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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-04
Georgia Has Florida Skinned.
From the Fitzgerald Leader Enterprise


Col w. c. Worrill, of Cuthbert, was
in Dawson Monday. He recently return
ed from a trip to Florida, and while here
took time to tell The News that Georgia
and Florida cannot be compared With
the exception OF small section OF the
state along the coast where there is bath
ing during the three or four months OF
winter, Georgia has the Land of Flow
ers" skinned in every northumberland,
fertility OF soil and good roads. The fur
Their you get from Georgia into Florida,
he said, the poorer the land is. Mr.. WOr
rill believes that Georgia is the best state
in the south, and that Florida is the most
overrated.-Dawson News.
A majority of Alabamians returning
from Florida say the same things as not
ed above One man goes so far as to say
that if the Florida line could be moved
up this way this part OF Alabama would
undergo such boom as was never dream
ed of-Eufaula (Ala) Citizen.
The thousand or more northern familie
coated in Ben Hill county and Fitzgerald
ully attest the above statements. There i
no better land anywhere, no better climate
nor better water, making for the best o
health conditions than in this fertile section
Florida has its perpetual heated period, Blu
up here life is more endurable and the short
crisp winter days few in number, give vigo
and renew the energies of the people, such a
the daily heat waves of Florida can neve
give.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-04

Speaking of two-pece suits, do you recall
the time when a pair OF home made denim
trousers suspended with home made galluses
over a hickory shirt and without reinforce
ments in the way OF underwear constituted
the wearing apparel OF the average Georgia
boy? A gang headed for a swimming hole
and going in dog trot on hot day could
strip for their plunge without slackening their
pace.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-04
AN OLD STORY. REToLD.
From the Triton Gazette.

From the Triton Gazette
According to the annual report of the state
veterinarian, Georgia imported last year 49,
S32,252 pounds of meats and meat food prod
ucts That doesn't sound much like Georgia
feeding ITSELF does it? The same authority
says the indications are that the imports
for this year will exceed that amount. Geor-
gia will never be as prosperous as Georgia
should be long our smoke-houses and
corn cribs are across the border.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-04
GEORGIA STANDS AT HEAD.

From the Pearson Tribune
Hon. John NJ Slaton tells The Dawson
News that Georgia stands easily at the head
OF all the southern states in the performance
OF its state functions, with the possible ex-
ception in quantity OF Texas which is an
empire in itself and has tremendous amounts
OF state lands which it can use for educational
purposes
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-04

Ii J. Pluvius, generally regarded as re-
sponsble for wet spells and drouths alike,
only will listen to reason he'll turn the faucet
a bit and help out the corn and cotton crops
in those sections of the state that have suffer
ed for rain all this season.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-04

1t is strange that a campaign to abolish
capital punishment in the United States
should be getting under way just now, at
time when 10000 murders are committed ev-
ery twelve months when all forms of crime
are more rampant than at any time in the
history OF this nation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-04

Another anti-pstol bill is pending in the
legislature What is needed is not more laws,
but better enforcement. Georgia now has
enough laws to take the pistol out of the
pocket of every citizen if officers and courts
would make them effective.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-04

Secretary OF the Interior Work is living up
to his name in his department. After decar-
ing that there has been too much sitting
down and too much watching the clock
around here" he had 400 clocks and two tons
OF surplus chairs, desks and wardrobes car
ried out OF the departments Office building
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-04

Painted knees may be necessary in some
cases in order to achieve loneliness as the
beauty specialists insist, but it looks as though
another excuse had been invented Tor the
still shorter skirt.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-04

The world is surely stepping on the gas"
Georgias gas bill the second quarter OF
this year was 1901 $4,000, or $4,000 a week.
That is what they find at Atlanta as they
collect the tax on gasoline.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-04

The world produces only five times as
much wool as it did century ago, but grows
20 times as much cotton, according to Off
cial crop estimates. We have more sheep than
any other country except China and Austria
liza. but we imported $13O0OO,O0O worth Of
wool last year. We are at the head OF all wool
consuming countries The standard OF hon
esty long ago was fixed at all wool and a
yard wide" and we can afford all that and
more The rest OF the world must be using
more cotton, and is welcome to it and we
are willing to grow all that it wants.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-04

When an individual finds his income shrink
ing and his expenses threatening burden
there is but one thing for him to do, and that
must prevail in the spending of public money.
If the burden Of the taxpayer is to be reduc-
ed there is just one way to do it, and that
is to spend less of the public's money There
are some things we must get along without.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-04

Chicago beauty Specialists are now telling
the world that soap is an aid to pulchritude.
More soap and less paint is the new motto
they have adopted. 1t looks as though the
beauty specialists are about to go into the
soap manufacturing business on large scale,
and that they have fallen out with producers
OF cosmetics.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-04
True Picture of Bryan.

