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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
Administrators Sale.

GEORGIA, Terrell County.-By
virtue OF an order granted by the
Court OF Ordinary OF Terrell county
Georgia, there will be sold on the LIST
Tuesday in December, 1920, within
the legal hours of sale, before the
court house door in Terrell county,
Georgia, to the highest bidder for
cash, the following described property:
The entire equity belonging to the
estate of G.. L. Smith, deceased, in the
following described lands: =,
A certain tract or parcel OF land
lying and being in the Third land dis
trict of Terrell county, Georgia, con-
sisting of 272 acres, more or less, be
ing all of the north half of lot No. l4/,
containing 1917 acres, more or less,
and 100 acres, more or less, off OF lot
Of land No. 142, also acres, more or
less, in the northeast quarter OF lot
No. 143, all formerly known as the
]. P Hannah home place, and which
is fully described in deed from J. II.
Dixon to Mrs. Mamie Hannah Dennis
dated December |, 1919.
Also, 40 acres OF land, more or less,
off OF lot No. 143 in the Third land
district Of Terrell county, Georgia,
bounded as follows: North by public
road running from Herod to Chlcka-
sawhatchee, west by lands Of J. Z.
Cocker, south by lands of ]. c. Cocker,
and east by lands of McLain & Nc
Lain, the run of the branch being the
line.
Also. Us acres of land, more or less,
being the north side of and consisting
of all of lot of land No. 10 in the Third
land district of Calhoun county, Geor-
gia, except IS acres, more or less, on
the south side of said lot owned by
Enoch Jordan, said Is acres being cut
off by line running east and west
established by S. G. Casey and J. l.
Casey in the year 1888. %
Also. lots Nos. IA and Is in the
Third land district OF Calhoun county,
Georgia, containing 500 acres, more or
less; also lots Nos. 19l and 228, con-
tanning 202X acres each, more or less,
and the west half OF lot 229, contain
ing 101H acres, more or less, in the
Fourth district OF Terrell county,
Georgia containing 5000 acres, more
or less, containing in all 10000 acres,
more or less.
All the above lands being held by
| u. l.. smith estate under DoL9o lOl
title. The equity of the said q. l..
Smith estate will be sold in the lands;
announcement of the interest OF the
said G.. L. Smith estate will be made
at the time of the sale.
Also 90 shares OF the capital stock
of the Gatex Oil corporation, as evil
denced by certificate No. 1908. This
November /, 1920.
| K. S. WORTHY, Administrator,
Estate of G. l. Smith, deceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
Administrator S Sale.

GEORGIA, Terrell County.-Un-
der and by virtue of an order grant
ed by the Court of Ordinary of Ter
rell county, will be sold before the
court house door in Dawson, said
county, within the legal hours of
public sale on the first Tuesday in
december, 1920, next, to the highest
bidder, the equity of redemption in
2O21h acres of land, more or less,
the same being the whole lot No
118 in the Twelfth district of Ter
rell county, except one % acre in
the northwest corner of said lot. The
property to be sold is all the right
and title held in said property by j..
W. Jennings, deceased, who held the
same subject to a loan, $75OO.OO
principal, in favor of the Pearson's
Taft Land Credit company, evidenc-
ed by deed dated December "a, 1919,
recorded in book "W," pages 4O9-lO
deed records Terrell county, and
loan of $4,000 principal held by w;
L. English. as shown by deed dated
January 6, 1920, book "W," page
421. Said lands to be sold as the
property of ]. W. Jennings estate.
Terms cash. This 22nd day of Octo-
Der, 1920.
MRS. LEILA M. JENNINGS, Ad-
ministratrix of J. w. Jennings, de-
ceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
Big Roll of Money
Found Under Pillow
Transient Patron of Chicago Hotel
Peels Off $1,000 Reward to Maid.

NEW YORK n. Y.-"What base
ball player slept in that room" in
quires Manager Joseph Martire, OF
the Hotel Navarro, when white fac
ed chambermaid turned over to him
$4,000 in a roll of money she had
found under a pillow in No. $50, oc-
cupied the night before by transient
patron. She could not tell him, but
the register revealed the name OF
Michael Cochran, of Mines, Nevada.
1t was about the middle of the fore
noon Saturday that Nellie Hurley, the
maid, made her find and by that time
Cochran had registered out and lett:
His baggage was traced to the Grand
Central station, where all clews disap-
peared until late in the afternoon, when
a long distance call from Albany ask
ed the management if the money had
been found. 1t had. The voice at the
other end of the wire seemed glad to
hear it. He arrivd at the hotel today,
and his money was handed to him; he
then asked to see the maid, and when
she appeared he peeled off thousand
dollars, which he handed her. The Ne
vada man did not seem to be excited.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
Handling and Grading Sweet Potatoes.

