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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-04-23
FARMERS a,eser~'crTTSS
COTTON PkICE-rlA..
CALL FOR MEETING IN ALLAN.
IA ON MAY 1ST ISSUED BY
THE FARMERS UNION

Representative farmers from ev-
cry Georgia county have been called
to meet in Atlanta for two DAYS.
May L and 2, under the auspices of
the state Farmers Union. They have
received notice that the meeting
will be particularly important and
that the proposed price-fxing of cot
ton will be the subject of vigorous
discussion and possibly of drastic
action.
The meeting will be held in the
hall of the legislature at the state
capitol. j. H. Mills, president of the
the state statistics recently compiled
head OF the national Farmers Union,
will preside at the sessions.
Production Reduced.
Georgia counties south and west of
a line drawn between Newman, Cow
eta county, and Waycross, Ware
county, have experienced sharp re-
auctions in their cotton production in
four years, according to B. H. Grooy-
er, assistant commissioner of agricul-
ture, who Friday applied to a map of
state statistics recently compiled
from 1912 production figures.
1t was shown that some counties
of Southwest Georgia have cut their
cotton production in half since 1914.
And this was ascribed to the boil
weevil and to reduction of cotton
acreage.
Georgia, according to these stats
tics, becomes divided into three Sec
tions. The far northern and north
eastern counties have suffered little
from the boil weevil and have kept
up their acreage well. A wide strip
leading from the northwest to the
southwest has suffered a little from
the weevil, but has not materially re-
duced its acreage for that or other
reasons, and its production has kept
up.
Much Cotton Destroyed.
The counties south and west of the
Waycross line, however,
have lost heavily from the dual cause.
Acreage has been reduced and pro
duction thereby made less, and Wee
wills have destroyed much of the
cotton that the acreage should have
produced.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-04-23
BIG INCREASE in
COUNTRY'S CATHOLICS
DIRECTORY SHOWS 17,416, 1903
MEMBERS OF THAT DEMON
NATION. GROWTH RAPID.

NEW There are 17,416,-
800 Catholics in the United States
mot including our island possessions)
according to advance sheets of the
1918 edition of ''The Official Cath
Ole Directory" published and copy
righted by P. j. Kennedy & Sons, of
Barclay street, New York, and the
net increase in the number of Cath
olics for the year 1917 amounts to
1894 Fifty-nine dioceses and
archdiocese reported increases, four
showed decreases and thirty-eight
made no changes in the population
figure. This does not mean that the
thirty-eight dioceses in question are
at standstill, but indicates that no
census was taken last year.
Comparing the figures of the 1918
issue with those of the 1918 volume
it is found that the increase in the
number of Catholics during the past
ten years has been 3,538,877. There
are now 20,477 Catholic priests in
the United States.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-04-23
SAYS PRO-CERMAN
WORK EXAGGERATED
ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS ENE-
MY ACTIVITIES ARE SMALL.
RUMoRS MAGNIFIED.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Reports
of enemy activities in the United
States are grossly exaggerated, says
Attorney General Gregory in a let
ter to Representative Currye. of
Michigan, made public last night by
Mr.. Gregory.
Replying to letter from Mr.. Cur
rye saying that a strong feeling ex-
lists through the country that the gov
eminent is dealing too leniently with
spies and dangerous enemies, the at
torney general explained at length
the extensive work of the department
of justice in policing the country I'M
der the war conditions. He empha-
sized the difficulty the department is
laboring under.
THE public assumes" Mr.. Greg
DRY wrote, ''that there is a great deal
of enemy activity going on in this
country, and it is just natural that
vague rumors are magnifed into def
mite and sensational stories. The talk
of damage done by enemy aliens in
causing many fires is an illustration
of this. Repeatedly, both in reputable
newspapers and in publications got
ten out by citizen societies, exagger-
ated statements are made as to the
amount of damage.
''The report recently made by the
national board of fire underwriters
shows, in substance, that during the
past year not fire has been clearly
proven to be the work of enemy
aliens"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-04-23
1900 Armenians, Exiled by Turks,
Found Flooding Toward Jericho
Refugees Compelled by Ottoman Troops Break Stone in
Roads For Months. Syrans Die Of Starvation

