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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-02-08
Million Packets OF
Flower Seeds Free

We believe in flowers around the
homes of the South. Flowers brighten
up the home surroundings and give
pleasure and satisfaction to those who
have them.
We have filled more than a million
packets of seeds, of beautiful yet
easily grown flowers to be given to
our customers this spring for the
identifying of their homes.
Wouldn't you like to have five
packets Of beautiful flowers free?
YOU CAN GET THEM! Hastings
1921 catalog is a 116-page handsomely
illustrated seed book with twenty
beautiful pages showing the finest va
rieties in their true natural colors.
1t is full of helpful garden, flower and
farm information that is needed in
every home, and, too, the catalog tells
you how to get these flower seeds alb
solutely free.
Write for our 1921 catalog now. 1t
is the finest, most valuable and beau
tiful seed book ever published, and
you will be mighty glad you've got it.
There is no obligation to buy any
thing. Just ask for the catalog.
II. G. HASTINGS CO., SEEDsMEN,
ATLANTA, GA.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-02-08
HE PULLED OFF HIS
COAT AND PREACHED
ATLANTA PASTOR TELLS OF
THE FALSE CHARGES MADE
AGAINST HIM RECENTLY.

ATLANTA.-The Atlanta preach
er who addressed his congregation in
Atlanta last Sunday night before a
packed audience gave an account OF
his recent arraignnent in the courts.
Recorder Johnson had dismissed the
charges, which were preferred by Mrs.
c. B. Hamilton, of 10 Cooper street,
who claimed the pastor made insult
ing advances to her Friday afternoon
on the front porch of her home. After
hearing the evidence the recorder &C
Quilted DR.. Ridley with the remark
that it appeared that "only the best
of motives inspired the minister's visit
to Mrs Hamiton's porch"
According to the report Of the At
lanta Journal he pulled off his coat
and launched into a detailed discus
sion of his visit to the Hamilton home;
later calls on him by L. M. Johnson,
a friend of the Hamiltons; the scene
in front of his home on Cooper street;
his arrest by Night Police Chief Jett,
and the subsequent trial in police
court which exonerated him.
Front Porches."
"President-elect Harding and | seem
strongly inclined toward front porch
es. Mr.. Harding got away with it in
great style, but before | operate fur
Their | guess I'll have to again visit
police headquarters, this time to ask
for front porch permit" This sally
was greeted with prolonged laughter
and paplause.
Il am very glad did not not fall
into the trap that was set Tor me- II
| had gone with Johnson | know
this-either a dead preacher or dead
man would now be lying on the cool
ing board" An outburst Of applause
greeted the minister at this Juncture.
He went on with the statement that
some of you may think my motive
was to hug another mans wife, and
if you want to believe that | don't
care. In my day and time | have
Rugged many women and all kinds of
them, but never have | Rugged one
under such unusual, exceptional cir
cumstances-at o'clock in the day
time, on front porch, before the eyes
of fifteen or twenty witnesses.
Dr. Ridley next referred to threats
against his life he had heard as he
left police court Saturday afternoon.
Let them come onw he shouted.
And some day you may find Ridleys
body, but don't look in my back for
the bullet hole"
The pastor was speaking now with
fire and powerful emphasis, and was
frequently interrupted by outbursts of
applause.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-02-08
WOULD RIDE TO THE
MOON; LACKS FARE
PROFESSOR NEEDS MILLION
ARE WHO IS TIRED OF HIS
MONEY TO MAKE TRIP.

WORCESTER, Wanted, a
millionaire who is tired of this earth
and would like to travel to the moon.
There are many who would like to
leave the earth, but they haven't the
money to pay the fare.
Robert H. Goddard, Phi D., profess
sor of physics at Clark university, is
ready to start the excursion. All he
needs is a passenger able to pay his
passage.
Goddard proposes to shoot rock
ct to the outer rim of the universe.
1t would contain instruments to re-
cord temperatures, air pressure, humid
ity wind velocity and other data of
the mysterious regions. But he needs
someone to finance the experiment.
Many Volunteers.
When he recently announced that
it would be feasible to shoot a man in
the rocket and that it might travel to
the moon, 100000 miles away, he was
beseiged with volunteers for the trip.
But
The rocket might turn and come
back to earth. 1t might keep on going
and going, nobody knows where-but
many are willing to take a chance.
There's Captain Charles N. Fitz-
garold, commander of the New York
air police He says he's anxious to
make the trip.
The journey promised to be a
rough one" says Goddard.
Boosted by Blasts.
The rocket would be shot from
long barreled gun. 1t would contain
auxiliary charges to boost it along as
the initial velocity decreases.
Each boost would be terrific
bump"
The rocket rider would have a diff
fcult time making entries on his note
book.
When the rocket reaches the moon,
if it does, there will be great explo-
sion to inform the mundane observers
that the trip is ended.
The nose of the rocket is to carry
chamber of Photographic flash pow
der
Just what a fellow would do after
reaching the moon is not known. But
if he should land safely others might
berocketed there to keep him COM
pany.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-02-08
Germany Carrying Out
Terms of Peace Treaty
Have Delivered Property Valued at
$4,000, 100000 to Allies. Some Items.

