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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22
WHY NEGRO is BLACK.
Maybe His Vascular Sudoriparous System"
Is Better Developed.
Why is the negro Iblack?


He isn't, when he is born, declares a sci
enlist So long ago as 1853 LIE Cat noticed
that the newly born negro is of a reddish
color. That observation has since been fire.
quently confirmed; and it is now pretty
widely known that though the baby negro
begins to follow in the footsteps of his pa
rents as regards color within a few days af-
ter his birth yet at the moment of birth he
shows a disposition to aspire towards the
Caucasian race, being white, or, at worst,
red in hue.
1t is generally assumed that the chief of
all the causes of a negro's blackness is the
hot sun beneath whose more or less vertical
rays he is doomed to live. There is, how
ever, a physiological condition of the skin
which differentiates that organ from the
integument of the white man. In other
words, there is a difference in what is known
as augmentation
AS a scientist would put it, the negro pos
sesses a more developed vascular sudoripar-
Gus system than we do" In other words,
he has more and larger sweat glands, and
they are more literally supplied with blood.
By means of these he perspres much more
abundantly. This condition is possibly a
contributory factor in his blackness.
1t is an important element in the invest-
cation to remember, however, that the black
est of all black people are almost invariably
found under certain very definite conditions.
That is to say, they are found where great
heat strong light and much atmospheric
moisture are in combination For example,
'the blacklist negroes of Africa are those
who live in Guinea, where the greatest
amount of rain annually falls" On the 9TH
err hand, 'the people who live in the dry
section of the Uban desert have red skins. y
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22
THE STATES INCONSISTENCY.

From the Albany Herald.
Yes sell the states abroad. 1t ought to
have been done twenty-five years ago.
When the state entered upon a policy OF
regulating railroads and established rail
road commission for the purpose of prevent
ing determinations and maintaining com
petition in freight and passenger transporta-
ton it should have disposed of its own rail
road and retired from the railroad business.
We have only recently witnessed the dis
gushing spectacle of the state refusing to
charter railroad because its line would
become a competitor of its own railroad
property. And yet the state has enacted
laws and established a railroad commission
to encourage and maintain competition in
the railroad business. A great state ought
to be not only honest, but consistently fair,
and the state of Georgia can be neither
where railroads are concerned so long as it
owns railroad for which it demands special
privileges and immunities, including eXemp-
ton from taxation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22
Know What Fertilizers Are
Worth.
From the Progressive Farmer.

No man would buy pigs without knowing
whether he was buying two or three, yet
hundreds of men will buy fertilizers without
knowing whether it contains or 8 per
cent of nitrogen-two or three pounds or
nitrogen in a hundred pounds of fertilizer.
Or if they read the guarantee and see the
per cent of nitrogen it contains many do not
know what it means. They would not buy
two pigs and pay $40 for them when they
could buy three pigs of the same size and
quality for considerably less than $50; but
they will pay 500 for fertilizer when they
could buy one containing half more plant
foods for much less than $50. Many are
confused because they cannot understand
why they should buy ton of 2-S-2 fertilizer,
for instance and only get 24O pounds OF
plant foods. They know that when they
buy a pig that weighs 200 pounds they do
not get 200 pounds of meat they can eat.
They cannot eat the bones hair and many
other parts which go to make up the 200
pounds of the pig when alive. We know
we cannot get good lean pork to eat without
taking the parts which cannot be eaten,
because pigs do not grow that way. Like
wise we cannot buy nitrogen, phosphoric
acid and potash without taking along with
these plant foods other materials that are
useless. The fault is no more in the fertil-
iZer manufacturer than in the man who sells
the live pig. 1t is simply that nitrogen,
phosphOric acid and potash do not exist in
salable form in the pure state, and therefore
cannot be bought without buying the useless
materials mixed with them When filters
are used it is not usually the fault of the
manufacturer, but because the buyers de-
mand a low grade, cheap product. That IS,
they are not willing to buy three pigs for
$26, but insist on buying two pigs, instead,
for 500
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22
Limit to Soul Saving.
From the Pittsburg Post.

