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Evening star., 1925-08-03
Tree Pest Appears in Maryland.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, August Sword has
been received by the State Board of
Forestry from different sections of
Maryland that the locust leaf miner,
an insect that destroys foliage, had
MADE its appearance in Maryland,
Nothing can be done to curb the
, miner" after he gets a strong foot
hold in the forests, according to Kari
Il. Pfeiffer, assistant forester.
Evening star., 1925-08-03
BY DELAMORE McCAY.

BY Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
SYDNEY, Australia, August g.
Well behaved and courteous, with a
percentage of wild spirits neither
greater nor less than would be eX-
pected among a similar number of
sailors of other nationalities-thiS is
AuStralia'S S verdict on the United
States sailors visiting this country
after y davs of close acquaintance.
Their conduct has been good Their
behavior generally in public and pri-
Eate has created an excellent impres-
- n. However, the inevitable black
sheep found abundant opportunity.
particularly in the rougher quarters
of several cities. where there have
occurred a number of drunken brawls
and street fights with Australians and
among themselves.
Stampede First Day.
These resulted in hospital cases and
court appearances. Also in a few
more serious cases sailors We're
stabbed. but these Stabbngs resulted
mostly from liquor rows about women.
On their first day ashore, with their
pockets jingling with gold and every
hotel replete with all kinds of liquor.
there was a general stampede to break
the long drought. Every bar was
crowded with excited sailors, who
later wandered along the streets,
many of them intoxicated. The next
day, however. saw a reaction. and
since then the percentage of drunks
has been small, particularly when il
is remembered that the Australians
everywhere were eager to treat"
the visitors.
The majority of the sailors appear
10 be very young and unsophisticated.
The conduct of most of them in the
face of many temptations is tribute
to their training and steadiness.
Though diSreputable women beguiled
a certain number of sailors and re-
lieved them of their cash, they did not
Many Entertained.
Many of the sailors have been re
ceived in private homes, and thou
sands have been publicly or privately
entertained. All of them have shown
a warm appreciation of the hospitality
shown them and only a few abused it.
Some of the country towns which
prepared to entertain large numbers
of sailors were disappointed as only
a few turned up. This may have
been partly due to lack of organiza-
ton in the Sydney fleet reception com
mittee, but no doubt was largely the
result of the natural Discrimination of
sailors to leave the large cities.
Copyright. 1925. by Chicago Daily News Coz
England spent twice as much per
capita last year for beer as it did for
milk, London records show.
Evening star., 1925-08-03
FRANCO BRITISH DEBT
PARLEY WILL REOPEN
Sessions Expected to Be Resumed
Before September Is, With
U. S. Negotiations.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, August 3.-Resumption of
the British war debt nego-
tiations, which broke down in Lon
don last Thursday, is anticipated by
newspapers friendly to the govern
ment before the middle Of September
BY then it is expected the Franco
American discussion of the same prob
lem will have started
The negotiation relating to Frances
debt to Great Britain may be re-
sumed through the regular diplomatic
channels, but the general opinion is
that the French technical experts will
be sent to. London again before Sep
tember IS.
Evening star., 1925-08-03
R|OTOUS CONDUCT
OF FLEET DENIED
U. S. Sailors Well Behaved
and Courteous, Says Aus
traiian Editor.

Conflicting reports about the dc-
tioRS of American sailors tcith the
feet in Australia hare been trick
ling back to this country. In the
f0UotCing article Mr.. DelGmOre Nc
Gag, publisher of the Sydney sun,
tells the true story of the happen
ina fbPr,,
Evening star., 1925-08-03

in her forties. They have no children.
Comparison of the notes with the
handwriting of Miss Stallman showed
no similarity, and the coroner said
they were written in lead pencil on
paper unlike any in the Seaman home.
The coroner said some relatives had
termed Miss Stallman as queer"
but that others who knew her said
she was normal. He said Seaman and
his wife We're expected to return in
two days.
Evening star., 1925-08-03

found her body in a sitting posture in
the cistern a board or two had been
removed from the cover.
Delirious Remark Significant
The reported delirium of the 48-year-
old spinster and the exclamation that
that man made me take something
was regarded by the coroner as of
some significance.
What action will be taken, whether
portions of the internal organs will
be analyzed and when the inquest
VIII be held wait conferences of the
coroner with the Seamans when they
return from Cincinnati.
The coroner frankly said he could
Evening star., 1925-08-03

Mrs. c. A. Latham OF Bloomington
H., is conceded to be the champion
horseshoe pitcher in the world
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-22
The Central of Georgia
Breaks Previous Records
1925 Business Largest in Roads His
tory, Says President Downs.

