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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-17
"HOT DOG" VENDORS
FIGHT NEW TAX ACT
GET INJUNCTION AGAINST
FULTON COLLECTOR. CT
GAR STANDS TO JOIN IN. i.

ATLANTA, Ga.-"Hot dogs" may
continue to thrive in Atlanta, for a
time, anyway, but i'll other cities in
the state woe unto them.
Also retail dealers in cigars here will
not turn over their sheckles to the
state.
The work of the last session OF the
general assembly will have to be pass
ed on in the supreme court before the
general tax act is determined to be a
standable document.
Injunction proceedings have been
brought against the tax collector IN
Fulton county to stop his enforcement
OF collection of the tax of SIS imposed
on dealers in cigars, and like proceed
ing have been brought by the res
taurant and hot dog" people against
collection of the 500 special tax as
sessed against them. In both cases the
contestants are attacking the consti-
nationality of the general tax act on
the ground that the act as passed
conflicts with the guarantees OF the
constitution in that it imposes a tax
on certain classes of business and GER
tain people in the corporate limits OF
and exempts the same
classes outside of the towns and cities,
which does not conform to the re-
uuirement that all taxes shall be levied
equally on all people.
Upon these court cases Controller
General Wright has today ruled that
they apply to the tax collector OF Full
ton county only, that they are brought
in the Fulton court and directed
against the collector in this county
only. Therefore, he says, he is in
structing all tax collectors in the state
to proceed to enforce the law and col
lect the special taxes provided IN the
act of 1921, unless injunction proceed
ings are brought individually against
the collector in each separate county
in the state He is of the opinion that
the court will not in a Fulton case
directed against a Fulton county Off
cial issue a supercedeas directed against
all tax collectors in the state.
The general tax act does not carry
the saving clause, which most bills
of the kind do, providing that II one
section is unconstitutional the balance
of the act, or other sections, shall re-
main in force and effect, and it is a
question, therefore, whether or not the
attack being made on two OF the sec
tons will serve to hold up enforce
ment of the entire act.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-17
Henry Ford, Billionaire,
Has More Money in Bank
Than Any Other Man
~. More Than $1oo,oOO,OOO in Cold
Is q Various Places. He Says
MofsP Merely Tool to Him.

Henry Ford The New Year
with the greatest al. cash in
bank than any human beng ever had.
A few years ago Russell Sage, with
100000 to $15,000,000 in ready
cash, used to have this distinction.
Henry Ford's bank balance today is
in excess of $121, 100000.
Ford himself does not know within
$5,O00,000 to $10,000,000 of how much
actual cash he has at the moment be-
cause he has not taken the trouble to
inquire of his son, Edsel, the treasurer.
"Our balance today" said Mr.. Ford,
us probably between $135,OOOOOO and
$I45,OOO, 1000"
Ford is Millionaire, for he said that
his holdings, based upon their earnings
could be capitalized and sold for ST.
my property" Mr.. Ford continued
of about $100,000000 worth
of buildings, $100,000,000 worth of
machinery, and something more than
$l00000,000 in cash. AS going con-
Germ | have no doubt that these assets
could be capitalized and sold for bill
lion dollars. But this $12l 100000, or
whatever it is that we have in the
bank, means nothing to me except a
tool with which to work.
Il might liken it to the hywheel on
an engine, the belt from motor to
machine, or to the wire that feeds
electricity to trolley car. A big, bal
ance is required to keep our wheels
going. We pay wages amounting to
$5O0,000 day, and our materials cost
us $750,000 a day. Our bank balance
is therefore sufficient to pay our oper-
ating expenses for only about 100
DAVIS"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-17
U. S. FINANCES SHOW
MUCH IMPROvEMEN
OPERATIONS RE-
suit IN REDUCTION OF
PUBLIC DEBT $3,157,oO0,00o.

