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The log cabin Democrat., 1921-07-30

Miss Phoebe Fairgrave, eighteen years old of St. Paul, Minn.. broke the worlds mark in q 152Oo feet para chute drop. In the plane with Mss Fairgrave were V. C. Omue, pilot and Paul Goldsborough, official recorder for the Minneapolis Aero club She fell five thousand feet before the para. chute opened. She said the experience was terrible and that she hoped that no one would break the record SO that she would have to make new one.
Evening star., 1921-07-12

the country, effects as 1t comes in con.
tact with a heated atmospheric strata
q condensation Of the watery vapor
popularity known as humidity. AS a
result Of that condemnation clouds are
formed and electrical energy is re.
leased. The storm gathers and breaks.
But the cool air was coming, whether
or not.
OF course. the rain itself renders re-
lief. as it cools heated buildings and
pavements, and to that extent the
storm may be correctly claimed to be
a cooling agency. To that extent alone,
however. Yet to Jim and Jane. aver.
age American man and woman. the
scientific facts in the case matter
little. 1t is beastly hot and as they
watch the thunderheads climbing in
splendid majesty from the horizon to
the zenith they are not worrying over
dull science. STORMS coming. Thatll
cool things off," Cause and effect
matter little. For at all events the
glad assurance is there.
Evening star., 1921-07-12
The Last Interview,

Speaking to the newspaper CORE.
spondents who had gathered at his
hotel Sunday evening. to greet him
upon his arrival in town and have a
word with him, Mr.. Taft said pleas.
antly: II have passed out Of your
realm. There is no news any more in
interviewing me-"
He was in their realm a long time,
and made himself exceedingly agree.
able in it. Always approachable, al.
ways with something worth while to
say, and always saying it in terms
to entertain as well as instruct. Mr..
Taft. whatever the Office he might be
holding, was often called upon for
information and opinions, and never
disappointed the we'll accredited appli
cants.
Probably no public man in this
country Of his wide note and high
station was ever more popular or
more trusted in news gathering circles
He knew the game. and helped the
players to the extent of his ability,
When quite young man he had as a
court reporter a small journalistic ex'
perience himself. and was entitled to
employ. though he never did. the old
claim. Il used to be a newspaper men
myself"
And 50 the curtain falls. The in.
dustrious young men Of the press must
look elsewhere. The politician is no
more. The Judge has usurped his
place.
In politics Mr.. Taft met the heaviest
loss possible-the failure to be re-
elected President-and sustained it
with an equanimity that aroused gen.
eral admiration. In the law he has
just made the greatest winning pos.
sible. and Is bearing his good fortune
with most becoming spirit and mod.
esty.
Evening star., 1921-07-12

quences of extravagant water con-
sumption in the District. Pending the
actual completion Of the supplement-
ary conduit from Great Falls to the
reservoir the failure to avoid waste
In the individual use Of the limited
reserve available reserve which
may at any moment become essential
to tide over a break in the conduit
is tantamount to deliberately placing
the community in danger Of worse
conditions than today confront our
British cousins. The scourge Of
drought. should it come in England,
would be an unavoidable visitation Of
nature. Should that scourge come to
the National Capital we would have
only ourselves to blame for the at
tendant suffering.
Evening star., 1921-07-12
The Exodus From the Army.

Judging from the applications for
discharges from the Army that have
been reported from various posts there
will be no serious trouble on the score
OF the reduction ordered by Congress.
concerning which Secretary Weeks
recently expressed himself with appre.
hension. For example. a dispatch
from Newport News states that more
then 80 per cent Of the several thou.
sand enlisted men stationed at Fort
Monroe. Langley Field and Camp
Eustis have asked to be mustered out.
This is but one Of numerous cases. 1t
would appear that the enlisted men
are disposed to get out Of the Army re.
sardless Of their terms. by taking ad,
vantage Of the necessity Of reducing
ranks. Just why this should be is
a matter Of speculation. Unemploy.
ment prevails to an unusual degree
throughout the country. Yet men are
asking by the thousands to be dis.
charged before their enlistments have
expired. They either have specific
employment assured or they find the
Army conditions so distasteful that
they are willing to take chance. The
motives Of these men who are seeking
discharge should be ascertained off.
cially. If there is anything in the
service conditions which makes men
want to leave it should be known and
If possible corrected. The fact that
there are more men in the Army to-
day than Congress has provided for
and that a reduction Is necessary does
not lessen the need Of inquiry into
the motives Of those who wish to quit.
Even if disarmament is effected and
the land forces Of the United States
are reduced-if reduction Is effected
through international agreement-a
regular Army establishment must be
maintained Of some size. 1t is highly
desirable that the terms of enlistment
and the conditions of service should
always be such as to insure full ranks.
Evening star., 1921-07-12
ThunderstormS.

