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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-25

sect enemies of the boil weevil. The
Ilst now includes forty-nine forms.
OF winch forty-siX are parasites in
the true sense-that is. dependen+
upon the boil weevil for furnishing
food for their young, because their
eses are deposited upon the weevil-
andS tWenty-three are predatory spe-
cles, which merely devour the boil
WeeVlI, but do not deposit their eggs
upon or in it.
during the season of 1909 a note
worthy advance was made by means
OF a poison. The credit of this
achievement belongs to Wilmon
Newell OF the State Crop Pest Com
mission Of Louisiana. In the exne-
rlments with paris green for the de-
structlOn OF the boil weevil carried
on IN previous seasons it was found
that the number reached by poison
could be increased greatly if a SUBJ
stance much finer than paris green
could be obtained. Arsenate of lead
was the poison that was selected.
Very large quantities of arsenate of
lead may be applied to growing
plants without any injury whatever.
In the use of paris green the pres
ence OF small amount of free ar
sen1c causes considerable damage
to cotton plants if it is applied at
the rate of as little as five pounds to
the acre. Mr.. Newell succeeded in
having an entirely new form of ar
senate of lead made by one of the
manufacturers of insecticides. The
substance is an exceedingly fine pow
der that can be forced into the buds,
and even into the covering of the
squares of the cotton plant to a far
greater extent than a comparatively
coarse powder like paris green. The
preparation of this form of arsenate
OF lead consequently obviated two
important difficulties that attended
the use of paris green-that is, the
danger of burning the plants by
large applications and the difficulty
in forcing the substance into parts
where it would be taken up by the
insect. Thus the foundation was
laid for very greatly increasing the
mortality that had previously been
obtained from the use of another
poison.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-25
LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM
The Birthplace of the Savior as 1t
Is Today.

The Bethlehem of today stands on
the site of the Savior's birth, writes
Frank G. Carpenter 1t is on the
top and side of a hill. 1t is a mass
OF box-like one, two and three-story
houses built along winding streets,
which here and there are arched by
the houses. The building material
is from the limestone Quarries near
by, and the town has many quarry
men and masons. Entering we find
the business parts made up of cave
like stores and rude workshops, in
which the Bethlehemites are making
the rssaries, crosses and articles of
wood and mOther-of-pearl for sale
TO the tourists and pilgrims. Fully
half of the population is engaged in
this business, the rosaries being
shipped from there to all parts of
the world. They are sold to Moham-
medans and christians There are
also many crucifixes of ivory and
articles of olive wood made and sold
for shipment abroad. The people
are thrifty and they seem well-to-do.
The town is the cleanest in Pales-
tine, and it's natives have an indie
pendent spirit, which you do not find
in Jerusalem. There are compare
lively few paupers, nearly every res
ldent OF the town supporting him
self.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-25
WHY WERE BULLS PASSED up?
Congressman Craig Wants to Know,
and So Asks Congress to Probe
Department of Justice.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-An inves-
tigation of the department of justice
to determine why it has instituted
no prosecutions of the cotton and
wheat manipulators of 1909 and
1910 is requested in a joint resolu-
ton introduced in the house today
by Representative Craig of Alabama.
1t calls for joint committee with
full power to summon witnesses, ex-
anime papers and records and COM
pei witnesses to testify. The reso-
luton directs an investigation into
the administration and conduct of
the department of justice, it's bu-
reaus, officers and employees, touch
ing upon the prosecution or failure
to prosecute persons, CORPORATIONS
or combinations for violation of the
antitrust law.
The Craig resolution asks the COM
mittee to particularly make an in
Vestigation of the failure of the de-
partment to make an Investigation
and prosecute any person for the
violation of law in illegally conspir-
ing to control the price of wheat by
advancing or raising the same in the
spring and summer of 1909; and a
like failure to prosecute any person
for violating said law in illegally
conspiring to control the price of
cotton by reducing or lowering the
same during the fall, spring and
summer of 1910"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-25

summation, and your Sanative Wash re-
neYea me. Your Liver Pills have no
G4ua6 as cathartic. ANY one wishing
poor OF what your medicines have
G c,i.t LOT me can get it from any drug
s 5I5 or by writing to me. You can use
dry tfeSt!l,mlIonial in any way you wish,
% gu VIII be glad to answer letters. -
DIS DIS. CHRISTINA REED, 105 Mound St.,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-25
AVTATORS NOT IN 1T.
Birds Still Champion When 1t Comes
to FeatS of Flight,

