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The Hope pioneer., 1922-06-08

and this can only be done by building
ratproof buildings or ratprooflng such
structures as are already built. The
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture says that rats and mice destroy
crops and property valued at more
than $20O,OOO,OO0 yearly. They carry
bubonic plague and other fatal dis
eases. One pair of rats at the end of
three years will be the ancestors of 18
generations amounting to $50. .709,48
individuals.
Plan for Foundations.
Ii the three illustrations, have
shown how to build foundations and
floors ratproof; how to build false
foundation alongside an old founda-
tion and floor it to keep rats from
working through and how to ratproof
q wooden building. When you build
new buildings you should build them
The Hope pioneer., 1922-06-08
Minneapolis Closing Cash Prices.

Spring Wheat-No. dark northern,
S143A @1.56A; No. 1 northern,
$1.42A @1.51A; No. 2 northern,
$139A @1.4sM; No. dark hard
s1.42A @1.47A; No. 1 hard, $1.344@
1894; No. 1 amber, $1.20@1.25%.
Corn-No. 2 yellow, 53@53kc. Oats
No. 2 white, 33%@s43sc. Barley
Choice to fancy, 56@59c. Rye-No 2,
SS@S9c. Flaxseed-No. /, s2.51k@
2591a.
The Hope pioneer., 1922-06-08
Eight Prisoners Pardoned.

Bismarck, N. D.-The state board oi
pardons at its session here granted
eight pardons and number of com.
mutations but the names of those
whose sentences were commuted were
not announced.
The Hope pioneer., 1922-06-08

With an unlimited market for tur-
keys during the holidays at 40 to 60
cents pound. you'd think more farm
ers would raise turkeys.
The Hope pioneer., 1922-06-08
PROPER FERTILIZER TO BUY
Most economical Material Is That
Containing Highest Percentage
Of Plant Food.

The most economical fertilizer to
buy is the one containing the highest
percentage of the plant food needed.
1t will cost more per ton, but may be
used at lower rate per acre because
1t does not contain SO much useless
material
The Hope pioneer., 1922-06-08
ENCOURAGE Grain Eating

The pigs should be encouraged to
eat grain as soon as possible. not from
the trough Of the sow, but in creep
by themselves where they can eat all
they want without Interference.
The Hope pioneer., 1922-06-08
sucee,s With Chicks.

The secret of starting the baby
chicks correctly may be summed up
in the following sentence: DO not
feed too soon, feed little and ceed
often.
The Hope pioneer., 1922-06-08

Mix equal parts of melted lard and
kerosene. When cold anoint the comb.
wattles and ear lobes of the affected
birds Clean and disinfect the houses.
The Hope pioneer., 1922-06-08
CONCRETE KEEPS
OUT many PESTS
Rats and Mice Destroy Crops
and Property Valued at Mil
lions Each Year.
PLAN TO STARvE Them OUT
This is Best Done by Building Rat
Proof Buildings or Re-arrangino
Old Structures-Cut of Their,
Suppy Of Food.

(By w. q. KAISER. Agricultural Engi-
neer.)
Since the time when the Pied Piper
Of Hamlin destroyed the rats, no 9th.
er such satisfactory method of Kidding
farms Of these pests has been found.
The best way Is to starve them out
The Hope pioneer., 1922-06-08
South St. Paul Live Stock.

So. st. Publishers, $6OO@S.25;
veal calves. s3oo@9.5O; cows and heif-
ers, s4.OO@60O; hogs. s9OO@1O.O0.
sheep and lambs ,$3.0O@14OO
The Hope pioneer., 1922-06-08
Doesn't Even Paw Taxes.

Doesn't Even Pay Taxes.
An unproductive field pays no
wages-it doesn't even pay taxes.
Trees will set the idle field to work,
Il nothing else WILL
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-28
DEMOCRATS WILL
TRY TO SAVE REED
INFLUENTIAL MEMBERS OF
WILSON WING OF PARTY
PROMISE THEIR AID.