"Oh, for a Thunderstorm! That's
the only thing that will end this hot
wave." How often during the course
of a summer does one hear or voice
those prayerful phrases or their
equivalent. How often, scurrying for
cover as the first big drops follow the
first flash and rumble from above, do
we console ourselves for the inter.
rupted golf match. the unfinished ball
game, the ruined picnic, with the
thought, well, anyway, the storm
will cool the air." Many, many times.
For the theory that atmospheric cool.
ing is the result rather than the cause
of . thunderstorm is a most popular
misconception. No more excellent ex.
ample Of the logical fallacy Of post
hoe. ergo propter hoe" could be re.
quired.
It Is, Of course. true that after q
thunderstorm the air IL cooler. But
this 10 far from meaning that the
coolth b the result Of the storm. Az Q
matter Of scientific tact the storm is
the consequence and not the cause Of
atmospheric cooling. Cool afr. de-
scending upon . swelterins section os
Evening star., 1921-07-12
0esth In the Sewer,

The drowning Of two little boys yes.
terday IN the Soldiers Home grounds
is a ahocking reminder that there are
myAy prn cs Of danger not protected
where life may be destroyed. These
children, with companions, had gone
under a bridge spanning the outlet
Of the duck pond and a rush of water
caused by the sudden heavy downpour
Of the afternoon storm swept them off
their feet and carried them into the
sewer to their death. Lack of bars
and gratings gave them entrance to
the place Of danger and also admitted
them into the culverts and finally the
sewer. Had there been such protect
ing bars they could not possibly have
been swept away to death. They would
have been wetted and probably fright.
ened and maybe bruised, but they
would be alive today.
There should be no unprotected
opening to drain or sewer anywhere
in the District big enough to admit
the body Of a child. This Is not the
first time sudden rushes Of rain water
have carried little ones into the sew.
ers. On one other occa sion the child
was rescued and after that the sewer
was protected. Inasmuch as the SOL
diers' Home grounds are opened and
are used freely by the children for
playing in summer time. they should
be as fully guarded in this respect as
the city streets. These gratings do
not materially check the flow Of water
and are rarely choked by debris. 1t is
better to suffer a temporary inunda.
lives Of children.
Evening star., 1921-07-12
Drought in England.

The combination of an intense and
prolonged heat wave and a drought
which has endured for two months is
causing unparalleled conditions in Eng.
land. Crops are perishing. The leaves
In Hyde Park are withered and dead.
Lakes have become, shallow ponds, the
beds Of streams dry cuts in the earth.
Fires are frequent. In some places
water is sold for a penny a bucket.
There is no more terrible parent of
human suffering than drought. Man,
beast and plant-all that has life
dread the torture of unrelieved thirst
with an intensity borne Of knowledge
or advice as to the agony involved.
Water, from which science tells us
life first emerged. is still the most
indispensable element to life. Denied
its possession in generous measure,
fife becomes of little worth. The
scourge Of actual drought marches
ahead Of an army Of secondary tor
ments-fire. pestilence, hunger and
madness. The dark banners of death
float over their ranks.
Happily the situation in England,
serious though 1t undoubtedly IL. 10 one
Of approximate rather than actual
drought. Water Is available, although
the shortage thereof is apparently Q
matter for grave concern. Washing.
tonians. while sympathizing with those
who are enduring the distress incident
to that shortage, cannot do better than
to consider In the light Of the reports
frum England the possible couss.
Evening star., 1921-07-12
Rate by Mail-Payable In Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia.
A Peace Farley Assured.


