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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-08

will soon confront them their victo-
nv will he won. Then, and not until
hon will the boil weevil be batf1ed.
One of the most important Things 70
be done is to properly organize anu
control labor. Half tine IarMs VI
South Georgia are titled by negro
Iaborers; two-thirds are worked Dy
tenants and only one-thlrd are uhdeI
suDerivision by owners. one CAN
tberefore very readily see the I'M
nortance and necessity Of controlling
tho labor as when the weeVil comes
and cotton is cut down to almost
nothing the farmers help is bound
tn desert him and seek employment
in another section, as was the case IN
Adams county, Mississippi, when o.
400 negro tenants left the county III
one year. ..,
It is being clearly demonstrated
every year that prosperity does not
depend on the amount of cotton
grown. The most successful farmers
in the South today are those VINO
have begun to diversity their crops,
raising enough corn, oats, wheat,
potatoes, hogs, cattle, etc, for their
own use, ana ludhlh3 SOINOAA :" 49,
ondary consideration.
There is no better soil in the world
for diversification of crops than that
in South and Central Georgia. 1t is
splendidIy adapted to the cultivation
of oats, corn, wheat, potatoes, truck
of most any description; in fact, the
farmers of this section can cultivate
on their own land practically every
article of food stuffs consumed
throughout the year.
Mr.. Evans urged that the fight be
begun at once, through reduced acre
age of cotton, improved methods OF
farming, thorough preparatin of the
soil, as we'll as diversified planting
Until the farmer raises on his own
land the commodities he is now buy
ing at high prices and makes cotton
a cash proposition he will never solve
the boil weevil problem and will new
er enjoy the prosperity that he has
aways wished for. One bale Of cot
ton sold for the cash after he has
provided himself and family with the
necessities of life will be worth more
than ten bales of cotton under the
old system.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-08
STAND-BYS THAT DISAPPEARED
WITH THE "GOOD OLD DAYS"
Where Are the Carpet Bag, the Cop
per Toed Boot, the Paper Collars
and BeII-BOttomed Pants?

and Bell-BOttOmed PantS!
The farmer with the carpet bag
and the crop of long whiskers has
disappeared completely from real
life and exists only in the imagina-
ton of the near artists who make al
legged funny pictures, says the Kan
sas City Star.
What has become of him? A re-
porter started out the other day to
try and found out. He discovered
that the same old farmer exists yet,
but in ever thinning ranks, and al
WAYS without the whiskers. The aV-
erage farmer that comes to town
these days is dressed and looks Just
like any other business man. But
occasionally a real old-fashioned
'hay seed comes to town, but he
never carries a carpet bag. The
shiny black valise of glazed canvas
in imitation of leather and the can
vas telescope" have taken its place.
The carpet bag has simply disap-
peared. The store keepers say they
couldn't buy one one if you were
willing to pay 800 for it.
The carpet bag was succeeded by
the glazed black valise, and this is
being gradually crowded out by the
gray canvas telescope" that is more
ugly than the carpet bag and just as
! much a badge of the man from the
country.
With the carpet bag has gone its
! inseparable companion, the cotton
umbrella with the ribs of whalebone
or black cane and the stick Of wood.
Fifty years ago, when the carpet bag
was in it's prime, nearly all umbrel-
| las had ribs of springy whalebOne.
Those were the prosperous days OF
! the whaling fleet out of New Eng
| land seaports, and the bulk OF whale
| bone brought from the Arctic seas
went to the umbrella makers. The
| ribs of worn out umbrellas were
great for making Indian bows, and
| in those days the boys used them
for that purpose.
The whaling industry declined
when coal oil took the place of whale
| oil in the lamps of this country, and
when the supply of whalebone de-
! creased the umbrella makers had to
look around for something to take
its place For many years they used
cane, which was stained black in i'm
itation of the whalebone, and this,
in turn, was superseded by the steel
ribs that are used today.
The shawl strap is fast going to
join the carpet bag in the land OF
used to be, and so is the shawl that
was carried in it, One seldom sees
shawl these days, and then only
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-08
TYPES AND FADS OFLONGA AGO