JERUSALEM Fifteen hundred
Armenians, survivors of the many
thousands of victims exiled by the
Turks two and half years ago to
the wilderness east of the River Jor-
dan, have been found making their
way toward Jericho, the town recent
ly captured from the Turks by the
British.
The exiles, who had been dragged
by the Turks from the cities of
Adana, Kharne, Marash, Aintab, Ur-
ia and Kessab, had been compelled
for months by Ottoman troops to
break stone on roads. The Armenians
are being brought to Jerusalem in
British motor trucks.
Six thousand Syrian refugees from
Els Salt, twenty-five miles north of
the Dead Sea, are expected to arrive
in Jerusalem this week.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-04-23
MUCH COTTON KILLED BY
FROST FROM TEXAS TO GEORGIA
Report of National Weather and Crop
Bulletin Says Considerable Dam
age Has Been Done.

Cotton was hurt by low tempera-
lures during the recent cool weather,
the national weather and crop bulle-
tin announces.
"Unseasonably cold weather that
prevailed in the Southern states was
detrimental to cotton" says the re-
view. Considerable was killed by
frost from Texas eastward to west
ern Georgia, and much replantiRg
will be necessary. Planting was in
progress as far north as southern
Oklahoma and Tennessee. The early
planted has a poor stand generally in
Texas. The stand continues general
~ excellent in Georgia and the plants
are terminating on the lower coastal
plane in South Carolina. Little or no
rain fell in the cotton belt, except in
central and northern Texas, Oklaho-
ma and portions of Arkansas.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-04-23
OVERMAN BILL IS
In GRAVE DANGER
is ADMITTED THAT ADMINS
TRATION MEASURE CANNOT
PASS UNLESS MODIFIED.

WASHINGTON, d. C.-An unus-
ual situation, without parallel in re-
cent years, has arisen in the senate,
following the death of Senators Will
liam Broussard. of Louisiana, and w.
j. Stone, of Missouri.
The death Of two democratic SEN
ators reduces the party majority to
six. While there is little doubt that
either by appointment or election two
democrats will soon replace Messrs.,
Stone and Broussard, their loss at the
moment is disconcerting to the ad
ministration. Because of his promi-
nence as chairman of the foreign re-
lations committee the passing of
Senator Stone is particularly inter
esting from a wartime standpoint.
Despite Senator Stones earlier re-
calcitrancy, resulting in the presi-
dents listing him among the "willful
twelve" the Missouri senator has
made attempts within the past few
months to make amends. He climbed
back on the administration band wag-
on and to a degree had returned to
VIC SOOQ SIdNSS VI ll16 W1ltbS IOuSSs
Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska,
who is slated to succeed to the chair
manship of this committee, is pro-ad-
ministration in most things, but has
been a critic of the war department
and its conduct of war and has de-
manded more publicity than Secre-
tary Baker and his associates have
vouchsafed.
Split Will Cause Delay.
Altogether it is hoped a chairman
more acceptable to the administration
might be picked among the senate
membership.
However, the more immediate con-
Germ of the administration is the
Overman bill empowering the presi-
dent to coordinate the work of the
executive departments, combine their
functions and re-organize them with
out reference to the statutes Great
ing them. There is considerable dem
ocratic opposition to this bill and the
death of Senators Stone and Brous-
sard does not improve matters from
the administration standpoint.
While the bill will get some repub-
lican support the narrow democratic
majority and a split in the party
ranks makes it impossible to hurry
the bill through In fact, there is Sc
rious doubts that the bill can pass at
all without material amendment.
A number of democrats, including
Senators Hoke Smith, Oscar Under
wood and Gilbert Hitchcock would
support the bill if amended but are
opposed to it in it's present form.
The democratic opponents of the
bill, on the whole, want the presi-
dents power limited to coordination
of the work of the departments act
ually conducting the war, and not
taking in independent bureaus.
Afraid to Force Vote.
Some of the administration lead
ers are afraid to force vote at this
time on the Overman bill, while 9TH
ers even propose that it be laid aside
for time, as an administration de-
feat must be avoided. At any rate
it seems the Overman bill will go
through in modified form and will
be hardly recognized after the sem
ate amends it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-04-23
A GEORGIA WOMAN FARMER
PUTS $4,000 IN BONDS
Mrs. Napier Operates a Large Plan
tation Successfully. Personally
Directs Its Management.

