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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-09-06
She was fat.


The Indicator on the scale sped
swiftly past the 200-pound mark AT
$50 pounds it paused in bewilderment
and then sped on again. Then HO
pounds stared the slightly weighty
woman in her crimson face. AT z0'
the scale got out of breath and pa
fence and stopped. The fat woman
sighed. .ho +horobt
And. thinking thus, she stepped from
Came swain who was very mucn
in Iove-or thought he was. On 10 III inc
niatform of the scale he stepped. L, nc
Indicator paused at $50 pounds. ne
looked startled. Just ten pounds nc
had lost. He, too, sighed, for the prinii !
rose rose path of the lover sometimes Is
hard. con,,1ar
Dawson soft drink parlor stood inc
n nSp He laughed at the cGmp ar.
SON For this scale, standing IN Inc
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-09-06
MORE AUTOS THAN
FAMILIES ARE HOUSED
FIGURES ALSO SHOW THERE
ARE MORE NEW MOVIES
THAN NEW CHURCHES.
DISCOVERY A GREAT SURPRISE

In 246 Cities New Picture Theatres
Were Erected at Cost of SAC, 100000,
More Than for Churches and Hos
pitfalls Combined.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-Secretary
of Labor Davis said on Friday that an
investigation by his department show
ed that there were more homes built
for automobiles than for families in
1920 Mr.. Davis was a bit surprised at
this discovery, but when check was
put on the figures they were found cor
rect 1t also was discovered that more
moving picture houses were built than
churches and schools combined.
1T would seem to me-, said Mr..
Davis, that we are more interested in
housing automobiles than IN housing
ourselves. | am informed by Ethelbert
Stewart, commissioner of labor stats
tics, that in 1876 cities with over $4,000
population from which returns were
received $1,204, 10000 was expended
in building construction for 1920.
o3,121 Garages Built.
The population of these 1876 cities
was 34.572,o04, or 32.7 per cent of the
total population of the United States.
There were 6S637 one family houses
constructed, at a cost of 500, IA Dos,
or 24.6 per cent of the total amount of
money spent in all kinds of building.
There were only 5,402 two family
houses built, but while in all the one
and two families provided for there
were 03,121 garages built.
There were 246 moving picture and
other amusement places built in these
cities during the year, at cost OF
S40.522,240, or considerably more than
the cost of churches and hospitals
combined; and while these cities con-
structed 547 school houses their cost,
S50,023.140, was but little more than
half the money spent on garages.
Far Below Requirements.
THE importance of these figures
from a social point of view is that they
show that building construction for
the purpose of housing families lags
far behind the current increase in the
demand for houses. If we apply the
marriage rate that obtained in 1910 to
the population of these go cities we
find that in 1920 362,7S5 marriages
took place in the cities considered. II
only half of the married couples seek
homes to themselves we are building
not more than half of the accommoda-
tions required"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-09-06
400 BABIES BORN
DAILY IN NEW YORK
STORK is KEPT VERY BUSY IN
CITY. EOS DEATHS OCCUR
EVERY "A DAYS.

NEW YORK, N. Y.-There is a
birth every three minutes in every
hour of each OF the 365 days of the
year within the limits of the city OF
New York; a death every seven min
utes, and last year there was mar
riage every six minutes and thirty-nine
seconds. The 1920 records of the health
department show that there were near
| ly 100000 births, close to 400 day;
$4,000 deaths, 205 day, and 1888
marriages, 216 each day.
The excess of births over deaths,
and the requirements of the newly
weds indicate beyond question OF
doubt the imperative need for increas-
ed housing facilities in a city with the
immense population of New York.
Death waits for no man, but there is
no question about the effect of lack
of Indications upon the marriage prop
osition, and to considerable extent
upon the births.
lust prior to the outbreak of the
late war in Europe this city was in
creasng in population at the rate of
nearly $4,000 a month. The almost
complete cessation OF immigration
from Europe for more than four years
and the restricted immigration since
shipping was resumed and even before
the new governmental regulations went
into effect considerably reduced the
growth in the population of the city,
but even with all this the population
| is increasing at the rate of 5000 or
10000 a month. With adequate hous-
ing facilities the increase would be
close to $4,000 a month.
Less than three hundred years ago
the first white settlers landed on Man
haitian island, and the record OF the
city of New York since that time has
been one of the real wonders of the
world.
Had 27esiA 1928.
Look back and find that in 162S
New York had a population of 20,
in 1850 it was about 1000; by 1900
it had increased 400 per cent; another
fifty years and another 400 per cent in
crease shown and 1900 found almost
10000 people, or an increase of SOC
per cent in fifty years. The next fifty
years marked an increase of 700 per
cent and between 1850 and 1900 an
increase of over 400 per cent is shown
in spite of the handicap consequent
to the civil war.
When one considers that the city
of New York has more people residing
within its municipal limits than many
important countries in EUROPE, $50.
600 greater than all Ireland and close
to 100000 more than Switzerland
some idea of the immensely and i'm
tportance OF the city in the affairs Of
the world can in a measure be COM
pretended.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-09-06
President, Once "Scab''
Painter, Displays Ability
At the White House

