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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-05

From a million and half to
million and three-quarters of resi-
dents of New York city spend at leas
portion of each day underground
and many thousands come to the sur
face so rarely that the light blind:
them when they reach it.
SO accustomed has New York be
come to the idea of living under
ground that only a few days ago q
public reception was held when a
new underground passageway was
opened. This newest tunnel, costing
many thousands of dollars, was dug
to give the people who live near the
Hudson river and in the neighbour
hood of 1S1st street an opportunity
to pass beneath the hills from their
homes to the subway, by which
means they travel to the lower end
Of Manhattan Island to Brooklyn
and, by means of a transfer, to New
Jersey. Until this underground cut
off was opened the same citizens had
to walk about 1000 feet up and
down hills breathing the good out
door air. Now they will make the
same trip underground through a
dingy, damp passageway, and be-
cause they save a few hundred feet
and a bit of exertion consider them
selves fortunate.
According to the best obtainable
statistics about 10000 persons in
New York city spend their entire
working hours beneath the surface
of the earth. These figures include
about $500 employees on the two
systems of subways now in operation.
They include 1000 men who are en-
ployed digging the new subways.
This force will be more than doubled
in the near future Also included
are the 1900 men, most of whom are
working several hundred feet below
the street surface, driving that won
derful aqueduct which is to carry
the island of Manhattan
and over into Long Island the waters
that are being brought down by ST
phon from the Catskill mountains.
Then there are more than 10000
men and women who are employed
in more private enterprises that take
them constantly below the street
surface.
On quite ordinary days 100000
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-05
PERFORMS THRILLING FEAT
FRENCH AVIATOR FLIES UPSIDE
DOWN 900 FEET IN THE AIR.
Experts Declare Pegoud's Feat Was
EpOch-Making Experiment of At
tanning Safety in Air.

JUVISY, France.-The daring
French aviator, Pegoud, who Aug.
20 made a parachute drop from an
aeroplane from a hight of 900 feet,
accomplished a much more remark
able feat today, which at first sight
appeared to have been a piece of ex-
traordiEary aerial acrobatics, but
which experts declare was an epoch
making experiment towards the at
tainmeEt of safety in the air.
Briefly, Pegoud caused his mono
plane to describe a gigantic letter S
in the sky during which he was fly
ing upside down for about a quarter
of a mile.
The strictest secrecy was main
tanned prior to the test and only a
few persons were present when Pc
goud took the air. He mounted rap
idly to a hight of more than 5000
feet, describing a curve; then the for
ward part of the machine was OBJ
served to incline towards the earth.
Through glasses the spectators saw
the propeller and the monOplane
further incline until it was perpen-
dicular with the earth. 1t seemed
as if nothing could stop the headlong
plunge. AS the machine dropped
swiftly the tail dipped again towards
the earth and the pilot appeared
head downward. Seconds which
seemed hours passed. With an al
most imperceptible curve the ma
chine shifted its course to a straight
! line, the pilot in the same position.
How long he remained upside down
the anxious watchers could not de-
termine, but it was long enough to
cause them to believe that he would
never right himself.
Presently the monoplane dipped
again and with a graceful curve as
sumed an erect position. Pegoud
| flew for a few minutes to and fro
and descended by series of beauti-
full spirals. On landing the aviator
said:
Everything went splendidly. The
levers answered the slightest touch.
remained for a long time head
downwards because l wanted to, not
because I couldn't help it. The SEN
sation is strange, but not unpleas-
ant, and the machine did not pitch
at all
81 went very slowly so as to avoid
subjecting the machine to too violent
strain, but had I wanted to I could
have righted myself much more
| quickly"
Pegoud's experiment was prompt
ed by the theory recently expressed
by Louis Bleriot that in the para
mount problem of attaining safety
in the air automatic self-righting de-
vices and parachutes are beside the
question; that they are just as much
at the mercy of a sudden violent
gust as the ordinary air craft.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-05
WOODROW WILSON'S WISDOM

