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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-03
A sIx-ACRE POULTRY YARD.

Tuskegee Institute Has Largest and
Most Complete Henery in South.
A Tuskeegee, Ala, dispatch to the
Montgomery Journal says: 1t may
not be generally known, nevertheless
it is fact, that what is undoubtedly
the largest and most complete poul-
try yard in the southern states is
located at Tuskegee Institute in Ala
bama.
After number of experiments the
Tuskegee Institute has solved the
problem of raising poultry in large
quantities right here in the heart of
the south
A visit to the poultry yard at Tus-
kegee will reveal some very interest
ing facts. About six acres are COM
prised in the yard. 1t is divided up
into various departments, and alto
gether there are some fourteen runs
for the chickens so that each different
breed of fowl has a separate place
or field, so that the broods are not
mixed. The whole yard is inclosed
in high wire fence of good, sub
stantial quality. Altogether there
are thirteen houses of different kinds
in the yard. These are used princi-
pally for shelter and for training pur-
poses.
The yard is located on a high, at
tractive hill, and everything in con-
nection with it is kept in a neat and
attractive condition. The houses and
fences are kept constantly and neatly
whitewashed, so that from a distance
the yard presents a most picturesque
as well as pleasing appearance.
The problem of keeping insects
away from the fowls has been COM
pletely solved, mainly through the
use of whitewash and persistently
following the policy of keeping every
thing about the yard scrupulOusly
clean. The percentage of deaths
among the fowls is very small-in
fact, so small this winter that it has
almost amounted to nothing.
The incubator system of Matching
chickens is used almost exclusively,
and the Tuskegee Institute people
have learned that they can hatch
chickens better in the late fall and
winter months than at any other
season. They have a large up-to-date
incubator house in which at the pres
emit time there are fourteen incuba-
tors, and in these incubators, all told.
there are some four or five thousand
eggs. Almost every day new chick
ems are Matched out.
Just now the most interesting sight
in connection with this yard is the
broOder house, in which one finds
some 5000 chickens ranging in size
from those that are one day old up
to those that are ready to go on the
table. The sight of these thousands
of chickens in this brooder house
alone will repay one for a visit to
this up-tO-date poultry yard.
Altogether there are between four
and five thousand fowls of all kinds
on the yard. William B. Williams.
who is in charge of the poultry es-
adjustment, is a graduate of the
Tuskegee Institute.
At the Tuskegee Institute a num-
Der of boys are not only receiving
training in the scientific and intelli-
gent raising of poultry, but quite a
number of girls are being taught the
same industry and they take to this
training most readily.
We wish very much a larger pro-
portion of families in Alabama might
take advantage of the opportunity to
visit this poultry yard right in our
midst.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-03
BROWN TAIL MOTH HELD UP

Another shipment of apple and
pear trees that would bring with
them to Georgia the dreaded brown
tail moth of Europe and New Eng
land has been located by the state
entomologist over in Alabama, and
has been stopped temporarily on the
very borders of the state. This ship
ment that has just been discovered
was coming into the state by way of
Alabama.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-03
The Right Sort of Farmer.

We know farmer in a south Geor-
gia county who made 800 bushels
of fine sweet potatoes on one acre.
He also made $50 gallons of fine cane
syrup from one acre. He also made
$50 bushels of corn on six acres. He
has drove of big fat hogs. All this
was done on less than ten acres of
land. That man is independent of
the panic,-Vidalia Advance.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-03

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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-02-03
SCOTS
EMULSION

