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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-11
NEXT WINTER TO
BE LONG AND HARD
TWO FRENCHMEN, PROBES
SOR BIGUORDAN AND GA
BRIEL, so PREDICT.

PARIS.-Next winter will be long
and hard is the deduction made from
researches which have been carried on
by the astrohomer-priest, Father Ga
briel, and which Prof Guillaume BIZ
guordan, director of the Paris obser-
vatory, has described to the Academy
of Sciences. Father Gabriel has dis
covered that the Lunar solar cycle OF
744 years is divided into two periods
OF 372 years and four periods OF lo6
years. He says that the weather fol
lows these periods and that this win
ter will be as severe as were the win
tiers Of the years 1858 and 1740. His
observations are based on researches
into the works of historians, poets and
writer's which were likely to give
weather indications.
The noted French astronomer Ara
go already has remarked on this re-
currence of hard winters without,
however indicating the periods be-
tween them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-11
REFORESTING TRACT
IN APPLYING COUNTY
]. E. OVAL, OF bailey, UN-
DERTAKING THE TASK ON
TEN THOUSAND ACRES.

BAILEY, Ga.-Practical reforesta-
ton has been begun on tract OF l0,-
900 acres north of Surrency, in APP
ping county, owned by ]. E. Dyal, OF
Baxley.
For several years Mr.. Dyal has
been considered to be the largest in
dividua turpentine operator in the
world having approximately 100000
cups hung on pine trees in this sec
ton. Portions of the tract now have
excellent stands of young pine, and
Mr.. Dyal will use every approved
means to reforest the sections where
natural catch has not occurred.
The stumps are being blasted by a
distillation company and the lightwood
also utilized by the same concern. This
will reduce the fire hazard very much.
Later Mr.. Dyal will put tractor into
the tract and break strips at close in
tervals to catch and hold the pine mast
from the nursery trees. After few
years this tract will supply a contin-
uous production Of naval stores and
pulpwood.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-11
WILKINSON County Peach
Tree, Seventy Years Old,
Is Still Bearing Fruit

JEFFE RSONVILLE, Ca
ON Davidson, who lives in
Wilkinson county nine miles from
here, brought some fine white
English peaches TO town from a
tree on his farm that's known posi-
lively to be 20 years old. When
Davidson moved to this farm in
1900 the tree was known to be the
Oldest in that section OF the coun-
ty. Why he is sure of the age of
this tree is that in 1900 Billy
Smith, better known as Apple"
Smith, one OF the oldest citizens
of Wilkinson county, told David
son that he had been eating fruit
from that old tree since 1868. The
original stump from the tree is in
good condition and has sent forth
new branches many seasons. The
most remarkable thing about the
tree is that it has never been Civ
en- any special care; never been
sprayed or the ground cultivated.
around it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-11
SNOW, HAIL AND RAIN
FALL OVER THE NATION
TEMPERATURE FALLS TO so IN
SOME SECTIONS WHILE 9TH
Frs SWELTER IN HEAT.
BIG CROP LOSSES REPORTED

Tobacco Crop Damaged in Kentucky,
And Rio Grande Flood Inundated
Two Thousands of Acres of Texas
Cotton in the Valley.
Hail stones as large as eggs, snow,
floods, violent thunderstorms and cool
weather have found mention in Aug
ust's weather chronicle i'll place OF the
usual record of sky-rocketing temper
atures.
Hail has been reported in several
midWestern states, causing consider
able damage TO the tobacco crop in
parts of Kentucky. Snow fell for five
minutes over an area of several square
miles near Amberg, Wis., and was
followed by damaging hail.
From the southwest comes word Of
damage by flood waters Of the Rio
Grande river.
From $50 to 1000 acres of tobacco
were destroyed by hail in the vicinity
OF Lexington, KY, the loss being es-
timated at more than 100000. A
small loss was sustained by corn and
other crops. The hail lasted for less
than an hour, but was so heavy that
it remained on the ground 81 hours
in some places.
Detroit, scene of a destructive rain
on Friday, again was visited by a
violent wind and thunderstorm For
two hours rain and hail pelted a por-
ton of the business area, flooding
hundreds of Easements and filling the
streets with Is inches OF water The
hail was half an inch thick.
Mercury Drops 26 Degrees.
AT Indianapolis the mercury dropp-
ed 20 degrees to So when hail as large
as marbles showered the city Tor halt
an hour. Outside of the flooding OF
Easements little damage resulted.
Two hundred soldiers from Fort
Bliss. FL Paso, Texas, have been or
dered out to assist farmers, business
men and reclamation service employees
in fighting the Rio Grande flood in
the lower valley cotton fields. Damage
TO crops in the vicinity OF Fabens, 81
miles below FL Paso, is estimated at
S275OO0. Several hundred acres OF cot
ton land were inundated when the
river broke through levees one mile
below Fabens, bringing the total food
ed area to between 1000 and 2,50O
acres. A force OF 1000 worked to hold
the waters in check.
Phoenix, Ariz., where the mercury
registered 102, was the leading hot
weather point. Elsewhere tempera-
lures in the SOS, COS and 7Os FREEDOM
mated.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-11

