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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

dents who come to the school. the
institution, through it's extension
department, is carrying agricultural
The most widely known of the ex-
tension activities is the Annual
Tuskegee Negro conference which
was started % years ago and Is
held two days every year in the
months of January. The farmers
who come from all parts of the
south are given an opportunity to
report on conditions in their COM
munities. to relate in familiar way
their difficulties and successes They
tell of the methods which they and
their neighbors are making use of
in improving their farming. One
farmer tells about the crude manner
in which. he used to farm and how
he is now using improved, up-to-
date machinery. Another tells how
he. has been able orun himself and
live at home on meat and vegetables
raised on his own farm. Each year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

to keep the children in school. Don't
fail to let whiskey, firecrackers and
shooting alone at Christmas and all
other times. Don't forget that
Christmas is the Lords birthday.
Don't fail to make your fertilizers
(manures) on the farm. Don't fail
ting trash on the compost head.
Don't fail to keep safely your plant
ing seed for next spring. Don't fail
to make a lot of hoe and ak handles
a night. Don't fail to repair the old
plows and farm tools on rainy days"
For the past sixteen years
monthly Farmers Institute has been
conducted. Some times the meetings
are held in the schools agricultural
building, at other times Instructors
from the agricultural department go
to the farmers and hold the meeting.
All a recent Institute held in the
Clintonvi1le community, Macon
county, the farmers took the lead in
suggesting the kinds of fertilizers,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

In the fourth
year of this
course the stu
dents receive
instruction in
a gri | C u | tural
chemistry. The
analyzing of
soils and ma
nures and the
mixin g of fer
I ii | ze r S | S
studied. At the
same time one
half of the stu
dents time is
given to actual
work at some
place on the
farm; thus at
every step in
the course the
student is kept
. in actual touch
with the farms
operations.
In connection
with this gem
eral course in
a ri C u | ture,
special I w o
vnnIs course =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

graduates ana
I o + m c + stu
dents of the
school are talk
ing the lead in
teaching agri-
culture to the
Negro Farmers
of the south.
Among those
who are doing
good w o r *
along this line
are: Thomas
NJ. Campbell,
supervisor of
negro demon
stra tion work
f or Alabama
a n d Missis-
sippi; John b.
Pierce, super
visor of negro
d e monstration
work for Nir-
ginia; Craw-
ford -. Menfee,
d G mon stra tion
agent for Lee
and Chambers
counties, Ala
hama. Harry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

at the annual Negro Conference
pamphlets are given out bearing
pamphlet contained a planting cali
end lar. irla which the farmers were ,
told what they should plant each
month Of the year. The. pamphlet
also contained A2numbers Of sugges-
tive Dom ts,r SUCH Ms F'D6nst Spend
everything you make. Don't allow
your family to waste time Don't
fail to give satisfaction, If possible,
go in. debt more than is absolutely
necessary. Don't fall to work hard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

special crops needed. and how these
fertilizers should be applied. They
also discussed the, best methods Of
be fed 50 that they will lay all the
year. The meeting closed by a
twelve year old boy telling how he
had produced 25 bushels OF corn on
a half acre Of land.
ceeding the Annual Negro Confer
ence short coure- in a"ricultr-c ~
a school for. the farmer Is held at
lTuskegee Institute: Last JaAuai'y
the farmers and their wives and
1900 attended the short course.
The men and boys studied
forming, dairying, live stock
and poultry raising. The wom-
en- and girls studied dairying.
|. poultry raising, sewing and :.
cooking. The instruction was
simple and practical The men !
and boys We're given demon
strations in ploughing, seed
testing. the use of machinery,
stock judging, milk testing,
butter making and cheese
girls We're. taught how to se-
1ect eggs for setting, to build =
nests, 10 care. for setting hens
and for chicks, to- cure dis
eases of chickens, to milk and
make butter; cheese and ice (
cream. In sewing they We're
taught threading of hand and
machine needles: basting over
handing. Stitching. patching 4 !
hemstitching. tucking and
darning, In cooking they
were shown how to make a
fire. to clean the stove, to set
{ table, to get a breakfast, a
dinner. q, supper "A luncheon I
and to clean off table.
Another important feature
of the institutions extension.
activities is the farm demon
stration work which is carried
on under the direction Of the
United States Department OF
Agriculture. Eight graduates
of Tuskegee Institute, are en-
] gagged in this work in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

tention to the promoting of boys
corn clubs. They have. been very
successful along this line; and as a
result, a large number oftboys have
become interested in raising corn.
Their parents have also become in
terested in corn raising. In many
cases the sons have been able to
teach. the fathers how to raise corn.
At the last Annual Tuskegee Negro
Conference a number OF prizes were
given to members of the boys corn
clubs lin Macon County. The first
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
Negro !