Prompt acceptance by Great Britain
and by France of the invitation issued
by President Harding for d conference
on possible disarmament to be held in
Washington at an early date assures
the holding of that meeting. Italy
will doubtless accept with equal
promptness upon receipt OF the pro-
posal. Japan cannot conceivably re-
main aloof. China's acceptance is to
be assumed.
Conceived as a discussion Of the
question of disarmament, the con-
ference becomes in its mere proposal
peace parley of infinite possibilities.
1t will have greater scope and chance
of successful issue than even the treaty
meeting at Versailles in 191s-19. For
the task at Versailles was to adjust
the conditions created by the war and
to make peace on the basis Of a vic
tory. The conference to be held here
will look to the future as could not
the conference at Paris. for the smoke
OF conflict.
From this meeting at Washington
may evolve an association of nations
pledged to peace, reaching that point
through settlement Of the most poten-
tial causes of war between them, and
remission from competitive arma.
ments. If such an agreement should
be effected it will be naturally the
business of the nations comprising
this group or association or alliance,
or whatsoever it may be called. to see
that no other nation menace the
world peace by undue preparations for
war.
which reason indicated as the most
effective means of peace maintenance
after the great war. 1t would be a
working out of the theory of mutual
interests that had received so en-
phatic a demonstration in the conflict
of 1914-1s
Disarmament is the primary pur-
pose of this meeting. Attendance does
not, of course, pledge compliance.
But at the meeting itself cards will
be laid upon the table. The map of
the world will be studied. The points
of possible difference and conflict will
be identified. International fears and
jealousies will doubtless be expressed
in explicit terms. Against what par.
ticular or possible foe are you now
arming? will be the question passing
along the line. Do you arm for de-
Tense or for conquest at some future
time? If you fear. let us eliminate
fear by explaining frankly the policies
and purposes of all who sit at the
table. If you plan an extension of
power or the gain Of territory let us
understand now wherefor and by
what means.
At Versailles the delegates Of the
nations looked both backward and
forward, and their vision was neces.
sarily confused somewhat by the back
ward view. At the conference Of
Washington the perspective will lie
ahead. Motives cannot be success
fully hidden, policies cannot be easily
obscured. 1t will be poor statesman
ship. indeed, that will permit decep-
tion and tolerate combinations that
will thwart the purpose Of the powers
to lessen the burden of armament and
the likelihood Of war, purpose mani
tested already in these first hours by
and France have accepted the Ameri.
can invitation.
Evening star., 1921-07-12

Women now demanding the right
to serve on juries give no assurance
that in the course Of time they will
not be as earnest as the men in their
requests to be excused.
Evening star., 1921-07-12

Innocent islanders in the Pacific
ocean do not insist on puzzling the
missionaries by demanding minute ex.
PLANTATION Of all the civilized progress
going on in their vicinity.
Evening star., 1921-07-12

The Post Office Department will be
enabled to effect some economy If
members of Congress take to heart
various warnings against lengthy
speeches to be sent through the mails
Evening star., 1921-07-12

A number Of books promised from
German participants in the war have
not appeared. The practical wisdom
Of the publisher is often valuable re-
straining influence.
Evening star., 1921-07-12

There is disposition among sen.
ators to find some serviceable material
in the Versailles treaty, despite the
hopeless attitude Of many who assist
ed in framing it.
Evening star., 1921-07-12

No amount Of legislation and scien.
tific advice has ever done away with
the fact that most Of what the farmer
gets is what he works for.
Evening star., 1921-07-12

Old warships may go out Of service,
but the naval officers will in notable
instances remain as freshly interest
ing as ever.
Evening star., 1921-07-12

The railroads are expected to get
into shape rapidly SO that the summer
travel literature will be As alluring as
ever.
Evening star., 1921-07-12

Reductions in the cost Of food are
conspicuous excepting in the meat
market. The vegetarians have rather
the best Of the situation.
Evening star., 1921-07-12

The Sultan Of Turkey continues to
give bad example Of how to be
permanent though unpopular.
Evening star., 1921-07-12

Prize fighting has become so re-
munerative that the prize appears
= rather larger than the fight.
Evening star., 1921-07-12

The astronomical information that
there are larger. hotter suns than our
own at this season arouses no envy.
Evening star., 1921-07-12

The United States Treasury's ex-
penditures illustrate the possibility
Of OVERRIDING a one.way traffic system.
Evening star., 1921-07-12

Bootleg possibilities make the sum-
mer advice to refrain from alcoholic
beverages more urgent than ever.
Evening star., 1921-07-12
SHOOTING STARS,
By PHIIANDDR JOHNSON.