Declaring that the patronage and
good will of the travelling and ship
ping public toward the Central Of
Georgia Railway has been evidenced
by the largest business in the history
of the railroad in 1925, President L.
A. Downs, speaking in behalf of the
employees of the road, expresses deep
appreciation.
President Downs states that the
prospects for continued good business
and for general prosperity were never
brighter He says the development of
the southeast has attracted the atten-
ton of the entire country, that the
growth of textiles, the development of
clay resources, the Investigation of
farm products, etc, all point to pro-
gress along both industrial and agri-
cultural lines. He says there is every
indication that the southeast is just
entering upon a period of growth and
expansion that promises to make 1926
record year of progress.
The Central is adding new equip
ment and improving all of its facilities
in order that it may keep pace with
the expansion of business
The cooperation and support OF the
public encourage the employees and
management of the Central in their
plans and efforts for improved SER
vice, says the president.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-22
Ignorant Negro Who
Preached as He Slept
Dies in South Carolina
Former Slave Could Neither Read
Nor Write, But He Was Scholar
When He Went to Sleep.

South Cardinals famous sleeping
preacher is dead. He was Major
Perry, 90 years old, an illiterate ne
gro while he was awake but scholar
when he slept. He died at his home,
in Spartanburg, where he was born
in slavery.
Almost every night for more than
40 years teachers, business men and
ministers gathered at the Negroes home
and heard his sermons. Only once in
a great while were there mistakes in
his speech or in his quotations from
the Bible
When the negro was awake he
could neither read nor write. But as
he slept he quoted at length from the
Bible and gave scholarly discourses.
The mystery of his uncanny ability
never was solved, however He de-
clared he could not keep from preach
ing after he went to sleep. He never
remembered the sermons.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-22
NINETY 0NE YEAR OLD HERMIT WONT NEED FUNERAL
THE VALUE OF THE PEANUT
CROP is 100000 DOLLARS
Native of South America, and Came
To United States via Africa.

How the humble peanut is closely
allied with American history is told
in the United States Department OF
Agriculture educational film, Peanuts
-$30000,000 Worth.
This vegetable, which is not actual
" a nut but a ground pea, is native
South American plant and found its
way to North America by way OF
Africa as food for prisoners on board
slave ships in early colonial days. Up
to the time OF the war between the
states the plant was neglected by the
southern planters and was grown
mainly in small patches by the slaves.
During the war Union soldier forag-
ing for food came upon the "goober
pea" and found it palatable and nour
ishing. After Appomattox many OF
them carried the pods home with them
and the peanut won immediate favor
in the north, and its culture has I'M
dergone great development in the
south.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-22
STOP RHEUMATISM
WITH RED PEPPER

When you are suffering with rheu.-
matism so you can hardly get around
just try Red Pepper Rub and you will
have the quickest relief known.
Nothing has such concentrated, pene-
trating heat as red peppers. Instant
relief. Just as soon as you apply Red
Pepper Rub you feel the tingling heat.
In three minutes it warns the sore spot
through and through. Frees the blood
circulation, breaks up the congestion
and the old rheumatism torture is gone.
eRowles Red Pepper Rub, made from
red peppers, costs little at any drug
store. Get jar at once. Use it for
lumbago, neuritis, backache, stiff neck,
sore muscles, colds in chest. Almost
instant relief awaits you. Be sure to
get the genuine, with the name Rowles
on each package.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-22
CHICKEN AND TURKEY
CROSS NAMED TURKEN
TEN OF LATEST BARNARD
FOWL ON EXHIBITION AT
FAIR IN IOWA.

