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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
COTTON GROWERS
Blue, SAYS BROWN
PESSIMISM REIGNS AS RESULT
OF CONTINUANCE OF RAIN,
WEEVIL AND SHORT LABOR.

ATLANTA, Ga.-A respondent
view of the cotton situation was that
given by ]. J. Brown, commissioner
Of agriculture, who having just re-
turned from tour of South Georgia
said Friday that he had never seen
liner crowd of people than the
= lose hopes for cotton
crop ar rinking daily, as continual
rains are delaying growth of the
plants and encouraging the pestifer-
Gus boil weevil. while a shortage of
labor is Gripping progress.
Some farms have been abandoned,
some planters have plowed up their
fields, and others are offering their
crops for sale for les than the cost
of the fertilizer they have used.
Mr.. Brown read a letter from j.
H. Jackson, in Telfair county, one
of the departments agents, who said
that he had interviewed several far
mers in his community without find
ing an expression of encouragement
among them. One declared that he
would be thankful if he should get
one-third of what he did last year.
Another said, 81 paid $4,000 for my
guano. Now for $1,000 ! will turn
over the whole crop"
Farmers Pessimistic.
A farmer told him he would take
two bales for his cotton crop of nine
acres; another who has % acres Is
willing to take three bales. Others
are simply blowing up four, five and
even more acres with the hope of US
ing it more proftably.
A letter was received in the COM
missioner's office Friday from a citl-
zen of Webster county, who said: 81
have read in the papers that this
county will make Sc per cent. OF a
crop, but I don't know where this III
formation came from. My opinion is
that we can't make 60 per cent. IN
Webster"
Mr.. Brown said that while the en-.
tomologist department is dong al
it can to render assistance to the
farmers there does not seem to be
much chance for redeeming this
years crop of cotton with the boil
weevil, the rain (Which hasn't stopp-
ed yeti and labor difficulties all to
contend with.
The state entomologist, A. c. Lew
is. made the statement few days
ago that the boil weevil is mucf
thicker this year than at the same
time last year, fact attributed tc
the weather.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
Sixteen Years of Silence Ended
When Aged Pair Received DiUOrce
Husband and Wife Spoke in Court for First Time Since Day
of Quarrel Over Property in Michigan

After 16 years of silence, Thomas
B. Galbraith, of Chicago, and his
wife spoke for the first time. The
conversation followed a decree of
divorce granted to the husband.
otis nice day, Amelia" Mr.. Gal
braith said.
eyes, it is, Thomas, but it looks
like rain" was the wife's reply.
Mr.. Galbraith then returned to the
big, old-fashioned residence which
the couple had occupied since their
marriage in 1885. 1t was to this
house that he brought his bride, and
at the time it was built it was called
the finest house on the street.
The origin of the trouble between
the couple was the desire of Mrs. Gal
braith to purchase a farm in Michi-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
WILLARD is CONFIDENT HE
WILL RETAIN FISTIC CROWN
Through His Manager Heavyweight Champion Predicts
Quick Defeat for Jack Dempsey in Bout on July 4.

TOLEDO, O.-Using his business
manager. Ray o. Archer, as spokes-
man, Jess Willard conveyed to the
public today his belief that Dempsey
will be a plaything in his hands when
they meet in the ring July A.
Don't get the impression that
Willard is Understanding Demp-
sey," Archer said eve admit that
he is a wonderful fighter, but we are
convinced that he will be plaything
in the hands of a giant like Jess. 1t
is my honest opinion that he will be
unable a hurt Jess at all. Hitting
Willard hard enough to sting him
will be vastly different from knock
ing over the class of heavyweights
Dempsey has defeated. Willard new
err has been badly hurt in any fight,
and this engagement will be no ex-
ception"
Willard has increased the capacity
of his canvas enclosed arena nearly
double in anticipation of big crowd
of admirers Sunday. The enclosure
will accommodate about five thous-
and persons. The side fronting Maui
NEE Bay has been left open to allow
the cooling breezes to circulate about
the tented sidewalks.
The champion apparently is SO
confident that he will triumph over
Jack Dempsey when they meet July
that he said tonight that he intend
ed to ask Mrs. Willard if she cared
to witness the match. This move on
the part of the champion, boxing ex.
perts said, is the real test of his con-
fidence, because they said he woulo
not think of permitting his wife to
witness the spectacle if he thought
he would be defeated.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
GOVERNMENT TO.SELL
ALOT OF PLATINUM
WILL DISPOSE OF 100000 OF
THE PRECIOUS METAL. 1T is
WORTH $1O5 AN OUNCE.

