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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-08-13
PUBLIC SALE.

Georgia, Terrell County.-By vir-
tue of an order of the Court of Ordi-
nary of said county, granted at the
August term, 1918, will be sold on
the premises of the old home place
of Dock Chambliss, deceased, on Sat
urday, August II, 1918, at 10 o'clock
a. m, the personal property belong
ing to the estate of Dock Chambliss,
deceased, consisting of household and
kitchen furniture, beds, bedding,
stove, crockery, etc., also one storage
house on the right of way of the Sea-
board Air Line railway. Terms cash.
This August 5, 1918.
c. E. CHAMBLISS. Administrator.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-08-13
RULES FOR GINNING AND
HANDLING OF COTTON SEED

record, showing the name and ad-
dress of each party from whom they
purchase cotton seed, together with
the quantity and price paid for same.
Rules for Buyers and Sellers of
Cotton Seed.
In circular No. 40 addressed to all
buyers and sellers of cotton seed the
following rules, now effective, were
outlined:
"The carload market price at rail-
road points shall be the basis price
of cotton seed.
Licensees engaged in the buying
OF cotton seed in small quantities for
sale or shipment in carload quantities
operating as provided for in either
section 1 or section 2 following are
to ascertain the price that shall be
paid for cotton seed by deducting So
per ton from the basis price on the
day of purchase.
"G) No licensee engaged in the
buying or selling of cotton seed and
for which purpose he provides the
necessary facilities, capital and bears
the expenses and risks incident to the
business shall sell any cotton seed at
more than So per ton (including de-
livery and loading of seed into cars
or mills) above the price which he
paid for the said cotton seed.
"(2) No licensee operating as
principal, whose capital is furnished
by another and whose expenses and
business risks and facilities in, or in
part, are borne by another, and no
licensee operating as agent under his
own license or under the license of
another, shall receive as his compen-
sation for his services more than
S1.50 for each ton of cotton seed ne
gotiated by him. The remainder of
the margin as provided for in section
l shall be retained by the party or
parties furnishing the capital and ia
cilities and assuming the risks and
expenses, in whole or in part.
provided that licensees referred
to in section l and in section 2 who
purchase cotton seed at points dis
tant from railway stations are per-
mitted to buy their seed at such de-
duction from the basis price as will
enable them in determining the cost
price of said seed to absorb the actual
cost of hauling to the railway sta
ton.
"(3) No Hcensee operating either
as broker or as dealer who buys cot
ton seed in car lots shall receive as
his compensation more than 25 cents
per ton. Such compensation shall be
borne by either seller or final buyer
as mart of his Spread or differpntial
and not added to the cost of the seed.
"(4) The above regulations shall
apply to all contracts involving the
production of cotton seed from the
crop of 1918-19."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-08-13
SLEPT ON WIFE'S GRAVE,
AND CAUSED GHOST SCARE
Snoring Man Gave Residents Near
Cemetery a Creepy Feeling.

BOSTON, Mass.-Singular noises
at all hours of the night have re-
Gently given Watertown residents liv-
ing on the edge of Ridgelawn Gene
terry much concern, and the more tim
id among them a distressingly creepy
feeling. Within the past two days a
number of complaints were received
by the Watertown police. The noises
heard were described in various ways,
usually as weird"
The compliments indicated from
what direction of the cemetery the
sounds came, but none dared to ac-
company the police on a tour of in
vestigation. So two officers visited
the grave yard about II o'clock last
night. They found a man sleeping on
the grave of his wife. He is Thomas
Robbins, aged 55. He told the police
his wife died about three months ago
and that he had been sleeping on her
grave since that time.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-08-13
new DRAFT LIBERAL
AS TO EXEMPTIONS
SENATE COMMITTEE WANTS TO
KNOW WHY THERE'S BEEN
A CHANGE OF FRONT.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Broader
provisions for exemptions have been
written into the new man power bill
now before congress so that the ma
TONS war industrial fabric NAV not
be upset by unduly large Withdrawals
OF men over 80 years of age for mill
tary service.
Discussion of the bill by the SEN
ate committee is expected to be brief.
as most of the members are believed
to be in accord with the war depart
ment plans.
Why the Hurry?
Chairman Chamberlain announced
after today's meeting that the COM
mittee had decided to ask Secretary
Baker and General March to make
statements. Secretary Baker is out
of the city, but General March is ex-
pected to appear tomorrow. Senator
Chamberlain said it was the purpose
OF the committee to investigate the
apparent change of front" on the
part of war department officials.
The committee desires to ascer-
TAIN" said the senator ''why they
are in such hurry now to have this
draft bill passed when before they
said there was no hurry"
When the question of extending
the draft was before congress in con-
nection with consideration of the
army appropriation bill Secretary
Baker and other war department of
ficials told congressional leaders that
a change was undesirable until an
enlarged army program being work
ed out could be presented to con-
gress.
General Crowder told the commit
tee today that he did not know the
reason for the haste.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-08-13
FOR DISMISSION.

