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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27
EIGHTY-sIX BELOW ZERO.
Signal Corps Men in Alaska Walk Hun.
dreds of Miles to Stations.

Up among deep SHOWS and fierce gales, IN
some of the most lonely spots in winter-time,
where the mercury sometimes is from so to
SO degrees below zero, the men. of Uncle
Sans signal corps keep their faithful vigil.
In lonely hamlets on the top of solitary
mountains, their cabins buried in snowdrifts,
these men in khaki watch in the white 81
lences over the slender wires of communi-
cation reaching from Valdez to the interior,
and thence to the farthest confines of the
territory, ending above Nome in the great
white wastes of the sub-Arctic. From
Maine, New York, Texas, Missouri, Nebras-
ka and other states recruits come to the
service. There has not yet been the first in
stance recorded of man failing to perform
the task allotted to him.
Seventeen stations are maintained bv the
corps out of Valdez, each completely out
fitted. The Pacifc-Alaska cable after leav-
ing Seattle first reaches the coast at Valdez.
Here messages are transferred from the ca
BILE and sent out over the land lines
10 reach his station or post of duty many
of the signal corps men have to walk hun
dreds of miles. Then when the winter blasts
hurl out over the wastes begins the signal
corps mans vigil Copper wires that link
the great territory together and carry the
news of the world pass from Valdez through
deep forests, tundra and morass, over lofty
hills and through beautiful prairies to Fair
banks, down the Panama river to Fort Glib
bons, down the Yukon to St. Michael and
thence to Nome.
Daily trails must be broken to other sta
tions, lines repaired, trees removed from the
vicinity of the wires. The signal corps man
must risk his life time and again for the
careless or unfortunate travellers. Some of
his deeds have come to light. Among them
was rescue of 1908 when the Delta dis
trict between Valdez and Fairbanks was Wis
tied by one of the worst billiards in the
history of the country. For seventeen days
the mercury stood at 81 below, and gales
hurled continuously the fine snow in blind
ing masses through the air. One could scarce
ly face the elements. party of prospectors
and miners on it's way from Valdez to Fair
banks was caught in the storm. Unable to
reach a road-house the travellers sought
shelter in the lee of some timber On the
morning of the second day one man sue
ceeded in reaching the cabin of a signal
corps man. With the soldier he returned to
the stranded party. Several men were froz-
en- to death. Seven trips to and from this
station the soldier made, rescued all the sur
vivors, including two women. Later several
of the men rescued died of exposure and
when the summer sun pierced the drifts of
ire trail thirteen bodies were found.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27
Why You Should Patronize
Your Home Merchants

Your prosperity is bound up with your
home town. Your home towns prosperity is
bound up with that of its business houses, its
industries, its banks and its merchants.
your cooperation and backing. The circle
Is complete. You cannot escape it.
If your money stays in your town, within
the home circle, the town fourishes, its
schools thrive, its realty values rise, its civic
undertakings prosper, its inhabitants-you
included-are we'll off
The home merchant is the man who pays
heavy taxes, and thus helps to support the
schools, to pave the streets, to support the
towns charity and institutions, churches
and other organizations.
The home merchant is the guarantor of
the towns prosperity-and yours. Will you
not stand by him as Loyalty as he serves
you? Be fair to him. Be fair to your town.
Be fair to yourself What you need buy
now. And buy it in your home town.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27
NOT ENOUGH TO co AROUND,