to Feats of Flight.
Wonderful as may appear the fact
that young storks tagged in central
Europe have been identified in the
TransVaal, where they were winter
ing, it is no more so than incidents
of every fall migration of North
American birds.
Even the storks, however, hold no
distance record. There are birds
that breed regularly north of the
Arctic circle and quite as regularly
pass the winter down near the point
of South America. Few of the mi
gratory birds travel less than 1000
miles, and some go as far as 1000.
The golden plover, for instance, is
known to make the $500 miles be-
tween Nova Scotia and the northern
part of South America in a single
flight over the sea, though it returns
in the spring by the land route. An
other long water flight is that of
1000 miles from Alaska to the Ha-
waiian Islands, which is made twice
a year by five kinds of shore birds.
Though none of these is a sea bird
it is possible that sometimes there
may be rest on the water when the
ocean is quiet enough.
Usually the migratory course is
tolerably straight, but the sharp
tailed sandpiper has a curious way
OF zigzagging. 1t breeds on the north
coast of Siberia, then goes over to
Alaska for the autumn, and back
again to Asia. Next it Visits China
and Japan. finally flying down to
Australia for the winter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-25
WILL SPEND THOUSANDS.
Rich Patron of Pennsylvania Road
Wants to Recover Sum of S2.18.

Rich Patron of Pennsylvania Road
Wants to Recover Sum of $2.16.
Alton S. Miller, president of the
Union Electric and Power Co.. of
St. Louis, has been made the defend
ant in a justice suit for $2.16. The
plaintiff is the Pennsylvania railroad
company, and the defendant declares
he will spend $4,000 if necessary
to defeat the case.
No declaration has been filed in
the case, but according to Mr.. Miller
a reservation on a Pullman car be-
tween Philadelphia and Bellmar, n.
j., last summer which he refused to
pay for because he did not get it
was tn cause. He said he was oblig-
ed to stand up all the way.
my determination is not to pay
first-class fare when l had to stand.
I will fight this case up to the Unit
ed States supreme court, and if nee
essary I'll spend $4,000" says Mr..
Miller.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-25
Arsenate of Lead.

In 1909 the State Crop Pest Com
mission had thirteen experiments
with powdered arsenate of lead at
different places, comprising over for
ty-six acres. The poison was applied
at from l to 81 pounds per acre. In
different experiments from one to
ten applications were made. In all
but one of these experiments an in
creased crop was obtained that re-
suited in profit, after deducting the
expense incurred, which varied from
a few cents to $23 per acre. In the
one experiment which did not result
in a net profit an increased yield of
12l pounds of seed cotton per acre
was obtained. The very large
amount of poison used in this case
D pounds per acre, involved such an
expense that this increased yield was
not sufficient to offAet it. In the
experiments in which from ten to
twenty-three pounds of the poison
per acre were used in from five to
seven applications the net profit ran
from $3.50 to $685. per acre. The
most profitable amount of the poison
to be used seems thus to be indicat-
ed, although the conclusions from
the preliminary work may be chang
ed as the result of further investi-
cations.
1t is important to note that the
very encouraging results obtained
by Mr.. Newell were in experiments
in which the application of the pois-
on was made either by one of his
representatives or under this repre-
sentatiVe's direction. A large part
of the efficacy of arsenate of lead
seems to be due in the thoroughness
of the application. 1t is therefore
to be supposed that under the prac-
teal conditions obtained on planta-
lions it may not be possible to OBJ
tain as successful results as those in
some of the experiments described.
1t does not detract from the high
value of Mr.. Newell's discovery to
state that all the experiments that
have been performed indicate most
clearly that powdered arsenate of
lead is not an absolute specific for
the WeeVil in the sense that it can
not be relied upon to the omission
or neglect of other means Of control.
The early fall destruction Of the cot
ton plants is undoubtedly condition
necessary to the successful use of
the poison. Likewise the other steps
in the system of control advocated
by the bureau of entomology are not
minimized by the Importance of the
present discovery. At most the pois-
on merely places another means of
control at the command of the plant
er. Everything indicates that it will
be an important means. The system
Of control in use has been to a GER
tain extent a combination of expert
ments for avoiding damage rather
than of ways of actually killing the
weevils. In fact, the early fall de-
structiOn of the weevils by burning
the plants has been the only i'm
portant and generally applicable di-
rect means at the command of the
planter. Powdered arsenate of lead
is especially important as a direct
means of killing weevils that may
be applied at a season in which hith-
ertO no important means of a direct
nature had been available, Extern
sive work, that is now being plann-
ed, it is hoped will lead to definite
recommendations as to the proceed
ure to be followed in the use of the
g. 4 l, 49,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-25
LEVEL-HEADED YOUNG COUPLE.
A Little Tale of Rich Young People,
Love and Directing Parents.