Everybody knows that w. G.
Harding was an editor before he
became the president of the United
States, but few can remember when
he was a painter. He was good
one. He proved his craftsmanship
in Washington a few days ago.
On his way from the executive
mansion across to his office he
stopped to watch some of the paint
ers engaged in the business OF max
ing the white house white.
Here, you don't know how to
do that" the president jokingly re-
marked to one of the astounded
workmen. LET me show you" TAX
ing the brush he dipped it in the
paint pot and went to work.
when did you learn the trade,
Mr.. PRESIDENT" asked the men.
why, on the day President Gar
field was shot I got my first con-
tract; it was for painting Baptist
church near Marion, 0. did it,
too" said the president, but he adj
mitted he held no union card.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-09-06
GET ONE BALE
FROM 1926 ACRES
MIDDLE GEORGIA FARM R
SAYS 1T WILL COST HIM
AROUND $4,000 A POUND.

ATLANTA, Ga.-One of the larg-
est farmers in one of the central coun-
ties, who also is a big business man OF
his community, reports that on crop
of IFS acres he will get probably one
bale of good cotton.
Figures on the cost OF handling the
125 acres show that bale OF cotton viii
cost him around $4,000 a pound
In the same neighborhood a number
Of other farmers have made reports on
the basis of accurate accounting on the
cost Co of farm operations that they will
have to pay for what cotton they will
gather this year, from $3.50 to $2,5C
a pound for growing the staple, on the
basis of middling..
From probably fifteen or twenty 9th
er counties similar reports have been
received
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-09-06

There seems to be little doubt III
the minds of coffee dealers that the
drinking Of coffee has noticeably in
creased the past three years. Just what
has been the cause of this increase Is
another question. Outside interests
have taken the stand that it is due IN
a measure to prohibition. However
some dealers seem to believe that there
have been other influences.
One influential factor is the publicity
coffee has been getting of late through
the National Coffee Roasters' Associa-
ton. This same association authorized
the Massachusetts, Institute OF Tech
nology to thoroughly investigate as to
whether or not caffeine is injurious to
the digestive system. Scientists seem
to be giving satisfactory evidence thai
the old theory was all wrong and thai
coffee is not a harmful beverage, but
rather a helpful stimulant.
Another reason for the increase Ii
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-09-06
COFFEE DRINKING ON THE INCREASE;
BLAME is PLACED ON PROHIBITION

the consumption of coffee is that there
is a great improvement in the brands
of coffee produced now in comparison
to those of even few years ago. Con-
sumers are getting more fastidious III
their tastes and are buying only the
best grades, it is said.
With the coming of the foreigner,
who drank lots of coffee in his native
land and still keeps up the habit, Tiers
is another bearing on the question OF
coffee drinking. And it might be that
in this case prohibition would affect 1t
because the foreigner would have 4
craving for a stimulant which he is de-
prived of and then would turn to the
next best thing and drink strong COT
fee.
But it is not only foreigners whom
prohibition has forced to drink more
coffee. Cafe men say that lots of peo~
pie who only used to drink one cup
now drink two and they believe that
1T is largely due to prohibition.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-09-06
Predicts Next Winter
Will Be a Cold One
r. Brooks of Clark University Anal
Yves Weather Records.

