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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-19

BERLIN, Md-Praying Mhntls
(Mantis Religiosa), that little insect
worshipped by the Hottentots and
Hindus as a god, may perhaps be &C
corded great honor if the experiments
now being conducted by Edward
Kurtz manager Of the Atlantic Hotel,
this city, prove successful.
About II years ago number OF the
PRAYING Mantis were brought to Cal
jfornia from abroad and placed in the
orchards Of that state. California has
been a great sufferer from insects that
operated in the orange groves.
Cleaned Orange Groves.
With the coming of the Praying
Mantis the orchards were soon rid Of
the pests.
Kurtz decided to try the experiment
of Kidding the garden in the rear OF
his hotel of the flower worms and in
sects. He procured half a dozen OF
Mantis and turned them loose. Not
only did they clean up in his garden,
but they hoped over the fence of the
neighbors and cleaned them, too.
While the Praying Mantis in some
places is worshipped because OF its
supposed devotional attitude, it is de-
,cribed as the tiger of the insect
world 1t is a six-legged insect of
greenish hue. Four of its limbs are
1sed for locomotion, the other two
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-19
spraying" Insect May ProUe to Be
Valuable in Orchards and Gardens
Wars on all Bugs But Ant and Berlin d) Man Finds Them Sue
cesshl in Kidding Garden of es Sacred Native Heath

are held in the attitude of prayer, and
it is said that the bug always faces
the east. 1t is built on the lines OF the
grasshopper, and is the only member
OF the insect world that can turn its
head
When waiting its prey the Mantis
throws its head back and, with its two
iron limbs open and kinked at the
Joint. it sits perfectly still. The front
legs, or arms, are grooVed on the IN
side and are arms with movable splnes,
and when the enemy comes within
touch it is crushed and prepared for
assimilation.
Lives Only for Year.
The life OF the Praying Mantis is
one year, and the mother insect, be-
fore death, leaves behind a triangular
cocoon which, in the spring OF the
year, releases a colony OF youngsters
to take up their ancestors work:
All insects, except the ant, are food
for the Mantis, even the crickets and
all kinds of bugs are appetizlng, and
they have shown a particular affinity
for the bird-like mosquitoes OF the
Shore.
Kurtz has expressed himself as par
ticularly pleased with the result OF his
experiment. and hopes that his crop
of Mantis in the coming spring will
be sufficient to allow him to distrlb-
ute them among his neighbors.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-19
SPARROW STOPS CAR;
PUTS OUT LIGHTS
TINY BIRD TIES UP TRAFFIC
IN ATLANTA. ACCIDENTAL
LY ELECTROCUTED.

ATLANTA, Ga.-Street cars stopp-
ed, residence lights went out and the
whirr Of factory wheels droned into
silence Wednesday, the death OF
an English sparrow
Mr. Sparrow's demise came when
he tried to fly through the three-inch
span between two horn gaps as he
winged his way past local factory.
Horn gaps are the two brass plates
one sees sticking up on poles all over
town. The plates are charged with
electricity. The contact OF the spar
rows wings with each plate complet.
ed the circuit. Thousands OF volts Of
power surged through his tiny body
One leg was burned off. His breast
was as neatly drilled with hole as
if Cock Robin had turned on him in
revenge and reversed the jingle OF
the bow and arrow.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-19
SAYS FLAPPER CAN'T
MATCH HER MOTHER
OLD LADY NOW EXTINCT, AS
SERTS NEWSPAPER MAN IN
TALK TO YOUNG FOLKS.

PHILADELPHIA. Penn.-Educa-
tors who profess to find the modern
fapper more virtuous than her mother
and grandmother were before her were
termed favourable optimists or hope
less jackasses" by F. w Norcross, a
newspaper writer, at rally in Taylor
Memorial Methodist church.
Probably they belong to the latter
species" Mr.. Norcross said
Mr.. Norcross defined the age as
zone OF ultra-educated young men who
murder boys at random because they
want a new thrill, an age of vamps
and wild women, of bootleggers and
bandits, of MARCHED babies and gran
dads in golf stockings"
about the only thing you can not
find nowadays is an old lady. The
species has become extinct. When a
woman passes so she hobs her hair,
consults a beauty specialist, has her
old face changed for new one, gets
permanent wave, long earrings and
begins to think seriously OF canning
her old fashioned husband.
However, we need not be pessi-
mistic. The wicked will kill them
selves off, or go to prison, and the
world will be well rid OF them. A
clean. decent generation OF young
Americans Is coming forward to give
us a better America.
True large percentage OF the
new generation appears to be hope
less, but the majority will develop in
to decent men and women who will
contribute their mite toward modelling
the world a better place to live"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-19
BIBLE IN 77O LANGUAGES.

