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GOOD OLD SANTA
ADVANCE STYLES FOR THE
CHRISTMAS DOLLS. “RADIO
DOG” IS FEATURED.
“Mamma and papa’ walking and
talking “flapper” dolls and the “radio
dog” will be among the features ol
the Christmas toys, which, according
to local merchants, will be seen in
large quantitics.
Christmas novelties which for the
past three vears have been prohibitive
in price, through competition between
the German, Holland, Swiss and Jap
anese manufacturers have descended
in the scale so as to come within reach
of the most humble purse.
Although the bulk of the holiday
- ; |
toys are coming from Germany, Japan |
has made wonderful strides in the art
of modern popular toy making, it is |
asserted, as a resuit of which .\m(-n—%
can merchants are enabled to pur
chase their stocks at what have here-|
tofore been considered cut rate [)rl(‘(‘\.'
Imitation Radio Sets. [
[mitation radio sets will be on thvg
market, it is announced, also the “ra- |
dio dog.,” which in the past has been |
out of reach of the moderate purse- |
holder. But with the demand for ra
dio novelties and the fact that the|
cost of production has become cheap- |
er, the price of $6.00 at which it was
formerly quoted has dropped 10 per |
cent, i
Oné reason attributed by Dawson!
merchants for the reduction in ;)riu*'
of Christmas novelties is the fact that
by placing their orders with the (}vr-l
man manufacurers before the first of
May, they were able to take advant- '
age of the reduced value of the Ger
man mark, whereas since that tim(-.]
negotiations for the purchase of Ger-*
man novelties have been solely on thvl
basis of the value of the American
dollar. Most of the toys, of which ;11}
the present time there are a gn-ati
number lin _the warchouses of the;
jobbers will arrive at both eastern|
and western seaports before the tariff
rates take effect in November. i
One hundred per cent present in all!
classes next Sunday at Baptist rally. I
HOW, WHEN, WHY
an account at this bank?
HOW >—With any amount from One Dollar up you may open
an account at our bank. We will issue you our reg
ular pass book, which is your receipt. Sign one of
our signature cards. Deposit all your money and
withdraw by check. We keep the books. It's a great
help to you.
WHEN ?>—There could be no better time than NOW. When
ever you sell anything or collect money that 1s due
you, deposit it in our bank TODAY. Yesterday is
gone—tomorrow is not ours, but TODAY unfolds to
us. Let us put the date and amount in your bank
book TODAY.
WHY >—Ever have that feeling which only comes when you
have money in a good, strong bank? This bank of
fers accommodation and polite service to each and
every patron, and will render assistance in keeping
with their conservative demands.
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Movement in South for Diversified
Farming Dethrones King Cotton
Georgia Was The First State In America To Cultivate The Staple
Some Interesting Facts Concerning The South’s Great Product.
i By A. M. Barnes.
[ Of all the world’'s industries that
| embracing the production of cotton
{and its affiliated enterprises is the
! most widespread. Since close to the
{ beginning of 1800 King Cotton has
I reigned over a constantly widening
| realm. Tne figures of 1914, when the
| world’s cotton production reached its
!hright. show that at that period more
{than 0,000,000 persons were engaged
lin the production, distribution and
[ manufacture of cotton, while the capi
ltal invested reached $30,000,000,000.
’The figures of that year place the
| world's production of cotton at 14,000,-
| 000,000 pounds.
' There is no other plant which nature
- has provided us that brings to man
kind so much of comfort and profit as
'cottnn, It is the source, too, of a num
ber of nccessities, while in war it has
'proved to be absolutely indispensable.
. The figures show that heretofore
three-fifths of the world’s supply of
cotten has been pnroduced in what is
known as the cotton belt of the Unit
ed States. This belt begins in North
and South Carolina ‘and extends
through Georgia, the northern part of
Florida, through Alabama, Mississippi,
louisiana, Arkansas and Texas. Cot
ton is also raiséd in portions of Vir
ginia, Tennessee, Missouri "and Okla- |
homa. Texas leads all the states in cot
ton production. In the golden days of'i
King Cotton’s reign Texas alone was
credited with raising more cotton thanl
all British India, which ranks second
to the United States in cotton yield,
Georgia ranking third in the annual
output of the fleecy staple. 3
The state of Georgia has the distine- |
tion of having produced the first regu-i
larly cultivated cotton crop ever grown
in America. This was in 1735. Other
small patches were attempted by
farmers from time to time; but tlw‘
first noticeable success was that of
Richard Leak, a planter residing near
Savannah. In the autumn of 1788 Mr.
