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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02

Even the children of today refuse
to be longer satisfied with the toys
of yesteryear designs, but insist on
those OF Intricate ana accurate pat
tern, mechanical wonders, in fact,
for we ar5 now living in a discriml-
for we are now living in a discriml-
mating age. In the old days Santa
Claus had as his helpers men who
could devise homemade toys, crude
yet serviceable; nice aunties who
could make oh, such sweet candy,
right on the kitchen stove; tall un.
cles who could carve out OF bits 0.
wood with a pocket-excuse me-
lack" knife the most amazing and
grotesque figures, and make puzzles
out of wire, and whistle while they
worked; and grandmas-Were there
ever such kindly dears?-who could
busily click their knitting needles
and produce the warmest mittens
and gayest neck scarfs-dear, dear!
1t makes ones eyes moisten just to
think of the happy throng of helpers
Santa Claus used to have. Now, his
work is mostly done by a noisy
grimy lot of machinery, and the at
tendants are kept so busy they have
not so much as a thought OF whist
ling when at work.
Yes, it is a particular age, and
lust ordinary playthings won't sat
isfy the child OF the present. The
change has not been sudden. Thous-
ands of the patents which that
barnch of the government has issued
during the past so years have been
granted for new inventions for chill
dren, and today the invention OF toys
is well recognized profession in
which many persons are engaged.
1t costs money, too, this change.
MANY of the elaborate toys of today
cost as high as $50, and it is at least
an open question if they give any
more real pleasure to their little
owners than did the 50-cent toys Of
the past,
All the progress of the world has
been copied in the work Of toyland.
With the coming of the automobile
there came that small toy so dear to
the heart of the child, and today
what child has not stood open-eyed
and filled with awe in front of some
huge shop window wherein was dis
played an exact reproduction of an
aeroplane which could fly!
At the patent office they will tell
you that the trend of patents in toys
follows very closely upon modern in
vention itself. and in this connection
there is an interesting point. Time
was when everything of a nature
intended to be a plaything was clas-
sified under the general division of
toys and games" But as the in
ventions came in faster more subdi-
visions had to be made.
Birds and Birdlets.
If you go to the big office today to
find a patent on a miniature aero
plane you will not find it in the di-
vision handling toys and games. In
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02

included in these sets. More than a
hundred toys can be made, ranging
all the way from mere ladder to
seven or eight story frame for a
building, up and down which the dy-
namo propels tiny elevators. But if
such a set as this costing over $40,
! is beyond the reach of the moderate
buyer of gifts there are small sets,
minus the motor, which are never
theless complete as far as they go,
and are sufficient to build numerous
toys, such as ladders, bridges and
even small wagon.
But there are so many games and
so many books that it would take
Santa Claus himself to tell you Of
them all. One must not forget,
however, to mention a dolls house
| Oh, such a dolls house as it is! 1t
has an old-fashioned porch, two sto-
ries high, and at all the windows are
flower boxes. Four rooms, furnished
complete-think Of it!
Just a Peep at Dolls.
Just take a trip to the store for a
look at the doll counter. And what
counter it is. If dear grandma
could but see what you are staring
at so hungrily she would raise her
! hands in wonderment. Indeed, yes!
| She loved dolls as we'll as you. But
they we're fiaxen-haired beauties with
graf china-blue eyes, dimples, and all
the delicate loneliness which has for
years been the exclusive property of
dolldom
But now, just look at what you
want There it lies looking for all
the world as though it were baby
sister just walked up. 1t has the
double chin of a fat, happy little ba-
by. 1t has short hair apd no teeth.
At last the baby doll, for which all
the children cry, has come into its
own. 1t is actually a baby doll,
and no mistake. You find them this
year so young and helpless looking
that to see them means to want to
adopt them,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02
THE WONDERS OF TOYLAND