starts in cut and bruised potatoes it
is important that care be used to grade
so as to remove all cut and bruised
potatoes from the ones intended for
storage. 1t is preferable to grade the
potatoes in the field, putting all the
good ones in crates or other contain
ers to be transferred to the storage
house or bank The cut and bruised
potatoes should then be gathered and
sold for immediate use or fed to stock.
When the potatoes are being graded
all which show black rot spots should
be sorted out and fed to stock, as they
are not suitable for human food
There is generally some loss from
rotting in storage even under the best
conditions, but it is not advisable to
attempt to remove such potatoes by
sorting over all of those stored, as by
so doing the good potatoes are more
or less bruised and the spores from
the rotting ones are scattered through
out the house. Tests along these lines
at the Georgia Experiment Station
have proven that the fewer times
sweet potatoes are handled in harvest
ing and storing the smaller the loss
will be from storage rots.
]. A. McCLINTOCK, Plant Physi-
ologist Georgia Experiment Station
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
Picturesque Little Place Has Only 400
Inhabitants. Connected With Outside
World by Narrow Gauge Railroad

CORPUS CHRISTI, TeXas.-Point
Isabel, Taxas, where Senator Warren
G. Harding is spending a vacation al
ter his presidential campaign, is a
small fishing village and watering
place OF some 400 inhabitants, on the
Gulf of Mexico. about rs miles south
east OF Brownville, and about FIVE miles
north OF the Rio Grande river. 1t IS
the southermost mainland OF the Unit
ed States,
A narrow guage railroad connects
the picturesqued little city with
Brownville.
Off shore a little more than a mile
is the southern extremity OF Padre Is
land. a narrow strip of land, which
skirts the Texas coast from Corpus
Christi to the Rio Grande, distance
of about l20 miles.
Point Isabel is famous as sports
mans paradise Fishing is excellent,
while the adjacent marshes abound in
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
Would You Change Your
Name For $4,500,0O0?
Pennsylvania Woman Says She Will
Have to Think Matter Over. None
Too Hobby Over Legacy.

PHILADELPHIA it worth
S4,500,000 to change the name of your
children?
This, among other questions, is
pulling Mrs Mary R. Rowland, a
widow, living in this city, who with
her three boys, Benjamin George and
John, are heirs to $4,500,000 and fine
estate in Methuen, Mass, left to them
by the late Edward Searle, eccentric
millionaire, with the provision that the
Rowland children change their names
to his
Searles was a first cousin OF Mrs
Rowland's father, Daniel P. Smith, d
former Philadelphia newspaper man
Asked if she would accept the pro-
vision of the will; she said:
ITO be quite frank, | don't know
whether it's worth $4,500,000 to change
our names This is large and import
ant question, and at present l am toe
busy to bother with attempting tc
answering it.
over the legacy, 100000 of which
goes to her. Her son Benjamin is Civ
en- Pine Lodge, Methuen, and trust
fund of $2,500,000, while his two
younger brothers, George 9, and Jack
Is, receive half million each. The viii
provides that in case Benjamin dies
without issue Pine Lodge is to revert
to the next eldest.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
Gin Ordinance.

Be it ordained by the City Council
OF Dawson and it is hereby ordained
by authority of the same that from
and after the passage of this ordinance
it shall be unlawful to erect, build,
maintain or operate any cotton gin
for the purpose of ginning cotton with
in the fire limits in the city of Dawson.
Be it further ordained by the author
ity aforesaid that all laws or parts OF
laws in conflict with the above be and
the same are hereby repealed.
Any violation of the provisions OF
the foregoing ordinance shall be pun
ished as provided in section 100 of the
city code. Adopted, this Nov. 2, 1920.
F. NJ. McNULTY, Mayor.
r. r. Jones, Clerk.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
HARDING IS SEEKING REST IN
SOUTHERN TEXAS FISHING VILLAGE

geese and ducks at this time OF the
year. Point Isabel also is noted Tor
its oysters, which are edible the entire
year
Hotel accommodations are meager
at Point Isabel, but an old club house,
unused for several years, was put IN
order for Senator Harding's reception:
During the Mexican war part OF
General Taylor's army was landed at
Point Isabel and marched overland to
Brownville. then Fort Brown.
Since that time the little port has
had its ups and downs. Until the
building of the Brownville railroad in
the valley country 10 years ago light
draught steamers landed at Point lsa-
bel and provided communication with
the outside world.
AS if to prepare welcome for Sen
ator Harding, Point Isabel voted SOL
idly for him, being one OF the few
southern towns to show him that hon
or. Brownville nearby is the home OF
R. B. Creager, who seconded Senator
Harding's nomination at the Chicago
Brownville, too, went for
the republican candidate by SO.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
A NEGRO CREOSUS WAS
FOUND IN A BOX CAR
Riding as Tramp He Had 100000
In His Clothes When Arrested.