Mrs. Edwin R. Napier, who oper-
ates in Wilkinson county and person.
ally looks after the business affairs
of one of the most printable farms in
Georgia, is probably doing as much
in financing the government in car
rying on the present great war as
any woman of similar circumstances
in the United States.
Mrs. Napier invested in $4,000
worth of the first and second issues
of liberty bonds, and a few days ago
arranged to put $4,000 in the third
issue.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-04-23
MOVIE IDOL HAS FALLEN,
AND DOUG Is The CAUSE
Mary Pickford's Husband Will Sue
Fairbanks For $3.50, 900 For Rob-
bling Him of Her Affections.

a
bling Him of Her Affections.
Mary Pickford, queen of the mov-
les, Americas sweetheart, the best
known face in the world, ETC., ETC.,
has fallen with the announcement by
her husband, Owen Moore, the mo-
ton picture actor, that he will short
ly file suit for $250,000 against
Douglas Fairbanks, the athletic movie
star, charging him with alienation of
affections of his wife.
Mrs. Fairbanks Quits.
1t was the act Of Fairbanks wife
last week in issuing statement that
she would no longer live with her
husband because of his infatuation
for a movie star with whom he was
associated in business" that led to
the outburst of Moore.
"Out of consideration of Mrs.
Fairbanks" Moore said in state
ment in Los Angeles, he "hesitated
against Fairbanks"
Il met Fairbanks in 1916" Moore
said. II introduced him into my home
and trusted him. | was the last to
hear rumors and last to believe
them. 1t is only recently that came
fully to realize actual conditions"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-04-23

Panics were caused in many of the
cafes when the police swooped down
upon them.
Screams and Curses Mingle.
Women's screams and shrill pro-
testations mingled with curses utter
ed by men during the raids. Among
the men and women gathered in by
the police were many who had no con-
nection with the criminal world, it
was stated, but their temporary de-
tention was unavoidable under the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-04-23
FUNDS SENT FROM AMERICA.

New York.-Fifty thousand dollars
was cabled today by the American
committee for Armenian and Syrian
relief for relief work in the Palestine
section, making total of more than
S250,000 sent to Palestine to date
by the American committee.
An appropriation of 100000 also
was made by the Red Cross war
council as an additional contribution
to the American commission for Ar
menian and Syrian relief.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-04-23
SHELLMAN BIG SHIPPING
POINT FOR FARM PRODUCTS
Many Carloads of Corn, Velvet Beans
and Livestock Sent to Market.

~ Dawson's hustling neighbor, She'll
man, has developed into one of the
s targest shipping points in the state
t ti. farm products. According to sta
" oa5, obtained from the local freight
SCENTS office there have been shipped
Iron! that place during the six months
;Geginlnlng October /, 1917, and end
n March 81, 1918, the following
PRODUCTS that go to feed man and
least; two cars sweet potatoes, 6 cars
o oe beans, 8 cars oats, "a cars of
o Urn 80 cars of livestock, SO cars
u nay and 101 cars of peanuts.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-04-23
Wife of Rich Mans Son Jailed
In NetU York Vice Den Raid
Ohorus Girl Bride of Multi ilonaires Boy Found Among
Hundred Other Screaming, Fighting Women.