The Bible is now published in 10
languages. The American Bible So
ciety hopes to continue its work OF
translation into 800 other languages.
If man fails to get what he really
deserves he ought to be thankful
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-19
MISSOURI ANN" LAYS 1000
EGGS IN SEVEN YEARS
Member of the Egg Laying Aristoc-
racy Sets Up New Record.

COLUMBIA, Missouri
Ann" 7-year-old white leghorn hen al
the University OF Missouri, set up a
record of having laid 1000 eggs as a
result of laying six eggs in seven
days
Missouri Ann" is a member of the
egg laying aristocracy, and family
noted for its longevity Her mother
laid 800 eggs in seven years and a
niece has OH eggs to her credit in
three years.
She has several 200 egg daughters
and one of her grand daughters pro-
duced 247 eggs last year, while an
other laid AIS eggs in two years.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-19
10 MILLION IS DECREASE
IN THE POTATO CROP

A potato crop 100000 bushels
smaller than in 1923 is forecast for
1924 by the United States department
Of agriculture. Basing estimates on a
78.4 per cent OF normal, the
crop will be 399000,000 bushels COM
pared with 100000 bushels har-
vested in 1928 and the hve-year aver
age of 39l 100000 bushels.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-19
HOUSE HURLED INTO RIVER
BY TRAIN; MEN GO, TOO
Pair, Eating Breakfast, Thrown into
The Susquehanna at Benton, Pa.

Two men were eating breakfast in
a cottage at Benton, Pa, when the
building plunged into the Susquehan-
ma river 1t had been hit by part of a
derailed Pennsylvania railroad freight
train on the Columbia and Port De-
post branch.
The two men, F. F. Becker, OF
Newholland, Pa, and his vacation
guest, L. R. RADON, of Lugof, S. C.,
were badly hurt but managed to
swim ashore.
= Twenty cars were wrecked in
the accident, which was laid to buck
ling of the train.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-08-19
FIFTY-FIFTY.

Il asked you to loan me hundred
dollars, and you let me have only So"
That's fair enough, isn't it? / lose
50 and You lose 500
Evening star., 1924-02-24

was made and then came the signing
of the "armistice," which, for the
time, ended the hostilities.
Training and drill still go on, how
ever, as the combined forces of Navy
and Marine Corps plan the spectacu-
lar show for the naval inspection
party from the states. This involves
actual firing, bombing, airplane en-
gagements. infantry encounters and
many other similar issues.
Around Culebra is assembled the
pride of the United States Navy, a
vast and imposing array. There is
even a "batleship on land" the sight
Of which would unnerve Napoleon
himself we're he to meet it unexpect-
edly. It is as likely to- be found at
sea as on land. With a rumbling and
growing, it emerges from a cluster
of palm trees, grinds it's way down to
the beach and calmly and serenely
goes to sea. AS one 'hard-boiled"
sergeant with many years of service
expressed it, What next?" 8
Evening star., 1924-02-24

following night. covered somewhat
by the first landing party, the main
force OF the Blue" outfit disembark-
ed and advanced under Gen. Cole up
over the steep hills toward the
BLACK" camp.
Overhead roared the enemy air.
planes. their exhausts showing in
blue flames to the men attacking
below. Against powerful defense"
OF artillery. the landing party forged
on, losing many of it's men by gas
and machine gun fire. although this
was somewhat modified by the guns
Of the fleet, which stood off a short
distance and endeavored to put the
155s out of commission.
On went the Blue" forces, cap
turing several fieldpieces, one
mounted officer and several observa-
tion posts, while a sharp "comb bat
between destroyers and artillery was
staged behind them. Finally, just as
the landing party reached the last
hill before the BLACK camp, a truce
Evening star., 1924-02-24