Georgia, Terrell County,. F.
Mcleod, guardian of Matte Ruth
Mcleod, having applied to me to be
discharged from such guardianship,
let all persons concerned show cause
before me at the court house in Daw-
son, Georgia, in said county, on the
End day of September next, why
such application for discharge should
not be granted. Witness my official
signature this 9Th day of August,
1918. L. c. HOYL, Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-08-13
INDIANS VOLUNTEER AND
ARE SERVING IN THE ARMY
Members of the Famed Passamaquod-
dy Tribe Fighting for Country.

- S~~AAS IVA AANA ,
Six Indians of Names farthest
east tribe who are now in France
with Company l, One Hundred and
Third U. S. infantry, Twenty-sixth
division, enlisted April, 1917, at East
port, Maine, when this company was
modified, and last fall reached
France safely. Members of the fam
ed Passamaquoddies have occupied
the same reservation, five miles from
East port, for the past $50 years,
have always been patriotic, taking
part in all wars, and have fought for
the U. S. A.
There are % members of this
tribe in the war, two having enlisted
last year in the navy. Several joined
the Canadian army early in the war,
and eight are with Company on the
French battlefield.
The brave Indian boys include
Moses Neptune, Peter Lewey, Peter
Stanley, Samuel Dana, David Sopiel,
Charles Lola. Neptune is a son of
Gov. William Neptune, of the Passa-
maquoddy tribe of Indians.
Use NJ. M. H. for sore head on
chickens.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-08-13
LIEUT.. ROOSEVELT'S GRAVE
If FOUND BY U. S. AIRMAN
Inscription, in English, Shows That
Germans Placed Cross Marker
For the Slain Airman.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
ON THE VESLE.-(By the Associat-
ed Press a wooden cross at the
head of a grave at the edge of a
wood at Chamery, east of Fere-en-
Tardenois, is this inscription:
Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt,
buried by the Germans"
German newspapers announced
several days ago that Lieutenant
Roosevelt, who disappeared during an
aerial combat on July II, had been
buried by the Germans at Chamery,
but until today the grave was not
discovered. 1t was found by an Amer
lean aviator. The inscription is in
English.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-08-13
To Debtors and Creditors

Georgia, Terrell County.-To all
concerned: All creditors of the estate
of Wash Sherman, late of Terrell
county, deceased, are hereby notified
to render in their demands to the I'M
dersigned according to law, and all
persons indebted to said estate are
required to make immediate payment
to me. This August 1, 1918.
j. G. DEAN, Administrator of
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-08-13
MIRRORS ARE FOUND ON
THE RINGS OF GAMBLERS
Enable the Dealer to See Face of Ev-
cry Card Out.

DETROIT, Mich.-With a record
OF twenty-one years on the bench, and
trial of quarter of million cases, Po-
lice Justice Stein discovered there are
devices used by professional gam
blers which are new even to him. His
attention was attracted particularly
to set of tiny mirrors to be clamped
on a finger ring on the inside of the
hand, enabling a dealer to see the
face of every card dealt.
A box of these mirrors, several
decks of playing cards, and other
paraphernalia were found on three
men arrested by Detectives Shook
and Collins.
A letter found on one told him to
come to Battle Greek, as the town
was full of "saps."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-08-13
WILL ESTABLISH GRADES
FOR SALE OF PEANUT CROP

A committee of experts at Auburn,
Ala, is working on a plan to devise
standard as a basis for the sale of
the 1918 peanut crop. This years
crop in Alabama is expected to have
commercial value of $25,000,00O.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-09
STRENGTH FOR
WEAK NERVES

