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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-01-22

pean countries from time immemo-
rial; and since the time of Qeen Eliz-
abeth the development of a system
for registering land titles has engag-
ed the attention of the English-speak-
ing people everywhere. However, it
was business man, Sir Robert Rich
ard Torrens, the collector of customs
at Port Adelaide in South Australia,
who finally prepared statute which
took effect in that province in 1858.
The 'Torrens System" proved sue
cessful and became the model of la
ter laws in England, Canada and
many British dependencies. In more
than a fourth of the states of the
United States, in Hawaii and the
Philippine Islands there are land reg
istration systems which resemble and
which are in the main designed to
attain the same purpose and end as
the original Torrens system.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-01-22
The LADY COP IS
DEATH ON SPOONERS
THAT'S WHY MARRIED WOMEN
OF OSSINING ARE DETERMINE
ED SHE'LL NOT BE FIRED.

They have lady cop at Ossining,
N. Y, whose name is Anna O'Shea,
and she's death on spooners. The
trustees of Ossining, for some rea-
son, don't like Mrs. O'Shea and a
few days ago they discharged her.
Her retirement from action along
the by-ways of the town is to take
effect soon, and meanwhile Mrs.
O'Shea is busily engaged in piling up
a record bigger than the biggest
drift against the prison wall. The
women are behind her, they are, to
the last married one of them, and
conscious of the strength of her back
ing Mrs. O'Shea went forth recently
to give spooners a fright that would
chill them more than the wind that
swept down the Hudson.
She hadn't been out long before
she spotted soldier and a girl defy
ing the weather. The girl was one on
whom Mrs. O'Shea's wrath had de
scended before, and the martial spirit
of her just boiled. She gEasped her
trusty club and went hurdling over
the drifts. The soldier and the girl
saw her coming and started a little
sprinting on their own account and
being somewhat lighter and the SOL
der in good practice from hurdling
trenches in training camps, he and
the girl managed to outdistance their
nemesis.
The women of Ossining aren't GO
ing to let the trustees fire Mrs.
O'Shea if they can help it. They be-
lieve she is engaged in a good work
and will try to get the village board
to reappoint har when her term ex-
pires at the end of the week. If the
trustees refuse tne civic league and
other women's organizations will or
ganize a detective agency with O'Shea
in charge. Then, if any husband
strays an inch from the path of dis
erection, let him look out, for all the
wives in town, in the person of their
private detective, O'Shea, will land
upon him and make him wish he new
err had been born.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-01-22
PREVENT HOG CHOLERA.

The B. A. Thomas Hog Powder has
a record of 95 per cent. cures of
Hog Cholera. If you feed your hogs
as directed, you need never fear hog
cholera nor any other hog disease.
And the directions are very simple,
just about what you are doing, plus
a few cents worth of B. A. Thomas
Hog Powder in the feed twice a
week.
Usually, though, Cholera gets in
before we know it. Then it requires
close attention to each hog-each
hog must be dosed-and if you will
dose them as directed you will save
better than 80 per cent. If you don't
the B. A. Thomas medicine costs you
nothing. We-not some distant man
ufacturer-pay your money back.
WALL BROS, Dawson, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-01-22
AMERICAS AWARDED AVIATION
BASE AFTER A HARD FIGHT
Will Be About 1000 Men and 70
Machines. Big Victory For Rep
resentative Crisp.

The war department has announced
the placing of an aviation base on a
large scale within four miles Of
Americas. This base will be located
at the Aries farm. There will be
about 1000 men sent there to be-
gin with 70 machines. Operations
will begin as soon as the contract for
the construction of the necessary
buildings is awarded.
There has been sharp competition
to get this base, and Congressman
Crisp has won a hard fight.
The contract for three-unit avia-
ton field at Americas will be award
ed, it is unofficially learned here to-
day, to the Southern Ferro Concrete
company, of Atlanta. The cost will
be about two and one-half or three
million dollars.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-01-22
SWIFT PACKING HOUSE
MAKES $40, ASS, 900 PROFITS
Breaks All Records With 34.65 Per
Cent. Dividends Past Year on
100 Million Dollar Capital.