NEW YORK, N. Y.-That next
winter will be a cold one is the indi-
Saon OF weather data compiled by
III I. F. Brooks, formerly meteor
CDgSt OF the federal weather bureau
| eIa now associate professor of meteor
|D%Sy and climatology at the Clark
university.
an analysis of the weather records
over a century indicates that we
u Experiencing a series of alterations
~ severe and warm winters. Last fall,
/. me basis of his investigation, DR..
a S.ookS said that last winter would be
@all 1t was. And now he says that
8n. d not unreasonable to expect that
.a' winter will be cold one and that
N.Y. my winter Of 1929 will be warm
a,a s9e " weather seems to be repeating
&tsr ,m he present series of sharply al
MI i4Lau ing winters began in 1917-1S
sTb ia' me cold weather of that year.
lS5 " S5inter OF forty-hve years ago,
H. ~ maugurated a series of win
n ,S St5St were severe, warm, etc, I'M
s,;i iooz,S5. And 113 years ago indi-
H. sV r from incompletely kept records
Em; mat the winter of 1S04-05 began a
a' series OF alterations.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-09-06
CORN EARS BEYOND
REACH OF HARVESTERS
FARMERS WILL PAY PREMIUM
TO TALL MEN TO GATHER
THEIR GRAIN.

LINCOLN, Neb.-Corn has grown
so tall in eastern Nebraska corn fields
that the ears are so high in some cas-
es as to prohibit the man of average
height from reaching them at harvest,
says the weekly state and federal crop
report, issued here Corn conditions
ranging from 80 per cent in southwest
ern Nebraska to IFS per cent in east
eru sections are contained in the re-
port.
Some of the eastern Nebraska farm
ers who own creek or river valley
farms may have to pay tall men a pre-
MUM in order to get their corn pick
ed" the report says, as some OF the
ears have grown so high that a man
of average height cannot reach them
readily. However, corn pickers low III
stature will find corn suited to then
height by going westward, where some
of the corn is rated as low as SO pei
cent"
Rains came too late to furnish relief
TO part OF the corn in southwestern
Nebraska. according to the summary
Huge Potato Crop.
The potato crop stands a good
chance of being the best paying cror
this year
"One grower watched the potato
situation closely in the official weekly
and monthly crop reports and has SOLO
his crop from IS acres for $8,40O more
than he was offered earlier in the sea
con NV dealers who knew conditions
the summary declares. The Kearney
commercial potato crop of approx
mately $50 cars sold for an average Of
nearly 81 per hundred pounds in spite
of the fact that the bulk OF the crop
was sold before there was an appre-
ciable advance in price"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-09-06
Sheriff Takes Men Who
Murdered His Father
Conducted Them From the Chatham
To the Ware County Jail.

SAVANNAH, Ga. To conduct
safely TO Waycross the two men al
legged to have murdered his father was
the task assigned to Sheriff Olin r.
Robertson, of Pierce county, who left
the Chatham county jail with Ben
Axiom and Mage Carter over the At
lantic Coast Line yesterday afternoon.
Sheriff Robertson, who is over six
feet of manhood, looked quite capable
of taking, the two men back He is the
successor of his father in the office of
sheriff of Pierce county. The office
was held by his father up to the tim.
of his untimely death at the hands of
moonshiners.
Feeling runs high in Pierce countyp
it is said, against the two prisoners.
One of them is said to have confessed
to the Staying of Sheriff Robertson. 1t
was felt advisable to take the men to
Waycross instead of Blackshear, the
county seat of Pierce county.
With Sheriff Robertson in charge of
the two men the safe delivery Of the
prisoners was confidently expected
and it is not believed there will be any
attempt at mob violence
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-09-06
This Reformer Says
Cigarettes Make Liars
Of Users of Them

ANCISCO, Cal.-The
newspap SITS are finding
much copy ~ aof James A.
Walton, state Sur It of the
Anti-Cigarette LeagU california
wherein he is quoted a declaring
truth is not possible for cigarette
smokers. The newspapers ascribe
the following to Walton:
"Any man who smokes cigarettes
is incapable of telling the truth, no
matter how much he may desire to
tell the truth"
One newspaper humorist lists
many of the most prominent men
of San Francisco and California as
being cigarette smokers.
The speech was made before the
narcotics conference of the Wo-
mems Christian Temperance Union
convention here Saturday.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-09-06
Hand That Rescued
Moses From Nile Is
Willed to a College

PEORIA, Ill.-The m m m y
hand of Pharoah's daughter, who
rescued Moses from the waters OF
the Nile, was left to Bradley Poly
technic institute in the will of the
late Mrs. Annie Petherbridge, filed
today for probate.
An ancient copy of the Bible,
printed in Geneva in 1897 and
known as "the Brooches Bible" al
so was left to the college.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-09-06
~ALING REINDEER MEAT
MARKS NEW INDUSTRY

h ' rai3 of 10000 pounds of dress
Sao IEELueer meat has been received in
6rI francisco from Nome, Alaska, by
Been Dl !, OIL wholesale butchers, and has
Eord;Ipa paced on sale in retail shops, &C
Bad 4: 70 an announcement which
lndpsttrrs marks the opening of new
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-09-06
Ashes Flung to Winds
5000 Feet Above Sea
Widow and Two Children Witness
The Strange Ceremony.

