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The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08
.Hu1nor srs Philoso ophy
b. DUNCAN NJ SMITH
A LITTLE LATER.

When Christmas dayois over
We pause. take stock and check
Our children and our ,chattels
Who have escaped the wreck.
OF hash in solemn silence
We sparingly partake
And pity those about US
Who have the stomach ache.
About the room are scattered,
Defying natures laws. +,
A job lot of the treasures
Left, here by Santa Claus.
The woolly horse, cripple.
Sits sadly in the dumps
Beside a little soldier ~.
Whose only legs are stumps.
The dolly's dress is rumpled
That was so fair and white,
The terrible tin charger
Is something of a sight.
The jumping jack is weary
And can no longer jump.
And more than half the treasures
Are ready for the dump. -,
The children, cross and weary
And sadly out OF tune,
Look on their toy companions,
Neglected. oh, SO soon!
And as the doctor hastens
To soften their distress
Each wishes he had eaten
About one turkey less.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

The Dance as an Aid to Health.
! Extremes sometimes have their uses,
and it may be that the freak dancers
who now challenge public attention
and public criticism by their startling
innovations will bring about a reac-
tion toward sane and artistic dane
ing. Even now there. is rivalry at
work, and one of the newcomers. 1sa-
dora Duncan, makes her appeal as the
exponent Of the Greek idea Of dane
ing, the expression of the beautiful In
motion as well as in form. A man or
an ingenious automafon should be able
to illustrate this idea and give per-
Torrance worth viewing.
Dancing as part of system of train
ing for the body and mind is not new.
Neither has it been confined to dew
otees of the Greek cult. 1t has often
been practiced in the treatment Of GER
tain forms of ailment, and the modern
tendencySto use every available aid to
health is certain to fix attention anew
to the claims of the saltatorial art.
The reputation of the dance is under q
cloud. Yet it has served noble pur-
pose in the history of the race. As
well ask people why they laugh and
sing as why they dance. Still, IL half
that is claimed for dancing by prophets
Of the Duncan type is true, 1t must be
possible. to give wise answer which
none but cavilers will gainsay.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08
- -
FOREIGN NEWS.

An edict just issued at Peking dis.
misses from Office Yuan Shi kai,
grand councillor and commander.in.
chief of the forces. This official was
q man of modern views and it. is no
exaggeration to say that the foreign
ers of Pcking are overcome with as
constituent at this evidence Of China's
capacity tu take such "A reactionary
step.
Postmasters throughout the United
Kingdom have begun the payment of
old age pensions under the act Of the
last session of parliament to persons
aver seventy years of age. Seven
hundred thousand applications for
pensions have been received, of which
100000 were disallowed.
The petition of Count Boni de Cas-
tellane that the custody of his three
sons be given to his mother, the Mar
quise de Castellane, was denied. Tn
court ruled that the children remain
in the custody of their mother, Prin-
cess de Sagan, formerly Miss Anna
Gould of New York.
There has been fighting at Macuro,
on the Venezuelan coast, between adj
herents of former President Castro
and the crew of gunboat working in
the interests of the new president,
Juan Vicente Gomez. About twenty
men were killed and some fifty wound
ed.
The United States Atlantic battle
ship feet, completing two days ahead
of its schedule the next to the longest
run of its world girdling cruise, ar
rived at Suez frcm Colombo, a dis
tance Of 3,44O knots, from which place
the feet sailed on Dec. 29.
The British steamer Advance and
the British bark Iverna were in col
lision of Newcastle, N. s. w. The
Advance went down and with the ex
ception of her first officer all the
members of her crew lost their lives.
Father John Of Cronstadt (Russia)
Is dead. The noted priest for some
time has been suffering from chronic
dropsy and intestinal complaints and
the end, though sudden, was not un-
expected.
The long war with Yaqui Indians in
Mexico, in which scores have been
killed at different times, including
many Americans, has been terminated
IN a treaty Of peace.
The -Hottentots in German South
west Africa are again on the warpath.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08
The Boy THAT wins. /. the city.

