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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1925.
COTTON GROWERS ARE |
UNFAVORABLE SEASONS PAST
SUMMER BELIEVED TO HAVE |
INJURED STOCK SEED. ’
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Ceorgia’s cotton growers will take!
note of a warning issued by the Unit- |
o 0 States Department of Agriculture;
to- Texas, Arkansas and leahoma;
orowers, that the 1926 cotton crop ini
{hose states may prove a failure un- |
joss good tested seed is used in plant- |
ing. $
The crop advice says that unfavor-
Able seasonal conditions during the
growing and harvesting of the crop|
last season are l_)e_lleved to have re
ulted in serious injury to seed stocksl
intended for planting purposes in 1926,
\While many farmers know thatl
much of the seed counted on for
planting 18 probably of low vitality,
.vs the bulletin, there may not be a
full realization of the possible danger
of the Coming crop. . |
iy means of what is termed a
wimple” test, substantially the samel
.- the so-called “rag doll” seed test, |
widely recommended by the depart-'
ment for seed corn, a farmer can as
certain in five days the condition of |
his nlanting seed and thus avoid the
crious losses that would result from
planting seed of low vitality.
Method of Testing.
Under the heading “Methods . oii
Testing” the bulletin gives directions |
as follows: ’
“To test cotton seed by the ‘rag!
doll” method an ordinary towel ori
picce of muslin about 18 inches wide |
‘nd two or three feet long is used.|
The cloth should be spread out and{
marked off lengthwise into three sec- |
tions so that the two sides can bej
iolded over and made to meet at the |
center, then two lots of one hundred |
«ccds each should be counted out and‘
spread out in two Jdifferent parts of!
the middle section or portion of the
towel, The sides of the towel are thenz
folded over so that the edges meet in |
the center, covering the seed com- |
pletely. The cloth should be pressed |
‘dw\\n firmly and then rolled up, ai
corn cob or piece of broom handle be- |
ing used for a core. The “doll” made inj
this fashioneis tied in the middle with
a string and then given a soaking in |
jukewarm water for several minutes |
until it is wet through. After draining}
off the surplus moisture so that it will |
pot drip or become saturated at the |
bottom the ‘doll’ is placed where it
can be kept warm and moist. It should |
be leit for five days in a temperature‘
of about 50 .degrees during the day
and 60 degrees at night. It should not |
be placed near a window where it is |
likely to get too cool, nor near the
fire where it may become too warm.
Moisture should be added by sprink-!
ling each day and not by soaking. |
What the Test Will Show.
“At the end of five days unroll the
‘doll’ and count the number of sprout-|
ed seeds in each of the.two lots. Thei
healthy seeds will send out white!
root heginnings less than half an inch |
fong. The number of the well-sprouted |
sceds in each lot represents the per-|
centage of good seed. Good planting |
sed should germinate at least 75 per |
cent, 1f the seeds®send out sproutsl
which are not healthy it would be|
well to send a sample of the seed to!
the state experiment station for a|
more accurate test of its value. |
“With this knowledge the farmer
can decide for himself whether the!
seed which he plans to use is fit, howi
thickly it must be planted to provide
a normal stand, and how large a stock
should be reserved for re-planting.” |
Premature planting, concludes the
advice, is the danger that should be!
borne in mind by the farmer, particu-|
larly in view of the scarcity of good |
seed stocks. Early planting is always
preferable to late planting, because the
growth that plants make during mod
erate weather in the spring ntonths is
more apt to be normal.
BIBLE IN 835 LANGUAGES;
576 DIFFERENT TONGUES
The modern Bible has been trans
lated into 835 different languages, ac
wrding to the translation and edito
fidl department of the British and
Foreign Bible Society. When the so
ciety was formed in 1804 the Scrip
tures were available in only seventy
two languages. The 835 different lan
guages represent 576 different tongues,
it 1s .ntifl‘
B A I
Take without Fear as Told
in ¢
in “Bayer” Package
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Does not affect
the Heart .
p,}f 3 vou see the “Bayer Cross” on
tine . T on tablets you are not get
n | nuine Bayer Aspirin proved
Bvgic:’ millions and prescribed by
Jeiciins over twenty-five years for
Lolds Headache
tls Lumbago
\othache Rheumatism
P TR Pain, Pain
faing .. C"hroken “Bayer” package con
twely, . 0 directjons. Handy boxes of
Bists 4 Whlets cost few cents. Drug
lso sell bottles of 24 and 100.
