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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
GEORGIA DELEGATION
DIVIDED ON TARIFF
FIVE UNDER LEADERSHIP OF
MR.. CRISP VOTE FOR BILL
TO HELP FARMERS.

WASHINGTON, D. CA curious
feature of the democratic vote in the
house on the emergency tariff bill
which the republicans had thrown into
congress as an apple of discord was
the manner in which the delegations
of adjoining states, similarly affected
by the tariff proposed, differed in their
courses with regard to the bill.
Georgia's delegation divided almost
evenly on the Forney bill. Seven OF
her members (Messrs. Overstreet,
Larsen, Vinson, Upshaw, Wise, Brand
and BelD voted against the measure,
while S, under the leadership of Rep
resentative Crisp of the ways and
means committee, voted in the afirma-
tive. The four who joined Mr.. Crisp
in supporting the measure were
Messrs. Landlord, Lee, Park and
Wright. The South Carolina delega-
ton voted solidly against the bill.
Southern democrats who voted
against the bill took the ground that
they could not sacrifice their party
principles to a temptation of apparent
expediency thrust upon them. Their
colleagues who voted for the bill gen.
orally did so on the ground that an I'M
usual condition exists and that some
thing having the effect of an embargo
is necessary to protect agricultural in
terests from ruin.
There was only one vote for the bill
in Alabama, that of Representative
Steagall, OF Ozark, but the Florida
delegation divided evenly, Messrs:
Clark and Smithwick being recorded
as for the bill and Messrs. Sears and
Drane being down against it. Texas
cast seven votes for the measures and
ten against.
In many of these cases there was no
good reason why the state lines should
have had any influence, Delegations,
however, have a tendency to act to-
gether, individually, if that phrase can
be understood. Otherwise it would
be hard to explain how there was but
one vote for the Fordney bill in North
Carolina, while ony one democrat in
Virginia voted against it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
DIVORCES MANY
Travelling Statesmen Keep Courts
Busy While Farmers Show Low
Average, Says N. Y. Professor.

NEW YORK, N. Y.-One out of
nine travelling statesmen. in the Unit
ed States gets divorced, said Prof.
Rudolph Binder, head of the depart
ment of sociology at New York
university, in an interview on Sun
day as against one out OF ninety
two farmers. AS to the geographic
distribution of divorce, the west leads
all other sections in the number of
divorces, while the north central,
south Atlantic and north Atlantic
districts follow in the order men
toned. Japan grants greater num-
Der of divorces than any other ma
ton in the world Childless couples
are divorced more frequently than
those having children.
"There has been a perceptib1e
increase in the marriage rate in the
United States" said Prof Binder.
I'm the year 1890 $40 per 10000
were married; in 1900 the figures
were Sol per 10000, and the figures
have been steadily mounting. That
is especially true among the young
er set"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
CONGRESS FROWNS ON
BIG WAR PROGRAM
PLANS BIG CUT IN ESTIMATES
OF HEADS OF ARMY AND
NAVY DEPARTMENTS.

Estimates for expenditures of the
United States army and navy during
the next fiscal year totaling $780,
100000 will be- reduced to total ex-
ceeding $750,000000, according to
members of congress who carry the
for appropriations.
Navy to Be Heavy Loser.
With respect to the navy alone, the
best friends of that fighting branch
who favor a large navy are authority
for the statement that the recommen-
dations of Secretary Daniels for APP
preparations aggregating 1858, 100000
are out of all reason when compared
with the actual needs.
1t is practically certain already that
no capital ships will be authorized this
year in addition to the present build
ing program, but auxiliaries necessary
to round out the fleet will be author
lied
Criticise Daniels Plan.
The indication is that Mr.. Daniels
for the authorization
of another three year program of con-
struction, involving the building of 88
additional warships, will be thrown
aside by the naval committees of con-
gress and sthe general board of the
navy asked to suggest those auxiliary
ships needed to round out the feet
now in commission and under con-
struction.
Mr.. Daniels suggestion of brand
new building program, involving con-
struction expenditures amounting to
hundreds of millions of dollars for
completion, is particularly criticised by
members of congress who have stud
led the status of the feet now under
construction. They say these ships
cannot be commissioned inside two or
three years, hence they protest against
new authorizations in view of the war
debt and the cali for reduction in taxes
and general readjustment of the ma
tons finances.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
MOUNTAINS IN ANDES
RANGE SUNK BY QUAKE
AVERAGE DROP OF 100 FEET
IN RECENT DISTURBANCE.
SMALL. RIVER DISAPPEARS.