James Watson Webb, son of DR..
Seward Webb and grandson of Com
modore Vanderbilt, married Miss
Electra Havemeyer, daughter of the
sugar magnate, not long ago. The
parents of the young people were OPP
posed to the match. They made a
kick and told the young people that
they were disowned, and might go
out and hustle for themselves. "All
right, said the young people; that
suits us. You don't have to stand
by US ii you don't want to. We can
stand for ourselves" So young
Webb went to Chicago and got a Job
as clerk in railroad office at SIS
month. They lived in a little cot
tage on a side street, and the bride
did the cooking and the housekeep-
ing and did it mighty we'll Webb
punched the time-clock at 8 every
morning and did his eight hours
just like the rest of the fellows. and
things were going happily in the
little cottage. Then came a change.
The bride got a letter from lawyer
saying that she had fallen heir to
$4,O25, 125, and that it was imme-
diately available. Did young Webb
go on punching the time-clock, and
did the bride continue to haste the
roast and sweep the floors? No, in
deed; they quit instanter and went
to living like rich people who know
how to live we'll without being fool
ish. The moral of which is that they
are quite level-headed young people.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-25
CHUNG TO DEAD BABE.
Mother Arrested After Carrying Body
About Whole Day.


Mrs. Anne Koottoothe, 10 years
old, wife of a farmer, is under arrest
at Norwalk, Ohio, following the dis
covery that for two days she had
been carrying about the body of her
24-day-old child.
According to the woman's story
the child died while she was on a
railroad train Monday night.
She slept with the dead body that
night in hotel in Chicago June
ton and carried it about with her
Tuesday until the evening, when she
brought it to an undertaken.
The undertaken became suspicious
and informed the coroner, who or
dered the woman's arrest.
Pretty line of stationery at Mas
wOrthy's Pharmacy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-25
Another Operation Avoided.

foNew Orleans, La.--''For years 1 suf-
I Urea from severe female troubles.
+ ~ lna3lly l was confined to my bed and
s Tue doctor said an operation was neces-
SaaIy; gave Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
liable Compound trial first, and
' saved from an operation. Mrs.
66I my PEYRoUx, 111 Kerlerec ST., New
3; The great volume of unsolicited teg-
sInoiny constantly pouring in proves
yylG.lclusIyely that Lydia e. Pinkhams
" eSgetable Compound is a remarkable
ii}ginsedy for those distressing feminine
LIS from which SO many women suffer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-25
NEW ENEMY OF THE BOIL WEEVIL
Anate of Lead Aids in Fight the Cotton Pest Insect
Enemies of Weevil Also Discovered