for the battle" which lay before
them.
AS has already been reported in
the states, the landing parties slip
ped from the Henderson under cover
of darkness and succeeded in cap
turing" the defenses of Fort Ran
dolph and Coco Solo without much
difficulty, thereby demonstrating the
vulnerability of the canal to an at
tack by a real enemy.
The first stage Of the maneuvers
over, the marines re-embarked and
passed through the canal to Balboa.
where they were given five days
Liberty, much of which they spent
in Panama City. Reluctantly leav-
ing these pleasant surroundings. they
returned to the Henderson and re-
traced their way to Colon, where they
prepared for the journey to Culebra.
the next point of attack.
In the n.eantime the marines at
Culebra had been far from idle. From
the moment when the 10th Regiment
of Artillery and the special detach-
Evening star., 1924-02-24

"O the editor: / won't surprise
nobody by saying that people
gets along a whole lot better
L in this life if they have got
some speciaIty or something whlch
they can do which they amt ihanS
other people can do 1t.
Every yr. they's more and more oe-
mand for specialists in some line an
other, and as the number OF noVelties
and new inventions increases "hs
the need of people that knows no" 10
make them and fix them and monkey
with them increases just as fast.
A man or woman that has got
Nag along certain lines or is edu-
cated along same, why he or she can
command a great deal more money
,b.n a man or woman that is too
dumb for anything except empty the
ash can and wash the windows though
heavens knows these two professions
is high paid enough at the present
writing.
Rut any way the facts as / have.
stated is SO well known that all the
good schools and colleges has Kept
adding and adding to their speclal
branches and besides that, dozens OF
correspondence schools has sprung
I'D all over the country which the
tuitions in same is so reasonable that
pretty near everybody can borrow
or save enough to fit themselfs for
some lucrative trade or profession.
However technical education is still
in it's infancy you might say and
right now today they's plenty of
room for q great big university that
won't teach nothing only specialties
that amt taught nowheres else. And
that the graduates from this univer-
sIty would not have no trouble going
right to work in their chosen pro-
fession oan be showed by a study OF
the advertising columns of any big,
city daily where the help wanted
dept. is filled day in and day out
with unsatisfed appealsf for men and
gals fitted for these jobs.
Leave US take for example the
classified section of one Of last Sun
days papers and one OF the ads that
meets the eye under the heading OF
jewelry is q ad offering q steady
position to "a good man on finding
rings"
Now good men on finding rings is
made and not born, and at the pro-
posed university they would be
thorough course in the science Of
finding rings which the person get
ting a degree as bachelor Of ring
finding would half to know all they
is to know in regards to this intricate
profession.
\ X X x
EIRST the students of the university
both male and female would all
be encouraged to wear rings. Every
morning after classes had started UP
Evening star., 1924-02-24

'"Then Hon. Butler look pretty
closeup and register:
SOB TITLE
ct knew you in childhood. was
your first husband
AT this junction everybody jump
behind chair, under table, through
window. etc, because they know that
shooting must begin pretty soonIy.
And so it was.
"RANG-BANG!!. Two CD shots
wiring out in the night. Two
(2) bullits hit Hon. weevil van Jones.
they struck him in the head"
I stand ghast while listening to
this very mellow drama
"who fired that gung' I ask it
startly.
"Ifon. Director" narrate Bunkie
Saguchi.
why should" are next question
for me.
"Oh,' he palaver, "in languidge Of
hollywood tnaL are hHoWH DIS Suool-
ing the Picture."
"Alast"' 1 ei and grone. "Bunkio
Saguchi, what you told me changes
my mind. Yestiddy I were thinking
of going to Hollywood and become q
emotion picture actor. But now
think I shall try some safe business
like running a furnace in dinnamite
factory or tanning lyons. Yet 1 enjoy
disappointment There are SO much
money, to be made in the Films"
"Oh, I are insure of that" re-
nounce Bunkio. Great many Com
panies are losing millions dollars at
Hollywood"
(Which sort Of Companies?" 1 re-
Quesh.
Life Insurance Companies say
Bunkio Saguchi and go away almos;
footless.
Hoping you are the same
Yours truly
HASHIMURA TOGO.
Copyright. 1s24)
Evening star., 1924-02-24