All round the world transactions
prove
BY every kind of test
When Woodrow Wilson makes a
move
It's always for the best.
Some critics come from North and
South,
And some from East and West.
But when they have shot off their
They find his way is best.
He does his arduous daily tasks
And entertains each guest.
Opinions of his helpers asks,
And then he does the rest.
The chill wind strikes him from the
North,
The whirlwinds from the West;
The rumbling thunders from the
South,
But don't disturb his rest.
I'm glad he weighed the matter well
In his humane behest.
He made it plain that war is hell,
And worldwide peace is best.
With guiding forces in his brain,
Good motives in his breast,
We're not astonished at his reign,
| Nor that he stands the test.
If all these loud war cries would
| cease
All selfish interest
Accept BIS. plan for worldwide
peace
The whole earth would be blest
! P. S.-I wish I could friend Huertf
see
I would to him suggest,
| Refusing all proposals he
Might with MaderO rest.
j Dawson. Ga. w. P. II.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-05
Our BOYS Opportunity.

| Luther Burbank, by experience
and accomplishment doubtless the
best qualified man in the world to-
day. says the great opportunity for
our boys and young men is in agri-
culture. He points out that after the
young man has spent eight years
at hard study of medicine, the law
or engineering he has not made a
success; he is only prepared to COM
mence the battle for it. Whereas,
to add but one kernel of corn to each
ear grown in this country in a single
year would increase the supply five
million bushels. One Improvement
in the potato is already paying back
100000 a year. Everything we
eat and wear comes out of the
ground. With less than half of our
population raising things should
there be any wonder that the cost Of
living has increased IS per cent in
fifteen years? To quote from Mr..
Burbank:
What the world needs, urgently
and now, is men who can increase
the forage from our present acreage
so that sixteen cents will buy a
pound of the choicest sirloin, as of
old, instead of a pound of rump, as
now. What the world needs not the
DRY, or agitation, or college lore;
there are plenty Of these, and at a
cost of one hundred and eighty mil
lion dollars per annum in money and
who knows how much time they have
succeeded in increasing our crop yield
only a bare three per cent. What
the world needs is men who can do
to horticulture and agriculture what
Edison did to electricity, Carnegie to
steel, and the Vanderbilts, Hills and
Harrimans to pOrtatiOn-devel-
OPP their efficiency"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-05

Governor Major is so well pleased
with the results obtained during the
recent two good roads days" in Mis-
souri, that he has determined to issue
a proclamation next year calling for
two more such days. 1t is to be
doubted whether 100000 men work
ing on roads for two days out of the
year can accomplish much perma-
nent good except to arouse public
interest. Roads cannot be built and
maintained by such spasmodic eff
forts, but the necessity of building
and maintaining them may be
brought home to the people. Any
effort to build up sentiment in favor
Of good roads pays.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-05

Mrs. Pankhurst, the militant SUI
fragette leader of London, may come
to Georgia in a few months. But
leaders of the suffragette movement
and officers of the Women's Suffrage
Association declare that so far as
they are concerned she will not be
welcomed here, because they are OPP
posed to the militant methods for
which she stands.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-05
LAW NOT COMPLIED WITH.

The Corporations Are Slow in Pay
ing Up Their Taxes.
More than 100 corporations, most
ly the smaller ones, have failed to
comply with the new law which re-
quires them to pay their taxes to
the comptroller general by or before
Sept. 1. The taxes due now bear in
terest at per cent until paid. Con-
troller Wright expects to issue execu-
lions against all corporations which
have not paid their taxes by Sep
TENDER 10.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-05

The Yaqui Indians may get into
the fight in Mexico. Press dispatches
state that, according to American
refugees, they have alarmed their al
lies, the Sonora constitutionalists,
by demanding the return of all lands
taken from them by Porfrio Diaz.
The Yaqui's demands. it is asserted,
came in the form Of an ultimatum to
return the lands or fight"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-05

The long and severe dry spell which
unfortunately overlook Kansas, Mis-
souri, and other states in the West
will make meal, grist and other corn
products dear during the coming
year. But why should the people Of
South Georgia worry when they can
make from forty to seventy bushels
of corn per acre? asks the Spring
field Herald But have they done
so? If not, where lies the failure?
Certainly the land is not to blame.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-05

The Mexican rebels announce that
they will attack the city of Victoria
on September 18th, and the Houston
Post makes the following comment:
1T is considerate of them to set the
date for the conflict. That is, if
there is anything to the proverbial
saying that forewarned is fore
armed. 1t would indicate that the
rebels believe in fair play and have
tabooed the idea that all is fair in
love and war. Think of it; one army
notifying another army when it will
make its attack and giving the other
army ample time to get into state
of preparedness. Modern warfare,
as it is played in Mexico, might have
caused Sherman to modify his idea
as to what constituted war"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-05
ONLY Workers Are Wanted.