-,,,eJTNGTON, D. eff there
49,. who doubts that the boil wee
,, is actively at work, that it is
,.,- the most dangerous parasite
r.sno+sry Wilson has had to deal
18th in many a long year, and that
no+bing short of his complete eradi-
ao+fon will save the cotton fields of
.ho south let him read the record,
sootained in the following story. of
tba last few years. Discussing pres
.,+ conditions experts who have just
hoon over the ground say that the
irfosred area in Texas covers all ex-
oon+ the western cotton producing
.orntias which in recent years have
oon+rfbuted increasingly to the crop
of the state. Practically all Of
Louisiana is within the infested ter
ri+orv In Mississippi 23 counties are
more or less infected; in Arkansas
% and in Oklahoma Is. Of the to-
taI cotton acreage in the states con-
onrned the weevil is found in 80 per
cent in Texas, 80 per cent in Ar
Kansas, % per cent in Mississippi,
a. per cent in Oklahoma, and prac-
tcaIlv 100 per cent in Louisiana.
The area comprises very nearly 80
ner cent of the cotton acreage in
the United States in the year 1909,
or 81 per cent of the total number
of square miles found in the cotton
belt In other words, a portion of
the infested territory includes reIa-
lively a greater acreage devoted to
cotton than the remainder of the
belt
Insect Enemies of Weevil.
The insect enemies of the weevil
are practically dependent upon it
for food. Therefore any conditions
that affect the weevil adversely over
a large extent of territory also affect
the parasites. On this account the
work of the insect enemies of the
boil weeyil in 1909 was not at all
conspicuous. Nevertheless, impor-
tant advances were made in the stud
les of the practical utilization of
these enemies of the weevil. One
parasite that has attacked the wee
vii in Texas may have extended it's
range to the Mississippi river, and
another hitherto apparently re-
stricted to the eastern portion of
Louisiana has been found in Texas.
There can be no absolute certainty
that these species actually have ex-
tended their range, but at any rate
they were found over unexpectedly
large areas. The fact that they do
not appear to be restricted to GER
tain regions, as seemed at first to
be the case, undoubtedly serves to
increase their potential Importance
as enemies of the boil weevil.
In spite of the most unfavorable
conditions the parasites caused q
considerable weeyil mortality. The
average total control of the boil Wee
VII by its insect enemies through the
season of 1909 was 16 per cent. The
total is smaller than in preceding
years, but this is clearly due to the
adverse conditions in the infested
areas that have been described. 1t
IS very noticeable that the work of
the parasites in hanging squares was
considerable. 1t ranged in Texas
from 46 to 54 per cent. That is
nearly half of the weevil stages
found in hanging squares were de-
Btroyed by natural means.
New Enemies Found.
The work of the year added sew
eraI species to the list of known in
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-25
Old Soldier Tortured.

'For years suffered unspeakable
torture from indigestion, constipa-
ton and liver trouble" wrote A.
K. Smith a war veteran at Erie, Pa,
but DR.. Kings New Life Pills fixed
me all right. They are simply great :"
Try them for any stomach, liver or
kidney trouble. Only 25 cents at
Dawson Drug Cos.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-25
Human Life,

Average duration of human life is
SO years. One-quarter of the people
die by the SEVENTEEN year; half be-
fore they reach the seventeenth. Of
every 1000 persons one reaches 100
years, six in 100 reach IS, and 1 in
500 so In the world there are 80
deaths a minute.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-25

dies have done for
me. For two years
l suffered. The doc
tors said l had tu-
mOrs, and the only
remedy was the sur
geon's knife. My
mother bought me
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V e ge t a Bile Com
pound, and today I
am a healthy We
man. For months
7 cn@OroJ frnro -,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-25
SAVED
FROM AN
OPERATION
BY Lydia E. Pinkham's
vegetable Compound

=, Peoria, Ill.-'I wish to let every one
know what Lydia Z. Pinkham's RENE
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-01

ID. II. ElNLEY, j. p,
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-01

1T is expensive to learn to fiy.' said
Clifford Harmon at Mineola. Your
aeroplane costs more than $1,000. You
must pay fee OF $500 for tuition. and
you must deposit. too. about $500
more for damages. All the damage
you do to the machine you learn on
must be paid for. and your deposit
may easily be eaten up.
Il was talking one day at Nice to'an
English flyer.
81 learned to fly in week. I said.
How long did It take you to learnt?
"'Oh. nine or ten
What ! interrupted. Not nine or
ten weeks?
No. aeroplanes.' said he
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-01

In so-called Society" social func-
lions assume a simpler character dur
Ing Lent and many overworked ma
irons who live in a grand whirl of din
ners, balls and teas are recuperating
for the summer season by resting at
southern resorts.
During the next few weeks sewing
circles will spring up like mushrooms
and really a surprising quantity of
work will be turned out for the benefit
of charities and friendly aid" all
over the country.
A coterie of young matrons have
formed themselves into what they call
the doll Brigade" and they are each
pledged to dress five dolls during
Lent with clothes that will come Off
An interested set Of young men have
promised to provide each doll with a
trunk and next Christmas these self
same dollies are going to a certain
ward in a large city hospital that
bears the placard "Incurable."
Perhaps we all do not keep Lent.
but l say any season OF the year that
causes this sometimes apparently self
ish world to stop and think how best
to help others is good thing and |
hope to be able to chronicle some
scheme for lending the helping hand"
each week in this column until the
glad Eastertide.
MADAME MERRL
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-01
ALFALFA CLOVER.