LONCOCHE.-A two-days' tour of
the scene of the recent earthquakes
produced ample evidence that the seis-
mic disturbance of December s and 9
was one of the most stupendous phe-
nomena of nature that the world has
seen in recent years. 1t was caused
by a settling of the Andes mountains
and was accompanied by violent erup-
tons from the two volcanoes and a
slight disturbance at a third.
Large mountains in the Andes
range sank an average of 100 feet,
producing an earthquake much strong
er i'll violence than that which de-
stroyed a part of Valparaiso in 1906.
The center of the disturbance was
latitude 1920 and longitude 71.47 and
on both sides of the lower Francura
river. An area miles in extent i'll this
valley sank from one to three feet. The
trees growing there were not damaged,
but the buildings were destroyed.
Mountains Sink so Yards,
A mountain two miles long, between
the LaFenco and Palhuin rivers, sank
apparently fifty yards, and it is now
possible to see peaks beyond it, which
were formerly hidden. The Francura
river was formerly swift stream flow
ing between high banks, but now the
banks are almost level with the river
and the current is sluggish. One of the
rivers arms, which was a mile long
and 200 feet wide, dropped fifteen feet,
but otherwise it does not appear to
have changed. Residents of the valley
pointed out fifteen mountains which
have dropped sufficient distance to
disclose peaks that had been hidden
from sight.
The river Turbio, FIVE miles long
and 800 feet wide, has completely dis
appeared, leaving dry canyon and
no trace of it has yet been found. This
phenomenon was accompanied by vio-
lent earthquakes along line between
the Vilirica and Llama volcanoes, both
OF which erupted flames for FIVE days.
Peculiar Vertical Shock.
The most severe shock was felt on
midnight of December 8, and was
characterized by a violent, twisting
motion which broke the legs from
beds. This shock was also vertical and
it bounced wooden houses off their
foundation posts, dropping them three
feet to one side. More solid founda-
tons were pushed several inches out
of alignment. The first shock was fol-
lowed by 1914 other sharp ones, during
the following ~twenty-four hours. Ac-
companying them were noises similar
to the roar of trains. The noises came
alternately from the direction of the
three volcanoes Villarica, LLAMA and
Lanin, while the first two mountains
kept up a continual cannonading and
at the same time lighted up the sur
rounding country by shooting bright
ly colored flames more than 1000 feet
into the air
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
COMMITTEE DEEPLY
CUTS APPROPRIATIONS
THIS SUM IS $420,o14,1o2 LESS
THAN ASKED FOR. NOTHING
FOR PROHIBITION.

The sundry civil bill, carrying to-
tai of 1888, OIL ,292, or $420,914,l92 less
than was asked by the government de-
partments, has been reported by the
house appropriations committee. 1t
was the first of the big supply meas
ures for the next fiscal year to be COM
pleted and its total was $52,237,5l4 less
than the amount appropriated for SIM
liar purposes this year.
Pre-War Basis Sought.
Indicating a desire to put govern
ment expenditures on pre-war basis
the committee, first taking care OF men
disabled by war, set aside only $780,
Oil, 2o2 for actual sundry civil expens-
es OF the government.
The largest single reduction, Sl4I,--
100000, applies to the shipping board
emergency feet corporation, the bill
providing that this organization shall
be supported entirely out of various
sources of income.
Request from the department of
Justice for 100000 for enforcement of
the national prohibition act was elm
mated entirely. The sum of $4,000
was appropriated, however, for sup
pressing liquor traffic in Alaska.
The bill was reported without ap-
preparation for the completion OF the
dam and other projects of the Muscle
Shoals nitrate plant in Alabama. Ten
million dollars was asked for that pur-
pose.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
Harding Urged to Quit
The Little Charmer' .
nead OF nti-Cigarette League Writes
Letter to President Elect.

