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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09
Farmers Natural Ally.
From the Savannah News.

While the farmers of the cotton growing
states are waging war on the boil weevil
they should not overlook the value of an
ally that has been provided by nature. The
United States department of agriculture has
recently issued bulletin dealing with Com
mon Birds of the Southeastern States in Re
lation to Agriculture" and therein sets cut
the fact that there are no less than &c spe-
cies of birds which are Of service in destroy
ing the Weevil This was ascertained by an
extensive survey, and the expert knowledge
Of the federal department is behind the
statement The following paragraph sum
marizes the departments findings:
THE most active of the 66 feathered en-
emies of the boil weevil, it was found, are
the orioles, which are among the few
birds actually taking the insects from the
squares of the cotton plant, and the swal-
lows, which feed on the WeeYil while the lat
ter are in flight seeking to extend their
range. In winter the most efficient enemies
of the boil weevils are black birds, meadow
larks, tit-larks and Carolina wrens The
cotton worm is eaten by Al species of birds,
OF which the cuckoos are the most effective.
These birds frequently consume from 100
to $50 of the worms at meal. Twelve
southern birds attack the boil worm and
seven feed on the cotton cutworm.
Some may be moved to say that while
the information is interesting it is valueless
for ii these birds are such efficient DESTROY
ers of the weevil why have they not held
the insect in check? Obviously, the reply is
that the supply of birds has been so depleted
that it Is wholly unequal to the task of check
ing an insect invasion of such proportions
Besides, who can say that the extent of the
INJURY mas not been kept down by the feath-
cred tribes? The scarcity of useful birds
and very few species are nOt-is due to the
fact that man has made of the bird a natural
enemy when it was given to him as an ally
1t IS not entirely idle to hope that many
species of the most valuable birds would
quickly show the good results of treatment
favorable to multiplication: Moreover. in
sects that attack cotton are not the only
pests that beset the farmers of the south.
The department bulletin under consideration
told of southeastern birds which feed on
practically every enemy insect the planter
knows, the click beetles, the white grubs.
the wire worms, the bill bugs, the chinch
bugs, which are great destroyers of corn and
wheat, the corn root worm, the spotted Gu
cumber beetle, the fig eaters, rice weevils.
potato beetles, horsefiies-in short, almost
every insect which is a menace to crops and
health.
Considering size, birds have an enormous
capacity for food. An authority declares
that HedgIlngs consume more than their own
weight between sunrise and sunset Adult
birds eat almost continuously. Saws this au-
thority: ''This ability for enormous con-
sumption makes the birds of vast value to
man in the reduction of insect pests. Bows
and men-should be educated away from
the impulse to hurl a rock or load of shot
at friend who is Industrious and beautiful
and who sings about his work
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09
Faint Heart Never Won.

Something is inherently wrong with the
spirit of the man who rails that he never
had a chance.
Faint heart never won fair lady, or any
thing else.
1t is not alone on the field of mortal con-
fict that what is often colloquially known as
grit is an essential There are other
battles to be fought, and the man who
fights them, if he would emerge victorious,
must need have iron in his blood
When Thomas Cochran made his way to
New York city sixteen years ago and ar
rived in the metropolis absolutely penniless
it was with vision. He could not pene-
trate the future, but he could cast the shad-
ow of his hopes ahead into its devious por-
tails Temporarily, as is human nature, he
coveted merely a "job"-something that
would supply pay envelope, no matter of
how insignificant proportions, which would
provide food, clothing and shelter.
And, had his been the mind and soul easily
satisfied, had he been content to accept the
quiescent complacency alternating comforts
which we may all procure, he would not
have looked forward to the dawn of the
New Year, when he was made partner in
the firm of j. P Morgan & Co.-the young
est of twelve partners.
His employer thought young Cochran
looked promising" and stored him away
under his wing. Plenty of evidence has ac-
cumulated that he was not mistaken, for
the penniless Minnesotan started up the lad
der at a rapid rate. Application, conscien-
tiousness, loyalty-these may be said to
have been the three keynptes. He became
president of the Liberty National bank one
Of the biggest and sOundest financial institu-
tons in his city and country, and on Jan
uary 1st he entered into that elysium, part
nership with the country's premier financial
genius, toward which other financial gen
fuses keep their eyes leveled in the hope of
ultimate consummation.
Such is Thomas Cochran's life epitomized,
and such is the unmistakable lessons it is
capable of teaching those who will heed
PULP" 1t is the most misused word in
the English language pulp is easy of
acquisition. 1t is but synonym of recogni-
ton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09
Taking Stock.