L.eak succeeded in raising 6,000 pounds
of seed cotton from a field of eight
acres. He was proud of his success,
and sent samples of the cotton to Phil
adelphia. He had heard there were
gins in that city for the cleaning of
the seed from the fiber, and he want
ed to find out if this were true. It must
' have been a mistake, however; as
Whitney's cotton gin—the first really
practical one-—was not invented till
about five vears afterward.
. The year after Mr. Leak sent sam
ples of his cotton to Phi]adclph}a
James tHabersham, another planter in
‘the vicinity oi Savannah, forwarded to
Liverpool the first bale of lint cotton
ever sent from the United States to
England. It met with a startling re
ception, certainly startling to Mr.
Habersham, for it created such sur
prise and incredulity among the Liv
erpool merchants they could not at
first be led to believe that the cotton
had been raised in America, but in
sisted on it that it had come from the
East. So they notified the customs’ of
ficials of the “fraud” and had it seiz
ed.
They were in due time convinced of
their error, and great was the rejoic
ing when it was learned that the cot
ton had really come from America,
and that England might soon have an
other. source whence it could obtain a
supply of the fleecy staple for the spin
dles and looms of its many mills. So
much does England depend upon the
southern states for cotton to keep its
mills employed that, at one time dur
ing the civil war, when the ports of
the south were hlockaded, it produced
what is known in England as the “cot
tSn famine.” Scores of mills were clos
ed and hundreds of people thrown out
of employment. Parliament had to
pass a relief act, whereby funds were
ordered to be distributed to the suffer
ing mill operatives.
Within two years after Mr. Haber
sham sent his first bale of lint cotton
to Liverpool the total yield for the
vear of the cotton crop of the United
States was 5,000 bales, of 400 pounds
net weight of each bale. In 1800 the
vearly crop had increased to 210,000
bales. In ten years time it had almost
doubled, for these were the first suc
cessful years of the operation of Mr.
Whitney's cotton gin. Before the in
vention of this gin the separation of
the lint from the seed of the cofton
was a most laborious task, it all hav
ing to be done by hand, and thus was
the one great obstacle in the way of
cotton becoming a source of wealth
to the planter.
In 1916 the cotton belt of the Unit
ed States was credited with producing
13,102,000 bales of an average of 500
pounds each. By the following wvear,
however, the yield had slumped to 11.-
248,242. The chief reason of this was
that the ardor of a number of King
Cotton’s liegemen had begun to cool.
with the result that the putting in of
a diversity of crops had .considerably
decreased the cotton acreage. More at
tention was also given to cattle rais
ing. Thus commodities were produc
ed at home the purchase of which
hitherto had been dependent upon
“cotton money.”
Hundreds of farmers of the south
are poor today because of their blind
worship at the shrine of King Cot
‘ton, the following out oi the bad pel
icy of the “all cotton” method. They
have gone on from year to vear, put
ting the bulk of their land into cot
ton, depending on its yield alone to
buy everything needed, from bacon
and flour for the family table tc corn
for their stock. Numerous others zre
the victims of the lien system, the
mortgaging of the crop before it is
produced, in order to obtain n:cessary
supplies.
A most hopeful sign is the steadily
increasing adoption of the policy
among southern farmers of ‘‘the na
‘tional system” of more diversified
farming. The cotton acreage of 1921
‘was cut fully 40 per cen:. There was
‘also a marked increase in the live
stock industry. “Hog and hominy rais
‘ed at home” is the new slogan of scores
of southern farmers. Figures furniched
‘by the bureau of markets and crop
estimates show that the south cut its
}cotton acreage of 1921 by clase to 12,-
200,000 acte-s.
The disorganized condition of the
1920 cotton market, the fearful slump
in the price of cotton, brought about
by an all-too-ardent worship at the
shrine of King Cotton—in other words,
by over-production—is largely the
cause of this wise reaction throughout
the southern farming world. And hav
ing grown wise through sharp expe
rience it is not likely that there will
be in any noticeable degree a return
lto the old mad methods. The south is
going ahead in raising its own living,
and thus make cotton not the main
crop, as heretofore, but rather a sur
plus or “money crop.” Thus it is easy
to be seen that cotton is no longer
monarch of the south.