Topeka, Kan.-Miss Lucy Page
G tL OF Chicago, superintendent of
Ine international Anti-C zig arette
league announced tonight she had
sem letter to President-elect Hard
my IN MN not to use cigarettes.
On me letter follows in part:
IN meeting of the newly organ
1.ea board OF the Kansas Anti Cigar
e ed League the question was discuss
',a as to influence, especially upon the
s sro IN cigarettes in the white house
are likely to have.
.bo AS you might expect, there were
, ,1oSe present who valiantly defended
you Sr;,5 from the charge that you are a
t inena OF the little charmer.' In re-
~ Cffii , to 'normalcy,' to invoke a word
DO, your own, is it not the part of wis
e eotH 10 take the stand the war is over
D S-r me cigarette is again poison7,
sr,o Inc United States has had no
fPn,oHlng president since Mckinley,
c cioos and Taft and Wilson have
Of ieo al. records. Is not this a question
VI grave importance?"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
CUTHBERT BOY SHOT
BY BROTHER DIES
THAD AND ROE STAMFORD
HUNTING RABBITS WHEN
FORMER WAS KILLED.

CUTHBERT, Ga.-A shocking &C
cident occurred on the outskirts of the
city Tuesday morning, resulting in the
killing of Mr.. Thad Stanford by his
brother, Roe. The two brothers, with
another companion, were out rabbit
hunting, and expecting to Jump" a
rabbit each cooked his gun and walked
in open order formation. Roe, en-
countering some obstacle, was forced
to the rear of his brother, Thad, with
out the knowledge of the latter. The
rabbit being flushed, Thad suddenly
backed against the cooked gun in the
hands of his brother Roe, when the
same was discharged at close range,
the load penetrating the small of his
back The dead boy was struck by
the end of the barrel, so the whole
load, wadding and bits of his clothing
were driven into his body, practically
tearing to pieces one of his lungs.
Thad fell unconscious, his compan-
ion holding him in his arms until his
brother ran to the nearest phone to
summon medical assistance and notify
his father.
Assistance soon came, but the young
man died at IL O'Clock, never having
regained consciousness. He was the
son of Editor James B. Stanford, of
the Liberal Enterprise. The parents
of the deceased are heart-broken, as is
also the brother.
Thad Stanford was at home for the
Christmas holidays, being pupil at
Norman Park Institute. He has spent
his life here, and was popular with
Cuthbert people.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
BOW OUT OF LEGS,
RUTH is VERY HAPPY
ACTRESS SPENT CHRISTMAS
IN HOSPITAL BED, BUT 1T
DIDN'T WORRY HER.

CHICAGO, Il1.-Ruth Gordon, the
baby talk lady" in Booth Tarking-
tons Seventeen" spent Christmas in
bed with her legs in casts-but it was
her happiest Christmas, she said Sat-
urday night
Il have always worried because my
legs were bowed" she said. ut inter-
fered with my acting. Whenever I
was trying to act | was thinking
about how to pose on the stage so
the audience would be watching
% and not my bow legs"
l.. had her legs broken
by DR.. - Ryerson and set in
casts so thar would be straight.
CDR. Ryerson llfst refused the oper-
ation," she said. "He said my legs
were healthy and he wasn't perform
ing operations for looks. Finally l
convinced him it was necessary for
my success as an actress to have
straight limbs.
"When l went on the operating ia
Bile l was smiling and happy as l
could be. wasn't bit worried. The
doctor felt my pulse and all he said
was, %, GodP
"He thought it would be going
about a mile a minute and instead of
that it was normal"
Miss Gordon's husband, George
Kelley, has been at his wife's bedside
since the operation was performed and
was with her all Christmas day.
"Of course he was awfully nice to
me on Christmas" she said, "and gave
me lots of presents, but the thing that
made me happiest on this Christmas
was that l knew they would be
straight" she said -
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
70 Per Cent Not Yet Moved.

Bismarck, N. D.-Statistics of the
commissioner of agriculture and labor
show that 80 per cent of the 1920
wheat crop of North Dakota, estimat-
ed at 65,692,000 bushels, was in the
state on November l. Elevator men
report small receipts since then.
Governor Lynn ]. Frazier is trying
to get the farmers to dispose OF some
of their products to ease the financial
situation in the state.
A special committee formed of state
officers and banking officials has come
to the conclusion that marketing OF the
products at the rate of not less than
10 per cent each month is necessary.
Organizers OF the National Wheat
Growers Association who are touring
the state declare that the farmers are
holding tight to their grain.
The failure to market crops has fallen
heavily on the country banks and mer-
chants. There has been a wave of bank
failures, running up to twenty-three
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
Nakedness Censors Are
Appointed By Zionists

