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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-10

WASHINGTON, d. C.-Retail
prices appear to be the sticking
point in the country's readjustment
process, the federal reserve board said
tonight in a general review of business
and financial conditions for April.
Other factors retarding readJust-
ment were said to be high Transports,
ton charges, wages and coal and steel
prices.
Complete business recovery, the
board continued, has been slower than
was predicted generally at the close OF
the past year and expectations that
this spring would see economic and
business readjustment fairly complet-
ed have not been realized. j.,
Nevertheless, it added, the month OF
April has given evidence of an improv-
ed feeling developing with regard TO
business and the outlook generally: i,
Prices, the review continued, hao
been the pivotal point in the business
situation since the recession movement
began last autumn The fall IN whole
sale prices which has been continuous
and at times precipitate, 1t declared
appears to be in a process OF arrest,
they having shown greater degree OF
stability during April.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-10
SAYS ORDINARY CAN
NOT MARRY PEOPLE
HIS AUTHORITY ATTACKED.
ONLY JUSTICES AND MIN
TIERS HAVE RIGHT.

Hundreds of married people i'll
Georgia from this time forth are go
ing to take more intense interest in
the case of Miss Johnny Pearl Pruitt,
of Atlanta, and her plethora of hus-
bands than they ever did before. For
on the outcome in the courts OF Miss
Fruits matrimonial puzzle may hinge
the important question of whether they
themselves are legally married or not.
The larger issue in the case arose
Thursday when Geo. B. Davidson, the
third young man to- whom Miss Pruitt
was married, was placed on trial be-
fore Judge Luther Z. Rosser, jr. The
warrant against Davidson was sworn
out by Paul G. Mains, the young man
from Miami. who e1oped with Miss
Pruitt on the day before her marriage
to Davidson and was married to her
by Judge James R. George, ordinary
of DeKa1b county, in Decatur. The
question of which of the two young
men is Miss Johnny Pearls husband
came to a head before Judge Rosser
when she was placed on taeestand.
"Who is your husband?" asked At
torney Ernest Buchanan, representing
Miss Pruitt. The girl said: Il don't
know" Attorney Buchanan then pro-
ceeded to argue in this wise:
That the constitution of the state OF
Georgia delegates the right to perform
marriage ceremonies to justices Of the
peace, and ministers of the gospel
only, and does not delegate said .au
thority to ordinaries, That therefore
the Mains Pruitt marriage was illegal
That Miss Pruitt was not married a
all when she and Davidson stood be
fore the preacher and thus she be-
came Mrs. Davidson in due and legal
form.
Judge Rosser, however, could not
see it that way and he bound over
Davidson to the grand jury on the
charge of bigamy and fixed his bono
at $500, which Davidson promptly
IL
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-10
Respect For Government Lower Than
Any Time in Past Century, Says Taft

in the average comfort of living for
most people has emphasized by con-
trast the privaiton and suffering of
what is called the submerged tenth.
The usefulness of government is
guaged in the judgment of many chief
" by the measure of relief it offers to
that part of the population. More than
this, the betterment in the condition of
all the people, due in part to personal
liberty and greater equality OF oppor-
tunity has created in the minds of q
considerable number a desire for wider
equality of comfort and living and
prompts the demand that government
shall bring about an economic, as dis
tinguished from political, reform"
Mr. Taft asserted the socialist party
is seeking to create class war and
he denounced the dangerous DISPOSE
ton manifested within recent years III
organized labor to threaten general
strike"
He said the Non-partisan League, a
combination of farmers originating in
North Dakota, is not a patriotic Amer
lean party, and declared that the types
of immigrants arriving today form the
nucleus of the socialist party and
strengthen the anarchistic group.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-10
LIQUOR TILT In
CONGRESS FORECAST
WET" AND DRY" FORCES MO-
Billie FOR FIGHT. CAM
NOT EVADE LOBBYIST.

