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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-17
SUMNER LEGUzNES
Bulletin From the State Department of Agriculture

Business men hurrying through
life seldom consider the myriads of
microscopic organisms called bacte~
ria notwithstanding they know them
harmful or helpful. The ones to be
called to our attention are extremely
helpful They live on the roots of
the pants known as legumes, and
have a peculiar power of extracting
nitrogen from the soil air, and stor-
ing it in the plant. The legumes Of
economic importance to us are cow
peas, soy beans, velvet beans, clover,
yetch and peanuts
1t is not too late to provide con-
siderable nitrogen for next years
crop Of corn and cotton In the COM
mercial form nitrogen costs 20
cents and more a pound, and the
corn and cotton crops feed heavily
upon this element A 40-bushel crop
OF corn requires "a pounds of nitro
gen. If proper paintings are made
this amount of nitrogen can be got
ten from the atmosphere before next
years crop is planted. A crop of
Wv pCSo ylC4NllSo q I''l Vi nay W III
gather 43 pounds of nitrogen per
acre in parts above ground, while
soy beans contain more nitrogen
than cow peas. Make free use of
COW peas and soy beans this summer
Soy beans are little known, but are
very valuable summer legume
| They grow erect, and unlike the COW
peas are more accommodating to late
planting; that is, the long maturing
varieties shorten their period OF
| growth materially when planted in
July The mammoth yellow seems
to be the most reliable, and the best
suited variety for all conditions
When cow peas and soy beans are
sown for seed or for grazing with
hogs they should be sown in 24-inch
drills and cultivated two or three
times. This method reduces the
amount of seed required more than
one-half. In South Georgia the vel
vet bean stands premier. 1t is 6
greedy gatherer of nitrogen. and i,
one OF the greatest soil rejuvenator.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-17

A healthy man is king in his
own right; an unhealthy man is an
unhappy slave. BurdOck Blood Bit
ters builds up sound health-keeps
you well.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-17
POE LETTER SOLD FOR $1.7Oo.
He Never Drank Save When Going.
Out Into Society.

OuI IntO society.
One of the most notable features
of the weeks sessions at the Poe sale
in New York was an autograph letter
of Edgar Allen Poe, which brought
$1,700. The letter is dated Febru-
airy 20, 1848, and has never before
been published. In it Poe says in
reply to the assertion that his habits
were shockingly irregular:
The fact is that my habits are alb
.stemious and | omit nothing of the
natural regimen for health. | rise
early, eat moderately, drink nothing
but water and take abundant and
regular exercise in the open air. But
this is my private life, and, of course.
escapes the eye of the world.
The desire for society comes unon
me only when l have become excited
by drink. Then only l go-that is. at
these times only l have been in the
practice of going among my friends,
VINO seldom, or, in fact, never have
seen me unless excited, and take if
for granted that | am ALWAYS ca
Those that really know me know bet-
ter"
Inc letter should make a chance
IN the work of future biogranhere
OF Poe, as it gives his own exnIana-
tlon OF the charge of drunken habit
made against him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-17

known to this section. Its use should
be more general on sandy lands.
Peanuts are used extensively in
the south, and add considerable nj
trogen to the soil. The cotton yield
can be materially increased if the
poor lands are put in legumes rather
than put in money crops which will
be taken from the SOIL thereby still
further depicting it's fertility. Clio
yers that grow in the summer will
add much to the fertility and reduce
the labor and expense of getting free
nitrogen from the air. more gen
erous and judicious use of legumes
will increase the crop production of
Georgia several fold, and the cost
will not be felt. J. B. HITE.
Director of Agricultural Extension.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-17
THE NEW BUG IDENTIFIED
Government Expert Has Classified
the TatnalI County Pest as
Cow Pea WeeViI.