DIES MONIES, lathe latest
style in barnyard fowls, the "turken,"
produced by the crossing of a turkey
and a chicken, is shown at the poul-
try show here this week, 10 specimens
being exhibited Roy Beck, breeder
OF the new poultry hybrid, believes
that next fall it will be the "turken's"
turn to crow-at 20 and so cents a
pound.
A "turkens" meat is said te> be
predominately turkey in favor, but of
more delicate and finer texture.
Not Altogether New.
Santa Cruz, Calif.-The ''turken"
business is not new in California. Five
wears ago Z. T. Spencer, OF Santa
Cruz, hit on the idea of crossing a
Rhode Island hen and a bronze tur-
key gobbler. The offspring birds were
at first considered freaks of nature
and kept as curiosities for show pur-
poses. But they multiplied at a rapid
rate and then Spencer turned his at
tention to the commercial side OF the
"turken" situation.
He found that turken" meat was
more savory than that of either the
turkey or the chicken and that the
birds ranked in weight between the
largest chickens and the ordinary tur-
key hens. He has exhibited the birds
at farm bureau fairs, the state fair at
Sacramento and at number of other
state fairs and has found poultry
breeders enthusiastic over the posi-
bilities presented by the "turkens."
The "turken" resembles neither the
chicken nor the turkey.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-22
WOMAN WITH LONG SKIRT
CREATES A BIG SENSATION
Female Clad With Old-Time Modesty
Startles Atlanta Populace.

ATLANTA, Ga.-Ah ha, a long
skirt! Well, well!
A woman wearing long skirt and
not short one was the cause of much
"eye gossip" OF this character on
Peachtree street today.
The above expression did not come
from any mans lips-that is, out loud.
But it came from the eyes of several
who "rubbered' backward to look at
the lady who was comely and in the
prime of young womanhood as she
swept along.
1t carried the eyewitnesses back
to the day when the radically short
skirts and the slit affairs first made
their appearance in the city.
Men then would turn backward and
look in spite of themselves.
They actually did the same thing
today when this long skirt passed.
1t was so unusual 1t looked decid
eddy odd.
No calves were visible. The woman
wore becoming type of pumps, and
there were about six inches of ankle
revealed just between the pumps and
the skirt bottom.
Pulp left after extracting oil from
olives is used as fuel in Spain
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-22

Freezing temperature of salt water
is four degrees lower than that of
fresh water.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-22
CONDITIONS
CALLED UNDER PAR
TARDINE IN ANNUAL REPORT
ADMITS IMPROVEMENTS.
S12,1o0,OO0,O 900 IN INCOME.

An overhauling of agricultural
freight rates. revision OF farm taxes,
government encouragement to coop
erative farm organizations and proper
agricultural purposes were the out
standing recommendations made by
utilization of the public domain for
Secretary Jardine, of the L. S. De-
partment OF Agriculture, in his annual
report,
The secretary said that while there
has been a general improvement the
past year farm conditions are not yet
satisfactory.
Conditions in Last Year.
In a general review OF the last years
farm conditions the report observed
that the heavy net movement Of the
rural population away from farms has
been checked and that noteworthy
progress has been made among farm
ers in the liquidation of their indebt-
edness. Agricultural production for
the year as a whole was we'll balanc
ed, and, measurd in terms of income,
the general economic position of agri-
culture promises to be "at least equal
to, if not slightly better, than that of
last year" Gross income from grains
amounted to $l,900,000000 compared
with 81, 400,000,000 in the crop year of
1923-24. Gross income from meat ami
mails amounted to approximately ST.
600,000,000 compared with 81 00,000,
900 in 1923-24. Farm productions gen
orally last year increased in revenue
seven per cent over the previous year,
from $11, 300000,000 to $12, 100000, 1000,
these incomes being we'll above those
earned during the period of depres
sion, but below the earnings of nor
NAL years Farmers are receiving bet
ter prices for their products, the re-
port said, than at any time in the last
five years.
Wants Lower Freight Rates.
Declaring for general overhauling
Of all freight rates, he proposed that
revision should take into account the
market value of farm products as re-
hected over reasonable period of
years, and likewise the influence of
freight rates on the economic devel
opment of different regions and OF
the country as whole
I'm relation to pre-war conditions"
said the report, "the prices of farm
products are not yet on a par with
freight rates. The level of farm COM
modify prices in September was 144
per cent of the pre-war average,
whereas freight rates on agricultural
comodiies were 158 per cent of the
pre-war average. Moreover, the prices
of agricultural products fuctuate very
greatly from year to year, whereas
freight rates are stable"
Taxes Great Burden.
Pointing to the greatly increased
taxes per acre the farmer is required
to pay now over the amount several
years ago, the secretary expressed a
view that it would be impossible to
restore the tax rates Of ten years ago,
but declared that unless a more equit-
able distribution of the tax burden can
be brought about the agricultural in
dustry may expect recurring periods
when taxes will consume an undue
proportion of farm income"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-22
PEACE ON EARTH IN. BIBLE
LANDS IS RARE THIS YEAR
Nevertheless, Christmas Plans at Je-
rusalem Are Proceeding.

