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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04
How Goldfish Are Tagged.

The United States fisheries bureau is catch
ing Goldfish and releasing them with number
ed aluminium tags attached to their tails the
object in view being to gain some definite
knowledge about their migrations and the
rate at which they grow. When a tagged cod
fish is caught again anywhere the fisherman
will be expected to send the tag to Washing
ton or to one of the bureaus stations with a
memorandum stating the locality, etc. Then
the number can be looked up and it will be
known how far and in what direction the
fish has meanwhile travelled. Also how much
it has gained in size and weight during the
interval.
The north Atlantic ocean is after all only a
large pond. In places there are shadows call
ed "banks"-as, for instance, off the coast of
Observation-Disclosures because the water is
not very deep, the bottom is rich in molluscan
and other forms of marine life Fishes flock to
these banks to feed and there the fishermen
gather great harvests. But the fishing may be
overdone. On this account the halibut have
almost disappeared from certain banks and
fears are entertained for the maintenance OF
the Goldfish supply. Hence it is that during the
last few years the fisheries bureau has been
Matching Goldfish eggs by the hundred of mil
lions and planting the young fry.
How much good this has done nobody
knows. But 1t is manifest that in trying to
help the preservation of any species Of fish
every bit of information that can be gained
regarding its life history is OF value Hence
the usefulness OF tagging the Goldfish.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04
The Month of Fairs.

October is the month of fairs in Georgia,
and many OF these interesting and educational
events will be held throughout the state in the
next six weeks.
The work of the farmer is about completed,
lit is an off season as to his labor, and he IS
now ready for the recreation that a fair pro-
Ivides His interest in what his neighbors have
done is keen; and nowhere can he find more
interesting things than at an exposition OF this
kind He will view the agricultural displays,
Including everything from the champion corn
and cotton to the housewives blue ribbon
needle work He will see what the land has
produced in crops, in live stock, and, II pro-
gressive, he will find inspiration and encour-
agement from coming in contact with these
things The booths where the newest agrl-
cultural machinery assails his eye with in
genous mechanical improvements and a
brave display of riotouS color are going to at
tract him Just as those that hold the latest
motor cars and other devices for his comfort
and needs In addition to the displays and the
contests Of friendly rivalry between entrants
of farm products and livestock he will see
competition for speed when the races are rid
den and driven. The farmer also will come IN
contact with his city cousin, condition that
will profit both. The fair also provides city
dwellers with an opportunity to see what
wealth comes out of the rich agricultural dis
tricts, and will transport them from the COM
plexity of urban life to the simplicity of that
in the country. City residents have quite as
much to gain from visiting the fair as the
farmers who make the exposition possible
The fair is not only a. benefit to the town
or CITY, and to the surrounding country where
it is held, but its influence extends in all di-
rections for great distances. 1t brings large
numbers of spectators together with mutual
interest and cannot fail to be productive OF
benefits to ALL
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04
Word From Mr.. Wilson.

The community club OF Beaver City, Neb.,
sent an invitation to Woodrow Wilson invit-
ing him to be present at the opening OF the
new Beaver City auditorium and deliver two
addresses. The club received a reply from Mr..
Wilson's secretary declining the invitation
The interesting fact is not that the former
president declined, but the incidental dlsclos-
ures made by the secretary that Mr. Wilson
"has pretty well made up his mind not to APP
pear again on the lecture platform Mr.. Viii
sons health is improving and he IS looking
forward with interest to resuming the practice
OF law" The public is interested III whatever
Mr.. Wilson may engage to do. 1t IS hoped
that his expectation of complete restoration
of health may be realized, and that many
years OF usefulness remain for him. His de-
cision not to engage in public speaking IS sig
nihcant. He knows much that has not beer
revealed. His views on current events and or
political developments would be interesting
Are these to be reserved for posthumous pre-
sentation?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04
Preparing for Winter.

AS long as the air is balmy and the sun
shine warm and radiant human beings refuse
to think much about the coming OF cold
weather. That was the way OF the grasshop-
per. which preferred to play in the summer to
the storing Of food Human instinct seems to
have been dulled by intellectual progress,
which has produced artificial means OF provid-
ing comfort thus making mankind more or
less independent of the impulses with which
nature is said to provide ali her creatures. The
lesser animals it is reported far and wide, are
preparing now for winter, and their efforts
are so great that observers predict an early
and most severe period of cold weather that
will be long drawn out. These signs, 1t is said,
prevail everywhere.
Scientists laugh at the so-called signs-but
the weather forecasters make mistakes now
and then. 1t may be mysterious il the lesser
animals do instinctively know what they
should do to protect themselves, but God and
nature are kind to their creatures in many
ways. Gods way of tempering the blast may
be to warn the field and the forest OF its COM
mo
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04
David of Oklahoma.
From the New York World.