WASHINGTON.-U n Gle Sam S
ledger Thursday looked better than 1t
has in many months.
The governments public debt was
S3,157 100000 less than it was 20
months ago. This is due to the retire
ment OF victory notes, as a result OF
sinking fund operations OF the treas
ury, and the equally rapid retirement
of treasury certificates of indebtedness.
The nations gross pubIc debt
amounting to $23,438,0O0,00O, was
made up chiefly of outstanding issues
of liberty bonds and victory notes,
bought by the American people to
help finance the war. Outstanding Is
sues of liberties amounted to Sl5,Z0/,,
100000. The victory notes unmatured
aggregated $3,54S,000, 900.
Treasury financing has been SO sue
cessful that the government has scaled
down its debt to the lowest point
since the heaviest war debt period, and
bv new plans of Secretary Mellon 1t
will be possible within another year
further to reduce the public debt,
through funding Of the victory notes
maturing within that time into short
term notes maturing i'll three to hive
years.
The governments operations are on
better basis, as is indicated by Budg-
ct Director Dawes statement that the
governments requirements should tall
far below the latest estimates tor the
next fiscal year, which were $780,
100000. That figure will be cut sharp
ly before the budget machine finishes
itc nrnOrafn
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-17
NOTHING
TO IMAGINATION

ARIS.-The newest op er
gowns reveal successfully the bene-
fetal results of feminine physical
culture during the summer. Owing
to that fad practically nothing above
the waist line is left to the magma
ton.
The newest creation was worn by
Princess Hasifi Khan, the Afghan
noblewoman whose mansion near
the Boise de Boulogne is one of the
most spectacular oriental homes in
the world. Her statuesque, finely
developed figure, the color OF old
ivory, was encased in gown OF
purple silk, velvet edged with err
mine and sable, while the sole COW
ering above the waist was a fimsy
strip of Shadow silk" held in place
by a single rope of pearls, fastened
over the right shoulder.
Jane Renouardt, called the most
engaged woman in the world" who
declared that she is sick OF barbar-
ism in Dress" appeared at fash
ionable ice rink in the Champs Ely
sees in somber black satin gown
absolutely without gems. Satirical
weeklies, however, hint that her re-
solve was due to the fact that the
thieves removed her entire jewel
collection.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-17
RESERVE BOARD
OPPOSES HARRIS
GEORGIA SENATOR WOULD
STOP LARGE OUTLAY FOR
BANK BUILDINGS.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The fed
eral reserve board has started a fight
on the proposal of Senator Harris, OF
Georgia, to stop their large OUTLAWS
of money for bank buildings without
the consent of congress, according to
Senator Harris, in a statement Fri
day. The comment came as result
of the order of the federal reserve
board stopping all plans for building
in cities in various parts OF the coun-
try until congress acted on the meas
ure of Senator Harris.
On December 10Th Senator Harris
offered an amendment in the senate
to the pending bill to put farmer on
the federal reserve board
The Harris amendment reads; The
federal reserve board shall have no
hereafter to enter into any
contract or contracts for the erection
of any building of any kind or char
acter or to authorize the erection OF
any building without the consent of
congress having previously been given
in express terms"
Senator Harris said today that the
of $26,000,000 for feder-
al reserve bank in New York recently
could not be defended, as it was more
than the whole government outlay Tor
other public buildings.
The senator will press his amend
ment in the senate.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-17
TELLS OF SEEING 0PIE
SHOOT DOWN HIS MEN
SAW OFFICER SHOOT RUN
NER IN BACK. WATSON SAYS
HE IS NOT PROSECUTOR.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Nearly a
dozen witnesses, all from Virginia
broke about even in numbers today
in testifying for and against Major
Heroine L. Opie, of Stanton, Va,
before a senate committee investigat-
ing charges that American soldiers had
been hanged without trial in France.
But at the all day session there was
no evidence relating specifically to
hangings 1t all swung around charges
that Major Opie, as commander OF the
Third battalion, had shot some OF his
own men.
Men who had served with the regi-
ment, supplementing testimony sub
mitted last week, declared they saw
Major Opie shoot runners in October,
1918, while his command was i'll the
Argonne offensive. Others, who were
with the officer on the dates mention
ed. asserted that he had shot no one
and that he only fired to stop some
of his men, apparently in disordered
retreat.
Counsel for Major Opie, in brief
statement at the conclusion OF the
Opie testimony, expressed the hope
that there might be speedy finding,
and asked that further evidence relat-
ing to him might be presented at one
time. Senator Watson, of Georgia,
whose speech in the senate led to the
investigation, opposed any attempt to
single the Opie case, declaring he was
mot the prosecutor that he had not
brought the majors name in, and that
the major himself was the first to give
the charges publicity after witness
had told Of the shooting of man des-
ignated as Major Opley."
AS all the testimony, for and against
Mai. Opie was cleared from the slate,
a special date will be fixed Tor re-
opening the charges by the committee
lin the event further statements should
be forthcoming.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-17
Smoke, Battle, Play and
Cook on Latest Deluxe
Passenger Airplane
Tremendous Machine, With All Feat
ures of Transcontinental Express,
Will Garry "a Passengers.

