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The Dawson news., 1925-10-20
The Apples Origin.

Although nobody knows exactly where the
apple originated, its first appearance OF COM
mon knowledge being in connection with the
snake episode in the Garden Of Eden, it is
believed that it originated in southwestern
Asia or southeastern Europe Carbonized ap-
pies have been found in the remains OF the
prehistoric lake dwellers of Switzerland and
they were highly esteemed in oriental coun-
tries long before they appeared in occidental
civilization. In 100 years the apple spread all
the way round the world until today it can be
found everywhere.
The apple is now one of the great COM
mercial products of the United States, its
sales running far into the millions of dollars
annually. In the northern section of Georgia
apples of superior quality are grown exten-
sively for market, and bring large revenue in
to the state In fact, there is no need to go
to Oregon or Washington to raise the best
and choicest apples. The apples of these
states can be equaled here in Georgia. and
with equal or more profit. But the trees must
have cultivation and must be sprayed. Those
states OF the Pacific famous for their apples
would fail entirely il they gave their orchards
no more care than is given here.
Besides contributing to material wealth the
apple is perhaps the most healthful of fruits.
There is an old saying, Eat an apple day
and keep the doctor away That those who
practice this are benefited physically there
isn't the least doubt. Therefore, it is the part
OF wisdom to pay more attention to the apple
both as commercial commodity and as
a valuable food.
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20
STYLE VS.. Hygiene.

The arbiters of fashion recently announced
that the stylish womans figure would be
much more developed than has been the
vogue for sometime Extreme slenderness
the straight lines, light weight and reduced
physical strength to say nothing OF the
starved look-that has been the rage in wo-
mans world for such length OF time that
general health has suffered appreciably. The
suggestion that girls and women must be
fatter in order TO be fashionable is boon
both to those who might be classified as
cornfeds and to the emaciated ones who de-
liberate1y have ignored hygiene in the pursuit
Of ultra smartness OF appearance.
In the Philadelphia schools it has been dis
covered that an amazing percentage OF girls
from the ninth grade upward have deliberate
" starved themselves as a method to induce
and retain so-called fapper figures High
school girls in that city are said to throw up
their hands in horror if they weigh more
than 100 pounds. Those who go a few pounds
over the century mark skip midday meals.
Twice as many girls as boys are underweight,
Eighteen per cent of the school girls were
underweight, the investigation revealed, and
many OF them were found to be Is per cent
below normal The figures showing the most
astonishing condition OF underweight were
obtained in the ninth grade, which is consid
cred the beginning Of the fapper age
The judges in the Atlantic City bathing
beauty contest may have had an eye on the
lack Of hygiene generally, and another on
the new vogue when they selected Miss Fay
Lanphier, OF California, as Miss America"
Miss Lanpher is feet 6 inches in height and
weighs 1873 pounds. She looks we'll fed. She
is developed as nature meant women to be
with no thought given to what a ridiculous
vogue would demand. Miss America" may
help dispel the illusion in the minds OF the
girls who think they must be weak and thin
to be attractive. Others have the same op-
The safe rule for a girl or woman
to follow is one favoring health and ignoring
the vogue.
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20
Cotton Growing in Brazil.
From the Agricultural Review.

American and other foreign technical eX
perts who have investigated cotton growing
possibilities in Brazil assert that cotton can
be grown in every state in the country. The
total production for 1924 is estimated at
605,000 bales of 478 pounds EACH net weight
OF that amount $4,000 bales or about 70
per cent, was produced in northern Brazil
and 1873 900 bales or about 80 per cent, in
the southern district Eleven of the twenty
Brazilian states produced over $4,000 stand
ard American bales each in 1924 and it was
produced on a smaller scale in six of the re
naming states From the standpoint of pres
ent production the states of Ceara, Parahyba
Rio Grand do Norte Pernambuco and Ma
ranhao are the most important states in
northern Brazil, while Sac Paulo is by far
the most important in the south
Notwithstanding the natural advantages it
is the conclusion of Leon NJ. EstabroOk who
spent two years in South America for the
United States Department of Agriculture, that
there will be no considerable expansion in
the area devoted to cotton in Brazil during
the next ten or fifteen years unless conditions
change to such an extent as to make coffee
and sugar cane Improbable and the price Of
cotton remains at its present high level. In
other words, the solution of the difficulties
at present restricting the possibility of an
expansion in production IS largely dependent
upon the prospect of profit from cotton in
competition with other crops, notably coffee
and sugar The difficulties referred to con-
sist OF lack of finances, experience, transpor-
tation facilities and suitable labor supply.
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20
Nuisance Taxes.