WASHINGTON, d. C.-Inhuential
Wilson democrats" i'll the senate have
pledged themselves to save Senator
Jim" Reed, of Missouri from defeat
this fall
At an informal meeting held quiet
ly this week these senators decided:
That Reed was too valuable SEN
ator to lose.
That his bitter opposition to the
Versailles treaty was not sufficient
ground for denying him the support
of his democratic colleagues.
That Breckingridge Long, who Is
opposing Reed for the democratic
nomination in Missouri, has done moth
ing to entitle him to greater consid-
Grafton than Reed.
Long, opposing Reed is counting
on all the Wilson democrats in Mis-
souri,, those who remain loyal to the
league of nations idea, to beat Reed.
This adds to the Significance of the
action by the Wilson democrats" III
the senate.
To what extent they will go in help
ing Reed has not been determined
They are handicapped so far as speech
making goes by the fact that Reeds
Erst battle is in the primaries. They
cannot very well make speeches Tor
him in that campaign without arous
ing hostility within the party. But
their moral aid and whatever other
/ help they can give are assured to Reed
If he wins the nomination. they will
help him stump Missouri.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-28
SCHOOL is SCENE
OF FISTIC BATTLE
OUARTETTE VISITS SUPER
INTENDENT'S OFFICE AND
TROUBLE FOLLOWS.

SMITHVILLE, Ga.,,Thursday al
ternoon shortly before the hour for
the Smithville school to close party
composed of Jesse Faust, c. c. Ans
ley, Marion Long and Eulus Chance
went to see Superintendent T. A. Stan
ton about failure to receive monthly
report cards, it is said, and within d
few minutes after their arrival what
is said to have been free-for-all fght
started. w. L. Childers was in the
superintendent Office, it is reported
and Professor Cox, principal, and Ro-
mer Phillips, student, are said tc
have been present. Just what started
the difficulty is not clear, but it is I'M
derstood there has been i'll feeling ii
the community for some time and two
factions over the schools administra
ton have developed.
Warrant Sworn Out.
Students and teachers hurried from
the building during the fight, and the
entire community was excited over tht
trouble. Superintendent Stanton ap
|peared to have received a severe gasE
across the head and others bore evi
,dence of the fray.
Sheriff Phil Coxwell was here latel
investigating Charges of assault ant
battery have been made, it is stated
against the four men visiting thu
school
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-28
AGAIN ASK
FOR M'COY'S PARDON
WANT FREEDOM FOR MAN
CONVICTED OF BIGAMY AT
TER MARRYING GIRL.

AMERICUS, Ga.-Ten members OF
the jury that convicted Harry Mccoy,
of Cuthbert. of bigamy, in the superior
court here a year and half ago, have
written letters to the state prison COM
mission expressing the belief that he
has been punished sufficiently, having
already served over a year on the
Sumter gang of a two-to-three-year
sentence, and that his pardon would
be appreciated.
In addition to these and the names
of a large number OF citizens who
have signed the petition for his re
lease letters have been written to the
commission by a number of other in
fuential citizens.
Major James L. Fort, state COM
mander of the American Legion, has
written a letter in McCoy's behalf.
tating that Mccoy served 18 months
in France and was twice wounded.
Dan Chappell, solicitor OF the city
court. who also was in the service,
has added a plea in behalf of the pris-
oner. and H. E. Allen, clerk of the
court, in letter states that he heard
the evidence and believes verdict OF
guilty. luSllIlSu, bul tlIdb HS NOllSiONlo
PREPARATION already made. Capt. John
A. Cobb, county ordinary, has also
added an appeal for Mccoy.
Judge !. A. Hixon will go before
the prison commission at its next
meeting on March 9th with the petit
ton for McCoy's pardon, and friends
Of the prisoner are very hopeful that
it will be speedily recommended and
granted. Jack Slappey, OF Plains, a
friend of the Mccoy family, is taking
the lead in his behalf.
Mccoy was convicted of bigamy as
a result of his marriage to Miss Pitts,
a young girl from Alabama, who was
student at Andrew college in Cuth-
bert. The couple eloped and were
married at Plains, in Sumter county,
going from there to Dawson, where
they were arrested in a cafe by Chief
of Police Hill on request from Cuth
bert and taken back to that town. Nc
Coy, it developed, had married a nurse
while in France and a criminal war
rant was taken for him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-28
REMARKABLE GROWTH
SHOWN BY CHURCHES
AN AVERAGE OF 2,173 PERSONS
JOIN THE VARIOUS CoNGRE-
CATIONS EVERY DAY.
MEMBERS TOTAL 100000.
Various Religious Bodies Report 1885,
1O4 Congregations, Headed by 2oo,'
900 Ministers. A Substantial Gain
Made Over Year 1916.