There is David in Oklahoma who is to
go up against a Goliath whose other name IS
Science And not Of his own free will. He is
a babe in arms, this David His mother being
dead and his father deserter, he has become
public charge and therefore, it is reasoned,
the legitimate subject OF benevolent expert
ment
David has been borrowed from a Chidren's
home at Oklahoma City. For the space of a
school year. at least, he will dwell at the
home-makers cottage attached to the agricul-
tural and mechanical college. In detachments
OF six, each group serving six weeks, girls OF
the senior class will serve as foster mothers
of the borrowed baby Under the eye of an
accomplished matron they will apply to the
care of the little wait the latest principles OF
child culture and hygiene.
David of Oklahoma is too young to know
his luck of the moment, whether it is good
or bad Presumably in his case, as in that OF
the baby in general the loss OF his own
mother was piece of ill-fortune. What atone
ment for such a loss can science and bright
college girls bring to him? What compensa-
ton for orphanhood will be afforded by the
fact, if it is established, of being the most
scientifically bred baby in the state?
The great peril lying before this David is
that of too many mothers and the lack OF
true mothering Science as it functions in his
case will seek to be kind. 1t cannot be ma
ternal. The senior girls will be interested and
warmly affectiOnate. Their soulfulness will lack
the sacrihcial depths of real motherhood
There is over the case of David OF Oklahoma
much room for pity, yet generous place for
hope
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04
Let Them Wait.

Prohibition may not prohibit to the extent
hoped for by its advocates, but it does pro-
hibit far beyond the point where its opponents
would like to stop it. So neither side is salts
fed, and the two campaigns to make the ma
ton bone dry and to keep it wet are contin-
ued from time to time to the amusement of
some American citizens and to the disgust Of
others No middle ground, apparently, can be
found: The prohibitionists want no compro-
mise and they are fighting constantly with
the vets to prevent such a development
Whatever prohibition is, it is the law of the
country. Whether it prohibits or does not it
is what congress made it, a part OF the con-
stitution that ought to be recognized as such,
a law unto the American people that should
be enforced in the spirit of the Legislation THAI
enacted it. All that is admitted, but there is
limit to tolerance and endurance on the part
of the body polite of the United States, which
hears again just after congress has reconven-
ed that a grand battle impends between the
vets and drys. The issue to be fought over
is that around which was wrapped as cocoon
the Whilst Campbell anti-medica beer bill, an
unimportant piece of Legislation which loses,
by comparison with other imperative meas
ureS. any part OF the prominence 10 what 1t
might have been entitled The prohibitioni5ts
in the senate have had their minds so set on
restricting and restraining the doctors OF
medicine in this country in the matter OF dol
ing out intoxcants to patients, who may or
may not be in need of spirits that they are
blind to the greater demand Of the nations
reconstruction, which only can be made pos
sible bv the enactment of laws for which the
special session Of congress was called. They
should be made to wait until this necessary
Legislation has been passed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04
Growing Insect Powder.

The bug powder market in japan is sad d, by
news dispatches to be depressed This
should be cause of elation to the bugs.
During the war there was an enormously
increased demand for bug powder known IN
the trade as pyrethrum, or PERSIAN insect
quantities of it being used in
the trenches. The price went sky-high
Japan exports the stuff by millions OF
pounds annually But since the end OF the war
the demand has fallen off and the price has
dropped to one-fourth what it was
Fortunately, we in this country are indie
pendent of foreign supplies OF this kind OF
bug powder In California it is produced on
a big scale, single farm near Stockton hav-
ing 800 acres devoted to the plant that yields
pyrethrum.
1t used to be a mystery. Nobody knew
where it came from or what it was made OF
For centuries it was Familiarity known IN
Asiatic countries before Europe was acqualnt-
ed with it. Although the secret was carefully
kept discovery was eventually made that the
Persian powder" was simply the ground up
flower heads of plant closely resembling our
common field daisy. Its efficacy as bug killer
is due to volatile oil which suffocates insects
In Europe the plant was first grown ex-
tensvely in Dalmatia where at the present
time it is cultivated on a vast scale Our de-
partment of agriculture, wishing to introduce
it into this country, imported the seeds again
and again, but they refused to sprout-the
reason, as eventually ascertained, beng that
they had been previously baked by the canny
Dalmatian planters.
At length, however, we secured some live
ones. Insect powder in bulk may now be
bought for twenty cents a pound. Time was
when it cost $40 pound.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04
About Kissing.
From the Baltimore Evening Sun