WASHINGTON, D. CA fierce
clash between the "wets" and "drys"
in congress is being waged by lobby
lists. Leaders of the house and senate
are seeking to avoid the controversy,
but they see no way out Of it. 1t is
apparent that the prohibitionists in
congress have a decided advantage in
but the minority is full of
courage and fight and ready to use
every tactic known to legislation to
block further dry" laws.
The prohibition question will be
forced upon congress, it is predicted,
with the "drys" taking the lead. In the
meantime the "wets" are preparing to
open their fight for more liberal con-
struction of the eighteenth amendment.
Both sides will welcome the opportu-
nifty to test out sentiment in the new
congress, nearly one-third of which
has never voted on any phase of ma
tional prohibition.
Beer Battle Comes First.
The first step taken by the "drys"
to tighten up the Volstead enforcement
act was the introduction of a bill de-
signed to prohibit the sale of beer to
the sick on a doctors. prescription. The
measure was offered in the house by
Chairman Volstead, of the house Judi
ciary committee The bill would not
prohibit the use of wine for medicinal
purposes, but would make more spe-
cihc and stringent the regulations on
this subject.
Upon the action of the new internal
revenue commissioner will depend to a
large extent the attitude of the prohi-
bition majorities in congress. If he pro-
cecds with the preparation of regula-
tions to make possible the sale of beer
as medicine it is believed that bill
will be presented in the house forbid
ding the prescribing of beer or its sale
in any form. If the commissioner, how
ever, shall assume that the Palmer
ruling is final then the matter will be
taken up Immediately in congress.
The "wets" will seize upon any OPP
portunity to offer amendments for beer
and light wines. One amendment they
will support looks to the permission OF
a beer with higher alcoholic content
than is now allowed. The argument
accompanying this is that it will be a
death blow to bootlegging
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-10
AMERICA is MOST
SHIFTLESS COUNTRY
BANKERS STATISTICS SHOW
AMAZING LACK OF THRIFT
IN UNITED STATES.

That the United States is one of the
most thriftless nations on earth and
that the average American is incom-
petent and reckless in the spending OF
his cash are two facts recently en-
phasized by New York city banking
concerns, following an extensive study
of thrift conditions in this country.
Without a budget system the gov
eminent squanders money wherever
and whenever the whims OF congress
direct it, the bankers charge, without
even bothering always to keep strictly
itemized accounts, and the taxpayers
pay the bills.
Individuals Are Wasteful.
The national waste is faithfully ini-
tated by the individual, the bankers as
sert. The majority of American homes
have no budget account and little prep
aration is made for the hazards OF the
future. The uneducated immigrant gen
orally exhibits much greater skin IN
spending and saving his earnings than
d oes the American-born citizen
Thousands OF the former class return
to Europe every year with small for
tunes to ease their declining years,
while thousands OF the latter enter
homes for the INDECENT.
The American Bankers Association
has gathered statistics showing that at
the age of SIS only six men out Of each
100 are self-supporting, while at the
age of IS but three are well to do, "a
out of the hundred are dependent upon
children or charity and few OF them
have sufficient means to pay funeral
expenses.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-10
PAT AND WHISTLE
VISITING new YORK
FROM NORTHWEST
FOR LITTLE BUSINESS. is
SEEKING TWO MILLION.

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Like breeze
from the north Pat Daily and his whis-
tie blew in from Nelson, B. c. No
trunk, no grip, no bag-"just as we see
me, bye" he explained. But I've me
whistle" and he stood in the lobby
and played Mary Brannigan."
Lobby of what? A bowery lodging
house? Not on your life. The best for
Pat. The Pennsylvania, or nothing.
Hard Time Keeping Room
"They gave me hard look when l
asked EN- for the room, ye see. l amt
no dude and l wouldn't wear one of
them burned things around me neck
for another gold mine. Well, when l
pulled out the roll l got the room, al
right. But I'm having devil OF
time. Every morning the maid chucks
me out because she don't see no grip
in the room and | have to go down
and tell 'em I'm still here. So now
Just leave a few nuggets laying around
and they know Pm staying"
Daily hit New York for the first
time on Saturday. He's a County Kill
dare boy, but most all his sixty years
of life he has spent in the mining
camps of the great northwest.
Pat DAILY is known to every mining
man in the west and has the conf
dence of some of the eountry's big
gest fnanciers. Pat talks of millions
as ordinary folks do of dollars. He's
a typical miner-combS his hair only
for company, Sticks up only on special
occasions.
Seeking Two Million.
Here in New York he's been getting
shines and everything, though he
hasn't got as far as getting his suit
pressed His whistle is his companion.
"You see," he explained, I'm here
on a little business. Me friend, Judge
Frederick c. Robinson, of Spokane, is
in New York and he's got me law suit.
I'm claiming about $2,0OO,O0O on a
big mine up there near the Alaska
boundary. | prospected the whole
thing and practically worked it and
they tried to kick me out, but | need
that $2,000,000. O, I've got few 9th
er little mines layin' around, besides.
Now I'll play another chune," he said
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-10
REPORTS OF PEONAGE
BADLY EXAGGERATED
PUBLICITY OF UNWARRANT-
ED RUMORS DEPLORED BY
FEDERAL GRAND JURY.