Georgia is ablaze with enthusiasm for bet
ter public roads. Seventeen counties have
voted approximately $6,00O,O0O of bonds
to be expended in construction of improved
highways, while sixteen others. including
Terrell, will vote IN the near future on pro-
posed bond issues aggregating $4,000, 600.
Doughelty and Tiff counties, two of Ter
relps progressive ncighbors, have just voted
bonds FOR roads, the former 100000 and
the latter 100000.
1t is a splendid forward movement. and
will be of untold public value. However.
the idea which is prevalent that the govern
ment will give tkc counties dollar for dol
lar expended in road work is sure to cause
some disappointment. Georgia's pro rata
part of the federal aid fund this wear.
which will be allotted in July. is approx
mlately $4,000, 900. 1t WILL therefore. be i'm
possible to match the 100000 or more
dollars these counties will expend of their
own money. The federal fund will be allotted
upon the merits of the projects, and it will
be source Of regret that the money avail-
able will not be third as much as the total
asked for by the various counties There
will, however, be allotments to make in sue
ceedlng years, and county funds may be
supplemented from time to time
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27
Georgia Neighborliness.
From the Atlanta Journal.

tOh eAS AhidHAd JOuEHdA
= The Dawson News strikes a responsive
chord in all well-wishers of this common
wealth when it says:
every man who has the best inter
ests of Georgia at heart should encour-
age a larger measure of cooperation
between the cities and the country dis
tricts. There IS room for Improvement
in this respect, as there has been more
or less rural suspicion toward meas
ures which originated in the city"
In a state whose material interests are
so fundamentally agricultural as Georgia s
there must be earnest co-working between
farm and urban communities if the common
welfare is to be conserved and promoted.
For when the farms suffer adversely the
towns lose the main stake of their prosperi-
ty; and unless tbs towns thrive the farms
market hopes are narrowed and depressed.
This interdependence always has existed, but
not until times rather recent has it's signif-
canoe been fully borne in upon the thought
either of the urban or of the rural districts.
1t is cheering omen that we hear toda'
both from city and country papers so many
utterances like that of The Dawson News
Let this gospel of Georgia neighborliness
be preached without ceasing, and lived heart
lily out in every county of the state
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27
THE TAX-RIDDEN CITIZEN.

The Meriwether indicator has joined
The News in a plea for the tax-burdened
citizen. The cry is ever for more tax money,
and having gone 20 the legal limit in exact
ing cash from the citizen who, by hard work
and economy, has managed to accumulate
a little property the trend is now toward
raising assessments. Nothing is ever heard
of economy, and no effort is ever made to
reduce the tax burden, which is mounting
higher year by year-national, state and
municipal. 1t is high time more attention
was being given TO the man who pays the
taxes and less to the spender. If the pres
ent tendency continues it will soon be so that
no one can afford to own property. Says
the indicator on this subject:
Just as little money ought to be ia
ken from the pockets of the taxpayer as
possible, having in view the best inter
ests of the institutions of the state. The
trend of the times is to take Just as
much as can be gotten, and spend it
and more.
Extravaganza in individual affairs
hastens to individual bankruptcy Ex-
travagance in state affairs leads to the
same end
Have some mercy on the man who is
tax-ridden.
Keep your taxes uniform and adva-
loren, and your expenditures in the
range of economy.
We would not for one moment advo-
cate the policy of starving the differ
ent institutions Of the state. Give lib
orally, but at the same time remember
the burdens of those who foot the bills.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27
HUNTING THE IMITATION.

The new congress should give immediate
and constructive attention to the domestic
conditions which are straining business to
the limit and imposing burdens on the peo-
pie which, if justifable, are intolerabre. 1t
should find out, and finding out remedy the
reason for the high cost of living. If food
and clothes and other essentials of susie
nance and comfort are kept at their pres
emit prices by excessive profits at any point
from the producer to the last distributor
the point or points at which the excessive
profits are taken should be located, and dras-
tic legislation enacted to prevent it.
If the extra demands of Europe are used
to impose excessive profits on commodities
at home which enter into the demands of
Europe the profits should be reduced to a
fair business level by legislative methods.
The trouble is that with no information
as to who is responsible for the high prices,
and with each party in the ring charging the
other with the guilt, the common people are
being ground in the hopper.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27
Say Something Good.