Dorothy Gates Hermann, chorus
girl bride of Phillip Hermann, son
VI the multi-miIlionaire, August
hermann, was among 100 women
d dao l5O men caught in a vice raid by
yyS wee, on all-night cafes in New
of seventeen of the men and sixteen
w. me women were held as material
da ,v"esses for examination in the muir
W. u y Harry Cohen, alias Harry the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-04-23
A CREEK INDIAN HAS
AN INCOME OF $I7s DAILY
Halfbreed Private Is the Richest Mar
in His Division.

ROCKFORD. Ill.-One dollar and
ten cents day, the pay of bugler
in the 350th machine gun battalion
at Camp Grant, is barely cigarette
money" for Sidney Kernal, a half
breed Greek Indian from Muskogee,
Okla, who, at the end of each TWEEN
ty-four hours, adds S177 to his bank
account as income from oil land roy
alties. He is the richest man in his
division.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-04-23

For months from twenty to thirty
of the exiles have died of starvation
each day. The original number was
10000. From Tawfile a message has
come through saying, "The price of a
life is the price of bread"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-16
AS HOUR W EE
NOTICE

Girls wanted on Brassiere work. Light stitching and hand work. Day work while learning at good pay. 6teamdy employment guaranteed
 Apply Employment Omce,
 THE WARNER BROS. co.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-16
TO-DAY'S WANTS

BEATRICE STREET-Your rent will buy new two family; modern; cash payment required. Lawson, 2S79 Fairfield Ave. P16 shp
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-16
STOCK MARKET

New York, July 16-Stoeks opened at substantial gains today in response to the very encouraging war news Trading was active and broader than at any recent period, embracing every important division of the list Equip ments, shippings, coppers and motors led the movement at gains of 1 to l Ia points and railroads registered similar advances. Tobaccos were strongest of the specia1ties, Sumatra gaining 3 3-S. Profit taking reduced some of these advances before the end of the first half hour.
 Sumatra Tobacco led the early set- back, repeating its spectacular course of thep receding day by yielding all it's first gain and a fraction besides United States Steel and other favor ties reacted variably, but soon rallied to or near their high quotations of the opening. Trading became quiet on the recovery except for occasional activity in minor speelalties,- such. as
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-16
Ih DAY SATURDAY
FARM g ACRES

a6 asHes tiilabie, balance iA pasture Pnd some woodland, room house, large barn with basement, henhouse, well, spring, fruit trees such as apples, hoEse, 5 cows, 2 pigs, 3 heifers, flock os hens, all farming tools. Fine shade. PFine reasonable. Three miles to Bridgeport, Level land
 Alfred H. Clark & Son as2z MAIN ST. ROOM zoo
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-16
PATENTS A. M. WOOSTER
B JOHN ST.

serbing the electric roads, which
 caused their troubles later as any other agency, How Attorney Paige did the job is not known, but he was successful and died wealthy with the identification of the steam roads of Connecticut adopted, and the appl- cation of electrical force in manufao- turing plants within the area of pay ing transmission of power, besides
 lighting of municipalities and fur nishing heat for households which service will constantly grow, there remains no possibility of the failure of the great power plant of the Con- necticut Light & Power Co, from
 proving a profitable investment for the stockholders, But in turning over this water power privilege to q private corporation the people of the! nation and state have been deprived of what rightful1y belongs to them, The passage of the national power plant pre-emption law by CongresAi should be no longer delayed,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-16

New York cotton quotations received over the private wire of T. l.. Watson & Co.
 High. Low. 12 m. October 2486 24:70 24:SA December N:75 24:11 24:19
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-16
New York Stock
 Exchange Quotations
NOON QUOTATIONS.