OF the thousands of columns that have bee
printed about the late William J. Bryan
whose sudden death at Dayton, Tenn, shock
ed the entire country, the following excerp
from an editorial in the ST. Louis Globe
Democrat is in the opinion Of The News, tn
most correct appraisement of this remarkabl
man that has been written
He was not a democrat in the old
sense OF resisting federal encroachments.
That, in fact he was so often silent dur
ing a period distinctive for its extension
OF all federal activities may be looked
back on with wonder i'll the future. But
he was a democrat in his sympathy for
those i'll favored by fortune. 1t is in a
moral stature exceeding that OF our typi-
cal leaders of men that he stands wildly
revealed to the most OF us. Not always
consistent and often illogical and oppor
tunist, millions OF his feiiow-country
men, who could not accept Mr. Bryan's
political leadership, accepted his ethical
leadership and venerated him as a man
whose influence was for the right.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-04

The boys up in Atlanta are having hard
time trying to start fire under the political
pot
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-08-04

The railroads are kicking about the taxes
they are required to pay but they haven't
anything on the rest OF US when it comes to
that
Evening star., 1925-01-11

Among the brilliant throng
greeting the President and Mrs.
Coolidge at the White House on
New Year. Officers of the United
States Army Immediately after
their arrival at the reception.
CP x \ Photos
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-05-12
MAY ASK REPORT ON
COTTON PRODUCTION
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF
THE UNITED STATES WILL
CONSIDER PROPOSAL.

WASHINGTON, d. CA pro.
posal that governmental commission
be appointed to make a comprehen-
sive report on actual and potential
cotton production both in this country
and abroad will be considered at the
annual meeting OF the Chamber OF
Commerce of the United States, to be
held here May Goth to 22nd.
This proposal will come from the
chambers agricultural bureau follow
ing its study OF world cotton produce
ton during the last year.
The inquiry OF the chambers agri-
cultural bureau disclosed the fact that
steady decline in production in the
United States accompanied by rising
prices of American staple, has been re-
flected in increasing foreign efforts to
develop cotton areas outside OF Amer
lea as well as in diminishing demand
for finished mill products. While it is
not believed that there is any imme
date danger that the United States
will lose dominance in the world cot
ed the inquiry are convinced that the
SITUATION QelUdHuS luOI6 aggressive Sl-
forts to stabilize production in the
United States.
"One great question which con-
fronts the American cotton industry
today" the agricultural bureau says,
is to what extent the fluctuations in
production Of raw cotton in this coun-
try have encouraged foreign govern
ments to seek more stable supply at
a lower price through supplies pro-
duced in relatively new cotton areas,
available data on the extent Of over
seas production, active and potential,
OF necessity is drawn from reports
published by foreign governments.
Much of this data is fragmentary and
does not present a clear picture of the
We need definite facts and
figures which will indicate the exact
status of cotton production in this
country and the possibilities of sta
our annual production both as
to quantity and price, as we'll as sim
ilaE data covering foreign activities in
this field"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-05-12
SWAMP LAND NOW
BRINGS $1,000 ACRE
STREAM OF GOLD POURS IN
TO FLORIDA GOLFERS FROM
FERTILE EVERGLADES.