Every day during the last five years
an average OF 2,173 joined the various
churches OF America During the same
| time an average of three congregations
have been organized daily, and the
average number joining the ministry
has been four and a half persons a
day.
These facts are brought to light by
religious statistics for the United
States compiled BY DR.. E. O. Watson,
of Washington, d. c., secretary of the
Federal Council of the Churches OF
Christ in America. The figures show
that the churches are steadily over
coming their war losses. The total
church membership OF the country, ac-
cording to the latest available figures,
lis 45,997, 100. This is an increase OF
I4,070,345 over the 1916 census figures
land indicates gain OF more than l.
100000 members for the preceding II
months.
Number of Ministers Increased.
The various religious bodies report
1888, 104 congregations, headed by ZOO
1000 ministers. This is a gain of 5,617
congregations and 1924 clergymen
over the government figures for 1916
While there has been much talk of a
shortage of ministers, the increase in
clergymen has been approximately 81
per cent more than the increase III the
congregations.
The 1904 difference between minis
tiers and congregations does not indi-
cate corresponding shortage Of pas
tors, as many ministers, especially in
| the rural districts, have charge of two
or more churches. OF the 1897, l99
persons listed officially as church mem
! bers the Roman Catholics have IL
1856 $40. Roman Catholic figures repre-
sent estimated population including all
baptized persons. Protestant bodies
count only communicates.
Protestant Constituency 74,7e5,226.
The total religious constituency Of
the country is placed at 95,S58,O96 per.
sons. On this comparable basis thC
constituency OF the various great bod
les is as follows:
Protestant, 74,795, 226; Roman Cath
olics, 1885, $40; Jews, 100000; East
ern Orthodox (Green and Russian)
411.O54; Latter Day Saints (Mormon)
| 1,646, 10. OF the Jewish figures, 400
1000 are estimated. The American Jew
ish Year Book estimates the Jewish
population of the United States at s.
| 100000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-28
.SPOONING BANNED
BY WIDOWS CLUB
NOT ONE ROMANCE, JUST
THREE MARRIAGES, FOUND
Err OF CLUB SAYS. a

CLEVELAND, Ohio,-Boasting a
record of mot one romance started,
the Widows and Widowers Social
Club, Inc, OF Cleveland, recently cele-
brated its first anniversary. Applicants
specifically must state that they do
not seek marriage.
1--WE do not want Washers" Mrs.
Lidia Wagner founder and president
of the club stated. 1--WE have social
gatherings but spooning is forbidden"
Three couples were married during
the year, but" Mrs. Wagner declar-
ed, they were counting before they
joined our club"
THE club has eighty members, fifty
of whom are widows" Mrs. Wagner
continued. Social parties and dances
are frequently held at the members
homes.
Our success is due to our policy
OF keeping out applicants who want
to SPOON" Mrs. Wagner concluded.
Other such clubs have sprung up
and disappeared because they were
founded on the principles OF a matri-
monial bureau
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-28
FRIENDS SAY GOVERN'R
WILL BE UNOPPOSED
HOW HARDWICK MEN FIGURE
1T. ATTITUDE OF SENATORS
WATSON AND HARRIS.

