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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-23
FRENCH PAPER SAYS
WILSON is RESPONSIBLE

PARIS president Wilson does
not concern himself with what is hap
pening in his own country, which is
seeking to wrest from Great Bri-
tain mastery of the SEAS" LIE Petit
Bleu said today, continuing its bitter
attack upon President Wilson for the
charges in his Hitchcock letter.
Mr.. Wilson's letter, the newspaper
believed, "has annihilated the treaty
of Versailles" 1t professed to ex-
pect the president will follow his
charge that France is imperialistic
by accusing "us of having started
the war in 1914"
eff President Wilson no longer en-
joys his full faculties it should at
least be necessary to quiet him
enough to prevent those periodic
epistolary manifestations with which
he disturbs world opinion. 1t is I'M
dignifed for the United States to
permit the opinion to become general
that the republic is presided over by
such a man.
"Mr. Wilson, who, during his stay
in Paris, believed himself the worlds
sovereign now backs up, frightened
by the imperialism he has discovered
in the supreme council, especially
France. He believes the military
party now controls us. Shortly he'll
be accusing us of having started the
war in 1914"
"This mamie merits indulgence
now has annihilated the treaty of
Versailles, of which formerly he
proudly boosted his paternity. This
professor of democracy does not
concern himself with what is hap
pening in his own country; which
is seeking to wrest from Great Brit
ain mastery of the seas.
''He respects his own Monroe doc
trine but will not permit its appli-
cation anywhere else. Mr.. Wilson
will end by alternating his best
friends. If he receives a certain in
diligence it is only because it is rec
ognized that he is affected seriously.
it is dangerous to allow
this sick man to continue to disturb
the worlds tranquility by his intol-
Grant and impestuous wanderings."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-23
EUROPE is BITTER
TOWARD PRESIDENT
LEADING BRITISH AND FRENCH
PAPERS CAUSTIC IN THEIR
COMMENT ON WILSON

LONDON.-The Globe is the first
newspaper in this country to break the
editorial silence regarding President
Wilson IS letter to Senator Hitchcock.
1t says:
president Wilson g letter to Sem
ator Hitchcock raises the query as
to whether it is indicative of his be-
ing so far restored to health that he
must need speak plainly and vigor-
onsly or whether it shows his condi-
ton to be such that he can not re-
strain himself from manifesting his
private petulance by public indiscre-
lions. Be that as it may, the
president g true friends will deplore
his unworthy and almost unmannerly
outburst which will lay him open to
pointed retorts on the part of our
French allies"
Reviewing the position of President
Wilson in peace making, the Globe
declares that he els tempermentally
untitled to deal successfully with po-
sition demanding certain measure Of
give and take. The world has
suffered and is suffering.
eve won't enter into any detailed
discussion of the presidents conduct
in writing publicly that the French
militarist party is now in control, for
we know that our friends across the
channel will deal faithfully with that
egregious statement. But we can not
help wondering what would be said
in the United States should Deschanel
write to Millerand, asserting that the
money making element is in control of
the United States. We fancy that the
shrill American cutlery would be dis
tinctly heard across the Atlantic.
cit is no exaggeration to say that
the illness of President Wilson has
provoked the sincere sympathy of the
whole civilized world. But his recent
ebullitions elicit a. certain degree OF
sympathy for the United States. Z"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-23
TELLS STAGGERING
COST OF HOLIDAY
FIGURES SHOW AMAZING LOSS
TO BUSINESS AND TO INDI-
vIDUALS IN WAGES.