The great contest OF the century
maids versus widows.
It's a catch-as- catch-can proposition
with the marriage altar as the goal.
So great has been the publicity CIV
en- the widows for the last halt CEN
fury that the maids have almost come
TO believe they haven't a chance
against them in the matrimonial race.
But figures, which never lie, have
been produced by the census bureau
and by insurance company officials to
show that there is little basis for the
belief that widows can beat the aver
age girl to the altar.
There are more widows than widow
ers in this country, according to the
census figures. Also it was shown that
more widowers than widows remarry,
and that when widowers do rewed
they take more maids than widows
for mates.
On the face of the statistical ma
terial, widows might be expected to
make better showing. To begin with
there are 3,350,000 more minated men
than single women in the United
States. Out of that number there
should be enough men for the widows
to make a number of choices without
with the matrimonial in
terests OF the maids. Yet tabulations
of 1920 census returns showed that
out of 100000 people widows out
number widowers by more than p
100000
Edward Gray, insurance company
official, has simple explanation for
the situation.
"When marriages are broken by
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-11
HALF WOMAN DESERTS HER
HUSBAND FOR ANOTHER MAN
Legless Wonder Being Sought in All
Parts of the Country.

A country wide search is being
made for legless woman who is re-
ported to have eloped from her hus-
band, in New York city, with anoth-
er man.
Mrs. De Fuller, known in circus
side-shows as Gabrielle, the only liv-
ing half woman in the world, is As
years old and was born without legs
She is 2 feet inches high and weighs
128 pounds.
Her disappearance has been report
ed bv her husband, who is also her
manager and who does the "ballyhoo-
ing" at the sideshows in which she
appears The woman disappeared with
ali her costumes, $4,000 worth OF jew
elry and 500 in cash.
Despite the fact that Mr.. De Fuller
saws he and his wife we're perfectly
happy neighDors told police the wo-
man left her home in company with
a man.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-11
FIGURES UPSET MAIDS BELIEF
THAT CUPID FAVORS WIDOWS
Widow Has Better Chance to Marry Than His Feminine
Counerpan Is One Reason According to Census Report

death" he said, st is oftenest the
husband who dies. There is reason
for it. Men as a rule wait longer than
women to marry. Husbands, you
know, are usually older than their
wives. Moreover, statistics show that
women have a greater expectation OF
life than men. Therefore the excess OF
single men over single women has a
natural correative in the excess OF
widows over widowers.
But this is not the whole explana-
ton. The fact is that more widowed
men marry than widowed women. The
widower has better chance to marry.
Even though he has many children,
if he appears a good provider, he can
usually find a mate. Youth doesn't so
much matter.
"On the other hand a widow is
handicapped. The average marriage
that does not wind up early in the
divorce court carries a woman well
past her youth Almost always there
are children The widow in that case
finds it hard to get another mate. A
widow, young and comedy and With
out children, often demonstrates her
superior attractions by winning a sec
ond or third husband against the Sc
verest competition. That is to be adj
mitted. The chronicles of social affairs
prove it almost every day.
Nevertheless, she is the exception.
Men generally prefer to found their
own families rather than inherit them
That favors the maid. Moreover, the
older a man becomes the more his
fancy turns to youth, and the better
off he is the more likely he is to win"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-11
FIRST RAIN IN A
YEAR AND A HALF
GEORGIA KNOWS NOTHING OF
DROUTH, so WHY BEEF
ABOUT DRY SPELL?