Christmas season this year finds the
Bible lands once more disturbed by
fighting and with less of that atmos-
phere of peace on earth and good will
toward men, (which is the convention
al greeting on this greatest of Chris
tian feast days.
In Jerusalem, which stands on a
lofty plateau as if holding itself aloof
from the quarrehng Mohammedan
Druse tribesmen and Christians in the
valleys below, the missionaries and
American Near East Relief organiza-
ton are providing hospitality for pill
grims, tourists and refugees in the
spirit of the season.
Weary pilgrims from far countries
are climbing the roads to the city,
$500 feet above sea level, to rest in
hotels, hospitals and converts before
fling out the single road to Bethle-
hem to worship at the marble manger
which marks the traditional spot of
the birth place of Christ.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-22

Pulp left after extracting oil from
olives is used as fuel in Spain.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-22
w. H. Bowman,
Native, Stark County, Ohio.
Born 8-15-34.

Several tons of material were re-
qaired and he packed it all up the hill
on his back He did practically all the
work, being given small help by
friends occasionally.
He completed the work just in
time, for he is nearly blind and has
to feel his way along with the aid OF
a cane.
Bowman has lived in FL Dorado
county seventy-two years, having
come out from Ohio after the gold
rush. He has outlived two Of his
brothers who came with him, and he
saws he knows more people who have
died than he now knows alive.
Has No Rules. for Long Life.
Bowman has no rules for longevity.
He believes that his simple life in the
open and his refraining from the use
of liquor and tobacco is largely re-
sponsible for his long span of years.
He has never married, but will not
saw whether he believes that has any
thing to do with it.
For several years Bowman worked
on a theory for perpetual motion, but
gave it up when his eyesight became
poor. He had several pieces OF appara-
tus which he used in experimenting
He believed that by weighing down
springs the constant tension might
produce perpetual motion. He also be
lieved that constantly rolling balls
would bring about the same result.
Bowman's beard and hair are flow
ing white and he appears but little
bent for man Of his age. His speech
is coherent and he has many practical
ideas, friends say.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-22
Central of Georgia Railway
Extends Holiday Greetings
To It's Patrons

The Central of Georgia Railway for
and travelling and shipping public
profoundly the and good will OF the people, which have
in heyea the largest the history of the
general
for to The Southeast
of This beginning develop
of
of The industry
products of Investigation followed the farm
dependent People other
the sou undenbe
fall mild and low lands which
make this agoodpL in (which to live and make living.
Southeast period hand
tina Nmeeenwyx
to record
in supplying and reliable
taon development depend adding
pment and is all of its facilities
of with the pledge of the best service
humanity in the people whose
them n plans and efforts
Construct crtcsm andug re invited
L. A DOWNS,
President Cenhalof Georgia. Railway Company
avannahG December IS, 1925
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-22
Waits for Grim Reaper by
Side of His Automatic
Toni" He Completed
After Twenty Years.

SACRAMENTO, Cal-When the
Grim Reaper cuts down William NJ.
Bowman, 9l-year-old pioneer OF Shin
gle Springs, FL Dorado county, near
here, funeral will not be necessary.
For 20 years he has been building
his tomb. Now it is completed and
soon he will move to house along
side and wait for death. When he
feels the end is near he will get into
the coffin and pull rope which eX-
tends into the box, and which raises
a semaphone signal. This signal will
notify his friends that he is dead.
The tomb is located on Bowman's
Point. round hill rising a couple
hundred feet above the surrounding
country.
After conceiving the idea OF arrang-
ing his own burial place Bowman two
decades ago started to dig the grave,
a hole six feet deep and the usual dl-
mansions. He appointed tour pallbear-
ers and built a road from the valley
TO the top of his hill. At the time he
thought he might ulC sum anu ~ ~
wrote a letter to his relatives in the
east to the effect.
But the old veteran OF many hard
winter withstood the test OF time. He
outlived one of his pallbearers, anoth-
er lost hand in an accident and he
lost track of the other two AS time
went on and his life was prolonged
the road up the hill became thick with
underbrush and trees several feet high.
Blind Now.
Faced with the task OF selecting
more pallbearers and building new
road up which the coffin could be car
RED Bowman several years ago decld-
ed to carry his plans farther and ar
range it so he would not have to be
carried up the hill. !.
He dug the grave deeper and lined
it with concrete and then put coffin
in it. He erected a corrugated iron
house over the grave sand made it
large enough to accommodate bed
and stove. At the west end OF the
grave he built a concrete headstone
and in1aid the following inscription in
bronze.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-22