& The Boy That Wins u the City.
| Brawn Is not of much account In
those activities OF the city which the.
country boy strikes out for when he
takes the great leap. Nevertheless It
has generally been assumed that the
! physical stamina of the boy reared I'm
! the open, with hard work for heri-
1.tage. makes his venture cityward q
success. "A discussion on this point
has been started through recent re-;
mark to the boys Of, the New York city
college by its president, John Huston
Finley, who is himself product Of
country life. Mr.. Finley holds that
the country boy does have the ad-
vantage over the city lad in the strug-
gle for the top, and that not because
of his purely physical equipment.
| 1t is push, imagination and courage
that open the door of success to the
country boy in the city. He has these
qualities in greater degree than the
city boy because his soul has never
felt cramped and confined in the coun-
try and his ignorance and illusion
really help him during apprenticeship
The city boy starts in with misgivings,
according to Professor Finley. The.
top Is beyond him. But the country
boy aims for the top. He has always
bossed something, If only the sheep or
hens. His cutting loose from home is
a cast for fortune. Nothing is too high
for him to aspire to, whereas, as
rule. the city boys road is laid out for
him.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

''SloWIy and cautiously the tramp
worked his way toward the back door.
He had been against the game long
and knew of the pitfalls. hut hunger
compelled him to brave all dangers.
The coast appeared to be clear. and he
went forward with more resolution
until, suddenly turning the corner, he
came on sight that caused his blood
to run cold"
"What was it-a bulldog or man
with gun:''
Neither: it was a saw and q saw
buck and a cord of wood"
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

An 1rishman would be likely to ac-
count for the evenly balanced coming
and going Of immigrants by paraphras-
ing the we'll known .'evasive answer"
Of one Of his countrymen Sure some
o thin do 60 home twice to the once
they come here .3.r
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

Every era has its on-the-spot re-
porter, SO there must have been a
Robert Louis Stevenson. or Rider Hag-
gard or Kipling next to or among the
spectacular Night Riders. I,
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

Not long ago Carnegie declared that
millionaires never smile. Now he says
that he is born laugher himself and
wouldn't lose that faculty for any
thing. Perhaps be laughs because he
can look down upon the millionaire
class. y
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

Doubtless Castro chuckles over the
prospect that the Dutch will fight his
countrymen to frazzle, making, it
easy for him to climb to power on the
ruins.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

Thomas r. Ryan has retired froms
business" and viii raise horses for
the turf. Doubtless he, Is right in
thinking that is ali a matter Of sport
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

Only couple Of days before Messina
was destroyed San Francisco had three
insignificant jars. Maybe it was an
one shake and the hapless city got the
savage end OF IT, : .55 *
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

The Mont Pelee horror Of 1902 has
been outdonc by. the appalling mortal
ity in Sicily and NCalabria. The desti-
tuition caused by the destruction of SO.
many towns and villages will be felt
for months by the survivors who lost
all but life in the terrible conyulsion.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

The secretary Of state, is Arst cab
met officer in the line Of succession
for vacancy in the ONCE Of presi-
dent; otherwise he is on equality with
the others in the cabinet
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

While holding the threat over Cuba
that this second chance is her last, this
country has worked in good faith to
establish a government Of Cubans BY
Cubans for Cubahs: s
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

Now that the days are several min
utes longer and still gaining the man
who never had a minute to spare before
ought to be able to fix his work sched-
ule so as to have at least one occasion
al1v 0ir5f \ gfi
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

The Zulu warriors deny the report
that they have laid deep plans to
run in the famous man with the
lone spear. Instead they are reading
up on Baroness Won suttner's peace
gospel, "Ground Arms"
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

There can be no serious objection to
increasing the presidents salary to
100000. still. there ii no pressing
need that It should be done.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

Every day up to- March 4 is good for
an. output Of close. to hundred bad
quarters of an hour IL any citizen
proves SO undesirable as to draw the
colonel's fire.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

All men are born free to make idiots
of themselves and equal to any
amount of fattery. Gentlemen en-
gagged in the pleasant occupation OF
fishing for suckers can give-interesting
details concerning the matter.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

Starting Right.
Good resolutions?
Let me think. 90
OF course, to start
I'll cut out drink
At every in
Vitation pass
And farewell bid
The friendly glass.
Old pipe, my solace
And delight,
Your ancient bowl
No more I'll light.
The fat cigar
No more will grace
The classic outlines
OF my face.
The truth no more
Will I disguise.
] mustn't even
Tell white lies.
But ALWAYS stick
To the exact
And more or less 4
Annoying fact.
I'll be SO good
You'd never place
Yours truly as
The same old case.
Puffed up a bit,
I'll walk about
And watch my wings
serenely sprout. y
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08
A. a Starter,