stead you must go to the same d1-
vision as that wherein all the pat
ents of the Wright brothers are to be
found. Hobnobbing Familiarity with
all the inventions for these great
birds of the air are to be found the
little birdlets, the inventions which
handling specific patents on the sub
pose of amusing the children.
1t is the same with engines, wag-
ons, magic lanterns, the more mod
ern motion picture machines, etc.
Only when a toy falls naturally I'M
der the general classification of toys
and games" is it sent to that divis-
ion; otherwise it goes to the division
handling specific patents on the sub
ject it represents.
A visit to any of the toy shops at
this season of the year will serve to
show both Riddles and grown-ups
what modern Invention has done for
toyland. Take the hobby horse. To-
day the tots ride away to Happy
land on steeds whose coats are OF
real horse hide. With the making OF
the horse has come one of the great
est strides in the making of toys.
Time was when all animals were
merely wood, gaudily painted. To-
day they can be seen so real, so far
as looks are concerned, that at a
short distance they seem alive. There
is the lion that crOuches and springs,
great grandson of the stiff lion
which Johnny used to carry beneath
his chubby arm, and whose coat was
of cloth, his name, most likely, of
rope,
Lions That Spring at You.
But this other lion stands as high
as Johnny himself, and if his coat is
not of real skin it is at least as nat
ural as the art of today can make it.
And by winding up the mechanical
device inside this wicked-looking
monster stoops low, and then
whizz!-through the air he springs.
And along with such as this comes
the baby elephant that walks, as
stately as any in far-off India.
But even such toys as these are
not the ones in which the true genius
of the present day is manifested to
it's highest extent 1t is in the more
intricate mechanical devices, upon
which all the art of modern science
has been brought to bear.
The real craze of today is the set
of building blocks. Yes, they can be
called that With the more expensive
sets there comes a motor, to be sure,
and instead of being Of wood these
blocks are of structural steel, But
to all intents and purposes they are
the building blocks of days now pass
ed. Instruct while you amuse your
child" has come to be the cry Of the
day, and all science and art has flock
ed to the rescue.
These steel construction sets are
composed of small Orders, such as
are seen in the great buildings erect
ed in any city. Rivets, screws, pull
Ieys. wheels and all the other devices
known to the art of construction are
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02
PatrOnize Home Industries

A good New Year resolution for every man and
woman Terrell county to make is to patronze nome
people during 1914. The following from the Fort
Valley LeaderTribune is timely, and just as apphca
Bile to Dawson as it is to Fort Valley:
We firmly believe in the principle Of patron1zng
home industries. We unalterably opposed to the
idea of sending money to distant place for any
commodity that be purchased here.
We are told in Holy Writ that house divided Will
fall and the doctrine thus laid down is applicable to
communities well individuals even unto TINS
good day.
We believe that it is the patriotic duty of every
lovaI citizen to buy goods from local merchants in
preference to sending their money other cities, for
such money goes to return no more, while that spent
here remains to add to the volume of circulation
Likewise cur manufacturing enterprises should be
given preference the selling and buying OF prod
nets The institutions invested money in build
ings and equipment for the manufacturing
OF products; they keep constantly employed III man
agerial and clerical capacities OF our best cii-
zens whose families reside here, and during their
working season employ a large number OF day labor
ers and skilled workmen whose weekly pay is prac-
tcally spent here with our home merchants, Whlch
adds materially to the yolane Of business done IN
midst.
l. If not therefore from patriotic viewpoint more
worthy of us as loyal citizens and really better for
us as whole individuals to foster these enter
prses and encourage them by giving them our loyal
support?
We contend that if an automobile machinery
of any kind can fixed here good and at the same
cost as in Macon our machine shops should be given
the preference; that if the price offered for cotton
seed by our local mill is the as that being paid
by representatives of foreign concerns the local mill
should be given the preferences.
This idea is but the carrying out of the first law
of nature as applied communities and upon its OBJ
seryance depends the progress and prosperity OF
any municipality.
Suppose those having surplus cash were to deposit
their money in distant banks contractors to buy their
material from foreign lumber dealers, producers OF
cotton seed to sell product representatives OF
mills located elsewhere peach growers to buy their
crates from factories other than the here buyers
Of merchandise TO supply their needs from mail order
houses-wouldnt it put the banks out of business
suspend work at factories and practically close VI
the business houses of the city?
And thus it behooves all to give our cordial sup
port to home institutions upon their in
great measure depends the cty's prosperity and
individual betterment is measured by the progress Of
our city.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02
NEW BETHEL NEWS.
Happenings of the Week in and
Around That Community.