CHICKENS MUST NOT WORK
OVERTIME, SOCIETY RULES
Overtime work for chickens is
to be investigated by the Humane
Society of Western Pennsylvania.
All because of a report that a man
in Indiana, Pa., burns lights in his
hen house at night so that his
chickens will work 24 hours a day.
Burning lights for a few hours a
night is not so bad, the humane
society has ruled, but a poultry
raiser should not expect his hens
to work all day and all night, too.
LURED BY THRILL OF
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~ BOOTLEGGING GAME
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iGEORGE REMUS TELLS OF HIS;
~ LEAVING LEGAL PROFES- |
‘ SION. NEVER DRANK. |
. INDIANAPOLIS.— “Big money"~l
}and the “thrill and excitement of the‘
game” were the magnets which took
George Remus, of Cincinnati, from the‘
ilegal profession into the illicit liquor
‘trade, the former “millionaire boot-i
legger” said during his testimony|
in the Jack Daniel conspiracy trial in.
federal court. Remus was a govern
ment witness. |
Although he purchased the stocks
of seven distilleries and engaged in‘
‘whiskey transactions Remus declared
‘he “never had tasted whisky” himself.
) Remus outlined the financing of the
syndicate which participated the Dan-!
iel stock at St. Louis and the subse
‘quent illegal withdrawal of 30,000 gal
lons for distribution to bootleggers.‘
Following his testimony the govern
ment rested its case against twenty
six men and one woman alleged to
‘have participated in the conspiracy.
~ Defense attorneys pointed out that
'Remus had repudiated his testimony
before the Daugherty committee.
Defense attorneys brought out in
cross-examination that Remus handled
‘between 700,000 and 800,000 gallons of
whiskey.
The Production of Peanuts Has
Grown Into Tremendous Figures
’ It is a long way back in history to
‘the first little peanut plot, cultivated
by slave labor in the James river set
tlement of Virginia, to the present gi
gantic American peanut industry. Yet,
)}the contrast strikingly illustrates the
progress of this lowly “goober” in
’conquering the appetite of man and
‘;beast.
“Fresh roasted peanuts, five a sack,”
is eternally associated with the glit
itering tinsel of that first circus with
iits clowns, elephants and acrobats. As
'a matter of fact the peanuts consum
‘ed in all the great tent shows roving
| over America today would hardly
'make a hole in the annual harvest of
la single county in North Carolina or
| Texas, writes Earle W. Gage in Penn
isylvania Grit.
’ Few farm crops have experienced
lsuch a rapid growth in acreage, pro
|duction and demand as has the pea
|nut during the past few years. Un
(known commercially before 1870, the
ilowly peanut gradually took its place
3ill the farm .program of a score of
'southern states until today as high as
165,000,000 bushels are harvested in a
| single season, which, with the forage,
lis valued at $150,000,000.
Demand Exceeds Supply.
That these millions of bushels of
peanuts fall far short of answering the
increasing demand is a hint as to the
popularity of the humble “goober,”
not alone in this country, but'in many
foreign lands. Learned chemists are
daily seeking new ways to utilize pea
nuts.
The use of peanuts in the manufact
ure of delicious confections is respon
sible for the demand for several mil
lion bushels. Both chemists and ag
ricultural experts agree that the pea
nut, although presently occupying a
large place in our farm program, is
yet in its infancy compared with the
role it is destined to play.
