c. E. Reid. J. F. Rector Ralph Tapio John Ici. frri Wheeler, Ms. Ruby Lew :s. R. J. f'Iynu, John Ohrem, C. V. gwns Erie Sathcr, Carl Larsen, l.. B. Williams, Emil Hill, Charles w.. Sccd. Mrs. Kirby, Dennis Macueyui, Amo Lee, ncz Chagnon Robert Wanpole. William Shoulder and Franz Lindblatt, who died after reaching Seattle. Norberg, Tapia, X2l end Larsen were en route to Camp Lewis.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-12-05

WASHINGTON Dec D. |" If We l, our sclve. down to winning the caco 3y drives as we have to win lin. th, wa., the problems ot labor no ncv uy in this after the wal 5aaoG Wll be easily and instantly
 ,ucd." avs Louis F. Post, assist ant s,.l uuy of Labor.
 Mr. Post declares he does nc, anti .patc any particular problems in the ,a5jusImcnt period. We chauged luic..y rom peace to war r"oduct- .on." aa said, and it seems to me lat there should be no lcasct why sur factories and onr wr.Imen nou.I no, hn able to chang back rom Jlc wa basis to the peace bas-
 quickly. making due aI.o"a 3Y such tack of law materials ;t may N.s, Uu, to seasonal condition. But
 ven the FEW materials, plants which were manufacturing articles for s..c, ,.,dn before the war ShcaIG be uc 10 roassamblc their machinery ad change their processes b'ck to g.-i. o' peace production without so a.,a confusion and delay a. many .opls anticipate"
 There f- bound ,o Dc certain shift ing of labor from plants at p.o.cr, .'y designed for war work h.r& to .lmt that were thn big products in ',a.n mes. Nr. Post bc!jevcs; but . .. is laa Employment Service 4 tna Dcpamen, of Labor a5 a g.,.b,u a~oncy for mdling tha pro 5lgms that might arise from such hitting and believes that it vii. be 5', to provide workers with iaos aS vel as to provide workmcn for em- oloycrs.
 Tha~o is aa elcucnt in tho wage ua ...n which may produce indus
 ..l unrest and in that only dsns the country face danger from the recon t,uc.ion necessities, thinks Mr. Post. Even this may be avoided by n.aigcnt agreement and conference ,a.nann labor and employers, How ,nr Post declares, If employers
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-12-05
WILSON
 AT SE:EAi

ABOARD STEAMER GEORGE WASHINGTON, Dec, 5- lBy Wire less)- President Wilson spent most Of the first day cut at sea working m his office aboard the steamer after acknowledginC from the bridge the greetings given him by passing ships He spent several hours with his corps os stenographcrs in the a,terno'' and laid down ,S.r~ and rested on account os 8 slight sold. Tn the evening he r'. ,ered calls from the officials aooara the steamer rcilding the Itaii,a and French amb~ ssaiors Later ho ws'h.d the deck with his wife.
 At dinner last night, the Prost- dents party was served by the same waiter wao claimed that he attended the Kaiser and Eaise~ine in the sam" suite on the WashiGeloo'a trial trip.
 Mine Swcepcrs are running tofore the WashiugtcU's bow dcsuayerS are nearby.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-12-05
IUXEMBURG ID JOIN BELGIUM,
 Y IS kINTED

WASHINGTON. D. Io Hc.. "- sentiment k growing in IuXcrlburg n favor of union with ""l"i"M economically at least, if not poli.ical- y, according to diplomactic dis2schcs nd LpEemburg newspapers received n Washington.
 At thr recent elections i'll LuXcm- uig thc worst insult hurled at one aadidato by another was "Iou'rc TO German"
 Marcel Thilgcs, son of q frrmer uxm6wg dipIomate, in LuXcTburg 'brc. q newspaper pubIishet for uxanburg by citizens of the grand ughy abroad, champions the cause 1. freedom for LuXcmburg, rejecting nc 2ollvcrcin,or commercial union ffh Germany, of which the little 3tion has been a member. He Sug- .csts an economic alliance with Bel jun which, he says, would be 2 larrirgc not only for money bot for ,ould enable Belgium to receive ion inc and other products from Lux mburg without submitting them to iarman duties as k expressed in an- ther article by Zeigler de ZicGleck. member of the Luxemburg paraIia- mt, in the same paper. He reminds he public that in 1S42. public opin- m in Nlxcmburg was opposed to the ollycrein.
 An anti-Geman paper published D'Nation." openly espouses the ,ause of union with Belgium.
 The League Of Luxembourg Pa- riots, an organization of L7Xem- he following telegram to the Bel .ium minister of foreign affairs:
 Interpreting, the League of Lux mburg Patriots in foreign lands comprising many groups of patriots n allied and neutral countries, ex- ,resses it's admiration for the glorous rmies of the faithful guarantors of r.uxemburg. It looks forward to the lay when the nation shall owe the .bcration of it's people to them"
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-12-05
RAILROAD
 ESTIMATE
 IN ALASEA.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5- The Alaskan Engineering Commission constructing the Alaska railroad, has submitted the estimate Cor next years work, which is slightly over $4 4OO0. .OOO. The estimate is divided approximately as follows:
 Construction on Anchorage divis- ion Sl'zoo'oOV' Construction on Seward division
 $7lS,SOO. Construction Fairbanks division
 SSS9,3OO Operation Seward and Anchorage divisions $712,200 Operation Fairbanks division
 33OOOO. Office expenses S66.OOO.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-12-05
GLASS NOMINATED

WASHINGTON, Dec, 5 Presi- dent Wilson nominated Representa- i've Glass, of Virginia, for the Secre- tary of the Treasury from the trans port George Washington, by wireless, last night. Unofficial statements were made yesterday and sent out that Representative Glass would be the new treasurer. Mr. Glass enters his new office on Dec. 16 under agreement with retiring Secretary McAdoo.