A negro Creosus entered New York
city on freight train from the west.
His legs were surrounded by 100000
in stocks, bound to him by cloth, and
his pockets held $3.50 in cash and an
impressive bank book. When arraign-
ed in court on a disorderly conduct
charge he said he was Curley Green,
of Chicago, and expected to be mil
lionaire soon, telling, the Judge his
stock holdings totaled 100000.
Asked why he did not travel in bet
ter style, as behtted a person OF wealth,
he explained there is more fun IN
riding freights"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
NEW LIFE IS TOO FAST
FOR THIS MODERN RIP
Indian in Prison Thirty-six Years
Takes Auto Ride, Sees Ailplane.

SAN FRANCISCO, CaL-"Too
fast, no like" were the only comments
from Indian Dick, aged II, when he
recently left Folsom prison, which had
been his home for nearly thirty-six
years, and saw, for the first time, an
automobile and an airplane.
Thirty-six years ago the Indian was
given life sentence when he ambush
ed and shot dead six of seven Chinese
who, he said had jumped his mining
claim in Placer county and killed his
brother. Recently he was paroled and
taken back to his FL Dorado reserva-
ton home.
On the way to the reservation he
stopped here and was taken for an au-
tomobile ride. An airplane passed over
head and at motion-picture theatre
he witnessed world events pictured on
the screen.
Much tired" he said at night. Too
fast, want to go home"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
Notice to Dog Owners.

All parties owning dogs are hereby
notified that in accordance with the
city ordinance, all dogs must be kept
from running at large on the streets
in the City of Dawson, unless said
dogs shall be in charge of person
competent On account of the large
number of dogs that have been bitten
by mad dogs, this is done as a pre-
cautionary measure. Policemen are au-
thorized under the ordinance to shoot
any dog running at large. This No
vember Is, 1920. F. M. McNULTY.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
THERE ARE 3o,e22, 100 METH
ODISTS IN THE WORLD
Increase in Last Nine Years Has Been
Nearly Four Million.

CHICAGO, 11f.-A census of Meth
odists, compiled by DR.. H. H. Carroll,
formerly of the census bureau, for the
centenary conservation committee OF
the Methodist Episcopal church, shows
36,622,1 Methodists in the world, &C
cording to figures made public today.
There are 9,832,107 members of the
church, the remainder being adherents
and probationers, who are members OF
Methodist families.
Canada reports 387, 421 members;
Great Britain, 1,269,4S2; Australia,
and Japan, 10000.
The increase in the total of Metho-
dists during the last nine years is Civ
en- as 3,935,341
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
COTTON MUST NOT BE SOLD
FOR LESS THAN ST. A POUND
South Carolina Farmer Leaves Cotton
to Heirs Under Strange Conditions.

w. NJ. Frierson, of Lynchburg, S.
c., is building a cotton warehouse and
expects to put in Us or 200 bales this
year. He then plans to make a will,
leaving the cotton to his son, Jack,
now six years old, with the provision
the cotton is to be sold when it will
bring 81 a pound, and not until then,
Should cotton not bring 81 a pound
during the sons life time it is to be
held for his heirs.
While waiting for the dollar mark
et," Mr.. Frierson is going to have the
word Jack" painted across the ware
house in big letters so that every one
will know of the unique will.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16

6e6 HAS MORE INVITATIONS
THAN ANY OTHER CHILL AND
FEVER TONIC ON THE MARKET,
BUT NO ONE WANTS IMITA-
TIONS. THEY ARE DANGEROUS
THINGS IN THE MEDICINE LINE.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
HOMES FOR SALE.