ATLANTA.-Don't beef about
the drouth; look how long they last
down in New Mexico.
No need for Georgia people to COM
plain about the length OF the drouth.
Up to a few weeks ago it had not
rained for year and half in New
Mexico.
Herman Baser, junior in the Uni
versitv of Illinois, hiking through At
lanta, got drenched there recently by
the first rain that had fallen IN a year
and half.
The hiker started from Chicago on
Tune 18th. and made loop down by
Santa Fe. went north to Denver, then
10 Minneapolis and back to the
Windy City" once more. He then
made a jaunt to Cincinnati From
there he came to Nashville, Chatta-
nooga and Atlanta. Before the sum
mer is over Baser expects to reach
Washington and New York.
Baser is a clean cut fellow, fresh
looking despite the dusty roads he has
visited.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-11
REV. HENRY MELONS
PLAN IN MISSISSIPPI
MEMBERS OF CONGREGATION
THERE GIVE PART OF FARM
PROCEEDS TO CHURCH.

The plan adopted several years ago
by the Button Baptist church, OF
which Rev. Henry Melton is pastor,
whereby the members cultivate a
Lords acre" and give the proceeds
to the support OF the church, is be-
ing adopted in other states.
A Starkville, Miss, dispatch says
members of Kewanee Baptist church
have again dedicated patches OF their
farms to the church. Last year fifteen
members pledged parts OF their farms
to the Lord with the agreement that
the profits derived therefrom would
go into the church treasury. After all
expenses were paid the patches Melted
the church $363
This year no call for farm pledges
was issued, making il an entirely vol
untary affair. Members who last year
were benefited by their experience, or
who as outsiders witnessed the trans
formation OF those who added their
bit in increasing their religious
strength by exercising with farm i'm
plements. were quick to join IN with
the movement. Ii is stated that those
who took part in the dedication OF soil
to church purposes became happier,
better church members and better cltl-
zens.
Persons close to the movement
have Observed, they say, that those
who are serving the Lord in the fields
appear TO have better time in life
and enjoy greater prosperity in line
with the Lords promise to bless those
who are loyal in their stewardship to
him"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-11

The most wonderful telescope IN the
world is now perched on Mount WI
son. 5000 feet above Pasadena Cali
forn;a. writes S. Leonard Basin, IN
St Nicholas. This telescope took i've
Years We, TO build. and ii is believed that
+ will reveal 1O0,O00,00O more. stars
than can be seen by any other lnstru-
ment of lis kind. -4 ~
Onite the most interesting Par[ OF
the telescope IS the mirror, winch IS
by ear The largest ever made. /,
l. has diameter Of one hundred
;,rbee or a measurement OF eight feet
l fa,,r inches across its surface. There
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-11
GEORGIA MAY HAVE
CREDITS UNION LAW
MOVE TO CHARTER COOPER
ALIVE SOCIETIES TO LEND
MONEY TO MEMBERS.

ATLANTA, Ga.-Following two
defeats in previous legislatures indica-
tons are that bill providing for the
formation Of credit unions in Georgia
will be passed at the present session.
The bill defines a credit union as
a cooperative society intended to pro-
mote thrift by encouraging regular
habits of saving and TO use the funds
thus obtained in lending money to
members.
Thus groups. comprising a credit
union might be formed in a church,
an agricultural community, factory
a business establishment, or any other
place where group OF persons wished
TO cooperate.
Credit unions, according to the bill,
would be chartered by the state and
be under the supervision of the state
banking department. A board of di-
rectors, credit committee and a SUI
pervisory committee would be elected
annually by the members of each I'M
ion to have charge of its affairs.
Funds would be accumulated by the
savings of its members. Shares OF SIS
each would be sold for cash or by pay
ments as small as 10 or Is cents a
week. Money would be lent to mem
bers at nominal rates of interest,
not to exceed | per cent each month
or II per cent year. The rate OF in
terest, however, may be as low as
o per cent a year.
The bill provides that credit unions
shall not be subject to any tax except
the advalorem tax on property impos-
ed by the state constitution, unless
made subject to additional taxes by a
law specifically naming credit unions.
Twenty-one states now have laws
permitting the formation Of credit I'M
ions, advocates of the measure assert.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-11

