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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-19
UTILIZING THE. AIR

The war has demonstrated the feasibility
of safe navigation of the air, and the return
of peace will witness developments in that
direction which will soon make the airplane
as common as the automobile was twenty
years ago. The improvement in mechani-
cal construction and engineering efficiency
has made the air machine in the hands of
skilled f1lers as safe as land transportation
enterprises. great army of fiiers has been
trained to handle the machines in war time.
thus creating new and important occupa-
ton. The reduction of time required for
communication between detectives will meet
the American demands for quick service
The air is not yet sufficiently conquered
to make it the highway of heavy traffic
though it looks as if approach to that condi-
ton is being made now Mail and lighter
express will be the first commodities to be
transported generally through the air. AL
ready the method has been tested in the mail
service. The development Of engines and
skill in handling the machines in operation
has reduced the uncertainties Of atmos-
pheric conditions to the minimum. They are
as nearly eliminated from consideration as
the washout and blizzard difficulties of ter
rain transportation
Bombing has been reduced to a near
science. The accuracy of hits under war
conditions has increased until successes have
become the rule rather than the exception
Machines flying low would be able with the
same skill to drop mail pouches with suff-
cient accuracy to make delivery of mail at
small cities safe and certain. Mail routes
through the air from Atlanta to New York
and Chicago would supply large number
of cities and towns between these points
much quicker than they could be served
with the fastest train schedules possible to
maintain. Flying by courses aviators who
have been able to locate vague landmarks
behind the enemy lines would have nc
trouble in locating cities on such routes
even in adverse weather.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-19
GETTING OUT OE DEBT.

In this issue we publish a news article
concerning the -Million-Dollar Cam
paign' that Baptists of Georgia have been
waging to clear their institutions of debt
The article is of vital interest to every Bap-
tlst IN this county. This great denomina-
ton has been a large factor in the educa-
tional and religious life of our state, and it
stands now upon the threshold of even
greater service and usefulness to the peo-
pie of Georgia if its membership could only
realize the wonderful opportunity that it
has of putting it's institutions in the very
forefront of similar organizations in our
midst
On account of the great demands that
have been made upon these institutions by
the public in the past years, and in honest
efforts to meet these demands, debts have
accumulated which imperil their verv life
Baptists have been noted for their LOYALTY
and conservation to the truths that thew
profess, but their power in the educational
and religious life of the state will be greatly
reduced should this campaign fail
The news article carries the information
oAANN' Nii4S -1OOOI PAOO,UUU Is lacking OF the
amount necessary to clear all the institu-
tons of every cent of every debt of every
kind. 1t seems that this is the one great
opportunity for the Baptists of Georgia,
without single exception, to put forth
their best efforts in the closing lap of the
work, and put their denomination in posi-
ton to be of greater service to the people
Of the state than ever before. One who
loves his denomination and believes in its
worth and value to the world cannot afford
to be idle now when great deeds are called
for.
The Baptist pastors and laymen of this
county should read the article printed else
where, and every member of every Baptist
church should make contribution towards
liquidating the indebtedness. The pride of
the denomination will constrain it's member
ship to do their best
They are not the people to fail in such
an undertaking if they are like those who
live in this part of the country, and Baptists
are wonderfully alike wherever they NAV
live and work
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-19
PLAIN WORDS. But TRuE

In the federal district court of New York
city the other day Judge Clayton, who be-
fore his appointment to the bench was a
near neighbor and represented the Eufaula
Ala, district in congress a number of terms
administered a severe rebuke to an attorney
and his clients, the latter up for sentence
There were several of them Just convicted
for violation of the espionage act, and they
were inclined so to protest sentence as to
supply propaganda for their followers
Judge Clayton fined the lawyer for contempt
OF court, and then said of his followers:
Any man who is out of jail has got
decent suit of clothes and has dollar
more than his indebtedness is a capt.
talist in these peoples eyes, They call
others non-producers. l asked each of
them what he had produced. Not one
OF them had produced even one potato.
All they have raised is hell.
There have been too few people in this
country raising potatoes, and too many rails
ing hell. Judge Clayton's Characterization
OF these men and women can be applied with
equal force and propriety to many others
who have constitutional objection to honest
labor
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-19
BUYING AT HOME