Ample proof that travel by air mas
now reached the same luxurious stand
ards as travel by land was given IN
the seventh annual airplane exposition
in Paris, France. Prospective air trav-
elers no longer need hesitate Tor lack
of convenience and comfort, and. ex-
perts say, safety too. Danger from
fire and engine trouble has been re-
duced to minimum by the latest III
ventions in aviation. ,
The last word in de luxe air traVeI
/ is tremendous machine built to carry
LA passengers at speed OF l3U lilileS
an hour. 1t is a veritable AR limit
ed" with all the features OF an Amer
lean transcontinental express except
the observation platform. 1t contains
a bath room, a smoking room with
card tables, comfortable lounge chairs,
which are made into beds tor night
travel, card tables, kitchenette' ice
box and stove. -.
Promoters OF air transportatiol
guarantee smoother travel through the
air at speed of Us miles an hour than
| is possible to experience on even the ne;
slowest of trains. The airplane VIII
plav a most important part IN the Ked
Cross work of future wars. Air oper,,
ating rooms with full equipment and
air ambulances for less urgent cases
are a practical reality
Several unusual machines were
shown to prove this, one complete
aero hospital, accommodating two, pa
ltients on stretchers, doctor and an
assistant with complete operating ne
cessities, including table. The new y
est stabilizing appliances permit the
surgeons to operate while the machihe
sails through space at 100 miles an
! hour.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-17
John Barleycorn Gasped
In 1921, With $4,000 of
His Followers Arrested
Six Million Gallons of Liquor, e,746
Distilleries and 10,9e1 Stills Were
Seized During Last Year.

The ghost of John Barleycorn en-
tered the new year staggering under
A series of blows struck by prohibition
agents during 1921, according to in
ternal revenue reports. Government
forces confscated 100000 gallons OF
alcoholic beverages, the reports show,
and arrested $4,000 persons for viola
ton of the national prohibition act.
Property valued at $1l,000,0OO was
seized by dry" agents. Included in
this property were 9,746 distilleries,
10ooi stills, 5.182 still worms and TO-
900 fermenters. The largest numbers
of arrests, reports show, were IN New
York. Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts,
Texas and California. Delaware, with
but one gallon of liquor seized and
II persons arrested, was the best be-
haved state, with Kansas a close sec
ond.
The most valuable property seized
was in Florida, where S2,0500OO worth
of liouor and paraphernalia, including
distilleries. fell into the government
hands. New York ran a close second,
with $1,329,0O0 worth OF property con-
hscated.
Distilled spirits seized totaled IA
900 gallons of beer, 100000 gallons
of whisky aud wine, and 428,OOO gal
Ions of cider.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-17
SURVEY OF 80
MIDDLE GA. COUNTIES
DIR. SOULE SHOWS THE EVILS
OF ONE-CROP SYSTEM. AREA
BEING WORKED SMALL.