on the shoulders of women from Eu-
rope.
The man with trousers tucked into
the tops of his high boots is as scarce
now as boots of that kind, and they
are mighty few Fifty years ago ev-
eryone wore high top boots, cow
hide on week days and calf skin on
Sundays, summer and winter. Shoe
making machinery sounded the
death knell of boots of that kind.
The men who manage the shoe facto-
ries were working all the time to
lessen the waste and make hide go
as far as it could, and they soon
eliminated the waste of leather that
went into boot tops. High-top boots
we're really of some value in winter;
they kept the cold out, but in sum-
mer they were worse than useless
thew were uncomfortable. They
were succeeded by the congress shoe
and then by the lace shoe.
The congress shoe. You remem-
Der it if you are 40 years old. 1t
had a gore CT elastic cloth inserted
in each ankle and this gave it
stretching quality enough to pull on
and off easily.
The congress shoe was in many
ways the most comfortable shoe ever
made, and many middle-aged and
old men and women yet wear them.
The copper-toed boots and shoes
| for boys and girls have gone, too.
A search of a dozen shoe stores in
Kansas City failed to find a pair.
"Copper-toed shoes?" exclaimed
| the manager of one of the largest
shoe stores. 81 haven't seen a pair
in twenty years. There's no call for
| them
The comic artists, who hate to
! give up the props" of their craft,
yet picture the bootjack among the
missiles thrown at the cat on the
| back yard fence or the spoOning low
ers in the g"rden but a bOotjack
has not been used for that purpose
for many years, and it S likely that
nine-tenths of those who see it in
| the pictures wonder what it is
Paper collars are gone, too, al
| though they are yet made, in ever
decreasing quantity, and may be
found in the small stores in the
! depths of the Ozark region far from
Paper collars?" said the mana
ger of department store; who ev-
er heard Of a collar made of paper?"
But forty years ago nearly every
one wore paper collars and paper
| dickies and paper cuffs. They were
made of stiff paper the thickness of
cardboard, covered on the outside
with a thin layer of linen and stamp
! ed in the making to initiate all linen
with imitation seams. To dress up
you first put on the paper dickie,
made in imitation of a linen shirt
! front, with a hole punched in the
! top to hitch it to the collar button
and another hole in the center into
which to screw the shirt stud.
Bell-bottomed trousers disappear
ed at later period. The last gasp
of the bell-bottOmed trouser leg was
an exaggerated "bell'' that came out
almost to the shoe toe. With it was
worn a square cut sack coat bound
with wide braid, and with the same
width of braid around the waistcoat
and the scalloped flaps of the peck
cts. That was too much for common
| sense to stand, and there came a re-
volt that swept braid and beIl-bot-
| toned trousers into oblivion.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-08
Spit, Quit, Fit.

Hines, Alan a letter from this
place Mrs. Eula May Bradley says:
81 used to spit up all 1 ate. I was
tired and sleepy all the time. My
head ached and I could hardly drag
around. Since taking CarGui this
has entirely quit, and now I feel
quite fit Mrs. Bradley suffered
from nervous indigestion. Cardui
builds up the nervous system and
strengthens the womanly constitu.
ton. That's why Cardui helped Mrs.
Bradley and why it VIII help you.
Try il.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-08

1t will be readily observed that
at the end of the fourth year the
minimum decrease was reached, the
prod elton gradually increasing until
last year it reached so per cent of
normal. Taking further ten coun-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-08

other Ingredients. Thus the body De buII
up strong to resist disease. This tonic taken from
Natures garden builds up those weakened by disease
DR.. Pierce, founder of the lnvads Hotel at Buffalo,
NY has received many letters similar to the ollowngs
Mr. FRED R MUNRO Paradise N s., writes Il take great
pleasure writing regards and its cure In Sep-
which dreadful
don ggeck do0n nervous and oas reduced mere
tried everything could get but nothing did
any good at last advised to try Dr. PeTces Golden Medical
Great and when had used this treatment
walls of Pleasant Pellets returned to
perfect 15 words rhankuness for
this wonderful medicine advise ell sufferers to write to Dr. r. "
Pierce, IS -eL --Ss ,s4.-lot
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-08

At the end of the fifth year, IL Will
be noticed, the amount of cotton
raised was barely more than per
cent of the production the first year.
The foregoing statistics were Civ
en- as examples to show what is
bound to take place when the boil
weevil visits our section.
The South Georgia farmer will
have this menace staring him in the
face in a remarkably short while,
and results will depend largely on
his attitude towards the situation.
If nothing is done, if ne continues
to plant from Is to 80 per cent OF
his lands in cotton and fails to di-
versify his crops, the natural result
will be low prices, decentralization
and a general loss of confidence. On
the other hand, if the farmers will
work in unison, become thoroughly
organized and wage a vigorous sys-
tematic battle against the peril that
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-08
Policy Of the Bell Company