WHERE in the country are
there such opportunities
for training negroes in
agriculture as are found
at Tuskegee Institute.
uo,o ;e N 20 49,, of oQnn
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-29

ton monument to them.
There's the headlight half a mile
down the track, She's coming fast,
ten minutes late. and, just because
you've been lonesome all afternoon
and need exercise. you slip into your
coat and hustle down. Just as you get
to the depot No. Il comes in with a
crash and a roar. bell ringing, steam
popping off, every brake yelling,
platforms loaded. expectation in
tense, confusion terrific, all nerves
a-tingle. and fat old Jack Ball, the
conductor, lantern under arm, sweep
ing majesticaIly by on the bottom
step of the smoker. Young Red No
Ian and Barney Gastit, two of the
station agents innumerable amateur
helpers. race for the baggage car
with their truck, making terrible
uproar over the cid planks. The
mail clerk dumps the sacks. Usually
he gets stranger in the shin with
them. Nothing doing today Just
missed a travelling man. We still tell
of the time the paper sack scOoted
across the icy platform and stood
Mayor Andrews on his head. He
wanted to abolish the whole postof-
fce department.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-29

George Fitch, the Illinois funny
man, is writing a series of Homeburg
sketches for the American Magazine
In the September number he tells
about the arrival of the All train in
Homeburg. The following is an ex-
tract
It's the towns pastime. We all
do it. Whenever a Homeburg man
has nothing else to do at four O'Clock
he steps over to the depot and joins
the long line which leans up against
the depot wall and keeps it in place
during the crisis. Some of them
haven't missed a roll call in years,
Old Bill Dorgan, the drayman, has
stood on the platform every day SINCE
the line was built. rain or shine. Josh
James, the colored porter of the Cos
mopOlitan hotel, knows more travel
ing men than William j. Bryan. If
he was absent from his post the en-
gineer wouldn't know where to stop
the train. The old men come crawl
ing down on nice days and sun them
selves for an hour before the train
arrives. The boys sneak slyly down
on their way from school and stand
in fiocks worshiping the train butch
er, who is bigger than the Washing
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-29
A Peanut Shortage,

Although the raising of peanuts
(the ground pea has advanced
greatly in recent years, the demand
for them has increased even faster,
and dealers say there is danger of
9 complete exhaustion of the present
supply before this years crop is har-
vested. In other years, when the do
nestle crop has been short, peanuts
have been imported from Spain. Re-
cent cable advices, however, have
been to the effect that Spain has nc
peannts to export this year.
Peanuts now sell at 7 to 10 Y cents
a pound, prices that are higher than
have ever been known before, and
another years increase in their con-
sumption in this country has made it
apparent that the peanut is destined
to become one of the great staple
products of the nation. Leading
dealers have recently explored areas
adapted to peanut culture, and urged
farmers to grow peanut crops. The
probability Of an oyerproGuetica a
any time appears to be very small.
The nuts can be raised successful
ly here in Southwest Georgia. and
in view of an early forced abandon
ment of the all-cotton policy by the in
vasiOn of the boil weeyil our farmers
would do well to take a livelier inter
est in their cultivation. The peanut is
easily cultivated and singularly free
from disease and insect pests. There
are production records Of 200 bush
els an acre of the Spanish variety,
while the general output from Vir-
ginia averages from 70 to so bushels
an acre.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-29

In the first place it should be kept
well in mind that if Judge Speer is to
be impeached at all it must be solely
upon his record as a Judge; the in
delible record as written down by
himself during the twenty-eight
years he has been on the federal
bench. No one may change or alter
that record. If it shows against him
official acts that call for his impeach-
ment he will be impeached; and if it
does not he cannot be impeached.
And no amount of hue and cry, Of
bluff and buster, of tears-crocodile
and Otherwise-and lamentations
will make any difference whatsoever.
The Indictment has been drawn; the
judiciary committee of the house Of
congress must soon say whether it is
a true bill" or a mo BILL" and if
the former, the senate of the United
States. sitting as a court of impeach-
ment, will try the case on its merits.
And may God have mercy on their
souls if they do not show more mer-
CIV and consideration for the defend
ant than he has shown to others.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-29
Sheriff Sale.