NEW YORK, N, Y-Flying at an
altitude of 5000 feet over Long Island
sound Charles s. Haight unfolded an
American flag containing the ashes OF
his father, Charles F. Haight, and
scattered them to the winds. This
strange ceremony was viewed from
the ground by the dead mans widow
and two other children.
The unique disposal of the remains
of the late Mr.. Haight, a widely known
Brooklyn insurance official, was in ac-
cordance with a wish expressed just
prior to his death month ago.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-09-06
.23 WARRANTS IN ONE
DAY FOR BUM" CHECKS
Justice of the Peace at Moultrie Is Do
ing Land Office" Business.

MOULTRIE, Ga.-Louis Marie,
justice of the peace for the Moultrie
district, one day last week issued %
warrants for persons alleged to have
given worthless checks. II was the
largest number of warrants he ever
signed for one offense in one day, JUS
tice Marie stated
AS high as 100 warrants for bum"
check writer's have been issued IN one
month through his office, Dr. Marie
added. He declared further that more
worthless checks were floating around
now than at any other time this year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-09-06

Suicides in the United States during
1920 numbered OIL, including 70z
dren.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-08-19

duct clogged with such kinds, pack
er buyers and city butchers are striv-
ing to enforce fresh declines, and
most grass cattle are on a weak to
Csc lower basis than last weeks close
Good cornfed cattle are quotable
from $500 to $500 or slightly better.
Top on range cattle for the week is
SITS, paid by packers for So Dako-
tas averaging 1890 lbs. Bulk of the
grass steers sell from $500 to $6.75.
A few of the best grass heifers bring
$3.50 to $3.50, and bulk of the but
cher she stock sells from $500 to
$500. A few old shelly Gamers go
at $3.50 to $175, with bulk of can
ners & cutters from $500 to $2.75.
Bologna bulls sell from $500 to
$500. A few of the best vealers
earned $725 to $3.50 today with
packer top at $500 remaining un-
changed for the week. Best feeders
here this week have sold from $500
to 1915 and best stockers from $500
to $3.50, with bulk Of the stockers
and feeders going from $500 to $500
Tendency on hogs is again down.
ward, range today $7.75 to $1O.25,
bulk $500 to $1,000, best pigs
$1O.25. Best native lambs around
$3.50 to 1878, bulk of ewes $3.50
to $3.50, bucks $3.50 to $500.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-08-19

appeal is outstanding example of how man with
Tin this farmer money! seeks to escape the
penalty of the law by pleading "techncalties." He
claims he given opportunity to prove how good
he was, that he denied the opportunity of ad-
dressing jury but his prize technically is going
history for % years and averring that
every state senate during time has been illegally
elected that therefore the law under which he
convicted passed by illegally elected Senate.
The technicality which Mr.. Townley relies to
free him from the of his disoya conspir
used bob periodically number of 1t
has about much do with the justice of Mr. Townleys
conviction binomia theorem. Back in 1877, the
of Minnesota adopted amendment to its consti
tuition providing that half of the senate should
of Office every other session. but it failed provide
for what should be done in of reappointment
when many districts shifted around.
Following the reappointment of 1889, entire
not onehalf of the should go of Office
at the end of two The question put up to At
orney General Clapp and he ruled that all of the
tors elected for four years. and since then
Mr.. Towneys technicality is upheld by the supreme
court, then every law passed since 1898 is illegal
1t would hardly appear that the supreme court
would to Overturn all the laws enacted in Mime
ley doing his ninety days in the Jackson county jail
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-08-19
This Man Almost Threw The Bull.


