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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-02
CAN IMPROVE YOUR COTTON
BY PROPER SEED SELECTION
State Board of Entomology Tells How This Can Be Done
Announces Discontnuance of Free Seed

All of this loss or great portion OF
it, may be prevented by planting pure,
improved, pedigreed seed of suitable
variety.
If you are not growing a cotton
adapted to your section, we would sug'
gest that your purchase from some one
in your section of the state, some good,
improved, pedigreed seed of variety
adapted to your soil. The Depart
ment urges all who are growing a
good variety to make mass selection
from which to secure seed for plant
ing an increased plot next year. This
method of improving cotton by mass
selection should be practiced by all
cotton growers in order to increase
their yield of cotton and maintain its
purity.
If you are growing two or three va
rites of cotton on your place, go over
the different varieties and decide
which one you wish to plant next
year. Having determined on the va
riety to select seed FROM go over the
field very carefully and note the diff
ferent types of cotton stalks found in
it. You will find few stalks very
we'll fruited, many poorly fruited, and
some with scarcely any fruit at all.
Note the type of stalk that produces
the most fruit. You will probably find
that this type of stalk produces the
most cotton in all parts OF the field,
whether the stalk is large or small.
Having determined the type of stalk,
now proceed to select the best indi-
vidual stalks of this type.
Consider These Points
In Selecting Your Seed
In determining the individual stalks
to select you should carefully consider
the following points: Type OF stalk,
fr1litfulness, earliness and disease re-
sistance. Select and tag enough OF
these good individual stalks to secure
a hundred pounds or more OF seed
cotton. Pick out the cotton from
these individual stalks, ahead OF the
cotton pickers, or instruct them not
to pick the tagged stalks. Take this
cotton to the gin and feed it to the
gin by hand and let the seed run
out on a sheet spread on the floor.
In this way you can gin a small
amount of seed cotton and keep the
seed from becoming mixed with the
seed in the seed auger.
If you do not select enough good
stalks to make more than twenty-five
pounds of seed cotton, send this by
prepaid express to the Georgia State
Board of Entomology, Atlanta, Ca,
and they will gin it for you and de-
termine the percentage of lint it turns
out. and return the seed by express.
collect, There will be no charge for
the ginning, but the lint will be Kept
to partially pay for the expenses OF
the operation.
The cotton seed thus secured
should be planted next year IN a
patch to itself as much as possible,
and if the seed from this patch IS
carefully saved, it will plant large
field the following year. The Depart
ment has issued a circular on the
value and Importance OF maintaining
the purity of cotton seed.
For a copy of this circular, Tor pul-
Ietin on variety tests of 1918, or for
advice in regard to the variety adapted
to YOUR section and list of parties from
whom good improved cotton seed may
he purchased, address A. G. Lewis,
State Entomologist, Atlanta, ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-02

course at the University of Virginia.
Rochelle Gurr teaches at Graves.
Louise Buchanan will teach at
Chula, Ga. She has been taking a
course at the University of Georgia.
Hattie Baldwin will teach at Nash
vile, Ga, near Sparks, where she IS
now visiting relatives.
Nellie Breedlove will teach at Cole
man.
Mazda Hatcher, formerly of Daw-
son, will teach piano at Parrot.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-02
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

Tax books for the collection of
city taxes will be opened September
1, 1919, and remain open until Nov
ember 1, 1919, at which time execu-
lions will be issued against all de-
faulters. This August 26, 1919.
R. R. JONES, Clerk.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-02

Der of railroad passes issued by the
railroad administration was given as
1920, of which 119 have been con-
celed, leaving 4,081 outstanding on
july 1st.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-02
pBACCO SALE
rs IN $10,235 AT Triton.

n, Ga,-Tifton's last sale
g6oacco season turned loose
H. among the growers, a to-
E6l pounds being sold. Many
fd truck loads had to be
way because there was no
PUT u, the tobacco. There was
Pally large amount of poor
Pacco offered.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-02
f,o0O OLIVE !:.,,,,,,,
n ,CPEs. WAS CALL
",py OF WORLD in
ANCIENT ROME.