Senator Smoot, chairman of the senate
finance committee, utters words of cheer
when he announces that, in his opinion, con-
gress will repeal all the nuisance taxes
Nuisance taxes are socalled because of the
general annoyance they create in the expert
ence of the buying public In times of emer-
gency when greater revenue must be had it
becomes necessary to distribute the burden Of
the tax load in more directions than when
conditions are normal That was why docu-
ments theatre admissions cosmetics, motor
vehicles and luxuries of various kinds, in
cluding high priced articles of clothing, have
been taxed And it is fact that no nuisance
tax ever was levied without annoyance to the
public Nuisance taxes are more apparent to
the taxpayers than are other forms of taxa
ton. The public is constantly reminded OF
the. tax Hence the tax itself becomes a nui-
sance.
Senator Smoot, predicting cut of about
$3500000 in the tax that will be imposed
after the proposed new law becomes effect
i've, announced himself as opposed to raising
the exemption on incomes to $4,000 Persons
with incomes of $4,000 would pay no taxes
whatever. A great many persons have felt for
a long time that the income tax figure was
put too far down the scale They insist that
incomes OF married men should not be taxed
if they were under $4,000 or $4,000 or S.
900, and that those of single persons should
be treated with appropriate consideration.
This argument however, never has registered
favorably with economists or lawmakers.
They believe that every person making a liv-
ing in this country ought to contribute to
the support of the government under which
he lives
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20
Boys Make Great Records.

With p club boys of the county growing
$50 to 800 pounds OF lint cotton on an acre
the older farmers Of Terrell, who have the
reputation OF having no superiorS in intelli-
gent cultivation and the production of large
yields must look to their laurels. More
than bale and a half OF cotton from an acre
is a record OF which the best and most ex-
perienced farmer could we'll be proud, and
that this has been done by boys in their
teens is an achievement in which they and
the entire county-and the state as well-may
take just pride. 1t shows the possibilities of
Terrell county soil, and what may be ac-
Complished with intensive cultivation and
proper fertilization. We boast Of our good
crops now, but the farmers of the future will
produce yields that will make those of today
appear almost insignificant.
These boys have set pace that challenges
the best OF our farmers, and the result will
be better farming and larger yields in the
county. These future farmers deserve great
credit for what they have done, and The
News is proud OF all OF them as Terrell
county products.
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20
The Cost Of Living.
From the DeKalb New Era.

The cost of living is now 73 per cent great
err than it was in 1928, according to U. S.
Department of Labor figures. But this level
of prices is still far below the peak Of 1920,
when prices reached 1l6 per cent above 1918.
Nevertheless, prices are still far too high.
This level must have tendency all the time
to prevent many families from buying goods
and thus help to unsettle business and cause
unemployment, says an exchange.
Not only has the cost of living gone up.
but the cost of everything has advanced far
beyond what seems to be a reasonable level.
The cost of government, court procedure,
operating expenses of all kind have climbed
steadily upward until it looks as if our social
order must break down under the load
The world is eagerly looking for some one
who can show us how to bring down or else
increase incomes about 200 per cent over
their present volume
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20
The Common People" Thrifty.
From the Macon News.

The rank and file of the people of this
country are exhibiting a degree of thrift and
industry that speaks we'll for the future. Prof.
Thomas N. Carver, of Harvard University,
has been making a little quiet inquiry and
has brought forth some facts and figures that
are full of interest. Investors, he states, now
number approximately 14,400,000 of whom
not over $4,000 can be cassed as the super
rich. Savings in banks are said to be $21,-
000,000000 to which can be added annual
premiums paid on life insurance of $l0,000,
100000 and savings and loan assets of 81
000,000000 truly colossal total. The share
OF labor" is great enough to pay for con-
troll of all the railroads OF the country, coal
and metalliferous mines telephone and tele-
graph companies. And all this in spite Of
the directed propaganda that has been spread
against the conservative structure of our So
ciety for 40 years. Professor Carver sums up
his conclusions in the terse sentence sanity
reigns and the government in Washington
still lives"
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20
Doing Their Bit.

The Cordele Dispatch is mindful of the
fact that the railroads are doing something
for the development and progress Of the
country besides hauling passengers and
freight. 1t says:
"The Seaboard Air Line Railway Com
pany is devoting wisely purchased ad-
vertising space to development along its
line in this section. A full page in the
Manufacturers Record recently told of
south Georgia in attractive manner.
Moves like this help a great deal"
1t is to the interest of the railroads for
the sections they traverse to develop and
prosper 1t means more business for them.
The railroads are our greatest developers,
and are spending large sums advertising the
advantages OF their sections, inducing settlers,
demonstrating better methods of farming and
stock raising and otherwise promoting move
ments for the general good. No other agency
is doing more in that respect, and any COM
munity is fortunate to be served by a live
railroad that is awake to its possibilities.
Dawson and surrounding community have
cause to feel kindly toward both the Sea
board and the Central railroads..
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20
A Boil Weevil Query.