Editor Grub of the Darien Ca
zette says; There is plenty of room
in Georgia for the settler who wants
a good home and is willing to work,
but it is a mighty poor state for the
Ioafer and yagrant." And he is right
about it. Georgia. like all the other
states, is laudably anxious to in
crease her population by a big per
centage between censuses, to take
high rank among the states in the
number of people to the square mile,
but she wants quality of population
much more than she wants quantity.
The number of loafers and Migrants
is great enough already. Efforts are
Being made constantly to weed them
out. to make them realize that the
best thing they can do is to go to
work. AS the Savannah News says,
immigration of the right sort will
be welcomed but the state is not
ready to be a dumping ground mere
ly to have a greater number of noses
to count every ten years, What is
desired is more producers of farm
and factory products. The man who
works hard from day to day in the
factory, supports his family and tries
to be a good citizen is a producer
just as much as the farmer is. The
cities will welcome him just as much
as the rural districts welcome a set
tier who jumps in and tries to turn
into a productive farm some of the
land that is now lying idle. Too
many of such factory workers can
not be brought into the state by
builders of new industries. But
city or into the country districts he
won't be welcome unless he is ready |
to work The soil won't produce
bumper crops by itself Unless the |
farmer mixes intelligent methods in |
his farming operations he can't ex-
pect to make a success in Georgia |
any more than in any other state, |
but if he takes advantage of the
opportunities offered him his sue
cess will depend upon his ability to
hustle. Just now labor is in demand
on the farms. Cotton picking is in
progress. The man who wants to
work can find it. 1t is a fine time to
separate the workers from the loaf |
ers, a good time for anti-vagrant
crusades in the cities and towns. Too
large a part of the population of the |
cities is made up of idlers, white and |
black, whose means of subsistence is |
not easily understood by the man
who works hard. While the country
needs workers the cities should not !
be called upon to support loafers |
AS winter approaches the number of |
so-called casual and migratory |
workers" in the South will increase. |
Sheriffs forces and police authorities !
in Georgia will do we'll to merit dur
ing the coming winter the compli- |
ment paid them by the national or
ganization of tramps who passed res |
.olutions denouncing the severity
with which laws against hoboes were
enforced in this state. Georgia does
not desire any more migratory or
casual workers than she already has,
and is perfectly willing for any now
within her borders to migrate to
some other place or to be less casual
in their labor"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-05
Notice to City Tax Payers.

The books for pavement of city
taxes for the present year are now
open, and Will remain so until Nov
1st. Please call and settle your taxes
before that date and thus save cost
Of execution. This Sept. LIST. 1918.
R. E. BELL, City Clerk.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-05

I have a new iron safe, medium
size, for sale at a bargain; can be
seen at w. D. Grubbs' jewelry store
Apply to w. B. CHEATHAM.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-05

DWELLING FOR RENT-Desirable
six-room dwelling, nearly new, in
good neighborhood, SIS per month.
Apply to L. c. HOYL.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-05
SPECIAL NOTICES

FOR RENT-Se zenith avenue dwell
ing at $500 per month. E. T.
JORDAN.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-05

FOR SALE-Men's large size eel
lars-17, II II, IS, 10, 20. F. W.
HERMAN.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-05

FOR SALE-Webster county grown
rye, $3.50 per bushel North
Georgia rye, $3.50 per bushel. F. A.
BUSH. Richland, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-05

LOST-Phi Delta Theta fraternity
pin near Methodist church. Finder
return to News office and receive re-
ward.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-05

WANTED-A job as overseer on a
farm. Have had several years of
experience. Can furnish references.
L. B. SCOTT, R. F. D. l, Meigs, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-05

FOR SALE-Fine mich COW and so
nice shoats just ready for the
groundpea field. J. H. WILLIFORD,
Dawson, Ga, R. F. D. 1.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-09
General Farm Notes.