It is reported that Atlanta merchants are
pushing their mail order departments with
more vigor than ever before, and thereby
hangs an interesting story. They have dis
covered that people in the smaller cities and
towns are buying more goods from their To-
cal merchants, and attribute this change in
the trend of trade to the fact that home
merchants are advertising in the local news
paper to a greater extent than heretofore
1t is we'll understood by shrewd women
shoppers in the large cities that they can
get the same merchandise at much cheaper
prices in small cities and towns than at
home, which is quite natural in view of the
tremendously high rents and other big over
head expenses of carrying on a business in
a large city.
The only thing necessary to build up the
trade of local merchants, as is being dem
onstrated, is to let the people at home know
what they have to offer them
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-19
THE HANGING OF WIRZ.
From the Savannah Press.

Matthew Page Andrews, of Baltimore,
who says in a letter to the New York Times
that he had relatives in Andersonville
prison, has written a letter defending the
memory of Captain Henry Wirz, the martyr
of Andersonville. 1t is a very good thing
after the passage of half century to have
some one who was on the "other side" in the
sixties write a defense of this adopted
southerner whose life paid the penalty of
his devotion to duty.
Says Mr.. Andrews in his letter to the
Times:
1 wish to say here, as relative of
some of those in prison at Anderson
vile and as one who has especially in
vestlgated the subject, that the charges
brought against Captain Wirz were un-
Just in the extreme, and the trial itself
represents perhaps the only prime in
justice with the possible exception of
the trial and punishment of Mrs. Sur
raft and DR.. Samuel A. MUDDY in the
annals of American trials.
There is no question that this writer from
Maryland, My Maryland" has the correct
view of the Wirz trial, conviction, sentence
and execution. There are two victims of
hatred, suspicion and malice who in the DAYS
to come will be looked upon as the victims
OF the times in which they lived. One of
these is the Swiss prison-keeper Wirz and
Ihe oIuer Che innocent Mrs. Surratt, whose
execution was judicial murder and nothing
else. The victors in the war between the
states demanded a victim. Jefferson Davis
was too big. Howell Cobb and others were
so placed as to prevent their prosecution
Mrs. Surratt, unfortunate woman at whose
home Booth boarded, was used to meet the
demand for blood and human life, and Wirz,
whose humane ministrations were attested
even by those he had in charge, was, too,
called upon to make the supreme sacrifice.
We are glad to find there is one man re-
lated to some of those who were in Virus
keeping who is brave enough and who loves
the truth sufficiently at this time to speak
word in behalf of this greatly wronged
man.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-19
Bees knowledge of Time.
Experiments Prove Them Endowed
With Intelligence Beyond Belief.

Bees, said to be the most intelligent of
insects, have a remarkable knowledge of
time, says the Philadelphia Record Pro-
fessor Conklin, of the University of Penn
sydvania, is of the opinion that bees also
have powerful memory, which is the rea-
son, he asserts, that bee flying half a mile
away from its hive returns safely to its
shelter. 1t observes closely the landmarks
passed on the outward journey.
An owner of several hives of bees, not
ing the diligence they observed in their
work, was induced to investigate if time
could be accurately gagged by his swarms.
For several weeks he had his meals on the
terrace of his house, breakfast being served
promptly at o'clock, when preserves were
used as light repast.
Most of the contents of the table were
allowed to remain until luncheon, at 10 a.
m. At noon the midday meal was served.
but without sweets. At D. m. there was a
light lunch, with sweets, which remained on
the table for half an hour or so. AS a fur
Their inducement dish of stewed cherries
was put to cool on window nearby. and
In few hours the whole swarm Of bees
were sucking the sweet juice.
This melted the bees to visit the window
regularly. The dish was afterward moved
to the table, and was discovered by one of
their number On the morrow several COM
pan1es were at the feast, and every day the
number increased. At first the bees ar
rived at all hours, but soon they realized
That there was nothing doing" between 10
a. m. and a p. M, so the visits ceased ex-
cept at the meal hours
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-19
Velvet Beans Help Solve
Feed Problem in South

The feed question is being solved in many
parts Of the South by abundant yields of
velvet beans, which were sowed on a large
acreage in Georgia this state alone could
take care of $4,000 to 100000 head of cat
tie from states where forage is scarce, ac-
cordlng to report recently received by
the bureau of crop estimates. Large guam
titles OF last years velvet beans also re.
main on hand and are being used exten-
sively in feeding dairy cattle.
In tests conducted by the United States
department of agriculture on the govern
ment farms at Beltsville, Md. it was found
that velvet beans compare favorably with
cottonseed meal, producing profitable gains
when the beans are the sole concentrate of
the ration; that combination Of corn si-
lage and velvet beans forms a satisfactory
ration for fattening steers for market; that
1t IS more profitable to feed soaked beans
than it is to grind them. and that more
beans will be eaten if soaked before they
are fed than if they are fed dry
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-19
PASSING OE THE BOSS.