LAURENS COUNTY POUL
. TRY PLANT IS GROWING
Farm Near Dublin Will Double Its
Capacity for Coming Season.
DUBLIN, Ga.—Riverside Poultry
Farm of this county, one of he flour
ishing poultry farms of this entire
section, will double its capacity for
the coming year and will breed 1,000
hens instead of 500, as was done this
vear. Incubator capacity will be dou
bled also, and a new section will be
added to the breeding and laying
houses now on the farm.
This farm was established about
one year ago by D. C. Knight and
Julian Rachels. It has made steady
progress and today is one of the heal
thy enterprises in the county, with
prospects of developing into a much
bigger farm in a few years. White
leghorns and Rhode Island Reds are
grown exclusively on this farm.
Same Old Story But a Good One
Mrs. Mahala Burns, Savanna, Mo.,
relates an experience the like of which
has happened in almost every neigh
bor hood in this country, and has been
told and related by thousands of
others, as follows: “I used a bottle
of Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea
Remedy about nine years ago and it
cured me of flux (dysentery). [ had
another attack of the same complaint
three or four years ago and a few
doses of this remedy cured me. I
have recommended it to dozens of
people since I first used it and shall
continue to do so, for I know it is
a quick and positive cure for bowel
troubles.—adv.
THE DAWSON NEWS
'POSTOFFICE NOW
P
| it
| ARRANGEMENT MUCH MORE
" CONVENIENT TO PUBLIC
i AND OFFICE WORKERS.
| Mail was distributed from the new
{quarters of the Dawson postoffice the
|first time Thursday morning after the
{arrival of the early train.
. The east side of the Kennedy-Brim
{building, at the corner of Lee and
| Stonewall strects, gives considerably
‘morc space for the handling of the
mails and furnishes a large lobby more
|in keeping with the city's growth. The
|arrangement of the new fixtures makes
la very attractive front and the ventila-
Ition and lighting are very much bet
iter. The lock boxe§ are new and
|convcniently placed, and the number
has been increased to meet a growing
need. The postoffice officials have
worked early and late to make the
change with the least inconvenience to
{the public and hope to have every
{thing adjusted in a very short time,
{with the interior as spec and span as
{soap and water can make it.
! Another great advantage is the ar
|rangement made for the rural carriers
{in the entrance on Stonewall stieet on
Ithe east side, which is easily accessible
land a much more agreeable way of
| getting in and out of the building.
| 12 Generations in One Year!
! There are about 12 generations of
{ flies in one year! Theyv are he fastest
{breeding of all households pests—and
| the most dangerous to your health!
{ Wipe them out! DESTROY them
|everywhere! Usc Royal Guaranteed
| Fly Destroyer. Positive death to all
| flies. $3.00 per gallon, with sprayer
| free. Sold and guaranteed by W. A.
| Haire and Collicr Drug Co.—adv.
| )
; Sheriff’s Sale.
| GEORGIA, Terrell County—Will
I be sold before the court house door in
| Dawson, said county, on Tuesday,
{ October 10, 1922, within the legal
!hours of sale to the highest bidder for
| cash the fellowing property, to wit:
'()m- Ford delivery automobile, Geor
| gia license tag No. 97804. Said prop
lcrty sold as the property of C. W.
'l.cc and J. R. Richardson to satisfy
{a mortgage fi fa issued from the City
FConrt of Ddwson in favor of 5. D
| Bowman against C, W. Lee and ]J.
|R. Richardson. This September 4,
1 1922, E.T. WOQDS: Sheuft.
500 Tires—soo Tubes
DIRECT from the FACTORY
New fresh stock Fabric Tires GUARANTEED 6,000
miles—-Cord Tires 10,000 miles.
Lowest prices in history ever offered on standard make
Tires and Tubes.
PRICES THIS WEEK:
30:3 § 7.75 344 $17.50 $30.85
30:32 $ 9.50 $13.50/32.42 $37.70
32:3% $12.25 $22.95133:43 ... $88.55
31:4 $14.75 $26.45134x4:5: e S ()
324 $15.90 $29.15i35x4"21‘ o e ()
334 $16.80 $30.05 35:5 .. . . $49.30
FREE! FREE!
on September 9th only, a Michelin Red Tube with every Cord Tire sold
Locke-Mathis Motor Co.