CHICAGO, Ill.-Net profits far
surprising all previous records were
reported by Swift & Co., packers, for
the fiscal year ending with Septem-
Der, 1917. The profits given are
equivalent to 34.65 per cent. on the
company's $100,000,000 capital stock
and compare with net profits of $780,
465, 700 in the 1916 fiscal year, which
were equal to 27.29 per cent. on the
$75,000,000 stock then outstanding.
The gross sales for the year attain
ed new high record of 100000,
which compares with 100000 in
1916. The company expended $780,
100000 for live stock in 1917.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-01-22
DRAFT net TO GET BOYS
REACHING Fl SINCE JUNE 5
War Department Kind to Men More
Than 81. Plan to Include Them
Is Opposed by Committee.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The gov
eminent has decided on draft regis
tration of all young men as fast as
they become 81 years old as the
means of keeping filled the ranks of
the war army. 1t was decided against
raising the draft age limit above 81
years.
An administration bill was intro
duced today at the request of the
war department by Chairman Cham
berlain, of the senate military com
mittee, to register for draft all men
who have reached q since June s.,
1917, when the draft law became eff
fective. The administrations sup
port seems to assure its prompt pass
age.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-01-22
SMITHVILLE MEN ARRESTED
WITH LOTS OF BOOZE
1000 Bottles of Beer and 100 Quarts
of Whisky Taken From Train.

A special from Albany says one
thousand bottles of beer and one
hundred bottles of whisky comprised
a haul made by Sheriff o. F. Tarver
and deputies at that place from the
northbound Seminole Limited Friday
night.
R. C. Kennedy and j. S. Bates, two
Smithville men, were arrested on the
charge of bringing the intoxicants
from Florida. Kennedy formerly liv-
ed at Brentwood. The beer and whis-
ky would have been worth more than
$1,000 by blind tiger sale.
The two men were locked up at
the Dougherty county Jail and have
made no statements as to their in
tentions as regards applying for bail
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-01-22
MILLION RIPE BANANAS
FIRM GAVE AWAY TWO

The poor people of Maryland re-
ceived 100000 ripe bananas as the
gift of the United Fruit company
The fruit ship Vika had been held up
for week by ice in Chesapeake bay,
and the bananas became so ripe that
they were unstable through the reg
ular channels. The company accord
ingly asked the food administration
to distribute them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-01-22
LAND TITLES UNDER
The TORRENS LAW
NEW SYSTEM BECAME EFFECT.
I'VE JAN. 1ST. THE PURPOSE
OF ITS ENACTMENT.

The Torrens land title law, which
was passed by the 1917 general as
sembly, became effective January list,
and is matter of timely interest
AS previously stated in The News,
Mr.. W. B. Parks has been ap-
pointed examiner of titles in Ter
rell county by Judge W. C. Worrill,
upon whom that duty was imposed
by the act.
The object of the land registra-
ton act is to afford a simple, GER
tain and practical method by which
title to land, and ownership thereof,
may be evidenced or shown, just as
title is now evidenced, at least in
part, by deeds or other written in
struments; and also to furnish i'm
mediate and adequate proof of title,
so that land may be used freely as
a basis of credit and in business
transactions with greater ease and
facility than is now the case.
Save Long Examinations.
Under Georgia's land registration
act it is not necessary to have 1tle
re-examined hack throughout all its
dependent transactions each time it
is sought to deal wa the land. The
recurring expensZ and delay is obvi-
aJeu. UnUxr ne new act the evil
dence of a good title does not depend
upon any chain of documents, nor
upon the proper administration of
estates, nor upon the established
rights of minors, nor upon the legal
ity of every transfer, or upon facts
which may or may not rest in the
memory of the oldest inhabitants.
Localities Evidence.
Registration localizes the evidence
of title, and declares and fixes the
exact state and condition of title as
it is, down to the minute of registra-
ton. With but few unimportant ex-
ceptions all further inquiry into title
prior to registration is made unnec-
essary and of no effect. The regis
tration entry speaks affirmatively as
the solemn judgment of a superior
court and is conclusive.
Interesting History.
The registration of titles to land
has been employed in certain Euro
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-01-22
KENTUCKY RATIFIES
PROHIBITION AMENDMENT

LEXINGTON, Ky.-Kentucky is
the second state in the United States
to ratify the national prohibition
amendment The Kentucky Iegisla-
ture today ratified the prohibition
amendment by the following votes
In senate q to 6, the house &C to
10. Mississippi ratified the amend
ment some days before.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-01-22
GOVERNMENT TO BUILD
GREAT POWDER PLANT