Progress.
Used to be contented
To watch q butterfly.
Now I want an airship,
Sailin' through the sky.
Used to hear robin
With serene delight.
Now I want the records,
Playin' half the night.
Used to think the wildwood
Brought Joy complete.
Now want the golf links,
Manicured 80 neat.
Times are ever changing.
No use being glum.
All our pleasures promise
Greater joys to come.
Jud Tunkins says a man who never
makes a mistake has to die fearfully
young to avoid spelling his record.
A Modest Declaration.
"You have served your country a
great many years"
II have" admitted Senator sor.
sf1um.
your people have absolute con.
fidence in you."
Il won't say that they always have
absolute confidence. But it has al.
ways happened that they'd rather
take chance on me than they would
on the other fellow"
Verscity.
The weather man doth view the sky.
His news 10 seldom good.
He says, II cannot tell q lie."
Sometimes we wish he would.
Insidious Revenge.
what did you do with that man
you caught dealing from the bottom
of the deck?"
I'VE paid his transportation to
Gravel Forks. That crowd over there
Is 80 crooked that they need comm.
up with"
Skin Recognized.
"Tlow Is Josh getting along with the
vioIin?'
"Better'n I expected" replied Farm
or Coentossel. 'Time and again it
sounds Ike It was goin' to pieces, but
Josh always has the luck to hold It
together somehow
Evening star., 1921-07-12
A Modest Declaration.

Veractty.
The weather man doth view the sky
His news 10 seldom good.
He says, II cannot tell q lie.'
Sometimes we wish he would.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-08-23
MRS. WILKINSON LAID
TO REST TUESDAY
REV. REESE GRIFFIN CON-
QUOTED IMPRESSIVE FUN
ERAL CEREMONY.

The impressive funeral services Of
Mrs. w. H. Wilkinson held at the
home OF her son, Col H. A. Wilkin
son, Tuesday afternoon at five o'clock
were attended by large gathering OF
devoted relatives and friends who were
unfailing in their appreciation OF her
beautiful and useful life so quietly liv-
ed among them and who came with
sorrowing hearts to pay the last trib-
ute Beautiful floral offerings covered
the casket and the tribute paid by her
pastor, Rev. Reese Griffin, found a
response in each heart A long line OF
cars followed the remains to Cedar
Hill cemetery for the short burial
service.
Nancy Elizabeth Dawson, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs w. H. Dawson, was
born in Sumter county, near Amerlcus,
in 1849. Her mother was Miss Boze-
man, member of a prominent Missis-
sippi family. After her marriage to
Mr.. w. H. Wilkinson the deceased
united with the Methodist church, and
for fifty years was a loyal and devot-
ed member. She was of the best type
of southern womanhood, and all were
impressed with the gentleness and
sweetness of her Christian character.
A friend in her old home, Bron-
wood, pays this tribute; Among her
noblest traits was sincerity Surely
nothing finer could be said Of her than
is contained in this brief sentence. Her
faithfulness to duty in every relation
of life was a marked characteristic
and her influence was a constant in
spiration to those within the circle OF
her acquaintance. "She looked we'll to
the ways of her household" and with
her many graces and accomplishments
gave an indefneable charm to the
home circle. She was patient and un-
firing in ministrations to her loved
ones and in return was the center OF
their loving thought and tenderness,
even unto the end.
Mrs. Wilkinson is survived by her
husband and an only child, Col. H.
A. Wilkinson, who moved his parents
to Dawson more than year ago that
he and his family might give them
every care and attention in their de-
clining years.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-08-23
NEW COTTON COMING
TO DAWSON MARKET
OPENING RAPIDLY, AND SEW
ERAL HUNDRED BALES ARE
EXPECTED THIS WEEK.

Dawson has received us bales of
new cotton. If the weather remains
fair it will soon be coming with rush,
and the warehouses OF the city will
present scenes OF great activity. The
fleecy bol1s are seen in every field
ready for the nimble fingers of pick
ers, and local receipts are expected to
reach several hundred bales by Satur-
day night.
The ruling prices are from to
= cents. Good middling was quoted
at - cents this morning. The farm
ers are selling their cotton as fast as
they bring it in.
Great activity of the boil weevil is
reported throughout this section, and
the crop in Terrell county will show
considerable slump as compared with
last year In fact, it promises to be the
shortest crop ever grown in the coun
ty
This condition is reported through
out the cotton belt, and the yield this
year will be the smallest acreage con-
sidered, the country has ever known.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-08-23

sion of various phases of growing
peaches for market
Mr.. Amos Murray, an experienced
and successful peach grower of Fort
Valley, was present, and talked inter-
estingly on how to grow peaches sue
cessfully. Mr.. John Frazier, nur-
seryman of Huntsville, Ala, told of
the best varieties to plant and the best
methods Of cultivation.
Before the meeting adjourned
pledges to plant peach trees were made
as follows: H. A. Petty 10000, H. A..
Wilkinson 10000, E. H. Stapleton g.
900, ]. S. Jones 5000. On recommends
ton of the visiting experts it was de-
cided to plant only two varieties-thc
Hiley Belle and the liberia. 1t is con-
servatively estimated that at least U.s.
600 peach trees will be planted in the
county during the fall.
1t has already been demonstrated
that peaches for market can be sue
cessfully grown in Terrell. For several
years three or, four parties have grown
them on a commercial scale, and the
quality of peaches produced compares
favorably with those grown in the fa-
nous Georgia peach belt.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-08-23
Dover Dots.