Happenings of the Week in and
Around That Community.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Sem gave a
turkey dinner in honor of their chill
dren and grandchildren, Mr.. R. j.
Sem and son, Cooper, of Dothan,
Ala, Mr.. 0. H. Sem and children of
Pleasant Hill, Mr.. and Mrs. D. ]. Sem
and children of Herod, and Miss
Irene Sem of Atlanta. The day will
long be remembered by all who were
present.
Rev. E. T. Moore of Andersonyille
will fill his first appointment here the
third Sunday and Saturday before.
We hope to see a large crowd out to
hear him.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. J. Chambliss and
children attended a turkey dinner
Sunday at the home of Mr.. Shealey
Kaufman at Yeomans.
Misses Sophia and Jessie Ward and
Mrs. Mcdonald of Dawson have been
guests of their cousin, Mrs. Gordon
Stephens.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Britt of Ran
doIph county have moved back here.
We are glad to have them with us
again.
The friends and neighbors of Mrs.
Ed Hasty will be glad to know that
she is able to be at home again.
Misses Matte Ruth McMahen and
Mary Mcneil and Master Odesta Can
non have visited at Graves.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Britt and son
of Randolph county spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Britt.
4 Misses Leila and Lucy May Bridges
are visiting their sister, Mrs. Harris,
at Brooksville.
Miss Mary Lou Walker is visiting
her brother, Mr.. Andrew Walker, in
EImodel.
Messrs. John Goodson and Hoy
Mcleod of Pleasant Hill have beer
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson Priest ant
son, Colon, spent Sunday in Parrot
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02
A Difference in Working Hours.

A mans working day is s hours.
His body organs must work perfect
ly "a hours to keep him fit for 8
hours work. Weak, sore, inactive
kidneys cannot do it. They must be
sound and healthy. active all the
time. Foley Kidney Pills will make
them so. You cannot take them into
your system without good results fol
lowing. Dawson Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02
Prof. stokelev Lectures.

Professor n. f. w. Stokeley has a
lecture, Variety Is the Spice Of
Life that he is delivering with
much success. He appeared in Par
rott Tuesday night, and last night
spoke in Shellman He was we'll re
ceived at both places.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02
Shareholders Meeting.

A meeting of the shareholders of
the City National Bank of Daw-
son, Ca, will be held at their bank
ing house on Tuesday, January IL,
1914, at II o'clock, for the purpose
Of electing directors and for the
transaction of any other business as
may properly come before said meet
ing K. S. WORTHY, Cashier.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02
Withdrawal of Reward.

The reward, heretofore offered, of
$3.50 for the arrest and delivery to
the Sheriff of Terrell county of Ar
thur, alias Bogue, Williams is here
BY withdrawn. The parties who
placed the money in my hands for
the payment of the reward have
withdrawn it. This December 18th,
1913. VI. u. HILL,
Sheriff Terrell County, Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02

SNEFFELs, COLA. J. Walsh
was badly done up with rheumatism
and sent for Foley Kidney Pills,
which was the only thing that would
cure him. Geo. Potter Of Pontiac,
Mo, was down on his back with kid
ney and bladder trouble and Foley
Kidney Pills made him well and able
to work. 1t is a splendid medicine
and always helps. Just try it. Daw-
son Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02

All annual conferences of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
except three in Mexico have now vot-
ed on the proposition of changing the
name of the church The vote against
the proposition is 4,O92 and in favor
of it 1888. Thirty-two annual con-
ferences opposed the change and
twelve favored it, the defeat of the
proposition being overwhelming.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02
Shareholders Meeting.

A meeting of the shareholders of
the Dawson National Bank of Daw-
son, Ca, will be held 1t their bank
ing house on Tuesday, January IL,
1914, at II o'clock, for the purpose
of electing directors and for the
transaction of any other business as
may properly come before said meet
ing R L. SAVILLE, CaSnleF.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02

OF course Georgia ought to have
one of the regional banks. Her posi-
ton as a producer of cotton, fruits
and other things, both agricultural
and industrial, entitle her to consid-
Grafton we hope she will enjoy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02
Notice to the Public.