We do not give much thought to our
nervous system when it is working all
right but when it goes wrong nature
has a way Of calling it forcibly to our
attention by something that wecannos
oyeTlook-pain.
Try 10 reach a diseased nerve with
medicine Of any sort and you are con.
fronted with a fact that every doctor
knows, that the only way to reach the
nerves with medicine is through the
blood.
Miss Stella Cofiield, whose address
is r. F. d. 2, Centerburg, Ohio, says:
81 was sick for six months and in bed
for ten weeks. / doctored faithfully
for two months and kept getting worse
and finally had a stroke of paralysis
which affected my right leg and arm
and speech. Icould not talk for two
weeks and had no use whatever of
my leg and arm. l was very nervous.
My people thought l would never be
anything but helpless cripple.
at was through my father that I
commenced taking DR.. Williams Pink
Pills. He was discouraged and when
he read about the pills he decided to
have me try them. / could soon see
a change and gave the remedy a
thorough trial. The numbness in my
leg disappeared and after a time |
could walk. grew stronger and
really think that if it had not been
for DR.. Williams Pink Pills l would
still be helpless cripple"
The treatment in cases like this is
one of nutrition of the nerve cells,
requiring non-alcoholic tonic such as
DIR. Williams Pink Pills. Your own
druggist sells the pills. Price so cents
a box; six boxes for $3.50. Write to
the DR.. Williams Medicine Co., Schen.
ectady, N. Y, for free book on homo
treatment OF nervous disorders.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-09
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
Ns~s or the Town an5 Village Tsis
srlsfsY Ger susy Rssdsrs

New fall merchandise arriving daily
al the Estate OF Joe Levin Adv.
Lynx collar was lost on way from
Troy TO Bennington. Finder please
retp . Mrs. w r. Morgan. ADV.
eived at the estate OF Joe
wa .arge shipment OF ladies' coats
su dresses and skirts which viii
be sold at reasonable prices. Adv.
Rev. James Mitchell Tunbridge. a
former pastor of North Bennington
Methodist church. preached an earn
est sermon at the morning service OF
the local Methodist church.
On account OF the lecture this even
ing at the High school hail the Metho-
dist brotherhood has postponed the
corn roast until Friday evening when
ii will be held at VIM. Clark's. Grove
stree:.
The corn roast, which was to have
been held by the Methodist Brother
hood on Friday evening, Sept. 9Th,
was postponed. because of the wealth
err. and win be held this evening.
Sept. 9th. All members and their
friends are invited.
The District meeting OF District
No. l. Rebekah Lodges, will be held
at Odd Fellows hall, Tuesday, Sept.
10th. The President of the Assembly
will be present also the Assembly
secretary The officers and members
of Miriam Rebekah Lodge are request
ed to be present. banquet to be
served at six o'clock.
Bennington County Veterans AS
ISOLATION will hold its annual meeting
at the Soldiers home, Bennington
VT. Friday, Sept. 18th at 1890 a. m.
Veterans, w. r. c., S. of ", U. S. n.
a. and Navy boys are invited All
veterans OF Bennington County are
urged to be present. Dept. Com
mander Pierce is expected Dinner
sryed by w. X. {. A. NJ. Downs
president; +. p. Hathaway, sec
rotary.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-09
SEE DEER AS FOOD SUPPLY
Belief That Animals Can Be Domes.
tlcated and Raised Like the
Ordinary Live Stock.

There has been advocated the
scheme Of raising deer as a source Of
meat supply In this country. It is be-
lieved that deer farming could be
made as profitable as any other live
stock industry.
1t has been pointed out that the Vir-
ginia deer and the Rocky mountain elk
are best suited for this purpose. Elk
have been accllmatlzed In many parts
of the world and everywhere they
show the same vlgor and hardness.
They adapt themselves TO almost any
environment and their increase under
domesticatlon is equal to that Of ordl-
nary cattle.
II is contended that there are large
areas OF rough land In the United
States, like the Ozarks and the Allie
ghany regions, where elk could be
prOhtably raised. The Virginia deer
is adaptable to almost all parts Of this
country and thrlves on land unsulted
to horses.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-09