NEW YORK are not enough
figures ON typewriter to indicate what
the United States pays for its annual
array of holidays.
In both money and time, the high
cost of loafing mounts in a year to
sums too great to conceive or to rows
of figures too long to read.
Statistics sharks, however, have man
aged to gather data that may come
within a few million dollars of the
correct mark, and may not miss the to.
tad time lost by much more than a cou-
pie of centuries.
Here are some of the facts well-in-
formed mathematicians point to as
! proving their point that America would
be richer by few trillion dollars if the
public took fewer off days"
"During 1920 the almanacs list just
national holidays, generally observed
throughout every state, and none OF
which fall on Saturday. In addition,
there are half-holidays observed on Sat
urdavs in most states, enough, they say.
tn amount to 26 whole holidays. In all
then, there are So whole holidays on
which office workers, store clerks,
teachers and toilers in dozens of other
| lines cease work.
Take, for example, an office of 100
persons. Thirty five holidays are grant
ed each employee, making in all $500
DAYS for the office force, not counting
SUNDAYS. This sum amounts to little
| more than IL years, therefore, for each
office of 100 persons.
Placing the average weekly salary OF
the employees at $50, simple arithmetic
! will show the loss to the one employer
for the IL years is $1,716,000. To this
sum must be added wages lost by union
worker whose pay is reckOned on
Kline basis; loss because of no produc
ton: loss in manufacturing plants
where steam must be kept up and over
head expenses go on regardless OF the
| holiday, and to railroads and transpor
tation companies whose lines are over
congested by freight and passengers the
| following DAY.
The money loss throughout the Unit
ed States would be somewhat around
SIS, $50, 0OO,0 900, counting only the items
SUGGESTED above, while the time loss II
the whole country would be about 800,
100000 working days or 559,ll8 work
ing years.
If the sharks are right. and there ha'
been no one to step forward to chal
lenge their figures, the total losses viii
probably nearly double the figures al
/ ready presented, because they declare
no consideration whatever has been civ
en- for the 80 holidays that are faith
fully observed in various states cele
brating sectional, religious or local his
! torical incidents.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-23
ISOLATE THE
PINK BOIL WORM
GEORGIA BOARD WILL TAKE
DRASTIC STEPS AGAINST
NEW COTTON PEST

Georgia may prepare drastic meas
ures like those in Florida, Alabama
and Arkansas to combat the pink
boil worm when the State board of
entomology meets in Atlanta this
week.
The pink worm first made its ap-
pearance on the Texas coast from a
shipment of cotton brought in from
Central America, and wrecked off
the shore in storm. Many bales
were washed to land where they lay
and rotted. The worm made its ap-
pearance the following year.
From Texas, the worm developed
into, flying moth and appeared in
certain parts of Louisiana, whence it
is believed to have gone into Missis-
sippi and parts of Oklahoma.
Rigid Quarantine Regulations
Florida, Alabama and Arkansas
have adopted rigid quarantine regu-
lations against all of Texas and a
greater part of Louisiana, and the
federal government has prescribed
non-planting territory in Texas.
The pink worm ravages the cotton
far more disastrously than the boil
weevil. His form of attack is said
to be made at the stage when the
farmer has just succeeded in staving
off the boil weevil The worm bores
into the boil attacking the cotton up
to the time of maturity. He proceeds
hnI 10 flxy
placing eggs in the seed and staple,
thus enabling them to be baled and
transported to other parts of the
country.
Georgia entomologists will consid-
err the best means to get preventative
measures in the quickest possible
time. Similar regulations to those
adopted by Florida, Alabama and Ar
kansas will prevent the shipment into
Georgia of any raw cotton, cotton
seed or other products from any in
tested state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-23
FREE SEED GRAFT
AT LAST AT AN END
SENATE PUTS STOP TO CUSTOM
NEARLY A CENTURY OLD
REFUSE MONEY FOR SEED

AS the result of the senate agricul-
tural committees action in striking
the free seed item from the agricul-
tural department estimates, 100000
amateur and professional farmers
next year will not receive their GUS
tomary package of free seed from
Washington.
This action by the senate came too
late to affect the sending out of seed
this spring by the senator's and con-
gressmen, consequently 500 tons of
free seed will be distributed to all
parts of the United States in few
weeks. The striking of this item
from the estimates will effect a saw
ing of $4,000, which is the cost each
year of raising or purchasing the
seeds and preparing them for ship
ment. Each member of congress was
allotted $4,000 packages for distribu-
ton.
Custom Began in 1929
The custom of distributing free seed
broadcast began in 1929, with an ap-
preparation of $1,000. 1t developed
until 20 carloads are sent out each
year in millions of packages. The
work of sorting and packing the seeds
takes all winter, with 1880 packets of
seed being turned out every minute.
The idea of this seed distribution by
the government grew out of a British
experiment in 1743.
The first attempt since 1894 to end
the free seed custom was made sue
cessfully this year. Congressman say
free seed will never come back, as
American agriculture is on it's feet
ito stay.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-23
Uncle John Shell Again Widower;
Fights for Son Despite His 1872 Years