The citizens Of Dawson may be interested in knowing that
the policy of the Southern Bell Telephone Company is fur
nsh adequate efficient telephone service at reasonable rates
and keep pace with the growth and progress the community
In every city in which operate effort to anticipate
the telephone needs of the public and to be in position
meet the requirements they arise. In growing city like
Dawson this means that there must be sufficient investment
to provide for the future.
It our policy extend telephone service that farmers
and other rural residents may have constant communication
with the city, The rural sections surrounding the cities
which we opepae have been highly developed and at the pres
en time there $4,000 farmers connected with the Southern
Belssystem.
is policy employ operators locally, and owO-
cal investments alone sufficient to us to take live
interen the present and future advancement OF the city
1t shall be purpose to continue the present high class
of service and shall seek the interest and cooperation the
telephone and public generally in our efforts to properly
develop the field.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-08
WHAT COMING OF BOIL WEEYIL MEANS

ties across the Mississippi river into
the state of Mississippi, north OF
Natchez, in the eastern part OF the
state where the soil is quite similar
IN that of South and Central Georgia,
Mr.. Evans produced the 1olloWlng
figures, the production for the cor
,-oorc bainU'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-05-08
HOW BLOOD rs MADE.

through
of
blood food
DR. Pies
in
romh
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-02-10
OBSERVE FIVE NEW COMETS
I've In Southern hsmisphsrs and
Three In Northern Engaging A.
tion Of Astronomers.

There arc now flve comets engaging
the attention Of observers-two n the
southern hemisphere. three in the
northern. OF these three, the most
couspicuous il Brooks. situated be-
tween Ursae Ma1oris and Lyrae. It's
position causes the tall Of the Great
Bear to appear to have four stars in
q instead Of the usual three. The
fovrta il, Of course. Brooks comet:
n Il now between the second and
third magnitude in brightness. 1t has
been well photographed at Green
wjch. and shows tail Is degrees long.
The second comet Of our hemisphere
4 ouepisset's-the Arst discoverer It's
positiop on September 20 was right as
csnGaoa. Is hours. 1 minute, zsA sec
ond., and declination 81 degrees. 81
sni.rtes. 9 second 1t Is Of the sew
crth magnitude, and can be easily
seen in 4 small telescope The third
co,..t Il the new one discovered by
Bel,.v.ki at simies. Russia. At 3 q m.
"a Heotember 20 Its right ascension
VS. 10 hours, and declination N. =
denreee. 1t IL moving eastward. ana
80 Visible low down In the SKY 10
IN est from 4:3O to $50 a. m
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-02-10
(RNOTES OF M
NJ SCIENCE. 3
INVENTION.

Airship propeilers are carved from
wood built up in layers.
In Europe they dust the paintings In
art galleries by means OF air syringss.
May 8, 1887. is given As the date Of
the first attempt to engrave on giass.
Some doctors say = regular diet
Of beef makes people ilI-tempered and
cross
An Italian university professor
claims to have found rad.lm in ordin-
AIRY dew.
In their chemical composition the
banana and potato are almost
identical.
The light of one candle may be sesn
/. mile and that of three candles u
visible two miles.
IT has been estimated that the eye
of n iy can discern an object one ave-
m,llionth Of an inch in diameter.
II IN told of clock In Brussels
thar 1t has never been wound by hu-
man hands. 1t is kept going BY the
wind.
Crude oil to the extent Of $4,000
GALLON. II used every month in the
panama canal zone to destroy mo-
squitoes.
According to . French Investigator
tho chance OF mistake in idsntincataoo
hy means of finger prints is about oos
in 1900 100000.
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why ARE WE RIGHT HAHDEp7