The state of Florida is reapirfg a
harvest OF gold from its 6,000-square-
mile tract of land formerly covered
with shallow water and known as the
Everglades Swamps. Drainage work,
begun 20 years ago, and now half
completed has made land once be-
lieved worthless bargain at $1,000 an
acre.
Formerly a swamp uninhabited ex-
cept for Seminole Indians who lived
on the edge of the vast tract, the
Everglades have blossomed forth into
fertile farming soil. AS drainage oper-
atoms proceeded it was found that al
most any kind of crop grown any
where under the sun would thrive on
its peat and muck soil. The scramble
for farm sites is still in full SWAY.
A newspaper publisher in Buffalo,
n. Y, that already owns vast tract
of this land recently offered the state
of Florida $4,000 for 81 additional
acres fronting on Lake Okeechobee,
the second largest fresh water lake in
the United States, which lies at the
head of the Everglades.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-05-12
HARDWICK APPEARS
BEFORE COMMISSION
ASKS PARDON FOR MAN BE.
TRAYED BY DAUGHTERS
FIANCE. NOTED CASE.

ATLANTA, Gal. B. Hall, Tiff
county man whose conscience cost
him his liberty after he had been a
fugitive from the Georgia state prison
and a resident of Florida for a num-
Der of years, asked the Georgia prison
commission for a pardon or parole on
Friday. He was represented by former
Gov. Thomas W. Hardwick.
Mr.. Hardwick recited to the COM
mission the story of Halls revelation
to the prospective husband jof his
daughter the fact that he was for
mer convict on the idea that he should
be frank and honest with the young
man, and then how the youth betray-
ed his confidence, reporting the case
to the officers, presumably to get the
standing reward fQr escaped convicts-
Mr.. Hardwick also reviewed the muir
der trial at which Hall was convicted,
and insisted that there was extenuat-
ing circumstances in connection with
the Staying.
The case attracted nationwide at
tention at the time Hall was arrested
and returned to the Georgia state pris-
on, after living the life of respect
ed citizen in Florida and making
friends of all his neighbors.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-05-12
MAY STOP BLIGHT
OF CHESTNUT TREES
FIRST APPEARED IN 1904, AND
HAS COME AS FAR SOUTH
AS SOUTHERN GEORGIA.

With a view to relieving the tan
ming industry from the blow suffered
as a result Of the blight that has swept
over the domestic chestnut trees the
department of agriculture is expert
menting with Chinese chestnut trees
which, it is hoped, will be found blight
proof.
Seeds of two kinds of Chinese
chestnut trees have been imported
one of the wild chestnut in southern
China and the other of the hairy
chestnut in northern China. The south
ern China plants will be distributed
through the south, and the other kind
through the colder regions of the
country.
The American blight has been work
ing southwark, at times as rapidly as
rs miles year, cleaning out the chest
nut trees as it goes. 1t was first OBJ
served in 1904 in New York, appar-
entity coming in from the Orient and
crossed Virginia at the rate OF 20
miles annually. 1t has now almost COW
cred the chestnut area of the country,
being as far south as Georgia, and
has injured trees in Webster and 9TH
er counties OF this section.
Chestnut bark is used in the tanning
industry, and with the ravages of the
blight and the consequent lessening of
the tree supply that industry has been
hard hit.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-05-12
DISPUTE. OVER LAND;
RIVER CHANGED LINE
LOUISIANA WILL FILE SUIT IN
THE u. S. SUPREME COURT
AGAINST MISSISSIPPI.

Louisiana has prepared for filing in
the United States supreme court q
motion asking the adjudication Of
its boundary dispute with Missis-
sippi 1t is not known just when At
torney General Saint, OF Louisiana
will submit the papers to the court
Louisiana contends that Mississippi is
exercising jurisdiction over thousands
of acres of land lying east OF the Mis-
sissipi river.
In its motion Louisiana declares
that when it was admitted into the
union in 1912 the thread or center OF
the Mississippi river along the parish
of East Carroll was made the boun-
Diary with Mississippi The land on the
Mississippi side of the river gradually
wore away by erosion, caving into the
river, Louisiana claims while the
shore on the Louisiana side at Willow
Point and adjacent properties grad
ually filed in, until the river had NOV
ed approximately five miles eastward
from the original Louisiana shore.
Louisiana contends that its boundary
moved eastward with the Mississippi
river as long as the river changed its
course by erosion. In 1917 and l9l5,
however, the river suddenly abandon
ed its old channel, and formed new
one by avulsion, moving backwards
and cutting off some five or SIX thous-
and acres of land.
Louisiana asserts title to this land,
insisting that its boundary should be
located where the old channel ran IN
1912, before it filled with silt, relying
upon the contention that while a
boundary between states based on the
channel OF river moves as that chan
rel may move by accretions the
boundary becomes permanent at the
point where the river was when 1t
suddenly changed its course due to
avulsion.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-05-12
DIR. O'LOACH TELLS HOW
TO WHIP BOIL WEEV|L
BEGIN POISONING WHEN THE
FIRST SQUARES APPEAR, IS
ADVICE TO AUDIENCE.
THREE APPLICATIONS NEEDED
Use Pounds Per Acre for First and
Six for Third Application. Thor
oughness Is Necessary to Make a
Successful Fight, He Said.