Georgia, Terrell County.-Will be
sold on the first Tuesday in Septem-
Der, 1913, at the court house in said
county, within the legal hours of sale,
to the highest bidder for cash, the
following described property: Two
city or town lots, Nos. eighteen (18)
and nineteen C19), of the B. NJ. Will
son addition to Dawson, Ga, each
fronting on the east side of Paschal
street fifty (50) feet and extending
east 105 feet, and situated south of
the colored public school in the city
of Dawson. One city lot, No. twenty
seven (27) of the B. NJ. Wilson addi-
ton to Dawson, Ca, fronting fifty
(5O) feet on the west side of Dean
street and running back west one
hundred and five (105) feet and be-
ing south of the public school build
ing in the city of Dawson. Said prop
erty being levied on as the property
of G. c. Crowell to satisfy a mort
gage fl ia issued from the Superior
Court of Terrell county in favor of
Lowrey & Davidson against G. G.
Crowell, defendant in fl ia, and ten
ants in possession notified as requir-
ed by law This August 5th, 1913.
NJ. G. HILL, Sheriff.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-29
The Lordly and Supercillious Speer
From the Augusta Chronicle.

Again, it should be kept well in
mind that that individual opinion Of
Judge Speer's "kingly airs and
.graces," his excessive vanity, or his
supercillious manner, will in no way
weigh against him in the trial of this
case. They may be distasteful, even
offensive, to vast majority Of those
people who have had to come in con-
tact with them-we know of but few
persons who seemed to consider it a
privilege to bask in the light that
beat about" this particular throne
but they do not constitute sufficient
grounds for impeachment
But, with it all, we might hope
that this late in life-with only
few years longer to serve on the
bench-he be spared the pain and
disgrace of impeachment. Perhaps
his arrangement alone would serve as
good a purposes a warning to 9th
er federal judges that the ermine is
not necessarily after all, royal
cloak, and that even a federal judge
is accountable to somebody here on
earth.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-29
MOST VALUABLE FRUIT
TREE IN THE WORLD.

From Popular Mechanics.
The most valuable tree in the
world is an alligator-pear tree at
Whittier, Cal, which Melted its own
er a profit of $9,206 in one year.
This tree was planted in 1905 and
began bearing in its fourth year. In
I1912 it bore 5000 pears, which sold
for $500, while the sale of buds
during the same year amounted to
$1,706, making the total given above.
/ The tree is a seeding, the seed hay
ing been planted with a quantity Of
other seed which had been imported,
presumably from Mexico. Another
tree which was planted at the same
time, and which stands close to this
phenomenal bearer, has never borne
more than fifty pears in a season.
This valuable tree is now protected
by high fence built on an octagonal
plan. The pears are about the size
of small canteloupes, weighing from
s to u ounces.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-29
The Son of Poverty.

Martin II. Glynn, the acting gov.
ernor of New York during the i'm,
parchment proceedings against Gov
ernor Sulzer, recently said:
q believe it is a great advantage
to a public man to have felt the
embarrassment Of poverty in his
youth. 1t makes him sympathetic
to the needs of the masses and ada
mant to the impositions OF the ia
vorites of fortune
The governor, who was doubtless
barking back to his younger days,
when he was assistant bookkeeper in
= cotton mill, is also quoted as saying
that the son of poverty cannot go far
wrong in public life if he will re-
member the horny fist of his father
and the toil-worn fingers of his moth
err Such a man will not seek to be
Draised for doing the right thing.
He will find more satisfaction in do
ing right than he would find profit in
doing wrong. He will enjoy that
strength and satisfaction which
comes from the repeated doing OF
right.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-29
"Dear Lost Ladies'