The most recent explanation Of
Hsnt-nandedness. BY q psychologist
10 exciting some merriment among
medical men. He supposes the human
BODY to have unexplained polar prop
cries. somewhat like those Of . mag
net. the right side being always post
tive" and the left negative" The
most rational explanation would seem
to be that which accounts for right
and left handedness by the position Of
the heart. The shield would naturally
DO held In the loft hand to protect this
vital organ, so that the active work
would fall to the right hand. Those
who maintain that acquired character
istics cannot be inherited will desire
to have this expressed somewhat DIFF.
ferently. According to them the posi-
lions Of spear and shield were At first
matter Of individual choice. but
those who held the shield In the right
hand, leaving the heart exposed. were
more frequently killed. SO that by
natural selection the right hand spear
holders ultimately survived and propa-
gated their popularity. In this case.
1t will be noticed. the inherited char
acteristic is not acquired. but existed
In the warrior at birth. The differ
ence may not seem worth quarreling
about. but 1t measures the whole dis
lance between the followers Of Oar
win and those Of Lamarck- At any
rate. the hypothesis, in which ever
form 1t fs put. seems eminently rea-
sopable. whereas talk about polarity"
would appear to be mostly verbiage.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-02-10
Gave Now Rector Cemetery Key

0AVV WV nVSA0s SOsUOs0py N.Y.
It was a harmless deception that
was practiced OF the Rev. Howard
Chandler Robbins when he was INSTALL
ed As rector Of the Church Of the In
carnation. says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Bishop Greer on1ciated at the solemn
services. part Of which provided that
the rector receive the key to his
church.
In his capacity Is senior warden
this duty devolved on Francis Lynde
Stetson, the lawyer. He went through
the ceremony Of presentation with ap-
propriate dignity. Bishop Greer
preached the sermon.
After the services came the discov-
cry that the key presented to the new
rector was key that formerly un-
locked the gates Of an East side GEM
etery. now seldom used. The sexton
probably has real key. anyway. 20
the rector never will be locked out.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-02-10

become congested, and tho distress re-
sulting from the ruin was extreme.
This year has seen the practical COM
pletion Of the task that the Indus 81
itself out to accomplish. The river.
travelling with great rapidly inland o.
the northern side. had destroyed at
the end Of the season the whole Of the
town. with the exception Of tiny
corner In the southwest angle. ~ can
be seen In the accompanying diagram.
Till the bay that had thus been
formed was fully developed. . sense
Of false security hung over the pretty
little civil station. which rested
amidst its splendid trees and date
palms within the protection Afforded
by embankments Of earth and brush'
wood. Whatever fate might befall the
city, there was always the feeling
that 1t would take long to cover the
ground between the stream and the
cantonments. However. the Indus has
not only advanced right on to the
jail which lies between the civil Sta
tion and the city, but has given proof
Of IT'S power to travel swiftly By NOV.
ing westward over 500 yards within
ono week. A. has been said. II doso
not persist In Its curves and sweeps
for any prolonged time Yet there ID
no foretelling II any respite before .
change will come. or whether the 70.
moval Of = promontory may not be
followed by the formation Of q deep
bay at the same spot.
SO much for the action of the ~,
morssless Indus. As to the plight oe
the wretched Inhabitants. who have
seen the ruin Of their houses. ~ we'll
a. the valuable lands and orchards
on which many depended for livsli.
hood. 1t 10 easy to realize the terrible
predicament in which they have bssn
involved. It has been = long-drawn-
out horror, extending over four years,
but the disaster. although one Of.
piecemeal ruin and not Of cataAtrophie
suddenness. has been . complete one.
No lives and no personal effects have
been lost. but In the place Of houses
and the valuable building sites naught
remains to their owners but the roof
timbers doorways and other wood
work, which will cost much to trans
port elsewhere.
Az to the homeless and dispos-
sesssd, on whom KhwaJa Khisar. the
god Of rivers. has vented his displeas-
ure. some have disperssd to start life
afresh In various trading centers in
the neighborhood. Others are slowly
taking up sites in new town that
has been demarcated near Chorutta, .
large village eight miles inland to-
wards the rugged Baluch hills. This
village holds the tomb Of Ghaxi Khan.
and thus the town brought into ex-
istence by the Baluch chieftain finds
itself. when stricken to DEATH taking
sanctuary where the hero himself
came to his end.
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and the illustration shows the design.
rhs ends terminate in hooks which en-
sa0s tie heel of the shoe on the sides.
There arc no screws or straps to
hold the device in position. and 1t re-
quires only q few seconds to put 1t
pn or take 1t Oh. So easy is this oper-
alton. In fact. that person may con-
seuieatly carry a pair Of the creepers
In his pocket and put them on when
10 approaches 4 particularly danger
3us stretch Of pavement. taking them
ID again a. soon Is this is passed.
The corrugations ON the steel spring
xesD 1t free from accumulations of ice
Dr hard snow.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-02-10
Narcotic Cartridge lnvsntsd.