Announcement is made from Wash.
ington that Major Mercer, chief OF
division of sales of munitions of the
war department, will dispose of 1,90C
ounces of platinum, worth approx.
mately 100000, at minimum
cost of $1O5 an ounce.
The platinum will be allotted tC
eight of the leading firms dealing in
the metal for disposal.
Dealers in platinum had been ex-
pecting this action. 1t was stated in
the trade that the amount of metal
to be sold by the government would
not be sufficiently large to force
prices down, as there is an acute
shortage due to the cutting off of
supplies from Siberia, which is the
worlds principal source of platinum.
Before the war Russia had an an
nual output of 100000 ounces OF
platinum. The metal now is quoted in
this market at $105 to $107 an ounce
During the war the United States
government took over practically all
of the available supplies of the metal
in the country for use in the manu-
facture of explosives and other es-
sential war needs.
In recent weeks manufacturing
jewellers have found it difficult to
keep their trade supplied with plati-
mum goods for which the demanc
has been unusually large.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
MAKERS GRIND
/, BEGIN TOMORROW
LEGISLATURE WILL
E'nr IT'S ANNUAL WORK
f,vrNG MORE STATUTES.

/, ANITA. Ga.-The state legfs-
] r n,ill convene in annual session
5ar and the eyes of the peo-
4 Georgia. are turned in the d.
Wv ~ Atlanta, Or d liking the
announced by the :"
N the ills which human hearts
! ~. lnall the part which human
/ can cure"
I doctrine of our forefathers,
.vir of Jefferson, chat a coun-
'+be best governed which is least
Lodn is still worthy of fullest
Eo S~' but as usual will be
Esrded, and a mass of bills OF
III and another will be offered
|ersct some imaginary i'll.
1 several important measures
\ will come before the general
|bIv for consideration are:
I T'evision, a bill for which has
hrepared by the governor and
Bmmission.
4 rreation of a state highway
/ nnder which state aid can be
far road improvement, and
'Eitb a state bond issue a great
IN system linking all counties
'fetwork extending from the
sains to the sea.
National legislation, including
ktitutional amendment provld-
A local school tax, modifica-
4 the school laws of the state,
kengthening of the compulsory
Hion laws. The bad feeling be-
the state university and some
Eso-called branches is expected
sni8h one of the big fights OF
ssiOn.
<h legislation, which probably
Hclude a proposal to require all
les to establish county health
|nents and employ full-time
4 officers. =.
of the department
He bank examination by sepa-
Ethis work from the state treas
sslation establishing a budget
i for making appropriations.
seased powers for the railroad
.bsion and legislation to curb
Rgitators.
fcation or rejection of Susan
by amendment to the federal
button giving women the ballot.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24

gan for their son when he was IL
years old. The mother sought tc
have the farm decided to the son, but
the husband declined.
Mrs. Galbraith then went to live in
two rooms on the upper floor of their
residence. Mr.. Galbraith occupied the
rest of the house. All the servants
were discharged. Mrs. Galbraith did
her own work. The husband per
formed the same duties for himself.
The years passed, but neither spoke
to the other.
In his suit for divorce Mr.. Gal
braith, who is 81 years old, declared
that the life he had led the last 16
years had unnerved him and untitled
him for business. He is now the sole
occupant of the broom house which
he built as a wedding gift for his
bride.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
SANS DECIDE TO
SIGN THE PEACE TREATY

bly, Refuses to Admit Guilt in
lng War or Surrender Kaiser.
BIN, June 22.-Germany will
ho peace treaty of the allied
ROciated powers.
Il national assembly this after
BY a vote of 237 to 1873, decid-
Sign
shmunication Reaches Paris.
Aris dispatch says communica-
from the Germans have reached
#ed council.
Of the communications is un-
pa to announce that the assem-
Rted in favor of signing the
with certain reservations
n not known what the reserva-
aFe, beyond a declination to ad-
u guilt of Germany in starting
n and to give up the former
pr for trial.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
.BAPTISTS TO HAVE
LARGEST HOSPITAL
NEW BUILDING WILL HAVE 1000
ROOMS, AND COVER MOST
OF CITY BLOCK.