The remark of an evangelist holding re-
vival meetings in Wilmington, Del, draws
attention to a style of talk peculiar to GER
tain preachers of his class. 1--WE want no
less than 1000 souls this week. he said
as he began the closing week of his meet
ings. Perhaps it is only human for any
worker to set a standard for his efforts, and
many a minister may have had such a
thought as this evangelist, if he never put
it into words. And this last would appear
to give us the rule for measuring such eX-
pressions. The great majority of ministers
seem to regard it as thought to be resisted
and certainly one to be left unsaid. 1t
age basis, of seeking to purify the heart in
terms of efficiency" and OF being satisfied
with the record made by the saver rather
than with the change wrought in the saved !;
that is it is a successful revival if a certain
number profess conversion in a week, with
out regard to whether their conviction is of
the kind that sticks. This, of course, is not
a Judgment on the motives of all the evan
gelists indulging in such talk. We have no
doubt that the great majority of them are
sincere in their work, and that such state
ments as that referred to are but examples
of loose expression; but there can be no
doubt that they sound the other way, and
for that reason, as they always give
cavilers an opportunity, are to be regretted.
Of course it does not rest with any hu-
man being to issue the last call for heav-
en- or to start the last special for par
adise as soon as a certain number gets
aboard The offer of salvation is continu-
ously to all.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22
IF WE HAD WAR WITH GERMANY.

From the Journal of Commerce.
In event of war between the United States
and Germany many things could happen.
Outside of military and naval activities the
effects upon the United States would be
chiefly these:
A second general readjustment of bust
ness affairs to a new situation, less violent
than in 1914.
Some temporary arrangement in the Sc
curity markets.
Extensive bond issues which would tend
to lessen foreign borrowing on this side.
A larger home demand for war munitions
which would probably interfere with foreign
orders.
Stricter efforts to check the large Amer1-
can exports to Germany now llterng
through Holland, Denmark and Sweden.
The German ships now interned in this
country might be Communicated as trans
ports or to relieve the freight situation.
Some lines of industry would be stimu-
lated by our entering the war and few would
be injured more than they are by present
uncertainties.
Taking the situation at large war with
Germany could not be a very serious matter
to the United States, and if it FASTENED peace
would be distinctly beneficial.
To the allies it would mean less financial
and industrial aid from this country, but
considerable naval and military cooperation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22
Bones Worth Millions.

Alaska. that worthless ice field the United
States was said to have bought from Rus
STA at a ruinous price way back in the COS,
has Welded millions of dollars in gold, has
more millions to give US in COAL and is
already producing other millions from its
enormous fisheries. But it seems this cat
in a bag" has another golden foot, or shall
it be facetiousIy called a tail.
1t has been decided that vast deposit
of seal and sea lion bones found on the
Pribiloff islands of Alaska can be ground
up and shipped in government vessels to the
Atlantic seaboard for use as fertilizer.
Raw ground bones for fertilzing pur-
poses are worth $35 ton and the grinding
costs less than 81 a ton. The deposits of
bones on the PrfbilOff islands are estimated
to be six feet deep and several square miles
in area Their commercial value is put at
several million dollars.
Freight rates are. the problem. These
amount TO Sc a ton normally from the Pa
cific coast to the Atlantic via Panama, but
there are no quotations from Alaska down
to the Pacific coast. 1t is suggested that
naval GOLFERS that take coal at Alaska bring
seal and sea lion ground bones back to
Norfolk Va, thence to be distributed to
eastern farmers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22
How to Rest When Tired.
Yes, yes; quite