Every successful business man makes 3
check of his affairs at least once year
By taking stock of his merchandise he is
able to arrive at definite knowledge of his
expenses, his profits and his losses
Until he knows where he stands in his
finances he has no basis for credit either
with manufacturer, jobber or banker
Credit ratings are therefore established
through a knowledge of ones business af-
fairs and ability to conduct business at a
profit.
Every man and woman earning money.
and spending money, should occasionally
take stock of their business affairs. What
do you earn in year? What do you spend?
What do you save as your profit?
How is your money spent-what part of it
goes for unnecessary luXuries? Are you
paying excessively for ordinary necessities
Could you save more from your wages by a
few sacrifices?
Look the facts squarely in the face The
cost of living is higher than ever in the
worlds history Prices have not yet reach
| ed the top. Wages have increased with
some, it's true, but they cannot keep pace
with conditions created by world war.
Put the figures on paper Study them.
| Keep record. Have a Savings Account.
| Bank all you can and have your earnings
earn compound interest. Thousands of men,
women and children are saving money. 1t
! is the sure way to have money in the face
of present conditions. 1t is worth making
sacrifices to have ready money later when
you need it.
Banks in Dawson welcome small accounts
Any one with desire to get ahead can walk
into our banks with as little as a dollar and
be assured of welcome.
Take stock today and begin to save
money.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09
The Right WAY.

The powers that be at Washington are
taking into account the possibility, and of
late the probability, that certain gentlemen
whose identities have not yet been fixed may
be responsible for the high cost of living;
that the increased figures at which food,
clothing and coal are being sold to the con-
sumner are due in part to such undeniable
reason as the war in Europe but also to
the expert and illegal manipulations of such
spectators whose principal concern is the
feathering of their own nests.
Some official Investigations have already
been put under way In Chicago, as readers
of The News have noted from these col
umns, a raid has been conducted upon the
establishment of a forehanded individual
who is alleged to have trifing matter of
100000 eggs stored away, awaiting the
time when prices shall be still more to his
liking
In this connection it is worth while to
note that Canada has developed some very
decided prejudices against food spectators
As war measure the dominion has made
a combination to increase prices" a Grim
inal offense Nor are convicted offenders
to be let off with fine. The fine is to be
imposed all right, one of $4,000; but, ad
dltionally, the measure provides for two
years Imprisonment Fines do not alway.
act as deterrent, but the penal servitudt
Of two years will be regarded with scrupu
lous aversion by Canadians who feel stealins
over them a desire to accumulate a pecuni
airy profit with the necessities of their fel
low-citizens as a basis of operation.
The gambler in food products is not motto
ably popular with those who must pay hi
price or go without, and whenever he re
ceives swift kick in the ribs there is
hOsanna Of glad acclaim.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09
The Negro in the South.

The recent exodus of negroes from this
section to the North, in more or less large
I numbers, has precipitated a new outbreak
of the discussion of the. so-called negro
problem.
AS usual, an immense amount of dense
ignorance of the subject is displayed. Those
individuals and newspapers unfamiliar with
the relations which really exist between
the races in the South, and who have feigned
to believe that the average white man here
does not conceive himself to have properly
begun the duties of the day unless he arises
and kills negro or two before breakfast,
are in evidence.
The negro's best friends are the white
people of the South among whom he lives,
and when the negro gets in trouble he has
nowhere to go except to these friends. 1t
is they who must minister to his distress !;
they who must put food into his empty
stomach, and hide his nakedness from the
Wlntry winds which come even in the South.
When the pressing call comes, the call of
dire need it is the white man who must
respond. And he responds There is no
thought of the color line, no pause to consid-
er social caste. No thought fills his mind
and soul except that fellow-beings are cold
and hungry; that the call of charity has
been sounded. His wallet, his smoke house,
his clothes closet are all opened wide.
Whatever misapprehension may exist else
where there are no delusions in the South
with reference to the part which the white
man and the black man must play. The
Caucasian must and does enact the
role of next best friend to the descendant
Of Ham; but he is no more fully aware of
it than the latter
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09
High Heels and FeminiSn1.
From the Medical Times.