ments arrived at Great Harbor on
the Chaumont the "black forces" had
been feverishly busy. Within twenty
hours the entire force of men, num-
bering 1000, had landed upon the
beach with their full equipment, in
cluding rifles and ammunition. tents,
cots, blankets and bedding, mosquito
nets, field kitchens, supplies and pro-
visions.
On top of this activity the Sirius
arrived, bringing some three million
pounds of artillery, airplanes, ammu-
nition, tractors, trucks. tanks and
other heavy supplies, which had taken
over eight days to load. with full
facilities, at Quantico. A special pom
toon bridge was constructed and the
entire cargo was unloaded within the
unprecedented time Of six and half
days.
4: * x I.
A GOOD-NATURED competition at
"A once developed between the ar
tillerymen and the aviation detacf-
ment as to who would complete the
first operation. The flyers succeeded,
Evening star., 1924-02-24
Great Field for Teachine
Lardiner Proposes University for Odd Professions

course, including plenty of gymnasium
work, would fit man so as he could
tune the toughest kind of pianos and
handle them in such a way that they
would think long time before getting
out of tune again.
1NDER winders the following ad
appears: FWanted-Winders ex-
perienced on bottle bobbin artificial
silk. Call all week. l suppose,
though I don't know for sure, that
they's plenty of winders that is ex-
perienced on bottle bobbins real silk,
but artificial silk is a different prob
lem and to cap the climax, how many
people can call all week a specially
in a poker game? Students in the
winder dept of my schools would
spend their forenoon bobbin for bot
ties and devote their afternoons and
evenings to calling.
The paper also contains two ads
from different concerns in need of a
mica splitter and / would insist that
my university be provided with
thorough training in splitting mica
as 1 feel like it would be a very
popular profession, as l can't imagine
nothing more romantic than to be
asked what you done for living and
be able to answer truthfuIly that you
was a mica splitter.
Other courses suggested by the ads
would be course for "mangle girls,
feeders and folders" automatic men,"
"bushelmen" and "bonnaz stampers,
able to spool"
I hope that some day one of my
sons can brag that he graduated with
high honors in bonnaZ stamping and
was considered. one of the best SPOOL
ers in the university. And finely /
would have course where girls
would be taught to be "all around
girls" for which they seems to be
never ending demand and no wonder,
as they are certainly a scarce article.
As soon as science has learned how
to control peoples height and gen.
size I would also introduce courses
teaching pupils how to be short or
tall or large or small. according to
which size was in special demand at
the time.
Just now it seems like tall girls
and small girls is equally desirable.
tall girl to assist in hooking up mod
els and another ad asking for email
girl for office work in a Doctors
office. The doctor probably wants
somebody around who he can beat up
at the end of perfect day.
RING LARDNER.
Evening star., 1924-02-24

easy. He have tried it for 6 or 10
months and are now thinking of re-
signing G. becoming a Rep. Campain
Manager to rest his BRAIN"
/ as Emotion Picture Actresses
more difficult to control than states
men?" I ask to know.
why shouldn't they?' require
Bunkio with astonishment- "They
has more admirers, always showing
their love by shooting at them. Yet
who ever heard of loving a states
man that way?"
20 tell me 63 more Important Fax
about Hollywood" I exclam. Are it
Calf. Climate or merely too much
photography that make them behave
that way?'
Screen Stars" report Bunkio Sa-
guchi, "are merely human persons
like you and me & Hen. Ford would
be if we live all day in studios look
ing into cameras. From this treat
nlent. natchilly, people grow new
brains. Life becomes one silent
Grammar after another"
What do they eat for food that
makes them SO wild?" l QUESTIONABLE.
photo paste. maybe?"
Because OF your tense ignorance,
Togo" he say so, Il shall tell you
about a Dinner Party at Hollywood
where / escaped from without more
than two (2) wounds.
SCENARIO
Miss Nirvana Picklebloom, 10000
o00s worth of beauty, are so happy
to night in her cozy golden dinning
room, scenery by Gustav Podd, cos
tunes by Madame Vinaigrette. con-
tinuity by Oscar Humdinger. photo
CRATER by Fitzhugh Pupptrotter, eti-
Quette by Golly.
Togo, imagine with your mind!
What could be more sweetish and
honey than that small collection of
Reel People, having quiet time to-
gether. playing their simple prank &
games while eating Russian Tabasco
off from solid emerald finGer-bowls.
Miss Nirvana Picklebloom are her
Evening star., 1924-02-24

