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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-11-24
)PERS At HOME
!, on Otsego Lake Bears
Family Name Of Novelist.
20 the Noted Writer Gained In
spration to Execute Works That
Brought Him Fame.

= With the arrival Of q solitary horse
. AT the shores Of OtSego lake In
* York begins the history Of Coop
.town. He was William Cooper, OF
uckinghamshire family that came
/ mcrica from England in 1913, ana
ounded the town which bears his
~. Leaving his home in Pennsyl-
IA in 17S5, ut the age Of thlrty-one.
investigated the region round about
\ sego lake with the intention of
.nling there home for himself
village for others. In January,
J, he took possession, in as%ocl;t-
with Andrew Craig, of Il large
t of 1880 acres. soon afterWard
wing out his partners share ami
pming sole owner. Settlers began
arrive, and in 1888, Cooper erected
!, home for himself. 1t stood on Main
ct. where Is now the entrance to
beautiful and extensive Cooper
te.
his William Cooper was the father
James Fenimore Cooper. who in his
ansfer to his new home ut the age
thirteen months was the impressive
.,tness Of an amusing family differ
&c. 1t seems that when William
,oper had completed arrangements
the transfer of his family from
J. arlington. n. j.. to Cooperstown, his
life positively refused 70 90. She
/. rendered the wilderness which she
al visited three years before and she
,ferrcd the well established society
:. ~! cOngenial friends Of her old home
!. the diScolnforts of pioneer settle
ment. The conveyance was ready ana
waiting, her husband urged her to give
u, but she sat firmly in chair In
he library of her Burlington home
I'd refused to bulge.
The circumstances Of this famil!
grcement are pleasantly narrated
Rev. Ralph BirdSall, rector OF
..st church, says the Boston Tran
script, in his delightful little volume
Which he calls THE Story Of COopers
,ran" If Mrs. Cooper was strong
1ed woman. Mr.. Cooper was n,
a strong minded man. "He seizet
chair" says Mr.. Birdsall, with
wife in it, and putting her aboart
wagon, chair and all, began the
journey to OtSego. Thus Will
lam Cooper carried his point, while
is wife carried hers, for she Travelled
, whole distance in the chair from
|. she vowed she would not move
hair itself, sacred to the mem
"'y - two strong minds, is still in use
y Cooper family"
ais change Of home doubtless
GptH, If it did not alter, the life OF
les FenimOre Cooper. All his firS'
,res.,ions, he said long afterward
re obtained in the Otsego region
T. IS to be doubted whether Fenimore
cooper would have gained such wide
as a novelist If he had moi
.!scOvered the unique field of romance
which the lake and hills Of OtsegC
began to open to his vision. Had FEM
more Cooper remained In Burlington
be might have written good novels
but not THE Leather Stocking Tales
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-11-24
Easy to Rid Home
of Rats and Mice

There Is no need Of suffering from the
Expectations Of rats and mice now that
stearns' Paste is readily obtainable at
nearly every store A small box of this
Effective exterminator costs only S.
,ents and Is usually sufficient to com
)letely rid the house, store or barn Of rats
and mice The L. s. Government has
fought thousands Of pounds of Stearns'
Paste for use in cities where rats and
nice are plentiful The Paste Is also
NaterbuGS. ADV.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-11-24
500 Reward, 500

Catarrh is local disease greatly infiu-
enced by constitutional conditions. 1t
therefore requires constitutional treat
ment. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
Is taken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sys-
fem. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
destroys the foundation of the disease
gives the patient strength ny improving
the general health and assists nature in
doing its work. 10000 for any case Of
Catarrh that HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE fails to cure.
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-11-24
Do You Biarne Herr

Great gracious, man." exclaimed
Boggs' friend. "Do find you reduced
to playing cornet at the street cor
ner to make q living!'
I'm not doing this to make liv-
ing. My wife won't let me practice in
the house." BoggS replied.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-11-24
Didn't Figure on Cost.