To my friends and customers: I
am in charge of the shop where my
father, w. P. Holman, has done bust
ness for several years. Now, friends,
l will appreciate anything in this
line. Every job guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or no pay. Yours very
truly. J. H. HOLMAN.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02

This is not precisely a happy new
year for the express companies. The
increase in the weight limit of parcel
post packages from twenty to fifty
pounds in the first two zones, the
admission of books to the parcel post
and the reduction of rates in the
third, fourth, fifth and sixth zones
cannot fail to increase the govern
ment business at the expense of that
of the express companies.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02

A stalwalt beggar, who claimed
to have lost his speech and hearing
from a spell of fever, went to bank
in MouItrie and changed his small
silver into large bills, saying he had
done "a very good days business. >
Large numbers of beggars visit Daw-
son. and most of them receive liberal
contributions from our charitably in
clined people. That many of them
are impostors, like the stalwart tel-
low who gets his money changed
that it might be conveniently carried
and hidden from his benefactors
there is little doubt.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02

Vice-President Marshall thinks the
democrats should now stop. The
measures already enacted-the tariff
and currency laws-will afford all
the relief needed without further leg
islation of an important nature, he
COWS
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02

Lost-Diamond in gold setting.
Supposed to have been lost in the
neighborhood of postoffice. a reas-
enable reward will be paid for its re-
covery. X. Y. T., care News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02
OF the express companies.

An expert employed by the trust
companies of New York gives it as
his opinion that the income tax law
is unavoidable. If it is it will have to
be changed, says the Savannah News.
Whether or not it is will be pretty
clearly demonstrated within the next
few days This is the time of the
year when the interest on most bonds
come due and bondholders are hay
ing lot of bother to find out exactly
what they owe the government.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02

millions of dollars will be invested
in good roads in Georgia during the
year 1914" says the Darien Gazette.
The employment by the prison COM
mission of a road building expert,
who will be at the service of those
counties desiring him, will mean that
better results will be gotten from
the expenditure than ever before.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02

The old-fashioned boy who used to
have to stay at home after school and
hold skein of yarn on his hands
while his mother wound it into big
ball now has son who pays four bits
for his sox and can run fifteen balls
at pool, says the Cincinnati Enquirer,
which knows what it is talking
about
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02
says.

A -billion-dollar crop for 1913
shows that the farmer is still the
backbone of the country, and all he
needs is encouragement and the
right kind of legislation. AS the
Macon Telegraph says, better mar
keting facilities are now needed to
bring this great crop to the people.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02

This is political year in Georgia.
The Savannah Press is looking for a
quiet time so far as state politics is
concerned.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02

Willie-Paw, how can you meas
ure the fight of time? Paw-BorroW
$50 or a thirty day note, my son.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-01-02

We wish all the citizens Of Terrell
county Happy and Prosperous New
Year.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-11-30
aTHEREs A REAsoNI

The Seattle Times in reporting tho recent "A B." meeting in Seattle, inc tlmated that lack of Ticker in Seat. tie in the future was one reason why the "A? B's" didn't like senttle any more as a convention city.
 The article said
 That meetings of the Grand Camp of the Arctic Brotherhood hereafter wlll be held at some place other than Seattle was made practically certain at the convention of that organi2a- tion at the Arctic Club this morning, when t was decided to hold an ad- iournt meeting at Juneau on March 14, next An invitation from the Arc tic Club to hold the next regular con- vention in Seattle was practically ac- cepted, but later action on the matter was deferred indefinitely. The fact that prohibition carried at last weeks election caused the ehaogo Of senti- ment Past Grand Arctic Chief Geo. M. 6ibba, Of Dawson. invited the or ganizauon to hold tho noxt regular meeting at Vancouver but action on this invitation will not 6o talen until the adjqurned convention at Juneau t
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-11-30
THE 8UDAG0US