BERLIN.-I have obtained an ad-
vance copy of the German report on
the carrying out of the terms of the
treaty OF Versailles, which shows ev-
erything delivered to the entente, from
cats and dogs to ocean liners, the to-
tai value of which is $5,000,000,0 1000.
This remarkable document OF forty
FIVE pages demonstrates that every
part of the nations possessions have
been diminished in order to make up
for the destruction which Germany
inflicted upon the world during the
war.
The largest single item is the mer-
chant feet of more than 100000 tons,
valued at approximately $2,000,000,0 900.
A railroad stock of 100000 locomo-
tives and cars, worth over $500, 000,-
600, were turned over to the entente.
National works with an estimated val
lie of more than $l,000,000,000 were
given up, while the costs of the army
of occupation, a score of commissions
and food is $700,000000.
Approximately 100000 cattle, $4,000
chickens, 100000 tons of coal, and
5000 tons of dyestuffs have been sent
to the allies. Likewise two American
cables, valued at $10,000,000, were Civ
en- up.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-02-08
Get the Habit of
Drinking Hot Water
Before Breakfast
Says we can't look or feel right
with the system full
of poisons.

Millions of folks battle internally
now instead of loading their system
with drugs. whats an inside bath?"
you say. Well, it Is guaranteed to per-
form miracles IL you could believe
these hot water enthusiasts.
There are vast numbers of men and
women who, Immediately upon arising
In the morning, drink a glass Of real
hot water with teaspoonful of lime
stone phosphate in 1t. This is a very
excellent health measure. 1t Is in
tended to flush the stomach, liver, kid
neys and the thirty feet Of intestines
of the previous days waste, sour bile
and indigestible material left over In
the body which If not eliminated every
day, become food for the millions Of
bacteria which infest the bowels, the
quick result is poisons and toxins
which are then absorbed into the blood
causing headache, bilious attacks, foul
breath, bad taste, colds, stomach trou'
BILE, kidney misery, sleeplessness, i'm
pure blood and all sorts of ailments.
People who feel good one day and
badly the next, but who simply can
not get feeling right are urged to
obtain a quarter pound Of limestone
phosphate at the drug store. This
viii cost very little but is sufficient
to make anyone a real crank on the
subject Of internal sanitation.
Just as soap and hot water act on
the skin. cleansing, sweetening and
freshening, so limestone phosphate and
hot water act on the stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels. It is vastly more
important to battle on the inside than
on the outside, because the skin pores
do not absorb impurities into the
blood. while the bowel pores ~do%
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-02-08
Sleeper's Clothes Stolen,
He TraUels as Baggage
Checked in" With Agent and Is De
livered" to Family.


CISCO Texas.-Harvey Missingill,
prominent oil promoter. is angry and
he doesn't care who Knows about it.
Recently riding in pullman on the
Texas and Pacific railway some one
stole his clothes, leaving him only a
pair of pajamaS to complete the trip
with. The women OF the chair car
seemed to protest at his presence, and
he wasn't allowed to travel in such
dishabille in the pullman, smokers or
dining cars; so the conductor suggest
ed he CHECK" in with the baggage
man and travel as miscellaneous, -
care of the agent of Cisco.
There was nothing else for him to
do, so he went to the baggage car and
sat on an empty barrel, and smoked
a borrowed pipe. The agent at Cisco
claimed him all right, when he arriv-
ed there; so he soon got in touch with
his family and some clothes.
But say" he growled wrathfully
when he was clothed again in his right
mind Il don't propose to pay increas-
ed fare, increased pullman rates and
war tax on both, then ride in a bag
gage coach, and lose my clothes. If |
ever find the man who stole EN-"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-02-08
PENDULUM IS BACK
TO THE BEST SELLER
DEMAND FOR BIBLE UMPIRE
cEDENTED, STORES REPORT.
MODERN VERSION POPULAR.