The postage stamp is now the greatest
vote-getter, says a writer in the Forum in
an interesting though sketchy description Of
the evolution of campaign methods. The
boss is no more. Gone are his hang
ers-on, the dispensers of slush funds. The
door swings open now on headquarters,
where typewriters click endlessly, and every
mail carries out a barrage Of literature. -
The business man has succeeded the boss
The Forum writer believes, too that
newspaper advertising will be used more
extensively as political campaign manage
ment goes forward in efficiency. AID he
thinks a new profession will be created
that of the political publicity expert Poll
tics has been slow to learn the value Of ad-
vertising, just as business was slow. Pres
emily, though, the campaign manager will
see the necessity and wisdom of getting cor
rect publicity, and when the demand ap-
pears the expert will enter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-19
GLORIOUS NOVEMBER.
From the Minneapolis Journal.

The poet who wrote of the autumn that
"The melancholy days have come, the sad
dest of the year," did a poor thing for the
spiritual morale of the race. He took from
the best of us mortals some of the inspira-
ton of the holder and freer ozone of the
coming cold and laid a white frost on the
Joy of living in November Yet the truth
is that the weather is in the feelings of him
who is experiencing it, much as beauty is in
the eye of the gazer. If one makes I'D his
mind to "the melancholy days" he will find
them at hand Immediately after Halloween.
II one is looking for beauty rather than for
deformity it will appear to him in the most
surprising places. Even November, and in
the use of that little word seven" we may
see how the month has been libeled, has its
austere charms that no other month can
boast. The fresh and enlivening chill in the
air making the blood stir faster and the
footsteps brighten and hurry, the tang Of
possible first snow in the northern breeze,
the new zest given to breakfast to one who
still occupies the sleeping porch, the open
fire in the evening-these things and many
others November offers us freely and gladly
'wailing winds" and meadows brown and
sere?" 1t is possible now to arise a little
before the birds. A few of the "setting-up
exercises" that the army has brought promi-
nently> to public attention, a reasonable
breakfast and walk to work-these simple
things will bring out a wonderful wealth
of happiness in the November calendar,
things that have gone unnoticed before.
The free and youthful spirit of man can
not be crushed by the name of a month or
DV line or two of TnnlanchO1u rOafrv
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-19
BEATING THE BOIL WEEVu

In noting the opening of canning fac
tory in that city the VidaGa Advance says 3:
with potatoes at 80 cents per bushel they
are a better money product than cotton at
80 cents per pound, even if we had no boil
weevil to contend with" Our contemporary
is right. Dawson has canning factory, and
has all the year paid S1.0O bushel for
sweet potatoes offered in the local market,
and has bought several carloads at other
places. The canning factory is an enterprise
that will be of much benefit to our farm
ers if they will improve the opportunity by
growing the products it needs.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-19
MILADYs HANDMIRRoR USEFUL.

From the Lincolnton Journal
We never expected a hand-mirror in mi
lady's handbag to serve any purpose other
than to show shiny nose. but listen: A
woman's hand-mirrow was the means of saw
ing fifty lives from the torpedoed liner Gal
way Castle Among the survivors on raft
was woman who took from her handbag
a small mirror and suggested one of the
sailors use it for making photographic sig
mails. The attempt was made and the sig
mails brought up a destroyer at full speed,
which took off the survivors from the raft,
as well as a number of sailors clinging to
wreckage.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-19

At exactly II o'clock on the morning of
November 18th thousands of American
guns fired the last shot of the world war
But though the war is ended there is yet
an immense amount of work to be done in
getting Europe back on it's feet, and Ameri-
can soldiers will have to do big part Of
that work. Let us, therefore, invest gener-
ously in the United War Work fund. It is
fine way in which to show our apprecia-
ton of the men who fired the last round of
shots in the great war.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-19
The War Is Over!

