The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-01-07
GOSSIP and NEWS
OF STATE CAPITAL
NEWS CORRESPONDENT WRITES
OF A NUMBER OF MATTERS
OF TIMELY INTEREST.

ATLANTA, Ga.-Cotton is going
to 40 cents a pound if shipments are
allowed to go into Germany and Aus
tria, declares Senator Hoke Smith,
who was here last week on a visit
to his homefolks and friends, and
there is reason to believe that the
blockade will shortly be lifted to
this extent
Germany and Austria, says Sena-
tor Smith, need and will take imme-
diately 100000 bales of cotton,
thereby further increasing the mar
gin of the worlds demand above the
worlds supply. Il believe in allow
ing the Germans and Austrians to
make money freely" says Senator
Smith, land taking it as fast as they
make it to apply on the indemnity"
Land Sakes! Atlanta Admits She
Wants to Sit Down.
Where to sit down has always been
vexing problem for visitors in At
lanta, as we'll as for the throngs of
women shoppers who invade the
downtown district every day. I'm
fortunate in her lack of downtown
parks and breathing spaces, Allan
ia has not been able to furnish the
public with a resting place. People
have had to stand up on the side
walks and lean against the buildings,
or else go into the crowded and more
or less uncomfortable hotel Hobbies
where they always felt like they
were tresspassing on the rights of the
guests. Then came along the Arcade
building, designed by A. Ten Eyck
Brown, the well-known architect,
with the problem in his mind, and
benches were provided where the
public rested with great delight. But
the crowds in the Arcade have be-
come so thick that the management
of the building has been compelled
to remove the benches, and Atlanta
again has no place to sit down. 1t
transformed an old and ugly row of
buildings into beautiful little city un-
der one roof, where shops are flour
ishing like a beehive on three tiers
flooded with light from a glass roof.
81. r." Wants Sum of $4,000, Heard
of in Senatorial Campaign.
In order to secure what he claims
to be his rightful share of the profits
of the Mackle Construction Company
out of contracts at Camp Gordon and
Camp Jesup near this city, j. R.
Smith has brought suit in Fulton su-
perior court for the appointment of
a receiver and an audit of the books
of the concern by court order, as we'll
as a settlement in equity.
Mr.. Smith claims that he agreed to
supply the company with his personal
financial backing in the building of
barracks and other structures for the
and in return for this
assistance he was to receive one
third of the profits, which are limited
by the government to a certain per-
centage of the cost of the work. He
now asserts, in his petition filed by
Reuben R. Arnold, that F. E. Mackle, |
the president of the company, has
failed and refused to make a settle !
ment with him and that he is due
about $4,000 as his share of the
profits.
A temporary injunction has been I
issued against the further collection !
Or disbursement of funds by the com
oany.
Women Will Meet as Per Wrist
Watches; Resolve to Be Prompt
The old accusation against women
that they can never be on time is /.
being disproven by three hundred !
Atlanta women com
posing one of the prominent clubs of /.