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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-12
UNCLE SANS ARMY
CUT TO $4,000 MEN
FORCES HAVE BEEN SLASHED
NEARLY IN HALF IN THE
PAST SIX MONTHS.
REORGANIZATION A PROBLEM
War Department Faces Many Diff
culties in Perfecting Adequate De-
Tense With Loss of 100000 in En-
listed Personnel

WASHINGTON, d. CA fte r
months of reduction and reorganiza-
ton the enlisted strength OF the reg
ular army of the United States has
now been decreased to a mere 125,000
men, as provided for in the army ap-
preparation act, which President Hard
ing, Secretary OF War Weeks, Gen.
Pershing, chief of staff, and many pub
lie citizens resisted.
By reaching this figure, the war de-
partment announced today, the army
in little more than year has been
cut almost in half, at least 100000
enlisted men, or As per cent OF the
postwar strength, having been re
leased.
The problem the department has
faced to make $4,000 men do the
work that 225,000 have been doing
was an enormous one, almost impos-
sible from the standpoint of perfect
ing adequate defense for the country
and its possessions, but reorganiza-
ton plans finally have been worked
out and are now being effected.
Tasks of Small Army.
These are the missions which the
l25.0 900 army must perform:
Train and develop the national guard
and the organized reserves, the two
great branches of the citizen soldiery.
Maintain the necessary schools for
the training of officers and enlisted
men OF the three components Irregular
army, national guard and organized
reserves of the army OF the United
States
Maintain the administrative over
head for the three-part army.
Provide peace time garrisons for
our continental coast defenses.
Provide peace and war garrisons Tor
our overseas possessions.
Maintain a we'll trained force for
emergency purposes and to serve as a
model and demonstrating force for the
two bodies of citizen soldiers.
The existing strength is l55,00O less
than the number authorized by the
national defense act, enacted as re-
suit OF lessons of the world war, and
100000 less than the authorized pre-
war strength before the three-part
army was creataed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-12

the close OF the six-month period.
National bank circulation outstand-
ing on June 80, amounting TO $40
100000, was reported as the greatest
on record, an increase OF $5,000,00O
since May and an advance OF ST.
100000 over June year ago.
The total deposits OF national banks
on June 80 aggregated Sl5,366. 000,-
600, an increase since May of $554.-
100000 and since June year ago OF
S1,17S,000000.
Liabilities to other banks and bank
ers on June 80 was $2,953,OO0 900. a
reduction since May OF S4/ .OO0,OOO.
but an increase since June, 1921, OF
$465, 100000
The amount of bills payable on june
30 was S288, 100000, while rediscounts
amounted to $280,000, 900, the combin-
ed reduction OF bills payable and re.
discounts since May being $4,000. 900
and since June year ago Se65,OOO,-
O0C.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-12
,aseball Cocktails
Land Vender in Jail
l Does Thriving Business by Sell
ng Spheres Filled With Hooch.

JEW IORK.-"Baseball cocktail, !"
latest device OF the bootlegging in
iry, landed Max Sanford, As, their
odqccr, in jail today on charge
violating the dry law.
antord, according to Patrolman
fen, was doing land office bust
at Fourteenth street and Third
iqe late yesterday selling balls
Icn looked just like league base
\ but tasted much different-in-
TOR only so cents apiece.
Iagsuate Douras held Sanford to-
in bail OF $1,000 for the grand
a1iord said he purchased the balls
70 cents a dozen, and the liquid
rents, according to the patroiman,
|, nm about IS cents for each
u The patrolman said the de
pdnt disposed Of dozen OF these
Ee0ail cocktails" during the few
'lents he was watching him. One
.[J balls fell to the ground, spill
lnc contents, which led to the
"atlon OF the scheme.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-12
BOIL WEEv|L LOSS
HIGHEST LAST YEAR
PEST REDUCED PRODUCTION
IN COTTON FIELDS BY 100
POUNDS PER ACRE.
DESTROYED THIRD OF CROP
Damage Caused to Potential Harvest
Has Greatly Increased in Past Two
Years, According to Figures by U.
S. Department of Agriculture.