Is only one firm in the world-a
French company-that is able to cast
glass disks of such enormous size.
Even they do not find the work
easy. and they made eight attempts
before this particular mirror was sue
cessfully cast.
In the rough state the mirror was
lO1 inches across, 8 inches thick and
It weighed over five tons.
From first TO last the mirror took
over four years to polish. The work
was done by means of very fine emery
powder applied by wooden brushes
wrapped in cheese cloth.
Over ton of glass was rubbed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-11

away in this manner. Then coating
Of silver was given by special chem
ical process, and the great mirror,
weighing more than four tons, was
ready for placing in the lower end OF
the tube.
Such large mirrors are very suscep-
tible to heat and cold, and special
cork chamber is built round the glass.
Pipes and coils and fans are also used
to keep the mirror at an even temper
AZURE.
More than forty electric motors are
employed for moving the great tele-
scope, opening and closing the dome,
and for raising and lowering the plat
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-11
ocES7 FE SEEN BEFORE BY MAN

to be solved. For some time it has
been doubted whether these are really
due to volcanic outbursts.
1t has been suggested that they may
be really shell holes" the shells in
this case being fragments from other
worlds which have from time to time
bombarded the moon. Big craters
made by exploding bombs on the
earth have just the same features that
are 20 be seen in the holes on the
moon. On this earth we escape most
of this bombing from the skies be-
cause we are surrounded by an atmos-
phere which turns most OF the meteors
into dust.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-11

form from which the observations are
made
To cause the telescope to move
across the sky huge driving clock
is used. This is driven by a weight OF
one and half tons.
The most wonderful photograph OF
the moon has been secured with this
telescope. In it one can see with re-
markable clearness the great mountain
ranges. which rise to a height OF TO-
600 feet, and many of the craters,
some OF them fifty miles across, are
plainly visible.
One very interesting problem. N
connection with these craters IS likely
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-11
SHK-LOVZNG WORKING GIRLS
LESSEN DEMAND FOR COTTON

attractive road houses and other
places OF entertainment within easy
motoring distance of the best regu-
lated families. That mother appreciates
hotel delicacies and service is evidenc-
ed bv the fact that she is losing the
traditional pride in the quality and
quantity of the household linens
Draperies and the conventional par
lor bric-abrac are sharing the same
As for daughters beau, he doesn't
even know whether her parents have
rugs on their floors and cares less.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-11
GEORGIA MELON SHIPMENTS
NOW TOTAL 1o,14S CARLOADS

Georgials watermelon shipments
ioT the season reached total OF TO-
1873 carloads up TO noon Thursday, &C
eordlng TO the daily report issued by
me bureau OF agricultural economies.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-11
ARREST PROMINENT WOMAN
FOR AN AUTO FATALITY
Mrs. Adams, of Fl. Valley, Charged
With Involuntary Manslaughter.

A warrant was issued at Macon by
Coroner Lee Wages charging Mrs. E.
B. Adams, of Fort Valley, with invol-
untary manslaughter as the result of
the death of Velma Calhoun, Swear
old negro girl, who died as the result
of being run over by an automobile.
1t is charged that Mrs. Adams was
driving the machine. The negro baby
was crossing the road at the time OF
the accident and persons first to reach
the girl say that the driver of the car
did not stop. Bond was fixed at $1,000.
The world owes nobody anything
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-11

The world owes nobody anything
except what he earns.
, 1925-06-03

Racine Wednesday,, when c.. w.
Nash, president of the Ajax Motors
company, made a formal %presenta-
ton of the Ajax to the Racine pub
lie and to fifty Nash distributors
who gathered for the inaugural GER
emonies. The occasion marked the
first time in automobile history
when an entire city suspended bus
mess to celebrate the advent of a
new automobile.
A committee, headed by Mayor
Armstrong of Racine and leading
officials and citizens, representing
industrial Institutions. met MI. Nash
upon his arrival from Kenosha and
extended a formal welcome in be-
half of the city.
The Racine Association of Com
merce had taken over the complete
decoration of the executive offices
and lobby of the Ajax plant and of
the company dining room where
the dealer luncheon was held.
Open house was held at the Ajax
plant which was completely remodel
ed and equipped throughout solely
for Ajax production with tools and
precision equipment of the most
modern character known to the
motor car industry.
Events of the day began with a
ball game between the Racine and
Kenosha teams at which the first
Ajax to leave the production line
was placed IN exhibition before the
largest crowd that ever attended a
ball game in Racine, tickets for the
ball game having been sold out a
week in advance with prices at the
last minute soaring as high as
$4,000 each. Following the game
the public reception at the Ajax
plant was held in the evening and
it is estimated that between 5000
and 10000 people assembled to
greet the new car whose caree is
bound to have an important effect
on the future of Racine. and to
make the trip of inspection through
the big plant.
, 1925-06-03
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior,
u. S. Land Office at
Lander. WyOming

Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at
Lander, Wyoming,
April 80, 1925.
Notice is hereby given that
CLYDE j. SIGGINS
of Cody, Wyoming, who on August
21st, 1919, made stock-raisins
homestead entry, No. 099S9. for
EhNWA Section %; WkNWA
Lots 8, 8. SWA, SkSEA Section
20; NWA Section 26, Township Sd
North, Range 102 West, 9th Prin.
cipal Meridian, has filed notice OF
intention to make three year proof
to establish claim to the land above
described before Orilla Downing
Clerk of the District Court, at Cody,
Wyoming, on the 18th day of June,
1925.
Claimant names as witnesses:
John kirkpatrick, Fred Gail, Ray
FIante, Mrs. Jessie Lowe, all of
Cody. Wyoming.
WIN. H. DICKINSON,
Register.
First publication May 6. 1925.
Last publication June 3, 1925.
, 1925-06-03
ALL NIGHT
WITH BILLIE
BY THOMAS ARkLE CLARK
Dean of Men, University of
Illinois.

MY FRIEND Ray has a car and a
A kindly, generous disposition. Yes
terday he asked me to go riding with
him, and as l know how to drive he
gave me the wheel and told me to
choose my own road. Almost uncon-
sciously l steamed-or shall l say gas
olined-away toward my old boyhood
haunts through green lanes flanked
with neatly trimmed Usage Orange
h~edgerows, over country byroads bor-
dered with sweet clover and blooming
with purple spiderwort.
AS we were driving along we came
upon a beautiful place. l did not rec
ognize the farm at first, but just as
we were slipping by l caught a glimpse
of the old house, which had been
moved back to give place to the new.
and which was now used as a tool
house, and l remembered that 1t was
the old Olcott place.
The sight of the dismantled house
recalled wildly to my memory a night
that / had spent within Its walls.
l was teaching in the district, and
it was the custom of the pupils to in
vite the teacher home to stay all night
at least one evening during the term.
1t was Billie Olcott who asked me to
his hous one winter evening.
The thermometer was twenty below,
but the kitchen stove Vas red hot, the
kitchen itself, which was the only
heated room in the house. was none
too large, so l was not uncomfortable
at the evening meal or later when we
sat around the fire and played games.
1t was when l was ushered off to the
spare bedroom to spend the night
alone, that 1 began to experience the
rigors of the climate
The house walls were as thin as
paper; l presume the bed had not been
slept in previously during the winter I;
1 could feel the wind whistling in
under the door and through the loose
windows. My preparation for bed was
neither formal nor prolonged; such
religious rites as | was accustomed to
perform were deferred until l was well
under the covers. 1t was like crawl
ing between sheets of ice. l should
have been no colder had / been tossed
garmentless into "A s~nowbank. /
pushed my feet down, but they were
so cold l could stand it only short
time; l pulled them up, hoping that
the bed had been partially warmed by
my body, but their cramped position
soon rendered them numb. l slept but
little; after daylight, when l knew
by the sound that someone was astir,
1 struggled into my clothes and STUN
bled out to the kitchen to wash and
TO thaW myself out.
81 expect it was n little chilly out
in your room,' Mrs. Olcott suggested
TO me in n kindly tone at breakfast.
"Well, / didn't suffer from the heat
Il admitted.
Things are quite different now, as
one could easily see, bowling by the
new house as l was. There is steam
heat and running water and electric
lights and screened-in porches and a
bathroom and all sorts of improve
ments and conveniences / wondered
us drove home If farmers are more
c%ontented than they used to be.
20. 1895. Western Newspaper Union)
, 1925-06-03
NASH PRODUCT SHOWN
TO AMERICA FIRST TIME

The first public showing of the
new car built by the Ajax Motor
company vas made at the plant at