Wearing high-heeed shoes leads to a
shortening of the tendon Achllis and con-
traction of the gastrocnemius. Consequent
ly, when we attempt to persuade women to
wear sensible shoes they meet us with the
declaration that lOw-heeled shoes make them
tired and miserable, which is true because
of the shortened tendon. Immediately thew
resume high-heeled shoes they are comfort
able.
Human society has done something of the
same sort in the past to the minds of women.
and the cynic asks why women have not
contributed more to science and art, and
literature.
For ages the mind of woman has been
high-heeled, so to speak. Recently we have
begun to substitute low-heeling, but short
ened intellectual tendons are still recalci-
trant
The girl who from the outset wears sensi-
bic shoes will never acquire a shortened ten
don.
When women can begin life in a sensible
Way-when life is sensible-they will ac-
cOmplish all that men have accomplished,
and probably more
Then we shall be no longer astonished
when we see women comfortably and compe-
tently engaged in the scientific, artistic and
literary work of the world.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09

Our venerable friend and esteemed
neighbor, the Americas Times Recorder, has
just completed its thirty-eighth year. That
is five years longer than The Dawson News
has been in existence, but The News has
had the same owner and editor twenty
seven years, a record that very few
other newspapers have. The Times-Re-
corder, under Editor Cranston Williams
guidance, is a bright and interesting news
paper, and is serving Americas and Sumter
county we'll
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09

The appointment by Governor Harris of
Hon. O.. H. B. Bloodworth, of Forsyth, to
the vacancy on the bench of the court of
appeals will give very general satisfaction.
Mr.. Bloodworth, in the. last primary, ran
ahead of all other candidates for the three
new appellate court places, but failed to
receive enough votes to secure the nominal
ton. He is man of the highest character
and a lawyer of recognized ability and will
worthily wear the ermine.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09

The Hon. Joe Hill Hall says the state is
wasting million dollars annually paying
high and useless salaries, and he is going to
have the Legislature remedy the matter The
gentleman from Bib has cut out quite a job
for himself. Whether he accomplishes any
thing or not, there'n be something doing
when he unlimbers his Iambaster
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09

The award to Pittsburg woman of $780,
600 for heart-balm looks natural, to say the
least. The high price of hearts is the latest
phase of economics, and Pttsburg is the
home of war profits.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09

Governor Harris wrestled several days
with three hundred Georgia lawyers
and their friends who wanted the one
vacant appellate court judgeship Yet, there
are men galore who will rear and rant to
be governor.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09

Everybody is for peace except the fighters,
and they all think they are fighting for
peace 1t is a great boon.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09

The Nebraska laborer who appealed to
the secretary of the Associated Charities
for a bride may lose faith in that institu-
ton as soon as he gets married
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09

We fail to see why the newspapers make
so much fuss over the 40 cents day diet
squad in Chicago There are millions in
this country who live on less than that, and
nobody gives a rap whether they gain or
lose in weight,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09

Macon has or is about to impose license
tax Of 500 on dealers in pistols Why not?
The handy man with the pistol is a danger
Gus individual and coward at heart
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09

1t is said that William j. Harris will be
chairman of the federal trades commission
The announcement is very pleasing to his
friends here in Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09

In reply to the dare to put up or shut
up" Thomas W. Lawson seems inclined
to put up. He has already succeeded in
stirring up the animals.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09

There were fourteen lynchings in Georgia
last year, and that was just fourteen too
many. Let's make amends by not having
any this year
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09

And the man who sold his cotton last
month, and didn't wait for the product to
90 to two bits a pound, is at least not the
man who needs sympathy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09

If Carranza can't lick Villa he should not
give US any back talk.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09

Dawson sunshine has not advanced in
price.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-01-09