Years, According to Figures by u.
S. Department of Agriculture.
Ravages of the cotton boil weevil
were greater in 1921 than ever before
in the history of the American cotton
industry and reduced production by
1901 pounds per acre, according to
figures by the United States depart
ment of agriculture. The loss from all
causes such as climate conditions, plant
diseases, insect pests and defective
seed was 1851 pounds per acre. The
nearest approach to this figure was in
1909 with loss of l44.9 pounds per
acre, and the smallest loss was in 1911
with OILS pounds.
1t is customary in the cotton trade
to estimate the activity OF the boil
weevil in numbers of bales of cotton,
although it is recognized that were
the boil weevil nonexistent it would
not necessarily follow that the crop
would be increased by that figure.
6,277,000 Bales Lost.
Thus, in 1921 the boil weevil was
responsible on the acreage planted in
preventing the production of 6,277,0 900
bales The quantity damaged through
other causes is estimated at 4,435, 900
bales. The actual crop harvested was
4,954,000 bales In 1921 the loss on
account of the boil weevil~ was 81 per
cent greater than in 1920, when the
production of 4,595,00 was prevented
by the pest.
The department OF agriculture has
made estimates of the reduction OF the
cotton crop through boil weevils each
year from 1909 to 1921, inclusive, In
1900 the loss amounted to 136S,00O
bales, according to these estimates. In
1910 the loss was slightly less than in
1909 and in 1911 it was the least OF
any of these years.
From 1912 to 1919, inclusive, the
loss due to this cause fuctuated be-
tween 714,000 bales and 100000 bales,
the latter figures for the 1915 crop.
Loss Greatly Increases.
Cotton production that the weevil
has prevented has increased greatly in
the last two years. Expressed as a
fraction of the full potential produC-
ton OF cotton, the damage by the boil
weevil in 1921 was about "a per cent,
or, in other words, one-third the po-
tential production. One-hfth or POS
per cent, represented the weevil dam
age in 1920 Before that year the dam
age ranged from 1913 per cent of a
potential production in 1916 down to
is per cent III 1911.
Combined damage to a potential
cotton production in 1921, estimated
at 10,712,0OO bales, was greater than
the crop actually harvested-7, 954, 600
bales. In fact, it was equal to the
harvest and 34.7 per cent more, be-
cause had there been no causes of dam
age to, the potential cotton crop OF
1921 the production would have been
100000 bales instead of 7,954,000
bales, and the crop that was actually
secured could have been obtained from
42.6 per cent of the acreage that was
cultivated.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-12
|VNL GEORGIA HANG
| MRS. CORA v|NsON J?
,,p Is FOURTH WOMAN IN
/ TUE STATE TO RECEIVE
THE DEATH SENTENCE.
.ppEAL TO BE DECIDED SOON
ballad Her Husband, a Prominent
physician and Druggist, in Atlanta.
C.vs He Spurned Her Love. Were
c.n.rated at Time of Tragedy.

ATLANTA, Ga.-The case of Mrs.
-, Lou Vinson, sentenced to be
,oad for the fatal shooting OF her
[,,bsnd w. D. Vinson, in his Office,
E,rcb 80. 1922, Which was appealed
1 b;gber tribunals, is expected to be
,;ded some time this fall. Vinson,
Atlanta physician, received one
sot in his body as he sat at his office
(. IL and after he had fallen to the
.Dor with his face toward his wife,
shot him three more times. He
ID Immediately.
q He told me | was worn out and
b he wanted a young and pretty
Oman" Mrs. Vinson testified at her
ii She did not intend to kill him.
said Il went to his office to talk
Ter some matters with him, but he
ade me so mad | just couldn't keep
bm shooting him"
Tbe fatal shots were fired from
lroyer which Mrs. Vinson said was
ken her by Louis Vinson, son of
Vinson by former marriage, for
Il protection.
Mrs Ninson, frail woman of 43
s the time of the shooting, had been
barated from DR.. Vinson, her second
sband. for some time. He spurned
s love" she said, charging him with
S iaithiulness.
Plea of Insanity.
Following the shooting counsel for
defense filed special plea OF in
hitv in Mrs. WILSON'S behalf, alleg
81 that disordered mental condition
responsible for the killing. After
hearing by jury in ordinary's court,
wever, she was pronounced sane
placed on trial for her life. She
S convicted on June 3rd and SEN
ced to be hanged on July 18th, the
returning the verdict without
fermentation for mercy after de-
Grating one hour and forty-hve min
Appcals to higher tribunals held up
disposition of the case.
Mrs. FinSon heard the verdict read
the sentence passed without any
bw Of emotion. 81 don't believe they
hang me-" she said, the day al
7 ward, for what any woman would
e done under the circumstances.
rs VinSon, according to the rec
Is OF the state historian, is the
5 rth white woman to be given the
tb sentence in Georgia. Two OF
others were hanged and the third
doned after serving ten years.
First Woman Hanged.
Polly Barclay was hanged in 1906
Wilkes on conviction OF paying a
brother to murder her husband
she could marry another man.
Fusan Eberhardt was hanged at
fston in 1873 after conviction, to-
her with Enoch F. Spann, of the
rder OF Spann's wife in Webster
nty.
Ater serving ten years of life
fence for stabbing Narcissi Cow
a girlhood friend, to death for
pong with her husband of few
eks Kate Hamrick was pardoned
Governor Stephens in 1883. Gov
aor Colquitt had committed a death
tence to life Imprisonment upon
f,nng that the young woman was
become a mother.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-12
REPUBLICANS PLAN
TICKET IN GEORGIA
TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES
FOR CONGRESS IN ALL OF
TWELVE DISTRICTS.