"The professor says that man can
live TO he $50 years Of age if he will
follow directions" said the studious
person. looking up from his book.
"Anl wha are the directionsY asked
the practical person. Would he begin
operation by destroying all Of the au-
tOmobiles 2" ~ 81
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

Much confusion might be avoided by
simply calling the head man in the
South American republics president
pro tenn Fl s,
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

The mint mans explanation Of "that
slight depression" In the new goh
coins was unnecessary. for nobody
much had ever noticed It & q
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

Germany will have submarines and
airships in her next war, evidently In
tending first to blow up the enemy.
then sit down on the ruins.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

If the season evens up as usual, the
heightened days will come in just
right to see the toughest weather
through. .',a5
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

4 The man who is to straighten out
venezuela's tangles will not be likely
to cry nothing DOING for the next
year or SO. fs.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

If mans nature changes completely
every seven years, Abe Ruers four
teen year sentence win be likely to
end just when the boodler is himself
again.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

a fine lot Of material for a shistor-
ical novel Of the best seller class could
be picked up right now a the Yenezu-
elan capital. sii.ssssi. MI s# d
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

Pulling the beard Of President Fal-
lieres didn't turn his extrao aordinarily
well balanced head an siota.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08
Humor =. Philoso ophy
D. DUNCAN n siITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

3 A man finds very cold comfort 10
being in hot water all the time.
The critical moment is the one tnat
comes about. 2 a. hl. when your "ne
gets her eye on you.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

Fortunate also is the woman whose
history does not include marriage
with foreign title.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

The coming scrap between science
and the tarin should end IN a complete
Knockout for one side or the other.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08
His Fate.

'.They tell me that Jack married 4
peach"
'Well, she turned out to be a lemon"
"what is he doing about it,"
"Nothing. Just supporting her.
"Eort of lemon-aid." S
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08
GWAit T aotAe ThjN 1MVf
vse AeL CAN USE J

7 Give Uncle John silk muller. SILK
muftiers are SO serviceable, and nobody
else may think Of it. He probably
doesn't wear them, but they are SO
nice to have. t
When man is obviously taxing his
brain to say nice things about you
look out that he isn't soon engaged ID
taxing your pocket.
The man who takes things easy 1s
equally prone to let 'em slide.
Keep your temper. If you don't 1t
is certain to give you away.
When a woman has been insulting
to a man she will never forgive him
until he has apologized for it.
/ As man can't spend his money and
have it, too, there are some who have
adopted the expedient Of spending
somebody else's.
Blessed are the meek. for they are
never expected to rise to, the occasion.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

The food tablets issued to Uncies
Sans soldiers must be above suspi-
cion or the W. g. =. Il. ill take. duick N n
notice. 81! 5,ts '$s 6.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

y New York's police Seem to consider
moving pictures worse malefactors
than moving burt II. 3sS8
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08
Mot Ente,rprisina.

Not Enterprising. ~
"Ever think about it!'
"What?"
"Time flies"
"Sure."
"Why doesn't it take out a patent
upon itself?" x
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08
Quite Immediately.

"Who was it that said. oh. this y
so suddenY"
= believe it was the young lady
when her steady proposed after ten
years Of unproductiye courtship."
"Oh. thought it was some one else, .
'Who did you think 1t was?
sThe fellow who fell OF the water
wagon the second day.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

4 tramp colon, III nobody 81 II
lwio1Id r. worth spins up as3 i 1870
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

Being successful is undoubtedly q
matter Of business, but sometimes Is
attained by very unbusinesslike pro-
ceedings.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

! Don't look for bad news. II ,you
don't look expectant, it may fail to
recognize you even when it is looking
for you.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08
In . cIas. by Him.elf.

Yes, Jones is a model man.
Doesn't smoke or drink Or do any
thing OF that sort p
4 Not thing
How lonely he must be on. New
Year'siday. 2 .5 q 81 /, e,
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

I'd never, no, never.
Permit it to be
Exposed to the chill Of
Austere enlnity.
II I'd an idea
Quite safe from abuse
! have no idea,
So what is the use?
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

II you become
involved in the
troubles Of other
people, You run
the risk Of losing,
all yopr sense-,a1d
some Of your dol
lars.
The man who
never buys an nm
brena Invariably
knows others g who
do. !,
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