WASHINGTON.-The insects that
have been working havoc in the cot
ton fields of Tattnall county are not
boil weevils, according to Entomolo-
gist Howard Of the department of
agriculture They are COW pea Vice.
wills, but frequently prey on cotton,
especially if cotton is grown on land
which was previously planted in peas.
The parasite is, however, far from
harmless, says DR.. Howard. 1t is
capable of doing much harm to cot
ton. He says there is nothing which
can be done to exterminate the Wee
vii except to hand-pick the cotton.
This, he admits, is a hopeless task.
There is no prospect of serious
damage to the cotton crop of Tattnall
county except for short periods over
limited areas, says DR.. Howard in
a letter to Congressman Edwards.
/ There may be some comfort in this,
although it will probably be poor
consolation to the farmers whose
fields are now being actually dam
aged
The bugs bore into the young cot
ton stalks, causing them to wither
and die DR.. Howard, upon hearing
of the pests, Immediately commune
Gated with E. L. WOrsham, state en-
tomOlOgist of Georgia, with the re-
quest that he proceed to Claxton i'm
mediately and look into the situa-
ton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-17
REFUSED 500 FOR SOW.
Calhoun County Man Making Money
Raising Fine TamwOrth Hogs.

Here is more evidence of the prof
it in raising fine hogs in and around
Arlington. Mr.. J. w Talley the 9th,
er day returned a check for 500 to
E. L. Bell of Americas which was of
fered him for one of his Tamworth
sows and her litter of pigs but a
few days old. Mr.. Bell learned in
some way that Mr. Talley breeds the
thoroughbred, and evidently believed
the 800 check would induce him
to part with real value of nearly
double that amount, but Mr.. Bell has
by this time learned better. Mr..
Talley shipped Tuesday morning to
Mr.. j. H. Sealey of Cuthbert a pair
the last Of a former litter-of his
Tamworth pigs, for which he receiv-
ed $40. Now, with the demand at
those prices for pigs it can be seen
that the offer of Mr. Bell was some
what low.-Calhoun County Courier.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-17
WORLDS MOST FAMOUS COW.

She's in Missouri, and Gives Fifty
Two Quarts of Milk Daily.
The most famous COW in the world
now has her home on the premises
of the Missouri State College of Ag-
riculture. This is Josephine. the
most talked-about lady of her own
rank in society of the present day.
Pages of magazines and columns of
newspapers have been filled with the
wonderful achievements of Joseph
inc. The records, as vouched for by
her owners, state that Josephine
gives fifty-two to fffty-four quarts of
milk a day. The butter from her
milk, if it We're all utilized in this
way, would supply forty people three
times day. 1t is further stated that
her milk, if turned into revenue.
would yield a sum of from twelve to
fourteen hundred dollars a year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-17

Honey Boy, the best self-risin o
flour. Try it. '''ii 8
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-17
IS AFTER ANOTHER TRAIN
PRESENT SEABOARD SCHEDULE
DOESN'T SUIT ALBANY.
Will Ask Railway Commission to Re-
quire Road to Run Another Be
tween There and Columbus.

/ lhSCh AAACLN anu
The present schedule of the Sea-
board Air Line railroad doesn't suit
Albany, and the railroad commission
is going to be appealed to in an Ell
fort to have it fixed so it will.
The Columbus Ledger says that
President T. S. Methvin of the Co.
lumbus Board of Trade has received
letter from the Albany Board of
Trade notifying him that an effort
will be made to have the railroad
commission of the state to require
the SeabOard Air Line railroad 10
put on another train between the two
towns The letter asked the cooper
alton of the Columbus Board of
Trade in the undertaking, as that
city would be equally as much af-
fected as would Albany.
As it is now there is only one pas
senger train day over the road,
and it leaves Columbus about 10
o'clock in the morning for Dawson
and Albany, and returning reaches
the former city at 5:25 in the after
noon. 1t is desired, it is understood,
to ask for another train, so that one
will leave and arrive in the morning
and afternoon at both places.
The SeabOard has a train into CO.
lumbus in the morning from Rich
land, Americas and intermediate
points, returning in the afternoon
but the Albany people want one to
go as far down as their town.
Mr.. Methvin states that he will
take the matter up with the proper
committee from the Board of Trade,
as Columbus is always interested
in having as many trains into the
city in a day as possible.
1t might be we'll for Dawson to
take notice and protect her interests
if it should become necessary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-17