Candidates for congress in all OF
the II districts in Georgia will be
nominated by the republican party if
present intentions OF the state central
committee are carried out, c. c.
Coyle, secretary of the committee, has
annoqnced.
Meetings of all congressional dis
trict central committees will be held
within the next 80 days, and each
will nominate a candidate for con-
gress, MIR. Coyle said. The district
committees consist of the chairmen
of county committees.
May Have Candidate for Governor.
Republican leaders are debating
whether or not we shall enter a COM
plete state ticket in the field, Mr..
Coy1e said. Il do not think a con-
clusion will be reached until after the
democratic primaries have been held,
but it is possible that we may nomi-
nate candidates for state Offices.
There is little doubt that congress
sional nominations will be mad A
number of south Georgia districts
desire to regain their votes in the ma
tional convention. Rules of the nation
al committee prohibit any district be-
ing represented which has not cast
$500 republican votes at the last gen
eral election. A district casting 10000
votes is entitled to two delegates.
The Seventh and Ninth districts
each have two delegates, and the Fifth
and Eighth districts have one dele
gate each, and there are four delegates
at-large, so that our total state dele
CATION would be 10. We hope to in
crease this number at the fall cleo
ton"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-12
NOMINATE GOVERNOR AND STATE OFFICIALS TOMORROW
viii Haze a Mid
Fall, Says the Son of
Noted Indian Chief

SELKIRK, Mani.-An open fall
with no cold weather until late in De-
cember was predicted today by Har-
ry Prince, a grandson of the great
Indian chief Peguis. He based his
opinion principally on the position and
movements of the stars, and declared
the dipper is exceptionally slow in its
turning movements this season. This
fact, he stated, is an unfailing sign of
a long continuance of warm weather
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-12
GEORGIA'S TAX VALUES
MORE THAN EXPECTED
Decrease Not as Much as Was Look
ed for. Total S1,018,845,211.

A decrease Of $83,365,755 under the
aggregate taxable values of last year
is shown by Georgia's tax digest for
the present year The total values are
$1,018,845,21l, despite a recent predic-
ton by Commissioner H. ]. Full
bright that the digest would not run
over one billion dollars.
1t has been generally expected that
the digest this year would show loss.
The decrease last year under 1920 was
81. 262.0o2. or about 7 per cent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-12
CALHOUN COMMISSIONERS
REDUCE THE TAX RATE

The board of roads of revenues at
their regular meeting in Morgan last
Tuesday fixed the tax rate for Cal
houn county this year at $3.50 on
the thousand, which includes a levy Of
$3.50 for county school purposes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-12
Refer to Dawson
Manufacturers of Anti-Kink
Africa Appeals to United States for
Hair Kink Remover.

A hair kink remover is desired by
scmi-civilized tribes of
African natives, says report to
the United States department of COM
merce. at Washington. Africans are
strangely interested in stories of in
ventions by white men that far out
shine the magic OF the native wizard,
IL IS said.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-12

plus and undivided profits OF $l,541,-
100000 on June 30, was $19,OOO,00O
greater than a year ago, but showed
reduction of $22,000,OOO since May, at
tributed to payment OF dividends at
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-12
: KNIFE TO GET RADI-
UNI FROM WOMAN'S BODY
wv OF Metal Lost While She Was
Undergoing Operation.