] Of AN0'AN
LNGroN, D. C,-T l14,. IS
T. Of the second battalion "a
i. issued by the Natlo INA
r. Society describing Afrl-
~. that will be in the news
r. .5a+ will be appearing
5nto lines in your newspa-
-5a capital of Tunisia, sit
.s .,,' coast of northern Afri-
u. ,r' the latitude of Norfolk,
l,asiJered one Of the most
,i+ies of the Orient" says
ill., which is based on a
CS,rion to the society.
. mixed population of more
Arabs, Jews French
Greeks and Malt
L.
/. was an absolute monarchy Re
nben, the Treaty of Bar
+ French protectorate.
(,rrod by an Arab boy, WHO
| Nv . resident general from
H. latter is in reality chief
| i called by the Arabs The
|,rrous of the Prophet. Its
\ all fiat-roofed and creamy
|coIor. Minarets point heaV-
ham every square, and from
NAV be heard the call to
4 the faithful five times a
H. is Allah. There is no God
/ y Wobammed is his prophet
has changed greatly since
large attractive French
sprung up outside the walls
Tive city. Broad boulevards,
Of palms and various shade
be- shops with tempting dis
lSSdern hotels, with every
and luxury; restaurants,
4 garages for the motors
|crease in greater numbers
Ison. Trolleys run in all d.
|and Carthage can be reach
minutes.
| is the Arab Sunday, when
Iomen 90 in the morning to
Iteries to pray. One passes
Of them chatting together,
| their silvery white 'haiks'
/ face wells. Many of the
4 the wealthier families, in
a face veil, wear a broad
heavy dark silk, which COW
face and is held out in front
Rms of the wearer. All she
few steps in front of her
Pse wealthy women are US
owed by several female at
/ donkey with paniers filled
tges shoves you up against
Of the narrow street as he
ld we wonder what the ven
lying. 1t sounds weird, but
means only, oranges
han honey
ing the souks, or bazaars,
Turkish coffee is brought IN
! while oriental rugs, silks,
Rd antique weapons are
{ slaughter house there are
arate divisions-one for the
5, one for the Jews and a
the Mohammedans where
al to be killed has to face
[ecca.
days of Rome northern At
lisia) was called the granary
prld,' for the Roman system
fiOn was marvellous and the
( wherever water was to be
III was to be found in album
1.-THE mountains. The aquae-
/ under Hadrian, about 1876
PpHed Carthage with 80 mil
+ lover eight million gal
water a day.
Tunisia has over ten mil
trees under cultivation, and
p an area of about 100000
3 marks the commence
the Jewish Feast of I'M
Bread or Purim, when no
rs done and unleavened
Isl no oo+aY1 fO,. ro1-ozo Io1ye, -
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-02

At recent meeting of the Board of
Entomology. it was decided to discon-
tinue the free distribution of cotton
seed. This action was taken after due
elaboration, because of the fact that
for the past ten years the Board has
distributed thousands of bushels of
free cotton seed.
During the past two years 10 to 20
bushels of free cotton seed have
been sent to each of 125 counties.
From this it will be seen that the wilt
resistant cotton seed is now we'll dis
of the wilt resistant cotton and other
varieties may be purchased from these
cooperative cotton growers or others
who are giving special attention to the
improvement of their cotton by seed
selection.
There is one or more cooperative
growers in each of these counties. The
Department is helping these men to
improve their cotton by selection,
teaching them how to combat insects
and diseases that may attack their cot
ton, giving them instruction on how
to keep the cotton from becoming mix
ed at the gin, and impressing upon
them the value and importance Of pure
cotton seed. The Board of Entomol-
ogy believes that by devoting more
time and money to this important
work, they can render the cotton
growers of Georgia more service and
do them more good than by continu-
ing to send out free cotton seed.
All of the cooperative cotton grow
ers, and others who are growing a
good cotton for their section, that
came from good, improved cotton
seed, should now plan to save all the
seed they can to SELL as there will
probably be a good demand for 1t this
winter.
Value and importance
OF Improved Cotton Seed
The value of pure, improved pedl-
greed cotton seed is being realized
more and more each year by the cot
ton growers. With the boil weevil to
contend with and the presence OF cot
ton wilt and other diseases, it is be-
coming a more difficult task to raise
cotton profitably, than it was when
these insects and diseases were noe
so prevalent. All of the work and ex-
periments conducted on growing cot
ton under boil weevil conditions, have
shown that half the fight on the boil
weevil consists in sowing a variety
adapted to that section where the
cotton is is to be grown; and that pure,
improved, pedigreed seed OF this va
riety should be planted.
Under boil weevil conditions it is
important to have every cotton stalk
produce as much seed cotton as pos
sible. This cannot be accomplished
when "gin run" seed is planted. Ii
you will carefully go through cotton
fields planted from gin run" seed
and note the productive and unpro
ductive stalks, you will soon discover
that there are many unproductlve
stalks.
If a field contains only to 1919
of these unproductive stalks they may
reduce the yield so as to cause the
grower to lose, instead OF make
money. from his cotton. If, in addition
to s to 1919 of the cotton stalks be-
ing unproductive. there is also loss
of from 5 to 1870 from wilt and other
diseases, the loss will be still greater
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-02
ON TRIP TO KNOXVILLE.