noted it on their growing cotton, but
little attention was paid to the new
pest until 1894 Then its attack
along the Gulf coast country began
to cause some alarm, and the gov
eminent sent down an expert or so
from Washington to look over the
situation. 1t took but a day or so
of observations to show the inspector
that here was a new and decidedly
I dangerous menace to the greatest
crop of the south. 1t spread then
/ Just as it has been spreading ever
since. The snout-nOsed bug spread
/ his wings, arose from the ground at
nightfall and Grifted with the wind
until daylight. Then he came to
earth in the nearest cotton field, and
/ in a few months, with the aid of his
comrades and numerous progeny, an
other part of the kingdom of cotton
was feeling his attack.
Never Abandons It's Ground.
The boil weevil never gives up
field that he has once conquered.
SO long as there is a single individ-
ual left after a severe winter the
field is never free from them. They
winter in corn shocks, barns, straw
stacks, in hollow logs, under tree
bark, in old rails and a thousand
other places. Millions of them die
of frost, some are destroyed by fire,
but thousands of them get through
the cool months and are ready for
business in the spring. The first of
the warm days bring them out by
dc HY.u+
month sees millions of them in the
air. They come from every part of
the fields and the neighboring woods.
Many of them crawl out of the earth
where they have lain hidden and
asleep in grass roots, dead and half
buried cotton stalks and old stumps
As soon as it is warm enough for
the green stalks of the cotton to be-
gin growing the weevil comes out
and takes a look around Of the first
Matching Of Weevils millions die The
hot winds of Oklahoma kill both the
weevil and the cotton stalk, and
farther south hordes of them die be-
cause of the hot beams of the sun.
AS soon as the cotton leaves get
large enough to make little patches
VI 0hduSS DGIW6Gu TIE rows the Wee
vii is ready for the serious business
of the year. Then the attack begins
in earnest, as he loves shade and
moderate temperature, and does bet
ter in the warm moisture that he
finds where the ground is not too
open to the sunlight.
When the boil weeyil reaches Vir-
ginia and the Carolinas its conquest
of the continent will be complete.
There will be no more fields for the
snout-nosed beetle to conquer. It
feeds on the cotton plant, and that
plant alone, and if it increases in
number it can only do so by doub-
ling back upon the territory already
over-run. Travelling eastward at an
average of SO miles a year not many
seasons will elapse before it reaches
the seaboard, if the advance remains
unchecked.
The United States has already
spent one and quarter million dol
lars in the fight against the Mexican
boil weevil. The last congress an
propriaeed $350,00O to aid in the
battles o feastern states against it
The agricultural department calls it
the most menacing insect in the
United States today.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-17
MULES CHEAPER THAN MEN,
And Therefore Can Be Used With
More Profit on the Farm

Good farming cannot be done with
man to every mule; the man costs
100 much to use in such a way. Two
mules cost less than two men. and
with the two mules the one man can
DO more than two. One mans labor
IN the northwest produces over $500
year One mans labor in the cot
ton section under the tenant system
produces less than 5000 a year, be-
cause the man in the northwest uses
more horsepower and better imple-
ments.-W. F. Massey in Raleigh
On. 60 Progressive Farmer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-17

The Doll weevil, like the English
sparrow and the Hessian fly is an
importation. Many of the old plant
ers around Brownsville, Texas, are
certain that it came across the Rio
'Grande in 1892. They claim to have
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-17
1t Startled the World

"hen the astounding claims were
frst made for Bucklen's Arniea
SalVe, but forty years of wonderfnl
cures have proved them true and
everywhere it is now known as the
best salve on earth for burns. hollis
scaIds, sores, cuts, bruises, spraine
sWelllngs, eczema chapped hands
FEVER sores and piles. Only % cts
at Dawson Drug Co.'S. 10
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
5S5,74s SCHOOL CHILDREN
Number Shows Increase of 1892 Over Last Year, According to
 Departments Figures.