MACON, Ga.-Many unwarranted
runors of peonage in Georgia have
failed to bear investigation, and out
side of the Williams plantation, in Jas
per county, ''the evidence shows con-
clusively there is no peonage, said a
report submitted to Federal Judge
Evans here by grand jury which has
been investigating reports OF peonage
conditions on farms in the southern
district of Georgia.
K P Allen, secretary OF the local
post, Travellers Protective Associa-
ton, and foreman Of the grand jury,
read the following to Judge Evans. al
ter He presented true bills against
John S. Williams and his three sons:
"Whereas, it has been the duty OF
this grand jury to go into and 1nvesti-
gate peonage cases and that It has
come to the attention OF this honorable
body that the newspapers have con.
tinually reported various numbers OF
cases throughout the state OF Georgia
and that there seems to be unWarrant-
ed reports and rumors abroad which
tend to create an erroneous impress
sion, therefore, be it resolved, That we
make the following statement:
"Of the peonage cases brought to
the attention of this body it is found
that in only one or two instances was
there sufficient evidence to warrant
this body finding true bill.
Further, that this body deploreS
and denounces any condition of peon-
age wherever it is found to exist ard
further deplores the fact that there
have been so many unwarranted ru-
mors of conditions of peonage in the
state of Georgia where evidence
brought out shows conclusively that
they do not exist"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-10
Teaches Two Wild Geese
To Do His Fishing
Mississippi Planter Says Birds Confine
Catch to Kinds He Desires.

Mississippi Planter Says Birds Confine
Catch to Kinds He Desires.
NATCHEZ, Miss. T. Kerr, a
planter of Concordia Parish, La, and
member of the Fifth district leyee
board, has a pair of trained wild geese
fully equal in intelligence to the ia
nous hunting hog of Coz. Tucker Glib
son, the noted big game hunter OF
Natchez Mr.. Kerr has just finished
teaching the geese to fish and declares
that as they already know how to
swim and dive, it was only necessary
to impress on them to catch the fish
and bring them to the boat which he
rows alongside.
His greatest trouble, Mr.. Kerr, said,
was teaching the geese to- discriminate
the kind of fish, as he wanted only
perch, bass or trout. He declares that
this difficulty has been overcome and
that he is prepared to give demonstra-
tions at Lake St. John, in Concor-
dia Parish, at any time.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-10
JUSTIFIED IN KILLING
WARRANTLESS OFFICER
JUDGE CLAYTON, OF UNITED
STATES COURT, DISCHARGED
DEFENDANT IN ALABAMA.

MONTGOMERY, Ala.-Judge H.
D. Clayton, of the Alabama district
United States court, declared today in
the trial of a prohibition case that he
would be compelled to order a verdict
Of not guilty in the case of man
brought before him for killing an of
fcer of the law who had entered his
Office without search warrant to
search for whisky. Judge Clayton ar
raigned the so-called search and seiz-
ure" act when invoked by officers
without the proper search warrants.
"There are officers in Alabama who
are searching homes for whisky with
no other evidence except the they
say Of an irresponsible person." He
declared that none Of these, so far as
he knows, are United States officers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-10
False Eye Lashes,
Latest Feminine Fad,
Make Their Debut

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-As she
met him on the corner her eye
lashes dropped, and, blushing, she
stopped to recover them. False hair,
artificial teeth. glass eye and wood
en- legs are o. u story, but when
something new. "arp lave ar
rived in Birmingham. is
it necessary for my lady
with envy at the long curling {,
lashes of other women, for they
may now be purchased the same as
anything else-but be sure they are
we'll glued on or you may arrive
home to find one eye lashless. And
they are so hard to find when you
drop them. They come in all
shades and numerous girls are now
wearing them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-10
State Pays Nearly
Eight Per Cent for
Money to Meet Bills

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is
made at the capitol that the ad-
vance warrants of 100000 for pay
ment to the public schools have
again been sold, this time to Bond
& Co., of New York, at discount
rate of 40 per cent, which is high
err than the state ever before has
had to pay and considerably in ex-
cess of what they were bid in for
by R. N. Berrien, jr,, this year.
Berrien, however, was unable to
float the paper after the first batch,
those for January, and it became
necessary to negotiate new sale.
The enormously high rate of in
terest is due to the bad financial
condition of the state, which is said
to be the worst in its history.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-10
DISCOUNT RATES
HAVE BEEN REDUCED
SIX PER CENT TO BE CHARG-
ED BY FEDERAL RESERVE
BANK OF THIS DISTRICT.