The peanut crop is a valuable one
in many ways. As a food for the hu
man family and for feeding live stock
it ranks very high. The hay (vines
without nuts) is nearly equal to alfal
fa hay in feeding value. The whole
plant (vine and nuts) contains more
protein than wheat bran and four
times as much fat as corn. The nuts
contain a high per cent of protein and
oil and are superior for fattening hogs
and the animals harvest the crop with
out any labor or expense to the farm-
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Peanut oil has become one of the
greatest factors in relation to the com
mercialization of the peanut crop.
More vegetable oil is produced in
Marseilles, France, than in any other
city in the world. Fifty mills with
2.000 presses produce annually 400,000
barrels of edible peanut oil and 40,-
000,000 gallons of non-edible oils. The
peanuts consumed by these great facs
tories are imported from China, Africa
and India. There is not a soap-making
concern in the United States that does
not envy France her peanut oil indus
try, for the French use the greater
part of the non-edible oil 1n soap
making, it being the basis of the fa
mous castile soap, of which we aa
nually import more than $1,000,000
worth.
Future in Oil Related.
1f the peanut possessed 10 other
possibility save its oil it would face
a wonderful future. Peanut oil 1s one
of the most important of the world’s
food oils. Each ycar we import more
than 12,000,000 gallons of oil irom
China and Japan, since our domestic
industry has not developed in propor
tion to the home demand.
The principal by-product of the pea
nut oil manufacturers is the meal,
which is a very valuable fced. This
feed is high in protein and fat, com
mands & high price, and can be used
for all classes of live stock without
producing ill effects. : |
The commercial production of pea-
DECLARE IT 50 TIMES SIZE OF
WOOLWORTH PLANT. CON
TAINS RARE PLATINUM.
A meteor, 50 times as big as the
'Woolworth building in New York
city, which fell countless centuries ago
near the Canyon Diablo, in Arizona,
is being called the “eigth wonder of
the world.”
~ This monster meteor of iron, liber
ally sprinkled with diamonds and pre-;
cious metals, was located recently 500
feet below the surface of the earth af
ter scientists had sought in vain for
a dozen years to find it.
When the gigantic celestial body
crashed to earth at a speed 50 times
greater than a bullet from a high
powered rifle attaips it made a hole
two-thirds of a mile in diameter and
nearly circular.
The hole, 400 feet deep, was origi
nally supposed to be a volcanic crater,
Finally, geologists concluded nothing
could account for it except the impact
of a huge meteor. y
Diggers Disappointed.
Then digging to reach the big mass
ot iron, supposed to be buried beneath
the earth’s surface, was begun. Shafts
were sunk in the bottom of the crater
to a depth of 1,000 feet, but the me
teoric body was-not found.
Dr. Daniel Moreau Barringer, one
of the interested geologists, conclud
ed the falling mass had not fallen
straight down from the heavens but
had hit the earth at a tangent.
With this thought in mind he caus
ed his men to sink an angled tunnel |
from some distance east of the crater.
The diggers had reached 500 feet when
suddenly their instruments struck a|
mass that was too hard to be pene
trated with ordinary drills. It was the
meteor, i
From pieces broken from the maml
meteor it has been learned that the
mass contains three-fourths =of an'
ounce of platinum to the ton. Platinum |
is worth $ll5 an ounce. |
nut butter has in recent years devel
oped to large proportions. All told,
peanut butter is probably the most
important peanut product manufactur
ed in this country. The peanuts used
in making this butter total nearly 10,-
000,000 bushels, or five times as many
as used for this purpose in 1907, which
shows something of the growing pop
ularity of this spread. Pound for
pound peanut butter has a much
greater food value than round steak,
though it sells for a lower price.
Corn Liquor $5 Gasoline
Can on Atlanta Market
Prohibition Director Gives Prices
Prevailing in Three States.
Corn liquor is being sold by “boot
leggers” for from $l2 to $2O a gallon
in Georgia, North Carolina and South
Carolina, says a statement issued by
Ben C. Sharpe, federal prohibition di
rector for the eighth division.