PHONE 272 Dealers in Good Tires DAWSON, GA.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company of New York reports 162
deaths from wood alcohol for 1920
and 1921,
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[ Special Notices ]
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FOR SALE—One first class Ford
touring car. T. L. DURHAM. 8-29-4
TIME TO INSURE against storms
with E. J. PACE & CO.
BOARDERS WANTED-—Phone 255,
MRS: J. Z. TURNER, 8-22-4 t
FOR SALE—Georgia seed rye, rape
and bulk garden seed.. J. M.
RAUCH. 9-5-4 t
FOR SALE—Three milch cows with
young calves. M. D TURNER,
Bronwood, Ga. 9-5-4 t
LOST—White pointer bitch, with
lemon colored spots. Finder notify
W, L BACE, 9-4-tf
FOR RENT--Three nice unfurnished
rooms in Ragan home on Lee St.
All conveniences. J. F. BALL. 8-29-4 t
FOR RENT-—Rooms, furnished or
unfurnished. All modern convenienc
es. MISS MINNIE BRIDGES, Ridge
Grest N G, 8-22-4 t
WANTED—Experignced dry goods
and notion salesman to travel south
west Georgia. Address BOX 847, Co
lumbus, Ga. 8-29-2 t
WANTED -Plain sewing, children's
clothes, dress-making and hand
work. MRS. MARY McLENDON,
538 E. Seventh Ave., Dawson, Geor
gia. 9-5-1 t
HAVE OPENING for about three
more violin pupils. Am teaching in
Dawson every Wednesday and Satur
day afternoon. Send your applications
to H. M. LASKER, Albany, Geor
gia. 9-5-4 t
APPLES FOR SALE—To Merchants
and Consumers. Grown in the hills
of North Georgia, sprayed, graded and
packed in bushel and half bushel bas
kets and in bushel boxes. Address
CHEROKEE HEIGHTS ORCH
ARDS, Canton, Ga. 8-15-4 t
ROOMS FOR RENT--Two Ilarge,
well ventilated rooms, with kitchen
and bath entirely separate, with water
and lights and phone; also place for
cow. To couple without children.
THOS. H. HARDEN, 345 E. Church
Street, Dawson, Ga. 8-29-2 t
To The Citi
It is only through education and training that the hove : D
son can be made into the kind of men who accomplish the 10, o
in the business and industrial world and who therein win (1. . &
rewards. T BRegt
In his remarkable booklet on “The Money Value of Edyeari
prepared especially tor the Board of Education of the Deparipyon,
Education, Prof. A. Caswell Ellis points out— el
“The necessity for education has increased ang
will continue to increase\with the advance in the com.
plexity of the processes of civilization. Because of
the unparalleled progress in the arts and sciences dur
ing the past fifty years the need for education has in
a generation multiplied many times.
“A century ago a transportation system was little
more than a wagon and a driver who knew the road.
Now, in handling a problem of transportation, cx
perts in traffic must first determine whether a road i,
that place will be worth while, and what kind of rozd
will bé most economical and efficient; experts in fi
nance must provide the tremendous sums needed to
build the road; civil engineers must lay it out; bridge
engineers plan the bridges; chemical engineers test
the materials: mills and factories with scores of chem
ical and physical experts make the rails, build the
locomotives and steel cars; and a host of traffic ex
perts, auditors, accountants, and specially trained
managers and clerks, telegraphers, engineers and con.
ductors, and others, keep the trains moving with
safety and with profit.”
How about the boys of your acquaintance in Dawson—are they
heading for ‘“wagon driver’s” jobs or are they fitting themselyes for
bigger? Help these boys to decide to go on to school! ;
Keep The Boy In School
Published by THE DAWSON NATIONAL BANK
Dawson, Georgia
Mules and Horses
I wish to announce to the buyers of this sec
tion that I will have a carload of nice Kentucky
Mules and Horses to come in today.
Call at my stable and see them
D. A.SMITH ‘
LEWIS’ OLD STABLE. DAWSON, GEORGIA
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 192 I