Two censors, armed with one
dozen wooden shawls, have been
appointed by Wilbur Glenn Voliva,
overseer of Zion, Ill, to enforce an
order against the wearing Of low
neck dresses in the Zion taberna-
Gle. The censors are to place
shawl around any woman who vio-
lates the order, conduct her from
the tabernacle and surrender her
to waiting policeman.
A sign has been posted across
the front of the tabernacle warning
Zion women against wearing dress
es without collars, skirts more than
three inches above the ankle, open
work stockings, thin sleeves or
transparent blouses.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
SEEKS HONEY NINE IN TEXAS CAVE;
GEORGIAN ON TRAIL OF GREAT HIVE

which says in part;
THE biggest bee hive in the world
is located in Texas. It's cave which
contains acres and acres of space and
acres and acres of honeycomb filled
with luscious honey. 1t also has mill
lions and millions of little honey ma
kers-so many millions of them that
their droning can be heard several hum
dred feet from the entrance of the big
cave.
Those who are familiar with the
cave declared there are now at least
800 acres of honey hanging from the
roof. They figure that this would
weigh 100000000000 pounds, and at
so cents pound would be worth $780,
900, 100000 They also figure that if
way could be found to rob the hive
annually at least $1,000,000,000 worth
OF honey could be taken from it every
year"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
Great Agricultural Project Would Be
Managed and Operated Same as
Big Corporation Plant.

A great farm, 100 square miles, Off,
600 acres in one big tract, managed
and operated in the same way a big
corporation operates its plant, is beng
planned by T. A. McNeal of Topeka;
Kan, editor of the Kansas Farmer ana
Mail Breeze.
Mr.. McNeal has had the Kansas ag-
ricultural college working on his plans
and developing details. The oo PAM AM
would require more than $l2ooo'9GO
to purchase the land, erect the 6uild-
ings, purchase the equipment and get
the property lin shape for the estao-
lishment of the colony.
Besides the farm, the plan contenlI,
plates a packing plant, creamery anu
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
One Hundred Billion Pounds Said to
Be Hanging From Roof in
Unknown Cavern.

Visions of great wealth have result
ed in z. B. Rees, of Atlanta, Ga, trav-
cling to Texas for the purpose of To-
eating the biggest bee hive in the
world" Rees read in a magazine of a
honey mine" which is said to be To-
Gated near Menard, Tex. He has been
unable to find any man who can di-
rect him to the hive" which was re-
ported to be in cave formed by a
limestone rock bluff, where 100000
100000 pounds of honey are hanging
from the roof.
No one has been able to gather the
honey. If Rees can. find the hive" he
proposes that the company he repre-
sents build refinery and extract the
honey. Rees has a magazine clipping
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
Moving to Cut Cotton Crop.

Memphis, Tenn.-There is SO much
unmarketable cotton in the south that
the cotton convention held here re-
Gently asked congress to have a census
taken to get the figures. The big thing
done at the convention was to pledge
the entire south to produce but one
half the cotton that was raised this
year. Under this movement no farm
er shall plant to cotton more than one
third of his lands under actual culti-
walton.
These restrictions will be enforced
through credit restrictions and by de-
NAL of credit to any farmer who re-
fuses to Join the movement.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
REAL kU KLUX in
PARADE AT COLUMBUS
A WARNING TO THE LOAFERS
WHITE AND BLACK THAT
THIEVING MUST STOP.

COLUMBUS hite-robed figures
paraded some of the streets of the city
tonight scattering warning circulars to
the loafers and undesirable class Of
citizens.
Many negroes fed in terror, seeking
cover in the dark sections of the city.
The notice read:
Warning, undesirable, both white
and black, we are after you. We know
you-take warning-this loa6ng and
thieving and proving around has got
to stop. XII KLUX."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
Tobacco Situation in Chaos.

Louisville, Kentucky.-The tobacco
situation in Kentucky is in state OF
chaos. With prices on the few loose
leaf floors that have opened averaging
less than one-half of those paid for the
corresponding period last season the
growers, in addition to planning cut
out of the 1921 crop, are forming as
sociations to prize the present crop
and hold for better prices.
The Burnley crop probably will ex-
coed 250,000,000 pounds.
Some of last years crop in the
Owensboro, Henderson and Hopkins
vile districts has not yet been sold.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
Horses Have Tree
In Boston Christmas