From the Chicago Tribune.
The Hon. Benjamin Tillman has
reached the years of mature wisdom
which permit him to stand aloof and
view with philosophy the headlong
rush of a newer generation into fol-
lies and down the slope which in the
end tumbles the foolish over the
brink of the valley of dead mems
bones.
Thus Benjamin, a major prophet,
observing our womanhood madly
catching at the ballot and here and
there catching up with it, writes fin
ish" to the history of our civiliza-
ton and steps aside to let the gener-
alton run by him into the abyss.
For Benjamin there remain only
memories of gracious creatures once
delighting and ennobling to the gross
animal man, giving the monster ideals
and nobility, passing through life with
uueenly gracious ladies fade out OF
perfumes of good works. These
oueenly gracious ladies fade out OF
Benjamin's vision and are no more
The ballot has them. Benjamin sees
them standing in front of the corner
saloon. waiting for some politician tC
come along and buy a drink.
Alas, the days of beauty and mod
esty are gone, but Benjamin, comin3
himself to where the shadow Of hi
days is long, is philosophical. Afte
/ all. he lived in better times.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-29
THE FARMER is GROWING WISE

From Americas Times-Recorder.
Most gratifying among the tenden-
cies that are being manifested among
the farmers of the state is that in
favor of crop diversification, which
is only another way of saying that
the farmers of Georgia are getting
wise. They are preparing themselves
for the battle with the boil weevil
and for the changed agricultural con-
ditions that are so surely being ush-
cred in throughout Georgia and the
entire cotton belt.
Indications have been unusually
numerous this year that South Geor-
gia farmers are slowly, perhaps, but
nevertheless surely, turning away
from the old plan of putting their
faith in one product. They are learn
ing how unwise it is to put all their
eggs in one basket. The farmer who
sticks to one crop year after year
knows that he will have off years,
when he will be lucky if he breaks
even and when he is more than likely
to come to the end of the season
with less money than when it began.
And the farmer who speculates on
next seasons weather conditions and
Iplunges on one crop, who takes a
gamblers chance that he will select
the crop that will bring the biggest
returns, is equally unwise.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-29
Sherif's Sale.

Georgia, Terrell County.-Will be
sold on the first Tuesday in Septem-
Der, 1918, at the court house in said
county, within the legal hours OF
sale, to the highest bidder for cash
the following described property to-
wit: Whole lot of land No. 1856
in the 18th district of Terrell county
with improvements thereon, contain
ing 2O21a acres of land, more or less
Said land being levied on as the prop
erty of J. H. Oxford to satisfy two
executions issued from the City Court
of Dawson in favor of Mayor Bros
Co. and Harris, Johnson & Co
against J. H. Oxford Defendant in
fl ia notified as required by law. This
August 4th, 1913.
NJ. G. HILL, Sheriff.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-29
The President and Mexico.

President Wilson appeared in per
son before congress Wednesday and
laid before the world the details of
the United States efforts to bring
about peace in Mexico, the facts con-
corning Huerta's rejection of the
peace proposals, and the policy to be
pursued by the United States.
The president announced the posi-
ton of the United States to be as
follows:
No armed itervention.
Strict neutrality "forbidding the
expectations of arms or munitions OF
war of any kind from the United
States to any part of the republic OF
Mexico"
Under no circumstances to ''be the
partisans of either party to the con.
test that now distracts Mexico Of
constitute ourselves the virtual nm
pire between them"
To urge all Americans to leav'
Mexico at once, and to assist them Il
get away in every way possible.
Negotiations for the friendly medi
alton of the United States are ope
to resumption at any time upon eth
er the initiative Of this government
or of Mexico.
Advices were received by the pre-.
ident Thursday that General Huerta
attitude towards the American go
eminent had undergone some chang
and the Mexican situation is consi
cred more ecouraging. Mr.. Lind W
ordered back to the Mexican capt.
to renew negotiations.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-29

One of the most extraordinary trips
ever undertaken by women travellers
was the recent ride across the roof OF
the world-that part of the Hima-
layas which separates India from
eastern Turkestan-by Miss E. g.
Kemp and Miss McDougal of London
They crossed mountain passes
which had never before been trodden
by white women travellers, and owing
TO the proposed building Of new roads
would probably never be used by
white women again. They met a
saint of Tibet. They cOnversed with
him, made a sketch of him and told
him the latest news of Tibet. They
visited monasteries filled with figures
of local saints and devils.
In Leh they were received at the
Kings palace and provisioned them
selves for the most arduous part OF
the Journey. They took with them a
cook who, when at home in Leh, was
also a pillar of the church, a doctors
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-29
Compulsory Marriages.