Perhaps it is the counter swing OF
the pendulum of the spiritualistic out
burst that has instituted the rush Tor
Bibles. Book sellers offer that as a
possible reason for the greatly increas-
ed sale of the worlds best seller and
the slackening in the demand for the
reading matter that Sir Oliver Lodge
made famous.
But whether it is reaction or not,
book dealers are exclaiming over the
number OF demands for the tesla
ments. 1t is notable. however. that 1t
isn't ALWAYS the Bible that grand
mother read as a child that is in most
demand The New Testament in
Modern Speech" and The Modern
Readers Bible" are two forms or ar
engagements of the holy book that have
been sold and ordered recently. The
latter offers the Bible in dramatic form
to the reader. Each book is arranged
in the structure of play, and the lines
are headed by a personnel, such as
Jonah, Bildad and other OF Jonah's
friends The Lord, also, is listed as one
of the characters in the play of Jonah.
Whale Story Cleared Up.
The book of Jonah presented as a
drama by Dr. Moulden, OF the Univer-
sity OF Chicago, is anything but ire
ligious and in no way disarranges or
disturbs the we'll known TRANSACTIONS.
DIR. Moulden does clear up one thing,
however, and that is that Jonah never
was swallowed by a whale and that
the story is not even myth, as some
wish to suppose, but the whale idea
simply sprang from the misleading re-
marks of an old commentator, and the
reader of DR.. Moulden's notes may
understand that Jonah was simply i'm
mersed in the sea with seaweed wrapp-
ed about his head and that he never
saw the inside of whale,
While newer forms OF the Bible are
in demand by some who wish to OBJ
tain new point of view on the book
the little suede leather or ooze bound
copies, gilt-edged and with thin leaves
and fine print, still command the great
est sale.
The youngest assistant in the book
store claims that he sells Bible every
minute, but his boss contends that his
qualities of craftsmanship are not quite
that remarkable-he can tell by the
stock.
A discussion OF the Bible is offered
in still another form and has been or
dered by a number of employees OF
dry goods store. 1t is The Book That
Helps Most in Business" and the
book referred to is the Bible.
Everybody" Buys the Bible.
When asked who buys the Bible or
what kind of people predominant
among the heavy purchasers, the book
dealer replies, why, child, everybody
buys the Bible. You can't say it's
young or old, the staid or the giddy.
Sometimes the most irreligious looking
people in the world startle you by ask
ing for the worlds best seller 1t isn't
the preachers or those who look like
them that ask for Bibles so much as
it is young, modern looking people
that you might expect would be more
apt to ask for vlume of modern poe
try. Perhaps it is because the preach
ers already have the Bibles and the
others are just discovering that they
want them"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-02-08
Texas Passes Death
Sentence Upon Mil
lions of Prairie Dogs
State Decides to Rid Itself of Pests,
Which Cause Heavy Losses to
Farmers and Ranch Owners.


Texas has pronounced the death
sentence upon the millions of prairie
dogs that infest the state. The leglsla-
ture that enacted a law providing for
the determination Of the little animals,
and owners OF the land upon which
the prairie dogs live have been given
two years to rid their properties OF
the pests If land owners fail to COM
play with the law sheriffs are to be
entrusted with the task, at charge
of S. a day against the owners.
In western Texas prairie dogs long
have been a source of heavy losses to
ranchmen and farmers. The little ami
mails live in. prairie dog cities that COW
er areas of $4,000 to 100000 acres in
a solid body. They are very exclusive
in their domestic relations. 1t is an Of
tense that invariably brings on fight
between the animals for dog OF one
family to enter the hole of another.
Although prairie dogs live in the
midst of various kinds Of predatory
wild animals, the pests are quick and
willy enough to take care of them
selves. The badger is the only real
enemy of the prairie dog, and for this
reason Texans never kill badger.
When a badger wants square meal
it simply digs its way into prairie
dog hole and eats the entire family.
But the little pests multiply much faS-
ter than the badgers can devour them,
so Texas has decided on the work of
wholesale destruction.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-02-08
Sunday in Zion City, the
Bluest of Blue Law Towns,
Round of Church Going
Followers of Voliva Begin Services at
$50 a. m. and End at 10 p. m.
All Forms of Pleasure Banned.