Yes yes; quite so! The way to get over
being tired is to rest Recreation is useful
in restoring frazzled nerves and muscles.
If you wear out nerves exercise your mus
cles for recreation; if you wear out muscles
exercise your nerves a little to rest.
But do you know why?
A German scientist claims he can increase
the yield of labor from any given group Of
muscles He claims that in practice a gain
of from % to 40 per cent is obtainable by his
system in the amount of work done.
The device is extremely simple. When
the given group of muscles has reached the
point of exhaustion, due to the accumulation
of the products of fatigue, they are allowed
to rest while an entirely different muscle
group is set to work vigorously. The ener-
getic contraction of these muscles causes an
increase in heart action and circulation, and
the strengthened current of blood thus sent
to all parts of the body partially restores
the working power of the first group of mus
cles by carrying away fatigue toxins and sup
plying oxygen.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22
Sherif's Sale.

Georgia, Terrell County.-Wtl he
sold at the court house door in said
county on the first Tuesday in April
1916, within the legal hours OF salaI
to the highest bidder for cash, all a
that certain tract or parcel of land
being the south half of the norh
half of lot of land No. 11S in the 12h
district of Terrell county, Georgia
containing so acres o land, more Of
less, with all improvements thereon.
said land levied upon as the prop.
erty of Mrs. A. P. Stevens to satisfy
an execution issued on the 18th day
of January, 1914, from the City
Court of Dawson, in said county, in
avor of Kennedy & Brim against Mrs
A. P. Stevens. Tenant in Possession
notified. This the 18th day of Feb.
ruary, 1916. J. q. TURNER, Sheriff
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22
FEARFUL. ENGINE OF DESTRUCTION

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The colossal 42-centimeter (161 2 -inch)
howitzer. used by the Germans in the effort
to batter down the defenses of Verdun, is
one of the most formidable machines OF
demolition ever devised. The gun weighs
nearly 100 tons. From a barrel more than
sixteen feet long it throws shell weighing
nearly half ton a distance of fourteen miles
and more 1t requires the services OF zoo
men to handle the weapon, and it IS dis
charged from distance of 900 feet. me
members of the gun crews wear protectors
and throw themselves fiat to avoid injury
from a shock which breaks all windows
within a radius of two and half miles
The foundations, twenty-siX feet in depth,
are mined throughout so that the engineer
in charge. when there is risk of capture,
may fulfill his solemn oath to blow up the
monster That a creature of mems hands
should have such diabOlic power for the
destruction of human life is a mournful COM
mentary on the misapplication of modern
science to the ends of warfare. When the
average fort can endure but one shot and
town is a rubbish heap after the gun is fired
twice what hope has mere flesh and blood
against such cannonading? Yet the spirit of
France. against which this German gun IS
directed is undaunted, and no terror can
drive her soldiers from their posts until
they die.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22
Those Poor Little Submarines.

Now comes Germany claiming that her
submarines should have extraordinary con
sideration from all enemy ships because the
subs are so frail in construction.
Three cheers for German logic!
1t was one of these poor, frail. delicate lit
tie submarines that sent the Lusitania to
the bottom. Personally, we favor humani-
tartan attitude on the part Of the allied ma
tions toward all German submarines. Feed
EN- cod liver oil and other strengthening
food: but don't be so unthoughted as to ac-
cidentally shoot one. They are only tiny
ornaments, and the worst thing one of them
could do would be to sink a few passenger
liners. and send a few thousand human be-
ings to the bottom of the sea.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22
For Dismise1On.

Georgia, Terrell County.
as R. H. Jennings, administrator OF
E. C. Jennings, represents to the
court in his petition, duly filed and
entered on record, that he has fully
administered E. C. Jennings estate
this is, therefore, to cite all persons
concerned, kindred and creditors
to show cause, if any they can, why
said administrator should not be dis
charged from his administration, and
receive letters of dismission on the
first Monday in April, 1916. L. c.
HOYL. Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22
For DismissiOn