If 1t ever De,
comes fashiona-
BILE to be COM
Portable and easy
probably the mil
leniunl will be
peeping over the
horizon.
1t is only too
frequently quite
hard to tell the
truth-from the
fascinating fc-
ton that it is
travelling with.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08
l---
1oTNlse o2sGl

The undesirable citizen is the man
to whom we owe money and who can't
be persuaded to Increase the obligaH
tion. 5.sSs
n When you have ~ new Idea, don't,
for mercy,s sake, trot right OF to yours
friends ana tell them shout It. Thays
might die ofS shock
& The reason why On accasionals man
I d cheerful liar u b,S6cca auses sthat 1stlles
~, IS nakes living n ssI ssJJS \
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08
Tell trouble to chase itself and ten
to one it will be obliging enough to do
so probably in order to enjoy the dis
comfture of your I-told- -you-so friends

Some people may be just as good ast
they can be, in which case you will be
sure to hear somebody finding fault
with their ability. s. "A .fss
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

Blessed are the meek. for they are
never expected to rise to the occasion.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

The man who takes things easy Is
equally prone to let 'em slide.
The Washburn leader., 1909-01-08

Keep your temper. If you don't II
Is certain to give you away.
The Dawson news., 1909-12-01
HOW He MADE THAT CORN
MIR. SANDERS TELLS HOW HE
GREW 100 BUSHELS ON ACRE.
His Method of Preparation, Planting
and Cultivation Is Given by the
Prize Winner at Albany.

Aas has been stated in a previous
issue of The News, Mr.. w. M. San
ders of Thomas county won the first
prize in the Albany Herald's corn
growing contest, and this is how he
did it.
The Dawson news., 1909-12-01

War ON blackroOt, disease Ct the
cotton plant that has become almost
disastrous in some counties of Geor-
ga, has been declared by the State
Board of Entomology which has dis
covered a method of successfully
controlling it. This information is
being given the farmers by a series
of addresses by a number of gentle
men prominently identified with the
farming interests.
These meetings were begun on Oc-
tober 18th, and will end on Decem-
ber 18th. The men who are conduct
ing them are now in this section OF
the state, and WIFI speak at the court
house in Dawson on next Saturday
morning, December 4th, on the dis
eases of the cotton plant, giving es-
pecial attention to cotton wilt or
blackroot. 1t is a subject in which
everybody in Terrell county is IN
terested, and the farmers should be
out in full force and receive the ben
eft of the instructions and sugges-
tions that will be given.
A Letter From the EntOmologist.
The News has received from the
State Entomologist the following let
ter on the subject of these meetlnsh
and the efforts that are being made
TO eradicate the disease:
State Board of Entomology, At
lanta, Ga.-Editor of The Dawson
News: In an effort to eliminate
blackroot, or wilt disease, from the
cotton fields of Georgia we want to
get in close touch with the cotton
growers and give them the results
which have been obtained by the
State Department of Entomology IN
experiments for its control. We nave
discovered how it can be successfully
controlled, but this discovery Will De
of little practical value unless we
can get in close touch with those
who are interested and outline III de-
tail methods which they will have TO
pursue.
The last Legislature Appropriated
$4,000 for blackroOt of cotton anu
We want the names of all the cot
ton growers in Georgia whose lands
are affected with this disease IN OF
der that we can supply them win
some of the seed which we have de-
veloped to the point where they are
resistant to blackroot. If they VIII
cooperate with us we can eventualiy
eliminate blackroot from Georgia. >,
"The Mexican cotton boil Weevll
will be in Georgia within four 70
five years, and it is very necessary
for us to get this disease under con-
troll before that time; for two such
severe pests at one time Will renuer
cotton growing improbable.
''In order to reach as many cotton
growers as possible we have arranged
a series of meetings throughout the
The Dawson news., 1909-12-01
.MooNsHINE" BUTTER, TOO.
Counterfeit Article Costing Govern
ment More Than Unlawful Whisky.