Half a teaspoOnfuI three or
four times a day in its bottle
will have the desired effect. 1t
seems to have a magical effect
upon babies and children. A
fifty-cent bottle will prove the
truth of our statements.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24

bered being assured that Ned was all
right. and she smiled family as Broth
er Bob said: "Cheer up. We have got
a heroine-in the family at last Then
she slept the sound sleep of exhaus-
ticn until the following afternoon.
BEST thing for her." said the doctor
in answer to her mothers anxious in
quiries. And so it proved. With the
exception of few bruises Polly was
all right when she awoke, and after
meal served in her room she donned
most fetching pale pink gown that
gave becoming flush to her rather
pale cheeks and :"'-. fer Bob.
you look pretIy tit. after all. sis"
said Bob. 'There is mischief brewing.
can tell by the CLINT in your eye"
Nonsense" replied Polly. ''Do some
thing for me. there's a good boy. l
want to see Ned. and l can't stand it
to face all those people tonight. You
might mention that | am going up to
Pine cliff after dinner, but fo- good
ness sake don't let him know that
want him to come" The color rose
clear to her pretty brown eyes as Bob
began to grin.
"Now. be gocd," she coaxed. land
don't tease. I'll make you dandy
pillow if you Will"
ITS a CO." said Bob. I'D rather
fancy him for brother-in-law." shut
ting the door just in time to escape
Polly's powder puff.
After dusk Polly managed to escape
unseen by the back door and made her
way with beating heart to the cliff.
There was a coZy sheltered seat for
two facing the ocean about halfway
down the rocks. and there she found.
as she expected. Ned awaiting her.
The moons radiant pathway ended
at the base of the cliff, and as Polly
descended the path she looked like a
fair goddess in her filmy gown to the
young fellow who watched her with
eager eyes.
When they met Polly was surprised
to find herself incapable of speech.
Ned grasped both her hands and gently
kissed first one. then the other, with
out saying word.
. He must have felt subtle difference
in their touch. for after one quick look
| at the shrinking girl he knew-and,
knowing, blessed the world and Polly.
| After long, tong talk. interspersed
with happy silences, Polly raised her
face. illumined by the moons soft
sheen. and the brown eyes twinkled
with their old teasing light as she laid
her hand on Ned's and said softly. Il
/ suppose l must keep my promise,
Ned" Then the love light shone above
the mischief as she added. 81 really
believe / felt 4 thrill"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24
BARON Hartman.

San Francisco Bulletin: California
presents one of the most striking ex
amples of the subjugation of a state
by a railroad manager. Hartman Is
as much the lord of California as if
this state were his feudal domain.
Indeed, his powers are larger than
those of a feudal baron, for under
the feudal system the vassal had
rights, recognized by custom, and the
lord had duties which he was bound
in honor to perform. A feudal baron,
for instance, could not levy an arbi-
trary tax upon his vassalS. as Harr:-
man did the other day. when he de-
creed a fiat increase of 10 per cent
in all freight rates. Under the feudal
system the vassal could appeal to the
king. or in some countries, at some
periods, to parliament, but in Califor-
MIA there is no overload above Harri-
man and nearly every Office of the gov
eminent is filled with his faithful re-
tainers.
But California is not the only state
which the astute and ambitious Harri
man has conquered by the arts of high
finance, and he is extending his politi-
cal power as far and as fast as he
is extending his grip on the railroads
of the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24
The Fire Cure,


The belief is general throughout q
large part of China that the insane are
under the influence Of evil spirits In
their endeavors to cure afflicted pa
tents the Chinese doctors. so called.
administer a medicine which produces
violent and distressing vomiting with
the idea of having the patient throw
off the insanity. The proper care of
the insane is almost unknown. 1t is
q common custom. if a member of the
household becomes unmanagable or
troublesome. TO chain him to post or
heavy stone in the house. DR.. Selden,
a missionary physician in southern
China, writing on. the subject in the
China Medical Missionary Journal.
says that he recently saw woman in
Canton who had thus been chained
about the neck for fifteen years. There
is no intention of cruelty in this. but
knowing nothing about the nature Of
the malady there is nothing else for
friends to do. Frequently. in order to
determine whether a person is really
insane or only obstinate, a piece of
wick soaked in oil is placed under the
thumb nails and lighted. with the result
that the thumbs are often badly burned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24
CensOrinG Pictures.