Georgia, Terrell County.-Where-
as, W. F. Avera, executor of the last
will of Prince Powell, represents to
the court in his petition duly filed and
entered on record that he has fully
administered Prince Powell's estate
this is, therefore, to cite all persons
concerned, kindred and creditors
to show cause, if any they can, why
said executor should not be discharg
ed from his administrat ion and re-
ceive letters of dismission on the frs
Monday in April, 1916. L. c. HOIL
Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22
For Administration

Georgia, Terrell County.-TO all
whom it may concern: Miss ]. D.
Burge having in proper form applied
to me for permanent letters of ad,
ministration on the estate of R. A.
Burge, late of the state of Florida,
this is to cite all and singular the
creditors and next of kin of R. A
Burge to be and appear at my Of
fee within the time allowed by Law
and show cause, if any they can, why
permanent administration should not
be granted to Miss J. D. Burge on R.
A. Burgess estate Witness my hand
an dofficial signature this 9th day
of March, 1916. =. C. HOYL, Ord
nary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22
Notice Debtors & Creditors

All creditors of the estate OF An
drew Roberts, late of Terrell county
Georgia, deceased, are hereby noti-
fed to render in their demands to tne
undersigned according to law, and al
persons indebted to said estate are
required to make immediate pay
ment. This March 9Th, 1916. u. ).
WOOLBRIGHT, administrator estate
of Andrew Roberts, deceased.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22
For DismissiOn

Georgia, Terrell County,. c.
C. PaschaI, Jr, guardian of c. NJ
Paschal and L. E. Paschal, having ap-
piled to me to be discharged from
such guardianship, let all persons
concerned show cause before me al
the court house in Dawson, Ga" IN
said county, on third day of April
next, why such application for as
charge should not be granted. Nlt-
ness my official signature this ltA
day of March, 1916. L. C. HOIL'
Ordinary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22
For Leave to Sell.

Georgia, Terrell CCunty.-Notlcee
is hereby given that the undersigned
has applied to the Ordinary of salu
county for leave to sell the land be-
longing to the estate of Miley Haf-
ris for the payment of debts. SAD
application will be heard at the regu-
lar term of the Court of Ordinary Tot
said county to be held on the first
Monday in April, 1916. This Marcn
9Th, 1916. ]. M. BELL, Administra-
tor upon the state of Miley Harris.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22
TWILL NOT BE HAPPY sPRINGTINIE.

From the Savannah News.
All of the great belligerent nations are
looking forward to the coming of spring.
Some of their thought is for the planting of
crops, but far more of it is for the manoeuv-
ering of armies, the piling up of shells, the
launching of attacks and the beating back
of desperate assaults by scores of thousands
of the enemy The outlook is for a tremen-
dous effort by one side. perhaps by both,
to break through enemy lines Germany
has launched assaults in France and Bel
GUM recently, and Russia is striking back
at the southern end of the line along which
she is facing Germany and Austria in arms.
Whether anything decisive is accomplished
in the spring there is no doubt that many
strong. brave men who are now filled with
the ardor of patriotism will be filling sol
diers' graves.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22

Dawson has broke into the columns OF
the revered Literary Digest, due to the city
council having placed on the municipal stat
ute books a measure designed to put stop
to that time-honored and hitherto unresfsted
prerogative of negro cooks colloquially
known as pan toters." There have been
grumblings and mental protests against the
extent of the practice. but Dawson is one
of the first, if not the first towns of the
South to go on record with a law to end
the depletion of the family larder.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22
WEEKS AND WEEKS.
Weeks.

