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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14
HARDWICK SAYS
STATE PAYS LOBBY
TRUSTEES OF INSTITUTIONS
SEEKING MORE MONEY PAY
THEMSELVES PER DIEM.

ATLANTA, Ga.-Governor Hard
wick announced Saturday that he has
found il to be the custom OF at least
one and probably a large number OF
state institutions to pay their trustees
"a per diem plus railroad fare and no.
tel bills when they come to the leg1s-
lature to work in the interest OF IN
creased appropriations.
In other words" said Governor
Eardwick. IT seems that we have in
Georgia the most unique and extra
ordinary lobby that | ever heard OF
in connection with any legislative
body--a lobby paid by the state. The
work OF the lobby consists in nduc-
ing the Legislature to make increased
appropriations to the departments and
institutions which the lobby repre-
sents. I have no criticism to make OF
any board of trustees or the head OF
any department or institution. 1t seems
that they have merely gone ahead with
4 custom which they found in vogue
when they came into Office. But there
will be no further payment OF state
funds for railroad fare. hotel bills and
per diem OF trustees when they come
Ito Atlanta to seek increased approprla-
tons
Has Notified Institutions.
The governor has notified the heads
OF all state departments and lnstltu-
tons that he will pay them no more
funds without an itemized and sworn
statement rendered monthly OF the
purposes Tor which they are eXpend-
ing their appropriations.
Il am endeavoring to ascertain,
said the governor, chow many depart
ments and institutions have been pay
ing the expenses and per diem of their
trustees to come to Atlanta and work
for increased appropriations | have
to have this information in shape to
present to the legislature at the next
session. These payments to trustees,
YOU understand, have been made from
the funds appropriated to the depart
ments and institutions"
There is a general provision OF law
authorizing the payment OF travelling
expenses and per diem of trustees OF
institutions and departments when
engaged on business connected with
their official duties" This is the pro-
vision under which the trustees have
authorized themselves to collect their
per diem and travelling expenses.
May Abolish Boards.
Governor Hardwick said he believ-
ed the amount paid to trustees would
be surprising if not sensational" He
said he considered this expenditure OF
state funds TO a state-paid lobby" a
very powerful argument in favor of
the abolition OF all the boards of trus
tees, Of which there are some fifteen
or twenty, and the consolation OF all
related institutions under a single
board
Il am working in that direction,
the governor said.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14
LOVE MELONS LIFE
OF PRIZE FIGHTER
GIRL BRINGS DESIRE FOR ED.
UCATION TO RING TERROR.
ENTERS COLLEGE AT Al.

A story OF great love, of a career
of hard battles in the ring, and win
ming fight against tuberculosis came
to light at Harvard University, at
Cambridge, Mass, few days ago
when Frederick Kid" Wedge, Al
years old, of Arizona, registered in the
Harvard Graduate School OF Educa-
ton, where he is to study for his Phi.
D. degree.
Fifteen years ago the name OF kid
Wedge was one to be feared in the
timber lands OF the middle west For
years he had fought in the rings OF
that region, At 20 he left the woods,
where he worked with numbering
crews, and took up the fighting game
for his profession. In the next six
years he fought 68 battles and won
65 of them.
Romance Entered Life
Then, when he was 20, came his TO-
nance He met the daughter of Wis
consin doctor. She was graduate OF q
Nebraska college, and lar removed
from Wedges station in life, but they
were married Then he realized the
great difference in their intellectual
standards, so he gave up the ring to
secure an education with the money
he had earned as a prize fighter. For
six years he attended preparatory
school, where he did II years of ele-
mentary work to prepare for college.
He entered the University OF Ne
braska, but the war interrupted his
work. He went to Camp Grant as a
boxing instructor, and there another
obstacle appeared. The doctors pro-
inounced him an incurable victim OF
tuberculosis, with but six months to
live. He went to Ell Paso, Texas, to
begin a different battle, and in year
he was we'll man.
Won Degree of A. B.
Then he entered the University OF
Arizona and finished the work he had
begun at the University of Nebraska.
He was given his degree OF A. B. He
was 10 years old then, and became
principal OF the high school at Benson.
Ariz. That was the position he held
until the end OF last year, when he re-
signed to go east and continue his
studies.
He made the trip of thousands OF
miles in freight cars and ION the rods. "
He started with $40 travelling expens-
es, and reached Cambridge with IS
cents in his pockets. When the next
semester opens at Harvard, after the
nid-year examinations, kid" Wedge,
former boxer, former lumberman, for
mer hobo, and former dying consump-
tive, will open up the books that will
make him a doctor of philosophy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14
PATRIOTIC PROGRAM
BY PARROT PUPILS
ENTERTAINMENT WILL BE
GIN FRIDAY EVENING. AL
KAHEST LYCEUM SOON.