A government powder plant to
cost $60,000,000 and to employ about
$4,000 men is to be established by
the war department near Nashville,
Tenn. Hadley's Bend has been an
nounced the site.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-01-22
IF YOU NEED MONEY. SEE ME-

I get it on either farm or city
property quickly, at the lowest rates
ever offered. Come in and advise
with me. Rates may advance at any
time, so act now, while it is cheap
er than ever before. L. C. HOYL, at
torney at law.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-01-22
sTRAYED OR sToLEN-From the

home of Mitch Ware, in Sasser
Sunday night, Jan. 18th, red bay
mare, star in face, one front tooth
out, about II years old, hitched to
top buggy with red running gear.
Reward will be paid for recovery.
BERRY SCOTT, Sasser, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-01-22
For SALE-Will 50

FOR SALE-Will sacrifice for cash
good six-room house and acre lot
on Stonewall street, two blocks south
of court house. Inquire BONNIE
BROWN, Park Ridge, Ill.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-01-22
FOR SALE-R

FOR SALE-Bargain for prompt &C
ceptance. Two houses and lots on
North Johnson street, known as "YeI-
low and "White" houses of S. J,
Hargrove estate. H. H. HARGROVE,
Bronwood, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-01-22

FOL SALE-Seventy-fve bushels of
Fulghum seed oats, $50 bushels of
corn in ear, 200 bushels of Covington
wilt resistant cotton seed for plant
ing. j. E. WILKES.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-01-22

LOST-Black hound dog, brown
feet and face, long tail, named
Queen. Reward Return to 542 Sew
enth avenue.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-01-22

FOR RENT-The store house 1 now
occupy on South Main street. Will
| rent the whole store or front half of
it. J. M. RAUCH.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-01-22
Localities Evidence.
Interesting History.

The registration of titles to land
has been employed in certain Euro
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-01-25

! Ward would not have hesitated one
| second about putting the sheriff on
| the trail of Buck, but If the second
man were implicated he could not be-
tray one without betraying the other.
And if the business down there in the
corral were lawful, then he must think
of some other means. At any rate, the
thing to do now was to make sure.
The two In the corral came out and
closed the gate behind them, and the
first man kicked apart the embers of
a small fire and afterward busted him
self with the ground, either looking for
tracks or covering them up. They
came little way along the side of the
bluff, mounted and rode up toward
where the lookout waited. And one of
them rode a dark bay and was slim
and tall and wore a gray hat.
Ward glanced at Rather standing
half asleep with reins dropped to the
ground. He reached out, took the
reins and led the horse farther down
under the shelter Of the ledge. Rat
tier pricked up his ears at the sound
of those other riders, but he did not
show enough interest to nicker a greet
ing. He was always a self centered
beast and was content to go his way
alone, like his master.
Ward stood up, where he could see
the rim of the bluff over the ledge Of
lava rock. He might get closer view
and see who was the lookout, and he
might be seen. For that contingency
he kept his fingers close to his gun.
He heard their scrambling progress.
Now and then one of the horses sent
a little rock bounding down into the
moved restlessly around the small in
closure.
They came closer after they had
gained the top. Ward, leaning against
the dull gray rock before him, heard
the murmur of their voices. Once he
caught the unmistakable tones of the
man he would like to kill iii keep
cases and git him. Plotting against
some poor devil, as usual, Ward
thought and wondered if the man knew
he lived in this part of the country. If
be did, 1t might easily be
'Ill keep cases some myself, you
REPTILE" he muttered under his breath. |
You won't get me again, if that's |
what you've got in mind"
They went on, and presently Ward |
was looking at their backs as they |
rode over the ridge. He stood for |
some time staring after them with
what Billy Louise called his gimlet
ook. He was breathing shortly from
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-01-25
Throw Up Your Hands.

the muZzle pointing downward. At
that distance and from a dead rest
it would be strange if he should miss
any object he shot at. He had what
gamblers call a cinch, or he would have
had if the man he watched for had
not been standing directly behind him
with rife sights in a line with the scar
on the back of his thick neck.
Throw up your hands, Ward called
sharply when his first flare Of rage
had cooled to steady purpose.
Buck Olney jumped as though a yell
low jacket had stung him He turned
"a startled face over his shoulder and
jerked the rife up from the rock. Ward
raised his sights little and plugged a
round, black trimmed hole through
Bucks hat crown.
Throw up your hands, told youi"
he said, while the hills opposite were
still finging back the sound OF the
shot, and came closer.
Buck grunted an oath, dropped the
rife so suddenly that it clattered on
the rock and lifted his hands high in
the quiet sunlight.
Get up from there and go on down
to the shack-and keep your hands up.
And remember all the reasons I've got
for wanting to see you make a crooked
move so I'll have an excuse to shoot"
Ward came still closer as he spoke
He was wishing he had brought his
rope along. He did not feel quite easy
in his mind while Buck Olney's hands
were free.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-01-25
CHAPTER TX.