return the child to him. Chappell re-
fused.
Shell returned home, obtained ri
file. mounted his mule and, overtaking
ChappelI and the boy, forced Chappell
to release the child. "Uncle John"
took the boy on the mule with him
and the two returned to their cabin
on Greasy Creek.
The aged mountaineer is known all
over the state of Kentucky which re-
CARDS him with pride as longevity
advertisement. He celebrated his one
hundred and thirty-frst birthday by
taking his first ride in an automobile.
He was married the first time when
he was 10 years old, and lived with
his first wife for more than 80 years,
making his home in one house for rs
years. He is the father of 20 chill
dren, the oldest now living being
more than 80 years old. Six years
ago he married again at the age of
125 years. By his second wife he had
one child-a boy.
"Uncle john" of record, was born
near Knoxville, Tenn, II years after
the battle of Bunker Hill and was full
grown when the war of 1912 came.
When the Civil war came Shell, IA
years of age, was too old for service.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-23
SAYS PRICES WILL
GO STILL HIGHER
THIS IS OPINION OF FEDERAL
RESERVE BOARD-PROSPER-
GUS SEASON FORECAST

Arrest of the ascending prices of
the necessary commodities essential
for the maintenance of life is not to
be expected for a number of months
or during the current year, in the
opinion of the federal reserve board,
which has just completed survey of
business conditions throughout the
country.
A prosperous business season dur
ing the spring months is predicted,
but on the basis of increasing cost
or stationary quotation. Merchants
expressed SIMILAR views respecting
the improbability of price reduction
until some rather distant date in the
future. Dealers generally are inclin-
ed to sustain the views of the reserve
board.
Farm Labor Scarce
The most serious situation in the
labor field is that referring to farm
workers. A genuine scarcity is re-
ported that might result in farm acre
age reduction. An early ending of
the general expansion contingent on.
war and postwar conditions is fore
cast in the reserve boards report.
Banking authorities everywhere are
viewing the general credit situation
with concern and are urging the adop-
ton of conservative policies.
A decrease in prices is recorded in
certain lines and there is tendency
toward restricted trade in others. In
terest rates are advancing in most of
the federal reserve districts, while
bankers are exercising greater de-
gree of discrimination in making
oans.
Higher Interest Curtails Trade
"The increase in interest" says the
reserve board "has the effect of fore
ng shrinkage or contraction in the
yolume of trading in all classes of Sc
,urities, the magnitude of which is
'egarded by the board as alarming.
General prospects at the close of
February were for an active and pros
porous spring season in all lines.
4 agricultural prospects are regarded
is 'reassuring.' Curtailments of ex-
ports due to the exchange situation is
likely to be of benefit soon to the con-
;umer rather than injurious, in view
If the many banking authorities.
There is a tendency to resist the adj
yance in prices and greater care is
exercised in purchasing, which are
egarded as favorable symptoms"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-23
SHERIFF OFFERED
REWARD FOR SON
CAROLINA OFFICIAL CAME TO
GEORGIA AND CARRIED YOUNG
MAN BACK AS PRISONER

ATLANTA.-Sheriff S. ]. Scar
borough, of Lee county, S. c., arrived
in Atlanta today to take back his son,
7, L. Scarborough, alias, B. F. Hicks,
twenty-four years old for whose ar
rest he had offered a reward of $500
and who was taken into custody by
Patrolman w. C. Hardy in this city.
1t is charged by Sheriff Scarborough
that his son is wanted on charge OF
highway robbery.
Young Scarborough declared when
taken into custody that he had com
mitted no crime in Lee county, but
said he did hold up several gamblers
and four policemen in Sumter, 5. T.,
and relieved them of $23 in cash. He
said he was arrested, convicted and
later paroled and was on parole when
arrested by Patrolman Hardy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-23
Aged Kentuckian Took Down
His Rifle and Recovered Six
Year-Old Boy.

