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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-16
The Feather Mite Is
A New Poultry Menace
Parasite Only Recently Discovered by
Professor at Farm College.

Discovery OF new poultry parasite,
called the feather mite, is announced
by Prof C. r. Cleveland, of the de
partment OF entomology at the expert
Iment station at Lafayette, Ind
According to Professor Cleveland
this mite has already been reported at
farms in New York, New Jersey,
Maryland, Ohio Illinois and Indiana.
1t spreads rapidly and lives and breeds
on the birds The common roost mite
remains on the fowls only at night.
Because OF their continual drain on
the poultry, day and night, these new
pests are much more dangerous than
other mites, frequently killing the
birds outright They may be found on
all parts of the body, but accumulate
most at the base OF the tail and below
the vent. Their lie cycle, from egg
to adult, is only about eight to twelve
days, so infestation develops rapidly.
During warm weather a careful dip
ping treatment is a good cure. the dip
consisting OF one ounce OF soap and
two ounces OF finely divided flowers
OF sulphur to a gallon OF tepid water.
The soap should be dissolved first and
the sulphur then stirred ill.,
In cold weather the dip cannot be
used effectively. Instead. liberal dust
ing with finely powdered sulphur IS
recommended.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-16
Corn Popped in Field
By Heat of Suns Rays
Occurred on Farm of w. A. Morgan
In Randolph County.

OF course the average citizen in this
section knows it has been hot recently
-uucommonly 50, But he may not be
informed as to just how torrid the
heat has been or as to pranks it has
played.
For instance, many do not know
that during last month popcorn in the
field with the shuck on popped under
the fierce rays OF the sun. We can
testify that il did, for we saw an ear
containing several grains that had
burst and showed white. These had
not expanded as much as those OF
popcorn offered for sale, but looked
white
The ear OF popcorn in question came
from the field OF Mr. w. A. Morgan
in the Vilulah neighborhood. Those
well acquainted with Mr.. Morgan
would have accepted without question
his statement in regard to the pop
corn. but in order that no ones faith
in his veracity be strained he had the
corn as ocular proof and says he him
self plucked it from the stalk on
which it grew-Cuthbert Leader
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-16
HAVE YOU A BAD BACK?
THEN THE ADVICE OF THIS
DAWSON RESIDENT WILL
INTEREST YOU.

Does your back ache night and day
Hinder work; destroy your rest:
Are you tortured with stab6mg
pains when you stoop, lift or bend'
Then likely your kidneys are weak.
More troubles may soon appear
Headaches. dizziness, nervousness;
or uric acid and its ills.
Help your weakened kidneys with
a stimulant diuretic.
Use Doan's Pills
Read this Dawson testimony:
J. NJ. Crouch, grocer, 6l6 Z. Sew
enth ave, says: "a few years ago |
had an attack of lame back and kid
ney trouble. I suffered from shooting
pains in my back and it nearly killed
me- The kidney secretions passed toe
often, getting me up at night. Doan
Pills. from Lees drug store, rid me
.of the backache and made my kidneys
we'll
Price 6Oc, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask Tor a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Pills-the same that Mr.
Crouch had Foster-Milburn Co.
Mfrs, Buffalo, n. Y.-adv.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-16
Authorities Claim That Fight on
WeeviI in the Fall Pays Better
Than Other Seasons. Is Timely
Crop Insurance.

The boil weevil is just as much d
potential menace 10 future cotton
crops in Georgia as it was 10 any OF
those in the past. writes Frank c
Wood. cotton specialist OF the Georgia
State College OF Agriculture. Because
boil weevils did so much less damage
in Georgia in 1924 than Tor several
years past many people have the mis-
taken idea that they have migrated 70
other states and left Georgia uninIest-
ed. These people and others seem also
TO think that the weevIl may have
found our climate to differ from that
OF Mexico in a way that makes them
less vigorous and less able 10 damage
our crops or that parasites OF the wee
VII NAV have found our climate so
much more favorable to themselves
than to the boil weeyil as to make
them a permanent obstacle to boil
weevil damage TO future crops in
Georgia.
None OF these ideas have any
foundation in TACT. Having the same
weather conditions in 1925, or any III
ture year. that we had in 1922 or in
1928 and with no more intelligent or
vigorous fight on the weevil than in
those wears we may have in any fu
ture wear as much weevil damage as
in 1922 and 1928 Any intelligent and
obseryant cotton farmer in the states
west OF us or in South Georgia who
has had boil weevil FIVE years or more
knows that we have less damage from
weevils in seasons following dry
weather in late fall, in seasons follow
ing winters having exceedingly low
temperatures and in seasons having
long dry spells during the fruiting
season. ANY one OF the favorable
weather conditions has a noticeable
effect on the weevil damage and most
OF Georgia has had for the 1924 sea-
son a combination OF all three OF
these so that weevils damage has been
very much less than normal. But il IS
not often that we have the combina-
ton Of these three favorable conditions
or any two OF them and II is possible
in any year not TO have even one OF
them In any year that we do not have
these favorable weather conditions
there viii be great loss from boil wee
wills unless we fight them with every
means at our command. There are
boil weevils in every cotton growing
community and IN nearly every cotton
field in the state OF Georgia right now,
and they will eat up our 1925 crop I'M
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-16
KILL 1925 BOIL WEEVIL NOW
BY FLOWING UP THE STALKS