The decision of the supreme court
that mayors and the police have the
right to censor pictures in nickelode-
ons is reasonable one and suca
right should be exercised whenevet
pictures that are indecent or unfit for
public exposure are presented. Rep
reservations of crime and vice, sucn
as bank robberies and seductions
with no possible moral in them and
tending only to corrupt the minds OF
youth, should not be permitted.
The proprietors of playhouses. in
their efforts to attract patrons. should
be restricted to methods that are le
Sitimate. To appeal to prurient tastes
to give exhibitions that pander TO the
morbid and corrupt imagination is I'm.
der no circumstances excusable.
Prudery may be condemned, but
when plays or pictures become indie
cent or such as are classed with thos5
that belong on the borderland between
decency and indecency, they should
be stopped in the Interest of the gen
eral public.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24
The Jumping Off Place.

Consumption had me in its grasp;
and l had almost reached the jumping
off place when ! was advised to try
DR.. Kings New Discovery; and want
to say right now, it saved my life.
Improvement began with the first bot
tie, and after taking one dozen bottles
was well and happy man again, ;
says George Moore of Grimesland. N.
c. AS remedy for coughs and colds
and healer of weak, sore lungs and for
preventing pneumonia New Discovery
is supreme. so cents and 81 at all
druggists. Trial bottle free
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24

same time proposes to have the canal
operated ON his own plan good many
years by means of a dam and locks
while the bed of the canal is being
gradually lowered by hydraulic eXcava-
tion. On the other hand. if the great
construction scheme favored by Goe-
thals and Taft shall be carried out at
a cost of $5OO,000,O00, there will be
nothing to prevent the people of the
United States going ahead and spend
ing another S500,000,O00 in. cutting
down the level of the canal until it
becomes merely a wide open channel
, through which the waters of the Pa
cific ocean will flow in a steady cur.
rent. into the Atlantic
Whenever that is accomplished
there will be a large amount of ship
traffic through the canal-hardly soon
er. The American people may waste
a few hundred million in making it
possible for Mr.. Taft to ride across the
isthmus on the deck of a battleship
during his second administration (pro-
vided he shall have one), but there is
no use in talking about hurrying the
construction of the canal we are go
! ing to have in the end--a sea level
canal. That may be opened in 1925
or 1890. A waterway of the temper
'ary type can be opened in 1915. and,
indeed, is quite likely to be-"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24
OLD SOLDIER IN RIDING TEST
Or. J. A. Throckmorton Will Try to
Beat Record Made by Roosevelt.

DR.. J. A Throckmorton of Sidney,
o., is completing arrangements to
make a 100 mile horseback ride in
eighteen hours, thereby hoping to beat
the record recently made by President
Roosevelt in covering ninetyeight
miles in the same length of time: 1t is
the intention of DR.. ThroSkmorton,
who is an old soldier, to utilize six
horses on the trip. The doctor is past
sixty years Of age.
He will first ride from Sidney to
Dayton, a distance of forty miles, and
return ard then ride to Troy, twenty
miles distance. and return, making a
total of 100 miles.
Dr. ThrocllmOrton is Il lover of fine
horses and always has a couple of
Kentucky thoroughbreds in his stables
for riding purposes. He served in the
war. acting as scout in the Union
nrnlv-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24
Getting Down to Sea Level.

The Springfield Republican says in
relation to the determination of
Messrs Roosevelt and Taft to build a
lock canal at Panama, that in case
such canal is ever opened to traffic,
nothing is more likely than that the
next generation will be asked to turn
it into a sea level waterway. One
reason why this is so, and a very
improbable that very large ocean
going steamers will frequently use the
lock canal if it shall be built Mod
crate sized steamers may get through
the six locks without trouble, but when
it comes to taking a vessel of the larg-
est siZe-an ocean giant'-up and
down that flight of monstrous stairs
the owners will probably ask to be
excused from taking the risk.
st has been demonstrated, as Bunan.
Vanilla asserts, that rocky material
such as underlies the canal route
across the isthmus can be much more
cheaply excavated and removed when
it is under water than when it has tc
be hauled away on steam cars. There
fore, even If his plan for sea leve
canal were to be adopted now. We
should have a temporary lock cana
first. This French engineer claim!
that the dam which Goethals propose.
to build will not hold water, but at tn,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24