ATLANTA, Ga.-Plans have been
perfected for the erection in Allan
ia of a million-dollar hospital with
1000 rooms by the Georgia Baptist
convention, and the work on the
handsome structure will begin about
the first of November The plans for
the building have been worked out
by a firm of architects of this city,
and the building will be located on
the greater part of city block and
will have. frontage on Boulevard,
Highland and East avenues. The
site for the building was purchased
a few days ago for cash considera-
ton of $4,000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
SENATE KILLS WILSON'S
BEER AND WINE PLAN
BY the Vote of SIS to IL War-T;nr
Prohibition Allowed to Remain.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Certain
defeat for efforts to have congress
exempt beer and wine from opera
ton of the wartime prohibition law
was seen in an overwhelming vote of
SIS to II in the senate late today
against an exemption proposal.
By that margin the senate tabled
a motion by Senator Phelan, demo
crat, of California, to add a rider
to the agricultural appropriation bill
for application of the wartime pro-
hibition law to distilled spirits alone.
The sentiment of the senate thus ex-
pressed in the first test vote of this
congress was taken generally to
sound the death-knell for measures
designed to permit use of beer and
wines under the wartime legislation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
LIVE RABBIT WAS USED
TO GAG THEIR GIRL VICTIM

MANCHESTER.-A freak record
was established in British crime an
nails when two bandits were 1ouhG
guilty in the Manchester Asslzes Oh
using a live rabbit to gag a girl they
held up and robbed. Each got nine
months hard labor.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
s14,ooo,ooo WORTH OF GEoR-
CIA PEACHES BEING MOVED
Most of Them on Line of Central OF
Georgia Railroad.

MACON, Cat is estimated that
S14,OOO,O worth of peaches are be-
ing moved from the peach belt by
the Central of Georgia and other
railroads. This estimate is. based on
1000 carloads, valued at $4,000 each
Two thousand dollars a car is consld,
cred high, but peach are being moved
by trucks as well as railroads, ana
so the $14,OOO,OOO, according to rail-
road officials, should not be an over
estimate.
The movement so far has not been
as heavy as last year up to this time.
Until today L372 cars had been NOV
ed, while last year 1877 cars had
gone forward. The crop this year is
expected to go we'll over $500 cars:
and may reach last years mark OF
1000 cars.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
INTERNED GERMANS
BACK TO FATHERLAND
GOVERNMENT is PREPARING TO
SEND THOSE IN GEORGIA. DIS
LOYAL BE DEPORTED ALSO.

SAVANNAH, Ga.-Officers and
crews of German merchant vessels,
sanitary personnel from Using Tau,
captured by the Japanese early in
the war, and all German internes
who have expressed wish to be re-
patriated, will be returned to Ger
many the latter part of June or the
first part of July, the greater part of
the movement taking place through
Savannah and Charleston, according
to information received in Savannah
by the United States army recruiting
station.
Come Through Savannah.
The exact number of men to be
repatriated has not yet been ascer-
tanned, but it is known that it will
run into the hundreds, as number
of these will come from Fort Nc
Pherson, at Atlanta. Whether the
contingent from Tsing-Tau will come
through Savannah or not is not yet
known, as only brief statement to
the effect that the repatriation would
take place through the indicated
ports has been received here.
In addition a large number of Ger
mans and Austrians who have prov
en- their disloyalty to the country of
their adoption will be sent back to
their native countries, and the larger
part of this movement will take place
through Charleston.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
UNITED STATES DEBT is
NEARLY 26 BILLION DOLLARS
National Obligation Reaches a New
High Water Mark.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The ma
lions public debt reached a new
high mark of 25,921, ISL, 27O at the
end of May, an increase of $1,096,-
640,750 during the month, resulting
from new issues of certificates of in
debtedness and payments on Victory
loan subscriptions.
Ordinary disbursements in May
amounted to 1907, 492,920, only
slightly less than the $1,068,203,020
in the same month last year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
WILL UNCLE SAM
REDUCE H. C. OF L.?
GOVERNMENT BOARDING A MIL
LION POUNDS CANNED MEAT
1T DOES NOT NEED.