Before we We're married you used
to say l should never want for any
hing
That's so. But how could know
The cost Of living was going to do Il
SkyScruping act z"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-11-24
The Straight Tip.

Iie-Are YOU sentimental?
She-It depends.
Iie-On what?
She-On the restaurant and the din
ner.-PuSSiny Show.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-11-24
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION

Should De given to sprainS, sWellngs,
bruises. rheumatism and neuralgia.
Keep Mansfield's Magic Arnica Lini-
ment handy on the shelf Three sizes
-2Jc, soc and $1.OO.-Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-11-24
Human RIGHTS.

"What we want is freedom Of
speech shouted the man on soap
box.
''YeS!" answered the woman who
was leaning out of the window. 'But
haven't we members of the Anti-Noise
association any rights at all p
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-11-24
Forbearance.

Wnat did the editor say when sou
= through reading your blank verse
anposition?"
Scthing," replied Mr.. Penwiggle. II
soat wake him I'D"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-11-24
The Difference.

What's the difference between q So
wHst and Specialist"
hgoOd deal. A socialist wants half
III you possess, and a specialist
IS 1t all."-Life.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-11-24
Really Brave.

You really think that he's game
soldier"
You bet he is. Why, he's as game
a~ n married man says he'd be if he
weren't married."
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-11-24

Infections or infiammations Of the Eyes.
whether from external or internal Caus. 8.
promptly healed by the use Of Roman
Eye Balsam at night Upon retiring Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-11-24
An Objector.

II never allow young men to kiss
NE 'Oh l see. You are one OF those
conscientious DIRECTORS, too"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-11-24

London (EnglanO postoffice en-
pIoyS over 10000 women.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-11-24

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills put up 40 years
ago. They regulate liver and bowels. AID.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-11-24

A man may convince woman that
she is in the wrong by agreeing with
her.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30
SHOOTING THE SPY WOMAN

The romantic history with which the Eu-
ropean news services credited Nine. Mata-
Hari, a beautiful Dutch dancer, has had its
tragic denouement. Nine. Mata-Hari, still
beautiful and still adventuring, has under
gone the fatal experience of being shot at
dawn for spying. 1t was not the Germans
who did it, for it was the Germans she
served. French poilus, who probably gulped
before and after pinching their trigger fin
gers, sent the strange soul of this woman
winging on. They did it, as they have done
many things since August, three years ago,
for France And Nine. Mata-Hari, who risk
ed her life for God knows what, was COM
PEELED to surrender that life for the sake of
the republic that up to the limit of her ca
liabilities she had endeavored to betray.
Sad? To be sure it was sad. More sad be-
cause of her beauty? Probably few men
would so regard it. And yet, what right had
beauty to conceal so mean an ambition?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30
A FIGHTING MAN GONE.

All the world may not like pugilists, but
all the world admires gameness and nerve
and courage, and that is why there is gener-
al and sincere regret at the death of Robert
Fitzsimmons. He attained his popularity
throughout his whole professional career as
a boxer and later as a vaudeville star be-
cause he was always ready to meet an ad-
versary and battle for supremacy
Camoufage was one of Fitzsimmons' most
effective weapons. Never was he more dan
gerOus than when he looked weakest at the
knees He could be manifestly wabbling at
one instant, and pulling off his gloves I'M
concernedly at the next. He knew how to
be the fox as we'll as the lion, and had a
marvellous faculty for combining the two.
Since he was always many pounds lighter
than his adversaries this ability was essen
tial. "Fitz" was at his best Staying Goliaths.
After ALL Robert Fitzsimmons' popularity
was due to mankind's instinct to admire abil-
ity and grit. He was compelling individual
who made friends through his superiority
at the profession" nature equipped him to
follow. It is not of record that magnetism
was one of his attributes, yet he was hugely
admired. And the admiration, not to say
regard, came in at least fair proportion
from intelligent people. Fitzsimmons had
qualities, and if the coarseness of his voca-
ton can be stripped away there is to be
seen something wholesome in the career OF
the fighting man who has put down both
his gloves.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30
His Royal Highness, The Eagle