! According to Inc New York Sun,
 the lost Audacious, with the exception
 of che Iron Duke. was the last super
 dreaduaushts added to the British ! fleet She was commissioned on Oct
 9, 1913. and vas one of the eight fsuperdreadnaughts, making up the
 second battle squadron which con-
 sists of the AjaX Audacious. Centur
 ion and King George V, of 28.00O tons and the ConQueror Monarch. Thun- f derer and Orion or 22,50O tons.
 This squadron is the backbone of
 the British navy. Each one Of these ships carries a main battery ten l2 1-2 inch guns, No German war ship, including those launched, but mcompleted at the outbreak or theI war carries anything greater than t2.inch guns.
 The Iron Duke, another dreadnaught carrying 1S 1-2 inch guns. was com missioned in March, and its sister ships the Marlborough Emperor oil India and Benlow, an of 25,00O guns ana ali carrying lS i-z inch guns, that | were building at the outbreak of the war are unquestionably In commis- sion by this time so that even with the Audacious eliminated. England still has eleven superdreadnaughts more powerfully armed than any in the German fleet.
 Besides these beats, the Queen Eliz- abeth and Warspite Of 2IO00 tons, both vessels launched in 1913 and each carrying eight 15-iuch guns, must be nearly finished now and in addition to them, England had at the outbreak of the war under construction but not eight other supordreod aaughts carrying 15.inch guns.
 Germany had at the outbreak of the var four superdreadnaughts launched put not completed each carrying 12- nch guns and threo laid down but not launched which were to carry 15- nch guns.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-11-30
BRITISH COLUMBIA IS
 COURTING LUMBER TRADE


 Ashmun Brown, Washington cores pondent of the Seattle PostIntellt l gencer in bis news letter to his pa- per says
 What British Columbia has been able to do by controlling her own public forests, instead of permitting the federal or Dominion government to control them is clearly shown by report made under date Of October 16 by R. D. Mansfield consul general at Vancouver, to the department of state
 The consul general says
 Among the displays at lhe British Columbia exhibition held ln Vancou- yer recently was one of tho timber resources, which gave 2 comprehen- sive idea of the importance of the wood products tbe large proportion of tho manufacturing life of the pro vince which they represent. and what a large number and variety of arti- cles may be produced from the for ests The exhibit covered the timber industry from the logging camp toI the mills and added industries.
 "The revenue rim the forestry
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-11-30
eRlcg FoNgRAl agLp.

The funeral of Richard Price, who was accidentally killed at Treadwell Friday has held from the Presbyter- ian church in Juneau at two o'clocl, this afternoon. Rev. J. B. Stevens de- Iivered sermon aud there was music by a sDecial Quarietto.
 There was very large attendance. The Treadwell fire department to which Mr Price belonged for many years attended in body numbering so all told. and there were many pres eat rom Juneau, including practically all of the older families. The pal bearers were chosen from the Tread well fire department and consisted Of V ]. Rubin 4, Lagergren, George stephens George Samples. Tom Me Donald and Hugh Melvin.
 Interment was in the family plot in Evergreen cemetery
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-11-30
NATIVES RESOLVED
 TOWARD OWN UPLlFT

sITlA, Nov S0.-The third annual convention of the Alaska Native Broth erhood adjourned today after a five day session. after re-electing all the old officers, condemning their old clonnish and tribal laws and passing a resolution asking the natives to bend their energies toward leading the tribesmen into civilized customs and habits
 The work of the Bureau Of Educa- tion in Alaska was endorsed as Q cam- paign that Twill encourage the natives in business efforts and give their chhdren mechanical training,
 Twenty.four delegates, from all over Southeastern Alaska, attended the
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-11-30

TBEADWELL. Nov So.-The eye Of the brake band on the right hand drum of tho bis central hoist broke yester- day and as consequence only one skip is being used for hoisting Andy Lagergreen, or the Enterprise Foun- dry In Juneau. has been working with he acetelyne -welder on the broken band and it is hoped the break win soon be repaired.
 The Treadwen Fire Department turned ont en masse this afternoon for Richard Prices funeral iu Juneau. They left rreadweil on che Amy at ] o'clock
 Mrs. Duttou left for her home lp IT. linols on the Humboldt Saturday. The family Of Edward 0ugford will occupy tae house vacated by Mrs Duston.
 The Meteor is on her way north with 800 tons or freight for Treadwell.
 There win be a dance at the Tread well club next Wednesday night givon by the Treadwell orchestra.