On Friday afternoon, February II,
the first four grades, assisted by a
few OF the music pupils, will give a
patriotic entertainment beginning at
2 o'clock. The following program will
be rendered:
Welcome, Demetrius Elliott; duet,
Long, Long Ago" Virginia Lee and
Alice Wells; Grandma Days" nine
little girls; Soldiers Chorus, first,
second and third grade boys; piano
solo, old Black joe" Mattiebel
fourth, fifth and sixth grades; piano
duet, I'm Knightly Array" Clarice
Herring and Audrey Wills; song, first,
second and third grades; play, The
First American Flag" Characters:
Betsy Ross, Martha Rutherford; Bet
sy's mother, Carolyn Rutherford; four
gentlemen, Demetrius Elliott, Marvin
Pierce, Broadus Mcneil and Edwin
George. The public is cordially invit-
ed to attend.
The R. L. Lee Literary Society was
delightfully."- entertained Friday eveing
last at a Valentine party, given at the
school house by the Columbia Society.
The color scheme of white and red
was beautifully carried out with cut
flowers pot plants, hearts and cupids.
After many games and contests, heart
ice cream was served.
The Alkahest lyceum will be here
Friday evening, February 18th. The
public is cordially invited to be pres
ent. We feel that it will be we'll worth
your time and money.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14
SAYS SENATE WILL
RATIFY TREATIES
DEMOCRATIC LEADER UNDER
WOOD PREDICTS ADOPTION
BY LARGE MAJORITY.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Senator
Underwood today dispelled lingering
hopes OF some democratic senators
that he would give only perfunctory
help in the ratification of the treaties
resulting from the arms conference.
Expressing his enthusiasm for the
Ientire program, Senator Underwood
predicted all the treaties would be
ratified with many votes to spare.
Proposed reservations, he foresaW,
will get at most dozen republican
and an equal number of democratic
votes-less than half enough to adopt
them.
Mr.. Underwood is not only going
to sign the report of the American
delegation of which he was a member,
but he regards that report as all the
explanation any senator or citizen
needs to assure him that the work OF
the conference is entitled to support.
Seldom has the Alabama senator dis
played so much enthusiasm as that
which marked his comment on the re-
port which he and his colleagues have
prepared for President Harding
A few Wilson democrats who re-
scented Mr. Underwood's acceptance of
a place on the American delegation
again are tuning with Impotence over
his unqualified Endorsement of the con-
ference and its results
Some OF them have turned towards
Mr.. Wilson for guidance, but his clos
est friends in the senate said the for
mer president will not say word
about the treaties or make any effort
to influence or guide senate democrats.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14
Will Audit Books
Of the County Officers
Atlanta Firm of Accountants Employ
ed. Tax Defaulters Must Pay.

The county commissioners at their
meeting Tuesday took steps to carry
out the recommendations OF the grand
jury that the books OF all county Off
GERS be audited The board has con-
tracted with A. P. Stringer & Co, an
Atlanta firm OF certified public ac-
countants, to do the work which, it is
presumed, will be begun at an early
date. The audit will extend back
through a period OF two years, and the
books and accounts of every county
official who handles public money will
be scrutinized.
The commissioners also decided to
push the collection of unpaid taxes OF
1920 and have placed all executions
for that year in the hands OF r. /.
Watson and w. E. Goodson with in
structions to require payment without
further delay. There are several thous-
and dollars of unpaid taxes Tor that
year, and executions will be issued
wherever ii is necessary to force col
lections.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14
CHRISTIE HOME BOUGHT
BY DR.. HOYL FOR S4,20i

The D. K. Christie residence, corner
OF Sixth avenue and Orange street,
was bid in at public sale by DIR. w.
H. Hoyl, OF Jacksonville, Fla, for
$4,000 1t is reported that DR.. Hoyl
will convert the property into an
apartment house. One hundred acres
OF land in the Eleventh district be-
longing to Mr. Christie was bid in by
NJ. ]. Yeomans for 467.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14
STATE INCOME TAX
ASSAILED BY SLATON
LETS STICK BY CONSTITU-
TON OF TOOMBS, JENKINS
AND CRAWFORDS," URGES
FORMER GOVERNOR.