Young people often wonder how it hap
pened that the eagle with outspread wings
was taken as the emblem of the United
states. This bird is really the bald eagle.
and 1T first received the honor of becoming
our national bird in 1885, when it was dis
played as the emblem of the new American
republic.
Many prominent men of the time did not
approve of the choice For example, Benia-
MN FRANKLIN declared that the bald ea0le
was the most evil-disposed bird in the land.
and that it did not earn an honest living
but secured its livelihood through violence
aecelt' and treachery. He suggested the wild
turkey as the most appropriate for the ma
tlons emblem, since it was more distinctly
American
Frank!ns criticism, while it DELAYED mat
tiers considerably, did not prevent the eagle
from being chosen. Others considered tbat
TINS bird was one of the greatest possibIe
dignity, as well as beauty and bravery. and
they especially desired it to be our bird or
elloieIn because OF its very strong attach
ment to It's home and young In this wav
they hoped to be able to make the colonies
stand together, should anything come la
ter to trouble them or cause any one of them
to falter. '''e -"
But the United States was not the first to
look upon the eagle as the symbol of mower
or ADOPT 1t as national emblem. Centuries
ago, when the kings and conuuerors of war
ring tribes and nations were robbers and
plunderers, the eagle was recognized as the
most hitting emblem to lead and inspire the
warriors, and so we find the Persians adj
vanc!ng to battle at Cunaxa, in 800 B. G,
TT3; the eagle aloft as their standard
4 When the Roman legions overran Western
Europe they followed where the silver eaola
standards led them. Napoleon and his mar
shals carried the eagles nearly across En-
rope, and today Russia, Germany and Aus
trla have the double-headed eagle as their
national emblem. ''ieih
1t IS a fact, nevertheless, that the eagle
surpasses all other birds in strength of wing,
u flight, and poise and grace of mo,
ion Lio9. >, he deserves his title of "king of
PRO; he IS ong-lived Specimens have
long in freedom no one knows.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30
OVERLOOKING OPPORTUNITY.

Farmers in Iowa, Illinois and some other
states are buying land at prices ranging
from $3.50 to $500 an acre. The land is said
to earn per cent. on the investment. Some
of these land buyers are overlooking fine
investment when they pass up the chance
to acquire land in Terrell county at half the
price, most of which is giving the high-pric-
ed Northern land race in producing profit
able crops.
Southwest Georgia can use few more
farmers, preferably those who can bring
some capital with them. There is plenty
of room to put that capital to work where
it will pay better dividends than in places
where land has reached values well above
500 an acre.
Industrial and commercial organizations
of this section could well afford to give at
tention to exploiting Southwest Georgia
land. The price will never be lower.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30
Community Cooperation.


Did you ever hear of live town or live
community in which the merchants were not
as body both prosperous and progressive?
Community buying and selling simply
means the trading of money from one inter
est to another, thereby keeping as large per
cent. as possible of locally produced wealth
at home.
Take for example your expenditures with
your dry goods merchant. He in turn pat
ronizes the grocer, druggist, hardware deal
er, doctor, lawyer, dentist, etc. Then, too,
the salaries of his employees are also to a
large extent spent with various local estab-
lishments.
practiced merchants purchase many local
practiced merchants purchase many local
products thus turning back to patrons some
of the money spent by them.
No one wants to live in a dead communi-
ty, and it would be we'll to bear in mind the
fact that upon the amount of business
transacted by your merchants depends the
development of the community as we'll as
the prosperity of the citizenship.
You can, except in rare instances, spend
your money in your home stores as advan-
tageously as elsewhere, as even the smallest
merchant as rule, carries standard brands
| in all lines.
/ Nearly everything we produce is bringing
| banner prices, and we should keep as much
of this wealth as possible in the localities in
which it is created
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30
REGRETARLE

The Terrell county fair has been called
off. The reasons for this action on the eve
of the opening of the fair are given in a
statement printed elsewhere from those who
were promoting the enterprise.
The News voices the sentiment of the
entire county when we say it is a matter
of deep regret that the fair will not be held.
Almost single-handed and alone the wo-
men have given Terrell county two or three
most creditable fairs. They have done this
in face of many obstacles, and it is a mat
ter of regret that the male population have
failed to cooperate with them.
For long time the women have had a
monopoly of the public spirit of the COM
munity, and have been leaders in every
movement for material advancement and
moral uplift. There are enduring tokens of
their public spirit and good citizenship, and
Dawson and Terrell county owe then a debt
of gratitude.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30
OCTOBER.