Kissing is an established custom IN all
countries inhabited by white people who. re-
train at times from eating onions, 1t is
practice that insures the longevity and unlver-
sal distribution of germ life and encourages
the habit of matrimony.
Some one who didn't know much about
kissing said years ago that stolen kisses are are
sweetest. The opinion is still quoted, but all
persons who have had any experience OF KISS
ing know better. A kiss is never wholly sat
isfactory unless the kisser and the kissee show
an equal degree OF enthusiasm
Kissing a pretty girl does not afford ord the ne
unalloyed bliss it is commonly supposed to
afford. If she has never been kissed before
her performance is crude and iteless i ana ana
therefore little bit Disappointing, and II she
has been kissed too often she displays a de-
gree OF technic that r0bs the kiss OF its hayo l
aginary: you couldn't taste anything but girl
But frequently the modern girls kiss has so the
stale and improbable favor OF rouge some
day a shrewd manufacturer will put out
line of rouge in all the popular RI ay y
nilla, strawberry, lemon and the lke-a IN !
then each girl can offer her young man the
flavor he prefers
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04
GREATEST RoBBER OF TIMES.

From the Cornelia Enterprise.
Some OF our Georgia papers are worrying
about marketing the corn and forage crops
James J. Hill, the veteran railroader, man
who lived fifty years ahead of his time, solved
that years ago by placing pure bred live
stock in every county along the line OF his
road Feed your corn and forage on the farm
and quit robbing the soil, and you will solve
many OF the problems you have to face at
this time. The farmer is the greatest robber
Of all times he wants to take from mother
earth all she can produce and give nothing
back in return.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04
TRANSFERRED.

Editor Dawson News: Publicity OF the
Arbuckle scandal has been transferred from
the screen to the press. If such sensational
things draw the crowds at the theatres then
it is reasonable to suppose that they will
bring revenue to the publishers in extras. The
screen IS not sent into the home; the paper is.
Which is worse? READER.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

1t is apparently going to be as hard tor
some of the American workmen to go to
work as it will be to take a reduction in
wages But the good old days when the en-
ployer just hired them to stick around SO
that he could collect 10 per cent more than
he paid them on the cost plus 10 per cent basis
are past and gone and, war or no war, never
to return.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

One OF the notable events this season will
be the Albany and South Georgia fair, to be
held October 18th to 22nd inclusive. 1t will
be all exposition of the products and achieve
ments of this great section that will be worth
seeing, and our neighbors may expect large
crowds from Dawson and Terrell county
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04
UNFOLDING THE LAW.

From the Fl. Gaines Southwest Georgian.
If every man really understood that up
holding the majesty OF the law is of enormous
import to him there would not be much mob
violence The fact is that good many men
never think about the need Of law and or
derby process until they themselves are placed
in position to need the laws protection,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

The rains have come in good time to pre-
pare the soil for the sowing of grain, and in
dications are that large acreage will be put
in oats, wheat and rye. The farmers are fully
alive to the importance OF diverStying, and
the continued high prices of food stuffs make
it imperative that everything possible be
grown at home.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

whats your hurry?" might well be ask
ed of King Alfonso, of Spain, who has pur-
chased an airplane built especially for him
and so constructed as to fly at speed of 1870
miles an hour He must be going to a bull
fight at distance.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

The Texas train bandits who received 4
dose OF buckshot got what was coming to
them 1t is the kind OF medicine that should
be administered to all bandits, thugs and rob-
bers II Atlanta would treat hers that way
there would be fewer OF them, and the streets
would be made safe for her citizens. They
merit no mercy and deserve only eXtermina-
ton. as varnints are exterminated
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

Viewing all the dishonesty of one kind and
another there is in the world one is inclined
to despair OF humanity. But the dishonest,
numerous as they are, still are a minority.
The spotlight is not often concentrated on
honesty and goodness. Society and its instr
tutions are sustained by the honest people who
are in the world. If it were not so the world
would have gone to wreck long ago. Where
is there an honest man? There are plenty OF
them; they are all about
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

Southwest Georgia has her cold days q
winter her sloppy days OF spring, her swell
tering days of summer, but she also has her
beautiful golden days of autumn, her smoky,
hay days OF Indian summer. During this and
next month will be seen some Of the most
beautiful days OF the year in this state the
beautiful peaceful days of maturity.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

Now that women are taking to pipes and
cigars it certainly will be up to them to prowl
around the house at night when they hear
noises If they light up and the burglars see
them that will be enough to scare the boldest
OF the robbers away.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

Autumn has come. The first thing we
know the rah5rah boys will be rah-rahing ana
kicking a foot ball around
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

Albany is in the throes OF heated cam
paign for mayor, the first contest tor that Oh
fee in twenty-five years Our ne1ghbor VIII
soon know what it is to have local political
factions in action.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

During the year the weather has given us
a sample of its best and its worse II 1t VIII
now strike an average for the remaining
weeks of 1921 we will be content.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