LESS we have another year OF very m
jusaally favorable weather or unless
| we fight them intelhgertly and per
isjstently.
We cannot control weather ccndi-
lions. but if we Kill all our green cot
ton stalks three weeks or more before
irost this iall we can have the same
beneficial effect on the we@vl damage
10 The 1928 crop that the dry weather
OF last fall and the cold IN January
had on the 1924 crop. Boil WeevlIs do
not iced on anything except squares,
.bous blooms or tender leaves OF green
growing cotton and in warm weather
-hev cannot live more than two or
three weeks without food. Ii we Kill
all our growing stalks three weeks be
fore frost in 1924 we kill all our l9zo
weevi.s without having to depend up
on the uncertainty OF having dry
weather this iall and extreme cold this
winter.
The dry tall OF 1928 covered all
fields except the very low wet spots
in every community and the cold in
January covered all fields. Ii the early
destruction OF stalks is to be as bene-
fetal as last seasons weather condi-
tons it must apply to all the telds
in community. Any farmer can re-
ducc his next years weevil iniestation
bv killing his own and his neighbor's
stalks must be destroyed. One OF the
most profitable cooperative projects
that can be initiated in any cotton
growing community is that OF the
complete destruction OF all green cot
ton stalks three weeks before frost
The stalks can be killed either by cut
ting. By grazing with live stock, by
turning them under deeply with a
plow or by ripping them out OF the
ground with a p!ow. Cutting IS not
usually as satisfactory as the other
methods Grazing with live stock is
dangerous if the cotton has been
poisoned late and little or no rain has
fallen to wash the poison off. Flowing
the stalks under IS the best method OF
destruction II they are completely
buried. but il is sometimes impossible
to get all the fields pIowed three weeks
before frost. Ripping the stalks up is
much faster than blowing them under,
and is the method OF stalk destruction
most frequently practiced.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-16
. HAVE DARK HAIR
AND LOOK YOUNG
Nobody Can Tell When You
Darken Gray, Faded Hair
With Sage Tea

Grandmother kept her hair beauti-
fully darkened, glossy and attractive
with a brew of Sage Tea and Sulphur.
Whenever her hair took on that dull,
faded or strealed appearance, this SIM
pie mixture was applied with wonder
full effect. By asking at any drug store
for "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com.
pound" you will get large bottle OF
this old-time recipe, improved by the
addition of other ingredients, all ready
to use. at very little cost. This SIM
Die mixture can be depended upon to
restore natural color and beauty to the
hair
Well-known druggists say everybody
uses Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound now because it darkens so natur-
ally and evenly that nobody can tell 1t
has been applied-it's so easy to, use,
too. You simply dampen a comb or
soft brush and draw it through your
hair, taking one strand at time. By
morning the gray hair disappears; at
ter another application or two, it IS re-
stored to its natural color and looks
glossy, soft and beautiful.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-16
Baptists to Observe Week
Of Prayer This Month
Request Has Been Sent Out to $4,000
Churches in the South

NASHNILLE. Ienn-Ihe large
majority OF the $4,000 Baptist church
es OF the south are expected to OBJ
serve the week Of September 2l-28 as
week Of prayer. with a view OF in
voking divine aid in the successful
completion Of the Baptist seventy-fve
million campaign this fall. and success
fully projecting the unified budget for
the 1928 program OF the denomination,
according to recommendation to this
end which have been sent to the
churches by the commission having in
charge the supervision OF the two pro-
grams.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-16
YES, WE HAVE EN-.

Each day on the average nearly 15,-
100000 bananas are consumed in the
United States.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-16
GIRL IN POOR HOUSE JILTS
HER LOVER WORTH $4,000
Her Sanity VIII Be Inquired into
By a Commission.