Next to sitting up at a wake, the
least exciting experience eXtant is 10
spend Sunday in the bluest of the blue
| law towns, Zion City, ILL.,, according
10 those who have tried it, The city S
population of 5000 souls begins the
day by going to church at $50 a. m,
where the Rev. Wilbur Glenn Voliva
breaches for one solid hour. His place
is taken by others OF the ten minis
tiers sitting in the pulpit and the SER
vice concludes at 9 O'Clock, after two
and one-half hours.
The advent of a threeminute pray
err service about the family affairs IS
ushered in by a gong at $50 o'clock
! At 10 the tabernacle is again hlled.
Eight sermons, four prayers and three
+ hymns comprise the service, when
! lasts another two and one-halt hours.
The real service begins at ESQ
O'Clock in the afternoon with hymn
sung by the choir OF 500, clothed IN
flowing white robes and accompanied
by the mammoth pipe organ. Somber
sermons by ten ministers follow. Over
seer Voliva then breaches the sermon
of the day, the service concluding at
I6:30.. The evening services begin IN
eight various parts of Zion at $50
O'Clock in the evening and last until
10, when the populace goes to bed:
Voliva, who owns the entire city,
does not countenance on Sunday pur-
suit of pleasure or business of any
kind, work of any kind except the
preparation of meager meals; use OF
motor cars except for church gong
and reading of any newspapers.
This sign at the entrance of the city
greets the visitor: THE use of intox-
icating liquor, tobacco, profanity and
vulgarity are forbidden in Zion-only
the clean may enter here"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-02-08

and issued reducing the capital stock
of said bank from twenty-five ($Zo,'
100000 dollars, consisting of two hun
dred fifty (250) shares of par value
of one hundred ($10000) dollars each
to fifteen thousand 5,000O0) dol
lars, to consists of one hundred and
fifty Q50) shares of par value OF one
hundred ($10000) dollars each.
An petitioners will ever pray.
Respectfully submitted,
BANK OF PARROTT, by S. ]
Carter, President.
Attest: Roy Pinkston, Cashier.
STATE OF GEORGIA, Office OF
Secretary of State.-I, S. G. McLen-
don, secretary of state of the State OF
Georgia, do hereby certify, That the
three pages of written and typewriter
matter hereto attached is one OF the
original copies of the triplicate petit
ton of the Bank of Parrot, of Par
rott, Georgia, for amendment to its
charter, decreasing its capital stock
from twenty-five thousand ($25, 100000
dollars to fifteen thousand ($l5, 100000
dollars, filed in this office, December
%, 1920; and this copy is certified and
returned to bank as required by law
In testimony whereof l have here
unto set my hand and affixed the seal
of my office, at the capitol, in the city
of Atlanta, this 10Th day of December
in the year of our Lord One Thousand
Nine Hundred and Twenty and of the
independence of the United States Of
America the One Hundred and Forty
fifth. S. G. McLENDON,
Secretary Of State.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-02-08
WOMAN JURORS WILL BE
ALLOWED TO WEAR HATS

Woman jurors in the Polk county
court, in Iowa, may wear hats in the
jury box and will be given time to
powder their faces during court ses-
sions, under a ruling made by Judge
]. D. Wallingford.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-02-08
GOVERNMENT PAYS FOR
COTTON SHERMAN BURNED
Savannah Firm Allowed Big Sum AT
ter Lapse of Sixty Years.

After lapse of nearly 90 years the
former stockholders in the Importing
and Exporting company, big cotton
concern operating in Savannah, Ga,
before the civil war, have received a
portion of the money paid by the gov
eminent for cotton belonging to the
company and destroyed by Sherman
on his march to the sea. Through the
efforts of receivers of the importing
concern $77,306.25 was finally allowed
in settlement of the claims.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-02-08
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a
Favorite.

Chamberlain Cough Remedy is a
favorite with the mothers of small
children for colds Group and whoop-
ing cough. Its pleasant taste and the
prompt cures which it effects has won
the good opinion of mothers every
where. AS this remedy contains no
opium or other narcotic it may be
given as confidently to baby as to
an adult
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-02-08
SUMTER BOARD REDUCES
SUPERINTENDENT'S PAY
AMFPICTC

AMERICUS, Ga. The Sumter
county school board has just fixed the
salary OF County School Superintend-
ent E w. Dupree at $1,000 per year,
being a reduction from ST 500 paid to
former Superintendent E. J. McMath.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-02-08
Takes Nap at w heel;
Automobile Is OUertuned
Albany Man, Pinned Under Machine
Was Unconscious When Found