Some people can't seem to understand that
whenever YOU get a new appropriation out OF
the state or county government new addi-
ton to the tax bill comes along to pay 1t.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

A lot of water has flowed under the bridge
since Terrell boosted of no county taxes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

McAdoo predicts hard times. It's too bad
he couldn't see it when he was squandering
millions OF the peoples money on the rail
roads
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

emily get through life without doing any
thinking
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

An Oklahoma court, in ordering a railroad
dining room to serve men in their shirt sleeves,
no doubt considered that such undress is ev-
cry bit as respectable rolled down stock
ngs and peekaboo waists.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

How many million dollars worth of the SEN
ates time Senator Borah has wasted no one
will be able to estimate. And Senator Harri-
son is running him a close second.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

The coal buying public for the most part is
deaf to all urging counseling it to make adj
vance purchases of coal. We may as we'll pray
for an open winter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

October is a lovely month. But remember
that local taxes must be paid before it ends
also that there is another installment due on
the income tax This will help you enjoy the
cool mornings.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

Now the country is threatened with an or
oanization OF feminine XII kluXers. Looks as
il the vamps and chorus ladies will have to
watch their step.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

Why do we encourage the killing OF human
beings and the trade of banditry and robbery
by permitting the indiscriminate sale OF muir
derous weapons? How short-sighted it IS
that we place such little restriction upon the
sale of pistols and revolvers to the DULLES who
always have chip on their shoulders and TO
the thugs who hold us up and strip us OF our
valuables. We have made it a crime to carry a
concealed weapon but have done nothing to
make it difficult for the criminal to buy the
weapon without which he would be helpless.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

Now the country will be able to see whether
congress has been refreshed by their recess
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

Put on your happy face, my friend" writes
Walt Mason in one of his recent lays; and it
is good advice The happy face benefits the
wearer thereof as well as all who behold it.
Smile and you will be popular with yourself
and everyone else. Face the world with laugh
ter and merry heart, and you will be con
oueror. There is nothing quite so stimulating
as the happy face. Put it on, and clamp it
down, and "tie the strings behind. It's worth
as much as a million dollars in the bank
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

A higher quality fuel is sold this year than
last, the bureau of mines has found
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04
PROTECTING YOUR CREDIT.

From the Fl Valley Leader Tribune.
The Dawson News is publishing a series
of whole page advertisements on the subject
contained in the caption to this editorial. They
are strong, concise, clear-cut exigeses of what
credit is and what it means to neglect it.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-03-26
CHARLES GILPN IN WASHINGTON
Presented by Howard University
Players.

Washington, ID. G. March 24.-The
Washington public Is being stirred to
great enthusiasm over the announce
ment that Charles s. Gilpin, whose
marvellous acting in Eugene o'NelPs
The Emperor Jones" at "The Prin-
cess Theatre New York City, has
made him the sensation OF the season,
win appear in the stellar role in that
play in Washington at Belasco Thea
tire, Monday, March 2Sth, supported
by the well known Howard Unfver-
sity Players. Mr. Gilpin's triumphal
appearance at the Drama League
banquet at the Hotel McAlpln was
one of the four greatest actors in
America, marked one of the greatest
achievements ever won by a Negro.
His unprecedented rise in few
weeks to foremost place on the
American Stage marks an epoch in
the progress Of the Colored people
end should be an inspiration to the
youth of the race.
The play viii be staged at the
Belasco Theatre. one OF Washdngton's
finest show houses. Eeaster Monday,
March 2Sth, at eleven o'clock.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-03-26
SHORTER COLLEGE RECEIVES
GIFT OF S5,OOO.O0 FROM
EXTENSION OF WORK
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sideration Of the Little Rock Cham
Der of Commerce that altogether un-
knowing to the president the faculty
and student body staged surprise
ovation at one Of the Chapel SER
vices The president was surprised
by a group of young men entering
the front gate lifted into the air on
their shoulders and brought into the
chapel dangling in the air and placed
In his usual chair on the platform
amidst volley of cheer and applause
Vice President o. |. Moppins, presid-
ed and complimentary resolutions
were offered by Dean A. II. Hill,
Prof. w. ]. C. Hunter representing
the faculty and by Messrs. G.. w.
Blakly and Harry Kenyon represent
ing the student body. The College
Band played and the resolutions were
adopted amidst great applause.
So long have our young men en-.
dured the. inconvenient accommoda-
tions of Tyree Hall as compared with
the comfortable quarters of the young
ladies in both Conner and Turner
Coley Halls until the Executive Board
Joined the General Education Board
in pushing the improvements to an
early completion. Therefore IL wealth
err conditions permit we shall be able
to present to our people who come
here in May practically new Tyree
Hall and our students can spread the
news of their comfortable quarters
during the summer.