The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-03-01
POOR ARE DRIVEN TO
NECESSITY OF THlEvING
FUEL AT A PREMIUM IN THE
CITY OF BUDAPEST. LOAD
OF WOOD A CURIOSITY.


people of this city are being driven &c
wholesale thievery by the fuel short
age. The recent theft OF twenty
car loads of wood from one train OF
100 car loads as it entered the city
shows the extent to which the steal
ing is going on.
Wood is so scarce that when Wag-
on load is driven through the streets
people stop and gaze after 1t until II
is out OF sight.
Daring small boys are ever on the
alert for a stray piece OF wood or any
thing that will give heat at home.
They scamper after every passing
wood wagon, but are soon frightened
away by long whips in the hands OF
two women, who sit on guard astr1de
the load.
The operation OF unloading ton OF
Hungary's inferior brown coal before
a house attracts many ncighbors, who
make a pathetic picture as they watch
basketful after baskettul disappear IN
to the coal bin of the more fortunate
ones.
Because Of the urgency to obtain
fuel, bv dishonest means if honest
ones are of no avail, the juvenile courts
were never so crowded with youthful
offenders
Is Much Suffering.
The scarcity of fuel arose more acute
daily as winter advanced. The street
railway service has been sharply cur
tailed and people wait for hours ex-
posed to the bitter cold. The worst
operated American street car never
tolerated such crowding
Gas factories are provided with coal
only twenty-four hours at time, and
the gas is turned on now only at
noon and after 9 o'clock. Only one
light is permitted in room and not
more than three rooms i'll house or
single apartment may be lighted at
the same time Even at the most eX
pensive hotels there is not running hot
water. Saturday is bathing day. Or
other days baths can only be had at
the public baths Tor which Budapest
is famous.
One OF the latest and most drastic
steps OF the new government is the
deportation of undesirable citizens,
those suspected of bolshevik tenden-
cies or who are known to be opposed
to the present for of governmer r.
Hundreds OF these have come to Hun
gary since the outbreak OF the war
Now their houses and flats are being
Communicated and turned over to
homeless refugees from Pennsylvania
and other sections who have been llV-
ing in freight cars in the railroad
yards
Jewels Are Pawned.
The majority of the people have
parted company with the last of their
articles of jewelry, and the dealers
from other lands are not getting many
takers of their offers of fabulous prices
for gold and silver. What is called the
state executive exchange bureau,
sort of national pawnshOp, has paid as
high as $4,000 crowns for a kilogram
(of 2.20 pounds) off scrap gold, and
dealers are offering 100000 crowns in
an effort to coax another kilogram
from the people who may be boarding
their precious metal. For pure gold
100000 crowns a kilogram is offered
with no takers The explanation is
that most of the gold has been snug
gled to other countries, where the
money has more value.
The hungarian newspapers print a
warning to 10000 laborers of Hun
garian origin in the United States to
desist from their reported intention to
-eturn to their native land at this time
The papers say that the economic cri- |
sis in America can never be as bad as
t is here and urge their countrymen
lot to further embarraSs Hungary's
unemployment problem.
As if the country's cup Of misery
vas not full, it is now visited by an
Epidemic of hoof and mouth disease
md people are prohibited from buy
ng cattle from neighboring states. All
rontiers are closely watched and all
attic within twenty kilometers of the
order must be registered with the
lealth authorities.