ATLANTA, Ga.-There will be no
Opposition to Governor. Hardwick for
a second term, according to a well au-
Ithenticated report in political circles.
A meeting of political leaders is said
Ito have been held here last week to
discuss the question of putting a can
didate in the field against the govern
or. 1t is said to have been very quiet
meeting Of inside leaders.
1t soon developed, according to the
now going the rounds, that a
majority Of those present considered
it unwise, from a political standpoint,
to oppose Governor Hardwick for re-
election.
What Will Watson Do?
One Of the factors discussed, it is
said, was Senator Watson's attitude
As we'll as those present could speak
for the senator, it seemed that he was
not disposed to exert himself to de-
feat Governor Hardwick for re-elec-
ton. He would probably be hard to
please in the matter OF a candidate, it
is said to have been stated to the con-
ference. A candidate who might be
satisfactory to the conference might
not suit him, it is said to have been
stated; while one who might suit him
might be entirely unsatisfactory to
the conference. This, OF course, offered
"a serious complication, since without
Senator Watson's active support it
could not be hoped to defeat the gov
ernor.
AS to w. J. Harris.
Another factor, it is said. was abe
attitude OF those interested in the po-
1itical fortunes, two years hence, OF
Senator William J. Harris. Their dis
position was to "let Hardwick alone.
They argued that an attempt to defeat
him for reelection, il it failed, would
strengthen his prestige; whereas a
close contest in which they barely
managed to defeat him might leave
him practically as strong as he was
before the election.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-28
SCENE DESCRIBED As
GREATEST OF HORROR
BODIES MANGLED AND DIS
FIGURED BEYOND RECOGNI-
TON IN PLANE TRAGEDY.
ARMS AND LEGS ARE LACKING
Thirty-four Bodies Sheeted on Tables
In Morgue, Many Headless and
Others Torn So Terribly Great
Care Was Necessary in Handling.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va.-A stream
city with bodies that had been taken
from the Inflated airship Roma, queen
of the American air feet.
1t was apparent at once that ulti-
mate identification of the bodies would
be virtually impossible, for many OF
them were so horribly mangled and
dishgured as to make them utterly UNI
recognizable.
Many were lacking arms and legs,
some were headless, others torn and
burned so terribly that extreme care
had to be taken in handling them.
| Many people went from here to the
army base during the afternoon to
view the ruins and witnessed the find
ing of many bodies, some OF them ia
ken out while the great ship was still
burning.
Describing their experience, some of
the witnesses affected so that they had
to choke back sobs, declared the scene
to be one of the greatest horror.
In the local morgue the thirty-four
bodies sheeted on the tables attracted
many. Among them were smattering
OF army officers and men seeking to
identity their comrades Identification
in most instances was impossible, ex-
Icept, perhaps to the exercise of heroic
intimacy. These masks OF men Tor the
most part last encrusted within a
charcoal shell OF blackened flesh. Gu
riously enough they lacked the horror
one expected of them. They were eff
gies, palpably caught in a moment of
Burned, though they
were, it was evident that death had
come to them not through agony but
simultaneously. In almost every case
the features, burned out as they were,
retained a strange calm.
One body, the long 1.-THE one OF an
athlete, lay on its cot with one leg
appraised, caught in the death rigor.
The head torso. were scared, even until
the most of the skull was bald. The
trappings OF parachute hung in
threads Of burned rags to the shout
ders. Yet the features, with their hol-
low eyes, their relaxed cheeks, their
grirnly set mouth, suggested strangely
those few authentic death masks OF
Napoleon which may be seen in copies
land universities
In room apart lay d inquire uH-
burned. Here was a hooded hercules
ia giant OF a man, his skin, tinted with
the ivory of death, still suggesting the
pink of the splendid animal he must
have been in the moment he was
called upon to make the instant decis-
ion. He made it. While others waited
to fall with their great bag as burned
corpses this man leaped. He was bro
ken in ten places. but his great breast
rose high beneath the sheet, his col
umn of a throat held straight the
bloody head as that of man in sleep.
| He died, but his people will know
him at a glance.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-28
TRADE PENDULUM
ON UPWARD SWING
OPERATIONS OF FEDERAL RE-
SERVE BOARD IN 1921 FORE
CAST ECONOMIC REVIVAL.