"I'm Going to Take You Out and Hang
Your
TNHE trouble with man like Buck
sure of his method, except that
1t will be underhand and calculated TO
eliminate as much as possible any risk
to himself. Ward, casting back into
his memory-he had known Buck o.
ney very well once upon a time and in
his unsuspecting youth had counted
him a friend-tried to guess how Buck
would proceed when be went down to
that corral and found how those brands
had been retouched.
Hell be running around in circles
for awhile, all right he deduced, with
an air of certainty "Blotched brands
he'd know was my work, and he could
have put it on me, too, with a good
yarn about trailing me so close l got
cold feet. AS it is Ward smoked
two cigarettes and scowled at the seen
cry. As it was, he did not know Just
what Buck Olney would do, except
"If he makes a guess 1 did that he'll
know I'm wise to the whole plant
And he'll get me sure, providing l
stand with my. back to him long
enough" Ward had his back to a high
ledge at that moment, so that he did
not experience any impulse to look be-
hind him.
Buck don't want TO drag me up be-
fore jury" he reasoned further. He'd
a heap rather pack me in all wrapped
up in tarp and say how he'd caught
me with the goods and 1 resisted ar
rest"
The assurance he felt as to what
Buck Olney would do did not particu-
larry brighten Ward even il he did neg
lect to go to bed in his cabin during the
next few days. That was common
sense born OF his knowledge Of the |
man he was dealing with. He went to |
the cabin warily, just often enough TO 4
give il an air of occupancy. He fire. |
quently sat upon some hilltop and |
watched lazy thread of smoke weave
upward from his rusty stovepipe. but
he slept out under the stars rolled in
his heavy blanket, and he never cross
ed a HdgeSif he could make his way
through hollow. 1t is not always
cowardice which makes a man ex-
careful not to fall into the
hands of his enemy. There is a small
matter of pride involved. Ward would
have died almost any death rather
than give Buck Olney the satisfaction
Of getting" him. For few days he
was cautious as an Indian on the war
,rail, and then his patience ,frazzled
)ut under the strain.
At sunrise one morning, after night
If shiyering in bis blanket, he launched
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-01-25

men might say OF him. But he knew
how to tie down an animal and be
sacrificed part Of his lariat to get the
short rope he needed to tie their fee
together. He worked fast-no telling
what minute some one might come and
catch him-and he did his work well
far better and heater than had his
predecessors.
When he left that corral he smiled
Before he had ridden very far up the
bluff he stopped, looked down at the
long suffering cattle and smiled again
sardonically. One could read their
brands easily from where he sat on his
horse. They were not blotched; they
were very distinct But they were not
Yes within that corral There were
other brands which might be made OF
Y6 monogram by the judicious ad-
dition of a mark here and a mark
there.
There, hang yuh, chew on that
awhiler' he apostrophized the absent
three. He turned away and rode back
once more toward home.
Rather turned naturally into the trail
which ran up the creek to the ranch,
but Ward Immediately turned him out
of it. I'VE aren't going to overlook
any bets, old timer he said grimly
and crossed the creek at a point where
it was too rocky to leave any hoof
prints behind them, He rode up the
lower point of the ridge beyond and
followed tire crest OF it on the side
away from the valley. When he reach
ed point nearly opposite his cabin he
dismounted, unbuckled his spurs and
slipped their chains over the saddle
horn. Then he went forward afoot to
reconnoiter. He was careful to avoid
rock or gravelly patches and to walk
always on the soft grass, which muf-
fed his steps.
In this wise he made his way to the
top Of the ridge, where he could look
down upon the cabin and stable and
corrals and see also the creek trail for
a good quarter OF a mile. The little
valley lay quiet. His team fed undis-
turbed by the creek not far from the
corral, which treasured Ward more
than anything. Still. he waited until
he had made reasonably sure that the
bluff held no watcher concealed before
he went back to where Rather waited
patiently.
Il guess they didn't plan to stir
things up till they got those critters
planted where they wanted them he
unused while he rode down the bluff to
his cabin. But when they visit that
bunch Of stock again 1 reckon things
will begin to tightenr' >
He was wary Of exposing himself
too much to view from the bluff while
be did his chores that night, and he
kept Rather in the stable; also he slept
very little, and before daybreak he
was up and away.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-01-25
Elsie Had the Idea. ANYHOW.