WASHINGTON, d: While Sec
rotary of War Baker defends the
holding in storage of millions of
pounds of canned meats owned by
the army, on the ground that there
is mo way to dispose of them to the
public" members of congress have
evolved a plan to sell this enormous
supply of food to the public at cost,
to help cut down the high cost of
living.
The plan provides for the ship
ment of the goods by parcel post to
whoever wants to buy.
Preparing a Bill.
Representative Daniel Reed, of
New York, and j. Hampton Moore,
of Pennsylvania, are preparing bill
ordering the war department to place
their surplus supplies, not only of
food but of clothing, ETC., on sale i'm
mediately, through the parcel post.
They are proceeding on the theory
that congress appropriated the mon
ey for the purchase of these supplies,
and can therefore direct the method
by which they shall be disposed of.
The people, they maintain, paid for
The supplies by purchasing liberty
bonds, and have right to buy them
for their own use before they are
shipped to Europe to keep up the
high prices in this country.
"We have used the postofices of
this country during the war for vari-
Gus purposes" said Representative
Reed, "for recruiting and distributing
propaganda and we have used the
parcel post to help reduce the cost
of living.
"Why should it not be possible to
utilize the $4,000 postofices to trans
port the immense quantities of food
held by the war department to con-
sumers through the medium of the
parcel post?
my plan is for the sales director
of the war department to advertise
the goods on hand to the public and
take orders by mail. That answers
Secretary Bakers statement that he
cannot set up retail stores all over
the United States to sell army sup
plies That isn't at all necessary.
Consumers Have Rights.
"The consumers have paid for
these goods, and now they are pay
ing top prices for everything they
need. The high price of food supplies
has placed the laboring man in
critical situation. With his rent and
the prices of clothes and FOODS tufts
increasing that the time has come
when he should have a square deal
and an opportunity to get the bene-
fit of the goods for which ne has
made sacrifices and paid"
Mr.. Reed points out that the mat
ter of disposing of the stock of cam
ed meats is already simplified for the
war department because the supplies
are not stored in one place, but are
located in the following cities, scat
tered between the two coasts:
Chicago, Columbus, Schnectady,
New Cumberland, Newport News,
Baltimore, Omaha, San Antonio, New
York, st. Louis, Ell Paso, Atlanta, San
Francisco.
i Orders for the goods can be filled,
he says, from the city nearest the
home of the consumer sending in the
order.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
PROVIDES FOR STATISTICS
ON PEANUT PRODUCTION

Senate Adopts Amendment to Agri-
cultural Appropriation Bill.
WASHINGTON, D. Crop sta
tistics on peanut production are pro-
vided for in senate amendment to
the agricultural appropriation bill.
On motion of Senator Swanson, of
Virginia, the senate has included in
the bill an additional appropriation
of twelve thousand dollars for the
crop statistics bureau of the depart
ment of agriculture. This extra al
lowance is for the PRONUNCIATION of
official information covering peanut
production in the southern states.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
NATIONAL BANKS HOLD TWEEN
TY-ONE MILLION DOLLARS

National banks in operation June
1 totaled 1903, the largest number
in the nations history, with resources
of $21 100000, or several hum
dred million dollars greater than
ever before, according to Comptroll-
er of Currency Williams. There was
but one national bank failure in the
last year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-06-24
TERRELL COUNTY

The forefront OF agrIcuICuI :
lands IN and nd help in the production o
4 here an al share in the prosperity.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-17

M. Perry and wife, Ontario: Peter
Neeb, Round Valley; G. Marlatt and
wife, Gooding; Mrs. r. Cartwright
Emmett; Wright G. Stacy, Silver City:
c. M. whitehead, Chicago; Leroy Il.
Grass, Roseberry; Mrs. II. II. Series
and son, Lakeport: Mrs N. T. Ran
kin. Lakeport: Paul Robinson. Salt
Lake; C. A. Miller and wife, Mountain
Home; Myron NJ. Jacobs, Lenox; Mrs.
G. w. Pence, Hot Springs; C. l.. Brad
lev, Boise; III. A. Garfield, Montour;
w. s. Stuart, Pearl; c. H. Sexton, Salt
Mrs. Louise Boyd, Mountain Home; j.
Lake; Francis A. Thomas, Moscow;
r. Heming, Seattle.
BRISTOL. Henley, Pocatello; w.
II. Hanson, Portland r. y. Mitchell,
Parma; Mrs. S. Sanderson, Grand
view; DIR. G. II. Schultz, L. G. Bal
linger, Boise: Mr.. and Mrs. Duggan,
Silver City; David Kelley, Carey; Clare
Peterson, Carey; G. w. Compton.
Nampa: John Klam, Ontario; o. J.
Somerville, New Plymouth; II. r..
Wood, Nampa; j. ]. Robertson, Pay
cite; lie Roy Frazier. Centerville: Miss
Zeigler, Payette; c. A. Lawrence
Butte; +. \. Sunson, Denver; Mr.. and
| Mrs. w. A. Welty, Council; Mrs
Maude Williams, Council; w. C. Wat
| son, Salt Lake; Otto Mathews, Glenns
| Ferry A. w. Gannett, Meridian; Mr.
, and Mrs. r. M. Whipple. Mayfield.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-17
FARM LABOR SUPPLY
NEAR DEMAND CALL
Was SO Per Cent of Par April
q; Outlook Surprisingly
Bright With Record Wheat
Crop to Be Harvested.