Narcotic Cartridge Invented.
Karl Burgsmuller Of Krslensen. Ger.
many, has devised means for tenn.
pofarily narcotixins animals--i. O.,
rendering them tnsensible. He nils Z
cartridge with . mixture composed Of
substances containinE capsicins b IN
Immediately gasifable form. and Of an
easily infiammable substance TO &C
CELEBRATE the gasificstion. This II com.
bined with . small quantity Of m ex.
plosive agent between the mixture
and an explosive cap with which the
cartridge is provided. Possibly this In
the explosive Of the pistols sold for
rendering burglars :nsensible;
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Fair omsr.

she was strong.minded and meant
to have her rights At any cost. and
when she was hauled up before the
justics Of the peace for exceeding the
speed limit she demanded to be repre-
scented By counsel. II Just tell you one
thing, Judge" she said. whacking the
table with her right hand. I'D rather
pay lawyer $25 than give this court
$40 for nne." "All right, madam"
said the Judge. I'm tn only lawyer
hsfeabcuts, and II Yen lest hand over
that e1t Ill guarantee to appear be-
fore myself and get 70 on."-Harper's
Weekly.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-02-10
Res. Holds Bowl Upright.

aEainst the stem when desired. In
stsaA Of employing clip. he also pro-
viAss . ferrule or sleeve. equipped
With supporting legs. which may be
used to connect the stem with the
mouth-piece.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-02-10

who had an enameled portrait Of her
lance worked ON the nail Of her lit
tie finger. says the Popular Mechanics.
This portrait was work OF art and
cost $50, but now the fashionable man
icurss Of Berlin have taken up the
idea In the photograph form.
The feature Of this work by mani
cures is rendering the photograph wa
terproof. which IL done by coating II
over WIKI . shellac-like substance
burned upon the nail. 1t 10 said that.
with careful handling, = photograph
10 mounted will last about four
months without renewal.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-02-10
(SGlIlldE ER
|Elfdi&Iles) G#(|6
pEncs SAVES FALL ON ICE
stsst creepse IN the Hssi Of = Shoe
Nlaaes Wsarsr Surs.Footsd on
eiIppeelsst eidswaIk.

with IL days Of Icy payements
heEs tAe creeper designed by Phila-
ls1plEa nan leaps into the limelisht.
Il b satl that = person wearing pair
q <Asss Devices on his shoes need not
tear ~ siippsriest sidewalk or street.
Tbs crsepsr IL made Of spring steel
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-02-10

A .hair's breadth is phrase OF DEF
,nite measureing toolmaker's work
ahoe. where delicate scientific instru-
,,.,,e. are constructed Divide an Inch
into 10000 equal parts. Seventeen OF
these parts measure mar .
brendth,"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-02-10

Few American Aims are popular at
the moving picture shows In Nurem-
burg and adjoining German eities.
Coesul George N. Int states that the
ou1y ones OF interest are those 40
ptotfnx cowboy and Indian life
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Too suggestive.
Il re where the Newspaper report
Of procsedings 1t . colored church
conference states that q large collsc'
tiou was lifted"
That 10 word which should never
have bssn used"
MOT"
TT starts . 'pusson' to thinking
deep thoughts about chicken roost"
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PICTURES ON FINGER NAILS
One Of Latest Fads In Germany.
Growing Out Of Within Of Cousin
Of the Kaiser.

One Of the latest fads in Germany
is the mounting Of photographs on
the finger nails. the idea growing out
Of the within Of a cousin of the Kaiser.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-02-10

How do you know that man IL Q
parlor nsherman?
mo man could hnd time to do any
real fishing and At the same time
learn the names Of 10 large . eollse
ton Of trout flies"
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Hs-Brown says he's mad enough to
kill his wife. .r.l
Shs-wni he 30 home and lick herr
He-No, hen stay downtown and
liquor.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-02-10

Whit kind Of labor bill doss your
party wantr'
"Ous which will work"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-02-10

YEAR ago there was given =
description Of the extraordi-
nary attack made BY the River
Indus on the hapless town Of
nara char Khan n nlacA Of