Elsie came home from school be-
fore the holidays with her little nose
tilted at an angle that her mother rec
ognized Immediately was to register"
deep, frreconcilable scorn. Her mother
of course asked the questions that
would bring forth an explanation.
"Oh, it's Hilda; believe me I'm not
going to play with her any more" said
the aggrieved one.
''Why, I thought Hilda was one Of
your best friends. What has she done
to your"
"She hasn't done anything It's her
father. He was born in Germany and
he's never taken out his civilization pa
pers."
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-01-25
Over-Camouflaced.

Dorothy not only like her tea and
coffee to have the appearance of being
real and truly" but she also liked to
taste the flavor of each. One after
noon her mother took her to a friends
home, where tea was served at five
o'clock. The hostess gave Dorothy
what she usually gave her own chill
dren-hot water. sugar and milk. Dor
othy tasted hers politely and ate her
little cakes.
''Why, Dorothy. you aren't drinking
your teal Isn't it sweet enoughY
asked the hostess.
''Yes, its sweet enough" replied the
child.
"Then why aren't you taking it?'
ITS too dull" she replied.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-01-25

his shoulders IN disgust o. hts caution.
II Buck Olney wanted anything Of
him he was certainly taking his time
about coming after it. Ward rubbed
his fingers over his stubbly jaw, and
the uncomfortable pricEling was the
last small detail of discomfort that de-
cided him. He was going to have q
shave and q decent cup of coffee and
cot of his own table or know the rea-
son why, he promised himself while
he slapped the saddle on Rather.
He was camped in a sheltered little
hollow In the hills, where the grass
was good and there was a spring. 1t
was a mile and more to his claim,
straight across the upland, and it was
his habit to leave Rather there and
walk over to the ridge, where be could
watch his claim. Frequently, as l have
said, he stole down before daylight and
lighted fire in the stove just to make
it look as If he lived there. There was
a risk in that, of course, granting that
the stock inspector was the kind to lie
in wait for him.
Ward rode to the ridge with his blan-
ket rolled and tied behind the cantle.
His frying pan hung behind his leg,
and his rifle lay across the saddle in
front of him. He was going homo
boldly enough and recklessly enough,
but he was by no means disposed to
walk deliberately into a trap. He kept
his eye peeled, as he would have ex-
r1raccnd II ha laf Do I,,-
under the crest of the ridge, took off
his spurs and with his rife In his
hands went forward afoot, as he had
done every time he had approached bis
cabin since the day he found the cor
raj and the cattle in the canyon.
In this wise he looked down the steep
slope with the sun throwing the shad-
ow of his head and shoulders before
him. The cabin window blinked cheer
fully In the sunlight. His span of
mares were coming up from the mead
OWN the faint hope Of getting a
breakfast OF oats, perhaps. The place
looked peaceful enough and cozily de-
sirable to man who has slept out for
four nights late in the fall, but glance
was all Ward gave TO it.
His eyes searched the bluff below him
and upon either side. OF sudden they
He brought his rife for
ward with an involuntary motion of
the arms. He stood so for a breath or
two, looking down the hill Then he
went forward stealthily on his toes;
swiftly, too, so that presently he was
close enough to see the carbuncle scar
on the neck of the man crouched be-
hind a rock and watching the cabin
lay across the rock before the man,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-01-25

the pressure he had put upon his self
control, and he was thinking, thinking.
The silence came creeping In on the
heels of the faint, interrupted sound
of their voices. Ward took long
breath, discovered that he was grip
ping his gun as though his life depend
I'd on hanging to it and rubbed his
numbed fingers absently After a min
ute or so he mounted and rode down
to the corral
Five dry cows and two steers snort
ed at his approach and crowded against
the farther rails. Ward gave Rather