NtthS.
"Pay-up weeks Better babies
weeks" This week, that week, the
other week! Why not cease the OBJ
servance of a virtue for a week, and
practice it for fifty-two of them con-
secutively? If it is a good thing to
pay your honest debt for Ole week
isn't it better to pay them the year
round Dawson News.
OF course t would be better to have the
entire year observed than merely one week
but the reformers probably think if they ge
us started in the right direction we will keel
going.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22
'SHERIFFS SAIL

Georgia, Terrell County-Bv
tue of a fl ia issued from RAM
county in favor of Cuthbert '' ~
Mixture Guano Company NOl
sell for cash on the first w
day in April next, before u \
court house door in Dawson y
within the legal hours of sale |
following described property to-!
Twenty 600 mules, two (2j b YUSl
thirty 800 head of hogs si V,se
(16) COWS and calves, five bnnJ'''
5000 bushels corn, more or less ~ y
CD tons forage, more or less ,i y
utensils and farming imDlam a.o
tour (4) wagons, one hundred ~
(15O) bushels cotton seed, NOR
less, the same being levied on a. q
property of R. D. Gay, but boi u
found in possession of F. w ~
This March 4th, 1916. ]. 4 mn
NER, Sheriff.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22
ANOTHER REASON FOR PROHIBITION

From the Savannah News
In view of the possibility of the national
capital going dry it has been suggested that
prohibition in Washington might tend to
shorten the sessions of congress. That is
problematical. But possibly dry Washing
ton would mean less yOlumnous Congress
SiOnal Record.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22

Representative Connolly, of Kansas asked
Admiral Grant during a committee hear
ing. if torpedo destroyers were designed to
destroy torpedo boats. After having fully
informed himself as to this we shall now
look for another question from the Kansan,
viz: For what are rat traps intended?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22

The reputation which the yice-presdency
has achieved-that of being political bur
ial ground-evidently has not frightened
Mr.. Marshall in the least, as he has an
nounced his willingness to be again inferred
if the voters see fit
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22

are getting out Of the trenches, but not IN
a manner to entirely satisfy Mr. Henry Ford.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22
Notice Debtors and Creditors

Georgia, Terrell County.-All creo-
itors of tn eestate of Mrs. M. ]. SIM
mons, deceased, are hereby requesgeu
to render in an account of their az
mands. This March 18th, 1916. n
A. WILKINSON, Administrator o.
the Estate of Mrs. M. ]. Simmons.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22

Congress is finding out that the people
are gradually learning to dinerentiate be-
tween patriotism and pork. There can't
be too much of the former, but any of the
latter is too much.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22

All quiet along the Potomac now. The
bugles sing truce. Those who were at pollt-
icaI loggerheads have settled their differ
ences. so "let us have peac." Go to church
next Sunday.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22

These alleged peace conferences which
are taking place now and then may be
very fine thing. The only trouble about
them is that the warning nations are not
represented.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22

1t has been discovered that George Wash
ington was the first mule breeder this couh-
try ever knew. Georges memory will now
be worshipped in Missouri more than ever
before
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22

Virtually every farmer in Southwest
Georgia has planted corn. and now cotton
planting is under way. The crop of small
grain looks good There will be demand
for wheat and oats along in May and June.
And let us hope that later on the results
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22

March has evinced some determination tC
live up to that traditional lion likeness.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22

The democratic party may now and then
find itself in need of certain utilitaran ar
ticles. but no one can deny that it is already
in possession of a House and Kitchen
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22

These be parlous days and anguished mo-
ments for the fish worms of Southwest Geor-
gia. spent in gloomy knowledge of the spring
days Just ahead
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22

Several kinds of hay are said to be as
palatable as breakfast food, and one of our
contemporaries confesses that some of them
we have eaten tasted just about like that.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22

The astronomers have announced that
Mars is to have an early spring. Mars is
evidently going to show its good taste by
getting on the Southwest Georgia platform.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22

Some Of our state politicians are going to
find themselves in possession of sadly dilap-
idated hats if they don't hurry up and take
them out of the ring.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22

The March winds tempereth themselves
not to the hosiery.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22

There is more than enough Southwest
Georgia sunshine for home consumption,
and visitors are welcome to enjoy it to their
hearts content.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22

The Turks may be short on aeroplanes,
but a little thing like that doesn't prevent
them from flying when they notice that
Grand Duke Nicholas is in their rear
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-03-22

decision as to whether the Germans or the
French will put the done in Verdun