Miss Bessie Rittenberg, inmate OF
the county poorhouse at Cedar Rap
ids. Iowa. will be examined by an in
sanity commission for refusing to mar
nv a man worth $4,000
The man, Anton F. Svodoba, says
she is sane and he still wants to mar
" her if she will change her decision.
When the probation officer refused
consent to the marriage Svoboda at
tempted TO get Miss Rittenberg to
leave the poorhouse At first she con
sented, but later changed her mind
because. she said she had not known
Svobado long enough.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-16
MANY POLICEMEN ARE
KILLED IN NEW YORK CITY

Police headquarters in New York
is cramped for suitable wall space to
place the bronze tablets on which are
engraved the names OF policemen kill
ed in performance OF duty A single
panel served to record all such deaths
in the history OF the city up to 1872
Since then an additional panel has
been filled and another one begun.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-16
BUSINESS COLLEGE.

Americas business college opens on
September 1st. Miss Lillian Braswell,
President. Personal instructors; book
keeping, shorthand, typewriting, Eng
lish, spelling, mathematics, commercial
law. penmanship. Positions guaran-
teed. Phone III. p o. Box 254.
Americas. Ga. 9-2-5t
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-16
$1,000 1000 IN BONDS ARE
STOLEN FROM UTAH MAN
Left Valuable Package on Seat of His
Automobile on Main Street.
Court House and Jail.

At Salt Lake City, Utah, Otto
Meek, reputed wealthy ranch owner
OF Baker, New, reported to the police
that negotiable securities which he
said had a lace value OF more than
$3,00O00O was stolen from his auto
mobile while it was parked on Main
street here Friday afternoon.
He said he lett the securities in
suitcase in the front seat OF his auto
mobile and when he returned in about
an hour the bag was gone.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-16

Honeycombs IS feet high are. built
by giant bees in India.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-16

TREE SHELTERS IUUU WEN.
A single banyan tree has beer
known to shelter 1000 men at one
time
Evening star., 1924-10-15
SHENANDOAH HELD
FOR END Of STORM
DirigibIe's Commander Fears
No Harm to Ship, But
Wants People to See.
BY the Associated pross

by the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, October 15.-
Gales in the Pacific Northwest reach
ing velocity as great as 80 miles
an hour today held the Navy dirigi-
Bile Shenandoah manacled to her moor
ing mast here until tomorrow morning
at the earliest
In making his announcement of
postponement. Lieut.. Comdr. Zachary
LansooWne. commander of the ship.
SAID that the Shenandoah had moth
ing TO fear in any storm encountered
In the air. but that she had one i'm
portant mission to fulfill, to let the
cltlzens of the Pacific Coast see her
In the air the Shenandoah would
become part of the air current with
which she travelled. A storm might
aHect her speed in relation to the
ground, but would not affect the shin
itself, as she would move with that
particular air territory in which she
happened to be, backward or for
ward, but always with ease and
safety. A head wind might deIay
her, a gale hold her stationary or a
terrific gust force her astern, but the
only result would be that she would
be late in reaching her destination
Air charts last night showed a
chain of three storms lowering about
the Pacific Northwest. 1t was hoped
that upon leaving San Diego tomor.
row the dirigibe would be able to
slip into her mooring at Camp Lewis.
Wash, between the first and second
or between the second and third
storms.
Evening star., 1924-10-15

company, whose capital is said to be
S0,6o0,000 pesetas, a part guarantee.
Spain's premier shipping company,
the Compania Transatlantica, is re-
ported to he one of the principal
partners in the venture.
The airships will be built in Spain
with German patents and material
under the supervision Of a Zeppelin
engineer. Two of them will measure
10000 cubic meters in capacity. and
will have 4 horse power of $500, but
the third airship will be much smaller
and will be used as a school for pilots
and for communication between Spain
and the Canary Islands.
Commandante Herrera is convinced
that air navigation. is safer along the
Argentinian route from Andulasia
than anywhere else in the world,
owing to the regularity of the trade
winds He believes that 80 hours
would be sufficient for the flight.
Thus letters from Central Europe
could be delivered in Buenos Aires
within four days.
Estimated Cost of Voyage.
1t is estimated that the cost of each
VOYAGE. including depreciation in
value of the ship, would be less than
100000 peSetaS, while with 90 paSSen-
gers each paying 5000 pesetas fare,
and 800, 900 letters each paying two
pesetaS, the receipts would be more
than 100000 pesetas.
Copyright, 1924. by Chicago Daily News Coz
IRIS IMPRESSES ENGLAND.
Evening star., 1924-10-15
$4,000, 900 CREDITED
TO BERLIN FOR ZR-3
United States Takes Airship in
Part Payment on Reparation
Account.