Reported over the prIvate wires of T. L. Watson B Co.,. Bankers and Vrokers, corner Main and John streets, Bridgeport, Conn. Members of New York Stock Exchange.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-16

fertilizers. sugars and paper and rub Der issues. Liberty 3hs sold at 99.5S to 99.62, the As at 99.s2 to s4, and the 4As at 95.9O to 96.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-16

Boston 1880 P. M. Prices Reported Over Private Wire to T. |.
 Watson & Co.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-16
What You Should Pay
 For Staple Foods

should
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-16

According to reports arriving ini London cholera continues to spread in Russia>
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-16
Tuesday, July 16, 1918

Tuesday, July IS, 1918 Allis Chalmers 331s Am. Car & Fdf s3A Am. Can 47A Am. Locomotive 651s Am Linseed 41% Am. Smelt. & Re. Co. TIA Am. Sug. Refg. Co. III Am. Tel. & Tele. 96A Am. Woolen 591a Am. Zinc 19 Alaska Gold 2% Atch. T. & s. Fe 84% Anaconda Copper STA Baldwin Loco. S7 Baltimore & Ohio 54M Bethlehem Steel "B' STA Beth. Steel 8 per cent. Pr. 1O5 Brooklyn Rapid Trans. 39M Butte & Sup 283a Canadian Pacific 147 Cen. Leather Co. 67h Ch., M. & St. Paul 41H Chi, R. I. & Pac. 24
 Chi, R. I. & Pac. Pfd. A 73
 Chi, R. I. & Pac. Pfd. B 62h Chino 89% Chesapeake & Ohio 56% Corn Products 44B Crucible Steel 65 | Cuban Cane Sugar 31K Distilleries Securities 55A I Erie 15A Erie 1st Pfd. 32h | General Motors 150 Goodrich Go. 47
 Green Cananea .42h Inspiration Copper 53
 International Nickel 29h Inter. Mer. Marine 26% Inter. Mer. Marine Pfd. 96% International Paper 36h Kennecott Cop. 33h Mex. Petroleum 9SA Midvale Steel 51A Missouri Pacific 23% | Nevada Cons. 19% Norfolk 6 Western 10S
 Northern Pacific STA N. Y. Central TIA N. Y, N. H. & H. 3Sh Pennsylvania A l Ray Cons. 24M Reading s7I Repub. Iron 6 Steel 91
 Ky. Steel Spring SO Sinclair Oil S1
 Southern Raiway.~ 25 F l Southern Railway Pfd. GAS Tenn. Copper 199s Texas Oil 147 Fob. Products 63 1 Union Pacific 122
 United Cigar Stores 97A l U. s. Rubber 62 & U. S. Steel 1OSN Utah Copper 81 1 Wabash Pfd. A. Al
 U. S. Gov'n't. Bonds.
 Liberty 3ks 99.ej Liberty As 94.0C Liberty 4Es 96.0C Boston 1880 P. M. Prices Reported l Over Private Wire to T. L.
 1 Watson & Co.
 Arizona Com. 13% Am. Zinc 19
 Butte & Superior 2sss Cal. & Hecla 460
 Isle Royale 26
 Mohawk 60 TTtah Cons 10
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-12-12

70 all County Food Administra-
tors, Wholesale and Retail Deal
ers in Sugar:
We are advised by the I Food
Administration at Washington
that, owing to temporary short
age Of sugar now in evidence in
New England and threatened
shortage elsewhere in the North
Atlantic ports, refners have been
INSTRUCTED to Immediately discon-
tinue shipment Of any sugar what
ever into Florida.
The distribution division has al
SO instructed New York City,
Philadelphia and Baltimore job
bers to Immediately discontinue
shipment Of any sugar into Flori-
da.
All Of Florida must depend SOLE
" upon New Orleans sugar until
the free arrival Of the new crop
of Cuban sugar which will be a.
bout February first.
Louisiana sugar committee at
New Orleans have been instruct
ed to see that Florida is quickly
supplied with full requirements.
All Florida dealers and manu-
facturers are hereby notified to
Immediately place their orders
for Louisiana sugar SO that there
may be no shortage.
No certificates of any kind are
needed or win be issued.
The same rulings as to margins
are in force. II. s. FOOD ADJ
MINISTRATION, FLA, Sugar
Division. BY j. N. Bradshaw. Il
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-12-12