Oats are the best single grain food
for a horse and the best for road pur-
poses.
A good colt bred for a purpose, and
fed and trained for purpose, is never
a drug on the market.
Pure feed, plenty of air and regular
exercise are best for the mother horse
But don't oyerdo the work.
The individuality of each horse
should be studied. and the feeds sup
piled to meet individual requirements.
Don't. shut up little colt in a dizzy
place by himself. Give him compan-
ionship. A calf will do if there are
no other colts on the farm.
If the lawn is wcedy and the grass
does not seem to make a good growth
apply nitrate of soda at the rate OF 80
to 200 pounds per acre. Scatter broad
cast just before a rain or before wa
tering. Nitrate of soda may be used
ON spinach and other leaf crops to aG.
vantage.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-09
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Garden
LUXURY FOR LIVE STOCK.
Fine Dairy Herd Has Concrete Barn
Ra4l C,oi+arv and Reau+ifuf

Fine Dairy Herd Has Concrete Barn
Rost. Sanitary and Beautiful,
The new live stock barn on Old Forge
farm, in eastern Pennsylvania. is
fine example of farm architecture, as
shown by the accompanying illustra-
ion from the Country Gentleman. 1t
Includes all modern equipment and
sanitary provisions. This structure is
112 feet in length, 60 feet wide and 40
feet to the caves. 1t has a hip roof,
Which gives additional NOW space and
adds to it's appearance. The stable IS
built with walls and floor of concrete
and is entirely given over to the sta
bles for the cows. A feeding aisle sew
Ell feet wide runs through the center.
and a row of swinging stanchions is
placed on each side of this. Each stall!
is equipped with feed box and GOV"
cred water trough, which has a swing
ing lid that the cows have learned tc
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-09
REMOVE USELESS Hopue
Nay Adorn Cow, but Often
Serious DAMAGE u

Since Pietertje Maid Orrstu
the great record that won first ~ ---aus
che thirty day division and bod u
picture so widely published man 1
tiers have come to me in reea,.6 : 'eE
says superintendent NJ. II. Gardno
the Holstein Registry al Doloa u
Wis, in letter to the American 80
vator. Several breeders show 80"
ity as to her lack of horns. o,.e II
commenting unfavorably. As IN ,ns'
vidual proposition neat pair of sbo-.
nicely cured waxy horns III ! co.,.
head may be something to be aa7-iros
AS a general proposition tile c =
today has no need of such wo.,r,,,.
and if she has them Will sur NJ
them on her mates in tie hp-9 ~
cause more or less loss to the ,-rro.
Ages ago when the ancestors n;,
tertje Maid Ormsby ran ha.f !.
the forests of Europe it was ra.re.or~
for the cow to protect her c.lI f~or,
the depredationS Of wolves an. a-bo,
beasts of prey, and the horns III
nature had provided for tlat -
were a necessity, but such co. M,
no longer exist, and our breeder. MAJ
well ask themselves as to what uyafn,
purpose can be served by horns On tho
head of a cow.
Pietertje Maid Ormsby nayo. had
any horns because their grow.a vas
prevented. When a calf Of abos3 hrpa
weeks old, as soon as Slight ugs
showed where the horns were eu NY,
was laid on her side and The h y
~ clipped from both swellings T1er
the swellings were moisten v.1 wa
ter and carefully rubbed with 4 sucl
Of caustic potash. and tha wo.a wa,
done with absolutely no gain IVY TIL
little animal.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-09
Artichokes For Hoes.