= Anent the return of the big Ameri-
according to published statistics Great
Britain has more than twice the naval
strength of any nation in the world.
The United States comes next, with
Germany third England has So mod
ern battleships, the United States %,
Germany "a England has 527 other
war vessels of all classes; the United
States ia, Germany 204 England has
99,697 officers and seamen in active
service, the United States 47.75G, Ger
many $4,000. France is fourth and
Japan fifth as to naval strength. Rus
STA was fourth before the late Japan
war, and is rapidly recreating a navy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24
Save Money by Buying Chamberlain
Cough Remedy.

You will pay Just as much for bot
tie of Chamberlain Cough Remedy
as for any of the other cough medi-
cines. but you save money in buying
it. The saving is in what you get, not
what you pay. The sure-to-cure-you
quality is in every bottle of tais rem
edy, and you get good results when
you take it. Neglected colds often de-
velop serious conditions, and when
you buy cough medicine you want 20
be sure you are getting one that will
cure your cold. Chamberlain'S Cough
Remedy always cures. Price, 25 and
so cents a bottle. For sale by all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24
The Argus Daily Short Story
WHEN POLLY THRILLED---BY GRACE MORTON
Copyrighted. 1908. by Associated Literary

Under the raft-thp 'undertow. Oh,
NY Cod screamed the frantic girl. 4
hand of ice seemed to be around her
brow: then suddenly her wits We're
''ear once more. Grabbing up the
heavy safety rope, she tied it around
her waist
Take it." she commanded the boys
sharply. and pull quick when l pull.
l am going under the raft after him.
She slid down in tie green depths
A few strokes TO the left. and she was
in the blan! darkness under the raft
An inStant.S frantic clutching here
and there-and then. thank God. she
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24

HIS CHIN CAME down SHARPLY ON THE
RING.
had the neck Of Ned's bathing suit in
her desperate grasp.
She pulled wildly on the rope. swim
ming and Juggling ut the same time.
The boys answered her. The heavy
edge OF the raft s"raped the girl cruel
" as they tugged. and she had no
strength to clear it. but she held the
inert fern tightly in a half uncon-
scious grip.
Out at last. Oh. that blessed first
gulp of air. lim's cries had brought
the life squad. and willing hands eased
her of her burden, and as they lifted
her into the boat Polly collapsed
Everything was dreamlike after that
until she found herself in bed in her
room ut the hotel. She dimly remem-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24
Willy APACHE CHIEF.
GIir1rses of Geronimo, Cruelest of H.
dian Leaders.

dian Leaders.
AS the chief of the warning Apache
Indians Of the southU estern territories
In pioneer days Geronimo, who recent
Iy died 1T Fort Sill, i'll Lawton. Okla,
gained reputation for cruelty and
cunning never surpassed by that Of
any other AI!erican Indian chief. For
more than twenty years he and his
men were the terror of the United
States, always leaving trail Of blood
shed and devastation. The old chief,
who was nearly ninety years of age,
was captured nany times, but always
got away again until his final capture
in 1886 by Il small command of infan-
try scouts under Captain III. ". Law
ton cater major generaD and Assistant
Surgeon Leonard Wood.
The capture was made in the sum-
mer after long and very trying cam
paign of many months, in which Law
ton and Wood gained a reputation
which will be long remembered in the
annals of the army. In the early years
Of his Imprisonment he made several
attempts to escape.
Geronimo was a Chiricahua Apache,
the son of Chal-o-Row of Mangus- Colo
RADIO, the war chief of the Warm
Spring Apaches, whose career of muir
der and devastation through Arizona,
New Mexico and northern Mexico in
his day almost equaled that of his ter
rible son. According to stories told by
the cid Indian during his last days, he
was crowned war chief of his tribe ut
the early age of sixteen. For many
years he followed the lead of old Co
chise, the hereditary chief Of the
Apaches, who died i'll 1875 and was
succeeded by Natchez. his son, who,
however, was soon displaced by Ge-
ronimo with his: superior cunning for
the Indian method of warfare.
After trailing the band led by Ge-
ronimO for more than ten years Gen
eral Crook would probably have cap
tured him in 1875 had he not been
transferred TO duty among the Utes
| just as success seemed to be near a;
hand. For seven years after this the
! situation in the southwest was the
worst ever faced by the settlers
Cr0ok WAS sent back in 1883. A. large
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24