BOSTON.-At Christmas tree
set up in postofice square draught
horses of the business district gath
cred around for gifts today. From
the tree they nibbled apples and
sugar Jumps and from feed bags ate
their fill of sugared corn on the cob,
carrots and oats. The Massachu-
sets Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, which arranged
the horses Christmas tree, provid-
ed also for the drivers, serving
sandwiches, doughnuts and coffee
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
eoTToN MILLS TO PAY
"A MILLION IN DIVIDENDS
0ieenVllle S. c., Textile Plants Show
substantial Profits For Year

ma 9taHIEENFILLE, S. C-Approx;-
will h. al q laiI lion dollars in dividends
by tw W. paid January l to stockholders
Greenv;misy cotton mill corporations of
nation i ~ county, according to infor-
Gus i5st o;otalned today from the vari-
agere nars.tltutions. The mills have an
100000. p''"iization OF about $780,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
CRIMEA CAN BOAST OF
BAREFOOT MILLIONAIRES

Shoes Cost Fifty Thousand Rubles the
Pair in That Country.
-Barefooted millionaires
are reported prevalent in the Crimea,
according TO letter of Swiss woman,
quoting prices in deprecated Russian
rubles.
The income of peasants is great be-
cause the land there is productive and
a pound ofsswheat sells, roughly, at
1000 rubles. On the expense side of
the ledger shoes cost $4,000 rubles and
suit OF clothes 100000. Farm a.
borers get 10000 rubles day.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
Corn cheaper Fuel Than Goal.

Topeka, Kan.-Millions OF bushels
of wheat and corn are lying in the
fields of western Kansas and several
millions of bushels of corn is yet to be
husked. Elevator men estimate that
the farmers are holding 100000
bushels of wheat because OF the. prices
and about the same amount of corn.
Twenty per cent of this wheat was
grown and harvested last year.
Reports from western counties say
that farmers are burning corn for fuel
because it is cheaper than coal at Sl2
and S14 ton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
PLANS FOR HUGE, $4,000 ACRE FARM
BEING DEVELOPED BY KANSAS EDITOR

a -four mill, so that all the foodstuffs
which the farm produced could be
manufactured on the farm and the
surplus sold.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
STRIKE BY FARMERS
STAGNATES MILLIONS
WHEAT, COTTON AND TOBAC-
co GROWERS HOLDING OUT
AGAINST LOW MARKET.

LINCOLN, Neb.-Seventy per cent
of Nebraska's wheat crop of 100000
bushels is still held on the farms al
most entirely because of the low prices.
In forty-two counties of the state the
farmers have organized and pledged
themselves to hold their wheat until
the price reaches So bushel.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
VACANT FARM HOUSES.

Vacant farm houses in Ohio increas-
ed last year from $4,000 to 10000, a
gain of 81 per cent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
COLORADO SENATOR
WARS ON LOBBYISTS
BUT LITTLE AID is PROMISED
HIM IN EFFORT TO ROUT
PROPAGANDISTS.

Senator Thomas, of Colorado, would
rout the lobbyists and propagandists
from the capitol so that congressman
can work. He said that the 1obbies are
interfering with @hy orderly conduct OF
the house and senate.
A poll of the members OF the pres
ent congress who were reelected IN
November, however, shows that Mr..
Thomas will stand almost alone If he
attempts to start a fight on the four
great Hobbies now entrenched III Wash
ington-the Anti-Saloon League, the
International Reform Bureau, now
launching a moral crusade to make the
United States a sinless nation by law,
the organized farmers, and the COM
bination of women's organizations.
There is promise of strong support tor
a movement TO break the growing
tariff lobby" but that also has many
friends with the new leaders of con-
gress.
Women Most Persistent Lobbyists.
Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel
for the nti-Saloon League, said he
holds himself and his organization
ready for a congressional inquiry at
moments notice, but he does not ex--
pect a showdown. He is going ahead
with his program of legislation, and
will also take a hand in the naming OF
prohibition enforcement administrative
agents.
The most persistent lobby is that of
the organized women, who are de-
manding action on the Sheppard Tow-
ner maternity bill. Congress. is em
barrassed over this lobby, for it is
open, above-board and daring.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-01-04
Smallpox Has Appeared
In a Number of Counties
The Disease Seems to Be Spreading
Throughout This Section.

Smallpox has appeared in a number
Of counties in this section, and there
is fear it will become generally preva-
lent before the end OF the winter.
In Sumter county negro on a
farm near Americas has a well-devel-
that he was exposed to the malady be-
oped case of the disease, and he states
.k4unoo lIeMelS moIJ p9Aom 9q 9IoJ