Mrs Clara Sheldon Of Bennington
With her daughter. Mrs. Ruth Swartz
and children OF Syracuse. n. Y, spent
Labor day with friends in town.
George n Myers and wife are on a
motor trip through the west Otis
Stevens is driving their car.
Clinton q Kateley foreman for the
DaymOr Lumber company Of Boston
has purchased the beautiful pine
grove at the Sands Springs and viii
convert il into lumber That famous
picnic ground will be greatly missed
as ? resort.
L. R. Niles of the Vermont Coal
and Grain Co, was in Albany over
Wednesday.
Richard Eyens of Blackinton, Mass,
was in town Friday on business
trip.
The attendance at the Red Gross
was not up to the usual number.
Those present on Thursday afternoon
Mrs. w. Rathbun, Miss Mary Parker,
Mrs. Muns0n. Mrs. Elijah Barber,
Mrs. NJ. Flanders, Mrs. X. Goledge.
A party was given Leland Johnson
at his home, Ladd farm on Thursday
evening when a most enjoyable hour
was spent by number Of his young
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tice Niles has return
ed from visit with friends in Spring
field, Mass, to their home on Mason
hill
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-09
NOT WISE TO GO HUNGRY
Writer crltclzes the mo Breakfast
Fad Which Still Retains Hold
on Some People.

A few years ago someone started
boom for the breakfastless day as con-
ducIve to longevity. l know persons
who have chung stubbornly to this alb
surdity. Meredith Nicholson writes in
the Yale Review. The despicable habit
contributes to domestic unsociabillty
and is, am convinced by my own ex-
perlments, detrimental to health. The
chief business of the world is trans
acted in the morning hours, and am
reluctant to believe that It Is most
successfully done on empty stomachs
Fasting as a spiritual discipline is, OF
course, quite another thing, but fast
ing by tired business man under med
ical compulsion can hardly be lifted
to the plane of things spiritual. To
delete breakfast from the days pro-
gram is sheer cowardlce, corr
fession Of invalldlsm which is well
calculated to reduce the powers Of
resistance. The man who begins the
day with a prescription That sets him
apart from his neighbors may ven.
ture into the open jauntily, persuad'
ing himself that his abstinence proves
his superior qualities hut In his heart,
to say nothing of his stomach, he
knows that he has been guilty Of a
sneaklng evasion. II he were nor
NAL. healthy being he would not be
skulking out OF the house breakfast.
less. Early rising. prompt response
to the breakfast bell. joyous break
Ing of the nights fast, is a rite not to
be despised in civilized homes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-09
WASP MUST HAVE REASONED
Case on Record Where Insect Used
Stone as Hammer to Pound Dirt
More Firmly.

SO far as known. only one small In
scct--a wasp of the sphex family
among the millions of creatures belong
Ing to lower order than man, has
ever employed the aid Of tool II ac-
complish desired result. The mother
wasp of this family digs a tunnel in
the ground, deposits her egg In It and
provides a caterpillar stung to death
or to condition of paralysis for her
baby to feed on when Matched. The
grub subslsts upon the caterpillar I'M
Ill it passes through the pupa stage
into the perfect winged insect. Then
1t digs It's way out OF the tunnel and
begins It's life above ground as
wasp.
But after the mother wasp has made
It's tunnel, and deposited the egg, II
finishes its task by Running down pei
lets of earth, little stones. etc, into the
mouth of the tunnel. This is the race
habit of these wasps. 1t Is recorded
on undoubted authority that one in
ventiye mother, when the mouth of the
tunnel was covered to level with the
rest of the ground about 1t, brought
quantity Of fine grains Of dirt to
the spot, and picking up small peb-
BILE In her mandibles, used IL as a ham
mer in pounding them down with rapid
strokes. thus making the spot as firm
and as hard as the surrounding sur
face. Then she departed. brought more
dirt, picked up the pebble again and
used II as a hammer as before.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-09
Animals and Pro,

II Is singular at first s. ow large
ly animals are referred > In proverbs,
but since proverbs are built on mems
lives and their observations, II is real.
ly not so odd.
The doclle sheep reminds one Of obe-
dent children or tractable servants;
the strutting peacocks, with their large
and beautiful tails, Of gaudlly dressed
women; the rock-clmbing goats, of
bold adventures; the cunning foxes,
OF unprincipled and shrewd tradesmen;
the chirping crickets, of care-free mer-
rymakers, and the slippery eel, OF unre-
liable employers.
This readiness 10 resemblances
everywhere shows In proverblal
smiles and compa the man with
sluggish mind - stupid MS an
aux" n cheerful companion is "as
happy as a clam;" the headstrong
youth las wild as n bucks" the dllIgent
workman Is las busy 0s bee;" the
courageous soldier is "as brave ms n
Hon" the ncighbor who Is lean and
tall Of stature Is "ns gaunt as a grey
hound"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-09
Certificate Reextcndlng Charter
Treasurv department.