DIR. Logan Thomas left yesterday
morning for Knoxville, Tenn. He is
making the trip in his automoolle'
The Press., 1919-05-08

Monarch Feared Death.

Versailles is little more than If miles from Paris. It's palace was built by Louis XIV. This king of brilliant personality and compelling magnetism had palace'at St. Germain, favorite summer residence of his ancestors, but Louis QuatorZe diSliked It because from its windows he could see the tower of St. Denis, church in which slept in vaults and mausoleumS the royalty of France. Louis was enjoying the full richness of life and he hated to be reminded that the time would come when memorable AtrOpOS would snip the thread of his life. And yet 1t Is Interesting to note In this cGnnoc- ton that when the king actually came face to face with death he remarked, ''1t is not so hard to die ns l thought 1t would be"
The Press., 1919-05-08
HOME NEWS.
Local Notices.

CMatter under this head l2 cents line.) Paramount Theatre: To-day Thursday. Vivian Martin in Fair Bar barian," and Burton Holmes trave- logue. Matinee at D. m.. Friday, Douglas Fairbanks in Reaching for the Moon," and Mack-Sennett com edy, First Mistake" The same pie lures will be shown Saturday. Notice: There will be two matinees Saturday, D. m. and 4 p. m. Monday, Vivian Martin in Her Country First" and a Bray cartoon. Tuesday, John Bar rymore in ''The Man from Mexico" Beat the sun to it and get straw at modest price. Newest shapes at the Modern Toggery Shop.
 Long distance hauling and truck ing. Helm Garage.
 Watch for the new policy at Days Photo Studio, and in the meantime bring in your amateur work. F. S. Holmes, Mgr.
 We wish to express our sincere thanks for the many acts of kindness and floral tributes during our recent bereavement.
 Mrs. Michael Mullins,
 Mrs. John F. Yare, Jr.,
 Bernard l.. Mullins,
 Carl Fl. Mullins.
The Press., 1919-05-08
SOMERS

Mrs. Walter Allen and two children of Agawam are visiting her sister, Mrs. Ar thur Kierey.
 Miss Mabelle B. Avery has had as 8 1 recent guest Miss Sara Northrop of Springfield.
 Mrs. F. c. Havis and sons, George and Whitlock, are visiting Mrs. Davis's par ents, MT. and Mrs. w. B. Whtlock
 The Somers mills, which are landing marks of the town, are to be sold at auc- tion May l5, to close the estate of the late w. c. Pease
 Walter Pitsinger feil and broke his hip in the yard of his home, Monday. Dr. Thomas Alcorn of Thompsonville was called and reduced the fracture.
 Mrs. C. N. Pomeroy, who has for near ly three years made her home with Mrs. w. A. Pease, has now gone to spend some time with her daughter, Mrs. Maude P. KimbalI, at the Pomeroy home on Chestnut Hill.
 
 this place but now in South Manchester, and Miss Anna Fotch were married in South Manchester last week Wednes- day, coming to Somers where the we'd ding supper was served in the home of Edward Courtney.
 meeting to make plans for the Me- morial day was held in the chapel Mon- day evening. A Vail Smith was appoint ed chairman of the meeting It was voted to hold the Memorial-day exercises in the Congregational church Sunday, June 1, at 3 o'clock. The following com mittees were appointed Speaker com mittee, Rev. $. Curtis and E. S. Full CT; music committee, Mrs. w. B. Whit lock, Miss Mabel P. Gager and Miss Eva line Smith decoration committee. Mrs. A. l.. Dimock, Chester w. Pomeroy, Mrs. A. $. Hurlburt, Miss Elsie Burden, Herman Billings committee on decora. tion of graves, Fred c. Davis, Raymond $. Bugbee; finance committee, Ernest s. Fuller; transportation committee, Chas. s. Fuller marshal, A. s. Hurlburt.
The Press., 1919-05-08
STAFFORD SPRINGS