BY Eunice Thompson.
Sing! Oh, sing, America!
Shout with the greatest Joy!
Bare the head for the flag, men!
Cheer, oh girl and boy!
Smile, sad-hearted mother.
Your boy is coming home!
He's been successful-whipped
the Hun,
He ne'er again will roam!
The Kaiser's abdicated!
He had to flee away,
His sons have all gone with him!
Oh, blessed be the day!
Ring the family dinner-bell!
Beat on an old tin pan!
Wave your flag high in the air,
And make all the noise you can!
Hark! the minister's praying!
Let your glad cries cease.
1--WE thank thee. Lord. for guild
ing US,
And bringing the whole world
neacew
Dawson, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-19
ABLE-BODIED KICKER WANTED

Editor Townsend, Of the Dahlonega Mug
get, who finds time to also serve his people
as ordinary of the county, in the last issue
of his paper paid his respects to critics in a
decidedly interesting manner. We quote
We understand that some of them
here are trying to lay the blame on =
Ordinary Townsend because the demo-
cratic election tickets were not re-
ceived here in time for the election,
when it wasn't our job in any manner.
We regret that we have a few enemies
who would almost be willing to go to
hell if they thought they could do q
thing that would injure US, but thank
goodness the Lord is on our side, who
will continue with US in all things that
are right. They are sore, and we know
of nothing that will give them relief
unless kicker comes around and gets
in his work. The tickets were ordered
from an Atlanta printer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-19
Farmers Obligations.
From the Savannah Prsas.

A Dawson business man who is also
farmer wonders why it is that we go
on in the same old way making obliga-
tons due on October 1st, and dumping
the fall harvests on one end of the
scales all in a lump, which. naturally,
bears down the market value Bank
ers and men of large business interests
have for years pursued this course
without so much as suggesting a rene
dy for this Cutting of the market
Dawson News.
The News thinks there should be some
reform here so that farmers obligations
would come due gradually. The idea is one
we'll worth considering. To have to meet al
their obligations at one time makes it hare
on the growers of cotton, corn and other
things. 1t means a sacrifice very often
when there should be none.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-19

The nightmare is ended, and the world
again comes into the kingdom of the morn
ing. The triumph that has been won is be-
yond conception, even as was the vastitude
of evil against which the world has strug-
gled for more than four years. But the
everlasting truth which has again been
demonstrated is plain to all men. That
truth is that the forces Of righteousness are
greater than the forces of unrighteousness,
and in the end do prevail.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-19

The Southern Ruralist says that weevils,
which cause the loss of thousands of BUSH
els of corn every year in the South, will
starve rather than force their way through
a good, tight-ftting shuck Remember this
in selecting your seed corn. 1t may save
you lots of money next year
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-19

What the war has cost France has been
put into understandable shape by NJ. Tar
dieu, commissioner Of Franco-American af-
fairs in this country. France has lost
100000 men, more than $4,000 homes
have beer destroyed, and the German occu-
patton has left behind great area of sheer
desolation. France has worn the yoke Of
war. Let Germany wear the yoke Of peace.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-19

The doctors are constantly warning in
fiuenza patients against getting out too
soon after an attack, but the advice often
goes unheeded with very serious results
Pneumonia in many cases is caused by ex-
posure just when one should exercise the
greatest care. Better go slow, for it is as
true as it is trite that San ounce Of preven-
ton is worth a pound of cure"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-19

This is a good time to remember the old
maxim "When Won sun with the devil use
long spoon"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17