A crowd estimated at nearly 200
heard very interesting talk by Dr.
r. !. H. DeLoach, the famous boil
weevil expert, in the court house at
Dawson on Friday night An appro-
pirate concert by the Dawson band
was rendered just before the meeting
began.
DR.. DeLoach told in most simple
language just how ithe boil weevil
could be controlled He pointed out
that the main fight was from the time
the first square formed until the first
bloom appeared, and from time to
time during his address he pleaded
with the audience not to neglect so
great work, and TO start poisoning
with dust at the rate of 4 pounds per
acre when the first tiny squares have
formed and poison every week to the
very day till three applications have
been made, using S pounds for the
second and pounds for the third ap-
plications. He stated that the prime
factor entering into the weevil fight
was thoroughness, and that if few
Weevils were lett in the field it would
be because of ineffective work and
not because the dry calcium arsenate
failed to kill them
The address was supplemented
from time to time by illustrated
charts, and the audience manifested in
terest at the speakers every utter
ance.
A large percent of the audience
were negroes, and Dr. DeLoach urged
them to stay here in the south, for
there were not good jobs for every
body in the north. If they would stay
here in the south among their friends
and learn this weevil fight, he said,
there would be no necessity for going
anywhere to make money.
DIR. DeLoach prophesied that the
time was near when the cotton farm
ers would find the weevil fight SO
simple the weevi1 cotfld be controlled
with one or two applications
He was introduced by County
Agent A, E. Gibson.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-05-12
TALK OF AIRSHIP TO
CARRY A HUNDRED
TO HAVE 100000 CUBIC FEET
GAS DISPLACEMENT, AND
WOULD COST 100000

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The fu-
ture commercial success of lighter
than air ships lies in long distance
passenger carriage over land and wa
ter such as is proposed in the plan OF
the Chicago-New York-London Berlin
air route.
This is the conclusion which will
soon be reported to Secretary Hoover
by p f. d. Maggie, transportation
Specialist assigned by the commerce
department to travel with the Los
Angeles on its test flight to Bermuda.
The next greatest requisite, says
Mr.. Maggie, will be the construction
on large scale of air vessels with gas
cells containing 100000 and 10000
900 cubic feet as compared with D.
100000 cubic feet capacity of the Los
Angeles.
THE experience of voyaging with
the Los Angeles and of observing for
a few days the fashion in which the
navy has met the various problems of
navigating, fueling and housing the
vessel" Mr.. Maggie says, makes it GER
tain that field for commercial utili-
cation of lighter than-air craft facili-
ties is now on the point of opening UP
some Travelling is more comfortable
via the Los Angeles now than it is
by any other means. There is no roll
ing or pitching, and the only phenom-
ena the voyager notices is the occa-
siona1 change of elevation as the YES
sci is slanted up and down once every
half hour or so because of holes in
the air. >|N
"All of the details of construction
have been worked out and the Los
Angeles can handle about twenty pas
sengers moving them steadily over a
PREDETERMINED course at a speed OF
sixty or seventy miles per hour, but
to make her possibilities commercially
practicable the lifting power would
L have to be increased until 100 passen-
gers could be hoated. When that is
done the expenditures for operation
would be about the same or very little
more than they are now, and the earn
ing power would be great Enough to
justify the investment
"Such vessel with 100000 cubic
feet gas displacement would probably
cost around $6,000,000. There are sew
eral projects on foot to bring about a
realization of these possibilities
THE British are now working to
establish communication on a regular
basis between London and India, us
ing a ship OF 100000 cubic feet gas
displacement.
Zone of the rubber companies in
the United States and an air corpora
ton supported by Henry Ford are al
ready in the field here, utilizing the
experience which the navy has gained
in operating its vessels"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-05-12
GEORGIA GIRL TRIES
TO FORGET HORRORS
ACQUITTED OF Staying HER
BROTHERS GOES TO FLORI-
DA. FUGITIVE AT 16.