Mrs. M. A. Harris is spending the week in New York city.
 Communication of Ionic lodge to work F. c. degree on Tuesday evening
 Annie Woods of this place arrived ill New York last week from overseas. He is in Camp Upton awaiting his dis charge from the service.
 A S2.50 gold piece awaits the per son holding ticket No. 14S. given as a door prize at the recent Stafford base ball fair. Anyone holding this ticket should notify Edwin Greene
 MT. and Mrs. John R. McLagan and daughter, Grace. spent the week end in New York visiting their son, Allen, who sailed May 9th for Brest. France, on the steamship Agamemnon.
 At the farewell dinner" of the members of the senate at the Heu- bIein, Hartford, Tuesday night Senator w. H. Heald. president pro tenn, was presented set of gold cuff links, and Chaplain c. H. Puffer a leather travel ing bag.
 Word has been received that Will fred Eaton is on his way home from overseas. He is expected to arrive at Newport News, May 14th on the Louisiana. William Ladish arrived in New York Tuesday night and has gone to Camp Upton.
 New Club House for Golf Grounds.
 At a meeting of the Stafford Golf company. held at the rooms of the Stafford Business Mems association on Tuesday evening, the building committee recommended plans, drawn by Raymond Towne, for a new club house It was voted to build the house. The cost of the same is esti- mated at about $5,000, including the furnishings. The building is to be placed in front of the present club house where the tennis court nearest the street is now located. It will be one-story bungalow style, 5Ox6O feet and will have cobble stone under pinning and chimney. The main room, with fireplace, will be 26x31. The kitchen, locker room for the women. a locker room for the men and room for the greens keeper will be all on the south side. There will be a ten-foot veranda on the west and north sides.
The Press., 1919-05-08

The young people responded with fit ting words. The house was very pret- tily decorated with flags, bunting, potted plants and cut flowers, hya- cinths and arbutus. Guests were present from Charlton, Southbridge, Putnam, Norwich, Stafford Union, Woodstock, Eastford, North Ashford, Westford and Ashford. The evening was pleasantly spent with music and games. Refreshments were served. The guests departed at a late hour, wishing them many such pleasant gatherings in future years.
The Press., 1919-05-08

:! Mrs. Oliver Hewlett of Holland was with her father, B. M. Horton, the first of the week.
 A town meeting will be held at the town hall on Monday at 2 p. m., to see If the town will appropriate $500 for the repairs of the highways.
 Peter Veigaska is the proud owner of Ford automobile.
 J. E. Sellers is employed on a large dairy farm in West Hartford. Mrs. Michael Putek, who has been working in the button factory at Staff fordville is at home for the summer. l.. M. Reed is attending the legisla- tive reunion in Hartford.
 John Rizner and his bride have re- turned from their wedding trip and are living at his mothers. Union people are glad to have these young people make their home here.
 A Victory rally was held at the town hall last Monday evening and the audience had a rare opportunity to hear Lieut.. Longshaw K. Porritt of Hartford tell of his experiences as ambulance driver in Italy and France.
 Matt Heck met with a painful acci- dent last Monday night just as he was starting to go home from the rally. He had sudden attack of dizziness and fell from his wagon injuring his neck so that he is under the doctors care
 Rev. I. P. Booth preached at the church last Sunday. Doctor Booth has been faithful worker and helped his native town in many ways, but he does not feel that he can longer carry on the work here. The committee have been in connection with Secre- tary Soule making plans for the sum- mer. AS these plans are not yet per fected they are not ready to announce anything definite now.
 When County Farm Bureau Agent Ernest Tucker and Miss Costello were here they were making plans for boys and girls club work. The out look seems hopeful for a summer of profit and pleasure. Miss Costello plans to give a course in home nurs- ing and also to take up some other phase of home economics. Mrs. H. R. Howard is the chairman for this town and will later announce the leaders for the different districts.
 Rock Meadow
 Leon Booth is driving a new horse which he purchased in Springfield
 Mrs. F. H. Ballou is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Edith Mathews, of Staff this week.
 Mrs. Louis Stanton and infant son, of Brimfield, have been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs George Bradway.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Ballou returned from their wedding trip Saturday night. A few of the neighbors gath cred to serenade them and were in vited in. The evening was spent in singing and social time. MT. and Mrs. Ballou will make their home in Iampden, They have the best wishes | of their friends here.
The Press., 1919-05-08
Columbus, Three Vessels.