The Commerce News propounds an inter
estng question. The current issue OF that
paper asks:
IF Georgia farmers were to take vote
on the retention or destruction of the
boil weevil what per cent of the total
would be in favor of keeping the pest on
the job3"
There is, of course, no way OF knowing
how the majority of farmers would vote, 1t
is a fact, however, that it would be very
much against their interest if the boil weevil
were completely destroyed. Without the boil
weeviI the production Of cotton, under the
present methods of cultivation and fertiliza-
ton would be so great that it would be a
drug on the market. 1t would be selling at
8 or 10 cents pound, or less, and bankrupt
the growers.
Besides, the boil weevil has forced a revo-
luton in farming. The one-crop system had
to be abandoned and, under a system of di-
versihcation, crops that were never before
planted are bringing millions of dollars to
tillers OF the soi-more than the entire cot
ton crop was worth prior to the advent Of
the weevil.
Here in southwest Georgia the boil weevil
has been and is one of the farmers best
friends, and its complete destruction would be
calamity if it would mean return to former
farming methods. We can imagine few worse
things under present conditions on the farm
and in all lines of endeavor.
Therefore, fight and control but do not OBJ
literate the boil weeviL
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20
A Plan Worth Trying.
From the Wilkes County Forum.

It has been suggested that the constitution
Of the state be amended, so that the legisla-
tors in place of being paid so much per
day be placed on a salary as congress
is. Give them $500 per term, and if they
throw away their time and fail to make good
then the governor to call them back, and
keep calling them back if necessary, till they
complete their work, if it takes whole year.
Under the present way it works the bulk
of the time allotted is wasted by frolics, alb
sentism and hot air speeches. so the time
slips away and the states business is jammed
into a few remaining days, the work hurried
and half-baked, and vicious laws creep in
the closing hours of early Sunday morning
for instance.
If under the above proposition the present
methods cannot be improved then the only
redemption we see for the state is for it to
kill about half of its representatives, else
keep them chained at home.
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20
Another Diagnosis.
From the Columbus Enquirer-Sun.

Editor Hall, of the DeKalb New Era, says
Editor Chapman of the Sandersve Progress,
knocked home run" when he went to the
bat and lammed out the following:
Some of the state papers continue to
ask: What is the, matter with Georgia."
Ii you will hold your ear right close we
will tell you; there are too many dead
beats living at the expense OF other peo-
pie, instead OF earning their own support
by honest efforts.
When you come to think Of it. you don't
hear people who are working for a living
complain about hard times" The fellow
who works is getting along pretty we'll The
dlers and the dead-beats are the ones who
are complaining
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20

A large number of farmers in the northern
part OF the state are looking for homes in
southwest Georgia, which is conceded to be
cne OF the greatest agricultural sections of
the nation-a section without superior Here
the lands are comparatively level the soil
responds bountifully to cultivation and fertil-
ization, and a dozen or so crops can be
grown successfully. In number of instances
two crops a year can be grown. When the
advantages OF this ideal section are fully
known the demand for farms viii be greater
than can be supplied.
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20
Pointed Paragraphs.

Time is money" so says the proverb, yet
lots of fools throw away money in order to
kill time.
Even blind man can look for work Mod
esty never shows up we'll III the dark.
There are people who actually believe that
their troubles interest others.
Speaking of we'll preserved women Lots
wife was probably the best of the assortment.
The man who acts contrary to his wifes
advice and fails never hears the last Of it.
The thread of an argument often implies
that the whole thing is merely a yarn.
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20
Dead Things in Liquor.
From the Dahlonega Nugget.

Mr. Bush informed us last week that it
was nearer 5000 gallons of beer than 200 de
stroyed at the Bracket ford. In conversa-
ton he remarked that if people who drink
could see some of the distilleries he believes
they would quit it. Dead rats and everything
else found in the beer At one place while
slipping up to distillery, he saw man pull
something out OF the beer and carry it down
to the branch and leave it. Upon his return
he was arrested. When asked what he had,
said it was dead pig. And the distiller
would have made this beer into liquor
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20

Attack Florida! Why should we? Georgia
has nothing to fear in competition with 9TH
er states so long as we look without extrava-
giant emotion upon economic conditions as
they really are. There are, OF course, many
Georgians who have made money in Florida,
and who will make more. But those who
rush blindly from Georgia, with a dream Of
sudden wealth to be gained elsewhere, are
making a serious mistake. Georgia never had
better prospects than it has at the present
moment
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20
Curious Facts and Figures.