4dSl going OpeTaClOn-
|nl6oAGO.-A tube of radium, val
d $4,000, was back in the hands
surgeon who owns it and Mrs.
,"a >pohn, a patient in whose
'ne radium was lost" was re-
~ recovering today following an
I"oh to recover the missing
previous operation tube of
e. J." was inserted in the incision.
MIS- Spohn was placed on the
! ing table for removal of the
mad disappeared. Another in
Ia '.evealed that the radium had
+ ~ through tissues to another part
Patients body.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-09-12
Laboratory at Birmingham.

The federal bureau of entomology
is maintaining a laboratory in Birm-
ingham for studying the bean beetle
problem, and it is hoped will be able
to work out some practical system OF
field control which will give relief to
farmers within the infested areas and
prevent the pest spreading to other
states.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-01-14
SATURDAY, JANUARY Ia, 1922.

Here is some additional advice {,
formers: Plant scuppernong vine
get ono right away from some reli
able nursery and plant it. Not as a
money crop, but for your own use and
for the use Of your family. There
nothing you can do with so little effort
that would yield YOU such excellent re
,Urns. Here is another piece of all
rice: Plant one James grape vine. 1t
you do, YOU will reap a hundred fold,
the fruit of your planting. If you will
bring SO cents to The Times we will
get YOU well-rooted James grape.
Il requires almost no attention after
you plant it, and it is so delicious,
Those who are not famers, but who
own a small lot in town could not do
better than plant out one of these ex-
ccllcnt grapes. For so cents you can
get one, and get it right now.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-01-14

We understand that there is to be
held soon a meeting Of the business
men of Union at which time the ques-
Ion Of whether the Chamber of Com
merce is to be continued or not will
be placed squarely before them. The
Chamber OF Commerce for this year
IS asking for the small pittance OF
$500 for thc ensuing year. 1t will
hc worth lat much to keep the doors
rucl and prevent the organization
from dying. But it is to be left 10
and the business men of Union. At
the meeting officers and directors for
the year will be chosen.
1t has teen rumored that some of
the younger business men of Union
have been advocating young mems
business league. We hope they vii
-coa:tspeue the agitation and that suc!
a movement will be started in earnest.
1t might me a very good idea for the
old organization to get out of the way
and give tie new movement full right
Of way. When n man gets to be
fifty years of age he begins to hug
the Ercp'ac, and stay in nights. We
suppose pra, ideally every man now ac-
tive in the Chamber Of Commerce
would gladly surrender to the younger
men. Why not turn over to the young
mems league the affairs of the present
organization We do not believe there
is room for TWO such organizations.
The fact that there is movement to
organize the young mems business
league slows that me older organiZa
ton has servcd It's day. Anyway, "
would hc clad 70 see the now m.ve
mcnt given fui! right of way. ThoS'
question VIII be discussed at the pro
posed meeting Of the Chamber Of
Commerce at some early date. Mr..
). +. McLUre, president Of the Cham
ber Of Commerce, has stated that n
viii no; stand for reelection. 1t would
be well, perhaps if the present di-
rrcfvrS {. lowed his lead Not that
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-01-14
Queen Doubles Income
And breaches Economy

The Hague, Jan. 13.-All princes
If the German side of the royal fam
lily of Netherlands are barred from
the right to succession to the Holland
throne Hy an amendment to the
Dutch constitution which has been
agreed Ypon in parliament. Hitherto
all members of the House of Orange
having S their ancestor William the
Silent pissed the right to succession
The bill however, has not yet been
|sse1sts = ksseene
sfaily ben agreed upon after long
debat&
The Measure stipulates that only
the progeny of the present Queen
Wilhelmina shall ascend the throne.
There has been much argument
over thel question of what should be
done to provide for the possibility
that thd young Princess Juliana,
now IL Years old, may not provide a
male hei} to the throne. Some months
ago a bill was prepared by the com
mission of inquiry which provided
in that event, that a referendum
should be held to determine wether
Holland should retain its monarchial
form of government or become a re-
public.
A bill now under discussion in par
Lament, however, makes no men
tion of republic and mentions only
areferendum for the election of
new monarch.
Another point on which agreement
has been reached in parliament is
that neither King or Queen Of Hol-
land shall any longer have the right
to declare war except with the ap-
proval of the States General.
Queen Wilhelmina's civil list has
been increased from 100000 forins
to 100000 (about $4S0,OO0). The
allowance of Queen Dowager Emma
has also been doubled, and is now
fixed at 100000 forms ($12O,OOO).
Princess Juliana is to receive 100000
florins ($80,000) a year when she
reaches tne age VI los Wnlcn VIII De
on April 80 next. This amount is
also double that allowed by the orig
nal constitution.
The Queen's request for the
doubling Of her allowance aroused
considerable criticism, especially as it
followed her speech at the opening
Of parliament in which she advocated
the greatest public economy.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-01-14
King May Marry
French Princess