Approximately s2,2oo,ooo will be
credited as a German reparation pay
ment to the United States when the
ZR-3 is formally accepted by this
Government.
The air cruiser represents the
American share of a special repara-
ton assessed against Germany be-
cause sof the destruction after the
armistice in the Friedrichshafen plant
of a half dozen complete or partially
complete war Zeppelins, which, under
the armistice terms, Germany had
agreed to turn over to her late enc
mics.
Upon inquiry initiated by the United
States the council of amba ssadors sit
ting in Paris in 1921 agreed to permit
Germany to replace one ship as the
portion of the United States, attach
ing the condition that the new ship
should never be used for military
purposes.
The ZR-3 has a capacity of 2.4o0-
900 cubic feet, and American airship
constructors estimated that a little
less than 81 per cubic foot of gas
capacity would be a fair reparation
credit In case several ships were
built from the same plans, they said,
the cost might be reduced to rs cents
per cubic foot.
Evening star., 1924-10-15
ZR-3 DROPS CAPITAL
FROM HER ITINERARY
Change in Course at Sea Precludes
Monster Blimp's Visit to
Washington.

The change in course at sea OF the
IRA which brought her into LAX e.
hurst from the north, instead of the
south, and thereby precluded visit
to the National Capital. caused much
disappointment throughout the city,
If the hundreds of telephone inquiries
received at The Star since early
morning can be taken as criterion.
To each inquiry as to when the
"big airship" would fly over the Dis
trict the reply was given that she
was heading for Lakehurst. and in
every instance regret was expressed.
Rut interest in the now famous craft
did not drop with it's failure to visit
washington, for inquiries continued to
pour in as to when it would fly over
the city in the future. An indefinite
answer had to be given to that class
of question.
Evening star., 1924-10-15
DIARY KEPT ON TRIP
REVEALS THREE STORMS
MET BY BIG DIRIGIBLE
CONTINUED from First Page.)

1890 p.m.-Passing Sable Island.
1870 p.m.-Nova Scotia in night.
Getting colder.
II midnight.-Yesterday in pajamas,
tonight freezing. l have come on
watch, and to stand the weather
have had to don every stitch of cloth
ing l possess. 1 envy Maj. Kennedy,
one of our American observers, who
has a lambskin-li lined coat and felt
boots The sight of the brilliantly
illuminated coast beneath us is glori-
Gus. Halifax is clearly visible The
lights are SO many and we pass over
them at such speed that they seem
to emerge into one rush of fire.
After midnight (early Wednesday
morning.-NVe have passed Cape Sable
from which we are to fly over Seal Is
land toward Boston. Unfavorable wind
from the northwest. We sight cape
Ann: then Boston, a huge city at our
feet. Beneath me mighty factory
whistle opens up; others join 1t. The
first big American city has greeted
us. 1t is ftattering, this tumult be-
meath us, but We are so frightfully
busy with the actual work of the
shpi's management that we cannot
observe 1t as closely as we would
like to.
Nearing New York.
$50 a.m.-We are well on our way
to New York. l must break off this
diary now and prepare the manu-
script for the rubber bag and air
tight bottle, which is to carry it to
the pickup boat, hence to telegraph
offices and the journals of the North
American Newspaper Alliance organ
ization. shall finish the work diary
at Lakehurst. All in all, the trip was
marvellous. Surely it has proved the
entire feasibility of using airships
for fast mail traffic.
We had three storms altogether;
one we fought off the Spanish coast;
another between the Azores and New
foundland, and the worst of all last
ngiht of Newfoundland. Now we
can land soon, and that means water,
which will be very welcome. Our
water shortage has caused boards to
grow. Some few clever ones have
contrived to keep smooth chins, but
my beard is so long that I am seri
ously considering letting it grow.
Copyright, 1924, United States. Canada. Great
Britain, South America and Japan. by
North American Newspaper Alliance.
Evening star., 1924-10-15
zR,3 1MPREssEs ENGLAND.
Adds Impetus to Plan for Dirigible
Air Routes.

BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily news
LONDON, October 15.-The splendid
performance of the ZR-3 is viewed in
British official circles as the best pos
sible advertisement for diriglole air
craft and is lending a great impetus
to Great Britains plan to establish
an interempire air route with craft of
similar type.
At the moment, public opinion in the
mother country is apathetic regard
ing how great an asset air routes are
in view of the enormous expenditure
necessary upon fragile carriers. To
some extent, aircraft engineers are
still feeling the effect of the destruc-
ton of the dirigible constructed for
America in England. But with the
unquestionable success of the Shen-
andoah and the ZR-3 now impressed
upon the public mind, rapid progress
seem inevitable.
Copyright. 1924. by Chicago Daily News Co..
Evening star., 1924-10-15
CHEERED IN BOSTON.
Night Watchers View Craft From
Building Tops.

BOSTON, October 15.-Eastern Massa-
chusetts had given up it's night watch
for the coming of the dirigible ZR-3
early this morning, when suddenly. 1t
heard the dull roar of motors to the
eastward. Long before the great ship
was sighted, the growing hum had pene-
trated into sleeping homes and caused
look aloft.
Then at AIS she suddenly came into
view over Boston. Sweeping along
gracefully against a sky lighted by the
moon, persons caught first her red and
white lights. Her great cigar shaped bulk
then was discernible, outlined in
silver against the pale blue tints of the
sky. From different parts of the city
came the excited cry of There she is!''
But, because of the speed she was max
ing, she was lost to the southwark all
most before the shouts had died away
In the center of the city, men ran for
the squares and open spaces and mount
ed to roofs to keep her in sight as long
as possible while they cheered and
howled a welcome.
Passes Small Towns.
Following her course southwest. she
passed over the small towns which
lie between Boston and Providence.
Farmers, rising in the gray of the
dawn, glimpsed, her with growing
distinctness as the day frightened.
She was sighted over Providence at
4:4S; Newport, r. l., reported her at
5 o'clock, and Westerly at $40. .
When the crew of 81 men caught
the flash of Highland Light, near the
tip of Cape Cod, at 3:15, the Amer
lean members burst into a cheer and
pointed out to- their German COM
panions their first sight of the Amer
lcan continent. They had happened
upon almost the identical spot where
the Pilgrims found their first refuge
FROM this time on the dirigible kept
in constant radio communication with
Chatham station, WCC, of the Radio
Corporation of America, giving fire.
quent reports of her progress. She
also transmitted for relay many mes
sages for relatives of her crew and
the engineers who had built her in
Friedrichshafen.
Evening star., 1924-10-15
SHIPS CREW RESCUED.

NEW YORK, October 15.-Rescue
Of the crew of the four -masted
schooner Alcaeus Hooper by the
Swedish American freight motorship
Stureholm was announced yesterday
by radio.
Knut Nilsson, captain of the Sture-
holm, notified his office here that the
Hooper, bound from Norfolk, Va, for
European ports with a load of lumber,
had fioundered 200 miles east of the
Nantucket light. The ships boat.
Nilsson said, was picked up at noon,
with the captain of the Hooper and
nine men in state of exhaustion
Evening star., 1924-10-15
PLANS INVESTIGATION
OF WELFARE ACTIVITIES
Endorsement Committee Adopts
Plan for Inquiry Relating to All
Institutions in Washington.

An investigation of all welfare In
stitutions in washington was direct
ed at a meeting yesterday afternoon
in the board room Of the District
Building of the Endorsement Com
mittee OF Welfare Organizations
President Frank R Jellen was d.
rected to appoint a semi -oficial body.
The committee expects to complete
its work by the middle of next month
and its report will be published.
Charles ]. Columbus, secretary, re-
ported all but three charitable organ
izations had filed their financial state
,nents with the committee. Charles
w. Darr, vice chairman, presided.
Evening star., 1924-10-15
ZR-3 INTERESTS SPAIN.
Attraction Due to Nations own
Air Service Venture.

By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily New.
MADRID, October 15.-Spain has
followed the voyage of the ZR-3 with
the greatest interest, because for
some years she has been promoting
an airship service to South America.
The moving spirit behind the
scheme is the well known Spanish
engineer and officer, Commandante
Herrera, who journeyed to Argentina,
making an optimistic and technical
report in 1921.
To further the movement, a COM
pany combining Spanish and German
interests has been formed and land
ing sites acquired at Seville, Spain,
and near Buenos Aires, Argentina
One fixed shed will be necessary at
the Spanish base, as well as a moor
ing mast, but an expensive revolving
shed as well as q fixed shed will be
necessary in Argentina, owing to
the strong prevailing cross winds.
The government has promised the