ATLANTA, Ga.-Claiming til t
dire results will follow the changing
of the limitation now put by the state
constitution on the expenditure OF
money, and appealing Tor strict adher-
ence to the constitution OF 1877, the
constitution OF the Toombs, the Jen-
kins and Crawfords," Ex-Governor
John M. Slaton delivered a spirited at
tack on the proposed abolition OF the
ad valorem tax for the purpose OF in
augurating an income tax at the regu-
lar luncheon OF the Atlanta Masonic
club
Mr.. Slaton said that he was speak
ing absolutely impersonally. He said
that the income tax had been propos-
ed as a substitute Tor the ad valorem
tax by the governor, and that the
latter is sponsoring such a change He
said that the federal income tax has
worked so far to prevent people re-
leasing property which, if released,
would have supplied many people with
work.
Still Greater Tax Burden.
"A man." said Mr.. Slaton, bought
a tract OF land for $4,000 in 1905, and
told me he had a chance to sell it re
Gently for 100000. He found that he
would have to pay an income tax OF
approximately $4,000 and therefore
decided not to sell. The man who eX
pected to buy it had determined to
erect a $500,000 building on the prop
erty, which work would have supplied
hundreds OF people with work.
Now do we want still greater
taxation burden in this state by the
substitution of a state income tax Tor
the advalorem tax? Would the people
favor such move if they knew that
it would keep employment from the
people? | hope the people will think
of it. Because they sat supinely back
and didn't think or act state legisla-
lures have been allowed to make APP
preparations $2,500,000 above the rev.
enue of the state, thereby fagrantly
breaking the provisions OF the consti-
tuition
There is already too much burden
on many people in Georgia. With the
income tax the burden would be in
creased far more"
Georgia Bonds Preferred.
He then told how sound the finances
of the state have remained under the
present constitution, illustrating his re-
marks by telling OF his success in
handling some Georgia state bonds in
New York which were given prefer
.ence over the bonds OF another south
ern state.
He said that in five years after the
ad valorem tax had been done away
with and the income tax established
in California the yearly budget OF the
state had increased from $14,000,000
to $86,000,000, and that New York
state after doing the same had its
budget increased from $90.000000 to
more than $300,000,000. AN appeal
was then made in New York, said
Mr. Slaton, ito bring about a reduc-
ton in the state expenditures and ev-
erybody thought it a great reduction
when the budget was reduced to little
over $200,000,000
DO you think legislators know bet
ter how to spend your money than
you do yourselves? We should follow
the constitution made by the Toombs,
the Jenkins and Crawfords rather than
the wishes OF lot OF politicians. The
constitution OF 1877 was drafted by
men who had been through hard times
and knew what was best for the state,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14
WOMAN THOUGHT TO BE
MISS PROVOST ESCAPES
Suspected Arbuckle Witness Gives
Police Slip in Hotel.

NE WORLEANS.-A pretty young
woman thought by police to be Zeh
Provost, the missing Arbuckle case
witness, escaped from a hotel here to-
day while detectives were waiting in
the hotel lobby for authority from
San Francisco to take her in custody.
She is believed to have lowered her
self by a rope from third story room
Ito a court yard below.
The woman registered at the hotel
last Wednesday as Mrs Zabelle FL
ruy, but placed no address upon the
register.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14

William l. Ross, of Portersville,
California, has novel scheme for pro-
tecting fruit orchards against frost
bite.
Cold air, being relatively heavy,
tends to seek low places, and hence,
especially in calm weather, falls to the
bottom levels in the valleys where fruit
trees are grown. This endangers the
trees, whose roots are liable to suffer
most.
To combat this mischief the invent
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14
FIGHTING FROSTIN AN ORCHARD.

or proposes to erect standpipes tall
enough to reach warmer level in the
atmosphere Through these pipes, on
frosty nights, air will be drawn down
from above by fan-blowers driven by
electric motors.
The air thus taken from the high
and warmer level will be distributed
through the orchard by pipes running
along the ground, which will have es-
cape-vents at intervals of a few feet
to allow the warm air to mingle with
the cold and modify its temperature.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14
CALLED TO ScHLEY COUNTY
BY DEATH OF A RELATIVE