"Moonshine butter" is making a
good deal of trouble for the govern
ment these days. The reason is sim
ply that there is tax of 10 cents
"a pound on oleomargarine that is
.colOred to initiate butter, whereas on
the uncolored article it is only one
fourth of a cent pound. OF course,
this offers an invitation to fraud
A man rents house or a cellar, buys
a few hundred barrels of "oleo"
from meat packer, puts it into a
big vat, heats it, adds the requisite
amount OF "annato" to give the de-
sired tint, mixes it thoroughly and
sells the stuff as fresh dairy but
This sort of thing is being done
lat present on a considerable scale
in most of the large cities of the
least and middle west. 1t gives the
government more annoyance, ten
times over, than the distilling of
Illicit whisky.
Oleomargarine is composed of ami
NAL fats and cottonseed Oil. It's first
cost, at wholesale, is 10 or II cents
Ia pound. All right so far. But
when hundreds of tons of it are sold
without paying the tax of 10 cents
a pound-the extra and illegitimate
profit TO the "moOnshiner' being 9%
cents the loss to Uncle Sam is
great.
In fact, "moonshine butter is
costing the-government a great deal
more than unlawful whisky. The
process of manufacture is much
easier and far cheaper than that of
whisky, and the producing plants
are often very difficult 10 locate.
Those who conduct them are in many
instances desperate characters, and
every now and then a revenue officer
is killed in making raid upon one
of the counterfeit butter factories.
The Dawson news., 1909-12-01
WILL PLANT 45o ACRES PEcANs.
Big Grove of the Nut Trees in East
DOugherty.


DOugherty.
The Albany Herald reports that
a new grove of budded pecan trees,
comprising 45O acres, will be planted
in the eastern part of Dougherty
county this winter.
Messrs. S. j. Jones and S. w.
Smith have just closed a contract
with large pecan nursery at Monti-
cello, Fla, to plant 200 acres on the
Jones & Smith Dickinson place.
Vice-President Jerrideau of the nur-
sery firm has, in addition to this,
purchased for himself ESQ acres ad-
joining, which he will also plant in
budded pecans, making a solid grove
of 40 acres.
ME'. Jerrideau's contract with
Messrs. Jones & Smith is 10 plant
zoo acres in the best varieties of
bud0ed pecan trees and bring them
to bearing, for which he is to receive
$4,000
The planting ,Uf these trees viii
begin this winter, as soon as sufti-
cient rain has fallen to produce
proper conditions for planting.
The Dawson news., 1909-12-01
LEAVING NORTH GEORGIA
QUITTING THE HILLS AND GUk
LIES FOR THIS SECWON.
Five Thousand Acres Sold in Dough.
erty County For White Settlers
on 100 Acre Tracts.

on 100 Acre Tracts.
The Herald says Colonel ]. w.
Walters has just concluded big
land deal which means much for
Dougherty county and the city or
Albany
BY this deal company of middle
Georgia capitalists purchase 5,OO0
acres of land in body.
The body of land sold takes In
what is known as the Walters home
place, beginning little over two
miles south of Albany, on the New
ton road, and continuing southwark
to the David Brown Mobley place.
the Lewis and Keaton place and the
Sam Farkas, Whitehead and OLD
Quarter places. The lands thus
briefly described will constitute a.
body of about 5000 acres of as good
farming land as can be found in
southwest Georgia.
The trade has been concluded, the
papers having been drawn and part
of the money paid The transaction
ga w NCAliBACICA ao DuOu DIS LuG
land has been surveyed and lines es-
tahlished, which is to be done in time
to turn over the land to the pur-
chasers before the first of January.
Ire syndicate purchasing this Land
is composed of W. H. Toole, H. A
Camp, ]. B. Williams, H. It. Flani-.
gan and P. A. Flanagan, all of Jack
son county. There may be others
associated with them, but these are
the names that appear in the papers
already drawn.
1t is understood that the plans of
the purchasers of this large tract of
Dougherty county land contemplate
the settlement of colony of white
farmers. The entire body of land is
TO be subdivided into tracts of one
hundred acres, and on each tract
comfortable houses will be built ana
a deep well drilled.
Most of the new settlers. IL is av-
pected, will come from North Caor-
gla, and it is the intention OF thoea
promoting this scheme for the settle
ment of a colony of thrifty farmers
to contine the sale of the lands ~
white settlers. Thus it is eYnactod
to have a prosperous colony Of wbits
farmers settlel within the next vaor
or two 'eal
The Dawson news., 1909-12-01

middle; put one furrow to corn with
Boy plow; cost, 20 cents.
In five days plowed out middles
with Boy plow; cost, so cents.
Cost of guano in full, 1900
pounds, at $40 per ton, SIS.
Sided over other row with sweep;
cost, 18 cents.
In five days sided other row; cost,
10 cents.
In five days plowed every other
row with sweep; cost, 10 cents.
In five days plowed out other
rows with sweep; cost, 1U. cents.