poems baking powder, teaspoon
salt, ] tablespoon lard, ! pit. cup,
of grapefruit milk, in which r
teaspoon of soda is dissolved; g,
nough water added while mixing
up to make smooth, soft dough.
Bake in hot oven. When serfa
rising flour is used, omit the bak-
ing powder and salt. I
Breakfast for four persons
making IS cakes (the best look,
ing getting the two extra ones)-.
3 teacups of self-rising -four, 1;
teaspoon of sugar, Ia pit. cup of
grapefruit milk in which l tea
spoon of soda is dissolved, enough
water added to make a stiff bat
ter. Bake on hot creased grid
die or waffle iron or bake in muf-
fin rings.
Try these receipts, housewives,
and join the host of women who.
praise Florida for all its wonders
and beauties.
Be one of those who declare that
1T Is the best state to live in and
the best state to die from.-MEs.
Z. ii: VanSickler, in Lakeland
Telegram.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-12-12
How to Make Bread with Florida
Grapefruit Juice

Listen, housewives, all, and you
shall hear about the grapefruit
COW that lives only in the sunny
south beneath the messy trees.
This wonder COW with its glossy
yellow coat must sure belong to
the Jersey breed.
More wonderful still, this Flor
ida COW never goes dry, but yields
her milk the entire year. No
stanchion for restless COW; no
timid mixers fear of kicking
cowonly a gentle squeeze and
10, your milking is over, Truly
| this will be another asset to your
wonderful Florida land, tempting
those of the frosty north to our
citrus groves where milk "drops"
from the trees. Far more de-
|lightful are the biscuits, break
fast cakes and waffles made with
grapefruit milk, buttermilk or
clabber. There is just a delight
full taste that the acid Of the fruit
imparts. Several years ago | had
an exhibit at the Polk county fair
|of grapefruit biscuits. Those
twelve biscuits were asked for by
as many tourists as were delight
ed and thus went out as silent but
expressive witnesses to our north
ern sisters Of the wonderful pos
|sihilities of our southland.
The best way to milk" grape
fruit is to cut small opening in
the end and thus you avoid the
eedsaip squeezing. The follow
ine receipts are tested and tried
ior the past your years ON NV
FAMILY Of thfee Chats where
most Of us housewives try all our
s;x periments before we launcb
4 On the publicly / find that
enc medium sized grapefruit |
drop viii make up one quart |
Of Hour for biscuits; that two
medium Wed drops viii make |
breakfast cakes for four persons. |
After using the milk Of this won. |
derfpl Florida cow, take herI
hide and rub the hands and
theywill be as soft as if the fnestl
lotion had been applied
Recipes
Biscuitsl at. -four, 2 teas. |
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-12-12

complied with, iii 0rder that there
|be no discrimination between fish
efmen Of the Gulf coast and those
III the Atlantica
AS the rulings now stand, null
|let fishing and shipping must. be
III accordance with the Florida
state laws, but Food Administra-
ton rulings pertaining to other
fish md fishing, gear and nets, re-
[naain III force and effect.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-12-12


Dear old Marshal Foch, God
bless him! Here's his address, to
the grandest army the world ever
saw upon the most tremendous
victory ever won: "You have
Won the greatest battle in history
and saved the most sacred cause
the liberty of the world. Be.
proud. You have adorned your
nags with immortal glory, Pos
terity preserves for you its recog-
milton" That's all. Not an "If
IN t. A politician would have
required hours for his oration.-
Houston Post.