MACON, Ga.-A survey by DIR. A..
NJ. Soule, of the Georgia State Col
lege of Agriculture, of farm conditions
in 80 middle Georgia counties tribu-
tary to Macon shows that in the
district there are 1923 farms operated
bv owners, and 50,424 farms operated
entirely by tenants. The improved
acreage per farm varies from so to
131 acres, and the average for all the
farms is 81 acres. The total acreage
under cultivation is 3193,352, in a pos
sible acreage of ,7,099,320, showing
less than IS per cent of the land in the
producing area is being worked.
Aside from white and sweet pota-
toes the 80 counties last year grew
only 7,110 acres of vegetables and
truck crops. 1t is estimated in the
Soule survey that acreage devoted to
truck farming should not be less than
10000 or 10000 acres. The production
.of forage and hay in the Macon ter
ritorv last year was not sufficient to
feed the horses and mules on the farms.
The cotton crop OF 100000 bales in
1919 dropped to $4,000 bales in 1921.
Live Stock Industry.
Comparatively little attention is CIV
en- to the development of live stock,
dairying and poultry raising in the
district, the report shows. A large part
of these products now consumed in the
district are imported from other sec
tons.
The fruit industry is we'll developed
and the bulk of Georgia's Sl0000,O00
peach crop in 1921 was produced in
the 3O-county area. The acreage in nut
trees is extremely small and should be
greatly increased, thinks DR.. Soule.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-17
HAS CALLED
A FARM CONFERENCE
BELIEVES AGRICULTURAL DE-
PRESTON THREATENS VEL
FARE OF THE NATION.
HOPES TO FIND A SOLUTION
Railroads Are Included, as Transpor-
tation Costs Are Part of Proposed
Matters for Study. Administration
Backs Program in Congress.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Convinced
that the agricultural depression is ma
ton wide and its persistence threaten
ing to the general welfare of the coun-
try President Harding has authorized
Secretary OF Agriculture Wallace to
call an agricultural conference to be
held soon in Washington. The meet
ing will be modelled along the lines Of
the recent unemployment conference
and will endeavor to cope with farm
and farm products problems from a
comprehensive standpoint.
The personnel will not be limited to
representatives of farmers and farm
organizations, but will include men
identified with industries allied with
the agricultural phases of national life,
such as the packing, milling and trans
portation industries. Middlemen and
the commission merchants who have
much to do with the handling OF farm
products also will be called in, and the
cooperative market movement, which
has gained Roadway in certain sec
tons of the country, will be discussed.
Left to Wallace.
Announcement of the conference was
made at the white house in the form
of letter from the president to Sec
retary Wallace. The selection of the
conference is left to the secretary OF
agriculture, under a general instruc-
ton that all phases OF the situation be
given consideration and the appointees
by Representatives of the interests in
volved.
In setting forth his reasons for the
necessity of such conference the
president. who is known to regard the
continued depression on the farms OF
the country with no little apprehen-
sion, asserted that it is "unthinkable"
that the United States with its wealth
of agricultural resources should be
content to accept the status OF dis
tinctly industrial nation"
For Benefit of Congress.
Farm and agricultural credits, meth
DDS of marketing, financing OF exports
and the part the railroads play in the
DEVELOPMENT of husbandry will be Civ
en- ample consideration. The confer
ence, Mr.. Harding said, would be ex--
pected to cooperate with the special
congressional committee now. investi-
eating the agricultural situation with
view to formulating remedial legis-
lation.
1t was made plain at the white
house that the information the con
ference would bring forth was for the
benefit of congress as well as the ad-
ministration. In other words, congress
is expected to deal with the situation
promptly The administration will get
behind the conferences program and
back it to the limit, especially in con-
gress. The fact that the railroads
will be represented at the conference
indicated that the administration means
to take some steps to lower transpor-
tation rates, SO far as the farmers are
concerned. The Harding administra-
ton takes the stand that prospects Tor
1922 are bright in every line except IN
agriculture, and the conference is call
| ed for the purpose OF locating and
remedying the trouble there II posi-
bic
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-17
CARNIVAL MAN
FOUND IN TRUNK

Triton, Ga.-Reca1ling Sig
nor Boaccacio's story of The Man
in the Chest" and Harold Nc
Grath's THE Man on the Box"
carnival man. stranded in Willacoo-
chez, lived through the unpleasant
experiences of The Man in the
Trunk" The company had played
in Willacoochee, evidently unprof-
itably, and they were preparing to
leave with a trunk checked for At
lanta. Officer Lee, overhearing
remark of one of the company, be-
came suspicious of the contents
of the trunk and had it opened.
There was carnival man in it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-17
CENTRAL REFUSES TO
PAY WILKINSON TAXES
RAILROAD OFFICIALS CON-
TEND COUNTY LEVY rs EX-
CESSIVE AND ILLEGAL.

IRWINTON, Ga.-News has been
received here that the Central OF
Georgia railroad is refusing to pay the
greater portion of the taxes levied by
the county commissioners for the year
1921. it being alleged that the reason
for so doing is that the levy for the
maitenance Of the public buildings is
excessive. The amount levied by the
county commissioners Tor county pur-
poses aggregates twenty mills and on
this basis the taxes paid by the Cen
trail railroad would amount to approx
imately $4,000.
Instead OF sending that amount,
however, the tax department of the
railroad sent |. B. Stinson check for
seven and one-half mills, or little
over one half of what was expected.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-17
EUROPEAN ROYALTY TO
BE AT MARY'S WEDDING
Kings and Queens Will Gather to
Witness the Nuptials.