WASHINGTON, D. Cuisines
throughout the country, progressing
through well-defned circles, is nearing
the point of the upward swing OF the
economic pendulum, according to the
annual report of the federal reserve
board transmitted to congress.
"There are those" the report said,
"who believe that the beginning OF
revival is not far distant. When it does
definitely set in it will be followed III
due course by new era OF prosper
ity"
The board confined its report to the
operations of the organization Tor the
year 1921, without offering any sug-
gestions for legislation affecting the
board or the federal reserve system.
The earning assets OF all federal re-
serve banks amounted on December
%, 1921, to $1;535851 900. A. reduction
in loans was accompanied by steady
increase of gold reserves and an almost
continuous reduction in federal reserve
note circulation. the loan reduction
continuing despite substantial decline
in discount rates.
Gross earnings OF the federal reserve
banks for 1921 amounted to $l22, $685.
000 compared with $18l,297 900 in
1920, the falling off in earnings being
due to decline in the volume of re-
discounts and reductions in rediscount
rates. Member bank borrowings show
ed continuous decline from $2,687,-
100000 at the end OF 1920 to about
$1144,000,000 at the end of 1921, due
to reduction of more than 100000,
900 in the volume of federal reserve
notes in circulation caused by lower
price levels and by the net imports
OF gold amounting to 1907, 100000,
practically all of which found its way
into federal reserve banks.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-28
WHO WILL GET THE
OFFICES IN GEORGIA ?
LOOKS LIKE THE PHILLIPS
PROGRAM MIGHT GO THRU.
IMPORTANT CONFERENCES.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The re-
publican referee in Georgia, Mr.. J. L,
Phillips, has recently had conference
with the president and reported repub-
Ilican prospects in Georgia are very
bright
Mr.. Phillips program OF republican
appointments, including the postmas-
tership and the post of collector OF
ports in Savannah has been opposed
iby Senator Watson. The latter OBJ
,iected because he says the republican
Ireferee is not a resident of the state,
paws no taxes here; and to all lntents
and purposes is 'carpet-bagger.
(Mr. Phillips talk with the president
was probably to impress the latter
and to remove the effects OF Senator
Watson's recent conference with the
chief executive.
Watson May Be Appeased.
According to the Macon Telegraph
Washington correspondent Mr.. w. ].
Vereen. of Mou1trie who stands very
close to Governor Hardwick, has been
in Washington and has had confer
ence with Mr.. Phillips. Just what
they talked about is not certain.
Whether they mentioned patronagee, IN
Georgia has not been given out. The
report has also been printed that there
may be an adjustment OF Senator Wat
sons differences with Mr., Phillips,
All this is up in the air. Whether
Mr.. Vereen has assisted il smoothing
over the trouble or restored the ap-
proachment between the junior sena-
tor from Georgia and the governor is
not known. At all events, it is prob
able that the slate OF the republican
referee will come pretty near gong
through. 1t is not known yet what
may have been decided about the adj
ditional judgeship of Georgia, or what
part of the suitable selection OF a man
might have played in the conference
between the friends of Senator Wat
son and Governor Hardwick, or
whether Chairman Phillips may insist
upon his own appointment. While
Phillips is the chairman OF the repub-
Ilican executive committee Mr.. Vereen'
as is we'll known, is chairman OF the
democratic executive committee.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-28
thousands Of Foreigners From Every
Country Sneak Into - sjpited States
Through the Gulf Ports Year
ROBS KNEE BANK"

NEW YORK, N. 1.-TWO ban
dts bound and gagged Mrs. An
tonia Melanchuk in her home in
the Bronx today and robbed her
"knee bank" of $795 in gold.
Mrs. Melanchuk told the police
she had for years carried the life
savings OF herself and husband in
a bag tied at her knee, thinking
that the safest place for the money.
The bandits, however, apparent
" had heard before of the Isle
national" for they had little trouble
in finding the hoard.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-28
FARMER IS SHOT BY
A DOMINTCKER HEN

JACKSONVILLE. Fla.-Peter
Thelin, 90, farmer, was brought
to a local hospital today suffering
from a gunshot wound inflicted by
dominicker hen.
The man late yesterday alter
noon set a loaded shot gun IN his
hen house, and after the trap was
fixed to his satisfaction turned TO
walk away. The hen dropped from
a perch to the string attached to
the trigger and the man received
the load OF shot in his arm. Ply
sicians said it might be necessary
to amputate the limb.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-28
FORD HAS cAPITULATED.
Agrees to Alterations in Proposal. To
Meet Demands of Government.

Washington, D. C.-Three altera-
tons in the proposal made by Henry
Ford for lease and purchase of the
governments nitrate and power prof.
ects at Mussel Shoals, Ala, have been
agreed to by the Detroit manufactur-
er. They are:
First: To write into the proposed
contract definite guarantee to pro-
duce fertilizers in their finished form
at a given annual minimum tonnage.
Second: To capitalize the operating
company which is to be credited for
the purpose of supervising the Mussel
Shoals operations.
Third: To revise the language of the
so-called farmers clause in order to in
sure the delivery of fertilizers from
the producing plant to the consumer
at a profit not exceeding 8 per cent
based on the cost of manufacture.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-02-28
ARNERS OF TERRELL WILL DISCUSS COOPERATIVE MARKETING
Government Engineer Says That the
Acceptance of Ford Mussel Shoals
Offer Would Be Calamity to South
MUSIC FOR cows.

KINSTON, N. C.-Will music
make COWS give more milk? DR..
Banks McNary, superintendent of
Caswell Training school, near Kin
ston, has a bunch that it will, and
within the next few days two phon-
ographs will be installed at the
school to furnish music while the
herd Of Holsteins are being MIXED.
While DIR. McNary has not de-
cided on the numbers, Down on
the Farm" I'm the Shade of the
Old Apple Tree" The Trail of
TIL e Lonesome Pine, Home,
Sweet Home" are among the
tunes being considered.