Little Rock, Aug. 24.-The total school population of the state, as estimated yesterday by J. L. Bond, deputy superintendent of public in- struction, shows a healthy increase over that of last year, the increase being ii,892, or about per cent. Many counties of the state showed a larger increase in school population than others, among such being Mis- sissippi, Lee, Jefferson, Crittenden and Chicot. The increase in pulas- Xii county is about 400.
 These figures were secured from the annual reports of the county examiners and county superintend- ents, and the state apportionment of the common school funds will be made next month by the State Board of Education, which will con- yene at the office of the superin- tendent of public instruction.
 The school population of the state is as follows: White male 2i0,266; white female 200,965; total white children 4if,23i; negro male children 86,084; negro female chil- dren 88,4i9; total i74,503, the grand total being 585,734. The grand to- tai last year was 573,s42, an increase of 1892. The number of school districts in the state are reported to be 5,i2s66, i2s66 aithoasslh. eena!y eay g. s5,ttn re- ported.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
.Sl,S7O MEN LET OUT
 BY RAILROAD LINES
Aggregate Saving of Ninety Four Million of Dollars in Operating Expenses Accomplished
 Cause of Much Trouble.

Chicago, Aug. 29.--7Aceording to a report made public here today, the railroads of America have in the past year dismissed from their ser- vice 8i,870 men, effecting a saving in operating expenses of about $9i,- 100000.
 This result, says the same report, was the outcome of the refusal of the interstate commerce commits sion to grant permission to the roads to put into effect scale of increased freight rates, and if is also stated that the discharge of this great number of employees is in part responsible for the present feeling of unrest on the part of railroad employees in all parts of the country.
 Few except those intimately con- nected with the operation of rail- roads have had any idea that con- ditions were such as 10 necessitate the discharge of nearly 100000 men by the various systems, and even smaller was the idea of the people who knew that so many men had been let out. The report was issued only after painstaking and unusually careful compiling of fig- ures from authoritative sources, and is accepted at it's face value by all railroad officials themselves, as well as everybody else concerned.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
COLONIzE 100000
 ACRES IN PIKE co.
Cutover Lands Pass From Lumber Companies Into Hands of Ac- tual Settlers by Option or
 by Purchase.

Murfreesboro, Aug. 27.-Upward of 100000 acres of cutover lands have passed by option or purchase from the ownership of lumber com panies into the hands of settlers or colonization companies in Pike county in the past six months. These lands comprise some of the finest farming and orchard lands in the
 ounty and state. According to esti- males recently made by Engineer Graham Burnham of this city, who has been engaged in charting the lands, fully 85 per cent of these lands are suitable for agricultural purposes, and the balance good grass lands or land occupied by run aing streams. Five large and well Snown colony companies located at Tulsa, Ok, Kansas City, Chicago and Denver, who have taken over the lands, are preparing to put the
 lands on the market the coming year, but, already anticipating the
 immense amount of advertising and colonizing these companies will do for this section, a small tide of prospectors and Investigating set tlers is beginning to be noticeable in Murfreesboro, and quite an ac- tivity in both town property and land begins to show on the daily records,
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
STATE TAX SUIT SETTLED.
Attorney General N0rwO0d Succeeds
 Tn Securing $1,000.

Little Rock, Aug. 29.--Attorney General II. L. Norwood, who has re- turned from Baker Springs much improved in health, stated yesterday that the case of the state of Ar kansas vs. the Chapman-Dewey Lumber Company, which was suit for back taxes, held in the Poinsett Chancery court, has been settled, and a judgment has been rendered for Si,000, which was decided upon as the amount due for back taxes.
 The suit was begun by the at torney general, who claimed that the company had not made a com plete assessment of it's property, The sum of Si 900 was finally agreed upon as an equitable settlement and the case was dismissed. The money derived from the suit will go 10 the state, the county of Poinsett town of Marked Tree, road district and school district.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
THE LOG SCHOOL
 HOUSES DISAPPEAR
Crude Little Buildings Are Rapidly Being Replaced With More Comfortable Structures-State
 Buildings Rank High.

