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ICE COVERED GROUND THRU
LONG AUGUST DAYS. 1923
NOT SUMMERLESS YEAR.
The cold weather during the spring
of this vear has started many old
timers thinking of cold summers in
the past and some oi them have even
gone so far as to predict that this year
will be the coolest summer we have
had in years. /
The Summer of 1816 is, according
to many oM records, possibly the
coldest summer known. A description
of this “summerless year” is contain
ed in an old clipping from the Wash
ington Post, which states that the
author of that time got it from an old
scrap book of one of his friends.
“The sun that summer,” reads the
article. “seemed to be devoid of heat,
and all nature was cold in gloom. The
people were irightened and imagined
that the fire in the sun was being
rapidly extinguished, and fears were
entertained of the approaching of the
approaching end of all things. Ser
mons were preached upon the subject
in all the churches, and scientific men
of the day talked learnedly in efforts
to explain the strange phenomena.
During the month of May ice cov
ered the ground to a thickness of half
an inch, and all vegetation was laid
waste, even the then ‘oldest’ inhabi
tants could remember no such weath
er. The farmers were prevented from
replanting their crops by the contin
ned cold. Even in the southern see
ticns of the country the thermometer,
during the month of June stayed be
low the freezing mark, and the farm
ers gave up all attempts to plant their
crops. Almost every living plant per
ished in the frost and ice. ‘
“During the latter part of July
there were z few days on which the
ice melted and hopes were held that
August would be a real summer
menth. But instead of warmth there
came even more cold and ice than
April and May had brought, and even
the small amount of corn that had
escaped in the mountain valleys of
the south was frozen so badly that
it was cut down for fodder, to prevent
it from being a total waste.
“At this-time sail boats from Eng
land brought the news that the same
conditions existed there. '
“During the month of November
the warmest days were. well below
freezing, but, strange to say, Decem
ber was the warmest and most pleas
ant month of the year.
“The following spring seeds of ev
ery kind were so scarce that they
brought enormous prices. During the
no crop vear people and stock had
consumed almost evepything edible,
and there were mang farmers who
were able to obtain only a small
amount of seed, even at the high
prices. Flour the next year in the
cities sold for $l3 a barrel.”
CHICKEN THIEVES ARE :
BUSY IN TERRELLCOUNTY
Wholesale chicken stealing is go
ing on'in the Graves community, ac
cording to reports from some of the
citizens who have recently lost num
bers of broilers and ‘friers from their
promising flocks.
CONVALESCING.
The friends of Mrs. W. F. Wiggins
will be glad to know that she is im
proving, and has returned home with
her mother, Mrs. G. W. Hasty, near
Bellflower.
666 quickly relieves Constipation,
Biliousness, Headaches, Colds and
LaGrippe.
1900 Norman Institute 1924
Boarding School for Boys and Girls.
On southern accredited list. All specials. Artesjan water,
steam heat, electric lights, 15 teachers, business department.
No loafing on streets.
Grammar grades, high school and two years college.
Summer school begins July 30th, regular session Septem
ber 3rd. Rates: Board and tuition $25 per month.
L. H. BROWNING, President Norman Park, Ga.
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[ “THETREE |
The following verse by Joyce Kil
mer expresses effectively a poet's sen
timental -attachment for trees. Many
men and worhen unable to cxpress
themselves in verse love trees:
I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a tree;
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth’s sweet flowing
breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain,
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me
But oniy God can make a tree.
!GREAT VALUE AS SOIL BUILD
! ER IS TOLD IN CLEAR AND
’ CONVINCING MANNER.
From Farming Magazine.
] Five hundred thousand tons of
istraw worth $3 a ton, or a total of
$1.500,000, for building up soils results
from Kentucky’'s annual wheat crop,
according to R. E. Stephenson, soils
'spccialist of the college of agriculture.
| Some idea of the value of this material
iis to be gained from the fact that
straw in Kentucky holds more than
‘half as much plant food as all the
commercial fertilizers that farmers of
the state buy. A ton of it is worth
more for building up farm lands and
making big crop yields than a ton of
manure. : : |
“The best way to make use of this
straw is to put it in stables where it
will soak up liguid manure and thus
save an enormous amount of plant
food that ordinarily is wasted. Since
straw has as much plant food in it as
stable manure the quality of manure
is not lowered by liberal use of straw
for bedding. After the straw has been
tramped in the stable and thoroughly
mixed with the droppings of the ani
mals the plant food that it contains
can .be used more rapidly by growing
crops. It is wasteful to let straw stacks
rot and make only small patches of
land richer and at the same time take
up valuable crop producing space.
Even if all the straw that is produced
in the state were,used for bedding it
would not be enough to kep all sta
bles and feed sheds well bedded with
the present number of live stock be
ing raised in the ‘state.
“The chiefl difference between straw
and manure as far as soil improve
ment is concerned lies in the fact that
straw is hard and woody and decays
slowly. The plant food that it con
tains, therefore, can be used only at a
slow rate by growing crops. On the
other hand, about half the fertility in
stable manure is quickly available
with the result that manure makes a
better showing when used on crops.