A St. Louis, Mo, merchant recent
" sold $4,000 stock of dresses over
the telephone. Newspaper advertise
ments announced that telephone orders
only would be accepted for the lot.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-12-22
THUGS RETURN MONEY THAT
WAS GIVEN FOR CHARITY

Repent Theft of SIT When They
Find 1t Is Christmas Stocking Fund.
Good will toward men," the spirit
of Christmas, is already making itself
felt.
Highwaymen who held up and robb-
ed c. V. Combes, OF Winnipeg, Cana
da, OF SIT did not know at the time
that they were taking Christmas
stocking fund for poor children. When
they learned from a paper that the
stolen funds were poor money" they
made restitution.
The average wage of first class
mannequin in Paris is only S. a week.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-07-30
New County Directory

The preliminary work on our new
Directory for Randolph county is now
well under way. ID. l.. Dalton of
Warm Springs, who has the work of
collecting the data. was in our office
Saturday and turned in the question.
aires filed out for Warm Springs town
ship. He reports that he is having fine
success, as good or better than he had
hoped for. The demand for copies OF
the Directory is going to be great and
we are expecting to place n copy in
practically every home in the county.
The price Of $1.75 each is so low that
no family can afford not to have a copy
of this valuable book in their home.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-07-30
new CAL0MEL
BREAKS A COLD
OVERNIGHT

When the purest kind of English
Calomel was combined with pepsin
by a smart young chemist, the
world was given an ideal mild med
icated laxative for breaking colds.
One night is long enough for this
new, mild and non-sickening pepsin-
treated calomel, called "Pepsinated
Calomel" to break the most stub
born cold. Before breakfast time it
vanishes and leaves you feeling
fresh and fine.
"Pepsinated Calomel" does not
sicken, grippe, salivate or upset you,
but it does clean you out thorough
ly, tone up the appetite, purify the
blood, stop dull headaches, relieve
stomach and bowel disorders and
make you feel like new person.
Never take the old drastic calomel
Insist on "Pepsinated Calomel,"
for It is better. Prepared by the
Pepsinated Calomel Co., Atlanta
Ga. Sold by Palace Drug Co.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-07-30
Boys In Training

Randolph county boys attending the
Citizens Military Training Camp at
Jefferson Barracks, Mo-, have been as
signed to Company C with other men
from this state and immediate vicin-
ity. They can be reached by mail
there and visitors are always welcome
to eat with the boys and to visit the
camp.
The boys were received i'm camp and
put thru the "Milr' in less than an
hour. They were physically examined
from the sole of their feet to the hair
on their head and then given uniform
and assigned to companies.
Their first breakfast included ham
omelet. fried potatoes, toast and but
ter and coffee. At noon that day they
had roast beef with Yorkshire pudding,
spinach and eggs, lettuce and tomato
salad and raisin pie with lemonade.
For supper they had cold meat, potato
and celery salad, pudding with iced
tea. The mess sergeant cooked for the
cadets at West Point for seventeen
years.
The names Of the boys from this
county that were accepted for the
camp are as follows:
Lehman Earl Carroll, Charles Speice
SHUTTLE and willard Dalton Wells of
POcahontas Ben Woodall Dees, Henley
Arthur Evans, John Lowell Evans
and Charles Haines Redwine of May
.nard.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-07-30
SUCCESS

A good rain is needed in this part
of the country.
A crowd Of about thirty-ore was at
Jordan Moore's Sunday AMI all re-
ported nice time.
There was musical at Tim Smiths
Monday night. All who attended re-
port a nice time.
John Holland spent Sunday with
Bill WOodmer
Miss Ila May Holland Spent Sunday
with Geneva Willay.
There was a baptizing at the lower
ferry here Sunday. About nine were
baptized.
Crops are fine in this part of the
country. This has been n fine year
on cotton.