Messrs. p w. Bridges and J. NJ.
Bridges, of Terrell county, were called
TO E1laville last week to attend the
funeral OF their sister, Mrs. Bette
Singleton, whose death occurred at the
home OF an only sister, Mrs. Mary
Cox, of Whigham. Mrs. Singleton
was SO years of age. She was the
widow of Rev. Wyatt Singleton, Tor
many years beloved Methodist min
lister of Schley county.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14
METHODISTS HOLD FIRST
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE

The first quarterly meeting Tor the
new year at the Dawson Methodist
church was held last night DR.. w. {:
Lovett presided. A large number OF
officials and members were present,
and satisfactory reports OF church &C
Invites were made.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14
WELL-KNOWN NEGRO AR
RESTED BY SHERIFF OF LEI

Saturday Sheriff Woods arrested
Rat Fitzgerald "a well-known Daw-
son negro, who was wanted by Sheriff
Coxwell, OF Lee county. He is charg-
ed with violating the prohibition law.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14
MARIA THERESA'S PEARL
NECKLACE BRINGS $1,000,OOC

PARASITIC famous pearl neck
lace which once belonged to Maria
Theresa, queen of Hungary, and
which has been on display here, has
been bought by Jefferson Davis Cohn,
OF England, for 100000 pounds ster-
ling ($1000,000). Jefferson Davis Coin
lis a god-son of Jefferson Davis, who
was president of the Confederate
states of America.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14
BAPTIST BARACA CLASS
WILL HAVE A SOCIAL
Get Together Meeting Will Be Made
Pleasant Social Affair.

The Baptist Barracks will enjoy So
cial on Tuesday evening, February
2lst, which will be in the nature OF a
get-together meeting, and an effort
will be made to have all the members
present. Refreshments will be served
and other interesting features are
planned. The occasion will be full OF
| interest for all
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14
SURPRISE PARTY.

The pupils Of the eleventh grade
complimented Miss Esther Hind with
a delightful surprise party Saturday
evening, preceding her departure for
a visit to Coney.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14
Special Notices

NOTICE-Call on Allen Lewis for
vucanizing ar Lewis stables.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14

FOR SALE-Frost Proof Cabbage
Plants. All varieties. 5000 $500;
10000 $500; 1000 $100. Potato and
tomato plants $3.50 per 1000 KIN
SEY WHOLESALE PLANT CO.,
Valdosta, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14

FRESH SHRIMP, Fresh Apalachico-
ia oysters, fresh water trout, fresh
water Dream, red snapper. Phone 800.
dawson SEA FOOD co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14

WANTED-A few more customers,
sweet milk Ice per quart, butter 40c
per h., cream 40c per pint. Phone D.
MRS. ]. M. CROUCH.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14

NOTICE-The Elladale -four, corn
and rice mills will close down after
December oath until June !, 1922
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14

WANTED-One secondhand ice box,
$50 or 200 pound capacity. ]. C.
McLENDON, Trunk 1913 Herod.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14

WANTED Stenographic pupils. Will
also do public stenographic work.
Phone 382.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14

FOR SALE-All kinds of wood. APP
ply to c. L. HUDGINS, Phone
Trunk 5, one long and two shorts,
Dawson, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14

FOR SALE-Two Polan China
sows farrow about February 18th.
! CAREY H. MELTON.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14

FOR SALE-Two cows with young
calves; two sows with young pigs.
S. D. HATCHER, Dawson, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14

| DRAWING and hauling for the pub
lie. Call phone 24o Prompt atten-
ton. R. w. MILAN.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14

WHEN YOU NEED anything in
fresh meats call N373 market J. S.
PEAK, Manager.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14

.ATTENTION-Long, hot days are
ahead. Have your electric fan repair
ed today. Everything electrical. Phone
.242 WEAVER ELECTRIC SHOP
117 N. Main Street.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-14

MONEY TO LOAN-We are pre-
pared to make loans on farm lands
lat OK per cent on amounts Of $4,000
and upward PARKS & BELL.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-20
Tugalo Bridge, Link
. In Road to Atlanta,
Soon to Be Built