“Good farmers preéserve the straw
on their farms by hauling it or stack
ing it carefully. A good method for
stacking I)aledy straw is to rick the
bales and top the rick with a small
amount of loose straw. When it is
well preserved in the stack, straw will
furnish considerable rough feed while
the refuse that is left makes first class
bedding.”
BUILDING APARTMENT
HOUSE ON SIXTH AVENUE
Mrs, Jo B \\'ilkes is having built a
very attractive duplex apartment
house on Sixth avenue, which will
help to solve the problem of housing
the new people coming: to Dawson.
We have bathing suit / censors.
Whyv not divorce censors?
'PEANUT GROWERS ~
'THE ORGANIZATION COMMIT
. TEE MAKES NOMINATIONS
l FOR SEVERAL DISTRICTS.
At a meeting of the committee on
elections at Pelham nominations were
!made for directors of the Georgia Pea
‘nut Growers’ Co-Operative Associa
‘|tion. One director will be elected from
'each of the ten districts and one will
'be appointed by the governor and
}known as a public director. The or
ganization committee requested the
' governor to appoint Col. Robert E.
'L.. Spence, who was executive chair
'man of the temporary organization,
'as nublic director.
The committee on elections, con
sisting of C. S. Hodges, of Cyrene,
chairman; W. C. Cooper, Pelham; ].
W. Warren, Sylvester; L. E. Black,
jr., Doerun, and Z. T. Rabun, Mor
gan, was instructed to nominate at
least two men for each directorship.
On the ballot for each district there
will be a blank line in which the mem
ber may write the name of some oth
er member from that district, if he
does not want to vote for either of
those submitted. Ballots will be mail
ed to all who sign contracts up to
June 12th, and all ballots received
up to June 2lst will be counted, if
properly marked.
Each district will have an election
manager, and these managers will
name an assistant in each county to
assist them. They will hold the elec
tion, consolidate the vote and make
returns to the committee on election.
Those elected will meet at Albany
June 25th to make application for a
charter.
Nominations for the different dis
tricts with the number of members in
each county up to noon Wednesday
and ihe election managers for each
district follow:
District No. l.—Dougherty (48)
and Lee (58); P. J. Brown, Albany,
and S. J. Yeoman, Leesburg, nomi
nees; W. G. Martin, Leesburg, man
ager. 2
District No. 2—Mitchell (281); ]J.
P. Mcßee, Cami¥a, and M. W. Tur
ner, Pclham, nominees; J. D. Gard
ner, Camilla, manager. :
District No. 3.—Baker (117); Early
(319); J. C. Odum, Newton, and J.
M. Johnson., Arlington, nominee; T.
B. McDowell, Blakely, manager.
District No. 4.—Seminole (306);
Miller (260); F. W. Cordell, Iron
City, and L. E. Calhoun, Colquitt,
nominees; B. B. Lane, Donalsonville,
manager.
District No. s.—Decatur (438);
Grady (413); C. K.-C. Audrey, Bain
bridge, and T. M. Chastain, Cairo,
nominees; M. L. Hayes. Bainbridge,
manager.
® District No. 6.—Thomas (112);
Brooks (176); Colquitt (119): Cook
(138): Lowmfes 0); B. W. Btone,
Thomasville; C. M. Massey, Barwick,
and L. J. McPhaul, Doerun, nomi
nees; Duncan Bickley, Meigs, mana
ger. ¢
District No. 7.—Worth ' (172); Tift
(19); Berrien (43); Irwin (0); Ben
Hill« 0); G. R. Lundy, Sylvester, and
S. W. Brown{ Ashburn, nominees; C.
W. Fulwood, Tifton, manager.
District No. 8. —Crisp (80); Dooly
(47); Wilcox (15); Sumter (0); J. M.
Hunt, Cordele, and W. L. Williams,
Pinehurst, nominees; W. H. Dorris,
Crodele. manager.
District No. 9.—Clay (77); Calhoun
(132)3+ W. T, Hammack, Bluffton,
and E. W. Killingsworth, Ft. Gaines,
nominees; E. .. Smith, Edison, man
ager.
District No. 10.—Terrell (27); Ran
dolph (67); Stewart (66); Wehster
(2); Quitman (0); H. A. Petty, Daw
son, and W. J. Oliver, Shellman, nom
inees; N. M. Weaver, Cuthbert, man
ager.
SUNDAY’'S SERVICES AT
METHODIST CHURCH GOOD
“College Night” Program by the Ep
worth League Was Feature,
Despite the very warm weather ser
vices at the Methodist church Sun
day were well attended, and of unus
ual interest. The pastor’s timely mes
sages were dynamic in their appeal to
the highest and best, and the thought
ful audiences, morning and evening,
were deeply impressed by the. truths
so forcibly presented. Of outstand
ing interest was the ‘“college night”
program arranged by the Epworth
lL.eague, which was given preceding
the preaching service of the evening.
All present were thrilled by the earn
est messages ‘from the students rep
resenting the different colleges. Sev
eral bright musical numbers added to
the interest,.
MRS. GAY. OF CUTHBERT.