Uncle John Shell, who has attained
his one hundred and thirty second
birthday, and is believed to be the old
est man in the world, participated the
other day in one of the most exciting
episodes of his life, according to re-
ports from Shells home on Greasy
Creek, KY.
Shell had been away from home and
ON his return he found his 35-year-old
wife fatally i'll. She died in few
hours and .FUncle John" notified his
wife's relatives, among them George
Chappen, his 75-year-old father-in-
law.
The funeral took place on snow
covered hillside, and Chappell, appar-
emily believing his 132-year-old SON
in-law to be unable, because OF his
AGE. to care for his youngest son, SIX
wears old, proceeded to take the boy
home with him. Shell hurried after
his father-in-law and begged him to
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-23
HIKES TO TOWN WITH
HIS WIFE ON HIS BACK
Deep Snow Doesn't Stop Giant Man
and Midget Spouse

BRATTLEBORO, Vt.-Mr. and
Mrs. John Brush, known throughout
this section as punch and Judy" at
tracted much attention when they
came to the city the other day.
Mr.. Brush is the tallest man in the
county. Mrs. Brush is the shortest
and lightest woman in the county.
Brush stands 65 feet, inches in his
stockings and weighs 240 pounds.
Mrs. Brush is just five feet tall and
weighs SO POUNDS.
When they arrived in the city, Mrs.
Brush sat astride her husbands Shout
ders and had her feet in his overcoat
pockets. Mr.. Brush wore his snow
shoes. He said that foot of snow
fell out his way during the night; that
all night his wife had a toothache.
When morning dawned the roads
were full of snow so that he could
not drive a horse, and as they had
business in town and his wife wanted
that aching tooth extracted, he vol
unteered to carry her on his shout
ders.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-23
EXODUS ON FROM
DRY UNITED STATES
81 900 HAVE LEFT SINCE JAN. l
IN SAME PERIOD ONLY $4,000
HAVE ARRIVED IN AMERICA

NEW YORK.-Prohibition is caus-
ing so many foreign Bern to leave the
United States that emigration is ex-
ceeding immigration, according to
Congressman Isaac Siegel, a member
of the house immigration committee.
Ellis Island records today showed
that immigration since January l to-
tailed $4,000, while 81 900 persons
left the country. Most of the latter
have gone back to Poland and Czecho-
Slovakia to stay. It is estimated
that the figures for March will be
$4,000 departures and $4,000 arrivals.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-23
TREATY RATIFICATION
HAS FINALLY FAILED
DID NOT RECEIVE NECESSARY
TWO-THIRDS. HALF OF DEM
OCRATS LEFT WILSON.

WASHINGTON - The peace
treaty again failed of ratification
Friday night in the Senate, the res
olution containing the reservations
that had been voted by the Senate,
failing to receive a twothirds ma
jority. The vote was 40 for ratl-
fication and 35 against.
On the roll call Fl Democrats
broke away from the Wilson ranks
and voted for ratification. Demo-
Gratis who voted against ratification
were %. The Republican members
voted % for and IL against rati-
fication. Senator Smith voted
against and Senator Harris voted for
ratification.
Returned to President.
A resolution then was adopted
directing that the treaty be re-
turned to President Wilson with a
notification that the Senate had re-
fused to ratify it.
After an Intellectual attempt by
Senator Knox, republican, Penn
sylvania, to get consideration of his
resolution declaring the war at an
end, the senate adjourned.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-23
PALMER and M'ADOO
DISAGREE SHARPLY
FORMER DENOUNCES LATTER'S
ATTITUDE IN ASKING UNIN-
STRUCTED DELEGATES

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Attorney
General Palmer, in appealing for an
instructed delegation from Pennsyl-
vania at a meeting of the Palmer
campaign committee of Pennsylvania
at Harrisburg, denounced the atti-
tude of former Secretary McAdoo in
asking for uninstructed delegates.
"I am not in accord with the sug-
gestion that the people shall take no
mart in the campaign, and that un-
pledged delegations to the national
convention should be left perfectly
free to make such nomination or
write such a platform as political ex-
pediency or the plans of the leaders
at the time may dictate" said Palmer
in a statement in which ne touched
on his candidacy.
Aimed at McAdOO
This reference to the moves on the
mart of several candidates for the
Democratic nomination is interpreted
nv politicians to refer distinctly to
Mr.. McAdoo, who has said that he
did not desire pledged delegates IN
letters sent to democratic leaders IN
Georgia, California and Michigan,
While Mr.. Hoover has assumed a
somewhat similar attitude, he has not
made his position so pronounced as
has Mr.. McAdoo, whom the Palmer
leaders regard as Mr.. Palmer's
strongest rival for the nomination.
This distinct attack on the policy
of Mr.. McAdoo means, according to
democratic politicians, that the demo-
cratic pre-convention campaign VIII
take on bitterness that may develop
nersonal animosities among the
friends of Palmer and McAdoo IN the
cabinet.
May Call in Wilson
Some leaders predict that this stu
alton. with a member of the cabinet
centering his attacks on Mr.. McAdoo,
will bring about a condition where
the president himself may be forced
to take a hand in order to prevent
party split.
On the other hand, that element IN
the party, which is intent on nomlnat-
ING Mr.. Hoover, foresees that with
Palmer and McAdoo at odds a COM
may be made at San Francis
co favorable to Hoover:
The issues which will be urged
against Palmer are gradually being
unfolded by different agencies. VI
ganized labor will be found IN OPPOSE
tion to his candidacy. Pro-Germans
and those who suffered from Mr.. Pal
mer's conduct of the alien property
cnstodian's office, are certain, In the
opinion of Mr.. Palmer's managers, TO
other candidates as means
If showing their dislike for the oftl-
eial acts of the former alien property
custodian.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-23
800 MILE SPEED IN
AIR is PREDICTED
Expert Sees Nine Hour Trip Across
American Continent. Say That
1t Is Practical Project