FOR sAI.E-A srLENpIDLY EQUIPPED
four baths: has hct-water heat. electric
lights. instantaneous hot-water heater: ex-
celcntly furnished Throughout; owner will
sell entire outfit. including furniture, for
1880. and make reasonable terms. This
property is within walking distance OF all
PHILLIPS 4 sAGER. INC.
1409 New York
FOR sAIE-A VERY COMPLETE SIX ROOM
and bnth home northwest; convenient to
PHILLIPS 4 sAGER, INC.
1909 New York ave. NV.
FOR SALE-A DETACHED HOME NORTH
west. with hot-water heat; in ftrstclass con-
diuon; be bought for 5000; rea-
PHILLIPS & sAGER, INC.
1903 New York NV.
FOR sALE--TEN-RcoM HOME AT SIXTEENTH
and Columbia road; hot-water heat; in first
class condition Irice, S., 600
PHILLIPS 4 sAGER, INC.
home in Washington Heights; thoroughly
modern throughout; unusual opportunity
section. Price, 5000. Terms can be ar
ranged.
PHILLIPS d SAGER, INC,
400 New York
FOR sALE-DowNTowN EIGHr-RooM AND
bath home two floors, with hot-water
heat; can sell for $500; possession can
PHILLIPS 4 sAGER. INC.
1409 New York ave. NV.
FOR SAI.E-SpLENDID SIN-RoOM AND BATH
home in Blcomngdsle. with cellar: furnace
heat: house in frst-class condition; be
PHILLIPS 4 sAGER, INC,
1903 New York ave. NV.
FOR sALE-A TwELyE-RooM AND BATH
home in St Aloysius parish can sell for
$4,000 and give immediate possession; easy
terms can be arranged.
PHILLIPS 4 SAGER, INC,
14ue New York ave. NV.
room and two-bath home in Mount Pleasant,
with sleeping porches; nice yard front and
heat. Price. SO $50.
PHILLIPS & sAGER, INC,
14CS New York
FOR sALE-oNE OF THE LARGEST SIX
room. reception hall plan homes In Petworth:
rear porches; 20 feet to public alley. Price
and terms reasonable.
PHILLIPS & sAGER, INC.
1409 New York
FOB SALE-TWO EXCELLENT SIX-ROOM
modern homes west of 18th street, near Co.
lumbfa road; hot-water heat; electric lights
rear porches; reception hall. Price, $3.50
each; reasonable terms can be arranged.
PHILIPS q sAGER, INC,
1903 New York ave. NV.
FOR sALE-Two sIX-RooM HOMES IN CO.
lumbia Heights square from 14th ST.:
thoroughly modern throughout; hot-water
heat; electric lights; attic anG nice lot
Price. 81 800 each.
PHILLIPS X SAGER. INC,
1909 New York ave. NV.
FOR SALE-BEAUTIFTI SIX-ROOM CORNER
home New Hampshire avenue. with hot
water heat and electric lights. Price,
So, 500.
PHILLIPS & SAGER, INC,
1909 New York ave. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
FOR SALE-HOUSES.
Continued.


BETWEEN 9th AND 11th SITS. ON MASS.
ave. NV; ten rooms. bath. brick; several Law
atories. toilets. etc: hot-water heat: $3.50 will
put in Al condition. Can be bought for as
buyer R. W BEALL 1920 New York ave.
Call Main $500. Residence. call Col. 800
FOR SALE - FOUR SMALL BRICK HOUSES;
monthly rent. $3.50: always rented price.
'''' EUGENE E. GADpIs.
1Il0 II ST. NV.
700 COLUMBIA RID. N.W.-SIN ROOMS. BATH.
furnace: in good condition; rented by month
for $3.50; trust. s2,3oo price. 81 300 only 500
cash required balance monthly. Phone OWNER,
CIeve. 1898.
BY OWNER GROOM BUNGALOW: ANIL;
large lot: good section: all or part cash. Ad-
dress Boy 169-k, Star office.
FOR SALE-HOUSE: $. f. SURURBS.
rooms; hot-water heat: electric light
and gas; lot Soa15o. Price. S.75o.
$500 cash: balance easy terms.
Apply X. F. BRADBURY. o226 Pa. ave. Sc.
before 10 or after any Gay. Phone l.. 2a'S.
FOR SALE--LATEST STYLE GROOM HOUSE:
hest section rctworth; large lot. Address HoA
iSS-k. Star office.
FOR SALE-HOrSES- POSSESSION.
By JESSE l.. HEISkELL.
v,.,,u,,on ntU Ti, IL 81: NV ,,-c.in ~
$3.50: 10 and haiti, brick and
stone dwelling: hot-water heat; 1st-ioor
Kitchen.
Columbia Heights: o rooms and bath:
hot -water heat Ist-foor kitchen. Only
$3.50.
Columbia Heights: Fairmont St: 6
rooms and bath hotwater heat; 5000.
Columbia Heights; threc-story brick
dwelling; 10 rooms ano bath: all modern
convcnences: very desirable; 5000.
ST., near 18TH rooms and bath;
modern improvements. Only $500.
18Th ST. Sc: modern twos story. six
room and bath dwelling; hot-water heat.
Only $1,000.