SENECA S. c., July 1S.-At the
instance Of Supervisor j. G. Shock
ley, of Oconee county, S. c., nego.
Ntiations toward the building of an
iron bridge across Tugaloo river at
the old Southern railway bridge
site, were recently begun. This
. road connects Georgia and South
Carolina, and is one of the i'm
portant highways in this section.
The Georgia state highway com.
mission has agreed to bear one
fourth of the expense of $4,000
for this project, and the South
Carolina highway commission has
agreed to furnish like amount.
county, Georgia, says Dr.
Jeff Davis in letter to Supervisor
Shockley, has the necessary funds
for it's assessed amount, and Mr..
Shockley has informed the Stephens
county official that Oconee county
will be ready for the work to be-
gin in the early fall. Oconee coun.
ty has expended it's road fund for
the present, but one of the lead.
ing banks has offered to advance
the necessary funds as soon as the
next legislative members are chosen
in August and approve the expen.
diture, this being required by law.
The completion of this bridge,
now to be built of permanent ma.
terial, will be an important link in
the highway system leading from
this section to Atlanta. All the
other projects have been completed
and put in first-class condition, but
the thirty-mile stretch between
Seneca and Toccoa will be the last
to be completed. Supervisor Shock.
ley is elated over the prospects for
the earl yletting of the contract for
this bridge.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-20
RUSS SCORN HAGUE
SUBCOMM|SS|ONS

THE HAGUE, July 1S.-By the
Associated Press.)-The- Russian del
egates refused to attend today's
meeting of the joint sub-commission
on private property. Instead they
sent letter to the conference say
ing they would attend meeting Of
the whole conference or a meeting
Of the chairmen of the three sub.
commissions, but would not deal sep
arately with any single sub-commis-
sion. =. aaaneea
A full meeting Of the non-Russian
delegates was called for p. m. to
decide on the action to be taken in
view of the Russians attitude. In
the letter to President Patyn Of the
conference declining to attend to-
days meeting Maxim Litvinoff, head
Of the soviet delegation, strongly
criticized the attitude taken by the
European representatives in their in
vitation to the meeting as being in
valuation Of quality rights, because
it imposed conditions absolutely &C.
ceptable.
Litvinoff declared failure to ar
range a general meeting would mean
the ruin not only Of the work of
The Hague conference but of the
Genoa conference as well as would
destroy the hope Of millions of men
in all the countries of Europe.
At a plenary session Of the non
Russian delegates today, it was de-
cided to grant the Russian request
for joint meeting on the distinct
conditions that it would be only for
the purpose Of presenting new pro-
DOSalS
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-20

~ on Broadway-and weeks, maybe
months later, when the genuine,
copyrighted film arrived, it would be
old stuff unmarketable.
Gets Orders
go stop that" said the United
Artists corporation-Griff1th, Chap
lin,, Pickford and Fairbanks-to
George Mooser.
Mooser started. And when he hit
Toxic stolen, pirated, "duped"
film of one of his agents-Griffith-
was playing the S. r. O..
N1ocser sued for an injunction.
Skipping the legal details, the court
finally ordered the seizure of the
stolen films. There were eleven reel
films. They were found in eleven
separate and distinct parts of Toxic
hidden in the "go-downs, Dor stor-
age rooms, of eleven different mem.
bers of the film thieves trust.
Then he put on the genuine film
and the higher. courts backed him
up with a decision, the effect of
which is, Mooser believes, guar
antee of protection to copyrighted
films of America and all countries,
against pirating in Japan.
Meanwhile, the master mind, and
most Of his staff, have fled. They'll
probably escape arrest, trial or i'm
prisonment. The legitimate produc-
ers are satisfied to run them away.
''If they come back" said Mooser,
well put 'em in jail-and Japanese
jails are not fun. But they won't
come back"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-20
Minister Who Eloped
With Teacher Given
Year IN Workhouse

XENIA, Ohio, July 1S.-Rev. W.
w. Culp, former Spring Valley,
Ohio, minister, who eloped with
Miss Esther Hughes, seventeen, a
boarder at the Culp home, today
pleaded guilty to deserving his fami-
ly in probate court, and was sen.
fenced to one year in the workhouse
and to pay fine of $500.
The mother of Rev. CUPS nine
small children forgave her erring
husband after he had been sentenc-
ed. Entering the room where she
was, he threw his arm about the
wife he had deserted and pleaded
for forgiveness Il forgive you" was
all she was heard to say.
Facing the court to enter his
guilty confession, Rev. Cup Sob
bed:
IT realize I am at the bar of jus.
tice authorized by law of God; for I
realize I have violated not only the
law. Of the country, but of God. I
have deep contrition; I feel it keen
ly. I do not know why my life
should have gone this way"