Announcement has been made by
NJ. B. Wellborn, governor of the fed
eral reserve bank of the Sixth district,
located in Atlanta, that effective Fri
day, May 6, discount rates on all
classes of paper will be at six per cent
This, states Mr.. Wellborn, applies
to all classes of paper, commercial,
agricultural and industrial, and notes
secured by government bonds.
Prior to this announcement the. dis
count rate of the federal reserve bank
has been seven per cent, except on
government obligations, which were at
81 per cent. All classes OF paper are
now acceptable at six per cent.
This reduction in the discount rate,
which has been expected for some
time, is expected to stimulate business
to marked degree in this section.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-10
400 HENS ARE ENTERED
IN u. S. EGG CONTEST

MURPHYSBORO, Ill.-Four hum
dred hens have been entered to date
in a three year national egg laying
contest starting here November lst.
Wide interest has been aroused
among poultrymen, and eighty breed
ers from widely scattered sections have
registered a pen of FIVE hens each.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-10
Earns 80 Thousand Dol
lars While in Prison

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Leopold Ber-
kowitz, who has just been brought
back from London to face a charge of
larceny of $41 900 from a local foreign
exchange bank, brought with him $685.
600 in gold which he earned in opera
tions directed from a London prison
cell.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-10
Nineteen States Report
Over Two Million
Workers Unemployed

While unemployment hourishes
in virtually every part of the Unit
ed States. conditions are more acute
in lo states May finds the follow
ing number of men and women out
-. eka
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-10
ERECT I Husband"
separation Action
cbri..M Much and Upset the

EbandS ~ Y.-"The most
|l9l4 4 feeierred to William,
d The ARlf nan have changed
p peds Sto her husband on
b y yeststa was in the su-
l6led a a Jay to admit her
pa bs q suit for separation,
ktremrlee r husband exhibited
Esd his jealousy; that he
Plat i he cap capacity for strong
PICS OF temper.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-05-10
THREE MILLION MEN,
WOMEN UNEMPLOYED
CONDITIONS ARE WORSE IN
EASTERN CITIES AND IN
DUSTRIAL CENTERS.
WEST AND SOUTH SUFFER LESS

Business Experts, However, Are OPP
-istic, and Forecast General Re
n to Normally. Believe Height OF
Unemployment Has Been Reached.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
CENTRAL RAILROAD
RESISTS HIGH TAXES
CONTENDS RATE LEVIED FOR
GENERAL PURPOSES IN Elk
CESS OF LEGAL RATE.

Payment of county taxes in some
thing like hundred counties is being
contested by several of the large rail-
roads of Georgia on the ground that
the counties have levied rate for
general purposes in excess of the rate
allowed by law On that ground the
Central railroad has refused to pay its
taxes in Terrell county.
Corporation taxes are collected
from the railroads by the comptroller
general He collects in September the
taxes due the state and collects in De-
cember, the taxes due the counties and
municipalities. These latter taxes are
then, after being collected by him, dis
tributed among the counties and mu-
inequalities. Comptroller Gener |
Wright has received notice from some
thing like hundred counties, he
states, that the railroads are contest
ing their tax levies on the above stated
ground.
These controversies have arisen
from time to time in the past, he furth-
er declared, but are more numerous
this year than ever before. In each
case he will issue a Fl ia against the
railroad and the question will be
fought out in the courts.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
WATCHERS WEI COINED
THE new YEAR HERE
GATHERERED AT METHODIST
CHURCH, WHERE INTEREST
ING EXERCISES WERE HELD

A program of unusual interest and
scope was arranged for the' watch
night service at the Methodist church,
the pastor, Rev. Reese Griffin, enlist
ing the aid of the officials of the
church. the women's societies and the
young peoples organizations in max
ing the occasion one of real enjoyment
and uplift. The junior choir, under
the direction of Mrs. w. F. Sherman,
featured the first half hour of the
meeting, stirring musical numbers de-
lighting the large audience. The part
played by the little folks in the beau
tiful program arranged by Mrs. M. H.
Harper was perhaps the most enjoy
able of all the good things provided.
The performance of each little tot was
without a flaw, showing superior tai
ent and the most careful training.
Timely talks were made by the min
isters of the different churches, and
chairrnen of the various departments
of the church activities were called on
by Mr.. Griffin to outline their plans
Of work for the New Year. A quiet
season of prayer and thanksgiving was
followed by social hour, when light
refreshments were served by the
ladies of the missionary society. The
services came to a close at midnight,
but there was not the usual ringing
of the church bells to herald the New
Year on account of serious illness in a
nearby home.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
MRS. JULIA PACE
HAS PASSED AWAY
Estimable Dawson Woman Died Sat
urday Afternoon After Long and
Patient Suffering.