Paris, Jan. 13.-Reports that the
young King Alexander of Jugoslavia
is engaged to marry a French prime
ess have persisted here not only dur
ing the Kings recent long stay in
Paris but since he returned to Bel
grade. The identiyt of the reported
fiancee of Serbia's King has been
The subject of much speculation and
gossip.
Society circles of Paris eblieve the
most likely person to be the Princess
Sophie of the House of Bourbon ami
Orleans, niece of King Albert of the
Belgians and direct descendant of
,ouis-Philippe. 1t is stated that the
King spent q great deal of his time
while in Paris in the company of the
pretty princess, who is now q years
old. Indeed, it was reported the
courtship had progressed so far tha'
the French government was asked t.
use it's good Office in obtaining the
yatican's sanction of the marriage:
IS the Princess is Catholic and the
King of the Greek Orthodx faith.
The story goes that the French
representative at Rome succeeded in
getting the Pope to give his approval
the union. The conditions present
ed to and accepted by the Holy See
we're that the first male child of the
union, if there were one, was for Ser
oian dynastic purposes, to be bap.
sized in the Greek Orthodox faith
md that all the succeeding children
we're to be christened in the Roman
Catholic church.
Shortly before the King left Paris,
however, there were rumors that a
hitch had arisen in the proposed mar
ciage. 1t was said that while the
Princess family were anxious to have
her wed the Jugoslav sovereign, the
Princess herself was opposed to the
union because she feared to live in
he uncertain atmosphere of Bel
grade with it's terrorist plots and
Communistic activities.
She was afraid, it was reported,
hat she might meet the same fate
as Queen Draga, who was cruelty
murdered in the Serbia capital some
years ago In any case, King Alex
ander returned to Belgrade, and moth
ing definite has since been announced
as to his matrimonial intentions o.
expectations.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-01-14
Germany Will Own
and Operate Railways

Berlin, Jan. 12.-Germany prob
ably will continue to own and oTc.-
ate her railways, posts, telegraph.
nd waterways, despite efforts by
certain industrialists and political
caders to induce the government to
sell these public utilities to private
interests.
Government ownership of rail
ways apepars to have become stable
)oicy following this campaign ana
it is staunchly supported by social
SITS, democratic, liberal and labor elc-
ments.
The campaign against government
ownership followed the piling uD Of
enormous deficits by all the railways
nd the pressure Of Entcn'e creditors
or payment of Germanv's war idcm-
titles. 1t was argued that the roads
ould be made to pay profit under
private ownership and would thus b
! material help to the nation in it
irancial dilemma.
Railroads OF Germany always have
cen under government control bet
'ntil the revolution the pro~yrtics
"cre vested in several states. Tn
'vstems. however, were consolidated
'Nder The central government VIII n
he Socialists came into power.
The Socialists object to vcstiNm
Nwncrship Of public utilities in pri-
ate hands.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-01-14
Robin Hood cf the Ulsraire

Riga, Jan. li.--Thc Russian 90 =
.rnmeAt las notified Rumania that the
"c'at:Cns between the two countries
nd Soviet Ukraine depend upon Rus
las willingness to surrender th9
r2nds headed by General Makno, anti
!clshc ,ik lcHdcr, who has been clllcd
he "Robin Hood Of the Ukraine" ."
!akno, after harrassing the armies Of
General Denikinc and also the Reds, is
understood to have taken refuge in
Bessarabia, now controlled by Ru
mania.
Tie warning Of Rumania to surrcr
Ter Makno and his lands was con
vcycd by George Chitcherin. the 3 /
iherik Foreign Minister, and NJ. RAJ
Ovsky. member Of the new Soviet Cen.
trail Committee Of Moscow. Rqkov
sky, who was formerly head Of the
Soviet movement in the Ukraine, also
notified Rumania that Ukraine dc
lined to rocogn. ~ Ruman'a'5 soycr.
eighty in Hoea'ral ia.
Rumanian officials have expressed
uncertainty as to whether Makno is
really in Rcesarabia but NJ. Ch1cIn.v
offered to produce nroof of his pres.
ence and CHARGED that MakNo VS. 1~r.
pairing to aid General Pc'l,r; tha
Ukrainan leader, in descent upon
Odessa.