getting plane into the air after
setting it up in record time, before
the artillerymen had been able to haul
one of their big guns out Of the hold.
In a short time the rather obscure
West India island had been complete
ly transformed. From strategic points
bristled the 1855, reinforced by the
75s and the anti-aircraft batteries.
Model camps were set up in the most
healthy locations. All were lighted
by electricity and maintained in per-
feet sanitary condition. Motion pic
ture shows were held nightly after
the first extreme rush of action was
over. A signal tower was erected at
a high point and observation posts
were established for picking up
strange ships and airplanes. Air mail
service was speedily established be-
tween San Juan and Culebra. Fresh
water was brought daily by water
barges from Fajardo, several miles
distant.
Where once were narrow trails over
the crust which covers the island clay
Evening star., 1924-02-24

the class in ring finding would visit
the different dormitories and lodging
houses and inspect the wash rooms
of same and pick up all the rings left
along side of wash bowls vile the
owners was washing.
Then the class would pace back
and 4ti. acrost the campus examining
the ground for rings that may Of
been dropped. AS a rule boys and
gals that goes to college don't eat
as much as they use to at home and
the result is that they loose flesh and
when their fingers gets thin their
rings fall off.
Ring finding is pleasant work,
keeping you out in the open air a
good deal of the time and the fact
that the ad which / have quoted has
appeared in the paper several times
in succession is evidence that the
field amt overcrowded.
Under pianos we came acrost the
, following: WANTED piano varnisher
and fly finisher." Now it don't take
Evening star., 1924-02-24

were built corduroy roads capable of
sustaining the heavy guns and trac-
tors. Up and down the rugged hills
of the new base tanks wended their
clumsy ways, getting into practice
for action" Everywhere some new
unit gave evidence Of its industry.
Above the camp soon fioated an OBJ
servation balloon, cooperating with
the artillery in "spotting" practice.
Every day planes of the BLACK
Force" made extended Photographic
and scouting flights, gathering all
possible information for the officers
in command for use in planning their
defense.
At every spot where landing parties
were expected barbed wire entangle-
ments were erected, while machine
gun and gas companies made ready
to further obstruct the advance Of
the Blue Forces"
The Henderson, arriving from Co
Ion under cover OF darkness, dropped
a landing party on s w Cay. small
island a thousand yards off the
southwest coast OF Culebra. On the
Evening star., 1924-02-24

much of a technical education to
varnish a piano and it don't take
much of a technical education to fin
ish flies, but a whole lot of close
study and hard practice is necessary
before a person can be both at the
same time.
In my university I would have a
laboratory in which they was about
a equal number of pianos and win
dows and on the window sills would
place saucers full of sugar and other
condiments which flies considers a
treat.
Then 1 would arm the students
with a vanishing brush in one hand
and a fly swatter in the other and
would offer attractive little weekly
prizes like a toy piano or a dozen
sheets of fly paper for the student
vanishing the most pianos and fin
ishing the most flies and vice versa
Another ad in the piano dept. says:
''Wanted-Expert rough piano tuner"
I figure that a one yr. intensive
Evening star., 1924-02-24

last, as the endless succession OF
Passages, ladders. matches. compart-
mehts and the like is admittedly con-
fusing. Recruits go upstairs" to-
ward the back of the boat" and look
out the windows" only to bump
their heads against the walls" on an
unexpected roll or pitch of the vessel.
After the second or third day all this
changes and the greenest buck" in
the command assumes a salty air
more comical than his previous igno-
rance.
On the voyage described there was
no lack of wartime atmosphere. The
Henderson was darkened promptly
at six BELLS" or O'Clock, every night,
ports "dogged" tight and all lights
and smoking prohibited-a sharp re-
minder Of the days when the famous
transport carried the marines of the
9th and 9Th regiments to France.
Collision drill" fire drill" abandon
ship" and general quarters" follow
ed each other In rapid succession, so
that by the time the ship arrived at
Colon the men were in good trim