OINTMENT fails to cure any case of itching,
Blind. Bleeding Protrudng Piles in 6to ~ Gays.
The first application gives Ease and Rest. SOC.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-10
The Housewives Economy Calendar
by Franc.s Ms<rhaD-

peck of plums Boil and pour II
over the plums. Let them stand fer
three days. Then skim out the
plums and let the syrup boil down
until il Is thick. Sterilize fruit jars
and fill each jar with fruit. Cover
with the hot boiling syrup. cover
closely and seal as usual
Greengages i'm Syrup.
If you can get greengages by all
means make some preserves of them.
Wash the plums and weigh them
and for every pound allow one
pound of sugar and one-half cup
Of water OF this make a syrup.
Now cut the plums in two and re-
move the stones and when the
syrup has boiled 10 minutes add
the plums to it and let simmer
gently till the fruit is tender.
Canned Plums.
The simplest way TO put up
plums is simply TO can them For
this you should allow three-quar-
ters of "a pound Of sugar to every
pound of the fruit The fruit can
be canned either with the stones i'm
or without. If the stone are left in.
the plums should each be pricked
with a sterilized knitting needle.
Make a syrup Of the sugar. adding
a pint OF water 10 each quarter
pounds Of sugar. simmer the plums
i'm the syrup gently and allow 10
boil about FIVE minutes Put the
plums i'm sterilized jars, cover with
syrup. and seal i'm the usual way
Copyright. 1910
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-10
CITY COURT FINES TWO
AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS

Jim Paris was fined 81 and costs
u city court Monday morning. ON a
harse OF operating am automobile
without DINNERS
Joseph Nohmood charged with
selling liquor without license en-
tered a plea OF not guilty The case
was continued until Tuesday. W.
Carver charged with operating am
automobile without horn was or
dered go appear Tuesday.
Carl Peterson Wubu. Prasmer.
Louis Wacar. Mike Wi'siu. Mike
Novac and Emery Nauko withdrew
their plea Of rot guilty 20 "a charge
~ gambling and entered a plea OF
-uilty The eases were continued
until THURSDAY
The ease OF Gus Famous. who has
Seen ont ON $500 bond ON "a charge
81 issuing fraudulent checks. was
a. for Tuesday
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-10
PEACE YELpERS
GET REAL WAR
IN MILWAUKE

MILWAUKEE, Wis. Sept 10. -
one Italian was killed. another was
probably fatally wounded, and two
police officers were slightly injured
late Sunday when an. attempt was
made to break up "A patriotic open
meeting in the Italian section.
The two Italians who were shot are
members of an alleged anarchists
club which later was raided and
literature. said 10 have been of an
incendiary nature, was seized.
The two wounded detectives are
Albert Templin and John c. Rydle-
wiz. The Italians have not been
identified
The Rev. A. Guiliani. an evange-
list who has been holding "A series
of meetings among the Italians in
an effort 10 stimulate patriotism, re
ported to the police last Sunday that
a number of men had attempted to
break up the meeting and he asked
for police protection for the meet
ing today. A number of plain
clothes men were detailed for the
gathering.
When the meeting was i'm prog
ress the man who was later killed
began 10 talk loudly to interrupt
the speaker When one of the Off
GERS stepped up TO him he drew a
revolver and began firing.
Police reserves were rushed 10 the
scene and seven men and one WOm-
an. all Italians, were arrested.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-10