Pick out the folks you like the least and
watch 'em for awhile;
They never waste kindly word, they never
waste a smile;
They critcise their fellow-men at every
chance they get;
They've never found human just to suit
their fancy yeti
From them | guess you'd learn some things,
if they were pointed out
Some thing that every one of us should know
a lot about;
When some one "l,nocks" q brother, pass
around the loving cup;
Say something good about him, if you have
to make it up.
The eyes that peer and peer to find the
worst a brother holds;
The tongue that speaks in bitterness. that
frets and fumes and scolds;
The hands that bruise the fallen, though
their strength was made to raise
The weaklings who have stumbled at the
parting of the ways
All these should be forgiven, for "they
know not what they do"
Their hindrance makes a greater work for
wiser ones ike you;
so, when they scOuTge a Wretched one who's
drained sims bitter cup,
Say something good about him, if YOU have
to make it up. Selected.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27
SUCCESS DEFINED.

a woman wrote the prize essay in a Kan
5as paper, in which she tells what success is
She draws a noble picture, and here it is:
''He has achieved success who has
lived well, laughed often and loved
much; who has gained the respect of
intelligent men, and the love of little
children; who mas filled his niche and
accomplished his task; who has left the
world better. than he found it, whether
by an improved poppy, a perfect poem
appreciation of earth's fine beauty, or
failed to express it; who has always
looked for the best in others and Civ
en- the best he had; whose life was an
inspiration, whose memory a benedic-
ton"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27

The state of Illinois has just let the con-
tact for building six hundred and fifty
miles of paved roads. The price per mile is
nearly twenty-eight thousand dollars, notes
the Moultrie Observer. The cost was a sur
prise to the state authorities. When the road
building plan was begun it was roughly es-
timated that the construction could be done
at eighteen thousand dollars a mile. The act
ual cost will be fifty per cent. more than
the estimate
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27

Rev. T. H. Thomson, the faithful pastor
of the Methodist church, very modestly dis
claims credit for the gratifying success of
the Dawson church in the Centenary drive
but the fact is we'll known to the member
ship that in all the wise planning and
thorough organization Mr. Thomson was the
power behind the throne. In addition to his
various other pressing duties he worked I'M
tiringly in the interest of the Centenary
fund.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27
Sure Sign Campaign Year
Is Approaching in Georgia

Unmistakable signs of the political cam
paigns of next year are budding. One of
these appears in the form of offers from
various sources to supply free ''interesting
news" stories for the weekly papers Men
styled as gifted writer's offer weekly news
letter from Atlanta or Washington, and one
wonders how it can be done so cheap. A
careful reading discloses that Mr.. So and
So has done something very fine, and soon
we find that this same gentleman will be
candidate next year. These gifted writers
offer this splendid service in advance of
every political campaign just as surely as
do swell the buds of spring
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27

An objection raised to the peace treaty is
that it leaves some of the questions to be
settled in the future There is a good Amer
lean example for this course. What were
known as the Alabama claims, damages
against England arising out OF the activities
of the vessel of that name which was built
in England for the Confederate states, were
not settled until more than seven years af-
ter the civil war closed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27
BIG JOB FOR BOIL WEEvIL.

From the Pelham Journal.
The boil weevil is going TO have the job
OF his life in this county this year The cot
ton acreage is greatly increased, and the
weevil will have TO propagate at the rate
full damage to the crop. 1t looks like a
100 per cent. increase in cotton acreage
over last wear in this county
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27
NO WOOL OVER HIS EYES.

From the Fort Gaines Georgian
Wonder how much wool one large, indus
trious sheep could and would turn out in
a season. Ohio "sheep hair" is quoted at
sixty-six cents a pound. Seems to us an an
lmal so tremendously important as the sheep
winch yields high-priced meat and higher
priced fieece-should be seen in greater
numbers on South Georgia farms. Maybe
there are difficulties in the way. If so, what
are they?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27
REAL HOLLOW HEADS.