Mr.. and; Mrs. R. w. Finley and SON
MIR. and Mrs. ]. R. Heidi and Joe, jr.
Iof Albany, were the guests of Mrs. w
L. Mathews last week
The closing of the singing school
FRIDAY was attended by an unusually
large crowd. The dinner was plentiful
and the singing good
Mrs. E. H. Heidi and son, Mrs
Zeigler and daughters, Mrs. Bozeman
and Mrs. Newell Of Albany, have Wis
tied Mrs. c. S. Lee.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Thornton and
Mr.. Lawrence Thornton, OF Albany
spent Thursday and Friday with rela-
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Scarborough, Of
Leesburg, have visited the latters par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Turner.
Miss jamie Belle Turner and Master
Fred Turner, of Macon, are spending
some time with relatives here.
Mrs. C1aud McCree and little son
Miss May Radford and Mr.. Earl Rad
ford have visited in Shellman.
Messrs. Sanford Lee and Earl Rad
ford, two of our ball team, played two
games Thursday near Plains.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Thompson, OF
Albany, spent the weekend with Mrs
Clara Thompson.
Mr.. A. S. Radford has been on the
sick list, but his friends are glad to see
him out again.
Miss Mite Merritt, of Morgan, was
the guest of Mrs. c. S. Lee for the
weekend. -.
Miss Estelle Minis is attending Mr.:
SauPs singing class at Pleasant Hill
this week.
Miss Helen Thornton, of Albany,
was the guest of Mrs. Fred Stewart
last week.
Misses Pauline and Wilma Durr, OF
Sasser, have visited the Misses Rad
ford.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-08-23

See Wallace Reid in whats Your
Hurry"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-08-23
A Georgia
Funeral

III Was d OIlC-SdIluo lCl-
low, whose breeches struck
him under the armpits and hit
him at the other end about
the knee. He didn't believe
in decollete clothes. They
buried him in the midst of a
marble quarry; they cut
through solid marble to make
his grave; and yet a little
tombstone they put above
him was from Vermont. They
buried him in the heart of a
pine forest, and yet the pine
coffin was imported from Gin
cinnati. They buried him
within touch of an iron mine
and yet the nails in his cof-
fin and the iron in the SHOW
ell that dug his grave were
imported from Pittsburg.
They buried him by the side
of the best sheep-grazing
country on the earth, and yet
the wool in the coffin bands
themselves were brought
from the north.
THE south didn't furnish
a thing on earth for that fun
eral but the corpse and the
hole in the ground. And they
put him away and the clods
ratified down on his coffin.
And they buried him in a
New York coat and a Boston
pair of shoes and a pair of
breeches from Chicago and a
shirt from Cincinnati, leaving
him nothing to carry into the
next world with him to re-
mind him of the country in
which he lived. and for
which he fought for four
years. but the chilled blood
in his veins and the marrow
in his bones. From an adj
dress by Henry W. Grady.
A maiden entered street car
And firmly grasped strap.
For every time they hit a bump
She sat on different lap.
The bumps grew higher, the
joltin' worse,
Till at last she gasped, with
smile,
"Will some one kindly tell me
please
How many laps to mile?"
Y8Y
D. F. ENGLISH
High Class
Fancy and Family
Groceries
''Dan" English
Kiwanian
STEVE P. KENYON. M. D.
Office: Dean Building.
Res. Phone Office Phone
131 70
DAWSON TELEPHONE co.
GOOD SERVICE
We Give II
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-08-23
MR.. TURNER TAKES A
POSITION IN FLORIDA

Mr.. C, F. Turner left Thursday for
West Palm Beach, Fla, having secur-
ed a lucrative position with con-
struction company in that city.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-08-23
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MEETS THURSDAY NIGHT

The farmers OF Terrell county are
invited to attend the regular meeting
of the Dawson Chamber OF Commerce
at the court house next Thursday eve
ming at 8 O'Clock. The object OF the
meeting is to organize Potato Grow
ers Association for Terrell county. II
lis very important that large gather
mo of farmers be present as they are
the ones vitality interested.