Wild, fearless, free, gypsy lass
October trips the brittle grass
With flashing feet, red brown and bare.
And twigs of rowan in her hair;
With laughing, carmine painted lips,
The frost brewed wild grape wine she sips.
Her eyes upon the woods-she speeds
Away across the tinking meads;
The dancing asters nod and sway
Like children, fancy free, at play:
Along the streams her swift football
Leaves tatters of her crimson shawl
With reckless hand she lights the fires
On all the forests leaf laid pyres;
The slopes are draped with gray knit frills,
And incense rare perfumes the hills.
All, lass, you've turned the trick--for shame
The woods, the woods are all afame,
Anne Porter Johnson in the Peoples
Home Journal.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30
THE VANISHING, SNAKE.

The ever interesting and usually thrilling
snake story has almost disappeared from our
Georgia weekly contemporaries.
We have not seen a living snake this sum-
mer. The nearest to it was a rattlesnake
skin on exhibition on the street. The snake
does not stand settlement by the whites. 1t
got along very well with the nomad red
brother, but fixed homes and cultivation of
the soil do not agree with the snake. And
then, our Legislators enacted no statutes
prohibiting the Staying of snakes. Since the
incident in the garden which led to mans
expulsion from Eden the snake has been
trowned on by mankind, and the hand anC
the heel Of all races have been set against
1t. This has tended to exterminate snakes
and does eXterminate them, wherever mar
settles. The most dreaded snake of all il
our region is the rattlesnake, and this spe
cles appears to go first. When a man kills
/ great number of these snakes on some occa
SION favorable for doing so, or kills an unus
uaiiy large one, the newspapers print tn,
gao udlngs of his accomplishment
The snake, innocent and venomous alike
is doomed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

With Senator Hardwick and Hon. EN-
NETT Shaw both making the welkin ring,
or something to that effect, the campaign for
the United States senate has been launched.
Senator Hardwick spoke at Millen and Mr..
Shaw at Colquitt last week, and this week
the former will speak at Meigs and next
week the latter will address the voters at
Cuthbert Let's get 'em to come to Dawson.
and bring Bunk Cooper, Will Upshaw, Bill
Harris, Murphy Gambler and all the rest
along.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30
The Special Edition.
Pretty Compliment to Georgia Womer

Winder News: The Dawson News reach
ed us this week containing thirty-six pages.
part of the edition to Mrs. L. Lamar and
Mrs. Guy Chappel, heads of the local W. C.
7. U. and Woman's Club. No weekly paper
in the state is better than The Dawson News.
This is a splendid edition, filled with good
reading matter and neatly composed ads.
The state convention of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union is in session at Daw-
son this week, and the edition is a pretty
tribute to that body of loyal Georgia wo-
men.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

Editor Mcintosh wants to see more hams
marketed from the farms of Dougherty
county. It's a good idea, both for the farm
err and the people who eat this delicacy,
''meat fit for king" as our Albany neigh
Dor says of it. We sympathize with him, for
here in Terrell county we eat the juiciest of
home-raised hams almost all the year round,
and ship car loads of live hogs to supply
others.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

Camilla Enterprise: The Dawson News is
sued a thirty-six page W. C. T. U. state
convention edition this week which was a
hummer. The w. c. T. U. convention is be-
ing held in Dawson and The News edition
will help to give publicity to the meeting,
as well as incidentally advertising that fine
section of Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30
Illustrated the Dawson Spirit.