LONDON.-There promises to be a
big gathering of royalties at Princess
Mary's wedding. Princess Marie OF
Runlania is expected to be one of her
bridesmaids, and the queen of Ru-
mania probably will come as we'll.
Princess Marie, who will be p next
month, received part OF her education
in England, and was favorite with
the English royal family.
Other royalties expected for the
wedding are the king and queen OF
Spain, the king and queen of Norway
and some OF Queen Alexandria's rela-
tives of the royal house OF Denmark.
The king and queen OF Italy, who
are also expected to be among the
guests, may bring one OF their daugh-
tiers to London for the wedding
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-17

The following from the Plant City
(Fla0 Courier will be read with much
interest here, especially by those OF
our citizens who have planted straw
berries for market In the last sew
eral weeks so acres of strawberries
have been planted in the vicinity OF
Dawson. requiring 100000 plants:
Strawberries are moving-and at
S215 per quart to the grower at the
platform in Plant City
"This record was attained yesterday,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-17
NEW STRAWBERRIES ARE SELLING AT $500 A QUART

the largest lots marketed yesterday
was lO7 quarts from the Sam Allen
farm, north OF the city. L. G: Couch
was the biggest bidder, getting the
lot at S1.85 per quart, or Sl97.95 tor
the 107 quarts.
"The movement last night aggregat-
ed ten freezers-nine of so quarts size
and one 32-quart freezer These Der
ries were distributed among the mark
cts of Washington, Philadelphia, New
York and Chicago"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-17

when early in the days dealing the
price climbed from SIPS to Sis.
There were two lots which command
ed the high price-none of the Is
quarts brought in by w. f. Bledsoe,
OF Sydney, and another of 10 quarts
which was brought in by A. D. Beat
ty, this city.
lust after dinner the offerings were
quite liberal, many small lots coming
in, indicating that there is an appre-
ciable movement just ahead. One OF
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-17
SUMTER COUNTY WOMAN
FINDS THAT DAIRYING PAYS
O'eafn From Three Cows Brings in
$50 a Month.

cre Inter county farmers shipping
io- rIii Il. 10 the Ashburn creamery have
h KIN. me business profitable. Mrs. J..
c-oss;rlI 'iIllgton, who lives at Parker's
IL zig s5 between Huntington and Les
,braes n alpp cream from the milk of
six ~ 1J"s to Ashburn during the last
sges SIS J6 and received S45. This aver
alone w y pei month per COW for cream
Was rs ~, addition to which the milk
istten;19oCru ior various farm purposes,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-17
Expelled From Church
For Not Paying Debts
Monroe County Man Who Resorted
to Bankruptcy Ex-Communicated.

to Bankruptcy Ex-Communicated-
FORSYTH. - Losing membership
in a religious body on account OF being
dishonest is something very unusual
in this day, but that is exactly what IS
said to have happened to a man III
Monroe county.
The man in question, a well known
member OF the Primitive Baptist
church, recently sought relief from
his debts through the bankruptcy
court
This particular church evidently
took the view that the bankrupt was
using the courts to defraud his cred
itors of just debts, and he was prompt
ly expelled after a trial before the
brethren.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-27
STEUbENVILLE
WHEELING TRACTION
FRANCHISE ALLOWED

Steubenville. Ohio. July 26-After
bitter fight Of over three months, In
which various civic bodies participated
70 force a satisfactory contract for tho
city, the ordinance granting the Wheel
ing Troction Company renewal Of It's
city FRANCHISE for a period Of 20 years.
was passed last night by City Council.
The ordinance went through by the
narrow margin OF five to four, the min
GRITTY opposing It's passage because of
the arbitration CLAUS, to which the trac-
ton company objected strenuously, was
eliminated General Manager wills an
nounced that the company was ready TO
proceed with its portion OF the paving
of Third street over which there has
been considerable controversy.
Ono Man Cars
The Steubenville. East Liverpool d
Beaver Valley Traction company has re-
quested permissio of the City Council
to install one-man cars In service on
the Fourth street (down town. llne IN
this city. New type of cars will be put
in operation IL council grants the re-
quest. The company claims that tho
line could be made paying PROPOSE
ton with one-man cars but under pres
ent conditions is operating at loss
Transfer furnace
The Gill Brothers company Is moving
one Of its furnaces from its glass plant
here TO It's Toronto plant where II Will
be put In operation. Extensive improve
ments are being made at the local rae
tory which will resume operations ABOUT
the middle Of August after suspen-
sion Of several months