The matadors of Spain have moth
ing on Gust LepistO, young farmer Of
Leaf Lake. According to the Henning
Advocate, when Lepisto was attacked
by a bull as he started to cross a
pasture Sunday afternoon, he knock
ed the animal down with a powerful
blow from the club that he had pre-
viously picked up as a precaution
against attack. The Infatuated ami
NAL charged again and received
second blow but trampled his victim.
Despite a broken leg Lepisto felled
the bull with his club and both the
man and animal lay helpless on the
ground for several moments Max
ing an attempt to crawl under the
nearby fence Lespisto was attacked
for the third time and suffered
fractured shoulder and severe lacera-
tions about his body. Safety on the
other side of the fence was finally
reached and medical aid summoned.
1t was fierce battle between man
and beast, says the Advocate, and
probably would have proved fatal to-
a weaker man than Mr.. Lespisto.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-08-19
THE TECHN1CAL1r1Es OF TowNLEY.

One A. c. Townley, a but harm
less blaherskite the uncrowned of the des
TIMES of a sovereign state but quibbing mend
violated the anti-sedon laws of the state of Min
by conspirin to hinder the of the
United States he duly convicted and
this conviction has been confirmed by the highest judic
ia tribunal of this state after having reviewed the
three times in it's various phases.
Now rather than go to JAIL Mr.. Townley has ap-
peaed supreme of the United States his
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-08-19


Minnesota Department of Agricul-
-ture.)
TUESDAYS CLOSING
Cattle 1900. Market slow mostly
steady. Calves 1,4OO. Market steady
to strong, practical packer top $500.
Hogs $500. Market steady to 25c or
more lower. Range SITS to $1O.25,
bulk $500 to $1,000. Sheep 1000.
Market steady.
South st. Paul, Mimi, August 16,
1921.-The cattle run at seven large
markets for the two-day period this
week shows an increase of around
10000 compared with the same days
last week. No cornfeds have been in
the lacol trade, and these remained
nominally steady. Grass cattle made
up the increase here and elsewhere,
and with markets for the dressed pro-
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-08-19
Real Estate Transfers.

Adams Land Co. to A. r. Hubert;
II Sc Il, FL Eldorado, $6,OOO.OO.
Jay J. Barkin to E. T. Fitzgerald;
seA II, Framnas, $16,OO0.0O.
A. L. Hall to Bert E. butcher; lot
7, blk. 9, Hancock, i$1 and other.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-08-19
WEAK UNDERGONE
ON GRASS CATTLE
Surplus Of Such Kinds In Dressed
Beef Channels Depresses Live
Market.

(By U. s. Bureau of Markets and
Minnesota Department of Agricul-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-11-09
TRUE ECONOMY CALLS FOR THOROUGH WORK

NERE who raise question to the amount of
money called for in the septic tank proposal the city
ballot November 21. The explanation is that knows
exactly what this Improvement will cost If the land to be pur
chased has to be condemned there way knowing what
the price will be until the jury gives its verdict In constructing
the septic tank there of knowing what the cost will be
until the bids opened The city has estimates from eng
the subject but times these estimates made
quate,
Therefore the city officials wish to be safe They want suf
cent authority that they be able to complete this job and
do right They do not want unfinished task their hands
They do want have do inadequate work call sub
sequen election in order to get further funds They will
the c money and will get the work done economic
ally possible consistent with good work But it necessary
that there be eeway the matter get results
and get them without undue delay.
While providing septic tank Pendleton could make
bunder than to get half way" job We need i'm
provemen that will suffice for years well for the
present 1t must have proper location and must be built
that it will work. Naturally such results cannot be expected
unless sufficient funds provided.
Pendeton now being penazed because at times in the
ras public improvements have been made parsonious
Eas When the of the city laid years ago
the city officials ultra conservative They did provide
they should have provided for the cy growth The mains
generally too small the grades often inadequate and on
many streets the mains not deep enough AS consequent
there easements from which there proper drainage
and building work has been hampeed That "cheap sewer
system has proven very expensive affair to Pendeton
not good business for the city to build sewer sys
TEN parsimonious basis blunder and that bunder
has cost the city thousands of dollars will many thou
sands more before the corrected The thing NAV
he SAID OF the old pipe used when of the water mains
were placed years That pipe cheap but proven
very costly the taxpayers The city has been busy for wears
replacing those old mains with good pipe and the expense
been heavy
With these costly experiences in mind how can anyone adj
wise that the funds for the septic tank so restricted as to en-
danger the work II we act in niggardy spirit when money is
provided for the septic tank will danger of botche
JOB and OF producing situation that will expense
to the city rather than less