Acquitted in court on charges Of
numbering her two baby brothers 10
year-old Mary Berry, of Milledgevile
Ga, has gone to Florida to forget
There, in a new environment anC
among new faces, with only her moth
er to comfort her, the girl will begin
life anew The exact location of the
girls new home is being kept Sc
cret so that she can forget more easily
Suffered Many Horrors.
Mary Berry suffered a life of many
horrors for the last six months or
more. When her two brothers. Emory
and Dolphus, three, died under mys-
ferrous circumstances Mary was ar
rested and sent to an asylum for the
insane for examination. She remained
here for three months under the con-
slant observation of physicians.
Then, without a word of warning,
the girl was indicted for murder and
transferred to jail until the time Of
her trial In court the girl was tried
and acquitted of the murder charge
Then she decided to begin life anew
The girl and her mother went to
Florida to make new home. There
the girl will learn how to smile and
be happy-at an age when most girls
are standing on the threshold OF life.
In the land of sunshine" she is going
TO forget the horrors of her imprison-
ment and trial and begin new life
where the past will not be called to
mind by those who see her.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-05-12
RECKLESS DRIVING ENDS
WITH A FATAL TRAGEDY
WINDSOR, 15-YEAR-OLD SON
OF MR.. AND MRS. WILEY L.
BALDWIN, LOST HIS LIFE.
FORD CAR RAN INTO WAGON
Occurred Near Dawson Early Satur-
day Night When Number of Boys
Went on Pleasure Ride. Three Oc-
cupants of Wagon Injured.

Windsor, the 15-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Baldwin, was
fatally injured and six other boys, one
man and two ladies slightly hurt in
wreck on the Dawson and Lees
burg road about 10 o'clock Saturday
night.
A party of young boys, composed
of Windsor Baldwin, Ralph Morgan,
Tyler Slocumb, David Smith, Jack
Marshall, Ivey Fulford and Office
, Smith borrowed the Ford automobile
of Lucius Mathis and started for a
ride. According to Office Smith, who
was driving, they had just passed the
Primitive Baptist church. about mile
and half from town, and were going
Just as fast as the Ford could be
driven when they struck wagon in
which were Mr.. Jesse Stevens, his
wife and a cousin, Mrs. Susie Mathis.
1t seems that Mr.. Stevens, who was
driving in the direction the Ford car
was travelling, was we'll over to the
right side of the road when the acct
dent occurred and that the occupants
of the automobile did not see the
wagon until they were within few
feet of it. An effort was made by
Smith to miss the vehicle, but the
distance was so short and the car was
going at such speed it could not be
done.
Turned Over Several Times.
and was demolished beyond recogni-
ton. Windsor Baldwin, who was kill
ed, was, according to occupants of the
car, leaning far out of the side of the
machine. His skull was badly crush
ed when the car turned over on strik-
ing the wagon, and he received inter
nal injuries on the second turn, either
of which, according to physicians
was sufficient to prove fatal. He was
/ rushed to the Plains sanitarum, and
lived until about 4 o'clock Sunday
morning. Marshall sustained a bro
ken collar bone, Fulford a hard blow
on the head and the loss of several
teeth, and the other occupants received
cuts and bruises about the face and
body.
The wagon was completely demol-
ished, and Mr. Stevens and the two
ladies were thrown with such force
that painful though not serious injuries
were sustained by them. The mule
was severely injured by the wagon
shaft, which was driven against it with
great force.
Funeral Services Monday Morning.
Funeral services for Windsor Bald
win were held at the home Monday
morning at 1880 o'clock, with the
Boy Scouts, of which he was a popu-
lar member, constituting the pail bear
ers and forming an honorary escort.
The short flag ceremony of the Scouts,
was used and taps were blown as the
body was lowered in the grave Rev
w. L. Wright, assisted by Rev. NJ
L. Lawson, oficiated, and interment
was in Cedar Hill cemetery.
All of the occupants of the car were
between the ages of IA and II years.
The accident cast a shadow of gloom
over the entire city.
The bereaved parents of the dead
youth have the sincere sympathy of
every one.