A very desirable residence on Lee
street. Large lot. An attractive place.
Church street
One of the best farms in the county,
$40 acres, about six miles
from Dawson A bargain for Someone.
THE Z. E. BELL REAL ESTATE
AGENCY.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
TRAIN FATALITIES ARE
LOWEST IN TWENTY YEARS

Fewer persons were killed on rail
roads during 1919 than in any year
since 1893 and fewer were injured in
any year since 1910. A total of 6,978
persons were killed and 1908 injur
ed last year, a statement by the in
terstate commerce commission shows.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-16
FRENCH CURFEW IRKS
GIRLS FROM AMERICA
WINNERS OF SCHOLARSHIPS
FIND THEY ARE TREATED
LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN.

PARIS, France.-Because the rules
require them to jump rope and play
ball at fixed hours with children and
to be in bed with all lights out by y
o'clock, % grown-up American girls,
students in French high schools on
scholarships from the the French gov
eminent, wish to be transferred to
universities where the rules are less
strict and where they may meet COM
panions of their own age.
The young women, whose ages
range from Is to %, are all graduates
or honor students OF American col
Ieges, among them Nassar, Columbia
and Wellesley and Chicago and Wis
consin universities. They arrived IN
France one month ago with scholar
ships that had been offered by the
French ministry of public instruction,
and were placed in lycees in Paris,
Versailles, Caen, Tours. Sevres and st.
German.
Expectations Disappointed.
The Young women arrived in France
in glad expectation of receiving the
benefits of the best system of French
education and of making congenial and
sympathetic friends among the stu,
dents with whom they could be real
comrades
These plans had a quick collapse
when the Americans found themselves
in schools with children from 5 to
IS, where they were set at studies
which they had finished before their
college days, and where, in addition,
they were subjected to the most strn-
gent rules.
One or two OF the girls assert furth-
er that they have not had enough to
eat, and the school rooms are so cold
that they have chiblains. One schol-
arship student OF p puts it thus:
we rise by the gong, work by the
gong, eat by gong, play by gong and
90 to bed BY gong. There is no fire in
our rooms and we are never allowed
to be in them except to sleep. We must
be in bed by 9 o'clock, when the lights
go out automatically. Our companions
are all children, many Of them mere
kiddies. We must play their games
with them at appointed times and we
are never permitted to talk with them
alone.
None OF us realized what we were
coming to when we lett home. We
had been informed we would have OPP
portunity to study French life and to
attend lectures suitable for girls OF our
age. Now we find that we have been
sent back to boarding. school,
The Cordova daily times., 1920-04-17
'' SPARKS 2

The world is full of men who are making good livings but poor lives.
 A lie has no legs. It requires. other lies to support it.
 Men are religious naturally. They are Christians supernaturalIy.
 Do not take the truths from the Bible secondhand.
 Some men use their religion only as a life preserver; only during storm.
 Christianity has suffered little from those who bear not the name of Christ It has suffered much from those who do.
 The everyday Christian has seven chances to the Sunday fellows one.
 Hear the Sunday sermons at the FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
 fl A. M. 8P. M.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-04-17
(Margaret FOsterl

It is always an exciting time for the high school girls Otherwise known as the Man Haters') when the boats are in port. But an especially inter- estfng time was witnessed when some tourists" bound for the westward condescended to visit out school. They seemed to enjoy our English class and the story of David Copperfeld." In fact, they had such good time that, not being at all selfish, they wished ethers to enjoy themselves. During the afternoon the steps were kept quite warm, as visitors came and went. sThose who were little timid were given encouragement by members of the Man Haters' Club" Nevertheless we enjoy company, and hope they will come again. We can say one thing for them, and that is, they are more courageous than some of our town youths.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-04-17

only buckwheat cakes or something like that"
 We have two ball teams now Over a week ago Eugene and Brooke chose sides. The teams are about equally matched, so we expect to play some good games before the season closes.
 The Scouts were going on an over night camping trip last Saturday, but as it was showing we could not go. Some of us already had our packs made up, so we decided to spend the night at the Scout headquarters. Of course Bill had to bring Cob along. Those who stayed were: Bill Me Gowan, Earth and Matt OLoughlen, Raymond Johnson, Walso Walker, Mike Sheppard and our scoutmaster. We had watches to keep the fire go- ing Waldo had first, from Il to 12; Matt from 12 to 1, Raymond from 1 to 2, Bill from to 3, Mike from 3 to 4, Earth from to 5x and Waldo from to G. During the night Bills staunch bunk fen to the floor. We went home at Sunday morning and slept most of the day.>svery Saturday, weather permitting, we will spend out of doors. In bad weather we will sleep in the cabin.
 In Algebra I:
 Miss White: Eugene, take out your Is"
 Eugene: ''Take out my eyes: What do you want me to do that for?"
 ''T' represented the unknown factor in the problem.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-04-17
(MattheW O'Loughlenl