Liquor not only is high, but it is
hard to find, the director said. Coast
guard activities, heavy rains and vigi
lance of federal officers have proved
a hindrance to the traffic, he said. -
In Atlanta, the director said, “a
gasoline can filled with north Georgia
corn can be procured for about $5.”
North Carolina, he said, had been
known as the capital of “bootleggér
dom.”
One of the principal allies of the
authorities, he asserted, have been
the heavy rains, which have made
roads in many sections impassible.
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NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
The annual meeting of the share
holders of the Bank of Dawson will
be held in their banking room Tues
day at 11 a. m., Jan. 12, 1926, for the
purpose of transacting such business
as may properly come before them.
12-15-4 t. C. D. COCKE, Cashier.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
The annual meeting of the share
holders of the City National Bank will
be held in their banking room Tues
day, 10 a. m., January 12, 1926, for
the purpose of transacting such busi
ness as may properly come before
them. R. D. SMITH, Cashier, 12,15-4 t
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
The annual meeting of the share
holders of the Dawson National Bank
will be held in their banking room
Tuesday, 10 a. m. January 12, 1926,
for the purpose of transacting such
business as may properly come before
them. B. C. PERRY, Cashier. 12-15-4 t
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How Doctors Treat
Colds and the Flu
To break up a cold overnight or
to cut short an attack of grippe, in
fluenza, sore throat or tonsillitis, phy
sicians and druggists are now recom
mending Calotabs, the purified and
refined calomel ccmpound tablet that
gives you the eficcts of calomel and
salts combined, without the unpleas
ant effects of cither.
One or two Calotabs at bed-time
with a swallow of water,—that’s all.
No salts, no nausea nor the slightest
interference with your eating, work
or pleasure. Next morning your cold
has vanished, your system is thor
oughly purified and you are feeling
fine with a hearty appetite for break
fast. Eat what you please,—no dan
ger.
Get a family package, containing
full directions, only 35 cents. At an
drug store. : (adv{
THE DAWSON NEWS
The weight of the Imass under
ground is estimated at 12,000,000 tons,
so that it should contain 9,000,000
ounces of platinum, with a market
value+of mare than a billion dollars.
Then, too, the meteor is known to
contain diamonds, for pieces broken
from the main body when it struck
have yielded small stones of this na
[ture. So the celestial body is expected
to yield untold wealth to those who
isucceed in digging it out of the earth.
‘But it is gbing to be some job. ¥
GREEN FRUIT “RIPENED” |
BY CHEMICAL ACTIPN3
American chemists have perfected ai
chemical known as “Ethylene,” which
it “is said, has the effect of giving a
vellow or ripened effect to green fruit.
By the application of a little of this
chemical the fruit is given a yellowish
color.
PUT CREAM IN NOSE
AND STOP CATARRH
Tells How To Open Ciogged Nos
trils and End Head-Colds.
You feel fine in a few moments. Your
cold in head or catarrh will be gone.
Your clogged nostrils will open. The
air passages of your head will clear and
you can breathe freely. No more dull
ness,” headache; no hawking, snuffling,
mucous discharges or dryness; no strug
gling for breath at night.
Tell your druggist you want a small
bottle of Ely’s Cream Balm. Apply a
little of this f t, antiseptic cream
in your nostrils, {et it penetrate through
every air passage of the head ; soothe and
heal the swollen, inflamed mucous mem
brane, and relief comes instantly.
It is just what every cold and catarrh
sufferer needs. Don’t stay stuffed-up
and miserable.
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B ng
'\ b /45 the year wanes, from
; . out of the land of promise
‘ comes the infant 1926.
ay he continue on throug
A | happiness and plentitude until
! the very end of his twelve lap |
journey when Father Time
- takes him into the Land of
| G Retrospection.
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= ‘ Orn his way he may strew in
your path a bountéous need of
‘ joy, good health, happiness, and
a— good fortune. May he be to
_— you the friendliest year you've
&80 ever known—is the New Year
- greeting of the
l“l Parrvott, Georgia
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AR, .
| In 1926
Since we can’t do all the printing,
we will do only
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