American comment. DAY Audl
1t Is Practical Project
NEW YORK-In the future an air
plane may rise at San Francisco and
cross the continent in nine hours
speed rate 300 miles an hour
The preliminary work for such a
flight is now under way in the engi-
neering department of the army air
service. Several private firms are
also working toward it. 1t is not a
dream or hope.
1t is project which engineers firm
ly believe will be achieved as soon as
the several necessary factors can be
Incorporated in one plane. These fac
tors have all been proved on separate
planes.
The nine hour transcontinent plane
would have to be climber that could
pass the 10000 foot level; it would
have to have a useful load carrying
capacity to permit it to carry fuel
for nine hours, and it would have to
be engined so as to have a speed
through still air in excess of 100
miles per hour at the flying altitude.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-23
STILL 21,OOO,OOO HORSES ON
THE FARMS

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The ex-
tent to which motor vehicles are
supplanting the horse on farms is
problematical, department of agri-
culture experts declare. A recent
disclosed that at least 50,-
Qlnarr the country own
nv IL Use on
their farms. ars and
trailers were eXcluuv> n many
cases the introduction of a truck
on a farm indicated provision for
increased hauling rather than an
actual reduction in the number of
horses used. Horses on farms
reached their maximum in 1918,
and since then have been decreas-
ing gradually. Their number on
January 1 this year was 21,109,-
600, a decrease of $4,000 head
from January last year. The
horse market is regarded as I'M
settled and the future equally I'M
certain. The best demand during
the last year has been in the south.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-23
SHORTEST MAN IN
ILLINOIS DEAD

MACOMB, Hl.-John KEEL
ley, so years old, said to be
the shortest man in illinois,
died of apoplexy tonight at
his home. Kelley was Al
inches in height and weighed
$50 pounds. In his younger
days his legs were double
Jointed, enabling him to move
as rapidly backward as for
ward. Kelley used a steplad-
der when Harvesting his
horses.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-23
SENATOR HARRIS GETS NEW
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
Receives Assignments to S0me' of
Most Important in Body

receives Assignments 10 O0Hle OI
Most Important in Body
u. S. Senator William ]. Harris, of
Georgia, a member of the committee
on appropriations, has been appoint
ed a member of the subcommittee on
legislative, executive and judicial APP
preparations.
Senator Harris succeeds the late
Senator Martin, of Virginia, who was
Democratic leader, on the sub-com-
mittee which is considered one of the
most responsible in the senate. The
Georgia senator was named despite
the fact that he is one of the new
members of the senate.
This subcommittee makes recon-
mendations for all appropriations in
the senate for the various legislative,
executive and judicial branches.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-23
U. S. SWEET" REPUTATION
BECOMING WELL KNOWN

Observation-Disclosures repu-
tation as a "sweet tooth nation has
spread with the result that today Its
exports of candy are ten times what
they were year ago. During 1919,
me value of candy exported was Sl2,-
SO5, O82. 1t was distributed among
81 countries. In 1918 our exports
We're $1,225, 1928.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-23
PEACE TREATY SLOW SELLER

PARIS, France.-Copies of the
treaty of Versailles sell for 25 cents
in Partisan book stores. There is
little demand for it, however. and the
price is expected to drop to a nickel
copy.