Triton Gazette: The Dawson News well
coined the state convention of the Woman s
Christian Temperance Union with thirty
six page edition of that excellent newspaper.
1t was a cordial and appropriate greeting il
Illustrative of the Dawson spirit and the right
way The News has of doing things
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

Former President Taft is a very amiable
man. He has convictions, but he does not
ordinarily try to force them on the public
But the very fact that he is temperate in
his language gives his utterances weight. Mr.
Taft is an advocate of peace, but not of any
old peace, In the present war he is one of
the administrations most earnest support
ers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

Unfortunately there are too many men
and women who go to church from mere
custom, or for the sake only of getting
credit for having gone to church. Some of
them even make habit of taking a Sunday
morning nap during the sermon, and no
them awake
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30
Most Creditable in Every Respect.

Macon News: The Dawson News has is
sued W. c. T. U. state convention edition
which is in every respect most creditable 1t
consists 'of SO pages, and aside from it's
worthy tribute to the w C. T. U. it faithful
ly reflects the progress and prosperity of
the city and county, and is handsomely il
Illustrated. The press of the state congratu-
lates Editor Rainev
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

All the fairs throughout the state are
Dragging on their livestock exhibits And
livestock is something to brag about these
days when Georgia is just stepping through
the door on prosperity largely built on cattle
and hogs.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

The Atlanta Constitution and the Savan-
nah News have fired editorials broadside at
the Georgia w. c. T. U. for protesting, at
the recent convention in Dawson, against
smoke funds for the soldiers. And the good
women will go right along in their campaign
been said
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

Living in Southwest Georgia is at all
times delightful, and notably so when the
tints of autumn proclaim the handwork of
Jack Frost "And glory shone. around" is
the way the psalmist would have put it. The
trees are clothed in the bewitching apparel
of slumber, for are they not preparing for
their winter of sleep and rest?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30
One of the Best Ever Seen.

Della Star: The Dawson News appeared
last week with a thirty-six page edition in
which the w C. T. U. is featured. Typo
graphically it is one of the best we ever
saw, and it is full of good matter of interest
about Dawson and Terrell county.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

1t is almost getting time for those fellows
who are going to beat Frank Parks for con-
gress over in the Second district to begin to
get busy again. They want to remember
while wearing wooden shoes, if necessary.
that he can pussy-foot to the queens taste
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

Berlin, it appears, is surprised that Mr..
Bryan is urging war to finish. That's the
first surprise the Nebraskan has given the
Germans since their ambassador was given
grape juice at a famous state dinner in
Washington.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

The cost of war has reached, says a New
York bank, $16O,OOO,OOO day. Of course
you are contributing-let' see, how much?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

Who says the young men are leaving the
farms? Look at the hundreds of thousands
who are so intent on pulling the bell cord
over old Beck in the burrows of the fields
that they just can't think of fighting.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

That woman suffrage is making very
little progress in Georgia is shown by the
action of that great body of patriotic and
homeloving women, the Georgia W. c. T.
T., in refusing to endorse that propaganda
at their convention in Dawson last week.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

Eleven zeppelins raided England, and
those that didn't try to return by way OF
France appear to have got back
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

Most of the farmers of this section are
preparing to propagate a big crop of boil
weevils next year. They are not destroy
ing the stalks from which the cotton has
been picked, thus assuring the weevils fine
place in which to spend the winter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

The citizen who has to pay SO or $40 a
ton for coal, if he can get it at all, may be
pardoned some skepticism in regard to the
beneficial effects of federal investigation of
the coal trust.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

If Old Man Winter jumps onto US too
soon we fear he'll find our girls not quite
ready with their low neck waists.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

One of the things that no one has yet ex-
planned is why bread is cheaper in England,
which gets its wheat from us and carries it
across the ocean, than it is in the United
States,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

These cold mornings remind us that it's
about time to tallow our boots and prepare
for winter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-30

premier Kerensky has left Petrograd
for the fighting front'-Russian dispatch
Wherever that is.