Secretary Knox, who makes $250,00O
per year in his law practice gives it
up for cabinet position at $4,000 PEE
year. Somebody has called attention
to this as case of patriotism. Aspir-
alton for the honor and love of the
power. probably season the patriotism
to a degree.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24

The government of Mexico has voted
an appropriation of $4,000 for mon
ument to humble hero-Jesus Garcia,
locomotive engineer. Garcia, year
ago bravely hooked his engine to a
burning car filled with dynamite and
hauled it out of Nacazari. Mexico. He
saved the town from disaster, but was
blown to pieces himself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24

Congressman Rainey has made an
other speech on the Panama question
in reply to critics. Rainey adds moth
ing new beyond darkly limiting that he
is loaded and at an unexpected mo-
ment will fire another broadside. He
furthermore says that he gets his in-
formation direct from Panama. II
there really has been graft, there will
be divers and sundry persons sweating
blood until Rainey uncorks again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24

The Des Moines, Iowa, Tribune, as
serts that the White house barber, who
is drawing salary of $1,000 a year,
is perhaps the only man in the coun-
try who can make Mr.. Roosevelt keep
his mouth shut.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24

The sugar trust is charged with
cheating the government out of the
tariff on 100000 pounds of sugar.
However, to thus expose it is of course
a needless blow at business and reck-
less fostering of class hatred,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24

The objection to a cold storage
law is that it would hurt business"
to mark the food that has been kept
in the refrigerators. People have no
buying
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24

Now that Washington's birthday has
passed and the fleet is home, the next
important event in the nations history
incident to the incoming of Taft will
be the exit of Roosevelt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24
What to Do When Bilious.

The right thing to do when you feel
bilious is to take dose of Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
They will cleanse the stomach and reg,
ulate the liver and bowels. Try it.
Price. % cents. Samples free at all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24

In the Russian douma it is planned
to build 1879 primary schools
throughout the country. After they
have been working few years they
will do more to grab despotism by
the throat and to tell it where it gets
off than all the bombs that can be
thrown by the most industrious
terrorist
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24
Narrow Escape.

"There is the man who invented {
new breakfast food
'What did they do to him?"
Nothing
'Do the police know about it?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24
Wednesday, February "a, 1909.

Kansas has gone so far as to pass a
law to prevent the sale of alcoholic
liquors for any purpose whatever, even
to the filling of prescriptions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24

You never hear the possessors Of
riches maligning them. 1t is the fel-
low that hasn't got them that knows
so much about their undesirable quail
tiles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24

1t is as hard to keep on good terms
with a hysterical, egotistical woman
as it is for her to keep on good terms
with her temper.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24

Watching some one else take his
punishment should teach us to be
careful and not get caught
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24

Annual Renoinder.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24

According to her husbands way Of
looking at it, the smaller the bill the
more scrumptior the hat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24
Humor ana Philosophy
By DUNCAN N. SMITH =.
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Anyway, it is sometimes some relief
Just to think of all the mean things
we dare not call a man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24

The less you hear about some peo-
pie the better you like them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24
cheap PIeasure

Cheap Pleasure.
'Do you believe In the ground hOgf1
"Yes, / guess So"
"Why do your
"Well, it doesn't cost anything to be,
lieve in HIM"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24
Clever Boy.

"What have you been doing all morn,
'ng?" asked the irate employer.
Missing my train," responded thA
truthful youth J
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24
Good Proof.

HE may be great editor, but he -
no judge of poetry"
How do you known
sent him some"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24

One good way to weaken the rascals
is to keep honest yourself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-24
TEE ARGUS.

BY THE J. w. POTTER co.