The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-07-09
1T PAYS.
How the Late Henry W. Grady
Proved The Value of AdYer-
Using.

How the Late Henry W. Grad,
Proved The Value of Adyer-
Using.
Years ago, says the Tribune Of
Rome. when Henry w. Grady was
struggling to bring the Rome Com>
mercial into the front ranks, he
cslled one day and asked the Roun,
salille Brothers for an advertise
meat. Mr. j. W. RounsaviIled
replied; "Why, Grady, nobody
reads your paper, it Is Of no use to
advertise in it. A happy thought
suggested itself to Mr Grady.
He went to his office and wrote
the following advertisement which
appeared next morning in the
Comnel ial. "Wanted, fifty
cats, i..rsl price for the same.
lpply 10 i,ounsaville Brothers -
Well, The .cture that presented
itself at Eoursaville corner next
r'rning beggars description. Boys
Of all rges sizes, boys Of all
tints rom the fair headed youth
to Ill sable Ethiopian, barefoot
boys aid ras ged boys. red>headed
boys, freckled-faced>boys, town
Toys AID country boys, boys from
al p rts OF Floyd county, blocked
Up the sidewalk, doorways and
street with bags tull of cats cats
OF every description, name aud or
der-house cats, yard cats, barn
cats, church cats, fat cats, lean
cats, honest cats Well, to make
a long story snort the BounsavilIes
told Mr.. Grady to reserve a col
umn for their advertisement as long
as lis paper continued, and that
was just what Grady wanted.
The Georgia Watermelon.
Those who are amusing them
selves touching the Georgia water
melon trust have not given the sub
ject sufficient attention to know
the extent of the watermelon busi-
ness. 1t is reported that on one
of the railroads leading from Geor-
gia northward there are during the
season for melons, which lasts about
eight weeks, ten trains Of freight
cars per day loaded with melons
for the supply of the cities of Ken~
lucky, Indiana, Ohio and Michi-
gan, AID Canada. The Georgia
melon in many respects beats the
world. 1t frequently reaches the
weight of from forty to sixty
pounds and at its best is delicious.
Before the melon is used it should
lie cooled on ice for several hours
so that the heart may be cold. ~
Those who have made study OF
the melon can tell whether it is
good by the fresh beauty of the
surface, and by the light, cracking
sound, when it is pressed. The
best article is brittle, aud the thin,
delicate shell splits before the knife
revealing the frosty and crimson
honey within. The stories that
watermelons are dangerous food do
not apply to the globular beauties
from Georgia in their peaeh-bloom
glory. j BE Georgiang say, and it
is discou ny, that the very best
melons grova in the State are SO
fragile that they cannot be trans
ported, and that those who would
enjoy tie top h,wers OF this won
deriul product of the sun and
sand must 90 where the exquisite
spheres g listen among the dewy
leaves OF the generous vines whose
marvellous distillment of sweetness
is the dainty distinction of a favor
ed Lind. We shall not say the
watermelon trust is designed to de
prive the black boys OF the soutI
OF the most succnlent of their CON
solutions, but it does seem to be al
interference with the freedom 0
national commerce. History has
not done justice to the watermelor
of Georgia, and commerce fail
where there are long.bauI restric
tions that prevent the delivery q
melons by the millions from tb,
sunlit plains OF the imperial state 0
the south in the mfrkets or Man
hatten. Brooklyn Standard.
Atlanta is now the dark horse
pasture of the State. 1t is sal,
that quite drove of this interest