Little Rock, Aug. 28.-Not one
 log school house has been erected in Arkansas in the past five years, the little red brick school house be- coming the rage in all sections of the state. There are now out i03 of the old log school houses in Ar kansas and many of these are still standing ready for use in an emer- gency, but at all other times the brick school houses are being used. From the reports sent in by county examiners there has been much building of school houses in Ar kansas during the past year. There have been 302 school buildings erected in Arkansas during the past year, more than one for each school day of the year. The total value of the new schools is $667, ,55354, or an average of $22i0 for each build ing, which is much higher than the average value of school buildings in many of the old eastern states.
 Deputies in the office of the sup erintendent of public instruction have been working upon the annual reports for some days, and while they have not completed the total ing of all items, they have uncov- cred some very interesting facts. The school population for 1909 was 557, ,l68, and increased to 573,S42 in 1910, and this year it is 585.73t. The total number of schosl houses in 1909 was 6,i82, and this year 6,306. While the number of buildings was high this year, next year will prob ably exceed the present one in val ue of new buildings, so many fine big brick school buildings now be- ing in the course of construction.
 The value of new buildings in 1909 was S452, 30; in 1910 it was $l5i, ,t8766, against $667, ,553.54 of 1911. The total value of the school property of the state in 1909 was $6,067, ,54260, and in 1910 it was S6,939, ,320.52, against $7,88i ,855.92 for this year.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
EGGER'S 5. I. LEAGUE
Contest in Arithmetic and Spelling Drew Hundreds-A Def to
 Other Schools.

The School Improvement League, which was recently organized at Egger, held it's first meeting at the Cherry Hill school house last Fri day night. Tn spite of the threat ening weather, over four hunderd people were in attendance, several wagon loads coming from Montgom- cry county.
 It was hard to tell which was the more interesting, arithmetic or spelling, but excitement ran high in each case. The arithmetic contest came first with Cherry Hill against Hillard and Midway. For awhile no one could tell how the result would be, and it seemed as If they were evenly matched, until Sharp philpot of Cherry Hill got the lead and held it until near the end, when he was seated, and Bonday Harmon completed the contest of the two best of three and Cherry Hill was declared the winner.
 It was planned to have Highland assist the Egger school, but they could not be present, so 1t was nec- essary to pit one against two. How ever, New Hope and Highland Will both enter at the next meeting.
 The spelling was even closer than the arithmetic, and no one knew ex- cept the score keepers who was winning. When the time was up and the score examined 1t showed 20 to 2i in favor of the Cherry Hill school. Two pupils, Miss Glenn Wal ker and Master Robert Thornton, from Midway and Egger respective ly. went through the entire contest without missing a word.
 On account of the unfavorable weather the debate and other fea- lures were carried over to the neyi meeting, which will be held at the same place in connection with the old time spelling match for old peo- pie. Every school in reach IS in- vited to join the league, and if schools from other parts of the county wish to contest with us we will arrange to meet them on the half way ground OF at any agreed place. J. B. Earle. Egger, Aug. 2S, 1911.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
WAS A BIG AUGUST RAIN
Over Five Inches Registered in 36 Hiours-Filled Waterworks
 Ditches.

From o'clock Saturday evening to : a. m. Monday morning the gov- ernment rain gauge registered 5.O3 inches precipitation. Of this amount i.27 inches fell Saturday night and Sunday. The balance, 3.76 inches fell between if o'clock Sun day night and '. a. III. Monday From a. III. Monday tIll F00n, .l3 ln;in,, iu'r had fail en. The rain was little hard on the ditches which had been dug for the new waterworks system. They all had water in them and had caved in some places. The one which crosses Ward creek on Mena street caught a part of the creeks flow and carried it for two blocks, where 1t ran over and went down Church avenue