Salzer's strain of hardy, luxuriant Alfal-
IA Clover grows everywhere and brings
from two to five rousing crops annually.
It's the vigorous, healthy kind planted by
Ex-Gov. Hoard of Wisconsin and thous-
ands of other successful farmers through
out the u. s. We are the largest growers
of clovers, grasses, seed oats, wheat. rye,
rye, barley, potatoes, etc in America.
For Zoe in stamps we mail you:
l Pkt. Luxuriant hardy Alfalfa Clover.
| Pkt. Billion Grass-the 10 Ton wonder.
I Pkt. Silver King Barley-l13 Blu per A,
I Pkt. Bonanza Oats Sworn Weld 80 Blu.
per A. winning I Farms in 1910.
] Pkt. Speltz-the cereal hay marvel.
And 3 or more other packages farm seed
novelties or rarities. together with our big
catalog. bristling with seed truths all for
but lOc in stamps. or send &c and we add
a big package famous French bean cotfeel
John A. Salyer Seed Co, ls2 South sth ST..
Ia Crosse. Wis.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-01

The wife OF prominent Unitarian
clergyman is still wondering what her
cook meant. She was a new cook. and
there was every reason to believe she
was good cook. At any rate. she
had unquestionably served In good
families. and she brought the best OF
references. Nevertheless. her now
mistress did not hesitate to give her
few instructions.
"One thing ] want you to remem-
Der. Nellie" said she. lis the way we
like our oatmeal. Don't leave 1t wa
terry. But we don't like 1t hard and
dry, either
Trust me. num-" responded the
cook. confidently. I'm get 1t right.
never fear. I've worked In Unitarian
families before"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-01

The black hat of course. is all the
thing.
And 1t must by all means have a
white or a black and white orna-
ment.
Most OF these ornaments can DO
made at home very inexpensively.
For which reason. listen well to
their kinds.
Satin quilts. with velvet midribs.
Cockades in alternate stripes of
black and white.
Kid ornaments in all manner of
shapes and sizes.
tAnd a white kidskin two feet
square costs as cents)
Pompons which are nothing but
loops upon loops OF knitting zephyr.
Stiff little bows of narrow gros-
grain ribon. for wear with tailored
hats.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-01
A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE ANY.
ONE---ThE GREAT KIDNEY REM
EDY NEVER DISAPP0INTS

A few years ago was troubled with a
complication of kidney and stomach all
ments, and although tried two or three
different doctors, l was unable to obtain
a cure. Having heard great deal about
Swamp-Root, decided TO give it trial
and purchased one dollar bottle of Mr..
Alexander, the druggist. From the begin
ming could notice a change for the better
and after taking eight bottles of your
medicine, felt entirely cured and have
not had any trouble since.
Had begun using DIR. Kilmer's Swamp
Root sooner would have been few hum
dred dollars to the good and saved my
self lot of suffering.
You may use my testimonial any time
you wish.
Yours very truly,
CHARLES L. HARRIS,
400 Sixth St.,
Marion, la.
I certify that Charles Z. Harris signed
the above testimonial in my presence, be-
ing first duly sworn to the truth thereof
this the 10Th day of July. 1909.
;....-,. ID. r. I.INLEY, j. p.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-01

They had been quarreling. and al
though hubby was willing to take the
blame all upon himself and smooth
matters over peaceably. she was still
snippy and Indifferent.
Come over here. Jessie. Aren't
you curious to know what is in this
package?"
"Oh. not very; can stand the
strain" she replied, belligerantly.
We'll. it's something for the one
love best in all the world" he said,
ccaxingly. trying to win smile.
"Oh, is that so?" she sniffled. II
suppose. then. it's those suspenders
you said you needed"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-03-01
For Dressing Table

TN THIS sketch We show a useful lit
i tie watch stand and trinket-holder
for the dressing table. made by aid of
a small cardboard box and some rem
nants of silk.
The lid is removed and fitted over
one end of the box in an upright posi-
ton, and fastened In its place with
two paper fasteners run through on
either side. The left hand sketch H.
Illustrates this.
The next step is to cover the card
board foundation smoothly with some
pretty remnant of silk or brocade. and
pack both the box and lid. as far as
possible. with cotton wool. A strip of