Artichokes and pumpkins are val
liable sources Of a vegetable feed sup
ply for winter. The former can be
grown on hills and odd corners, which
would not otherwise be utilized. and
in the late fall the hogs can be turned
in to do their own harvesting until
the ground is frozen. Pumpkins are
Of value In that they may be easily
stored until midwinter and fed when
the weather does not permit ranging
out of doors on the wheat or rye
fields
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-09
LIME WET LANDS

Caustic Forms Are 1est ard Cs ,sst
IS Spread When Finely Fowdvs=d.
1he period Of late July and Al1ust
affords the best time for the drainage
OF Ilany wet areas of land which are
SO saturated that they are fiiel With
water at other seasons, says Professor
3. o. Fippin of the New York State
College OF Agriculture. Particularly
It desira bic to drain heavy clay land
at this season in order that tLe soil
which is thrown out may have an op-
pOrtunity to thoroughly dry before be.
Ing returned to its position over the
tile. This period Of slack work IS also
worth considering for the drainage Of
those other wet areas on the farm
which show themselves in the field by
the dwarfed crop and the distress
which it suffers during these dry pc
RODS. Those places which suffer most
from drought are often the same
areas which have had az excess OF
water in the early sprinR
The application of lime on old mead.
ows and upon other land which is to
be plowed for q crop next spring
should now be considered Caustic
forms of lime which are generally
most economical in this state are best
applied in the fall, provided they are
distributed in the finely powdered
form. Fall applications followed BY
Late fall or early spring blowing ar'
! preferable
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-09

One of the most foolish and dan.
fgerous things a policeman ever did
ms to arrest an intoxicated man and
release him on condition that he
leave town. This was done at
Bryson City last week and as al re.
suit the young man, who was ar
rested and released;in a state:of in
toxlcation, is being held and will
be tried for his life, for having com
mltted the most heinous crime in
the catalogue.
one OF the reasons'for taking a
drunken man into custody, is tc
protect the good citizenship; And
Al IS not right for an officer to al
aoW a man who is under the influ-
ence Of intoxicants toIibe turned
loose upon.the public.
II the Officer at Bryson City hae
held his prisoner, until he became
sober the little fourteen wear oil
glri would not have..been injured
the young man would not have ha
TO answer for his crime, and thi
IDIOT would not have:been:.on Swat
~nI--ty and North Carolina.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-09
A Remarkable Hen.

The humble but helpful hen has
been held up to us of late as the
greatest wealth producer of the coun-
try-the automatic provider of health,
support and breakfast. It has re-
NAMED for New York to present this
simple minded but Industrious friend
Of the farmer in the role Of hired
hand Finding her master-we hate
to say owner-busy building a chicken
coop-presumably for her occupancy
Biddy waited about until the man in
the case dropped a nail Turning tc
pick it up, he found that Biddy had
already forestalled him and was
standing by the coop with the nail in
her bill, held ready for driving
Thenceforth until the homely, neces
sary task was done man and her
worked in profitable and pleasant ALI
ance. This is all true. too, because i
was printed in the paper
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-09
FRIDAY MAY. 8, 1913
WE co FORWARD.

AS the Journal has stated from
fine 10 time, the interests OF the
town and county, are identical and
inseparable In Proportion to the
prosperity of the county the town
will benefit and if the town is pros
porous the county will derive It's
share of the blessings. We have
always held that the people OF Jack
son County are a progressive people.
Yhoy proved it by the vote cast
Yesterday. Out Of q quarter OF g
csi.ury Of strife, and discord we
come a united County in the ranks
OF PROGRESS. The people have laid
aside the petty prejudices that have
hel1 Jackson County in the rear,
an3 now we are ready to go for
ward to better things. We need
caD1al to assist US in developing
or untold mineral and timber re-
sources and our abundant water
power, and it will come We need
toimproye our opportunities in az
riculture, horticulture and stock
T. ing, and it will be done. We
need good roads, and already the
money is at hand to do the worl
With the good roads, will come the
tourists to leave their money with
us. We are united people, each
working to the same end, the up
building of Jackson C,ln
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-05-09

At last the question is settled.
The controversy over the removal
OF the county seat. from Webster
to the rail road has been a burnine
issue in jackson County for a quar-
ter Of century. The people have
been divided and as a consequence
their efforts have been along differ
ent lines. They have worked to
cross purposes and Jackson county
has suffered. But now it is settled
and we can all work together for a
greater county. :We have perfect
Led most excellent school system
We have settled the Court house
question and the good roads move
ment is we'll under way. There is
nothing now to hinder us from 90
Ing forward by leaps and bounds
We invite the attention of the
world to our county and her possi
utilities.