Treasury Department,
ONCE OF Comptroller of tile Currency,
Washington, d. e., August 6. 1918.
Whereas. by satisfactory evidence
presented 10 the Undersigned. IL has
been made to appear that The Ben
nington County National Bank of Ben
ningtoh located in the village of Ben
ningtOn in the County of Bennington
and State of Vermont, has complied
with all the provisions of the Act OF
Congress to enable National Banking
Associations to extend their corporate
existence and for other purposes ap-
proved July ~. 1882 as amended by
the Act. approved April -. 1902
Now, therefore. /. Thomas p. Kane.
Acting Comptroller of the Currency,
do hereby certify that The Benning-
ton County National Bank of Benning
ton located in the village of Benning-
ton in the County of Bennington and
state of Vermont is authorized TO have
succession for the period specied in it's
amended articles of accociation: name
~. until close of business on August
&, 1888.
In testimony whereof wit
ness my hand and Seal of of
flee. this sixth day of August.
1918.
T. p. KANE,
Acting Comptroller of the Currency
Charter No. 1895.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-09
When Rabbit. lYere Scarce.

The first Elea.l0n If rabbit war
rem in England Is m 1890 A. D., and
we have evidence that rabbits were a
great rarity and very expensive, three
being worth sheep. They were cheap
era of course, but they were worth
goose even mt the end OF that century,
and often had to be sought at immense
distances.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-09

Frederlck's mother was Showing him
n picture Just sent from his cousin, n
young woman whom he had not seen
since she was young girl why,
mother" exclaimed Frederick. "Cous.
In Elizabeth is old enough TO wear
boirplns, isn't sheT'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-09
10 See Is 70 Rellevo

"If I come In your yard viii your
dog bite mei' asked Weary Willie.
I'm not certain, mister" replied the
woman Of the house, 'but the man who
sold him 10 us says that he'll chase n
tramp 10 miles without stopping. But
I'm not going to believe II TIL see 1t
done. Peoples Home Journal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-09
Hard 70 Beat This.

Women seem to be more given to the
marrying habit" than men. A Boer
woman named De Boer has been
"spliced" to no fewer than seven differ
ent husbands, and is the proud mother
and stepmother of So children. while
her grandchildren number well over
800.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-09
What He Was There For.

l was visiting few days in the
home of some friends. One morning
the little son of the family came into
my room. l pretended to be asleep.
He approached the bed and stood for
several moments looking me over from
head to foot as if tc.ing my measure
mehts. Then he Sa'i "A matter-Of-
TACT tone, Il come IA, ri you cut
of bed.'-Chicagu 'ha..,.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-09
What II Really Proves.

almost all the great wars in his
tory have started in April" says a
Harvard historian. Which goes 10
prove that mere man would rather
fight than go through the ordeal Of
spring hausccleaniag.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-09
Blind prehlstnrIn Animal.

The bones OF a monster prehistoric
animal were unearthed in the excava'
tor FOR building in the downtown
district OF Denver, Colo. The teeth,
found almost intact, are IS Inches long
A femer bone and parts OF the skull
uncovered show that the animal was
several times a big as the largest ele
phant.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-09

Iediciue. Thispr crirtioa was compounded
OF. the Reverend Father John Olfrien at the
Md-ug store on thct cate, ard was SO success
i in treating Father Johns ailment, which
IS a severe cold and throat trouble, that he
commended the r'edic;ue to his friends and
arishioncrs. IN going TO the drug store and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-09

FOR SALE-A small grocery and pro-
vision business, all new clean stock to-
gether with store fixtures. A lease of
the store can be secured by purchaser
This business can be acquired for a
comparatively small sum and there is
an excellent opportunity for purchaser
to do a nice business at the stand
For full particulars address Charles n.
Powers, Savings Bank Building, Ben
nington, VT 93t6s