MAKES GENEROUS GIFT
Mercer University of Recipient of
Substantial Memorial Fund.
Mrs. L. E. Gay, of Cuthbert, has
given to Mercer University $lO.OOO. in
valuable bank stock, the income of
vhich is to be used in helping worthy
young men in Georgia obtain their
education at Mercer University. The
fund will be knowa as the “Louis
Erasmus Gay Memorial Fund.” It is
given in memory of Mrs. Gay's hus
band, the late L K & Gay, .of that
city, Mrs, Gay is a sister of Mrs. 7A.
M. Raines, of Dawson, and is well
known here, where news of her gen
erous gift has been received with much
interest,
EPISCOPAL SERVICES.
Rev. J. B. Lawrence, Episcopal
rector from Americus, will be in Daw
son Thursday, June 14th, to conduct
two services at the Methodist church.
Holy communion at 10:30 o’clock in
the "r:crning and “preaching at 8 in
the (vening. The public is invited.
FORCE OF OCEAN SURF.
At some places the force of the sea
dashing upon the rocks on the shore
1s said to be 17 tons to the square
vard. :
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Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea
Remedy.
Every family should keep this prep
aration at hand during the hot of the
summer months. It is almost sure to
be needed and when that time comes
is worth many times its cost. Buy it
now.—adv.
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READ THE NEWS WANT ADS
THE DAWSON NEWS
'SECOND CO-OPERATIVE SALE
' OF CHICKENS HELD TODAY
It Is Expected That Today’s Ship
| ment of Poultry Will Be Best Yet.
Messrs, R. D. Smith and’ H. A,
Petty are busy this morning with
final arrangements for the second Ter
| rell county co-operative poultry sale,
which takes place today. They are
being assisted by Mrs. W. H. Gurr,
county demonstrator, whose good
work along economic lines has stimu
lated interest in poultry raising and
many other branches of farm and
home industry.
The first co-operative sale, held in
April, was far more successful than
Could Hardly Drag One
Foot After The Other
Mrs. Dudley Go So Weak She
Had to Hire Housework Done.
Takes Tanlac, Gains 15 Pounds‘
And Now Feels Fine. A
“Tanlac ended my suffering ahoml
a year ago, and the grand part nhout{
it is that I have enjoyed splendid
health ever since,”” said Mrs. Ruedele
Smith Dudley, of 530 Pulliam St., At
lanta, a few days ago.
“Last year I suffered a general
breakdown and felt so bad all the time
1 could scarcely drag one foot after
the other. I was in a kind of feverish
condition and had splitting headaches
almost continually. My appetite was
gone, I suffered dreadfully from indi
gestion, and had such awtul spells of
heartburn I could hardly get my
breath. I lest about ten pounds in
’
ROBERTS & LARK’S
| Continues Unabated With New
-~ Specials at New Low Prices .
These are intensive selling days. Its popularity increases bourly. Friends
are sending friends, and these friends are sending their friends, giving us a record
breaking attendance and much encouragement in our forward step along the path
of progress. The opportunity of making such advantageous purc}_lases will not
last much longer, for work is progressing on our new store and it will not be many
more days before we move. And then these prices will be withdrawn. Bette{
hurry and come quick! The prices we are selling at spell Savings with a big “S
Wonderful stocks to choose from
White Goods, Wash Goods, Domestics
House Furnishings , *
Hundreds of Pairs
Women’s, Children’s, Men’s and Boys’
_ Oxfords and Slippers
: at ridiculously low prices '
o 4 All manner and kinds of il
Silks for Dresses, Shirts and Blouses
Have Been Repriced :
Excellent values are offered in ~.
Men’s Furnishings, Shirts, Underwear
Hats and Hosiery e
Never will this opportunity come your way again. ,
Hurry, Hurry. Buy now while selections can be made
" “The Store Dependable” -
the promoters dared to hope, and
great interest has been @roused for
this second sale. L. L. Skinner, poul
try expert [from the state college of
agriculture,” and Elmo Ragsdale, of
the state bureau of mbarkets, are in
Dawson to assist with the sale in the
weighing and grading of the fowls,
which are being brought in from ev
ery section of the county, an indicas
tion of the wide interest felt in the
sale and efpecially in the éexhibit to
be made of pure bred poultry.,
TR AR
BRITISH THRIFT.
Hundreds of British firms ar® send
ing circulars to Berlin to be mailed
back to England, the rate of exchange
making ‘this a profitable process. ’
weight, and finally got so weak I had
to hire my work done.
.“My sister told me how much good
the Tanlac treatment had done her,
and that decided me to try it. The
first bottle did me so much good that
I bought another, and by the time I
finished it I felt absolutely fine in ev
ery way. 1 had no more headaches,
and could eat just anything without
unpleasant results. I gained fifteen
pounds in weight, and my housework
got to be a pleasure instead of a
drudgery. My health is just splendid
now, but if I should ever need any
more medicine I am certainly going
to take Tanlac.”
Tanlac is for sale by all good drug
gists. Accept No substitute, Over 37
million bottles sold.
* Tanlac Vegetable Pills are nature’s
own remedy for constipation. For sale
everywhere.—adv.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1923