From the Covington News.
The Dawson News thinks it is impossible
to measure a mans brain by the noise he
makes, as one pea can rattle in a dry pod
nightly. All of which is true enough. We
have known men whose brain wouldn't make
as much, racket in coffee pot as a mus
tard seed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27

thank the folks UP at Washington for their
government ownership experiment. It's been
a bit expensive to the taxpayers, but it has
kept us out of an awful deep hole by saw
ing US from getting where we couldn't step
from under
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27

Secretary Daniels thinks it would be ga
moral lesson" to sink the German fleet 1t
would be great waste of good junk when
junk is at the highest price, and every bit
of iron and steel can be used in reconstruct
ing what the German army damaged and
destroyed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27

Among the government wastage that will
be revived this week is the general dstribu-
ton of the Congressional Record.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27

This is the season when the city man longs
for the farmers close connection with ma
ture, and the farmer longs for the city
mans exemption from connection with ma
ture
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27
THE BOMBERS.

From the Triton Gazette.
Americas did her best to get famous with
bomb plot, but the best she could do was
a mail order package, and it contained a
"pair of lady's bracelets" at that
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27
A COMFORTING OBSERVATION.

From the Early County News
Being inconspicuous has its advantages.
Although never burdened with bouquets,
neither do the inconspicuous receive bombs
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27

''Kill boil weevil now and you will have
thousand less in few weeks" is the good
advice of Editor Flanders of the DELLA
Star.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27

General Foch is said to be disappointed
at the mildness of the peace terms We
wonder just what the French general would
call severe
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27

greatness that they have to keep continual
ly telling others about it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27

The seat of war will soon be transferred
from Europe to Washington
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27

Austria is the next diseased urchin to be
called to take the spring dose of sulphur
and molasses
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27
DlSFIGURING TREES.

The Madisonian reproduced and heartily
endorsed the recent editorial in The News
n regard to unsightly trees and the cutting
If branches through the tops to make space
sor telephone and electric light poles Says
'ur contemporary:
The Madisonian adds a hearty amen
to the above from The Dawson News
If we had our wishes we would never
allow a corporation to cut the top
branches out of trees in order to string
wires over the city. Such practices mar
the beauty and symmetry of the trees
greatly. Madison has number of trees
that have been literally ruined by line
men, Is there no way to prevent such
vandalism?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-05-27

Peanuts Are Always a Safe Crop
And BENTHALL PEANUT PICKERS conhbut
their share in making crop of peanuts doubly safe b
eliminating all losses experienced by hand picking Thu
Benha Peanut Picker pays for itself on every two hun
dred bags picked With the BenthaIl you and your bo
do the work of hundred hands and do it better YI
are not dependent upon help Pick your peanuts and d
the big PROTESTANT then you can make more money j
picking for others.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-26
TRAINS RUNNING
ON time IN DIXIE
REPORTSREVEAL

ATLANTA, Sept. 26.-In the
campaign for on-time passenger
train service in the Southern Region.
the Illinois Central railroad in JULY
again led all other lines. bettering
Its line June record by putting 98.5
per cent of all its trains into final
terminals on time despite delays for
any cause, including slow connec-
tons. During the month 6,644 trains
were operated by this road, and g.
55O OF them reached their terminals
on time, while 6,557, or 98.7 per
cent maintained schedule or made
up time. These percentages COM
pare, respectively, with $3.50 and
96.8 in June.
The general average for all rail
roads during the month did not eoIaI
the high records set in May and
June, although it continued to be
good IN comparison with earlier rec
ord. There were 53,256 passenger
trains operated by the twenty-nine
roads. Of that number 49,248, or
92.5 per cent, maintained schedule
or made up time, while Alta, or
1877 per cent, arrived on time at final
terminals.
Among the larger railroads. the
, Southern, operating 1875 trains.
stood near the top of the list with
14,5O8 or ola per cent reaching final
terminals on time, and 14,964, or
94.3 maintaining schedule or making
up time.
During the month of July the Sea-
board railroad operated 1927 pas
senger trains, of which 1885 arriv-
ed at final terminals on time, repre-
senting 92.5 per cent; 1921 trains
during the month maintained sched-
ule or made up time, representing
sils and wide variety of equipment
of use in every day life. Prices are
far below those charged by private
retail establishments and the Jam
which greeted the initial day of op-
Grafton of the government store on
Stewart avenue testified to the eager
ness of the public to take advantage
of the situation.
Not only Atlantans, but residents
of other section, were on hand to
buy and visitors from all parts of
the state were discernible in the
crowd. The store will be kept open
daily except Sunday uni! the sur
plus allotted to tk,s district has been
exhausted.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-26
Rally Day Program
Of Sunday School Out