The sale Of patent medicines in the United
States last year exceeded S160000000.
On Michigan farm a collie dog and a
pig have become inseparable companions.
Metal TASKS in which heat is stored are
being made for use in homes.
A Frenchman with wooden legs IS making
a walking tour of the world.
Llamas Of Bolivia carry 100 pounds apiece.
If more is added they balk
Shellfsh that produce a low, fute-like
sound are found in Ceylon.
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20

A hundred years ago OUR great-great- grand
fathers wore knee breeches and silk stock
ings, and our -grandmothers wore
their skirts to the floor. Today the mere boy
wears long pants while his mothers skirts
barely go below the knee exposing as much
or more OF her anatomy than men did hun
dred years ago-and gets away with it all
To add to the wonders of revolution many
mothers wear jazz garters some roll their
hose, and a few paint their legs. All Of them
protest modesty, and demand the same re-
spect that was accorded their great-great-
grandmothers. How long they can do so is
question
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20

The statement is going the rounds of the
press that Georgia Should Feed Florida.
Georgia should feed Georgia first. Every once
in awhile we are reminded by officials and
newspapers that every year Georgia buys
from other states many millions of dollars
worth of meat, and more millions Of poul-
try, eggs dairy products, feedstuffs and 9TH
er things. 1t would be fine thing if Geor-
gia would feed Georgia. Then if anything
is left, it would be fine thing for Georgia
to feed Florida. And Georgia could do both
if she would
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20

The total value of New York real estate
is put at $17,119,659,544, which is far in ex-
cess OF the national wealth Of many import
ant countries. Yet, this does not begin to
represent the actual financial responsibility
of the American metropolis. If all values in
New York city were Jumped together the
figures would be increased by several addi-
tional billions.
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20

The Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial
is not receiving the support it should. 1t is
patriotic as we'll as sentimental under
taking, and every Georgian should deem it
privilege to contribute even a small sum
to its success. Dawson and Terrell county
should show their interest by buying memo
rial half dollars
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20

Only 10 per cent more people are engaged
in agriculture this year than there were Is
years ago, but in bushels and tons they pro-
duce 40 per cent more food Until demand
overtakes this increased production we will
wonder what is the matter with the farming
business
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20
COLOR BLIND JURORS.

From the Commerce News.
In speaking to the w c. T. u women in
Macon M. J. Yeomans said that in the prose
cution of violators of the prohibition laws our
courts should be color Blind that, when white
men were puRished equally with negroes we
would be making progress. Some food for
thought in that nut
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20

Times have changed. A thief was caught
after stealing IS automobiles and was quiet
ly taken to Jail. Thirty years ago no horse
thief ever got away with that many cayuses
without stretching rope.
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20

Captain Amundsen is planning polar eX-
pedition for next year from Spitzenburgen to
Nome, Alaska, a distance of more than p
900 miles, an undertaking that seems to have
more perils than profits.
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20

The Judge who was threatened with a
stampede when he called for volunteers to
sample the evidence in liquor case will be
more careful next time and limit his call to
small number.
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20

Georgia dairy farmers have found that a
higher standard OF butter tat milk is produced
by thoroughbred stock The same thing ap-
plies to humanity if higher standard OF
citizenship is desired
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20

In round-the-word cruise an ocean liner
uses 90 tons of potatoes
The Dawson news., 1925-10-20
EVERYBODY DOING 1T.

From the Indianapolis News.
Criticism is the easiest job in the world
Anybody can stand on the sidelines and ex-
plain just how football, baseball and other
games could have been won. Telling how the
army, navy and government should be oper-
ated is pastime for all citizens
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-06-04
(w-s)

First publication May 81, 1925.
STATE OF WISCoNSIN-IN COUNTY
COURT-KENOSHA COUNTY.
In the matter Of the estate of Mary Cum
mans. deceased.
NOTICE TO SELL REAL ESTATE.
Notice is hereby given that at a special
term of the County Court to be held in and
for said county. at the Court House in the
city of Kenosha, in said county, the
third Tuesday. being the 18th day of June,
A. d. 1926. the following matters will be
heard. considered, examined and adjusted:
In re estate of Mary Cummans, deceased.
The application of A. E. Buckmaster ad-
ministrator of the estate of Mary Cummans,
late of the city of Kenosha, in said county,
deceased, to sell or incumber real estate be-
longing to such estate, for the payment of
expenses and debts, said real estate being
situated and described as follows:
Lot twenty-three (23) in block four f4)
of Pfennig Bullamore's Orchard Knoll
Subdivision, Of part of the southwest quar-
ter OF section one a., town one ~, north.
range twenty-five (22) east, according to
plat of said subdivision on file and Of record
in the Office of the Register of Deeds Of
Kenosha county Wisconsin
Dated this 18th day of May, A. d. 1925.
By the Court
ROBERT v. BAKER,
Judge.
BUCKMASTER & HAMMOND.
Attorneys. (W-9)