Washington, April II - Omitted
Press) -Farm hands who answered
the war call of the factory are mgrat-
ing back to the farms by hundreds of
thousands. according to reports today
to the department of agriculture,
which showed the nations farm labor
supply April was SO per cent of the
demand. This represents an increase
over a corresponding period of 1918
when the supply was but 70 per cent.
Agriculture department officials say
the farm labor outlook is brightening
surprsingly-doub welcome news in
view of the forecast of the biggest
wheat crop in the worlds history.
Reports from the western wheat belt
show that section is in a fairly good
condition since its labor supply is
quoted as SO per cent of the demand
The western wheat belt, as classified
in the reports, Included Minnesota,
Iowa, Missouri, North and South Da-
kota, Nebraska and Kansas.
The far west is reported as having
a labor supply SO per cent of the de-
mand.
California's and Utah's farm. hands
number 81 per cent of the total num-
Der needed.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-17
Unheralded Heroes of theWar

BY MARK ANDREWS

IN war time and IN the war zone moth
ing Is spared In efforts of both forces
to learn the secrets of the enemy.
again TO discover the details of some
now oontriva nce the foe has introduced.
This is the story of an American dough-
boy who dared death and crawled out
on No Mans Land to get a sample of a
new shell being thrown over by the Ger
mans,
mar Of f81S the Germans began to send
over a new kind Of gas shell on tho
American forces near Arras The Yam
kee officers were anxious to find out
tust what sort of gas the boche was
using. The commander of one of the
units noticed that one of the new shells
had fallen in No Mans Land and had
failed to explode To send man out
after II in broad daylight was folly, but
when night came on he called for a
volunteer. Out of the many who re-
sponded he selected one. and few
moments later the man was on his wsy.
II, Frank 4. Busby. q New York boy
Of the s1fth infantry and an expert on
war gas. had been sent for to examine
the shell when It was brought In. He
arrived in the trench Just as the volun-
teer started on his pertIous mission.
Busby waited anxiously with the other
officers untn after midnight for the
return of the man. but there were no
signs Of him.
Then Busby announced that he would
go out and see what he could do toward
recovering the shell. Both his COM
mAnder and a French officer who was
present protested against his taking the
rick, but Busby wouldn't be dissuaded
He commended that the shell must be
brought IN, that the present chance was
the best and might be the only one they
would have OF getting a sample of the
new gas before II did great damage
Then. too, there was the man who had
gone after It: he hadn't come back and
might at that moment be lying wounded
somewhere out there.
There was no holding Busby back. He
climbed over the parapet Crawling on
his hands and knees. he went through
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-17
HOTEL ARRIVALS

oWYHEE--C. l. Cushman, Nampa;
1onn Hamilton. Nampa; L. e. New
comp, Media; Walter Il. Miller. Nam
pa a. w. Hay, F. M. Field, Jerome;
>. X. Flynn, Portland; Mrs. Il. G..
Gooolng, Shoshone; II. C. Moore. Bos-
ton; A. f. Mcpherson, Seattle; Max
Gentiiin' Portland; ]. o. Baker, r. S.
Barnett, Kansas City, Mo-: J. f. Va
lerlus, Denver; j. c. Christen San
francisco; c. S. Rergh, Los Angeles;
charles Zollinger, Portland; ]. II. wat
kns' Mansfield Ohio; l.. B. Knight,
Minneapolis; Max Steapul, Chicago: A.
solomon, San Francisco; f. o. Home
YER seattle; NJ. Rapp. San Francisco;
A. b. Coliuson, Spokane; E. A. Kulty.
spokane: Geo. A. Mevos, Denver. G. A.
Madison, Philadelphia: L. s. Bland
ana wife, Camp Funston; f. e. Cozatt.
spokane; L. p. Heene, Chicago. H. X.
Lazenby Portland: c. Fl. Overstreet.
Purley; V. Van Brown, ]. A. Jobntz.
oakley; j. +. Devine Oakley: IT e.
t1eid, oakley; r. d. Waltermire. Bur-
ley; e. E. Carter and wife, Quartz
burg; Geo. II. White and wife. Coop
erstown. N. Y; Miss Stella Hodge,
Cooperstown, N. Y; VIM. WEIGH. Chi
cago; p. G. Wentz, Chicago Mrs. 7. 7.