The Boy Scouts of Cordova have planned another overnight hike for Saturday. We had hike last Satur- day, but it stormed so we slept at the cabin.
 A number of boys in this school are joining the Scouts. Billy Fields and Pierre DeVille are going to join as soon as they get little older. Miss Keever appreciates the interest shown in the organization.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-04-17
HeOna Churchil1l

Songs we hear continually at school (Really they are quite characteristic Of the singers, are they not?):
 They're All Sweeties Brooke S Lamprey.
 "A Little Birch Canoe and You"- Margaret Foster.
 Rip Van Wrinkle Slept with One Eye Open"-Eugene Tibbs.
 "Tn See you in Cuba a"-Katherine Boyce.
 'Freckles and the Twelfth Street Rag"-Elizabeth OLoughlen.
 "Harem Life"-Harry O'Neill. That's Worth Waiting for" and That Naughty Waltz"-Leona Church, i'll.
 And She'd Say Q la! la! Oui Oui!' '"-Pauline DeVille. Fluffy Ruffes" William Nc. Gowan.
 'tTm Jazz Baby''-Ben Sherman. California, I Love You'-Almira McGowan.
 Take Your Grille to the Movies if You Can't Make Love at Home"- g Earth O'Loughlen.
 There's a Quaker Down in Quaker ToWn'-Edna Thawley Does She? I'll Say She Does"- DOrris Adams.
 Come On, Papa"-Dorothy Dooley. "Dardanella" a"-Laura Bacon.
 "Arrah Go On-I Want to Go Back to Oregon White
 Why Don't Parents Visit the School ?"-Miss Keever.
 Mystery Rosswog.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-04-17
(Celia Freedman)

All the pupils of Room 3 with the the exception of one made perfect in spelling. Instead of studying, we listened to Miss Wright read to us about Mary Queen of Scots.
 The metric system is a decimal sys- tenn of weights and measures. The principal unit is the meter, to which all the other numbers are related. This system was started in France, and it was so simple that nearly every coun- try took it up except Great Britain and the Unied States.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-04-17
(Eugene Tibbsl

Last Saturday night some of the Boy Scouts stayed at their cabin. Just as they were getting ready to go to bed, William McGowan's bed, which was a platform of blanks, collapsed with William and his dog, MT. Cob.
 The science class is now studying about plant life.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-04-17
(Edna Thawley)

Large white "X's" have appeared on the desks quite frequently lately. These signify that the desks were not cleared off before the pupils left for home, and consequently an after school session will soon be necessary if the pupils do not obey the law and put away books before leaving the building.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-04-17

The new business English and cor. respondenc class have taken a great interest in the work This week we has studied the formation and punctu- ation of business letters. Many thought we knew the principal rules ot letter writing, but soon found oul ideas carried considerably from those of the text books.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-04-17
SCHOOL NOTES
the other day, "The opera has /Caruso, the movie has Doug Fairbanks-the COrdOva school has me-
(Kathryn BOyce)

The high school girls have nearly enough stars for another holiday. The boys have had one more holiday than the girls, and feel quite proud of the fact; but it is much easier for the boys to get stars. as there are twice ss many girls as boys, and so a greater chance for absence and tardi ness among them.
 Leona-"What does square feet times square feet make?"
 Peggy-"Big feet!"
The Cordova daily times., 1920-04-17
Dorothy Dooley)

The freshman algebra class has Ssken up simultaneous simple eQua- tions during the past week.
 The high school had two Ayres eighth grade spelling tests this week. The averages were 79 per cent and 89 per cent.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-04-17
(John ROssWog )

The Man Haters' Club had very enjoyable day last Tuesday, when sev eral young men visited the school while passing through Cordova. Eliza beth O'Loughlen, honorable president was ably assisted by Leona Churchill Margaret Foster and Katherine Boyce in making them feel at home.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-04-17
(Pierre DeVille)

One morning Headlee Lamprey came to school with watch fob about the wouldn't be surprised if he fell on his face when he tried to run.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-04-17
Garth O'Lough1enl

Miss Wright: Sonny, you have 8 little moustache right at the corners ef your. mouth"
 Headlee (with a cry of rapturel: What! Hairs?"
 Miss Wright: "Mery, no. This Is
The Cordova daily times., 1920-04-17
(DOnaId FOster)

In Room 3 Miss Wright explained to the pupils what the "Marseillaise' hymn means.