The Santa Maria was one of the three vessels with which Columbus set sail for America from PalOS, Spain, August 8, 1492. She was a gOOd.si2ed boat, ninety feet long, carrying sixty six scamen. She was decked all over, and had four maStS-two with square sails and two with lateen SH;is. The other vessels were smaller, aG,l with out decks. and they were all provls- toned for q year.
The Press., 1919-05-08

The w. F. M. S. of the Methods
 Episcopal church will meet at tn
 home of Mrs. George W. Eaton o1
 Friday afternoon at o'clock
 Last Thursday Justice of the Peace
 Arthur J. Melbourne united in mar
 riage Miss Edna Evans and Lawrence
 Young They will make their home 1T
 Putnam.
 The Boy Scouts are working hard tC
 sell the necessary ten bonds each tc
 win the reward of the final bar for the
 war service medals which were pre-
 sented for previous work in aiding the
 government These bars will com
 plete the series.
 The Current Events club will meet Monday evening. Miss Allen of Long meadow will lecture on Current Events Music will be by a ladies quartette and a solo by Miss Frances Newton. Hostesses: Miss M. I. New ton. Miss w. s. Adams and Mrs. H. E. Burwell
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Meth odist Episcopal church served their usual abundance of good things, in cluding chicken pie, roast eef, pies, cakes and ice cream made delicious menu. An orchestra gave selections during the dinner hours and home made candy, salted nuts and fancy articles were sold. The attendance was good, but doubtless the storm kept some at home.
 Frank Palshaw arrived home Sun day morning. discharged from the service, after eighteen months in Europe four of which were spent with the army of occupation in Germany He was in the 42d Rainbow" divis ion, a member of the medical corps, going through many of the larger bat ties of the war, including the Marne, St Mihiel and Argonne OffenSiveS. He reached the States April p h on the North CarOllna.
 Miss Mary Norris, the last of her family, died in Mohegan at the home of her niece. Mrs. John Fielding, with whom she has made her home for the last three years. Miss Norris was born in Stafford S3 years ago, the daughter of Huldah Tupper and Nath- an Norris. Her death came as a shock to her many friends as she was sick only a week with pneumonia. funeral was held in the Methodist church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. O. J. Aldrich officiating, assisted by Rev. l.. Rees. The burial was in he Stafford Springs cemetery.
 Lieutenant Carl c. Kendall, who saw hard fighting at Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel and in the Argonne Forest, will visit his friend, Rev. Oscar J. Aldrich, over the weekend and will speak at the Sunday morning service | n the Methodist Episcopal church. l Lieut.. Kendall enlisted as private ! n the month of May two years ago md was in training for a year and cached France just in time to par icipate in the engagements in which l he American troops took such a l prominent part. After the signing of l he armistice he was in the army of | being stationed for some weeks not far from CoblenZ. Any of stafford's returned soldiers will be specially welcome to hear MT. Kend- | III on Sunday morning. The Sunday vening service will be Mothers day ervice, when the pastor will preach ! sermon appropriate to the day.
The Press., 1919-05-08
Live Day by Day,

Finish every day and be done with 1t. You have done what you could some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. This day for all that is good and fair-EmerSOn
The Press., 1919-05-08

Life, Fire, Accident, La- bility, Collision, Property, Damage Separate or Blanket Policies), General Fire, Health, Accident, Work mems pensation, Plate Glass and Surety Bonds.
The Press., 1919-05-08
Stafford Goes Over the Quota.

The latest obtainable figures on Stafford's subscription to the Victory Liberty Loan shows a total of $194,050 Stafford's quota is $192,5OO.
The Press., 1919-05-08
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l have supply of Ice on hand which will be sold to family trade at roc per hundred to stores at 65c per hundred; ; to those taking 300 lbs. to 1 ton, COG per hundred to those taking 2,00O lbs or over, soc per hundred.
 TELEPHONE 39.
The Press., 1919-05-08
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 IJNION

Mrs. G. L. Baker and daughter, May, spent a few days in Hartford last week.
 Arthur Gage and son, Arthur, visited Mrs. Arthur LaPearl in Sturbridge on Saturday.
 Mrs. Hattie Phillips of Southbridge spent the weekend with relatives on Marcy Hill.