guest. Mrs. Harry Arnold of st.
Cloud Mimi. left Monday for a two
days visit with friends at Michigan
city.
Glen Copeuhaver. son of Mr.. and
Mrs Wesley Copenhaver. s. Seven
teenth ST. was removed TO st. Jo-
seph hospital Sunday where he
underwent an operation.
Mrs. Burt link. y Eighth St. was
taken TO 81. Joseph hospital NIish-
awaka, Monday, where she will sub
NIT 10 an operation Tuesday morn
ms
NJ. C.. Fisher was called to south
Whitley Ind. Saturday by the death
Of relative.
Mr. and Mrs. George White OF
LoganspOrt, Ind. spent the weekend
with River Park and South Bend
friends
Mrs. b. r. Myers has gone TO Van
Vert. o.. for a several weeks visit
With relatives.
airS II. F Brooks Eleventh ST..
is recovering from "A recent illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. y. Beissler of
Evansville. Ind. are guests OF their
daughter Mrs. George Center.
IrS. Abgil Van Dusen Of New
Carlisle grandmother Of Mrs. Bruce
Mofitt. will accompany them 70
Wiutersett. Ia. 20 spend the winter
with her sister. Mrs. r. Firey.
Mr. and Mrs. Omer Bosworth OF
Coalbush spent sunday with the
latter's mother. Mrs. A r. Locker.
DR. 4. ?. +. Gammack. Eleventh
ST. left sunday for Toronto. Can
ada. 10 attending a meeting Of the
Foresters
Miss Helen Kochenderfer. y.
SiStn 81. was i'm Niles Mich. sun
dag
AR. and Mrs. Marshall Walsh OF
ColUm bus O. who were married
avg IS are here for a visit with
Airs WalSh's aunt Avs David Svl-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-10
LET WOMEN VOTE
URGES ROOSEVELT
The Colonel Says Suffrage
Should be Granted as
Right, Not Favor"

OYSTER BAY. Sept. Women
are entitled TO ballot as right and
not as favor, Col. Theodore Roose-
welt told a gathering of about 800
suftragists and their friends who
motored TO his home at Sycamore
hill Saturday. lie declared himself
most emphatically in favor of wom-
an suffrage and was heartily ap-
plauded when he said:
ON the whole, the citizen to
whom 1 Will pay the greatest defer
ence as doing the most indispen-
able Of all duties. is the mother.
Will put her ahead Of every other
human being. To deny the mother
the vote seems TO me something so
prepOSterOus that our descendants
will fail TO understand we could call
ourselves self-governing and demo-
cratic and yet deny it.
During the last three years we
have been in the habit of thinking
about just what democracy
means, continued the colonel,
and / believe that as we grow wiser
~ Wa .N~eN4--s NIAAAN ~ NAA@ hNA+NA
that on the one hand we must, in a
democracy. suffer no injustice. and.
on the other hand, We must do no
injustice. In other words. democ-
racy must be type of political or
ganism in which every right enjoy
ed is conditioned upon a duty per
formed and every duty performed
means the corresponding enjoyment
of a right.
II wish to state, with all the en-
phasis in my power, that if either
man or woman refuses to do his
or her duty 1 hold that they have
no right TO the privilege of the suf-
frage. 1 do not put it on the
ground of sex. l put it on the
ground of duty.
People have said TO me that we
must not have women vote because
they would all be pacifsts. The
Lord knows | despise a paCitist and
have made no special effort to
dissemble my feelings about that.
But 1 have failed 10 notice that
among them the Sinking sisterhood
of pacifists outnumbers the bleeting
brotherhoods of pacifsts.
This white rabbit special that
has been going around the coun-
try has not found a place for the
sOles of its feet 10 rest.
"On general grounds / have absO-
lutely no doubt that suffrage must
come. as a matter of right; if we
are TO continue our democratic eX-
pertinent of government, il must
come"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-10
HAVE $50 LUNCHES
FOR 223 SOLDIERS

With 250 well made up lunches
and only 223 soldiers and officers
10 do away with them, the men in
the khaki will not go hungry on
their trip TO indianapolis. The
lunches which included three ham
sandwiches. apples, pickles, oranges,
olives and boiled eggs, were donated
to the men by the members Of the
headquarters auxiliary.
A number of mothers. thinking
the lunches donated TO the boys
would not be sufficient 10 carry the
men through, made up individual
lunches for their sons. A few Of
these. however. on reaching the
station could not locate their loved
ones and were therefore much dis
appointed. DR.. +. q. Freyermuth.
chairman Of the auxiliary, stated
that he was well pleased with the
great number of lunches that were
turned in by the members of the
auxiliary.
Just before the train pulled out
500 children of st. Cashiers school
headed by Rev. John Kubacki. pre-
scented Col. George w Freyermuth
with $50 which will be added to
the army fund which now totaled
over $500 when the boys boarded
the train. To raise the donation TO
$40 each member of the st. Cas-
inner school gave five cents. A
dance by the core makers at divers
netted S25 for the fund