ALBANY, Ga.-When John E.
Clark, a widely known young man Of
Albany, fell asleep while driving his
automobile back to the city the ma
chine turned over and pinned him be-
meath it and he remained unconscious
in that position for more than two
hours before discovered by Dr. G. c.
Tolliver. Mr.. Clark is at local hos
pital badly bruised and perhaps in
jured internally.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-02-08
THE GOVERNMENT BURNS
FIFTEEN FRAME BUILDINGS
Were Erected During the War For
Experimenting With Gases.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-An Off
cially sanctioned fire. which hremen
made no effort to extinguish, occurred
today at American university Fifteen
frame buildings, erected by the war
department for the conduct of expert
ments with gases during the war, were
burned. Fire companies were on hand
at the request of the department to
prevent any unauthorized" spread Of
the flames.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-02-08
FOR THE LIVER AND BOWELS

When your liver and bowels become
torpid get a bottle Of Chamberlain
Tablets. They will tone up your liver
and cause gentle movement of the
bowels. They also improve the diges-
ton
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1921-04-21
NOTICE OF SALE

BY virtue of authority contained in
certain tax executions issued by J. A.
Welsh, County Treasurer, for the
year 1919 and directed to me I will
offer for sale the following real es-
tate to wit:
400 acres of land in Ausley School
District, known as Peter Marsh and
Covington land.
2 lots and 1 building in town Of
Jefferson, known as J. Wisely Raley
lots. Tax and penalty, $43.73.
All of which I will sell before the
court house door in Chesterfield coun-
ty on the End day of May, the same
being the first Monday in May, for
cash to the highest bidder.
j. T. Grant, Sheriff.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1921-04-21

quote Billy's colloquial style: did
put II over7"
"You did very well for an amateur
but I'm a doubling Thomas. AbOu,
this fat old man who waddles when
he walks: a really topnotch palmis,
could tell me his name"
well. I'm only an amateur, but still
think ! might to quote Billy again
make stab at It. Do you care to
bet me about ten dollars I cannot give
you the fat party's initials--all three
of thenr
He gazed at her owiishly. She was
the most perfectly amazing gir1 he
had ever met; he was certain she
would win the ten dollars from him.
but then II was worth ten dollars to
know for q certainty whether she was
perfect or possessed Of a slight flaw
so he silently drew forth a wallet that
would have choked q COW and skinned
on ten"dollar gold certificate of the
United States of America.
I'm game" he mumbled.
"The fat gentleman's initials are e.
r. j."
by the twelve apostles, Peter,
Simon"
Don't bIaspheme. Mr.. Webster"
He stood up and shook himself.
when you order the tea," he said
very distinctly. please have mine
cold. ] need q bracer after that. Take
the ten. You've won It,"
Thanks. ever 80 much" she an.
swered In matter-of-fact tone, ana
tucked the bill inside her shirtwaist.
Il am very poor woman, and
Every little bit added to what you've
got makes just little bit more,'" she
caroled. swaying her 1.-THE. beautiful
body and swapping her fingers like a
cabaret dancer.
He could have groaned with the
futillty OF his overwhelming desire for
her; Il even occurred to him what q
shame II was to waste q marvel like
her on a callow young pup like Billy,
who bad fought so many deadly skirm-
ishes with Dan Cupid that a post
lmpressionistic painting OF the Geary
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1921-04-21
HONOR ROLL RUBY SCHOOL

1st Grade: Mildred Crawlcy, Mol
lie McCreight, Grace Shaw, j. w.
Crawlcy.
Advanced 1st Grade: Ntttic Allen,
Cleo Allen. Ethel Crawley.
I'd. Grade: Raymond Hancock,
Thomas Burch, Malcolm Deese, EN-
ma Gulledge, Charlton Hurst, Nell
Hendrix, Harold Stecn, Rufus SUIT
ton, Rosa Lee Thurman.
3ri Grade: Viola Crawlcy, Virginia
Crawcly, Dorothy Belle Huntley,
knoX Thurman.
4th Grade: Garrison Threat, Bob
TucA.cr.
7th Grade: Magnetic Smith.
Sth Grade: Ruth Hancock, r. p.
Hurst.
9th Grade: Eva Eddins, Mildred
Graves, Iris McNair.
10th Grade: Gladys Graves.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1921-04-21
NOTICE

Notice is herewith given to the
stockholders of The Farmers Mercan-
tile Co., located at Ruby S. c.. that
there will be a meeting of said stock
holders at the store of the said Farm
ers' Mcrcantil" Co., Ruby. S. c., May
18th, 1921, at / p. NJ. o'clock. for the
purpose of adopting a resolution to
reduce the capital stock Of the Far
NOR Mercantile Co, Ruby, S. c,
from #2O.000.OO to $l0,OOO.OO.
This April 9th. 1921.
4t-19 w. r. Eddins, Secretary