The death of Mrs. Julia Pace occurr-
ed at her home on Eleventh avenue
Saturday afternoon at o'clock. For
years the deceased had been great
sufferer, but through all her illness she
was tenderly cared for by her devot-
ed nephew, Mr.. Eugene Stevens
Mrs. Pace was about IS years old
and had for long time been faith
full member of the Dawson Baptist
church, being regular attendant on
its services as long as her physical
condition would permit, The funeral
service Sunday afternoon was conduct
ed by Rev. S. F. Lowe, assisted by
Elder R. H. Jennings. Interment was
at Chickasawhatchee church. She was
the step-mother of Mr.. w. L. Pace
One brother, Mr.. Floyd Bragg, of
Moultrie, and her nephew, Mr.. Eugene
Stevens, being the only near relatives
surviving.
Mrs. Pace bore her affections with
rare courage and Christian resigna-
ton, and death was sweet release
on the weary one who had come tri-
umphantly through great tribula-
tons"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
DARKEN GRAY HAIR,
LOOK YOUNG, PRETTY
Sage Tea and Sulphur Darkens
So Naturally that No
body can tell.

Hair that loses it's color and lustre.
or when it fades, turns gray, dull and
lifeless, is caused by lack of sulphur
in the hair. Our grandmother MADE
UP a mixture OF Sage Tea and Sulphur
to keep her locks dark and beautiful
and thousands Of women and men who
value that even color, that beautiful
dark shade of hair which Is so at
tractive, use only this old-time recipe.
Nowadays we get this famous mix
ture improved by the addition of other
ingredients by asking at any drug
store for a bottle of "Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound" which dark
ems the hair so naturally, so evenly,
that nobody can possibly tell it has
been applied. You just dampen
sponge or soft brush with 1t and draw
this through your hair, taking one
small strand at time. BY morning
the gray hair disappears; but what
delights the ladies with Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound is that, be-
sides beautifully darkening the hair
after a few applications, IT also brings
back the gloss and lustre and gives II
an appearance of abundance.
WyetH's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound is a delightful toilet requisite
to impart color and a youthful APP
pearance to the hair. 1t is not In
tended for the cure, mitigation or pre-
Vention of disease
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
SENT A BOX TO
SOLDIERS HOME
Old Veterans Were Remembered by
Daughters of the Confederacy. In
teresting Meeting of Chapter.

The Mary Brantley Chapter, U. D.
c., met in regular session Friday at
ternoon at the club house with large
attendance. Attractive decorations ap-
propriate to the holiday season bright
ened the assembly room, where Mrs.
L. Lamar called the meeting to order,
giving few words of greeting for the
New Year. Patriotic music and the
Lords prayer followed.
The short business session was full
of interesting information touching the
different lines of chapter work Mrs.
G. w. Dozier reported a box of fruits
and other good things sent to the SOL
diers' home, valued at $40. Mrs. ]. D.
Weaver presented the matter of con-
tributing to the fund for purchasing
a sword for the distinguished Geor-
gian, Admiral Benson. Action was
deferred until the next meeting. Names
of Confederate women of our section
were given in response to roll call,
and Miss Belle Cheatham, i'll very
interesting paper, gave incidents OF
their service. Other entertaining feat
ures of the splendid program were two
short readings by Miss Lucille Lewis,
"Paddy's Courting," and christmas
Gift" A vocal solo, "Whisperings,"
by Miss Lucille Jones, and two read
ings by Mrs. Jack McNulty, can Old
Sweetheart of Mine" and Aunt Je-
Nina" were also interesting features.
A most delightful social gave every
one the pleasure of meeting the schol-
arship girls and boys, who are the spe-
cial pride of the chapter and the guests
of honor on this last meeting of the
year. Sandwiches and coffee were
served by the entertainment commit
tee.