They are starting a remarkable
reform at Trieste, Austria, and that
is the institution Of a system of
compulsory marriages. The decline
in marriages in that region has be-
come so marked of late as to threat
en- the progress of the country; so
they are going to compel people to
marry. It is proposed that spinsters
of % and bachelors of 80 report
themselves each year to a certain
authority. All names are to be put
in a box and drawn, and thus the
mating is determined by lot, 1t is
seen that the names Of only proper
persons of good health are put in the
box. When the drawing is finished
andsthe matches are determined up
on by lot the parties are Immediately
married by a magistrate, who is
there for that purpose.
The News is not committing itself
to the movement, but as reforms
spread and this one is sure to reach
the United States in due time we are
anticipating with some satisfaction
the pleasure of chronicling nuptial
events in which some of our con-
frmed local bachelor friends will
have important and conspicuous part.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-29
BacksIiders in Georgia.

From the Red Wing (Minn) Eagle.
A Georgia minister in an address
to the Northwestern Bible Conference
at Minneapolis charged that there
are more "backslders' among wo-
men than among men. That is prob
ably because there are more women
on the road on which "backshding
can occur than there are men.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-29
What Is Fame, Anyhow?

From the Fort Worth Record.
In June Governor Hy Johnson had
d scarehead position on the front
page. In July Henry Lane Wilson
and Martin w. Mulhall divided the
honor. In August Governor O'Neal
of Alabama and Harry Thaw leaped
into prominence. In September it
will be some one else. Yes, fame is
a bubble. In the language eff the
late Rev. Josh Billings: To-day
we're here; tomorrow We haint."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-29
Application for Leave to
Sell Lands.

State of Georgia, Terrell County
Notice is hereby given to all concern
ed that I have this day applied to
the Ordinary of Terrell county, Geor-
gia, for leave to sell the lands be-
longing to the estate of B. F. Cham
bless, deceased, and that same will
be heard at the September term of
the Court of Ordinary of Terrell
county, Georgia, to be held on the
first Monday in September, 1913.
This August 4th, 1913.
FRANKLIN CHAMBLESS, Admins
traitor Estate of B. F. Chambless
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-29
On the Roof of the World
From the Saturday Globe.

assistant, sportsman, hymn writer
and general hand man. He spoke
English, and Miss Kemp was loud in
her praise of his service. Four men
servants, interpreters, eight ponies,
to carry the tents, and two yaks-the
latter the stately chargers upon
which the ladies rode-completed the
caravan.
They started in the direction of the
Pangon lake, noted for its brilliant
color, and assembled to a hight OF
$4,000 feet For one month they
lived away from civilization. They
passed large monasteries, and vii
lagos of poor but attractive people.
The women dressed in lambs wool
head dress, with turquois and silver
ornaments of great value. They lived
in dark houses, which the domestic
animals shared.
On this huge ridge Of the world
they discovered kerosene tins in use
for everything except carrying oil.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-29

Solicitor Dorsey conducted the
Frank case in a masterful manner
against two of the ablest and most
resourcefuI lawyers in Georgia, and
his victory is one almost without par
allel. The eyes of the entire state
have been upon him, and today he
is the most talked of and universally
praised lawyer that has come promi-
nently before the public in long
while.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-29

Woman's place may be the home
but, Judging from recent statistics
she seems to have deliberately ig-
nored that fact. There 239,o77 stem
ographers, 327,635 teachers and pro
fessors. 4S1,159 in various trades
77OO55 engaged in agricultural pur-
suits. 1856 physicians and surgeons
1886 clergy men" 2,193 journal
lists, 1887 designers, draughtsmen
and architects, 1910 lawyers, 429'-
497 women in various other profess
sions. And still she is not happy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-08-29

Sometimes the symptoms of kid
ney and bladder trouble are so plain
no one can mistake them. Backache,
weak and lame back with soreness
over the kidneys, sharp pains, rheu-
matism, dull headache and disturbed
sleep are all Indications of a trouble
that Foley Kidney Pills will relieve
quickly and permanently. Try them.
Dawson Drug Co.