The following special program has
been prepared for Rally Day next
Sunday at the First Baptist Sunday
school:
Prayer-Dr. Carl Minor
Welcome-Supt. T. F. Gatewood.
Entrance of Beginners and Cradle
Roll
Reading-"In the Desert of Wait
ings.-Miss Susie Stallings.
Quintette-Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Morgan, Mrs. Erwin Lee, Miss Edith
Ryals and Edwin Ryals.
Alphabet of Scriptures-26 Little
Girls.
Lesson Period.
Musical selection.-Sunday School
Orchestra.
Song-'Love." Juniors.
Vocal Solo-"God's Smiles. Mrs.
J. w. Harris, Jr.
Books, chapters, verses, words and
letters of Bible-CIass No. 8.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-26

licences where visitors could be lodg-
ed All these rooms were to be in
spected in advance so there could
be no question concerning their de
STABILITY.
Word was sent to Washington,
D. c., requesting the cooperation of
the railroad administration in the
matter of obtaining desirable park
ing places for special Pullman cars
carrying large private parties to the
games. It was expected that many
visitors would utilize their cars for
sleeping purposes while in the city,
providing they had parking places
Arrangements were preparation
for suitable parking places for the
visitors and for parking places in
the vicinity of the baseball park dur
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-26
# KIDNEYS ACT
BAD TAKE SALTS
Says Backache is a sign you have been
eating too much meat, which
forms uric acid.

When you wake up with backache and
dull misery in the kidney region it gen
orally means you have been eating too
much meat, says a wellknown authority.
Meat forms uric acid which overworks
the kidneys in their effort to filter it
from the blood and they become sort of
paralyzed and loggy. When your kidneys
get sluggish and clog you must relieve
them, like you relieve your bowels; re-
moving all the body's urinous waste,
else you have backache, sick headache,
dizzy spells; your stomach sours, tongue
is coated, and when the weather is bad
sou have rheumatic twinges. The urine
is cloudy, full of sediment, channels otJen
get sore, water scalds and you are obliged
to seek relief two or three times during
the night
Either consult a good, reliable physi-
clan at once or get from your pharmacist
a tablespoonful in a glass of water
before breakfast for a few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This famous
salts is made from the acid of grapes
and lemon juice, combined with lithia,
and has been used for generations to
clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys,
also to neutralize acids in the urine 80 it
TO longer irritates, thus ending bladder
weakness.
Jad Salts is life saver for regular
seat eaters. 1t is inexpensive, cannot
niure and makes a delightful, efer-
gescent lithia-wa ter drink.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-26
CONCORD.

Rev. j. w. FINLEY filled his req
ular appointment at Sunday morn
ing and a large congregation was
present. Owing to the bad weather
ne did not preach Sunday night but
will preach next Wednesday instead.
Miss Damares Holley entertain
ed the young people with a singing
Sunday afternoon. Those present
were Misses Bertha Kate Lassiter.
Kate Johnston, Susie and Mary Nor
rell, Katie Young, Bertha and Tom
mie Kidd, Vera aDrden and Mary
Wynn, Messrs. Uriah Morrell, Joe
Johnston, Floyd Lassiter, Walter
Darden, Charlie Kidd, Rufus Davis,
Keith Dupree, Fitzhugh Wynn and
W. H. Tyner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Powell, the Misses
YoungbIood and Miss Manning, of
Leesburg, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. ]. B. Holley
Miss Lila Echols and Miss Guest
spent the weekend with himefolks
at Andrew Chapel